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I can't believe myself stop blogging for more than 2 years came back writing about Women tennis. But hear me out. Serena Williams - Queen of Tennis First of all, I'm a massive fans of Serena Williams. At the top where Federer, Sampras and Nadal were. She has changed the landscape of women tennis like how Nadal brought power and Federer introduced style and "class" to men tennis. Along the way all of them brought in new and reinvigorate existing tennis players like me to keep on playing and loving the game.  And 23 Grand Slams are not a mean feat at all. If you look at the closest rivals of whom have won a grand slam that are still playing today, the closest are Venus (7) and Sharapova (5)!! She is the greatest current and almost certainly ever women tennis player in history. Maybe, and I say maybe that might have drove her to do what she did last Saturday during the Finals of US Open 2018. So let's break it down. The US Open Finals - the crucia...

First thing first. I do not work with Apple Inc or in any of it's subsidiaries or affiliated with them in any way or form. I do work in a major consumer electronic manufacturer company in the UK and my opinion piece below in no way or form represent what I do professionally for a living but merely just my frank and personal opinion. All encounter below is being described at it's truest form that I can remember and describe. Alright... with the legal bit out of the way, let me start with brief experience sharing working in a typical marketing team in a multinational consumer electronic company. Often enough we will be stuck in a team meeting discussing plans and strategy on how to market our upcoming products to the market. And I can bet you with all my working experience that the word "Apple" will come up in one way or form during these meetings. Hence we are either bench-marking what Apple does, or simply try to replicate what they have done.  But based on ...

If you are like me the many fortunate ones who grew up in an era where the Malaysian politics hasn't "still"  amended history books or re-written what's black and white into grey, then you must have read a lot about Mr Lee Kuan Yew in your history lesson at school. Yes.. Indeed in Malaysia you might not heard who is Tan Siew Sin or Lee San Choon or the matter of fact Onn Jaafar. But you must have heard about a guy who live just across the river and almost become a Malaysian. He is of course the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew who has recently pass away at the age of 91. Who is he? Well, in my increasingly vague memory of my history lessons almost 30 years ago, he is Singapore. Yup... Anything we read about him, good or bad, right or wrong, true or otherwise it's always about Singapore. Remember the great "MRT"? Remember the ban on chewing gum? Even the crooked bridge has his "name" on it as well! But way before all these, obviously what we re...

Welcome to 2015! I think I must have said this before. Every year, I told myself to write more, but it seems that every year I have failed that simple resolution. Let’s hope this won’t happen in 2015. It’s probably good to start with a resolution for 2015 and instead of writing and describing in a post, let’s describe it with a picture… I just can’t see how 2015 won’t better 2014, especially in the work front. But let’s hope a better 2015 for me, and for all.

With the recent conclusion of consumer tech product launches from new smartphones to smartwatches, from phone as big as tablets to tablets as large as laptops, the usual argument since probably 2010 still split the views of many. Apple vs the Rest . Source: wikipedia.org #Personal Computer Believe it or not. Apple has been fighting this "litigation" almost ever since their inception. They started off with the "Big Blue" (IBM) and they have tackled the space where some thought as impossible as landing a man on the moon then, “Personal Computer” which today we just simply call it as PC. Then with Microsoft. Based on my limited understanding of what really happen then, I have to say "innovation" probably dominates the era when PC started penetrating our household. Some define innovation as a new word of creative piracy or photocopying. Others may argue that without innovation, technological advancement might takes much longer than what we wo...

It has been a while that I have not wrote anything here. More often than before when I have something in mind to write, I don't have a chance to do it. And when I am near the laptop, I have nothing in my mind at all! Then came today. For those who doesn't know, 16th Sept 1963 was the day when the current state of "Malaysia" was formed combining Malaya and 2 Borneo states (Sabah & Sarawak) as well and Singapore. Yup... Singapore was part of Malaysia back then before they were "expelled" (apparently) and become an independent country in 1965. So, Happy Malaysia Day to all Malaysian!! :) This has lead me thinking. If Singapore didn't become an independent country (or forced to do then), will they became what they are now? And if the answer is "NO", will Scotland be a better country if more than 50% of Scots vote "YES" this Thursday? Let me caveat myself from the beginning. I am not a Scot nor a citizen of the UK. Whateve...

Malaysia & Hong Kong!!! Perhaps the most surprising one would be iPad prices. Hope this helps :) *Disclaimer: Please don't sue me for any error :) Model US ($) SG ($) MY (RM) UK (£) HK ($) DE (€) MBA 11' 128GB 1.4GHz 100% 106% 100% 141% 96% 135% MBA 11' 256GB 1.4GHz 100% 108% 99% 139% 96% 135% MBA 13' 128GB 1.4GHz 100% 106% 99% 144% 97% 135% MBA 13' 256GB 1.4GHz 100% 108% 98% 141% 97% 135% MBP 13' 2.5GHz 100% 106% 96% 141% 99% 135% MBP 13' 128GB 2.4GHz (Retina) 100% 110% 100% 143% 99% 135% MBP 13' 256GB 2.4GHz (Retina) 100% 111% 101% 141% 99% 135% MBP 13' 512GB 2.6GHz (Retina) 100% 111% 102% 141% 100% 135% MBP 15' 256GB 2.0GHz (Retina) 100% 112% 101% 144% 99% 135% MBP 15' 512GB 2.3GHz (Retina) 100% 110% 102% 143% 99% 135% iPad mini 16GB 100% 109% 99% 141% 99% 131% iPad mini 16GB (3G) 100% 110% 100% 138% 99% 129% iPad mini Retina 16GB 100% 110% 100% 136% 100% 132% iPad mini Retina 32GB 100% 110% 100% 136% 101% 1...