See n read what this mean, got some money can boost liao. Straits Times newspaper earlier this month mention a top civil servent got top $$$ to spend...!!!

"Taking five weeks leave from work is not as difficult as one thinks. Most times when you are at the top, you think you are indispensable. But if you are a good leader who has built up a good team, it is possible,"

His article raised eyebrows given the five-week course for three at the prestigious French cooking school cost more than S$46,000

"Anyone who has any sense of empathy for the average working person struggling to survive would not be splashing his story of luxurious holidays in full spread in a national newspaper," said Andrew Loh on a Singaporean discussion website .

Tan could not be reached for comment & has not said anything publicly about the response to his article.

"How long does each of us take to earn even half that amount that Mr. Tan spent on his lessons? And how many of us can afford to be away for five wks on paid vacation without getting sacked from our jobs?" said Eugene Yeo, senior writer at the political website, The Wayang Party Club of Singapore.

Some online forum users said Tan could decide what to do with his money, but still felt he was being boastful. "Agreed that what he does with his money and time is his business but to brag about it really somethings to think about...

teeth53 just thot of sharing info, will those with money will throw more money to show off ?. 

I really hope that the market will not be stuck at current level for years. On the other side, if it stuck at current level for years, I can always load more in and wait through this period.

Blogging at moneytalk.sg on the stock market, ETF and anything to do with money. 

In d past US (ALONE) is able to withstand world demand, like bubble dots. com, asian financial crisis. this time round it cannot as it need to revise it own economy n also world economy

US jobless rate is update for Nov 08 from 533,000 to 584,000, while for Oct 08 from 320,000 to 423,000 and Dec 08 stood at 524,000, driving jobless rate to it highest level of 7.2% since Jan 1993, suggesting prolong year-long US recession is deepening.

The revisions brought it non-farm payroll in the four months throught Dec to 1.9 million job lost, so this 1st Q of 2009 job losses is going as bad as last Q of 2008. 

teeth53 thot...rd to recovery will have to pass by 1st Q of 2009 1st....