http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog The website that inspires you! Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:53:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stocks indexes have hit bottom and rebounded. Nobody is sure if it will hit bottom again... not even the experts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of the 30 of the largest and most widely held public shares in the United States hit a low of 7,900 in October ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/you-should-invest-now Many of us think animals don't have feelings, maybe with the exception of dogs. Cats can be pretty cold... only purring and rubbing against you when they want attention. But this video of Christian the Lion, is really touching... to know that a big wild cat remembers the love ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/even-animals-know-how-to-love Some time ago, I wrote a 3 part article on Water and your Health where I espoused the benefit of drinking pure water, either distilled or purified by a process called Reverse Osmosis.  Recently, the local newspaper published an article on 17 Oct 2008, stating that 10 brands of bottled water were tested ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/health-fitness-well-being/10-water-brands-tested-by-environmental-working-group Recently I had the opportunity to visit the Cuchi Tunnels of Vietnam. Situated some 60km from Ho Chi Minh City, the Cuchi Tunnels were probably responsible for a big part of the communist victory in the Vietnam War with the Americans between 1965 to 1975. Of course, the perserverence, ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/vietnams-cu-chi-tunnels Cars and Motorcycles have always been a great inspiration to me. To many guys (and girls too), they represent tremendous freedom and power, not unlike the same freedom and power you feel when you reach your 21st birthday!   So, it is with a great sense of anticipation that I decided to ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/getting-inspiration-from-the-singapore-motor-show Becoming as master in anything can be a daunting task. However, as always, if you have a system, there is an almost sure way of getting there. One of the first step to take on your journey to becoming a master (read competent) in anything you do, is to understand ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/becoming-a-master-the-4-levels-of-competence How much is a Degree worth these days? Well, how about US$599? This was how much a reporter in Singapore paid for her pet beagle to get, not a Degree, but a PhD. This was a report done to expose faked "Degree Mills" who churn out "faked" Degrees and even PhD's ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/how-easy-is-it-to-get-a-degree-these-days This is such an inspiring video I just have to share it! What would you do if you had only a few months to live. Well answer this question and then watch how Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who was dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/prof-randy-pausch-last-lecture-an-inspiring-video In Feb 2008, I wrote about the stock market being "ripe for the picking" as it heads down to 2005 levels with S&P500 Index falling below 1,300. The 3 major indexes have been going up and down over the last 6 months since I wrote and the S&P500 hit a ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/ripe-for-the-picking-part-2 I was out for lunch at the Simpang Bedok Food Center a few days ago when I spotted this big sign put up by a local drink seller. I find it rather inspiring to see even local food seller capitalising on the recent Silver Medal performance of the Singapore Table ... http://www.ezinspirations.com/blog/uncategorized/inspiration-from-a-local-drink-seller