tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88447407609749007392012-02-16T18:16:58.707+08:00F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-80742707432448576422008-12-27T01:20:00.003+08:002008-12-27T01:21:48.731+08:00The more I read, the more I crave to read! Hmm~ Of course, what counts is not reading itself, but what emerges from it...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-8074270743244857642?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-23468776557139292432008-12-14T22:02:00.002+08:002008-12-14T22:09:01.926+08:00<blockquote>Don't work because of money.</blockquote>So the principle goes. But how many people had heeded this advice? Everywhere I go, whenever people ask of my work, the first question that follows is, "How much is the pay?" No exception.<br /><br />Accountants know how to improve or worsen "results" given the same set of business operation. Businessmen know how to extract more cash from business operation at the expense of future performance. And too many people know how to enrich themselves currently at the expense of their future and ultimate welfare.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-2346877655713929243?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-28428142019562092882008-12-12T23:47:00.005+08:002008-12-13T00:00:06.803+08:00Right in front of me:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Fact and Fiction</span> (Bertrand Russell)</li></ul>To my left (my bed):<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">In Search of Excellence</span> (Peters and Waterman)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Accounting: Basic Principles</span> (Brock et al.)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">三国演义</span> (罗贯中)</li></ul>To my right (floor):<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Wealth of East Asian Nations</span> (Goh Keng Swee)<br /></li></ul>Behind me (wardrobe):<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">The Logic of Scientific Discovery</span> (Karl Popper)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Ideas and Opinions</span> (Albert Einstein)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Franklin: Autobiography and Other Writings</span> (Benjamin Franklin)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">What Next</span> (Chris Patten)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Dynamic Governance</span> (Neo and Chen)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Seduced by Success</span> (Bob Herbold)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Out of the Crisis</span> (W. Edwards Deming)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Revenue Recognition</span> (Steve Bragg)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Mathematical Reasoning: Writing and Proof</span> (Sundstrom)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">False Prophets</span> (Hoopes)</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Public Finance</span> (Rosen and Gayer)</li></ul>In short, books, most waiting to be devoured -.-"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-2842814201956209288?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-65716833602028589552008-12-10T17:07:00.002+08:002008-12-10T17:13:09.804+08:00"I criticized communism yesterday, and today the communists accuse me of blasphemy."<br /><br />[This would be more interesting if Stalin is still around -.-"]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-6571683360202858955?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-60520743442511050802008-12-09T17:52:00.002+08:002008-12-09T18:02:46.525+08:00Yvan Arpa of <a href="http://www.romainjerome.ch/">Romain Jerome</a> says...<br /><blockquote><p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/04/25/the-300000-watch-that-doesnt-tell-time/">... anyone can buy a watch that tells time — only a truly discerning customer can buy one that doesn’t.</a></p></blockquote>While FRF says...<br /><blockquote>... anyone can enrol in a course and get a major — only a truly discerning student can enrol in a course without recognition in degree scroll.</blockquote>Looks like Nature won't give up until I'm insane -.-"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-6052074344251105080?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-19503926714968981732008-12-09T00:15:00.002+08:002008-12-09T00:18:43.654+08:00Sometimes, or perhaps most of the time, bad things happen because of uncalculated decisions. Worse, warning goes unheeded. 刘备 strikes 东吴 in the name of revenge, but in the end, he lost not only his life, but thousands of others.<br /><br />Did I learn my lesson?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-1950392671496898173?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-12344456191105959642008-12-07T21:53:00.000+08:002008-12-07T21:54:12.887+08:00吾之<a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/7879.htm">孙阳</a>，何也？<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-1234445619110595964?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-45092314249032564242008-12-07T03:36:00.003+08:002008-12-07T22:00:05.273+08:00For Franklin Russell-Friedman Graham.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/Franklin_bust_-_jean-antoine_houdon.JPG/450px-Franklin_bust_-_jean-antoine_houdon.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><center>Franklin - Benjamin Franklin</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Russell1907-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><center>Russell - Bertrand Russell</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Friedman%2C_Milton_%281912-2006%29.jpg/450px-Friedman%2C_Milton_%281912-2006%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><center>Friedman - Milton Friedman</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Graham"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n75/advcongroup/Blog%20Photo/graham150x150.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><center>Graham - Benjamin Graham</center><br /><br />Perhaps they won't agree with each other if they would ever meet [I'm sure Friedman won't agree with Russell over everything] - but that does that matter? I'd rather have a good dose of conflict in my mind awaiting resolution, than to have none at all!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-4509231424903256424?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844740760974900739.post-47617491888488445252008-12-07T02:11:00.000+08:002008-12-07T02:25:54.280+08:00Zero, one.<br /><br />That's a deep title, or it could be shallow. It depends on how you want to interpret it.<br /><br />Anyway, this blog is born!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8844740760974900739-4761749188848844525?l=russell-friedman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>F.R.F. Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353101190792241244noreply@blogger.com0