Where is the time?

I am supposed to come up with part 2 of the Han Today series but I just don't have the time eventhough I already have the story in my head.

Having been to a time management training course I should have no problem in writing a piece if I manage my time properly and efficiently. Sure, of course but when I do have the time I just want to chill and it is so precious to do so.

On top of that I've a new project - to write about the global financial crisis and how Japan can help - which is due around 3rd week of September and I haven't even drafted it yet.

Han Today - Part One

Han Today is a series of mini articles and commentaries exploring the identiy of ethnic Han Chinese as result of the recent Urumqi riots. The series will delve into the question of what is Han, who is Han, the Han identity crisis and the future of the Han.

The Catalyst

If the Tibet unrests more than a year ago stoked up Chinese nationalism and unified tha nation then the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang Province fueled or even awaken the idea of Han ethno-nationalism or Han pride.

The reason for the riot, whether it was instigated by overseas Uighur dissidents or genuinely sparked from the death of Uighur workers bashed to death by Han workers in Guangdong for rape allegations, is academic. It is expected that the usual international scrutiny that comes everytime after a mass incident in China that the Chinese government is robbing away rights or not doing enough to bridge the widening weatlh gaps, will this time be surface materials, if not plain juvenile.

For years since the economic liberalisation in China, the Han majority have been seeking an answer to their identity in the modern world. While they have a long and glorious history to look up upon it is of no doubt that being a Han today raises a lot question of who and what is it being a Han.

And the riots in Urumqi will force up that underlying question for an all out debate of being a Han.

Coming up: What is Han?

I still have a place in cyberspace

which I have neglected for sometime, again.

Either I was too busy or had a blank mind.

Still at work and I think I should get my fingers back on the GST.

Angry

Feeling very angry....very angry....very angry!

I need a punching bag.... a punching bag....a punching bag.....

But there aint any......

Fine.... the wall should do!

Of Chocolate and Taxation

I was asked by a friend on how would I answer to the following question in a job application for the position of a Junior Tax Officer in a chocolate multinational.

Question: What has motivated you to apply for this position at [Choco]?

Answer: A confluence of my passion in taxation and a love for cholocates place me in a very unique position stimulating an intense motivation in me to apply for this position in which I believe I sit very well in contributing more than my knowledge and skills but an alignment of the company's nature and mine so close that it is not a choice for me to give this position a passing.

ATO should take note of this applicant as he or she has the potential to be the in-house expert in the taxation affairs of chocolate businesses.

Imagine in your CV: An expert in taxation of various types chocolates - white, caramel, dairy, nuts, fusion.....

My professional experience includes:

• Assessing the quality of raw cocoa eligible to be classified as trading stock.
• Reviewing the impairment of qualifying cocoa stock eligible for deductions.
  
• Analysis of cocoa CGUs to be classified as primary production activities.

Cool eh...