Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Are you a Workaholic or an Engaged Worker?



Workaholics are the one kind of “aholic” that society values. In fact, many people are proud to call themselves workaholics, thinking that it makes them seem more like a valued employee. Workaholism is hardly ideal. It’s definitely not great to be obsessed with your work at the expense of your other interests and loved ones. We all know what happened to Jack: this tendency to work, work, work makes all of us dull boys (or girls). True workaholics are even worse than dull, but I’ll get to that in a minute.

Monday, 26 August 2013

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST



WHAT IS REIT?
An acronym combining two terms together, It is an entity that buys, develops, manages and sells real estate assets and also lend to mortgage.
•REITs allow participants to invest in a professionally-managed portfolio of real estate properties.
•It can be an Open ended or Closed ended real estate investment trust

REIT as a Closed ended vehicle, can be quoted as an exchange traded fund to provide liquidity and secondary market window for investors.
It can also be an Open ended vehicle come under memorandum listing of the exchange



Friday, 2 August 2013

Is Homosexuality About To Become A Non-Issue?



Remember when being gay was the biggest taboo of all times? Me, too. But things have been changing. From little things like a gay club to a gay celebrity to a gay athlete .. and it goes on. But the church – no matter the denomination – has probably been the most difficult place to turn around.
I, for one, will tell you honestly that my strong belief against homosexuality has softened. I still do not believe that it is a virtuous lifestyle, but although I am not gay, by my standards, I am not virtuous either. I have never been attracted to or slept with women, but I have done many other things that are wrong.

Survey: Buyers Will Pay More for Good Schools



More than 44 percent of home buyers who plan to buy a home within the next two years said they would be willing to go over their budget by up to 10 percent in order to buy in their preferred school boundaries, according to a new survey by realtor.com®.