Crou-sheng Tiger

During the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, Zhuge Liang (or Kung Ming) was a chancellor of Shu Han. He is often recognized as the greatest and most accomplished strategist of his era. But when the legend travels around seventeen hundred years later, Zhuge Liang will reborn as a Malaysian who is studying economics and serve as the most capable treasurer in PEKUMA, perhaps in the whole campus of University of Malaya.

Zhuge’s reputation as an intelligent and learned scholar grew even while he was living in relative seclusion, earning him the nickname "Wolong" (literally, it means Hidden Dragon). Similarly, this treasurer guy’s intelligence and avoidance of participating in any co-curricular activities in the campus give him the nickname “Crouching Tiger”. Often depicted wearing a robe and holding a hand fan made of crane feathers, Zhuge was not only an important military strategist and statesman; he was also an accomplished scholar and inventor. Travel back to the future, this guy has nothing difference in appearance compared to other typical student here – T-shirt, jeans and converse.

But there are a lot of similarities between that ancient dragon and this modern tiger. They both come out from the divine mist and the clandestine forest to serve for a good reason. Zhuge pledged to save and rebuild Han Dynasty by fighting the malevolent Cao Cao who was equipped with the strongest army at that time. In contrast, this modern Malaysian Zhuge oath to rebuild and develop the broken economics club.

Asset means something valuable that an entity owns and benefit from. But what makes a breathing creature an asset, in this case, a human being?

Not his qualification but his determination, his mindset, his attitude and his spirit. Sadly, not everyone in faculty of economics that seems understand this theory aside the rigid law of supply and demand. Talk is cheap indeed.
And frankly speaking, he could be one of the few individuals in the FEA that understand the term "implementation" or "shut the fuck up and do it".

What is the name of this respected modern Zhuge?

His name is Leong Lik Sheng.

Lonely Valentine

Ostrich approach is a typical strategy for those bachelors, singles (be it available or not), unpopular nerds, or even third gentle (ah gua or TB) to endure the loneliness during Valentine’s Day. Indeed, Valentine’s Day can boost spending and improve our economy, this site explaines alot on it. http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/how-valentines-day-helps-the-economy/

But what really bother me is how those categories are going on with this day that falls between two extremes i.e. it could be the happiest day for the couples and the saddest day for the singles. Frankly, this issue rose up maybe due to my excessive hormone or too-strong-and-aggressive sperms inside my balls. “Just ignore it” or “Oh really? I forgot today is Valentine’s Day” is the easiest statement they can say to be unaffected.

Wait a minute. There is one more way we can do. I call it as strategic complementary. We hang out on that day by group. Hence, reducing the psychology cost by spreading it among the group. At least we know there are still abundant of single and lonely persons out there.

But because of this special day, places like restaurant, cinemas, shopping malls, clubs and even parks are being filled with loving couples. What’s really worse is they seems to be more intimate during this day, holding flowers or hands, nicely dressing, eating chocolates, smiling and looking at each other like there is no one else in this world. So, what are the costs to those left outs that are standing there, looking jealously at those loving birds, dying to have one girl friend? (I’m thinking from a guy’s perspective anyway)

#1 A lady being taken can be meant less one opportunity for those single and hungry guys. In the real world, every male tries their best to get the blonde. Game theory teaches us that there will be a prisoner’s dilemma hence; males won’t have a discussion first to date which lady so that everyone gets their partners.

#2 “The tragedy of the commons” - dilemma arising from the situation in which multiple individuals, acting independently and rationally consulting their own self-interest, will ultimately deplete a shared limited resource even when it is clear that it is not in anyone's long-term interest for this to happen Few days prior to Valentine’s Day are the time when not only the price of rose increases wildly, but the restaurants and clubs also come out with different sets of menu that will be cunning. So, all these rivalrous economic goods are escalating the marginal cost for other users – the singles. While those couples are price inelastic and maximizing their utilities on that day, the pity singles have to bear the costs.


Of course, receiving secret gift from a proactive lady during 14th of February would be a wild dream for most of the cowards...