Author: matsalah


A Story of Appreciation
I should preface this post by saying that this is not my writing. I “stole” this from a friend (well he did say to share it), and whilst I have changed some of the English, neither the origins of the story… nor the moral are mine. Thanks Chris. All to often in life, children are…


A Cultural Business Divide
China North East Petroleum (CNEP) is a US company that was reborn through a reverse merger of Chinese assets in 2004. The story of CNEP is a perfect example of the cultural business divide between China and, in this instance America. CNEP was born in 2004 when Mr Wang Hongjun decided to move his Chinese…

Farmer Luo Boagen
A friend of mine (Reece) recently posted this link to a Canberra Times article on his Facebook. Being the inquisitive soul I am, I felt compelled to click through ….. especially as Reece has a habit of finding obscure, esoteric and amusing titbits from across the web. And hence I came across the story of…

Oh, for some service!
Dear Moore & Moore Cafe, Fremantle, We tried to have lunch at your cafe yesterday and were really disappointed to have to leave unfed!! This cafe has a great concept but it sadly badly let down by a terrible staff attitude which borders on being down right rude and certainly completely disinterested in providing any…

Stick to what you know you will like
A SHORT STORY – with a moral – “stick to what you know you will like” 🙂 Sean always encourages me to try new things as he says I am boring because I normally tend to stick with the “tried and tested”, whether it be food, travel or life in general. On this occasion I…






