Bookworm Miffy~

While I am running around between SBW house and preparing for wedding stuff, I decided that I should still keep in touch with my forte – Economics. Think 2008 has given me ample time to catch up with my content as well as the recent financial turmoil and revived my love for the subject. I feel that I am just so ignorant of current affairs and sometimes I feel ashamed of the unawareness.

It’s amazing how the world revolves around economics isn’t it. Haha.. everything just happen and react based on the fundamentals of the theory. I am not saying that physics is not ‘real’ enough though… but money makes the world goes round…

I attempted to make reading Economics blogs (daily or when I am free) a habit to keep myself a little more updated. And of coz I just dug out a well-received book which I had bought ages ago but had abandoned in the dark and forgotten depths of my cupboard – The World is Flat.

And it has not disappointed me! Truly insightful explanations and anecdotes about the forces of Globalisation. Refreshes my perspective as a minute college teacher in a small red dot on the globe!

The flattened world allows Bangalore to work for American firms (the Indians working in call centres have to go through 'accent neutralisation class' to disguise their pronouced Indian accents with American, Canadian or British ones depending on which part of the world they are speaking with!!!) and Dalian is actually providing manpower for Japanese companies (Jap obasans specialise in data entry for medical and legal terminologies!!!). =O

WOW~ the summary of the book - Over the Twentieth Century, the world began to go from vertical, heirarchical structure to a horizontalization. Googled and this is what i found...

Can I also work from home in future i.e. write lecture notes, prepare tutorial materials, do powerpoint slides and set exam questions (@ the ‘back office’)???