LIFEJOURNEY

In Brief The International Labor Organization was founded in 1919 and incorporated into the United Nation (UN) as a specialized agency in 1945. It emphasizes the need for workers to enjoy conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity through their employment. The ILO promotes international labor standard through its field offices in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia. The ILO has 187 state members. 186 of the 193 member states of the UN plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO. The UN member states which are not members of the ILO are Andorra, Bhutan, Liechtenstein, Micronesia, Monaco, Naura and North Korea. My current stint with the ILO Asia and Pacific Region office located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as its freelance translator and interpreter has provided me with an insight of the informal economy that accounts for jobs that are neither taxed nor monitored by the authorities, and that make up a...

Still tenable. At Home - Day 40 Fasting - Day 3 **********************

Old 1. Anglo Iranian Oil Company (now BP) 2. Gulf Oil (now Chevron) 3. Royal Dutch Shell 4. Standard Oil Company of California (now Chevron) 5. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (now Exxon Mobil) 6. Standard Oil Company of New York (now Exxon Mobil) 7. Texaco (now Chevron) New 1. Saudi Aramco 2. Russia Gazprom 3. China CNPC 4. Iran NIOC 5. Venezuela PDVSA 6. Brazil Petrobas 7. Malaysia Petronas The oil price has incessantly dropped as demand for it has all but dried up as the lock downs across the world have kept the people inside. There is an abundance of oil in circulation but travelling is limited, how irony. It will take a recovery in demand to really turn the market round and that will depend on how the health crisis unfolds. Further, pessimism about the prospects of oil companies and oil prices continues to rise. ⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸

A nostalgic food, salted egg. It is known as a century egg. It is either you will enjoy it or you just avoid it. It is a preserved egg soaked in brine or packed in a thick layer of salted charcoal paste. It is traditionally made with duck egg for a richer taste and texture. The egg white has a sharp salty taste and the yolk is rich and fatty. Not only salted egg is served with rice and porridge, it can be consumed in the form of chips, french toast, pasta, pizza even dough nut and muffin. It has become a sought after flavor at present for its fans. Now that Ramadan is just around the corner, mixed rice with salted egg is essential for pre-dawn meal as it gives the sensational savor that will keep you awake!. **********************

The human race needs a breather or a pause from everything instant, online, globalized social networking, affordable and budgeted travelling in every corner of the world. In view of that, life requires space. Refresh, recoup and regroup are imperative then emerge victorious for there is a light at every end of a tunnel tho' some tunnels happen to be longer than others. Salud. ↬↬↬↬↬↬↬↬↬↫↫↫↫↬↬

Sun Tzu's The Art of War remains the most influential strategy text in East Asia Warfare and has influenced both Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy, lifestyles and beyond. "Sometimes we need to lose the small battles in order to win the war" as he notably put. ⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀⇀