Yi Zheng

Jit Sin High School, Attended 1996 - 2000, Class of 2000
Anderson Junior College, Attended 2001 - 2002, Class of 2002

Nanyang Technological University, Attended 2006 - Present, Class of 2007, Master's Degree, International Political Economy
Nanyang Technological University, Attended 2003 - 2006, Class of 2006, Bachelor's Degree, Business (Actuarial Science)

Business Analyst

Nanyang Business School, S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Reading, Piano, Kickboxing. On governance, policymaking, strategy, development.

Bertrand Russell, Lee Kuan Yew (Memoirs; Speeches), Mancur Olson (Power & Prosperity; Rise & Decline of Nations), Hall & Soskice (Varieties of Capitalism); Gourevitch & Shinn (Political Power & Corporate Control), M.E. Porter (Competitive Advantage of Nations; Competitive Strategy), Jeff Sachs (The End of Poverty), Ben Graham (The Intelligent Investor), Machiavelli (The Prince; The Art of War), J.Bhagwati (Free Trade Today), W.Easterly (Elusive Quest for Growth), Thomas Schelling (Micromotives & Macrobehaviour), Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), Mark Roe, Robert Greene, P.Krugman, Thomas Paine, A.Einstein, A.Schopenhauer, Chinese Classics, Lateral Thinking, Sherlock Holmes

Infernal Affairs I, Bruce Lee, Death Note, Ong Bak, Ocean's Eleven

Piano Sonatas of Beethoven and Chopin

No TV at home. Strongly against the habit of watching TV...

Aries

An atheist. An elitist, as opposed to egalitarian. A monist, as opposed to mind-body dualist.

I hold my highest regard for intellect. Therein lies my deepest respect, my reverence, to the point of worship, be it in music, physics, math, poetry, economics, politics, engineering, painting etc. I adore talents. To bask in the glow of their works, to converse with and learn from them, to partner them are the most joyous experience one can afford. The greatest damage to our civilisation is when they don't leave behind their insights, masterpieces, teachings.

I am most impressed by a showcase of mental power, of logic, of creativity, of the originality of ideas, a virtuoso and mastery of finesse of every kind (yes, crime included e.g. Hannibal Lecter), not school grades, not faith, hate a quote without the source, and certainly unimpressed by an emotional outburst. Likewise, an emotive appeal, a non sequitur or an ad hominem remark is downright humiliating. It embarrasses one even to respond to it.

Learned mentors... men of insights, important appointments, great experiences.

Pretty, intelligent, tough, knowledgeable, composed woman with personality, whom I can learn from and discuss with.