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Happy Chinese New Year … Now Let’s Plan For The Future!


Before I begin, let me get the usual rants out of the way. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
(If you live outside of Singapore, then you ought to know that it’s the start of the new year for chinese - and it’s the year of the pig. We had a very long weekend, Saturday to […]

Aint’ My Daddy Sweet?


3 Quick Things … Random Updates, POE & Daddy Talk
1. Random Thoughts …
In the middle of writing this post, I went down to pick up dinner. Now, near my office there’s two kinds of eating places. There’s the ordinary working man “Food Court”. And there’s a Ah-Beng “Food Centre”
I didn’t really know the difference in […]

7 Days Of Celibacy … The Horrible Experiments I Conduct On Myself


(Yesterday, *somebody* read my blog as said “Another boring post ah? Where’s the funny stuff??”. Thank for the feedback my dear. This post is at your expense )
A few weeks ago, I was reading Alvin’s Post on Paiboon and wondering about the changes he’s made in his life … wearing scant clothes, life without […]

Do You Feel Victimized?


I have two friends - A & B.
A & myself go to a class conducted by B. Be is an unusual character. For strangers, he is rude, obnoxious and meaningless. For his friends, he is the greatest inspiration of life’s wisdom … seriously.
Over the past weekend, I was talking to friend A. In one of […]

This Holiday Season, Did You Cherish Your Friends?


In the beginning, we are all alone.
We spend 9 months in a closed, confined space just letting our body learn how to operate itself. We grow vital organs, ensure that we will survive to see the future … and all, in all are too busy to worry about anyone else.

Then we are born.
The […]

How To Bitch Your Heart Out … And Yet Make Sure Nobody Hears You!


What a stupid, gloomy morning! I woke up in the morning at 830, and I saw both my roomies had left for office/school already! And I was hoping to be the first one. Grrr …
Then, I pulled up the blinds and it was raining like mad! Damn, stupid rain … depressing me early in the […]

A Bunch Of Inspiring Posts


Okie, this will be a real short post … but instead of typing myself, I’m gonna give you two great posts to read:

Jiayu’s 4 Major Lessons Learned in 2006 - JY is the sweetest young woman. She’s smart, sweet and very motivated. Oh, and she’s a great writer. Oooh, and I was her coach when […]

A Tough Ending To My First Year As An Entrepreneur


I haven’t talked about this on my blog. In fact, I haven’t spoken about this to anyone but my closest friends.
But I’m going through a real tough time - professionally.
And I’ve wrestled with talking about it on this blog for a long long time … A part of me thinks that putting my vulnerabilities out […]

"Do You Love Me?"


This conversation happened 4 nights ago.
Me and her were lying in bed.
Faced each other with our eyes closed in a light, late-night embrace.
Thinking about the things people think about … at the end of another infrequent date (yep, we both have such grueling schedules).
And out of nowhere, came the question that I hadn’t […]

An Inconvenient Truth … A Review


Last night (before an evening of pool, cards & beer with the boys), I saw a movie.
An Inconvenient Truth … is a movie by Al Gore (the guy who was supposed to be America’s next President in 2000, remember?). Unlike all the recent politi-documentaries … this one was about something different.

This was a movie about […]

A Weekend At The Beach!


Last weekend was fun! I was working all week, writing my book … and I had a very nice invitation to a party over the weekend. So I decided to go ahead and take it up!
It was a weekend chalet with my PoE coach friends at Pasir Ris (I’d never been to Pasir Ris before, […]

An Evening With The Ladies!


Last wednesday, I did something I haven’t done in a long long time.
I caught up with my old homies! You see, once upon a time a few years ago … I used to live with 4 gorgeous ladies & one very cool dude. We had a whole lot of fun together, cooking, cleaning, travelling all […]