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Some may chide me for being silly. But I am who I am. Remember last year when I wrote an entry about a deal not being realised? What happened was that PTcontacted me after my blog entry (no, I don't think he reads my blog) and explained to me the reasons behind the delay. It's been a while now so I can'tremember the reasons he told me then. :pAnyway, I've agreed to give …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on April 23, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Yeah, I was on TV a few days ago. It happened unexpectedly and quickly. I was invited and I just accepted not because I wanted to be famous but I wanted to share my opinion on the subject. In general, I'm a very private person and I don't seek the limelight. However, this time, I was asked to express my opinion on a subject which my business is involved in. I plucked up …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on April 15, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
A few months ago over lunch with a friend, he invited me to give a speech to share my entrepreneurial experience in a seminar. Being the idiot that I am, I gamely agreed.This was going to be the first time I'll be making a public speech. In all honesty, I was pretty excited about it. I imagined that my speech would inspire future generations of new entrepreneurs to "boldly …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on May 14, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Staying up tonight, trying to get some work done.It's been a while since I stay up to do work. Age must have caught up with me. I realise I'll be more efficient if I've a good night sleep so I have made it a point to get about 6-7 hours of sleep daily. No more late nights blogging. This is part of the reason I've blogged less for the past few months. It does not help …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on February 13, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Needed to meet my friend at Registry of Marriage (ROM). Was waiting for a cab for 15 minutes and there were no cab in sight. As the time goes by, 3 more people appeared at varying distance in front of me and were waiting for cab too. The weather was hot and humid, it made the wait even more unbearable. It had been getting more difficult to get a cab at the road near my …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on May 3, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
A potential client left a voice message on our answering machine:"This is so-and-so, I would like to speak to your sales representative. Please call me back at this number."Message end tone sounded.Er... but what is the number? The caller's number was those private numbers type that do not display on caller-ID.Another Duh moment! What a way to start the day. :p
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on April 22, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Another night of working late. Unlike the other night, tonight I was not overwhelmed by a rush of emotions and memory. I think I am now clearer and understood what really went through my mind the other night. It was a while since I slogged late through the night but there was a familiar feeling of staring into the LCD screen in the night again. There were many nights …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on February 27, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
During National Day Rally, PM Lee mentioned bak chor mee vs mee siam mai harm podcast as an analogy...
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on August 22, 2006 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
We had sent an invoice to a client about 6 months ago after our product had already been fully delivered. The invoice was only $4000. It took us months of phone calls to the client's accounts department before we finally received the cheque 2 months ago. When I slit opened the envelope, the cheque was $2000, half of the total amount!This client is a corporate client. …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on May 30, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Another humid and hot night. Makes me wanna drink a bottle of ice cool beer. Instead, I opened up a bottle of Jack Daniel's cola. My friend told me it is better than Jim Beam so I tried. I think he is right. It is a real sweet taste and feeling to have cool alcohol slowing flowing down your throat. When the intoxication kicks in, you'll feel lightheaded and the burden …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on April 22, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
The PR issue of Nuffnang Singapore had resurfaced again. This was due to a recent report in Techcrunch. It was not surprising that the report had stirred up many vocal responses against Nuffnang Singapore. This was because the previous PR issue was not fully resolved. Like many had written in their entries, it was not about the implementation of the $1 administrative fee …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on November 6, 2007 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Out of the blue, a client sent me an sms today requesting us to provide a service which was stipulated within our contract. The client had asked for my email address as instructions would be sent via email. This is also a client who has not sent us the payment for quite a while and I gladly grab the opportunity to remind the client of the outstanding payment.For a while, …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on May 17, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
A few nights back, while I was checking my twitter (yes, I read twitter like I read e-mails, I don't subscribe twitter with my phone), my eldest son who is 4 years old, walk over and stood beside me. It was around his bed time and he wanted me to accompany him to sleep.Son, "Pa, press the sleep button and come to sleep."Wow! I was impressed, I didn't know that my 4 year-old …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on July 2, 2007 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
It's been 8 years now since I've started my venture. For a while, I'm satisfied with what I've achieved. For friends who know me, they all know that I'm a simple person. I don't have many material needs. I don't aim to stay in a private condominium or drive a flashy car. Like any boys, I like and admire Ferrari but I never desired to drive one. I'm happy to stay in my …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on May 7, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Read about TwittEarth from techcrunch and went ahead to playing around it and got the following screenshot for posterity (I'm the one with the word balloon):Quite a cool visualisation. Yeap, when I twit, our half of the earth sphere is in darkness as it is at night now. Wouldn't it be cool if more Singaporeans are twitting now using twittearth? Then we'll see a group of …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on April 21, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
I was pong surfing (randomly ponging various ping entries that caught my attention) a few hours ago, about 2am on a Monday morning. When I came to RichGrad.com, I nearly fell off my chair! According to the site's feedburner widget, it has 6 billion feed subscribers! Wow! A local site, 6 billion readers! Take a look at the screen capture below:The number is so impressive …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on October 1, 2007 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
Just about a week ago, I've finally decided to switch my mobile phone from silent mode back to ring mode. Prior to this, my phone has been in silent mode for the past 3 to 4 years. Unbelievable, isn't it? For so many years, unless I'm carrying the phone with me and when I felt the vibration, I would always have missed calls and I only reply the sms later when I checked my …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on February 19, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
On 31 Jan 2008, Straits Times reported that Transport Minister Raymond Lim cited that Singapore's car population has grown from 370,000 in 1997 to 515,000 today (an approximately 40% growth). This has caused strain to Singapore's road system which resulted in crowded roads and traffic congestion during peak hours. To maintain smooth flowing traffic, ERP charges will be …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on February 10, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
I was speechless when I read that Mr. Brown has been suspended from Today papers. My mind became a blur with an avalanche of thoughts.
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on July 7, 2006 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur
An invoice was sent to a client but payment was not received after 2 months, so I sms the client to check if the invoice has been received.Client replied that they are always prompt and on-time. Payments are always sent out at the end of the month when the invoice was received.I bit my tongue and resisted the urge to remind the client that the invoice had already been sent 2 …
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cobaltpaladin Posted by cobaltpaladin User Menu on April 17, 2008 at A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur

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