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For many years, I've been using Lux soap to bathe. A few days ago, suddenly feeling bored by the scent of Lux soap and the dryness of my skin after each bath, I decided to pamper myself. Call me a sucker of marketing, whatever. Attracted by L'OCCITANE's website, enamored by the rural and natural beauty of Provence, romanticized by anything French, I decided to try their …
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I used to feel overwhelmed by work and my mind feels bloated all the time. There were just so many things I need to remember and do. Sometimes, new ideas will just pop into my head and I hold them in my mind, shelving it to a corner of my mind so that I'll think deeper about its practicality when I have time. Because my mind feel stuffed to overflowing capacity, physically …
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It was about 7.15pm. I was washing the dishes after dinner. Suddenly, I felt the room spin and I thought I had a dizzy spell. I steadied myself and noticed that water in the bowl that I was washing, it was sloshing from left to right. My wife shouted and asked if I feel that our building was shaking. Then I realised we were feeling the aftershocks of an earthquak from …
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I've been really really busy. Working non-stop for past weeks on the word 'go'. After sending my kids to childcare and having breakfast with my wife, my posterior will be stuck to the chair and my fingers will start typing on the keyboard and clicking on the mouse for the rest of the day. Even my wife remarked that she has not seen me sneaking time-off to read the twitters …
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I have not been thinking. I thought I had been but actually I've not really been thinking. I don't know when it started. Everyday, I'm buried under piles of work, thousands of emails to reply, deadlines to meet, the repetitive routine and of course, the daily fire-fighting.Sometimes, when a new idea struck me, I'll just keep it in my mind and usually I'll forget and let …
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Last year, a close friend of mine out of the blue asked me for lunch. He had been working in the same job for the past 10 years. He was feeling restless and wanted to know how to become an entrepreneur. I told him the only way I know how - by sharing my personal experiences.The most important thing for the entrepreneurial spark to start is to have a unique idea which you …
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Continued from The Art Of The Start: Part 1Probably like many budding entrepreneurs, when I had my idea, my heart was filled with excitement. I thought my idea was simply brilliant and there was no way I was gonna fail. It did not help that I had my first successful deal at my first attempt even before I officially started my business venture. I really thought I was gonna …
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Continued from The Art Of The Start: Part 1Probably like many budding entrepreneurs, when I had my idea, my heart was filled with excitement. I thought my idea was simply brilliant and there was no way I was gonna fail. It did not help that I had my first successful deal at my first attempt even before I officially started my business venture. I really thought I was gonna …
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I've lost my blogging momentum. I'm writing this entry hoping that I'll be able to restart my blogging engine. It is nearly 3 weeks since my last entry. I would like to restart by writing something short, something not so "insightful". :pWhy have I lost my momentum? It was mainly due to work but it was also because the follow-up entry "The Art Of The Start: Part 2" would …
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I've lost my blogging momentum. I'm writing this entry hoping that I'll be able to restart my blogging engine. It is nearly 3 weeks since my last entry. I would like to restart by writing something short, something not so "insightful". :pWhy have I lost my momentum? It was mainly due to work but it was also because the follow-up entry "The Art Of The Start: Part 2" would …
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Last year, a close friend of mine out of the blue asked me for lunch. He had been working in the same job for the past 10 years. He was feeling restless and wanted to know how to become an entrepreneur. I told him the only way I know how - by sharing my personal experiences.The most important thing for the entrepreneurial spark to start is to have a unique idea which you …
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I don't know what's wrong with DK? His blog gets a PG rating and he was ranting (aka KPKB - * roll eys *, such foul language. I'm flushed.) away. See my blog, rated 'G'.I'm so happy! It means my blog is friendly (family and childeren friendly). That means my blog is made of sugar and spice and all things nice. It is suitable for everyone! I don't know what's wrong …
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7th July, 2007 was a significant date for many reasons and one of it: the day ping celebrates its 1st year anniversary. It was a community which I've joined since day one. I've gotten to know many of the nice people from the community; some I've already known before ping, but I got to know them better in ping. Many of the friends I know from ping had been asking me to …
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Between the months of April and May, I made a few big items purchase. Big as in expensive, not big in terms of size. Usually, my credit card expenditure does not go above the $1k mark.Firstly, my CRT monitor went kaput! I was happy actually because I could finally get my wide-sized LCD monitor. The increased real estate is especially good for graphic design software like …
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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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Seven years ago, when I was doing my sales door-to-door, in a single day, I had two incidents which I felt humiliated. It was so traumatising that till this day, even with fading memories, I can still feel the sting of the humiliation, except that the sting is not as sore now as it was then. I had just started my venture; I was fresh and my skin was thin. The experience …
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Thank you to friends who have nominated my blog for the "Most Insightful Blog" award (it is the third category)!Please vote for me! Thank you! Thank you! All you need to do is register an account at ping.sg if you are not already a member. I would like to thank in advance to those who have voted or would vote for me. If I win, I MAY just be there in spider-man mask! * …
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I have not been thinking. I thought I had been but actually I've not really been thinking. I don't know when it started. Everyday, I'm buried under piles of work, thousands of emails to reply, deadlines to meet, the repetitive routine and of course, the daily fire-fighting.Sometimes, when a new idea struck me, I'll just keep it in my mind and usually I'll forget and let …
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It did not start great yesterday morning. Stressed over work and having a migraine to contend with. Didn't feel like popping another two panadols. I decided I had been popping too many painkillers whenever I have a headache and felt that it is not a healthy habit.Received a call from a new potential client. Made enquiries about our product and price. Complaint that our …
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It will soon be the 2 year anniversary of this blog. Yeah, time flies (cliché but true). It was a deliberate attempt when I started blogging that I kept my real identity a secret. I di …
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