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If you have books you have been thinking of buying, now is definitely a good time to stock up. Kinokuniya is having a 20% sale from 23 November to 25 November (Friday to Sunday). I suspect they will be having the almost month long Christmas sale starting sometime in December too. You can check the availability and price of the books in Kinokuniya by checking here.Borders …
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It's been a while since I last blog. Can't believe I have not blogged an entry for the past 2 months! Unbelieveable! I guess that's because I've been really busy and didn't realise 2 months have gone.During the past 2 months, I've kept myself really busy. One of the 3 initiatives which I've worked on for the past 2 years have finally been launched. It was launched …
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Well, I start my work day by logging on to ping.sg first. Honestly, I think that's a bad habit of mine. Sometimes, I can get trap by reading the countless interesting new entries by new …
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Just received a call from my client/friend. There was good news! We had received a quote that was dramatically lower than our initial estimation...
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After posting about a coporate junk about two months back, I thought that was the only junk that I'll get. At this rate, maybe I can start a new blog collating all the corporate junk everyone receives (worth a thought!).
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What is a politician? In my own understanding, a politician is one who is well-versed in the art and science of getting votes. That is a skill, some even say a gift.
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I'm blogging this while drinking triple-shots espresso grande sized Starbucks latte. My earphones are blasting the songs from The Killer's Sam's Town album. It has been a while since I can sit at a cafe and have some time for myself. I'm stealing some time in between 3 meetings today (not to be outdone by Paddy ;p).Christmas season is also making its presence felt with the …
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It has been a tough few months. There are times when I feel like throwing in the towel because going forward can be so difficult. You feel the pain, the agony, the frustrations of just taking the next step. When I feel like giving up, I'll crank up my volume and play two songs and they always work wonders to my battered soul:1. Keep Holding On by Avril LavigneThe portion …
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Now that my wife is working with me, sometimes I get copied in the emails from our clients who are complaining about her. Don't get me wrong, she is doing a fantastic job. However, in all industry, when you deal with people, you are bound to work with unreasonable people. Most of my clients don't know that she is my wife. It is not that I deliberately leave out that …
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I've met an associate at Starbucks to discuss about a web application project on Saturday afternoon. The meeting was at Starbucks which is in town as we needed to connect to the web and need to login to the server remotely. I've chosen to meet at Starbucks because I'm a paid subscriber to Singnet's Wireless Surfzones service. Apparently, the day before, there was a big …
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PT contacted me about a few months back about purchasing my company's product. Before the call, I've already laid down my demons of the past and let bygones be bygones. So I told him we'll discuss more when he is back from overseas.We finally met on 29 May. After a short discussion, a deal was sealed. He would purchase my company's product by 1st September. However, a …
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If you are an executive earning $10k a month. You had a dream but you chose to give it up so you can keep earning $10k a month and more in future. That would be the price of your dream.If you were a poly lecturer making $5k per month but you gave up the job to pursue your dream of being a volunteer to take care of the stray cats at a much reduced income. However, you are …
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I had to cancel my initial plan of having lunch and going shopping with my wife for sports shoes yesterday. There was just too much work to do. Even though I had decided to stay back and work, my will was weak. I was still wavering. But I know I really had to do work. Every day is a precious day to prepare for the pending war.Just when I was gathering my resolve to start …
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I need to learn the art of delegation. I've been working on my own for so long and have been independent for so long that I don't know how to pass some of my responsibilities. When I started, I've always planned to be a one-man-operation. That was my business plan. But the business and company is really an organic identity. It'll take on a life of its own. If the …
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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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I've decided to indulge myself. I've realised what I've achieved and have now maybe lost in a whim. This can be due to forces not controlled by myself. Normally, I don't spend extravagantly. Previously, I can agonise over a month just deciding whether to buy a pair of jeans that cost $250.I remember my dad. He worked very hard but he seldoms rest or indulge himself …
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Went for a meeting today. A potential corporate client. It was a meeting at a 5-star hotel's lounge.
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For the past few days, some cheques have finally been received. In fact, a total of 8 cheques have been received. It has been quite a while I've received so many cheuqes in a short span of 3 days. The fault was entirely mine as I've not been chasing my clients to make payments. Even though I've been in business for 7 years now, I still feel embarrassed and shy about …
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As my company will be preparing a new brochure and will need to engage lady models for the shoot, my photographer friend has helped developed the styling concept and selected an agency to work with. All I need to do is turn up at the modelling agency with my photographer friend to sign the contract of engagement.This is the first time I'm working with professional models and …
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