It is another cool and quiet night. While most of the lights in the neighbouring HDB units are off, I'm illuminated by the silent brightness of my laptop. I'm awake again. I hope I'm not becoming an insomniac. But there have been many nights when I woke up in the middle of the night and I can't get back to sleep again. Tonight, is one of those nights.When I started …

I've always wanted a way to keep track of the current books that I've read, reading and going to buy and then find a way to post it on the side of the blog so that anyone interested (as if!) in my taste of books would have an easy way of finding out. I'll introduce you - BookJetty!BookJetty is a beautiful mashed-up done by Herryanto Siatono (another talented entrepreneur) of …

I'm actually in a foul mood. Just needed to vent my frustrations. Things not going well in the work-front. I hate to do difficult stuff where the customer does not know what she wants. It may end up requiring a total redo after the first submission. Totally no mood to do. I have a meeting with another client at 2pm. It is now my perfect excuse not to do any work. …

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 …

Sorry folks that it took me so long to blog again. I would like to thank all who have e-mailed me to check on how I was. I'm genuinely touched by all the concerns. Even though we may not have met in real life but we are still connected through the digital bits and bytes. Thank you."When you are running your own company, you live so much inside its problems that sometimes …

I was browsing last Sunday at HMV Citylink branch when the store was playing the latest album by "The Cooper Temple Clause". Unlike bands like Coldplay, Keane etc, the name was not familiar to me. I'm not an expert in music but I do think that this is not a well known and popular group (I'm sorry if I was ignorant). But the songs had a catchy hook and I was drawn to it. I …

I've always encouraged the culture of working from home as it is still not a widely accepted concept in Singapore and unfortunately, for small companies, it'll be harder to establish credibility if the clients know that you are operating from a home office, at least for the industry I'm in. Even presented with this daunting obstacle, I would like to gradually make home …

You must read this article and watch the youtube video at the end of it. It brought tears to my eyes and I don't cry easily. The video touches me in ways I never knew. The story is about human courage. The story is about father and son. I'm now a father to two sons. I realise there is so much more I can do for my children.

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 …

I've finally bought my fax machine after resisting the primitive technology for 7 years. I thought fax machines would become extinct and go the way of the Dodo. When I started, I thought I would not need a fax service since we've progressed to the age of emails. I mean, if you really need to fax, you can always scan the document and email it as an attachment. I thought …