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GH, my business mentor, has this running gag that he pulls on me everytime we meet up.He’ll smile at me and with a twinkle in his eye ask me the same question that i always dread“Eh, so how? Still a virgin ah?”I had the misfortune of telling him that i was a virgin - i ...
Thanks to NTT, Farinelli and Daniel… i popped in to Tech65’s podcast recording last Saturday morning and they invited me to join in their recording. It was really fun - let’s see if you can discern my voice from all the rest of them.http://www.tech65.org/2007/11/18/65bits-episode-48-once-and-again-the-amazing-tech65/Cheers!
Its been a while since i last blogged. Had been really busy of late… here’s the skinny…Singapore PHP User GroupFinally got some positive news on the Singapore PHP User Group that i started last year.Here’s the site (http://www.php.com.sg) and the Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14934950373).The last meetup was on 14 Nov and we …
Business Lesson: Fail ResponsiblyBusiness start-ups seldom happen in a vacuum. It involves clients, employees, suppliers and investors. So when your business does fail, it will affect all these people at the same time:Clients won’t have anyone to service / supply themEmployees will be joblessSuppliers will lose a source of incomeInvestors may lose money (or get ...
Business Lesson: Fail EarlyTo put it simply, failing early means learning to let go when its time to. This is really more an emotional issue than anything else.I am reminded of the “Serenity Prayer”:“Lord, give me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change.The strength to change the things i can.And the wisdom to ...
Some might find this curiously paradoxical to what entrepreneurship is all about. Don’t we start businesses to profit from it and to make lots of money? Yes, profit and wealth are indeed desirable end-goals of starting-up. However, given that 9 out of 10 businesses fail within the first year, one would suspect “failing” to be ...
Ha ha… here’s a few pics i took on my birthday on 4th Sept. And a goofy shot with SimplyJean.
When i was in Sec School, i had this huge crush on a girl in my class… let’s call her BQ. She’s a dancer with the Dance Society (i had a thing for dancers once)… and she was the monitor in class (i had a thing for women in authority too). Apparently my crush was ...
When i was younger, maybe 5 or 6 years old, i had a very bad experience eating at KFC. It was so traumatic, that i didn’t eat KFC until primary school. Well, here’s what happened…My aunt and cousins had come over for the weekend. Its one of those family gatherings that i look forward to ...
For 10 years when i was staying at Teban Gardens, i was best friends with my next door neighbour - Cai Shui Mu. He’s a great pal.As our front doors were facing each other, we would sit for hours on end behind our iron grille front gates and just chat. I remember my grandma would ...
Well, as u would know by now, i was a fan of kung fu movies when i was younger (i still am). I especially love the Cantonese TVB period drama serials that we get to watch on VHS. I love the special effects (although primitive by today’s standards)… Laser beams seems to shoot out of ...
I walked out to the airport arrival hall to be greeted by a warm breeze. The wind hugged my face - ah… how nice it is walk down the streets without moisturizer lotion on my face. But then the droplets of sweat trickling down my spine and wetting my shirt snapped me back to reality ...
Ever punched someone before? Well, i have… Well, not deliberately at least.It was in Primary School. I was primary 2 or 3 in Jin Tai Primary when i got to know the “victim”. I can’t remember his name. But i think there’s a “Loong” in his last name.Loong and me were pretty good friends. We’ll ...
Reading Sparklette’s post on our Childhood Memories, reminds me of an incident in my youth.Remember those little Nintendo LED games like Donkey Kong or Parachute? Well, i had a friend in Primary School called Ming Ming. He had one of those games. He was our favourite “rich-kid” in the class. He was the “have it ...
As promised, here’s an analysis of why and how i sold my 2nd company in 2006.Business Lesson: Price Correctly - charge them the perceived value of your products & services.Although I am proud to say i didn’t have to prospect (ie. make cold calls) for a single day in the 2 years i was ...
My family had a really cute term for “going on a road trip”. My Dad calls it “sek fong” - literally “eating wind” in Cantonese.Once, i took it literally and opened my mouth really wide, attempting to eat all the air rushing thru the open window. Hee hee… ended up with really parched lips.Note: This ...
It seems like everything’s going online! Even desktop publishing tools and 3D rendering tools! A new web service called CreationOnTheFly.com has created a suite of online tools that could rival the likes of PhotoShop and 3DS Max!Just check out this video!
When we were younger, my kid brother just worships me. Just 4 years younger than me, he thinks that i’m a genius and i know everything. I have a tendency to answer everyone’s questions. Its just boosts my self-confidence. Once, we went to the airport to fetch an uncle who had come to Singapore ...
My first entrepreneurial act as a child was in Primary School - Primary 2 or 3 . I remember watching on TV, the public drawing of lucky draw prizes on a Channel 8 Variety Show. I was awed by the huge prizes that they were giving away.I wanted to do that too.
My earliest childhood memory is of my kindergarten days. As with most lower middle-class families, i attended the PAP Kindergarten in the HDB heartlands (in my case, the Kim Seng area).I remember dressing up in the blue kindergarten uniform. I remember my little back pack. And i especially remember the small black board issued by ...
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