I received my name card today -- my very first name card! It's certainly a personal milestone for me. I remember when I was still in primary school, taking a stack of my dad's name cards and pretending they were mine; I'd go around and pretend I was a businessman, giving out these name cards... Continue Reading →
Love what you do, and the money will follow. Or will it?
I recently read an article on how an author went around interviewing rich people in an attempt to find out their “secrets to success”. What he found was that these rich people tended not to seek money for its own sake. In essence, the author found that you should pursue what you love, for the... Continue Reading →
I’m Blessed
I’m currently undergoing one of the worst bouts of sickness I’d ever undergone in a long, long time. Fever, cough, a sorethroat so bad swollowing my own saliva feels like swollowing glass, a running nose, and to top it off, a body ache brought about by Sunday’s 10km trail run. I’m in ridiculous pain. Thank... Continue Reading →
The Confirmation Appraisal
I think that I had neglected to tell you that I went for my confirmation appraisal just the other day (last Thursday). What that means is that I am now a confirmed permanent staff of my present company. Just like to express to my company my sincere thanks, and that I'm filled with gratitude that... Continue Reading →
Entrepreneurship and Full-time Work
A couple of days ago I had a talk with a good friend of mine, also an aspiring entrepreneur, regarding entrepreneurship. Though we shared many similar thoughts regarding this subject, it was when we differed that I learned the most. At one point of our conversation, the reasons why we were so driven toward becoming... Continue Reading →
What If I Actually Wrote Great Content?
I was just looking through my website statistics, and noticed that two webpages made up more than 80% of my website traffic: Moon Represents My Heart by Teresa Teng and What is Dry Humour?. Although these two posts are as different as night and day, they are similar in one important aspect: they are useful... Continue Reading →
Internal Talent Scouting
I went for an "interview" with a corporate HR person yesterday, from a department called Talent Management. Before you think how to yourself, "wow", allow me to admit that I wasn't exclusively chosen for it -- I was one of the 200-or-so (probably more) marketing people who were. Though I must applaud the company for... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 