I'm currently writing a new content management system (CMS) that I will be replacing my current WordPress installation with. I had written one before, way back in 2003, and was actually pretty happy with it. But as WordPress gained in popularity, I didn't want to get left behind, so I jumped onto the WordPress bandwagon... Continue Reading →
Examination Results
I just received my examination results, and miraculously I managed to improve on my grades from last semester. I'd like to thank all who have supported me. Thanks mom, for always believing in me (though I'm sure you must have had some doubts as I'd had throughout the past semester). Thanks Li Shya, for supporting... Continue Reading →
Best one for me
As much as I wish I could tell you that you are the best girl in the world -- or the prettiest; the most sexy; the most understanding; the funniest; or the kindest one -- I can't. What I can tell you though, is that you are the best girl for me, and nothing will... Continue Reading →
Speaking up in class
I wish I did that more; speaking up in class. Unfortunately, the opportunity for that has gone, and my marks have been locked in. Now, I'm facing an almost insurmountable hurdle in the final examinations to get the grade I so desire. If I work hard now, will it happen? But then again, should it... Continue Reading →
The Intellectual Businessman
Businessmen, or businesspeople, are generally not considered the intellectual kind. You don't have to go far to find a person who holds the belief that "to succeed in business, you don't have to be really smart". I had never really thought about this until recently, when it was mentioned during one of the training sessions... Continue Reading →
Learning about what really matters
I would like to follow up a little on my previous post on sensitivity analysis. Writing on sensitivity analysis wasn't quite my aim in writing that piece; I was actually hoping to get down on paper (or screen) something I've long felt but didn't quite express before: the tug-of-war between striving for achievement and going... Continue Reading →
A Second Chance
I received the results of one of my mid-semester just the other day. I got a little above what I had expected -- I had expected a pretty low score -- and was more relieved than anything else when I saw what I had gotten; but even with this sense of relief, deep down inside... Continue Reading →
Holding Hands
Though not a believer in soul-mates, you are closer to one that I'd ever get without my resorting to blasphemy. I remember the first time I held your hand. I was expecting sparks; a skip in the beat of my heart; a shiver down my spine; But when I held your hand (and you didn't... Continue Reading →
On Goodness
I have been fascinated with "goodness" from a young age. My younger days: 5 - 13 years My younger days (pre- to early-teens) were concerned with how goodness was necessary to ensure one didn't go to hell. I remember taking a boat ride through "hell" at the now defunct Haw Par Villa -- a Buddhist/Toaist/Chinese-based... Continue Reading →
Money and Happiness
Money brings to me its own intrinsic reward. For as far as I can remember, I've always liked accumulating money. I hated spending it, most of the time. I liked money for its own sake, and would often ask myself before major purposes: would I rather have the money, or would I have whatever it... Continue Reading →
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