Ah, it's been a while since I last published anything here. Feel a little guilty, but thankfully not too much. Crazy work commitments in the months prior (man, I've been busy) followed by a two week holiday (to America!) meant I couldn't devote as much time as I'd have liked to writing here. Which reminds... Continue Reading →
It's been such a long time since I last wrote anything here (blame the whole ____load of work that's been coming in; hint: sounds like "ship") that I'm suddenly all self-conscious about it. It reminds me of a period of my life where I used to wear running shorts all the time. I wore them in... Continue Reading →
This is a beautiful talk, one that addresses something I'd felt strongly about since I started thinking seriously about my professional life back when I was studying at Temasek Polytechnic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHTawgyKWQ I remember sitting in the lecture hall, listening to an entrepreneur who had been invited to speak to us business students. During the Q&A,... Continue Reading →
Tired and socially exhausted after a very nice company dinner (a common predicament for introverts), I was looking forward to some me-time on the taxi home. But it was not to be -- the taxi driver was a little chattier than I'd hoped. Having seen me catch his taxi amongst a group of foreigners whom presumably were my colleagues... Continue Reading →
People watching used to be a favourite hobby of mine. Sitting at a café, observing without judging. Then technology came along. And I don't observe people so much anymore. I mean, you can't observe both the screen and the people around you, can you? A real pity, really. Technology has filled all those little spaces... Continue Reading →
I read a post by Alex Tabarrok today, regarding school safety in his son's school (via the Marginal Revolution blog) today. The post is really a letter that he'd written to his son's school principal, regarding the introduction of security guards and cameras. From the post (emphasis mine): When going to school requires police, security guards and cameras how... Continue Reading →
As we approach the end of the year and the beginning of the next, I've started thinking about resolutions and how I might make 2014 different (and better!) from all the other years I've had (almost 30 now). 2013 hasn't been the best. And though I wish I could say to you, "I won't bore... Continue Reading →
I just realised that I haven¹t announced that I achieved my IPPT Gold last Saturday. Third one in three years. Full points for all three too. I almost make it seem easy. But the fact is, it was anything but. For the past couple of months I've been training really hard for this and the... Continue Reading →
For the third or fourth time in a couple of days, through chance alone, I came across four websites espousing the benefits of "mixing things up" through changes in habits. All four recommended "having the vegetarian dish if you normally have meat". Why not the other way round? Why not have meat if you're normally... Continue Reading →
I came across a beautiful poem by Shel Silverstein called "Masks", that reminded me of how we can sometimes go through our whole lives pretending to be someone else, hoping to find like-minded souls but afraid to reveal our true selves. She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And... Continue Reading →
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