Identity Crisis
Since the day the bomb dropped on me exactly one month ago, I, who was always sure of who I am, am not so sure anymore. After much prayer and affirmation, I decided to take up ...
Career
Various grouses about working life
Why This? Not That?
Life is so ironic. Just two months ago, I made a conscious decision to choose life over career. I courageously signed away my promotion by telling my boss that I wanted to set up my ...
Between This and That
Life is all about making choices and today I had to make one of those potentially life changing ones. I made a choice between career and life. 2013 will mark my third year in my current ...
Getting what you wished for
It has been one really long year. Despite going on part time, my work commitments were not lightened and coupled with managing Joel’s school work, I was ready for a long break. However I didn’t ...
Comparing the Singapore and SPR mentality
Today I gave the last talk of the year, my fourth this year. The target audience of my talk had typically been a mixture of 50-50 Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents. I enjoy giving this ...
The Power of Speech
For the last two days I was enrolled into an Advanced Public Speaking workshop by a renown consultant. I hate giving presentations and yet this skill becomes ever more ubiquitous in my job as an ...
The price of being different
I recently read a local comic book entitled The Resident Tourist. It is an ongoing autobiography of Troy Chin who is also the artist behind the series of books. Troy studied in US and pursued ...
Keeping in line with God’s plans
I read a Bible verse just two days ago which literally made me stop in my tracks. It says, “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps” (Prov. 16:9). ...
Realising a dream
It is amazing how time flies. It is already March and soon the first quarter of the year will be over. I am taking stock of the year in such a minuscule way because 2011 ...
Thinking Deep Thoughts
Lately I have been developing an uncanny tendency to think about how the world works. Perhaps a result of becoming obsessive with work. I can’t help but subconsciously wonder why things are the way they ...