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 own shop outside of work. And when I finally settled the upheaval in my heartContinue Reading

The sub title of this post is called ‘Hidden Costs’. And so began my intrepid journey as a business owner. I finally managed to place my order for a pallet of books albeit not without frustration. I found out that the slowness in response to my email was because theContinue Reading

Two Sundays ago I was in JB. While waiting at a traffic junction next to a road divider in Bukit Indah, there was a sudden explosion and our car jolted. In that split second, I thought that a tree had fallen on us, a car had crashed into our rearContinue Reading

I never realised that you need to have a registered business in order to get quite a few things done. Some examples include registering a .com.sg website domain, importing goods via the container port, renting concourse space and pushcarts in malls, and buying things wholesale from local and overseas distributors.Continue Reading

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 job and it seems like every year, a new challenge awaits me. In 2010 whenContinue Reading

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 series of talks because the audience size is small and cozy and my boss isContinue Reading