Counting down to Krabi
3 more days before my departure and I can’t wait to finally get a well-deserved vacation. Although lugging one pre-schooler and one toddler to a foreign country may not constitute as a break. Oh well, ...
Say Cheese!
I need a new digital camera. The Sony Cyber-shot W110 which has served me faithfully for the last two years is due for retirement. I am not complaining since she was a free gift but it is ...
Understanding the other person
I attended a supervisory management course today on effective communication, goal setting, delegation, motivation, performance appraisal and coaching. The material centers around the DISC psychometric profiling of ourselves and the people around us. We were taught the ...
Eat Pray Love or 36 Tales about the Pursuit of Balance
The movie opens in Singapore next week and I completed the book in time to catch it. I realised that most movies based on books never really cut it. I find myself wondering why I ...
Grandiose notions of changing the world
That was exactly what a dear friend said to me today. Stop trying to change the world! Which is really amusing because I never realised that this desire is so strong that my friends feel ...
Biodiversity Poverty Tourism
September 27 is World Tourism Day. It is the day when nations around the world observe the importance of tourism in our economies and its social impact on our culture and environment. This year’s theme ...
What F1 can teach your child
Singapore just completed hosting the world’s only Formula One night race for the third consecutive year. The event brought close to a 100,000 visitors to our shores and an estimated $100 million in revenue. More than that, its success sealed Singapore ...
Clueless about girls
Sorry if you landed here thinking that this post will help you understand the woman in your life better. Because believe it or not, as a woman myself, I find it impossible to understand my ...
Reflections of a young working Singaporean mother
I just spent the last two hours watching a women’s dialogue centered on living, working, raising children and retiring in Singapore. As a very young working mother of three myself, you can be sure this ...
Eat Pray Love or 36 Tales about the Pursuit of Devotion
The issue of religion is difficult to broach because it is an intensively sensitive and personal decision about one’s belief and experience. The many religions in the world is founded on some principles or founding ...