just finished a challenging presentation...
Another one ahead

It has been a month of challenges, from the mental to the spiritual, and the utterly mundane. I finished reading the book by Gary Reynard: Disappearance of the Universe, and was reminded of the power of "Forgiveness". The book is an interesting read, but I'd suggest that the more spiritually-inclined should just jump to the last few chapters ( Read more... )

It was a vivid dream ( Read more... )

The last few days has been rather strenuous. There were errands to run given the festivities and two friends were unexpectedly in need of help ( Read more... )

I had decided to have a small gathering of close friends for my birthday this year. I went through my phone book and facebook contacts and ended up inviting 36 of my closest pals. Last night, including the plus ones and plus-plus ones, some 50 arrived ( Read more... )

Just gave another push to an idea which I really hope Singapore can adopt.

http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_420740.html

Just looked at the full year results of Raffles Educ. Amazing to see a highly prized education play post a sharp fall in profits in the last quarter. As usual, they don't quite provide you the numbers. You just have to do your math by deducting Full year from the 9mth results. In addition, you have to remove various one-offs like investment gains ( Read more... )

On 6 Feb 2009, when Temasek appointed Charles Goodyear to succeed Ho Ching, a statement was issued which said:

" ... Mr Goodyear retired from BHP Billiton on 1 January 2008 after leading the world’s largest diversified resources company through its rapid growth and expansion.

... The Board, including Ms Ho, has been addressing succession planning ( Read more... )

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What matters matters. What doesn't doesn't.

So many things don't really matter,
So few do.
Yet so much time is spent on the former,
So little on the latter.
Oh, how we allow ourselves to wallow.

It's time to put first things first .. again 8-)