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I’m Still Alive…Kinda

October 16, 2009 / Daily Life

I’m frustrated and feeling a tad guilty right now. I keep trying to tell myself to write at least 5 posts a month, but that just can’t happen with my work load. So here’s a quick update to appease my guilt until I can find time to write again. Ghost toured around Singapore Thanks to…



I am Predictably Irrational

June 16, 2009 / Opinion, Reviews

I have a perpetual struggle against the word FREE. I always caution against FREE because I know it always entails some sort of cost or condition. But I still fall for it, time after time, especially when buying sanitary pads. The amount of times I have been duped into buying the wrong variety pads because…



How to Become Successful: 10,000 hours

December 4, 2008 / Culture, Daily Life, Opinion, Psychology, Reviews

Yes, that’s right. A portion to success in anything is to clock 10,000 hours, 417 full days into whatever you do. Or so claims Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Blink“, in his latest book “Outliers“. After interviewing many extraordinary people like Bill Gates and the Beatles, he comes to the conclusion that one important component of…



Cleaned My Room; Cleaned State of Mind

January 23, 2008 / Daily Life

My latest toilet companion, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, told me that a person’s room can reflect part of their personality and mental health – like their anal retentiveness (woot! more toilet allusions!) and self-confidence. In light of that, I immediately went to clean my room. Not that it was messy to begin with but it…



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