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11 February 2010

Thoughts on Cuba and its Dual Economy

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It didn’t quite occur to me that I had visited Cuba as a political tourist until I was onboard the Mexicana flight out of Havana.  I spent 7 days avoiding tourist traps and CUCs and using Cuban pesos while soaking in the local lifestyle, and went away with the [...]

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9 January 2010

Wanderlust

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On Thursday, I’ll be heading to the American continent on a month-long road trip with my fiancée.  Much of it will be personal in nature, although I’ll be meeting with some business contacts in San Francisco and New York.  I am eagerly looking forward to it, not just because it’s been 4 years since my last [...]

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31 December 2009

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!

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As we hurtle towards the new year, I thought I’d take some time to look back at 2009, and collect my thoughts.
It’s been quite an amazing year for me, both professionally and personally.  I bought an apartment, changed 3 companies in a year and proposed to my girlfriend (now fiancee).  Someone once told me it [...]

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28 December 2009

Oly E-P2 beats Panny GF1: Here’s Why

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I think I’ve caught the photography bug again, after a 3-year hiatus.  After I sold off all my Canon equipment in 2006, I turned to Panasonic’s minute workhorse, the LX-3 as my sole photography tool.  Coming from the much larger APS-C sensor of the Canon 20D,  the tiny 1/1.63″ sensor of the LX-3 was a [...]

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15 December 2009

Post-NSC1 thoughts

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I finally got a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep last night. The past weekend has been nothing short of awesome.  Our inaugural Neoteny Singapore Camp 1 (NSC1) event went without major fails, and the speaker and crowd quality, level of discussion and energy levels were superb and electrifying.  Even though Sean [...]

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7 December 2009

How to have a jolly good meeting with me

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I had a less-than-ideal experience earlier today, at a tea-cum-pitching session with an entrepreneur that was introduced by a mutual friend.  I made the mistake of not asking for materials beforehand, and was still clueless as to what product the entrepreneur and his team was trying to build after listening for three-quarters of the hour [...]

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3 December 2009

Update on Neoteny Singapore Camp 1

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NSC1 is the first event (and a rather large one) that I have ever organized, so I’m really hoping that everything will run smoothly when December 12 and 13 finally arrives.  There has been a huge pile of logistics and coordination we’ve had to see to, and I’m glad to say I’ve had superb help [...]

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18 November 2009

When Fear and Hope collide

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Some days ago, I made the decision to publish an entry that some might consider controversial.  I received a wide range of responses from my friends, some supportive, and others less so.  Apart from the comments attached to the original entry, I thought I’d reproduce some of them (sans names and any identifiers) to illustrate [...]

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10 November 2009

Once Bonded, Reloaded

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Just like Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, I penned my name on a legal document in 2000 that effectively willed 6 years of my life – after the mandatory military service and the sponsored US university education – to the Singapore Public Service.  The ‘golden ticket’ was like a dream come true – a chance for the eldest [...]

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27 October 2009

Thin-slicing in Venture Capital: Tapping the power of the Adaptive Unconscious

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Every entrepreneur knows the importance of placing their best foot forward so as to leave a good impression with investors at the first meeting.  Yet more often than not, the entrepreneur finds the session rapidly going south.  The less patient angel or VC’s body language would subtly change, as they shift about in their seats [...]

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