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Hello 2009! Goodbye 2008~

January 1, 2009 Life
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It’s 1-odd hour into 2009, so let me wish all my family, friends, colleagues and business contacts a better 2009 than 2008 has been. I chose to stay away from the crowds on the final day, and instead went for a run with my girlfriend, before packing my bag for our trip to Telunas Beach [...]

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Silicon Valley: 7th – 13th Dec 2008

December 14, 2008 Life
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I’m lazy, so I think I’ll be skipping breakfast to grab brunch later at the airport. It’s been a while since I posted an entry or two, so I thought I’d play catch-up and take stock of my short 1 week trip to the Valley. This trip has been a fruitful one – we began [...]

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Singapore, in the words of Mr. Taxi Driver

October 25, 2008 Life
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I was on a taxi heading back to town after a board meeting at Yishun yesterday afternoon, and was privy to some ‘grassroot sentiments’ from my 61-year old taxi driver uncle that I thought I’d share and comment upon. The gahmen (poorly pronounced Singlish, read as government) will collect 10 times what they need (fines, [...]

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Talk Your Way out of a US$371 Ticket

October 18, 2008 Life

We Chinks have this silly superstition that misfortune would befall us if we gloat over others’ misfortune or brag about our good luck. As I type this entry, my wrists are firmly planted on my wooden table top (touchwood!) for good measure – I wouldn’t want to jinx my perfect driving record because I was trying to [...]

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NTUC embarks on bold IT Transformation Project

October 12, 2008 Life
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Back in early September, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) of Singapore held a pre-procurement briefing to a conference room full of vendors to announce its upcoming tender for its IT transformation project. Chief Information Officer Kwong Yuk Wah gave the group of 70-odd attendees a brief presentation to set the context, and underlined NTUC’s key considerations [...]

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Life and How to Survive It

August 27, 2008 Life

Below is a speech to the graduating class of 2008 at the NTU convocation ceremony last week by Adrian Tan, a litigation lawyer and the author of the Teenage Textbook. I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give [...]

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iJam Industry Networking Session

August 22, 2008 Events

Time & Venue Date: 1st Sept 2008 Venue: Singapore Management University Admin Block Level 5, Conference Hall 1 Time: 2.00pm-5.30pm (ETD), 5.45pm-9pm (i.JAMMING) Program Outline 2.00pm Registration for Education Technology Development (ETD) briefing 5.30pm ETD briefing ends 5.45pm Registration for i.JAM Networking Session 6.30pm Announcement of new incubator- Stream Global 6.45pm Announcement of of developer [...]

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Comparing and Contrasting Chinese and Japanese Business Dealings

August 12, 2008 Life

As the economies of both nations continue playing important roles in the Asia in the macroeconomic landscape in the years ahead, it would be foolhardy for us (or US, however your geopolitical inclination may be) to prognosticate Western ways and ignore the oft-subtler ways in which things get done in both societies. I spent the [...]

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