Dance like no one's watching

Reflections: This is my second business trip to HK, which I always find ironic since it took 15 years of working life before work brought me to a country I enjoy visiting so much; and of which among my colleagues, I’m the only one who speaks Cantonese. I know TST area better than I know […]

To cut loss and reprioritise is akin to taking a pin and bursting a balloon you blew. Even if it’s an ugly looking balloon, it still means your hopes were not met.

So this has been bugging me most of the afternoon. I was quite disappointed that despite having done training at least twice, and preparing condensed notes on insurance law, my staff still didn’t grasp a very fundamental concept. I didn’t want to spoonfeed him the answer so I told him to refer to the law […]

I know we’re only 2 months into 2016 but I may have come across the most ridiculous thing for this year already! I was proof reading a tender document today when I saw that an overseas colleague listed “sense of entitlement” as a positive trait of a broker. I thought my eyes were playing tricks […]

One of the best things about travelling is that it allows you to learn more about yourself and others around you. Being able to social dance, take private lessons, attend workshops and observe how people dance at both the US Open and The After Party (TAP) have me a deeper appreciation of what flight, quality […]

So apparently in Aug 1949, there was a World Festival of Youth in Budapest where the Soviets used the Hungarians as hosts for this communist organised rally. The International Students Union in Britain invited groups in Britain to participate. Some Malayan and Singaporean students including Goh Keng Swee, Dennis Lee ( LKY’s brother) and Maurice […]

Competition is part and parcel of a broker’s life. As the class of insurance I do is largely non-renewable, it has been ingrained in me that I am only as good as my last deal. I recently had the opportunity to submit our value proposition and meet up with prospects to explain why they should […]

From the book, From Third World to First, this is what LKY of his first visit to China in May 1976: “They had officials in their team who spoke every language and dialect we did. Whether we spoke Hokkien, Malay or English, they had officials who had lived in Southeast Asia, or had served in […]

Heavy rain is a true test of how I view the importance of a meeting. If it’s important, I’ll get up 10-15 min earlier to accommodate any travel delays due to the train. If it’s not, I sleep 10-15 min more in hope that the rain will lighten. Hahaha!

I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a while now but wasn’t sure how much detail to include. Pinky passed away on Tue, 28 Apr 2015. He seemed to have fully recovered from GI Stasis and only had some remnant snuffles. In fact, his appetite had improved to the extent that he was eating […]