The main message for students:

Discover Your Own Potential!

Rise Above Your Limits!

Join Us in a New Realm of Science Venture Business.

We are not hard selling our company ‘goodness’ but by showcasing what we do, I hope to bring across the message to students that they could do a lot more things with their science degree. A lot of things that are interesting, exciting and meaningful!

Our 3 Projects:

1)    Nurturing Young Scientists

Together with the Universities and industries, we would support young scientists henceforth promoting the development of cutting edge science technologies.

2)    Education Support Project

Education for our next generation is vital in our knowledge-based society and Leave a Nest supports education programs from development and production of education resources to execution of high quality education programs with Universities and companies.

3)    Local Revitalization Project

Leave a Nest cooperates with Universities, the industries and the public to create new products from these unique local resources. Consequently, with our involvement in the development, marketing and promotion of these new products, we contribute to the growth of the local industries.

In Singapore, our current focus is on the ‘Education Support Project’ where we collaborate with the Singapore Science Centre, schools and industrial partners on workshops, kits development and research-based education. Recently, we have embarked upon another project to nurture young scientists. In this project, we provide grants and training program for Science and engineering students who are interest to venture with us in the new realm of Science Businesses.

For further information, contact us at info+sg@leaveanest.com

A half-day staff’s training program was done today. It was INTERESTING. I have heard from different people in the company on how Leave a Nest developed and became such a multi-dimension company. However, in today’s seminar the whole map of the development path was finally pieced together like a complete jiz saw puzzle. The actual people who started the respective project spoke on their experiences and I realized that these people were actually in the same shoes that I am in-as I am starting-up the Singapore version of Leave a Nest. It was not easy work and only with perseverance would success come. I felt a little relieved coz’ I am not totally alone on this and that I am actually working with very very capable partners/friends. We would make Leave a Nest Singapore just as successful.

The second part of the training program is on actual business talks and negotiation. New staffs are paired with more experienced staffs to ‘sell’ their ‘product’ to other industries. This is actually a role-playing and training session: The industrial people are actually our own staff and the pair (new staff taking the lead) is to convince the industrial people that our products are good in their own style and words. To elaborate further on this training, the pair actually meets the client in other room and the whole process is showed live in the other room. This is really a good learning experience on how we could present ourselves to our customers, what are our (Leave a Nest) strengths and weaknesses also became obvious during this session.

Looking forward to the next sharing session!

This summer with our plant factory know-how (with Venix), we would bring in the house production and consumption concept and during the festival at Suntec, we would showcase one of our workshop. In additional, with Globax, we would bring in the first Japanese produced Robotics workshop in Singapore. This project would be our debut and with our entrance, we look forward to integrate into the Singapore education scene and make a difference in this field. We are quite excited coz we would also work with as many partners to realize our vision.

The above is a tale of how Scientists could make a difference in the society through the business arena. I foresee many more PhD holders (Science) to take up leadership roles in the international business scene. 

Though, this event is held annually around this time of the year, it’s my first rice planting experience. I arrived earlier at the fields and was brought to the green house where they sprout rice seeds and cultivate the young plants. We brought about 10sets of 1m x 30 cm young rice plants to the field.

The rest of the group soon arrived at the meeting point and after changing into proper wears (long boots or socks, etc) we were brought to the field. The field is about the size of an Olympic swimming pool filled with abt 10cm of water/mud.

As there were more than 25 people, it took us about an hour to fill three quarters of the field. The final part was done with a machine. Check this machine out, its quite kool. Gave up my chance to kids to ride on that machine.Though, this event is held annually around this time of the year, it’s my first rice planting experience. I arrived earlier at the fields and was brought to the green house where they sprout rice seeds and cultivate the young plants. We brought about 10sets of 1m x 30 cm young rice plants to the field.

The rest of the group soon arrived at the meeting point and after changing into proper wears (long boots or socks, etc) we were brought to the field. The field is about the size of an Olympic swimming pool filled with abt 10cm of water/mud.

As there were more than 25 people, it took us about an hour to fill three quarters of the field. The final part was done with a machine. Check this machine out, its quite kool. Gave up my chance to kids to ride on that machine. 

 Science on Miso

We had 2 solid 2-h sessions (morning/afternoon) with the kids and their parents on Miso making. One kid enjoyed the session so much that he attended the same session again in the afternoon.

The Miso making fairy tale

 This is where the 'hardwork' comes

 
The Final product 

新風を吹かせる

世界は大きく変化している

変化する世界のために、未来のために、自分はどう行動していくのか。

変化を恐れず、自分で未来を切り開いていく力を持つ人。

それが「新風を吹かせる」人だ。

Here comes the new wind

Big changes are happening around the world.

For these changes and the future, what should one do?

People who are fearless of these changes and possess the capacity to pave the way to their own future are the people of the new wind.

 Above is quoted from the newest edition of the magazine (Called Incu-be) we publish. I like the Japanese version better though. 

Injuries during sports are rather common, the more we do the more we expose ourselves to possible injuries. Nevertheless, why do we still do sports? Basically, sports are fun and it keeps one healthy. Sports can also be means of social interaction. Many people also do sports for a living and these people are the professionals who participate in competitions at different levels. The more they win the more they earn. Beside the ‘winning’ element, most of the professionals do it out of passion of the particular sport/s.  

Professionals, in particular (I think), understand the risks of the sport/s they are involved and more often than not, it’s their willingness to undertake risks that brings them new records/breakthroughs. Japanese figure skater, Daisuke Takahashi, is one such person. In 2008/09, an injury (torn ligament in his right knee) caused him to miss all seasons in 2009. He went through a tormenting ordeal (surgery, therapy and re-training after recovery) and secured a bronze and gold during 2010 Winter Olympics and World Figure Skating Championship, respectively. His tale is inspiring to me and many others. However, it was only recently that I felt I needed his kind of spirit in pursuing my dreams.

Many of the projects I am handling in Leave a Nest are new areas where there are little or no prior experiences which I could tapped from. For example, while we have been running workshops in Japan, we have no experiences with the Singapore market. In any case, I think with perseverance and by tackling each problem fearlessly we would eventfully see light at the end of the tunnel. And, even if I fall and get injured, I would just need to pick myself up quickly and continue to brave through the darkness.