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This is Michigan, for God's sake!

2011-09-20T19:27:00.001+08:00

Power is nothing without control

2011-09-17T16:54:00.001+08:00

Hey, Soul Sister

2011-08-09T10:25:00.001+08:00

One more time from the proud dad :)

Rational Masterminds: at work

2011-07-30T13:04:00.001+08:00

Ah, so true...

The Mastermind sees situations from their own unique perspective and they enjoy finding new solutions to complex problems. They are driven to implement their ideas whether or not others can see their vision for improvement. If they are given no support, they dig in their heels and work all the harder to achieve their vision. Stress comes when they are forced to deal with too many unexpected events or if they are forced to be too extraverted for too long. The stress manifests itself by obsessive thoughts on external data and feelings of the world being against them. They can recover if they are given time to be alone, get their tasks rebalanced and have time to pursue their visionary solutions. It's best if others do not try to give them advice or suggestions. Says Vince, "I can see ways to make information more accurate with less effort which will greatly benefit the organization. Unfortunately, most people can't see what I see until I actually can give them a working model. Luckily my current boss has faith in my visions and gives me some free reign. He doesn't ask me to account for all of my time and gives me a heads-up when a specific deadline is coming up. This is so much better than my last boss who pressured me all of the time that I became less effective and wanted to withdraw from everyone."

From http://keirsey.com/personalityzone/wz34.asp

The Time | wedding theme

2011-07-23T10:41:00.001+08:00

Everytime I hear Black Eyed Peas' "The Time", this YouTube clip always comes in mind. So here we go again!

The MS iPod - if iPod belongs to Microsoft...

2011-07-23T09:46:00.001+08:00

I think I flashed this before. A marketing colleague shared this during a workshop. Not related at all to the workshop topic, but WTH, as long as you get some air time, right?

Anyway, aren't you happy that iPod belongs to Apple?

Volunteers

2011-07-03T13:50:00.001+08:00

Giant pizza drama

2011-07-03T13:48:00.001+08:00

Taken at Picotin

The latest news on beer-drinking

2011-06-08T21:18:00.001+08:00

Last month, National University of Lesotho scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in
beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women. To test the theory, 100 men drank 8 pints of beer each within a 1
hour period. It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects:
1)     Argued over nothing.
2)     Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.
3)     Gained weight.
4)     Talked excessively without making sense.
5)     Became overly emotional.
6)     Couldn't drive.
7)     Failed to think rationally
8)     Had to sit down while urinating.
No further testing was considered necessary.

Afternoon chips and margarita

2011-04-23T16:12:00.001+08:00

Taken at Chili's Grill & Bar

Untitled

2011-03-27T15:45:00.001+08:00

Taken at Barrosa Studio

Appreciating arts

2011-03-27T15:42:00.001+08:00

Taken at Barrosa Studio

Milo Youth Triathlon

2011-03-05T12:08:00.001+08:00

As we, particularly Anya, enjoyed last year's Milo Youth Triathlon on Sentosa, this year's event is not as well-managed.

Pic: the junior female groups are waiting for their turn to start

Milo Youth Triathlon

2011-03-05T12:06:00.001+08:00

As we, particularly Anya, enjoyed last year's Milo Youth Triathlon on Sentosa, this year's event is not as well-managed.

Pic: the junior female groups are waiting for their turn to start

Get a life!

2011-02-12T13:12:00.001+08:00

MySpace Graphics - Myspace Layouts,Graphics, and Comments!

Got this apologetic request from a chain email, that was trigerred from someone up there, on 6:53 PM yesterday - yes, Friday PM. The original email, from that someone up there, wanted something back by "tomorrow noon time" - yes, Saturday 12 PM. And I got calls like at 11:15 AM.

Fuck off.

Get a life.

0.5 L

2011-02-04T16:30:00.001+08:00

Pint-size that's bit more than a pint (a liquid and also driy measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbr.: pt.

Taken at South Coast Mbs

Cokes

2011-02-01T20:29:00.001+08:00

Regular, Zero and Light

Xi Gua the Legend of the Lion Dance

2011-01-30T21:36:00.003+08:00

See and download the full gallery on posterous

We went to see a performance by the Players Theatre this afternoon, and really enjoyed it. It is targeted for kids 5 year-old and above, and Ben, in particular, seems to love it very much. The Q&A session at the end was excellent! Here are the pictures with the cast and Carina, the Director.

Xi Gua the Legend of the Lion Dance

2011-01-30T21:36:00.001+08:00

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Xi Gua the legend of the lion dance

2011-01-30T21:23:00.001+08:00

Sunday morning ice cream

2010-12-12T11:46:00.001+08:00

Good property locations are those with good ice cream places nearby.

Sunday morning ice cream

2010-12-12T11:45:00.003+08:00

Good property locations are those with good ice cream places nearby.

Sunday morning ice cream

2010-12-12T11:45:00.001+08:00

Good property locations are those with good ice cream places nearby.

Pray for Indonesia

2010-11-05T22:14:00.001+08:00

An avatar found on Twitter. Pray for Indonesia.

On diversity, xenophobia and nationalism

2010-03-06T10:53:00.001+08:00

Look at the boardroom of any regional companies - or the regional office of any global companies. The chance is that you'll see a diverse board members. From functional perspective, for obvious reason, and from nationality perspective as well.

But look at just the levels below them. The chance is that, it's not that diverse anymore.

The Indian mob rules a certain function after the new board member was appointed - he's evidently an Indian. The Thais have built their own little kingdom, while the Koreans are not far behind.

Ah, this must be an Asian thing - one might think.

But it seems the Aussies and even the Europeans want to play a part too. Seriously, I have now tripled my German and French vocabulary (from one word to three words).

So is this nationalism? Or people just being xenophobic? Or is this diversity in its true meaning beyond the common stereotypes - like diverse point of views?