Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey

Believe it or not, I stumbled across this interesting video recently and am amazed at the uncanniness of this episode to the current Presidential elections. Trump already had ambitions to run for president way back in 2011. He skipped the 2012 elections to primed himself for 2016. I am quite sure that he was surprised…

Yes, our own local version of English has again being elevated to the global stage by none other than the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)! Singlish is an English-based creole language spoken in Singapore. It is a confirmation of our multi-ethnicity culture, where the language of all the major races (Chinese, Malay, Indian and English) are…

A visit to the dentist used to always scare the shit out of me and it still does, to a certain extent. No thanks to the horrible experience I had when I was a young boy. At that time, all schools had an ad hoc dental clinic that was manned by nurses who were not…

Over my 26 years career, I have been on both sides of the interviewer/interviewee fence for countless times and I am still learning. For a new graduate, some basic interviewee rules to follow would be to dress appropriately, never to be late, pay attention and try to do some homework on the company and if…

Nowadays, business paranoia exists even for the number 1 company in any particular field. Either you are number 1 and constantly striving to stay on top, or your biggest competitor (Number 2) will be hot on your heels to take you out on a double or nothing pursue of business supremacy. Country borders are meaningless.…

Yup folks, it’s finally here. Released 2 days ago, there were little surprises as most of what were leaked out over the months actually came true. How can you ever keep a secret nowadays as everyone is carrying a smartphone camera and Apple trying to produce millions of them for the launch date? Anyway, the…

My older boy turns 17 today. I can’t believe that he is now a teenager, on his way to becoming a young man soon. It seems like just yesterday that I was carrying him in my arms. He was my regular breakfast buddy when he was a toddler as my wife had to take care…

Yes, tonight we will know what Apple will be launching next. Tonight is where they do their marketing spin on new products, ahead of the year-end consumer buying spree. Interesting note : is it me or are all new phones and laptops starting to look like Apple nowadays? What is known so far : iPhone 7…