When the COVID-19 cases first started being confirmed in Singapore in early 2020, I said that it was a non-event here. Now I cringe when I think of what a privileged thing it was to say. The pandemic hasn’t affected my life very much so far or those around me for that fact, but it […]
Just Do It Lah!
It’s fair to say that writing has been an interest of mine, almost as soon as I started reading. The first business I set up was a publishing business which got shut down by the landlords, my parents, when they found me running it out of the spare room age eight. I was rather proud […]
Why I’m Nice and You Should Be Too
“You’re very nice…” Ed said to me during his coaching consultation, unsure, unbelieving, almost accusing. I smiled, confused, as I thought to myself, is that a bad thing? According to him, yes. He wasn’t sure that being nice was an effective way to operate. He was hesitating and questioning his decision to hire me as […]
What it Takes to Realise Your Dreams
When I was 21 my dream was to be a dancer. I loved to dance and studied contemporary dance, jazz ballet, and classical ballet. I wanted to continue my studies at a degree level but didn’t have a strong enough foundation in ballet to qualify for the colleges I applied to. This was never more […]