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Had 2 interesting observations this week concerning jobs and it made me ponder about where we could potentially be heading towards. On Sunday evening, I had to make a trip to Yangon to attend a short meeting the following morning. Managed to get a free trip to the airport as one of my Citibank account…

Developments are coming fast and furious on the 1MDB saga after the Malaysian ruling party lost to the opposition a few weeks ago. It was a proud moment in a democratic country where citizens rallied together to make it a point to vote out a corrupt regime without violence, saying that enough is enough. With the…

“The day we stop learning is the day we die.” My realization of this truth came slowly about 2 years ago and this has given me a new life aspiration goal, to constantly be learning and to enjoy the ride. This is a summary of that journey so far, a half time review. I started…

Highlights of the week for me were the Malaysian election upset and my new course on aquaponics. Malaysia Boleh (Can)! The people had spoken on Wed and booted out the incumbent BN party in favor of the main opposition headed by the former leader Mahathir Mohamad. There were so many twists and turns in the…

This was a short week disrupted by the Labor Day holiday on Tuesday. A topic was on my mind for most of the week – no, it was not Trump (which was fireworks all over, no thanks to Rudy Giulaini). On Monday, we were told that a National Service (NS) boy had died while in…

I have the privilege of being able to watch and participate in the development of a country that has slowly come out of its shell after more than 50+ years of isolation. Myanmar was the modern “Paris” of Asia in the early 20th century before shutting itself out from the rest of the world for…

Long ago, there was a bright boy from Malaysia who won a prestigious ASEAN scholarship to study in S’pore way back in 1980. Not only was he very smart, he was a very active person and excelled in sports. He became an accountant eventually and was climbing the career ladder when a trip to Kenya…

Fun fact : If you understand Chinese, you will know that the characters to signify China is “Middle Kingdom”. Long ago, the ancient Chinese empires rightfully believed that they were the centre of the universe as they were the most advanced civilizations thousands of years ago. Hence they called themselves the “Middle” kingdom. After many years…