Dream

Seek to be financially independent
- Choose to work and have the lifestyle I want and not be forced to work because of financial commitments
- Must acquire assets that give me regular income such as through developing many businesses and investment properties
- Pass on skills and experience acquired over the years and inspire more leaders to come forth and challenge themselves to constantly surpass themselves in life

Singapore Chinese Orchestra at Hong San See Temple Unesco Cultural Award

Went to hear the Singapore Chinese Orchestra perform at the Hong San See Temple . The temple located at Mohd Sutan Road is a national monument in Singapore. Beautiful nice chinese music!

Curry Scissors Rice (Super Nice!)

My favourite curry 'scissors' rice with lots of curry and black soya sauces! A mixed rice with chicken wings, pork chops, pork meat, cabbages, bean sprouts! Most important is the super sauce. Every night this eating place has a long queue. Find them at Kitchener Road Singapore. Well, the place is named as scissors rice because they use a black scissors to cut up the meat. Have a look at the nice saucy plates of rice!

Kallang Riverside Park Singapore

Sunset walk along Kallang Riveside Park Singapore. Enjoyable experience with many people having their activities along the riverside park like running, fishing, walk with the kids, looking at birds and feeding the fishes. Singapore has changed over the last 20 years. The environment is better and as I reflect of this Kallang Riverside park the place use to be dirty and messy. Now the place is better. I even saw a night heron at close up!

tampopo ramen

Tampopo ramen super nice ramen
- love the pork bone soup
- delicious ramen and nice half boiled egg
- Huge piece of pork

and also their pork cutlet with rice also very nice!

Tampopo good place for japanese food - Liang Court outlet is the best and also long queues!

KTM Bukit Timah Railway Singapore

KTM railway train stopped running from Woodlands to Tanjong Pagar and Bukit Timah in June 2011. The collection of photographs is a reminder of the old KTM railway that run through Singapore.

Pomelo Mango Freeze (very nice!)

Pomelo Mango Feeze the best drink. Found in Streats cafe Singapore - outlets in Liang Court and City Square mall. Love the colourful tadpole pearls. Taste great. Ordered 2 drinks that day!

Bishan Park Singapore

Went to Bishan Park. The place now has stream flowing through. The stream is filled with fishes and people love to stand on the bridge to throw bread for the fishes to eat. The place now attracts herons and egrets due to fishes in the stream. Nice place Bishan Park!

Thunder Tea Rice - Healthy stuff

Thunder Tea Rice - healthy dish with nuts, cabbage, brown rice and with special green tea mixture at the side.

Heritage Festival Singapore 2011

Heritage festival singapore 2011 was held in Fort Canning Park. Super hot day! Even the singers was melting under the hot sun. Thank goodness got Turkish Ice Cream - super nice! I like the funky guys in funny hairdo!

Tips to Writing Business Plan - 1 Page Only (Yeah!)

5 essential elements to your 1 page Business Plan

a)      Vision: What are you building?

b)      Mission: Why does this business exist?

c)       Objectives: What results will you measure?

d)      Strategies: What will make this business successful over time?

e)      Action Plans: What are your business-building projects?

Vision statement

1.  What type of company is this ?

2. What markets does it serve?

3. What is the geographic scope?

4. What customers will it target?

5. What are the key products and services?

6.What size will the company be in 3-5 years?

7. What will revenues be?

8. What number of employees do  you expect to have eventually?

The mission statement should answer the following questions

a. Why does this business exist?

b.Who are you in service of?

c.Why are you serving this customer?

d.Why is this important, needed , or beneficial?

e.What promise or commitment are you making to your customers?

Objectives are graphical business results, they are intended to tell what will be measured.

Strategies explain how will you build your business and what will make it successful over time

Your action plan define the business buidling work to be done, the specific task the business must undertake to implement strategies and to achieve objectives.

The Plain Cafe @ Craig Road

Being wanting to go to this cafe named the Plain. Well, the place looks plain but the coffee was good. I like the nice vibe in the place. Do check it out in Singapore's Craig Road - the PLAIN. Here some pictures!

Kopi Luwak civet cat coffee

Kopi luwak or civet coffee, is one of the world's most expensive and low-production varieties of coffee. It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet and other related civets, then passed through its digestive tract. A civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In its stomach, proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. Passing through a civet's intestines the beans are then defecated, keeping their shape. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness, widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world.

Kopi luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago, and also in the Philippines. Very Expensive Coffee - SGD $20

Hokkaido potatoes versus Hokkaido white Chocolate (white lovers by Ishiya)

Ishiya - Famous for its white chocolate, which is sold under the brand "White Lovers" (白い恋人 shiroi koibito), and is only available in Hokkaido. I prefer the Hokkaido potatoes over the white chocolate . Maybe I more of a potato person. Ha Ha! Attached two pictures of potato and white chocolate. Both products very exclusive to Hokkaido and expensive too!

Jia Xiang Duck Kolo Mee

Had a delicious Jia Xiang duck kolo mee at Nex Singapore. The duck meat was succulent and sprinkled with black pepper for extra Ooomph! The Kolo mee is same type as the famous Sarawak Kolo mee. Guess they directly import the mee from Sarawak, Malaysia.

Overall, the meal was nice and think will go and eat again! Yummy.

Green Lantern

Green Lantern - Guess i like green colour, no like yellow. Green means Will. The Will to do well. The Will to develop a construct to achieve and overcome fear. Nice movie. Lots of Positive spin to life!

Sungei Bulouh Nature Park

Sungei Bulouh was gazetted as Asean Heritage site in 2004 (i Think!). Today action in Sungei Bulouh was small, not many birds or nice animals. Well, Singapore is a transit point for many birds and these birds use Sungei Bulouh as a stopping point. Will go again when the migration of birds happens during the later half of the year.

The art of PITCHING

1. Explain yourself in the 1st minute - keep in mind your audience is waiting for you to answer 1 qn: What does your organisation do?

2. Answer the Little Man: Imagine the little man sitting on your shoulder whispering: "So what?"
Always answer the little man first.

3. Know your audience: what is important to your audience

4. Observe the 10/20/30 rule. 10 slides, 20 minutes, 30point font text. 10 slides are:
- Title, Problem, Solution, Business Model, Underlying Magic, Marketing and Sales, Competition, Management Team, Financial projection and key statistics, Current status, accomplishments, timeline and use of funds

5. Pitch constantly- the best way to achieve familiarity is to keep your pitch over and over again.

Law of value ; Law of influence

The Law of Value: Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.

The Law of Influence: Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.

Anime

Anime action at Changi Airport T3 - promote Japan as a tourist destination after the Sendai earthquake.

Food Festival 2011 Singapore

This year's 2011 Singapore Food Festival theme is on spices and the Food Street in Clarke Quay. Nice food and lots of food with hot hot hot spices!

Success

Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is success?

To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better;
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.