As we age, we are consumed by obligations, commitments and stresses in life that in general we laugh less as adults then when we were children. I enjoy a good laugh, either from making others laugh or laughing at people’s jokes. It certainly elevates the mood and spirit. A few weeks ago I laughed myself [...]
Read moreI read this saying earlier and I have to admit there’s a lot of truth in it. When I was at my peak fitness level, my thoughts were clearer, my energy boosted and stress was manageable. Exercising adds years to our lives and it’s a fact you can Google. If we don’t make time for [...]
Read more“Hope. Hopeful. Hopeless. Hopelessly.” – Daniel Franklin How’s that for a sneak preview of my next song lyrical content? It’s still in its infancy, as I don’t have my guitar, whom I recently christened Sambora, with me in Jakarta. I thought about lugging it but it doesn’t seem practical seeing that I’m clocking long hours ahead of [...]
Read moreI read a saying today, “People will question all the good things they hear about you but believe all the bad things without a second thought.” How true? Why is that so? As humans, I think generally we’re prone to scrutinize a person’s flaws instead of focusing on their strengths. Just like animals, it’s a [...]
Read moreReally. That’s how men respond to a question by women “Is something wrong?”. Women on the other hand, think there’s an underlying subliminal message in our response. But, men are straightforward so read into our words literally. When the role is reversed, and if men asks “Is something wrong?”, and when women reply “Nothing”, it [...]
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I flew business class to Jakarta recently and it was surreal. The traffic jams are from a different level altogether and the people are generally nicer than Malaysians. The commute between the official hotel (Sari Pan Pacific) to the Royale Jakarta Golf Club is approximately 20km – between 45 minutes to 1.5 hours depending on [...]
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“Can you drop by the clinic today? I have your blood test and urine results already”, the doctor’s voice on the phone drowned the noise around me. “Your cholesterol level is high and bla bla bla hepatitis bla bla bla..”. I couldn’t hear his voice anymore as I became overwhelmed by my thoughts. I have [...]
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The surge of new media platforms have changed all of us who embraced it. The upside of new media social platforms is the connectivity and the trust level between friends is a powerful marketing tool. If a business or even yourself can earn a friend’s trust, he or she then becomes your sales person without [...]
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