The Power of Goal Setting: Lessons from A Married Man

I attended a talk today regarding marriages and how you should try and prepare yourself for that big event. As such, 4 speakers were invited to give their insights. The first speaker introduced himself and backtracked his life with the dates that he got engaged, married, became a dad and went for honeymoon. The amazing [...]

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Adidas – Impossible is Nothing [Encore]

Looking through my blog stats, I realised just how many readers actually digg Adidas and the Muhammad Ali commercial.
I totally understand where you guys are coming from. The Ad rocks. The tagline used “Impossible is Nothing” is superb. It is able to strike accord with many as it gives assurance, affirmation and a driving spirit [...]

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Pirates of Silicon Valley

In a nutshell, Pirates of Silicon Valley is a movie about the history of Apple and Microsoft’s eventual rise to dominant design. Based on the novel Fire in the Valley, the main players Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are dramatized alittle, giving the movie a slight satire punch to the situation today.
What I did like about the show [...]

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Google Trends [Coke vs Pepsi? Vitagen vs Yakult?]

Here’s a neat tool you can use for search statistics comparison. It’s called Google Trends . Type it your list of comparison and watch it wheel (with its usual mysterious methods) some fun search statistics.

Note however that the basis of comparison should be the first word, followed by your other subject. So for example if you [...]

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The Art of Listening

Today during seminar, there was the usual discussion session. My class is made up of a spectrum of people, some wearing slippers and shorts to some wearing savvy ties and suits. However during discussion time, I noticed something weird. It wasn’t your usual suspects (business dressed people) who gave good insights, but the ones that were dressed lightly.
That, [...]

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Top 5 “What the heck” IT Related Stuffs (Windows Vista, etc)

Here’s a list of IT related stuff that I find ridiculous:

Windows “Start”: In the new Windows Vista, the start button no longer has the word “start”, and this is good, because it certainly did not make sense to “shut down” the computer by first clicking “start”.
Software “Academic” prices: Some good softwares out there really cost a [...]

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Lessons from Ramly Burger

Today I decided to have a Ramly Burger for lunch in school. The stall serving was a small make shift one, one of those temporary food vendors. However the queue was something to behold: The line was about 15 persons long, made up by all kinds of characters (I personally knew some). But again, there they were, all lining [...]

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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men is a play adapted to a drama film about a jury member who tries to persuade the other 11 members of the innocence of the suspect on trial, a boy accused of murder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men 
What is notable about the movie is its emphasis on human dynamics, the different dimensions of power and the different ways to influence [...]

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People [Stephen R. Covey]

One of the best self-improvement books I’ve ever read. Unlike most self-improvement books which sort of babble the same common “duh” things, the concepts in this book are sound, and the reader will be empowered.
Reactive people, on the other hand, focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern. They focus on the weaknesses of other people, the problems [...]

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