Last month, I got interviewed by India Se magazine on a feature on Young Entrepreneurs. It’s not terribly enlightening on the marketing side of things, but it was a fun interview.

You can download the PDF “India Se” of the article by clicking here, or click here to view the Flash version of the interview on this site.

Saturday was a very interesting day - I was judging business plans at Startup @ Singapore 2008. S@S is a business plan competition that allows young entrepreneurs to put their bright ideas into a plan, and if its good - earn about $30,000 in prize money to get it started.

In this article, you’ll find overviews of all the business plans I judged, and my own tips for what makes a competition-winning business plan (Hint - the criteria is quite different from a successful business).

Do you remember the great scene from The Matrix, when Neo meets a little kid who’s bending spoons?

A couple of weeks ago, some friends of mine had gone for a spoon bending class  here (Singapore) and they came back to show off their spoons. At that point I started believing that if they could do [...]

I’m a little heart-broken.
For the past 4 years I’ve been having an on-and-off affair.
There are moments when I’m attracted to her. (It’s usually when things are going bad with my regular love … then we experiment for a while and give “us” a shot).
Initially, she manages to dazzle me. Every time, she comes across with [...]

A few minutes ago, I was in one of my moods … you know, the ones in which you have a strange craving for the iPhone.

I knew it wasn’t coming to Singapore any time soon, but I figured I could spend some time on the Apple.com.sg site and get my fix on some other apple [...]

This is part 2 of a multi-part series on how to shake your life up to shape our life up. Part 1 can be found here.
The Story Of The Old Businessman Who Couldn’t Handle It
This is the story of a guy named James Duwell, I read many years ago. As far as I remember, [...]

I have a dubious gift. I attract older women.
(Before I continue, I must warn you that this post may offend you. If you are one of the women in question here, an “aunty” … or an aspiring aunty-killer, this article will probably offend you”)
Now now, I know what many desperate men reading this blog are [...]

3-D Images of the Sun
On my morning news rounds … I just found this very interesting news article. Recently, NASA had released 3-d images of the sun (very pretty) …

Read More: 3-D Images of the sun | Did you know the sun sings?

A New Earth?
So, a European institute decided to go one better and release [...]

Before the deep stuff, some good news!
My last post apparently made a lot of noise on the blogosphere (for those who don’t know, just scroll below and check out the cute bikini pics). Good job pebbles!
And I even got on the top of ping.sg for 24 hours. It wasn’t my first time, but definitely was [...]

Ha! That got your attention didn’t it?
No worries, I do have a real life picture & story to satisfy your horniousity (get it? horny + curiousity?).

But first, the back story behind it.
About a year ago, Stomp.com.sg was conducting a bikini contest and getting people to vote online. As a full-bodied-young-man, I thought it my duty [...]

This will be a tiny post (although I AM itching to blog about my new job, my existing internet businesses, NLP coach training and some awesome sex stories!)
Over at Calvin’s blog, there’s an interesting discussion going on about “Would You Rather Be Happy? Or Rich?”
You can head over to read it there … but here’s [...]

Honey, I’m home!
Yep, I know I’m been away for a long long time … I missed you too.
The reason I’m away is that I’ve taken a new job. Well, technically I’m a consultant and it’s a consulting relationship … but the client prefers me to work 9 to 7 … so it feels totally [...]

Yes, yes … I know it’s a marketing blog. But just trust me and watch this video.
What a great way to live every day, right?
If you can’t see the video, try this link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAr8RjHszG8

Before I begin, let me get the usual rants out of the way. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
(If you live outside of Singapore, then you ought to know that it’s the start of the new year for chinese - and it’s the year of the pig. We had a very long weekend, Saturday to Tuesday [...]

Today is E27.
In case you don’t know what that means, let me explain things a little bit to you. E27 stands for Entrepreneur 27, it’s an informal organization of enterprising young people who promise to change the world before 27.

Well, 27 is close to it anyway … we’re flexible enough to accept people around that [...]

3 Quick Things … Random Updates, POE & Daddy Talk
1. Random Thoughts …
In the middle of writing this post, I went down to pick up dinner. Now, near my office there’s two kinds of eating places. There’s the ordinary working man “Food Court”. And there’s a Ah-Beng “Food Centre”
I didn’t really know the difference in [...]

(Yesterday, *somebody* read my blog as said “Another boring post ah? Where’s the funny stuff??”. Thank for the feedback my dear. This post is at your expense :D)
A few weeks ago, I was reading Alvin’s Post on Paiboon and wondering about the changes he’s made in his life … wearing scant clothes, life without distractions, [...]

In the beginning, we are all alone.
We spend 9 months in a closed, confined space just letting our body learn how to operate itself. We grow vital organs, ensure that we will survive to see the future … and all, in all are too busy to worry about anyone else.

Then we are born.
The first [...]

What a stupid, gloomy morning! I woke up in the morning at 830, and I saw both my roomies had left for office/school already! And I was hoping to be the first one. Grrr …
Then, I pulled up the blinds and it was raining like mad! Damn, stupid rain … depressing me early in the [...]

Heeeeeeero Evereebaadi!
Hi, this is Ong.
And this is Leong.
Together … we’re Ong and Leong!
We are the number one rawyers in the countree. Because we have this motto.
“We Fight For Yoouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Unress your oppponint has more maaaaney, then we fight for your opponent … hope you don’t mind ah”
(cheesy hokkien laughter)
Anybody hear these chaps on 987 fm? [...]

I haven’t talked about this on my blog. In fact, I haven’t spoken about this to anyone but my closest friends.
But I’m going through a real tough time - professionally.
And I’ve wrestled with talking about it on this blog for a long long time … A part of me thinks that putting my vulnerabilities out [...]

Update - The links at the bottom of the interview have been updated with some awesome, new postings from fellow bloggers!
So I had a chance yesterday to get a little one-on-one time with Mr Busssshhhh … here’s how it went
The Interview With God … err … Bush

Me: Good evening Mr Bush! It’s a pleasure to [...]

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OK … Blogosphere alert!! C’mon bloggers, I need all of you to pick this post up and talk about this now!
I have just heard from my sources, that George Bush is secretly dropping by Singapore today (16th November)! What’s more, [...]

Last weekend was fun! I was working all week, writing my book … and I had a very nice invitation to a party over the weekend. So I decided to go ahead and take it up!
It was a weekend chalet with my PoE coach friends at Pasir Ris (I’d never been to Pasir Ris before, [...]

Last wednesday, I did something I haven’t done in a long long time.
I caught up with my old homies! You see, once upon a time a few years ago … I used to live with 4 gorgeous ladies & one very cool dude. We had a whole lot of fun together, cooking, cleaning, travelling all [...]

Over the last two months, I’ve been very confused.
Not over my real-life identity … oooh no … Over the past few months, I’ve been more at peace with my identities and life than ever!
I’ve been happy no matter what … it hasn’t mattered if I was sick or healthy … if I was single or [...]

Hilarious ad! A brand new use for a condom …

If you didn’t know yet, Maria Sharpova just won the U.S. Open. She beat Amelie and Henin-Hardene for her second (and well deserved) grand slam.
The thing was … during the match, the cameras caught her coach giving her finger signals. In tennis, coaching of players in between a match is banned. And obviously, that’s got [...]

Do any of the other bloggers relate to this?
If I stay away from my blog too long, I become extremely unproductive. I don’t feel like working, all kinds of random thoughts keep floating in my head and I basically just feel lethargic.
Blogging … has become a way to detox my thoughts! I open up wordpress, [...]

Phew … it’s 5:57 AM, and I’m just getting ready to leave the office. I haven’t done an all-nighter doing actual work since I graduated a year ago! As the picture below shows, I’m pretty dazed & tired …

But let me tell you what I was doing all night (No, not that you pervert). For [...]

Today, I came back from office a little late … and as I stepped into my washroom to freshen up … my eyes glanced upon my bathtub. Inside the tub, lay an arrangement so perfect, I couldn’t have done it better myself.
Something that played more with my curiousity … than with my vision. As I [...]

Last week, something really significant happened in American politics. Joe Lieberman (the guy who ran for Vice Presidency with Al Gore in 2000) lost his party’s confidence for even getting selected to the Senate.
And he was beaten by a entrepeneur millionaire, who’s only selling point was that he opposed the Iraq War. Ned Lamont, this [...]

It’s been an interesting week. Sometimes I feel excited & encouraged. Sometimes, I feel tense and stressed. But it’s been enriching.
Has it really been a week? … My dear …
Sobriety!
Yes, this last week I decided to get rid of my addiction … to the Internet.
Haven’t read a blog in a week.
Haven’t visited a forum in [...]

I flew home on saturday morning. Have a whole lot of extended family visiting at home … and twas good fun to catch up with all of them after so long.
But here’s the real reason I flew down …
My brother got engaged today! He and his college sweetheart, fought off two resistent families, let their [...]

Just got an email from the CFO of an old company I worked for … they are getting another huge round of funding … and need me (as a shareholder!) to approve the process.
Hehehe … I can’t reveal the exact figures (due to confidentiality), but I do own a rather tiny percentage of that company [...]

This week, finally took a few hours off work to go to POE coach training. As usual, it was Pete spinning webs, opening loops and making himself look like an idiot to all the new coaches.
As usual, those of us who understand how he works … were sitting back and chuckling at the perplexed faces [...]

Came to office early today … so killed some time by listening to the Mutton Boys on 987fm and reading the paper. Those Justin and Vernon guys are too funny … always crack me up with their Singlish and so very singaporean anecdotes
Anyway, noticed in the paper … that there was a bikini [...]

Sunday Morning - Went to the toastmasters. While we didn’t manage to start on time, the meeting room was much better than our usual and I got to speak!
Everyone who spoke was awesome … and my speech went really well! I spoke on a topic close to my heart - how it is OK to [...]

Sunday morning, rain is falling ….
Well, not really … but its a nice song anyway :).
It’s sunday morning, 7AM. What (you may ask) am I doing up at this ungodly hour?
I have my first toastmasters speech in 3 hours! And I’ve only just started preparing for it. Am feeling nervous (can’t help it, there’s always [...]

Today, we finally put up a sign on our office with the company name. Oooh, it feels like a real office now!
By the end of the week, I should have some paintings put up … and make it all seem like a typical consultant’s office.
On another note, I took a personality test … I love [...]

Last weekend, I was out shopping with my homie Ravish … and this being Superman season, he wore his body hugging blue t-shirt.
You will not believe how many kids were pointing at him and urging their parents to introduce them to Superman! It was so amazing … I’d totally forgotten what it is like to [...]

Just read the news this morning … over the weekend, the Indian governement forced all the Internet Service Providers to block Blogspot and other major blogging sites!
Jeez, how stupid can they be!
Here’s what happened. The government wanted to block a few blogs for terrorist related activities. And so, very foolishly, they asked all the ISP’s [...]

Just wanted to write a quick post before I left office.
It’s 10:40pm … I feel so hard-working :D.
Anyway, closed yet another deal today … and got a few more meetings lined up for the rest of the week … people around me seem real surprised how I have so much business to keep me busy. [...]

Last night, somewhere between walking out of office at 11 … and Loudly singing “I Like Big Butts” on the bus … it hit me - life is good!
Some weeks are hard … some are more fun. Sometimes I win at sports, sometimes I lose ;).
I’m looking forward to a lot of things - my [...]