Fighting Negativity (Part 1)

July 20, 2011

There was a guy who was about to jump off the Benjamin Sheares Bridge. Fortunately, a friend happened to pass by and stopped him at the nick of time. “Why? Why do you want to end your life?” They discussed for about half an hour. Finally, both of them jumped off the bridge. I have […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 4)

July 19, 2011

In 2003, I took up swimming as part of my exercise regime. Like most things that I do, I set a goal for myself. I wanted to learn the major strokes, including front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, and breaststroke. In addition, I wanted to swim more than 60 lengths of an Olympic-sized pool. Swimming was, […]

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Managing Stress (Part C)

July 19, 2011

Managing stress do not have to be done alone and be a lonely process. I should seek wise counsel and surround myself with positive people. When I was 17 years old and going through a teenage identity crisis, I was glad I attended a course to become a counselor. While learning how to befriend and […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 3)

July 18, 2011

Every day, we are bombarded with billions of dollars worth of advertisements. They occupy our minds. Pass sublimal messages to our hearts. Carry xxx brand. Wear this… Put on that… Dine here… Live there… Have bigger boobs… Slimmer body… Be this… Do that… Have more… Why? So that we can be happier? These advertisement have […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 2)

July 18, 2011

My grandmother who played a major part in bringing me up used to tell others about me, “My grandson has a lot of 心事”. By temperament, I was a melancholic. I could slip easily into a world of my own. Unfortunately, during my youth, I used to see a darker side of life. Albert Lee, […]

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Managing Stress (Part B)

July 17, 2011

It was a meeting that I was looking forward to. You would feel the same way if you happened to be reconnected to an old friend – one with whom you have shared some wonderful experiences in life. I arranged to pick my friend at his home so that we could spend more time together. […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 1)

July 17, 2011

It was a trip I was looking forward to. I was invited to the very home of one of the richest men in the world. I’m sure you know how I felt. The feeling is almost like that of a five year old who was being invited to meet Santa Claus. With lots of expectation, […]

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Acting On Love

July 16, 2011

During a talk I gave to the management team of Google Enterprise, I was posed an interesting question. “What are the Love Letters in your company all about?” It was a question that was not relevant to my talk but thankfully, it was one that I felt I had been trying to answer to myself […]

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Living It Up

July 16, 2011

“Mr Liew, we’ve played the song for the 28th time now”. “It’s okay, Cindy, play it again.” While writing this Love Note at Melia Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, this post-midnight conversation came to my mind again. I will always remember this discussion. It happened more than 20 years ago when I first stayed in that hotel. […]

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Managing Stress (Part A)

July 15, 2011

Please let me share with you one of the saddest stories in my life I knew somebody for a long time and she was suffering from severe stress. From stress, she ended up having a depression. Finally, she committed suicide. A short while later, her son also too his own life. You can imagine the […]

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