Failure, Oh Sweet Failure!

July 31, 2018

Failure, Oh Sweet Failure! Amidst the travails of life A kind teacher comes With a wonderful lesson in hand Her name is Ms. Sweet Failure. Within her lesson plan Are things we must understand; Failure is part of life A positive experience for man. In failures we may find Painful feelings and sorrow But in […]

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Dance With Dreams

July 31, 2018

Dance With Dreams I dream to be awakened. Dream to be found alive. I dream to realise no limits. It is finding the soul in me, the eternal being. Free. Boundless. Immortal. I dream because I am. I dream because once, I lived that dream. I want to live again. I want to taste the […]

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My Childhood – A Gift Of Poverty

July 31, 2018

My Childhood – A Gift Of Poverty When I was growing up, there were nine of us, including my parents living in a small flat. To make ends meet, my parents would rent out whatever space they could spare. At one point, we even had somebody renting our living room. We would have rented out […]

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It’s Time To Transform The Business World

July 31, 2018

It’s Time To Transform The Business World On March 21, 2003, I received an interesting call, “Patrick, you better fly back right away. People are carrying things out of the office.” This call started a series of events which changed my life forever. Prior to that call, I had scaled down my personal involvement with […]

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It’s Time To Be An Entrepreneur.

July 31, 2018

It’s Time To Be An Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are not necessarily people who start and own businesses. Entrepreneurs are rebels with a worthwhile cause, seemingly crazy people who are willing to leave behind the past. Entrepreneurs refresh their lives, create new landscapes, and revolt for a better and brighter future. Entrepreneurs cannot accept an environment of […]

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It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #5.

July 31, 2018

It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #5. Sungei Road market does not exist anymore but I hope it will not be relegated to history or forgotten. The Authorities should consider ways to remind future generations about Sungei Road market and anchor some of its values in our culture. These are the […]

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It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #4.

July 31, 2018

It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #4. The love story I’m about to share with you started with a smile. A smile that stayed in my mind for a long time. It came from a dream girl from my past life. She had stared right through me and given me the […]

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It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #3.

July 31, 2018

It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #3. I left Sungei Road which was also known as the Thieves Market many years ago. Since then, the landscape of Singapore has gone through a lot of changes. While there are some legitimate flea markets, they are not quite like the wild wild Sungei […]

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It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #2.

July 31, 2018

It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #2. On a good day, hundreds of people would crowd around different stalls at Sungei Road otherwise known as the Thieves Market. Average entrepreneurs saw a crowd. Astute entrepreneurs saw a precious human with dreams, fears and struggles. Many would just “window-shop” to while away […]

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It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #1.

July 31, 2018

It’s Time To Learn From Your Childhood Experiences – Story #1. The Sungei Road market, once known as the “Thieves Market” has been around for more than eighty years. It has given way to a proposed modern built environment. According to the Master Plan 2014, it will be replaced by residential buildings, shops, parks, and […]

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