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This is the 10th chapter of my (hopefully to be published) book, Some Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier. I can’t believe it’s been four months since I wrote the last chapter! When it comes to work, we Christians struggle daily with the secular world. The morals defined by the world often conflict directly with what God tells [....] Continue reading The Bible principle I live by when at work This is the ninth chapter of my (hopefully to be published) book, Some Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier. At time of writing, I just completed two weeks of tough reservist training on 12 Mar 2010, and one of the things that come to mind every time I go back to SAF is the issue of respect. I think [....] Continue reading Chapter 9: Respect This is the eighth chapter in my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier” and is also a long-overdue entry in my Visual Literacy series. My Tripod.com homepage, circa 2001. Homepages have come a long way since those primitive days when we had to manually create every hyperlink and thumbnail.
Many people kick off [....] Continue reading Chapter 8: Designing your blog This is the 7th entry in my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier”. If you’ve done home renovations before, you know how painful the whole process is. This article applies to renovation of small apartments and doing proper future-proofing, I’m afraid I’m too poor to tell you how to renovate a bungalow right Back [....] Continue reading Chapter 7: Renovating Your House For The Future This is the 6th chapter in my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier”. The previous chapters were getting a bit too serious, so here’s something less philosophical, but no less important. The photo above is that of our wedding bands which I designed after watching too many episodes of Xena the Warrior Princess. Whenever people [....] Continue reading Chapter 6: The Wedding Survival Guide This is the 5th chapter in my upcoming book: “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier” Some years ago I sat down with my mum’s old friend and insurance agent, Uncle Tong Hai, for lunch, and he related a story of a client who was perpetually unhappy. The conversation went something like this: “He was very wealthy but he was [....] Continue reading Chapter 5: How to solve problems quickly This is the fourth chapter of my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Earlier”. I started teaching Isaac how to play chess yesterday (9 Dec 2009) and I kicked it off by explaining the role of the pawn and how he could move and attack the other pieces. Today, I went on to the role of the knight [....] Continue reading Chapter 4: Life’s really a game of chess This is the third chapter of my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier”. This chapter deals with the harsh realities of being a critic, officially or not. In the army, I earned several nicknames. “King Kong” for being beefy right out of dragonboat training the year before. “Lt. Smallbutt” for having a skinny derriere under the [....] Continue reading Chapter 3: It’s not easy being a critic |
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