Entries from February 2008

February 24, 2008

Mistakes in life – Lessons from the highway.

I grew up in a culture where we are not so forgiving towards mistakes. A recent chat with an american-based venture capitalist (VC) confirmed this: “I’ve realised that over here, when your startup fail and you lose money, people scream for blood.” “But over in the US where I come from, when your startup fail [...]

February 17, 2008

For Singapore Airlines, Slapping Their Stewardesses Is A Private Matter! Can We Really Slap Them?

I read this on the Majulah Singapura blog and am quite shocked because SIA did not take any action and Mr Wong is quite a respected businessman in Singapore. As an iconic company of Singapore, regardless of whose fault, it’s unbelievable to me that SIA did not do anything about this case of air rage. [...]

February 14, 2008

Man found dead at his home computer terminal

Came across this shocking news thanks to Nadnut. Thing is, this is rather strange to me as I play a bit of Defense of the Ancient and can’t really see any strong reasons why this would happen. He is not even a ‘hardcore’ gamer. Anyway it seems much more related to his personal health than [...]

February 10, 2008

Unlikely Co-sojourners : 100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

Here’s a heart-warming and very unusual story of a Hippo that lost his mum and found a co-sojourner and surrogate ‘mum’ in a 100 year-old tortoise! A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise

February 6, 2008

Happy Lunar New Year!

It’s the time of the year again, the Lunar New Year where chinese all over the world celebrate. Happy Lunar New Year to you my co-sojourner, and here’s a cutesy video I saw from Foxtwo’s blog Huat ah!

February 2, 2008

Highway Quotes : The road to success

Here’s a quote for my readers about your journey on the highway of life – the road to success :