On the left is my old shoes. I brought them when I first left school many years ago. It brought me to US, and I wore them to see my first VC, and the same shoes I wore at the lunch when the deal was signed in Singapore. I wore them through out the […]
Category: Random Musing
Proud Achievement
Was sorting out my photos and thought I should share this. It is a CV from an operator employee that reads: “Lead a team in various business functions to address the regulatory environment with the telecommunications regulator and telecommunications ministry to optimitise “X’s” position through lobbying – delayed implementation of potentially adverse regulatory stipulations by […]
The grestest enemy of freedom of expression is …
… “Parents”. Childrens (particularly your own) will turn a liberal into a moderate, and a conservative into unreasonable extremist. Before Children: “Porn? Whats the big deal?” After Children: “Porn? What the F*** is the government doing!?”
Bush Singing Bloody Sunday
If you think Mee Siam Mai Hum is bad, try this:
For Profit “non-profit”
Got to be the strangest news I hear today: Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual. The story on Google.org a for-profit philanthropy arm of Google. Yea, read it again, it is a for-profit non-profit arm. They have to pay taxes but it also give them the flexiblity to work with VCs like a commercial company. […]
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Got this on my way back from South Africa. I am lost for words…
Johannesburg…
I got the most interesting speaker gift this trip: Flexopower, a portable solar battery charger for mobile phone made by a company in Johannesburg. I havent got the time to play with it but it sound pretty cool. Hey, now I can continue to make phone calls under the hot sun! I also visited a […]
I play WoW, I became a terrorist
Had breakfast with Alan Levin, Esther Dyson, Veni Markovski and his wife this morning and Alan reminded us this story that was forward to IPer by Meng Wong last week. I think this has to be retold :-) First, the boring story on MSM iPod prompts airport scare in Ottawa: A suspicious package found in […]
The Castle Kyalami
Arrived in Johannesburg and checked into The Castle Kyalami outside the city. This is where iWeek is going to be held. There are wireless in the hotel but it wasn’t working very well. The hotel staff unfortunately is not helpful. So, I went around the castle and managed to figure out the cabling and […]
On my way….
It was a crazy back in Singapore. Less than 4 hours of sleep daily, running from meetings to meeting in the day time, and then chucking out reports in the evening and reviewing contracts in my sleep. Gosh, I havent even see my daughter and wife for the last 48 hours! Now, I am on […]