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A thank-you note from SingHealth Comms

I was touched by this thank-you note from the SingHealth communications group. A few weeks ago, I was a guest speaker at SingHealth’s Communications Summit…

Collected Wisdom (Archived)

I’ve moved my collection of collected quotes and ideas to a permanent page.

Returning to the well

This morning, I jogged to MacRitchie Reservoir and completed 6km just in time to catch the sunrise. MacRitchie is the spiritual home for my health.…

Baidu Image Search (isn’t great yet)

Baidu Image Search now has Generative AI editing tools. I was searching for taiji images when the tools popped up and egged me to try…

“Are you sure this photo is not AI-generated?”

I conducted an experiment yesterday to see if people could differentiate between a real cat and a Midjourney AI-generated cat. I posted the image comparison…

I could be dead tomorrow

People in my classes and workshops are often taken aback by the way I encourage them to speak up: “I could be dead tomorrow, so…

Deleting 1000 connections

I removed about 1,000 LinkedIn connections yesterday, which was nearly 40% of my LinkedIn 1st-degree connections. No, I haven’t become anti-social. It’s just that whenever…

Taking a pigeon’s crap

This morning, I was meditating and praying when a pigeon crapped on my head. I might have been alive for nearly 50 years, but I…

You actually speak Shakespeare

Today, 23rd April, is the death anniversary of William Shakespeare, the man who either made you fall in love with or despise English literature. No…

SG Flexi-Work Debate, Part 2

The SG flexi-work debate, Part 2: For over 25 years, most of my jobs have allowed me to work wherever and whenever I wanted. Sounds…

SG Flexi-Work Debate, Part 1

The SG flexi-work debate: Let me share a story about my friend’s start-up. My friend has been running a fintech startup that cuts down the…