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Originally Published on February 6, 2015 on LinkedIn. I must confess upfront that I'm no expert at writing CVs. I mean who are really experts at writing CVs? Are they the people who have written thousands of CVs? If that is the case then I would not call them experts at anything; or are they the … Continue reading How to Write a Winning Tech CV

Originally Published on January 19, 2015 on LinkedIn. In my previous post My Shameless but Ethical Tactics for Quickly Rising to the Top I mentioned that “No good deed goes unpunished…”. Well I thought I’d elaborate on my views a bit further through this post! We have all gone through interviews. Some are great and others not so much. … Continue reading You Should Hire Me Because I Only Work for Myself

Originally Published on January 7, 2015 on LinkedIn. Post global economic slowdown, the focus of consumers has shifted from cheap to cheap and good. Thus the quality of a product has become as important as the price. The modern, frugal and more empowered customer demands the product to be tailored to his/her exact needs and wants; the quality of the … Continue reading How to Take Your Business Online in 9 Steps

Originally Published on January 7, 2015 on LinkedIn. Social networking has become a part of our lives these days whether we like it or not. It used to be a demon you went to bed with on your laptop or netbook but then it started haunting all of us on our smartphones. Now it has come up … Continue reading Social Networking: Friend or Foe

Originally Published on December 29, 2014 on LinkedIn. I read an excellent post the other day by Danny Chew titled “Heard you resigned?”. In his post Danny talks about how money is one of the biggest motivators for looking for a new job and how no one should be ashamed to go where the money is. Coincidentally, … Continue reading Can a bigger paycheque pay for the misery?

Originally Published on December 20, 2014 on LinkedIn. In my previous post I wrote about "My Shameless but Ethical Tactics for Quickly Rising to the Top" . In this post I'm writing about how to deal with one crucial obstacle on your way up. Although I'm writing this, I need to give credit to the person who taught … Continue reading How to deal with backstabbers 101

Originally Published on December 1, 2014 on LinkedIn. Being Asian, I was brought up to be modest and humble. However, I soon realized that humility and modesty will not take me to the heights I had my eyes set on. Perhaps a Western education influenced this. I also think that working in various competitive business environments has … Continue reading My Shameless but Ethical Tactics for Quickly Rising to the Top

Originally Published on August 18, 2014 on LinkedIn. The first workshop on “Android App Development Using Visual Programming” was held at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU), Thailand on the 14th and 15th of August 2014. The objectives of the workshop were to (i) familiarize STOU staff with the AI2 platform; (ii) use the Designer and Blocks Editor; … Continue reading Android App Development Using Visual Programming: First workshop, Thailand

Originally Published onJuly 14, 2014 on LinkedIn. The young man in front of me at the cashier Had his girlfriend and her friends with him Wanted to buy a bottle of soda for all of them but had no cash In a society living on credit, he presented his card As with many of us, his … Continue reading Our Lives Lived on Credit

Originally Published onJuly 11, 2014 on LinkedIn. (foreword from FIFA 2006) A Coral snake differs form a Scarlet snake due to the fact that the Coral snake is lethal and the Scarlet is not. Yet both use the same Red, Black and Yellow colours to boast a sense of pride in their superiority and scream a … Continue reading Red to Black Venom Lack, Red to Yellow Kills a Fellow: Enthusiasm or Patriotism as the German Flag flies High