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I was Baptized and received my first Holy Communion on this day, exactly 1 year ago.
Before I was baptized, I had to choose between following through The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) — a 10-month program that helps me get to know the faith better as well as to prepare myself for the Baptism, [...]

Back in 2004, shortly before I started my freelance journey, I was at the lowest point of my life (and I bet it was!) I had to throw in the white towel for what I was doing at that moment, and decided to “get a job”.
I saw the hiring ad in the classified, a 2-month [...]

I was back in Ngee Ann as guest speaker for the second time (the last time I spoke there was December last year.) This time I was speaking to about 60 students; some are in second year, some are in final year. What puzzles me is they are actually engineering students, but they are also [...]

Jasmine, who is one of my longest hosting customers, asked if her team could interview me for their school project, which they were supposed to pick and interview an industry entrepreneur, on things related to, well, entrepreneurship. While I did not quite like being associated with this over-rated term “entrepreneurship”, I at the same time [...]

I have made many wrong purchase decisions in the past, including my first car, the Dopod PDA Phone, the HP laptop, as well as the idea of becoming an insurance agent (and it still gives me the shivers whenever I thought about the time I couldn’t even make enough to pay rents as an [...]

I had to blog about this as note to self.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sharing my knowledge in web design business with about two dozens of lecturers in Ngee Ann Poly. I have covered topics of “Building a useful (successful) website”, “E-Commerce & Security”, “Marketing aspect of website”.
Those who know me well, know that [...]

Five weeks ago, I sent an email to people whom I know, told them that I was leaving for China for good. What happened was, I never left.
Sorry if this sounds like another joke, but I seriously did plan to leave. I’d sold most of my stuff, and have shipped some to China. I’d even [...]

Ok, the latest news is: I’m not leaving for China, so I’m staying. Not only I’m staying, I’m expanding too. I hired my first staff, and got myself an office too! I will write more about this later, but in the mean time, you can take a peek at my new office :)

It’s not like I had to brag, but I have to say that I can really understand why am I facing so little competition in the web design business. I was at a networking event today, I met several other web designers — of the five name cards I collected: one doesn’t have a website, [...]

When I see people who are working as employees, and making heck lot more money than I am, I get sleepless. But when next morning comes, when I see I could choose the time to wake up, all those thoughts go away — *snaps* — just like that!