Author: ivan

  • How could you not love a child like this?

    How could you not love a child like this?

    Every once in a while we must brag! Ladies and gentlemen, it is not often that I’d bring this subject up. Not all that frequent too will I shout about the goodness that has dawned. Even more subliminal is when she presents a greatness that is beyond measure, beyond comprehension and certainly beyond us! Exhibit…

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  • Jonker Walk Night Market

    Jonker Walk Night Market

    Great pictures from the most famous street in the historical state of Melaka where a big part of my Peranakan family come from and where my wife was born.

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  • Conversations that Matter

    How has the week been since GST? Life is sometimes a strange wonder – stranger than wandering the parks or hiking up the hill alone. It is a cognitive experience at every possible juncture and at every turn, if only you allow it to. On Sunday, it capped a memorable Easter as we celebrated the blessed…

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  • The Popular Leverage of GST

    The Popular Leverage of GST

    They say, there are only two certainties in life – death and taxes. Malaysia will be heading into another certainty tomorrow, in fact in just a few hours. This is the era where according to many may be the bitter pill we all need but difficult to swallow. In simpler terms, the general Malaysians do…

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  • Simply a Bali-cious evening!

    Simply a Bali-cious evening!

    What an evening it was. After weathering through the traffic for almost two hours with my wife Lea and daughter Natalea, we arrived at BumbuBali. Barring the road crawl, the evening was a perfect one, with great food, excellent company and an insightful discourse that was almost surreal in the Balinese settings right here in…

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  • Samsung Twilight

    Never would I have expected this! It was about 1:30am last night when I was still at the computer tinkering on a few things when I reached out to my bag to look for some receipts. Failing to find any I then thought I must have slipped it into my notepad. Crash it went to…

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  • Thank You Mr Lee!

    In the end, when the great Lee Kuan Yew bid us goodbye, I’d be delighted about his departure, not because of hatred or animosity against the astute statesman, but because it was Singapore where I’ve come to learnt about living life outside of home and working in the settings of a progressive first world country. For…

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  • Manners are Caught, NOT Taught

    This bold move will see you reducing the burden of those your child will hang out with or get married to many years down the road.

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  • Just take it easy…

    Just take it easy…

    “Xin bu nan , shi jiu bu nan”

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  • It’s Here, It’s Everywhere…

    Perhaps late, perhaps ripe, Time, peace, adventure? No matter, it matters, Matter, does it, really? Now or never, ever or later, We’re here, it’s now, Of share, in pairs, or not, everywhere…and there. We’re here, it’s now, It’s here, it’s everywhere! Catch us now, right here…and everywhere! Blessing you now, here and wherever you are,…

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