I usually avoid shipping things abroad. But after recently deciding to relocate with a measely 20kg allowance that my one way economy plane ticket purchased, I had to figure out a way to get a couple of things that I valued in my possession to my destination.
Here is the process including specifics of how I [...]
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I watch too much TV. I admit that. But so do you. Don’t tell me you don’t. :) But one great thing about traveling is you definitely cut down on the amount of TV you watch. Except for Lost. But that can be an exception.
I’ve however been thinking what a waste of time watching TV [...]
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Mar
If you haven’t heard Steve Jobs and his commencement speech for Stanford University in 2005, you must.
Steve Jobs wrote and delivered the commencement speech “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish” to the graduates of Stanford University on June 12, 2005.
When I first came across that speech, I was still working in hospitals as a doctor. [...]
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Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted again.
It’s been a few crazy months. I will be catching up with the posts. I really should be writing on here daily… gah.
In the mean time…
The photo to the right is a shot of one of the 5 Cinque Terre towns in Italy.
It’s been my dream to [...]
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“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.” – Warren Buffett
I like Warren Buffett. Let me tell you why.
I accidentally bought a copy of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham when I was a student. It came as a £2 bonus in my shopping cart.
But I [...]
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“Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself.” Gary Comer (1929–2006)-American entrepreneur, founder of Lands’ End
Ever since my early teenage years, I’ve had a passion for starting businesses.
The first business I ever did was selling flashing mobile stickers when I was 18.
I didn’t make alot of money, but [...]
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With the recession taking its toll, it’s a good idea to save some money. But your health is still important, so ideally you don’t have to compromise fitness for budgeting.
If you want to go cheap, try running around the house. Naked. Also, my mom had a theory that gyms don’t work . She suggested [...]
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There’s 4 words I want to say today.
Do it fucking now. (or the HKW coined ‘DIFN’ concept. What do you prefer? :))
What do I mean?
I mean cut your excuses, your rationalisations, your delays, and your bullshit.
Because if you don’t do it now, you probably will never get around to it.
Example
DIFN is the reason I’ve just [...]
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I was having a chat with my good friend Jared recently, and decided to write a post about the importance of investing in yourself.
Not only is Jared a great guy and a mentor of sorts, but he’s a very successful one at that with a very varied life.
I look up to Jared as a great [...]
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I’ve only been in Panama for 4 days but now starting to be able to do basic conversation. Before I arrived I spoke almost zero Spanish.
How? I will share in a different post.
This post is to share the top 100 most spoken English words, translated to Spanish.
The list actually only took me about 10 [...]
