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Value Investing: An Untold Truth

My latest article on … Value Investing: An Untold Truth It is the most common Investment style amongst amateur market players. However, it is not as safe and or as simple as it has been made out to be. Read on so that you don’t become a long-term victim of this most misunderstood style of […]


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Online Trading: The Obvious Lie

This is a three-part article on “Online Trading: The Obvious Lie” which was originally posted at www.financialscents.com. The market is a pipe-dream to many and an office to others. What’s real and why do some make it while others wipe out? Part 1: Online Trading: The Obvious Lie – Part 1 The second instalment asks […]


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How To Avoid Getting “Scammed”?

To be fair, not all scams started with the intention to scam. Its just that the business model was not properly thought through and it ended up looking like a scam.   Can you blame the victims? I don’t think they all fell for greed or were conned through ignorance and gullibility. If the scheme […]


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Smart Expo 2017


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Its You … Not Your Degree That Matters

(Originally posted on my Facebook Page) I don’t totally agree with the headline but the overall piece is good. Your degree may be a useless bit of paper but the education is something you will need unless you picked a major that is not relevant to your passion. Your upbringing will be your next qualification […]


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The Purpose

Got an email from a past graduate who found life becoming mundane and was afraid of becoming just another working “zombie” like those she sees on the train going to work everyday. She asked me what her life meant and how could she make her life more meaningful and fulfilling. At last night’s class, I […]


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Appreciation

The best testimonials are the ones from those who have benefited from your contributions to them over the years. It is always very gratifying to hear that my students have grown, improved and become better over the years since they came to the Tutorial. I live to change people’s lives through what I teach and […]


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My Life, My Trades & My Bowl Of Salad

I love to cook. I love preparing food for my family to eat. And my family loves eating what I cook for them. But there’s more to just cooking than meets the eye. Today, when it is so convenient to order in or “ta pau” or just eat out, why, in my busy schedule do […]


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If You Talk The Talk, Then Walk The Walk

Parent to child; “You must study hard, spend 6 years in primary school, 4 to 5 years in secondary school, 2 to 3 years to get a diploma and another 3 to 4 years to get your degree before you can consider a professional job. Life is not easy and there are no free lunches. […]


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Random Update … Wed 14 May 14 @ 20:13

I’m sitting at home. After 60 agonising hours of being warded at Singapore General Hospital, I am finally at home and temporarily untortured. But the ordeal is not yet over … In November 2011, I had an operation done to remove a gouty tophi from my right foot (big toe). It had become so huge […]