Calling it my own…………………….

Finally, I had gotten my own name domain. I had wanted to do it for some time but procrastinated. Many a times, when I told new found friends that I am a beekeeper, their reactions were either a frown on their face or their eyes grew wider. I guessed the reason was that either they had not a clue what a beekeeper does or surprised that being a Singaporean, I chose the most unheard of career.

Then comes the next following question, “Why did you ended up yourself as a beekeeper in Uganda?”  My opening home page is the narration of the most interesting, exciting and life changing experience of my life.

I foresee my next decade would be a decade of challenges that will bring me to many places. I had decided to consolidate my thoughts onto one website instead.

I had just began my design and hope you will go there are sign my guestbook. 

Here is My Personal Web.

The power of surge…………………….

The electricity is so erratic and unstable. Companies that sell home appliances must be laughing their way to the bank because the consumers need to replace their appliances so often. Not that they are selling sub-standard products but because of the regular power surge and if you do not own a regulator, good luck to you.

All my important equipment like my computer, printer and fridge, I will have these appliances going through a regulator and a UPS. As for this iron, my maid is using it behind as and when required.

With a blink of an eye. the iron breathed its last!

Latest design.

Coins in line……………………

Once in a while, I would place a line of coins out for my maid to collect them. There were meant to buy either meat or rice for my dogs or sometimes for my breakfast. This is one thing that most people will think it is trivial, but if I were to give my maid a lump sum every month to buy these, some how the money will be mismanaged. They would either use it for themselves and ask me to deduct from their salary, or suddenly I discovered last minute that the ration is not there because the money had ran out.

Today when I lined up the coins, I walked down my memory lane again. My dad used to come back early in the morning after his round of taxi driving, he would place stacks of coin on the table top for everyone of us. These stacks of coins were meant for our daily school pocket money. In primary level, we had forty cents for the day and our pocket money will be increased to eighty cents once we entered secondary.

Looking at the stacks really brought back the times when all of us were young, vulnerable and needed our parents so much. Time flew by so quickly.

Happy Chinese New Year Singapore…………………….

Gong Xi Fa Cai Singapore!

It was a quiet CNY for me this year. All my Singaporean friends had gone back. I was surfing and chanced upon this video posted up by my friend.

Living life is all about how you develop a beautiful creative mind. Adversity always bring out the best in you. Singapore, you are really blessed.

台上一分锺，台下十年功

Today saw the closing of the first decade of my life in Uganda. A beautiful 10 years of adventure and memories. I know the next decade will be as exciting and the pace will pick up again like when I first set foot here.

The crossing for the year will be a quiet one because all my staffs had already left for holiday. I am left only with my 6 faithful dogs and my faithful Mac playing iTune. While writing this blog, Dr. Hook’s “A little Bit More” came up. Brought back so much fond memories. Dr Hook’s music are evergreen.

Looking back, 2011 was the year that I got the most invitations to give talks to share my experiences and my work. I am already in the process of preparing another talk for a forum in Singapore University next year. I had been advised by a writer to pen down my journal into a book. How interesting. Maybe I should do it before I become senile.

I chose the above title for this blog was because I felt it was relevant. In order for one to see the fruit of labour, one has to bite the bullet of perseverance. The striving for excellence is never easy unless you are born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

Speeches and talks only lasted for a few minutes, but what was not seen was the rough and tough road less travelled by many.

Happy New Year!

Something new everyday…………………….

I do not own a television and I was not aware about this issue until I came to knew about it from a friend.

Of late the electricity was very erratic and we were facing constant load shedding. This had disrupted our lives quite a bit. My friend were lamenting that due to the load shedding, her aged old mother was getting restless because she cannot access to their monthly subscribed DSTV India channel.

I asked why was that so since they had their own generator. She said, it was not about their own generator, it’s about the station, which also faced the load shedding problem. They are unable to provide the service because of the load shedding. They cannot power up.

I was amused! I asked her, “then what about your monthly subscription to the station? Aren’t they supposed make sure the consistency and to provide you the service paid?” she said, “no, we still have to continue paying the service.”

Lucky I am no TV addict. Sometime I still cannot understand and comprehend the working system here although having stayed here for so long.

If I were in her shoes, I would had terminated the service.

Or is it because I had a lower tolerance level compared to my friend?

Load shedding again…………………….

Lately the problem of having power shortage is back. This time it’s even worst. It is so disruptive.

This country is blessed with the second largest lake in the world and the source of the Nile river. Only a handful countries in the world can be so lucky to have all these water source to generated electricity but yet it is a disgrace that the electricity issue cannot be managed.

The answer is like the nile, murky and lots of undercurrent.