For the uninitiated, this is a children's picture book written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. The book was published in 1985, some 30+ years ago. The story is about a hypothetical question on what happens when something is asked, and given. The mouse started with an innocuous cookie request to a boy,... Continue Reading →
Although my short stint as a book seller was a lifetime ago, I would say the job was a formative period of my career (every job till now is). But I still remember vividly the encounters I had with customers, colleagues, publishers and suppliers. So, in honor of my friends who are still in very... Continue Reading →
So I got a letter the other day informing me of the SG Bonus . I was elated, the money won't buy me much - one month's worth of milk powder for my kids. But it was an effort by the Singapore Government to share the fruits of Singapore's development (I'll ignore the cynics for... Continue Reading →
As parents, it is inevitable that conversations with my husband sometimes drift to how we should be preparing our kids for the future. Over the last two decades, the advancement in technology had quite literally, changed the way we work, eat, commute, exercise, sleep and everything else in between. A whole new generation of jobs... Continue Reading →
Ever since the first Model T rolled off the assembly line, the endless chase for process improvement has never ceased. In fact, it has evolved to a specialised field in it’s own right with mountains of literature dedicated to this subject, and taught at business schools and universities. However, the question remains, what exactly is... Continue Reading →
