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Did you know : That the World used to work 6 days a week and the US only adopted the 5-day week in 1932 to counter the unemployment caused by the Great Depression? And that Singapore moved to a 5-day week for the Civil Service only in 2004? Before that, government employees had to work half-days on Saturdays.

This morning, I was clearing my drawer and something fell out of an old folder. My namecard from my very first job! (Yes, that is a Pager number indeed.) I picked it up and was swept by a wave of nostalgia – how quickly 25 years had passed!  A quarter century later, my journey has

Back in 2012, my family scheduled a 4- week USA roadtrip but my daughter fell ill and was hospitalised for 3 weeks due to a severe lung infection. Sadly, I had to cancel the trip. I filed a $12,000 trip-cancellation claim against my travel insurance policy and I also notified Singapore Airlines about it so

Have you ever wondered why a roomful of the smartest folks could make the stupidest mistakes? The Bay of Pigs invasion, the Exxon Valdez, and of course… Cherry Coke? I read this interesting book over the weekend and thought to share some salient points with you…so what are the reasons why dumb mistakes happen? Here are