Lessons in Compassion from Tsunami
It is 3 years to the day today since Tsunami caused so much distruction and death in South East Asia. On 26th December 2004, the world changed for ever. As the Tsunami waves caused death and distruction, the world re-discoverd what it was like to be compassionate....
It’s a Wonderful Life!
It's Christmas Day and what better way to spend some of the time today than to watch one of the best movies ever made. If you can spare two hours today, then watch It's a Wonderful Life! (Spoiler alert! At one time Google used to offer the entire movie on Google...
12 Simple But Powerful Tips to End this Year on a High!
So how are you planning to end this year? Are you looking forward to the New Year or are you bogged down with unfinished tasks from this year? No matter what sort of year you have had, you still have the opportunity to end this year on a high, and start the New Year...
Lessons in Life and Death from my Father
Two weeks ago, my father suddenly passed away after a short bout of flu and a chest infection. The time since then has been rather surreal as we come to terms with our great loss. What has kept us going during our time of grief has been the support and love from so...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 5
In my last 4 articles, I have enjoyed writing extensively about the exploits and achievements of Lewis Gordon Pugh, swimmer extraordinaire amongst many things. In this 5th and final article, it is proper to round up and learn what further tips and insights he can...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 4
In my last three articles I wrote about the many key life lessons to be learnt from the astonishing achievements of Lewis Gordon Pugh. Do check out all three previous articles if you haven't yet done so. In part 2, I wrote about Lewis's training regime which involved...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 3
In my last 2 posts, I wrote about the lessons to be learnt from Lewis Gordon Pugh and his amazing feat of swimming 1Km in the arctic in sub-zero temperatures. So how did Lewis Gordon Pugh actually approach the goal of swimming the 1Km in subzero temperatures? Lewis...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 2
In my last post, I wrote about Lewis Gordon Pugh and his amazing feat of swimming 1Km in the arctic in sub-zero temperatures. So just how how did he do it? First assemble your Dream Team. The first key lessons to learn from Lewis is about how for any lofty and worthy...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 1
It is very rare that you meet a person touched by greatness. Yesterday evening, I was lucky to be at a talk given by such a person. Even better, somehow I had a front row seat, so a friend and I were just a couple of meters from the stage. If you have not yet heard of...
Join My Cactus Plant for an Early Xmas Party!
Earlier this year in March I wrote about how my Xmas cactus plant was blossoming with flowers, 9 months too early. Well, I noticed a week ago that the plant was flowering again, 5 weeks before Xmas! A reminder that this plant is called Christmas Cactus as it flowers...