- Losing heart (268 words)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:17:37 +0000

Christopher Gardner: "It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Je......(more)

- Get Well Soon (358 words)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:55:33 +0000

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- How far will you go? (106 words)

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:08:18 +0000

"As much as we are all competing for the same jobs amongst ourselves in the same league upon graduation, 10 to 20 years down the cross-roads, we are gonna be needing or......(more)

- A Banker's Life (583 words)

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:33:09 +0000

49 - number of days I have been working continuously... This entry is not about how noble or great it was for holding this record number of working days. Many people (in fact n......(more)

- On music..... (639 words)

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:07:28 +0000

{blog_26October2008173510_guit.gif:186,282,left}More than 12 years ago, I bought my first guitar in Plaza Singapura - not the Plaza Singapura we know today. It's the old Plaza Singapura. I don't know how to describe it but if you had been part of th......(more)

- World class society, but a poor citizen (866 words)

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:10:14 +0000

My team is finally complete. And I only can say that at least so far, I have been blessed with good people to work with. Good defined as not necessarily nice people, but people whom are much more capable and sharper than I am. You need good people like tha......(more)

- Interesting news articles for the downturn (1) (916 words)

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:17:15 +0000

Looking back, I can only describe my job change in a single phrase - "Taking the leap to higher ground before the rising water level threatens your survival on a smaller ship." Bloomberg has been publishing weird and interesting articles rece......(more)

- More on Iceland... (244 words)

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:59:48 +0000

Business Times - 11 Oct 2008 Want to buy Iceland? eBay bidding soars to �10 mi......(more)

- "We will be fine. We can eat what we can fish" (1004 words)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:31:42 +0000

Can the markets get any worser? What exactly is happening? One of my friends at Merrill Lynch describes the situation as having "too many moving parts" inside to maneuver. I generally felt that the M&A portion of investment banking activities would have be......(more)

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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:51:56 +0000

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- Very burned out... (401 words)

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:21:35 +0000

I have had my late nights at kpmg before - I have stayed till 8pm and had my dinner at LPS below; and 11pm again for supper; 2am tea with folks who are still left in office; worst case once at 4am with JT on Project Secure and we had bak kut teh at ......(more)

- I'm just doing my job (298 words)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:56:05 +0000

Ramen don't come exactly very cheap in Singapore. And good ramen is hard to find. But sometimes, this happens to be the only thing I look forward to at 730pm. Recently, as much as I wanted dinner, I had to give this a miss just simply because it was 1030pm......(more)

- F1 Singapore 2008 (123 words)

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:51:54 +0000

Since the entire Singapore is watching it..... I can't be left out can I??? {F1_SG_2008_460_280.swf:460,280,center} I am not a die hard fan of racing cars but after this time, I might make a little more effort to find out what really is Formula one r......(more)

- Hell Week (487 words)

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:14:57 +0000

Fund raising is sometimes not fun at all. I no longer can just focus on getting the formats of my investment proposals to perfection. I have to get the financial model up myself, verify the underlying assumptions and proof read the document m......(more)

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Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:34:01 +0000

Looking for strength If one day you feel like crying... call me. I don't promise that I can make you laugh, but I can cry with you. ......(more)

- The Perfect Storm (947 words)

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:13:37 +0000

Since the whole world is talking about it, I thought I'll put my 2 cents in as well.{blog_16March2008172357_cartoon+domino.gif:400,295,center} Lots of people are saying that this financial crisis will remain one of the most significant ones in the histo......(more)

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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:02:45 +0000

Did I do the right thing? But no matter what, I can't change whatever that happened. So.....
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- Milestone (49 words)

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:22:16 +0000

I finally took out a whole batch of entries off my site after a long time. Not that I have been dwelling on them but like house-keeping, old things need to be cleared to make space for new ones......
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- Cute Dog Snoozes (98 words)

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:52:21 +0000

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- On pitchbooks, proposals, models and meetings... (995 words)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:26:45 +0000

I had my first coffee cup at Starbucks since I commenced my new role. The people at The Central were asking where I had been the last few weeks. I just came back from Jakarta a couple of days ago. I might be quite exaggerating but it was my first ever airp......(more)

Orangekid's Blog

- Losing heart (268 words)

- Get Well Soon (358 words)

- How far will you go? (106 words)

- A Banker's Life (583 words)

- On music..... (639 words)

- World class society, but a poor citizen (866 words)

- Interesting news articles for the downturn (1) (916 words)

- More on Iceland... (244 words)

- "We will be fine. We can eat what we can fish" (1004 words)

(Title-less Entry)

- Very burned out... (401 words)

- I'm just doing my job (298 words)

- F1 Singapore 2008 (123 words)

- Hell Week (487 words)

(Title-less Entry)

- The Perfect Storm (947 words)

(Title-less Entry)

- Milestone (49 words)

- Cute Dog Snoozes (98 words)

- On pitchbooks, proposals, models and meetings... (995 words)