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Important questions.

I was trained as an engineer in university. Apart from the five months upon graduation in which I was actively engaged in software programming, I had spent most of my career in banking and finance.

People frequently ask me "how I did it", given the disconnect between my background and qualifications.

Perhaps the more important question to ask is "why I did it." All I can say is that once you find conviction and purpose in the why, the how is simply just finding the means to an end. That said, of course it wasn't easy.

For my readers and those who are interested to learn about how I got into banking and finance, you can read all about it here.

Ironic things.

Scoring below average in school and failing at my own business turned out to be some of the best things that happened to me.

Sometimes to get to what you want, you have to take a detour and go through a discovery process to fail at a hundred things. My life remains an ongoing discovery process even as I am writing this.

Be that as it may, our most valuable lessons are learned through the crucible of hell and suffering.

Some of the transformative events during my younger days that has shaped my life are summarised here.

Global citizen.

I consider myself to have travelled quite extensively. The places that I have ventured to are mostly in Asia. I have also lived and worked in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

During the course of my travels and professional engagements, I have visited many beautiful and exotic countries / cities including (not exhaustive and not in any particular order):

I had compiled some of these travels in a series of photos published over here.

Relocating between cities is not always fun (my personal take here). That said, I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet with many people from an incredibly diverse range of backgrounds, some were good, some not so good.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my time getting imbued in the local culture, interacting with many smart minds in the industry and enjoying the local food.

Kenny

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