Frequent flyers have a common saying: “Once you go flat, you can’t go back.” No, they’re not lamenting about their car troubles, but about the amazing experience of sleeping on a lie-flat Business Class bed. Because once you’ve done it, it’s very hard to go back to flying Economy Class. I first flew on First and Business Class in my […]
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could travel around the world for six months? I’m talking about visiting 9 countries across 6 regions. Not rushing through them like your typical packaged tour, but spending a leisurely 3 weeks in each country so you can really soak in the culture. Being on the road is tiring,
I’m just gonna put it out there: My fiancee is way better at planning our wedding than I am. She often tells our friends, “Lionel is getting an invitation to our wedding. There will just be a big X on the floor with “STAND HERE” written in big, easy-to-read words.” Yes – I’ll be first
It was March 18, 2003. Will Saunders and David Burgess were 67 meters up in the sky. Aside from the wind, it was deathly quiet. The roar of the city was miles away. Balancing precariously on the glazed white granite tiles, they steadied themselves while tightly gripping their buckets of red paint. They couldn’t afford to
A couple of years ago, I shared about how I tried Tim Ferriss’ Slow Carb Diet. After 13 weeks of eating yong tau foo and avoiding my favourite noodles, I lost 5kg. GREAT SUCCESS! Actually… not really. As we all know now, fad diets are unsustainable. Fast forward 2 years, and my fiancee is poking my tummy
For as long as I can remember, my family follows the exact same weird routine every Chinese New Year. After a light vegetarian lunch at my grandma’s house, we’ll all pile into several cars and drive off to the nearby Lot 1 Shopping Mall. There, we’ll fight through the crowd at the cinema, buy some popcorn,
Okay, I’m gonna ask you a question, and I want you to answer with the first thing that pops into your head: Where do you go when you wanna get some serious work done? Is it a cafe? A meeting room? The library? At home after everyone has gone to bed? Notice how almost NOBODY says
It’s a brand new year! Let’s imagine that this year, you made a major resolution to improve the quality of your life. You’ve read all about the benefits of leaving work on time, so you hunker down and say, “Okay, I’m gonna leave the office by 6pm every day, no matter what!” I tried that last
Happy New Year! New Year’s day is often a re-e-e-a-ll-y lethargic day for me. I had a slight hangover from my New Year’s Eve countdown, so I spent the day reading Superforecasting – a pretty cool book on how to make better forecasts The author, Philip Tetlock, organised a “forecasting tournament” where he recruited 3,200 volunteers – regular people
