In the 7th grade I was picked up by a black Mercedes Benz 300 SEL to take me to some party my parents were attending.  The car wasn't my family's car mind you.  The owner was a businessman who started the country's largest beverage company.  My parents owned a 10 year old Datsun that lacked paint and rolled with only three hubcaps. When I got to the party, I was in awe.  The … [Read more...]

San Francisco and Silicon Valley are humming with the new IPOs of Zynga, LinkedIn, and Facebook.  Despite Zynga and Facebook having a difficult time post IPO, billions in new wealth has been created.  You may think money is raining from the sky here in San Francisco, and to that I would say you are correct! When you live in an area that has so much activity, you start … [Read more...]

Today I'm happy to share with you the untemplate story of Alden Tan, a passionate bboy, blogger, and bouncer!  Now in his own words.... So this is how it is: I'm 26 years old and I've a college degree. I'm located in Singapore and with that, my life is pretty much set. With a degree, I can easily get a job, earn a stable income for a comfortable living, fall in love in … [Read more...]

By now you’ve heard the term bucket list.  You know, a list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket.  I didn’t really think about putting together a bucket list for myself until I watched the movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman when I was on vacation in 2007. The movie was simple, yet very effective.  And boy did I bawl my eyes out when Edward … [Read more...]