Why I Will Never Retire

18 June 2020 I’ll be live streaming again at 1700 20 June 2020. The link to the livestream is as below. Everyone goes through a phase of not enjoying their job and feeling that their career is going nowhere. Sometimes that feeling never really ends and when that happens, the only recourse is to look … Read more

What I Wished I Knew When I Graduated

13 June 2020 I am conducting a live workshop on YouTube 10 AM 14 June 2020 Agenda 09:00 Youtube Link Publish 09:30 Go Live And Chat 09:50 Countdown 10:00 Session Start 11:30 ~ 12:00 Session End 11:45 ~ 12:15 Post Show Virtual Workshop on Zoom (limited to 10 people only) There will be intermittent short … Read more

Vlog 002 – Setting Direction

8 February 2019 This vlog is about setting direction as to where I want this channel to go. I googled on checklists and items to think about when starting a YouTube Channel and I came accross this article https://vloggingguides.com/how-to-start-a-vlog/ It gave me some things that I need to start thinking about including: Step 1 – … Read more

On Death

3 November 2018 I have a strange relationship with death. My first experience of death was when I was 6 years old. My family and I were living in Kota Bharu at that time. I remember watching television and someone called. My mother picked up the phone, spoke a few words, hung up and then … Read more

ICERDC

1 November 2018 Article 1 of the International Convention On The Elimination of All Racial Discrimination ICERD states, ‘ …any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of … Read more

Who’s the sucker?

21 October 2018 A few years ago, one of the trainers of a workshop I was invited to as a guest instructor attempted to teach the participants that ‘there is a sucker born every minute’ and that we should take advantage of that to make money of them. Needless to say, the entire room revolted … Read more

Of Planes And Prayer

20 October 2018 Those who know me well would know I had an intense fear or flying which I developed after a turbulent flight.  When forced to fly, I would be paralysed in my seat, I couldn’t eat, it took me ages to get from my seat to the toilet as I inched step by … Read more

Batch 56 Presentations Academy

4 October 2018 Some thoughts while I recover and rest. Just completed Batch 56 of Presentations Academy Foundation program ‘Essence’. Though I have made some major changes in flow, structure, content and activities, there are elements which I still use from. batch I always think that the biggest challenge is to keep everything fresh and … Read more

Pak Rashid

28 September 2018 I wanted to share something I have never shared with anyone before. I’ve been thinking about my grandfather a lot the last few days. Someone wrote a bio on him that is going to be launched soon and that started a trip down memory lane When I was 14 years old I … Read more

Those Who Do And Those Who Do Not

18 June 2017 There are people who watch and there are those who do. Those who watch will always know what others should do. Those who do it despite the possibility of failure and of defeat. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but surely one day they will succeed. “It is not the critic who … Read more