Looking for some source of inspirations or taking a break this Summer? Then you should not miss this year’s Singapore Garden Festival (will be held in Suntec Singapore, 10am – 10pm). After successful runs in 2006 and 2008, Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) returns in 2010 and is set to be even more spectacular.

SGF is the only show in the world to gather the world’s top award-winning garden and floral designers under one roof, Singapore Garden Festival 2010 will showcase the talents of the world’s gardening luminaries. This “must-see” event in the international horticultural calendar will dazzle with its wide array of displays, events and activities.

Be enchanted by the exquisite garden and floral displays. Experience the magic and wonder of the world of garden and floral design. And delight in the festivities and programmes designed to enthrall your senses.

I realized that sometimes we like to rush through things, and eventually affect the quality of work. And also making ourselves very tired and exhausted. You may say that its because of time, stress and etc. But when I come to think about time, is there really time? When I come to think about stress, what is stress? In actual fact, time is created by people in order to create a routine for everyone, so that its easier for us to keep track of the things we do, and stress is actually created by ourselves and not given by other people.

So, to elaborate further, since time and stress management are both created by people, therefore we can be trained to manage them as well, in order to make our lives more efficient and happier. The only secret to this is to do things one step at a time, there is no point rushing through them, if it will affect the quality and making ourselves very miserable. It’s just an ongoing process to learn, and I believe everyone should always remind themselves every time when possible, if they realized that they are just rushing their way through in life.

Time flies, and I’m really making use of every second to enrich myself. It’s gonna be another 6 more high-tide months for me, although its tough, but I always remind myself to endure through and work hard for it. At the end of the day, I do not want to have any regret at all.

Currently, the first priority is still working on the infrastructure for Uniqueground – a new startup that envision to change the current and future media scene. Till date, we already have our own in-house web development and design services, online press media and open-source frameworks. And we have plans to extend ourselves to having our own servers, social networks and etc.

Other than that I am also working on some commercial projects which serve as my own interest and for income purpose. And for my school Project, I am working on an experimental project that believe people in the future do not need to search for what they want online anymore.

Last but not least, will be my continual support for Uniqueground In-house projects, which include GeeksOnHigh! – A Tech Blog, and jottomatic! – A Python based framework

Lots of work and planning are still in progress, will update you again!

It’s getting a little tricky for me recently, especially when dealing with people and money. Over here, I just hope to concentrate on my work, and over there, people and money issues started to come in. I never knew that one day I will have to face all of them and also to take care of them. Naively, I thought that I can just concentrate on my work, but I was totally wrong.

I realized that both the people and money issues are slowly eating into my life, if not they are actually forcing themselves into my life. I’m not sure am I counted lucky to be able to see all the ugly sides of matters, but I am trying hard to stay optimistic and learn whatever I can from all these incidents, and hope that in the future I can handle them properly. Nevertheless, I am still grateful to receive all kinds of encouragements and advices from both my family and friends. If not for their support, I might not pass on.

You know, sometimes I just feel like running away from them, and start afresh. But, I know this way will not solve the problems. Other than dealing with the matters patiently, I can’t think of any better solutions now. But for one thing I am pretty sure, I simply needed some space to breathe this Summer, I’m not sure if I can survive, just hope that everything will turn out well…

If you have not heard about him before, Yue Minjun is one of the most instantly recognized contemporary artists in China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter.

I was first introduced to his work around 2 years back at Singapore Esplanade (if I can remember correctly), whereby his sculptures are being displayed at the hall lobby. At first look, I thought the sculptures of himself looks funny and eerie at that time, I guess its because of the grin on the face. But after a while, I noticed that there is certainly lots of thinking behind those grins, he must have trying to put some message across. I’m not sure what is it, I guess its up to your imagination. I like his work, mainly because its iconic, at first glance, you will know who is behind those art.

If you are interested to know more about him, just watch the interview on him by CNN:

After being through seeing off 3 of my family members (my 2nd elder sister when I was 7, my father when I was 16 and my mother when I was 25) in my life thus far, I have come to realized that life’s really short, so there is really no time for us to waste. Although its hard to so goodbye, but we just have to do that when the time is up.

From my sister, I have learnt from her determination in pursuing her dream despite her last breathe, and my father’s determination and stubbornness in helping the rest even he is very ill, and my mother’s calmness and no complain attitude despite the cancer torturing her to the limit.

When I mentioned the Art of saying Goodbye, there is simply no Art. It’s just so natural for me now. I believe that there is always something for us to learn from all these Goodbyes, they are not here for nothing. We must learn to give and take things in life. If you choose to hold on to something so hard, in the end it will be so hard for you to part. Therefore, I am always on the edge of matters, if need be for me to part away, I am always prepared for that.

Saying Goodbye is to thank you and wish you all the best, if need be with the right time and location we will meet again.