How to achieve faster 3G data network on android galaxy note

I am using 3G on a heavily 4G nation (singapore) where my Internet connection sucks until I did the following.

1. Go to settings
2. On 'device' tab click on 'more network'
3. Click on 'mobile networks'
4. Click on 'network mode'
5. Select the 'wcdma/GSM (auto connect)

If you have already selected the mode and still feel laggy on your Internet connection, please contact your Internet service provider.

If the above help you, remember to share with your friends. Cheers!

Work hard, play double hard

There is no shortcut to success. Surely someone will have told you that hardwork doesn't mean anything.

It's true, but without working hard, where the success comes from? Even striking lottery require patience and hard work to queue and buy.

However, what is the point of working so hard without a proper life and enjoyment ? You will only burn out sooner than later. Therefore, balance is important.

Personally ,  I am practicing 4 man hours per day. That means I work only 4 hours, but I fully focused and work doubly hard to cover 12 hours of work within 4 hours. It give me a good 20 hours to enjoy, watch TV,  play game etc.

Your thoughts?

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Objective Driven Rest - How to rest and work effectively.

Many of us like me are very busy from the start till the end of the day. These few weeks has been especially busy due to the fact that we are hiring more peeps and focusing on multiple projects, at times, we do not even have time for lunch or dinner.

However, being a smoker myself, i always asked myself why i feel much more refreshed and 'ready-to-go' after each smoke break - The answer is cigarette itself offers very little refreshment, but the 5-10 mins break from the hectic workload offers REFLECTION, THINKING OUT OF BOX and most importantly, REST.


A lot of people either work too much or rest too much, I have read a lot of articles on work-rest balance, some sort of 45-15 rule. Work 45 minutes, rest 15 minutes etc. I find this not productive and effective due to the fact that on the 40th minute mark, you may be on the verge of completing a major task, if you choose to rest for 15 minutes, you may lost the momentum when you are back and may waste the next 5 to 10 minutes refreshing yourself on where you last stop.

Therefore, I encourage people to use the technique of rest and i call it 'Objective Driven Rest'.

If you got quite a few short tasks, complete your tasks and rest for 15 minutes.

If you got a big and long tasks, spend 5 minutes to break down the big tasks into small objectives. Once u complete any objective, reward yourself with a 5-10 minutes break. Toilet breaks are inclusive in the breaks I have spoken about.

Once you practice the above, you will realize that not only you feel more refresh, you will become more productive than ever. Instead of worrying about uncompleted task(s) during your break, you will be relaxed knowing you are progressing without any unnecessary stoppages.

Good luck and feel free to comment below.

Dream vs Reality (Big Ideas vs Sure-fire ideas)

Due to the chinese new year, once again, i decided to blog more often these days. Today i faced possibly one of the biggest decision of my life by deciding which route to take for my business to grow.

Very often, i realise most businesses make-or-break are not due to the first business, but rather, the second business that the company ventures into. The next or second venture can either provide more ammunition for the 1st, or pull down the entire operations of both.

I have always ask myself this - What is the right thing to do? To decide what to do for the day is easy, but deciding what to do for the next venture is extremely difficult as there are alot more factors to consider such as, how much am I going to invest etc.

Today i will speak about dream vs reality.

Dream (Big ideas)
Ideally everyone wants to become rich and powerful, therefore, think of big ideas which very often include more risks, effort and luck. If dream is pursuit, most like the result will be on both extreme end of failure or success. In business i suppose, if can be measured, big ideas normally earn you up to millions or even billions. Big ideas often comes with a lot of patience and sacrifices, however, as opposed to sure-fire ideas, if realistic big ideas are being carried out, very often the competition is lower as not many or none of the companies in the country or world is doing.

My definition of big ideas are ideas that can disrupt or change the world by sacrificing the traditions for new technologies or methodologies.

Sure-fire ideas
On the other hand, sure-fire ideas are ideas such as opening a cafe, restaurant or bar where the customers will recognize and patronize without much convincing. These type of ideas normally suit those lower risk take who are what i call a 'S' type of people. The entry level is much easier as compared to big ideas, as such, due to the competition on branding, quality, price etc, many of these ideas could not yield much success. However, with a good financial backer or investor, these ideas can still earn you big bucks over a longer period of time.

My definition of sure-fire ideas are ideas that are already in the market, where business can be conducted without much convincing.

Making a decision between the 2 is like comparing chicken and duck. Both has its pros and cons. Which one will you choose if you were me?

Obviously, my first business has already embarked on changing the existing market for a better where we spent the past 18 months persuading and convincing business owners to change their existing model. It is still work in progress and hope we see improvements soon.

No Idea or hiatus
There is also a 3rd type of ideas which I call No-idea. No idea in my context represent focusing on what we already have. No-idea sounds freaky, but sometimes, no idea is better than having a bad idea! Focus is always good but putting all the eggs into one basket may result in total loss at some point unless something happens.

You may or may not agree with my post but I would say, there isnt any best idea out there as the 3 ideas above can still prove successful with hardwork and luck. However, if you were to ask me, i would choose big ideas, simply because ideas takes time to see results (and i am talking about 3-15 years) , that is almost 20% of my life. Therefore, i would rather fail in big ideas than to stuck with a sure-fire ideas for the rest of my life. Your choice?

Creative in different ways - Left Handedness

To start off, i would like to place a disclaimer for this post: I am not well educated - as such, please pardon me for my use of English.

After a long study on left handers around the globe and especially those around me, i realised that most are born between december to end of feb - most being aquarius, and I am one of these.

24 hours more to my birthday and i decide to post something on life being a left-handers, the challenges and what to expect of us.

According to research, 10% of the world population are left-handed who are mostly right-brained personnel, i wont go into details what right-brained means.However, most of us do share common attributes such as always late, untidy yet being able to think out of the box.

Quite a handful of my friends who are left-handed are quite good in art, creative in thoughts, some of whom currently work as designers (i.e. graphic designers or interior designers) - but i am not one though!

Being left-handed at times is very painful, such as pencil mark on our hand after writing (from left to right), got to adapt to some right-hand designed rifles, tools etc. It is no coincidence that some of us can use both hands to write or even play pool or any other sports. It is because in many occasions, we are forced to use our weaker hand to work or do stuffs.

Despite the above struggles, I am still proud to be different, think different. Many chinese would say left handers are intelligent. The truth is LH thinks differently and process information we gotten differently, and that does not mean we are intelligent. Still, there are alot of scientists, lawyers or CEOs are right handed.


Being a left-handed myself, i am not really good at designing although I am quite particular in designs. I get 'high' for seeing something different, out-of-the-box or well designed. But i guess, i am creative in a different way compared to other lefties. I design systems that are to be used by businesses and i love the smile my clients give when they are  satisfied with my work. I cant help but to think of ways to improve the design or think of new and creative ideas to boost either my business or software (new or existing).

I get bored quite soon after engaging or focusing on 1 project pretty soon (if u consider 1 year is soon), therefore, every single day i will create new challenges for myself; most people would say I am creating more problems for myself each day.

Truth of the matter is, I am not really bothered by what others might say even though I love having a friendly and constructive debate over my ideas. One thing I am sure is, if you want to succeed in life, dont care what others will say, simply because it is impossible to please everyone and they will not criticize you when u suceed. Some may even say "I've told you it will work", when obviously, they are the most harsh towards you when u started.

To conclude, I would say to all lefties out there, don't be push back by what the world may say about you. Think what u like to think and do what u like to do.

Have an aim and go all out for that, of course, you must put hard work and pain into it. Make it a success to shut the doubters mouth once and for all!

Lastly, Happy early birthday to myself =)