We were in the toughest part of the Guards Conversion Course. A military boot camp that a selected few in the Singapore Army had to go through.

This was where I first discovered something I didn't know I had in me before.

If you've read a few of my posts you know I do a lot of introspection.

And I've noticed something through my writing.

I have a bad habit.

I'm jealous of Casey Neistat. He has done things I could only dream of.

A disengaged friend was busy typing on his laptop over dinner. We haven’t caught up in a while and I was getting annoyed.

I asked: “Why do you let your manager push you so hard?”

He replied, “So they know I can 吃苦.”

Mulan is one of the most impactful movies I’ve watched. The legend of Mulan is about a woman who left the idea of being a dutiful daughter. And as war loomed, she decided to be a soldier and took her father's place in the royal army. In the army she took on a new role, she became Hua Jun.

I was in the ‘start-up’ world for 3 years in Yangon. Pursuing business ideas and building them.

Everyone had hopes of finding the next big thing that would 10x revenue. Venture capital was everywhere, but innovation was not. To stand out in a sea of copycat businesses, innovation is key. There's a form of capital key to innovation and it’s abundant. Belief Capital.

People are creative by nature. I love being creative, it’s fun, satisfying and interesting.

But as someone who is transitioning to being a full-time content creator, I find creativity and inspiration are two sides of the same coin. That they shouldn't be the fuel to do great work.

I’ve seen the future of business and it’s not what you think. No code, no crypto. You don’t have to like what I’m about to tell you, but I’m confident it works. I’m not keeping it to myself either.

I spent 3 years living in Brighton & Hove, an idyllic seaside city 1-hour south of London. As a Singaporean being part of a student body in such a liberal atmosphere, was an unbelievable experience. But there is a lack of what schools can provide and what the real world is looking for. This left me stranded on the unemployed island with just seagulls for company.

There is something in Po that was familiar, his journey was one I have read in the biographies of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, people I wanted to emulate. But, what was with the Kung Fu Panda I wanted to emulate?

Writing and Muay Thai are both creative endeavours with multiple similarities. In writing, you condense your thoughts and experiences onto pages, with fighting you display them in the ring.

I went into Yangon just after graduation with almost zero knowledge of the city and I didn’t have a system or model for building a business. My rudimentary decision making for the business was built as a flowchart with the question: “Can, or Not?”

The question people ask me the most often is why go to Myanmar? It’s a question that is often prefaced with “What do you do?” “I work for my own business in Myanmar,” I would usually answer, biting my tongue a little. Deep down I knew it wasn’t really the answer, but it usually works and it garners curiosity. Also, the reactions I get do give me a little satisfaction.

I recently went through a 10 week Muay Thai fight camp consisting of blood, sweat and tears and didn’t even get to fight. When I got the message about my opponent pulling out the week before the fight, I slumped.