Author: Golden

That number one mistake is: You focus too much on the things that don’t matter. Things that don’t matter can be: the appearance – the theme, the design of the blog, which color is the best…, which wordpress plug-ins to install, or how to get more people to know about you and your blog… You fret about those things, wasting your time and mental energy while what you should be doing is just to f*cking start writing, and publishing. That’s the 20%, or even the 10% of input that will decide 90% the quality of your blog, and the value … Continue reading mistake number one when starting a blog

2014 was one of those darkest years for the Airline Industry, and specifically to that of South-East Asian which had all of the tragic incidents so far (one missing since April, supposedly crashed in Indian Ocean, one was shot by an unknown force in Ukraine)… 30th December 2014. 162 people were on their way from Indonesia to Singapore on the flight QZ8501, most of them to reunion with their family for the New Year 2015. It crashed. They all died… 2014 couldn’t end worse for the Airline Industry, and for those whose beloved ones were on the flight QZ8501. ‘I … Continue reading On Fate

Sleepless night Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, 25/01/1954. The night before the final battle, it was very late but the Commander in Chief of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, General Vo Nguyen Giap couldn’t rest even for a moment. His eyes were glued to the map of Muong Thanh Valley, where Vietnam’s grand army would enter a pitched battle with the French. Giap had planned to win the battle quickly, ‘in 3 days’, he thought, and ‘we will defeat the French once and for all, celebrating our victory as well as the Tet Holiday (Vietnam’s Traditional New Year Holiday, often between the … Continue reading General Vo Nguyen Giap’s most difficult decision in his life