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Making veterinary surgery alive
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How to be successful?
Dr
Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
Updated:
13 May, 2010 |
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Be Kind To Pets
Veterinary Education
Project 2010-0129 |
May 12, 2010
To: Ms Koh
Do what you think is correct. Learn from being
hands-on and making mistakes. There is no other
way to be wiser and smarter.
Singapore expatriate real estate rental markets
are getting hotter in 2010. I have at least 10
times more e-mails for asiahomes.com this year
than last year regarding rentals esp. serviced
apartments. Some agents sms me about the Bishan
Loft advert. Pl use your phone to make preliminary
contact and e-mail.
 Become
an expert at Google Docs for real estate. I attach
a picture hoping it will inspire you. I am into
creating inspirational pictures for young people
like you and those studying hard for their future.
The Golden Age of the internet is in your hands.
Internet connects the world unlike my youth hood
in the 1970s. One example I gave you was an
expatriate who surfed the net, contacted
www.asiahomes.com, met me and bought a $3.3
million Wing On Life condo in Singapore. My
co-broking agency commission was $15,000. We would
never meet if not for the world wide web.
I will not live long to enjoy this Golden Age as I
was born at the wrong time. But young people like
you will enjoy and prosper in this Golden Age if
you know how to use the internet. Create rather
than consume. This is my advice to all young
adults like you. But few young adults create.
One good example is a 26-year-old man, Singaporean
I met recently. He had been doing e-bay sales for
the past 9 years. He did not need to work for
people. He would get orders to create Star Wars
"guns" etc and get them made in Singapore. Then he
would mail them to customers in the U.S.A.
He was passionate in his craft as he showed me his
Facebook portfolio. I was impressed with his
creation of a gold ring similar to the one in the
movie "Lord Of The Ring." It looked like a simple
gold band but I could recognise it as the LOTR
ring. He said that in the movie, the ring had
words engraved on it as CGI was used. He said his
LOTR webpage was shut down soon.
But competition is nowadays much stronger and
therefore his net profits have had reduced
considerably. "This is a common challenge when
Singapore becomes fully developed," I said to him.
"Many younger vets have also set up shop to
provide cheaper services than the established ones
to get the business."
This young man is venturing into a "new" field
called "internet marketing". "This also has lots
of competitors," I said to him. "It is actually an
old subject. Some people even advertise in the
Straits Times to conduct courses on internet
marketing."
Nine years is a long time and I can understand he
needs a change. I just could not believe that such
young Singaporeans exist as I think they are
addicted in online computer gaming and enjoyment
at the age of 17 years which was when this
young man started his enterprise to create and
sell on e-bay. This young man showed me one other
young man in Hong Kong. That man created the "Iron
Man" suit for sale. He lamented that this was
beyond his capability.
My comment is that he has lost focus and interest.
It is a pity that he has no "determination" or
"perseverance". He could manufacture and produce
really good toys and has a forum to market his
work.
In conclusion, create and read widely. One day,
you will be successful even though you may not
want to do real estate anymore. It is the hands-on
internet experience and solving the problems of
the real estate that will give you the hard edge
to take on another industry later.
Best wishes.
Dr Sing Kong Yuen
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