Everything is at the peak of the hype now. With the full team back in action, things are moving faster than ever before, and structures are slowly, but surely falling in place for the future grand plan.

As a take a step back to look at all that has transpired in the past 2 months, I can’t contain the gratitude towards the people who have made this opportunity possible. Though the initial months were tough, the fruits are slowly paying off, as I start to understand how the game is being played, and my role in this game.

Looking back, everything that I’ve ever done now seems mediocre, if not totally unworthy of mention, in the face of current challenges. If I may belittle the past me a little more, I would say that only now have I truly started doing business, and only now do I truly understand the meaning of a business plan (opposed to a business proposal).

Simply put, a proposal tells you how to set up and operate the business in a profitable fashion, and that’s about all. A business plan is how you play the game to make sure your hotels and houses populate the monopoly board. Business proposals are quite standard, but a business plan encompasses all possibilities under the sun.

Putting a good proposal was never too difficult, for I have already trained my brain to click in that direction, and it has been thus for the past 10 years. Unfortunately, none of my proposals were quite fully executed, perhaps because I didn’t have a good plan, or did not execute it with enough precision. This place is perhaps the best training ground for such skills.

Somehow, people still get to me via MSN even though I have made a point to disconnect myself from trivial acquaintances back in SG. For the past 2 days, I had this lady (whom I knew through a friend), pestering me to supply her with my suppliers and clients database for corporate gifts. Though I am no longer running the business, seriously, there is no such thing as a free mean in this world. The thought of such ignorance is simply quite entertaining, albeit a little irritating.

It is good, for once, to understand how much I do not know.