I am not tired. I simply cannot find the lack of energy to put my weary body to sleep. If my life was a roller coaster ride for the past 10 years, magnified tenfold over the span of last year, it seems to have finally come to an end over the past month.

While the future seems more predictable and controllable, the rate of daily change has not ceased. The only difference is that everyday something good happens (not to say negative elements don’t appear, but they just don’t seem very important or impactful anymore). Perhaps it is the change in situation, perhaps I can attribute it to my personal growth over the past 3 months. Regardless, I am thoroughly enjoying this adventure.

Of course, I have not taken the future for granted, and I can only be assured the challenges ahead will only be greater. At this juncture, one of the key considerations on my mind is actually how to help the allies I have back in Singapore.

Being entreched in a society where nothing is for real, and where the government cooks up contorted stories of entrepreneurship and enterprise, it is inevitable that the obscured view churns a mass of frogs in wells. What is deemed as talent and capability there comes with a crazy price tag, and for the same kind of manpower, we can get them at one tenth the price here.

While Singapore claims to be promoting the spirit of enterprise, its barriers to entrepreneurship, beyond the administrative aspects, are huge, almost insurmountable to most. The attrition rate of registered businesses remain at the 90% high, with the remaining 10% struggling to get past their third year.

In the 4 categories of markets, Singapore sports only 2 – Monopolies and Perfect Competitions. Monopolies owned by government bodies and elites, and Perfect Competition grounds open to the masses who wish to forge a ricebowl beyond the conventional payroll – Retail or project based incomes.

The daily papers continue to report new business ideas, and very viable ones. The only problem is the reception of these ideas at the end of consumers, who don’t have enough to spend, and don’t come with enough volume (4 million with sky high credit card debts isn’t going to pull off new startups).

In the next year, while laying my foundations here, I shall place considerable focus in bringing my Singaporean counterparts to these regions for a good ride. Of course, their own mental preparation and proficiency continues to remain their own perogative.

For those who wish to reach out to these parts, I will have the platform in due time, in almost any line possible. Just make sure you have a sound revenue model. This is not an arena where you speaking of empty dreams and passion. This is a live cutthroat scenario where only the strong will survive.