Insecurity drives my achievements.

I am a high achiever.
My achievements are driven by my fear of failure.
My fear of failure is driven by my insecurity.
And every bit of achievement offsets a little bit of my insecurity.

I think there are many, many others like me, who are held in regard by others for their achievements, who may or may not understand this trait of themselves, and who are ultimately wretched souls struggling to overcome that insecurity of theirs.

Mount Everest

Snapped this picture of Mount Everest while taking a domestic flight within India. But exactly which peak is it? Not sure; maybe readers can tell me. But it is somewhere in there for sure.

Get what you want...

You can have anything you want in life, if you are willing to sacrifice everything else for it.

Quotable (?) Quotes

The excitement lies in the undressing. The exhilaration lies in the thrusts. The gratification lies in the aftermath.

It's not the size of the weapon that matters, but the tenacity of the action.

Our Artificial Landscape

Just came home after a week or so from India and Australia. Driving home from the airport, the spotless expressways, trees and lamp-posts immaculately planted equi-distant from one another, and lanes printed clearly and accurately on the roads stood out in stark contrast to those of the two countries - in particular India - that i've just gone to.

And yet, I find the design of Singapore's landscape so organised and systematic that it appears almost artificial and contrived.

Guess the sad state of affairs is that we have no choice. If you have only a small room but you want to put all kinds of furnishings and decorations into it, the only way is to arrange everything carefully, tile by tile. It is no different for our tiny island state. You want enough trees for landscaping, houses and flats for people, roads for cars, forested areas for military training, reservoirs for water, and skyscrapers for economics, you have no choice but to organise each of these carefully.

The inevitable result is: Singapore, our Artificial Landscape.