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Hey everyone!! I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be flying off to Ibiza, Spain this Friday! This is a bit of a last minute arrangement – I was contacted Sunday (3 days ago) by Light Tribe, a non-profit foundation, about an upcoming initiative they are launching. It seems they have been following my work at Personal Excellence for a while, love the material that I…
Posted Oct 19 by Celes | 12 Comments
Filed: Travel, Updates
Tags: europe, ibiza, spain
Following the first London meet-up (which was a great success – See the pictures and my afterthought if you haven’t), many UK readers asked if I’m going to have another meet-up while I’m still in London. It seems that many were unable to make it for the first one as they did not have enough time to plan it in their schedule, while others only knew about…
Posted Oct 12 by Celes | 34 Comments
Filed: Travel, Updates
Tags: europe, london, meetup, united kingdom
Hi everyone! Today I’m very, *very* excited to share a piece of news which just came to my inbox this week. Come November 11, 2011, I’ll be speaking at Wharton, for the Wharton Marketing Conference 2011! What is the Wharton Marketing Conference? It’s an annual marketing conference organized by Wharton that showcases the latest trends in the field of marketing. It serves as an integral forum…
Posted Sep 22 by Celes | 20 Comments
Filed: Travel, Updates
Tags: speaking, USA, wharton
Hi everyone! The Personal Excellence London Meet-up went ahead as planned on 21 Aug – and it was a complete blast! Many readers in UK turned up, and we ended up filling up over half of the cafe’s seats! Believe it or not – We even had readers outside of UK who happened to be traveling in UK in the moment (Shabnah from Australia, and…
Posted Aug 24 by Celes | 23 Comments
Filed: Travel, Updates
Tags: europe, london, meetup, united kingdom
Welcome to London – Metropolitan city and one of the financial hubs of the world Hey everyone! As you may know if you’ve been following my Facebook / Twitter, I’m currently in UK, London. For the past 2 months, I’ve been traveling around West Europe – From Holland (Noordwijk, Hoofddorp, Amsterdam, Den Haag, Gooi, Amstelveen), Germany (Bonn, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Einbeck, Berlin), France (Paris), Belgium (Brussels…
Posted Aug 14 by Celes | 44 Comments
Filed: Travel, Updates
Tags: europe, london, meetup, united kingdom
This is the last part of the 7-part Holland travel series, including how to travel to Holland, the dutch culture, dutch lifestyle, dutch environment and essential things to know about the country. In this last part of the series, I’ll round off with a random trivia about Holland – things that didn’t fit in first 6 parts of the series. Some are good to know information,…
Posted Jul 8 by Celes | 14 Comments
Filed: Travel
Tags: dutch, europe, flat land, holland, netherlands, tulips, wind mill, wooden clogs
This is part 6 of a 7-part Holland travel series, including how to travel to Holland, the dutch culture, dutch lifestyle, dutch environment and essential things to know about the country. Land of Bicycles Holland is also known as the Land of Bicycles. Before I came to Holland, some readers have already alerted me on the proliferation of bicycles in the country. But nothing…
Posted Jul 7 by Celes | 11 Comments
Filed: Travel
Tags: culture, dutch, europe, holland, metro, netherlands, tram
This is part 5 of a 7-part Holland travel series, including how to travel to Holland, the dutch culture, dutch lifestyle, dutch environment and essential things to know about the country. Cost of Living I’ve been repeatedly warned about the high cost of living in Europe before I came here. There are exaggerations about how it costs 3-4 times more expensive than Singapore (which is…
Posted Jul 7 by Celes | 10 Comments
Filed: Travel
Tags: cost of living, dutch, europe, holland, living, netherlands
This is part 4 of a 7-part travel series on Holland, including how to travel to Holland, the dutch culture, dutch lifestyle, dutch environment and essential things to know about the country. This is a continuation of part-3 of the series which is on the Dutch culture. Read the previous part if you haven’t: The Dutch Culture, Part 1. Community/Togetherness/Family Dutch have a strong sense of…
Posted Jul 4 by Celes | 8 Comments
Filed: Family & Friends, Travel
Tags: culture, dutch, europe, family, holland, netherlands
This is part 3 of a new 7-part travel series on Holland, including how to travel to Holland, the dutch culture, dutch lifestyle, dutch environment and essential things to know about the country. Thoughts on the Dutch Culture This is the Utrechtsestraat lane, at Amsterdam. It’s a lane of shophouses, including cafes, clothing stores, bookstores, etc. I appreciate the Dutch culture, and in fact find quite…
Posted Jul 3 by Celes | 7 Comments
Filed: Travel
Tags: calvinism, culture, customs, dutch, etiquette, europe, holland, humility, materialism, netherlands, thriftiness
This is part 2 of a 7-part travel series on Holland, including how to travel to Holland, the Dutch culture, dutch lifestyle, Dutch environment and essential things to know about the country. Traveling to Holland/Europe This section and the next discuss the technical aspects of traveling to Holland. If you’re planning to travel/stay in Holland/Europe in the near future, you should read this. If not, skip…
Posted Jul 1 by Celes | 6 Comments
Filed: Travel
Tags: climate, dutch, europe, holland, netherlands, preparation, visa
