Lu Wee's Blog

Time flies. It feels like just a moment ago I was waiting in the hospital for Avery’s arrival, and today, we are already celebrating her full moon. Isaac is already six now and Caleb is turning two in a few months. Just a while ago, I had to adjust to the role of being an […]

On this day one year ago, Malaysians experienced a monumental event: for the first time in 60 years, Malaysians voted UMNO out of the government and voted PH, a coalition which included past minister Tun Mahathir and his former rival Anuar Ibrahim into government. It’s been one year now and progress has been slow. I’m […]

I’ve taken on a lot of new work lately, around 3 times more. And yet, I don’t feel that much busier. I’m just getting a lot more done. Maybe I’m learning to work faster. It used to take me a few months to write an article. These days, I can finish one every 2 – […]

The meaning and practice behind the Holy month of Ramadhan has always intrigued me. I’ve never done any kind of long-term fasting before, but I always imagine it to be something really tough. It’s pretty easy to do a food-fast, but Ramadhan includes a drink fast too. Now that’s tough. To my muslim friends, blessed […]

Today I got a guy in to replace my RM2,500 air-conditioner. My old one was a 1.5hp Hitachi DC Inverter, meant to be strong, powerful but energy efficient. Now, my AC guy’s telling me that new ACs are as energy efficient as old DC inverter style ACs, and 1hp ACs are just as powerful as […]

I spent my weekend one town away in Bintulu this week. The occasion is my nephew’s sixth birthday. Isaac is six now! My first nephew is six now, and I’m already imagining his life as an adult. Seeing a human being go from being a baby, becoming a petulant toddler and now a pretty well-mannered […]

You can’t master a skill in one year, but if you add another two years of effort, you will likely be able to. If you try for one year and then give up, the next time you try again, you are a beginner all over again. But if you can have patience, and try for […]

As a kid, I used to want to be Hokkien. Not that I hated being Foo chow. There was nobody else speaking it at school. The only place I spoke Foochow was at home with my family. I felt like an alien. I didn’t want people to find out I was Foochow. As I grew […]

One mistake I did early into my business was allowing myself to be directed by my partners’ vision instead of my own. I was the youngest partner, and I allowed myself to be dragged into my partners’ dreams. Although we started off as equal partners, I gradually slipped into a more assistant like role, running […]

Public holidays are always nice, even though I seldom celebrate them these days since leaving my corporate job. Sometimes I do wish I could just take the day off with everyone else, but oh well. Maybe one day in the future. Regardless, happy labor day!