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ถึงแม้ไม่ได้เขียน blog มานานกว่า 3 ปี พอเจอถ้อยคำของ Jack Ma ในครั้งนี้แล้ว รู้สึกว่าอยากจะเก็บไว้ จึงได้ลุกขึ้น (นั่งลงเขียน) ปัดฝุ่น keyboard เก็บไว้สักหน่อย ถ้อยคำของ Jack Ma สอนมวยสหรัฐ ใน World Economic Forum 2017 - หลังจาก Donald Trump พร่ำหาเสียงว่าจะทำให้ America Great Again จะเอางานต่างๆที่จีน ญี่ปุ่น แย่ง (ขโมย) ไปกลับมาอเมริกาให้หมด จนในที่สุดได้รับเลือกตั้งเป็นประธานธิบดีของสหรัฐ (ใครจะไปเชื่อ) ครั้นได้รับเลือกตั้งแล้ว ได้เรียกหัวสมองจากคนทั้งในอเมริกา และนอกอเมริกามาพูดคุย..Mr. Jack Ma ก็เป็นหนึ่งในนั้น คนที่สัมภาษณ์ ถามถึงการพูดคุยกับ Donald Trump เป็นอย่างไร กลัวจะกระทบกับธุรกิจในจีนขนาดไหน เมื่อฟังคำตอบของเขาแล้ว ช่างเป็นการตอบที่มีชั้นเชิงยิ่งนัก สรุปสั้นๆแทนที่จะบอกว่าใครถูก ใครผิด จีนเอา (ขโมย) งานไปจริงหรอ กลับตอบด้วย ข้อมูลว่าอเมริกาวางแผนให้เป็นอย่างนี้เอง outsource งานด้านแรงงานออกจากประเทศให้หมด ส่งไปจีน อินเดีย Mexico จะเก็บเฉพาะงานมันสมองไว้ที่ประเทศ สุดท้ายได้งานชั้นสูงจริง งานชั้นต่ำไม่ทำ เตะออกนอกประเทศ เงินที่ได้ก็ล้นหลาม แต่กลับ...

I got a chance to visit China during the Songkran holidays. This time is my second time visiting this country, a country of 1.4 billion people! It was a short but fun trip. I got to see many interesting things, particularly the Chinese ways of living. There are many things we can learn from China. One big lesson is the language. Chinese people are proud to be Chinese and they seem not to care much about learning English. Even in the heart of the major city like Shanghai, I could not find someone who can understand me and able to give me directions. Next time, I have to do a little better. By visiting there, I got some urge to learn my ancestor's language now ;) One thing I can notice in China is its technology infrastructure, particularly, the transportation. China's metro system and intercity trains are pretty advance. Prior to my visit, I didn't realize how advance this country can become within the last 20 years. When I was young, I always heard people say the crap...

I turned 30 today. Man..what a strange feeling. A decade has passed since I turned 20 back at Stanford. Yesterday, as I was waking up and laying on my bed, the only thought in my mind was 'this is the last day that I will be in my twenties. Tomorrow, I will join the thirties' club'. I once read about an old Chinese saying. It said 'at thirty, a man stands firm'. It is quite scary to think and compare my life with this saying since my ground at 30 isn't firm at all. Many questions popped up in my mind..questions like am I doing what I am supposed to be doing? Am I living my life right? such a hard question to answer :-\ I started to think of other alternatives that I could have been doing..options like working in a corporate world, taking on my family business, or super-focusing on academia and research fields. Will I be happy or more happy with those alternatives? May be I am biased but my gut feeling at the moment tell me the answer is probably 'no...

Huihui is the name of my cat and she is the cat of the whole family as well. Huihui is our first pet (ever). I used to have little chicks, ducklings, and fish as I grew up...but I guess it didn't really count as pets since what I did was just play with them and handed them out to my grand-auntie to take care. Frankly speaking, I am not a cat person at all. Before Huihui, I always feel that cats are sneaky and insincere animals. And sincerity is a big part of my life. But one day, some time between March/April in 2012, a gray and white cat walked into our house, into our lives. This cat has a gray patch on her mouth that looks like a mustache. The first time I met her was me getting out from a car and walking into my house. She was sitting in front of the door, looking at me. My automatic reaction kicked in when I saw a random cat: "Chew chew..#feet stomp and trample!"...for all the cats that I had done this action to, they would just run away, but this one is still s...

It has been a while since I celebrated and ran wild in Songkran festival. Come to think about it, it must be more than 18 years since I intensely shooting water gun and have real sore on my legs by running around. That was the time the whole family playing and the big 'villain' was my dad. What a fun memory to be reminiscent  about :) Anyways, this year..thanks to my friends Annie and Pear for inviting me out to join the Songkran festival at Central World and Silom, it was a great experience. Got to goof around with so many people (and animal)..like Central World/BTS guards, little girls on the street, both muscular and slim gays, and a couple of stray dogs along the roads. One of the things I found very useful to use during Songkran festival is my swimming goggles. When a person is in the (water) battle, the person has 2 weak spots...his eyes and his ears. Wearing these goggles reduce my weak spots by 50%!..pretty awesome, isn't it ;). And now I know who is right...

Given that I haven't written anything for almost 3 months, this post might seem a bit out of place. Anyway, let say that since December last year, in addition to the responsibilities at the university, I have been working on a mobile application project, Noonswoon, with my two friends/partners, Peter and Theeranit (Amm) Pongthongmuang. It has been over 4 months with countless days, nights, and weekends spent together at LaunchPad . Despite a lot of hours putting into the project, at least for me, I have a tons of fun doing this...a tons of fun, but a tons of pressure too. Frankly speaking, this is my 8th startups project now. For my past seven projects, six failed and one has a micro successful exit. One thing I can tell you about startups experiences. Man..it sucks to fail.  Your parents start questioning you what you are doing..."remember your previous projects?", "you don't have the marketing skills", blabla and so on. :(..worst of all, you start ...

I saw this poster back in October, 2013 at a co-hacking space in San Francisco (Twin Peaks to be precise). Love it. Just got the chance to see it again on the internet. Enjoy. "If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love. Live your dream and share your passion" 

Today is the last day of 2012. I think I have something to say about 2012. Many people believe that the world will end this year. I am glad, it is still spinning ;). Anyhow, for me, my old world really ends and there are so many things I feel thankful for this year. A lot of unexpected things had happened to my life (career switch, partnership broke down, sour relationship, and career switch back). It really has been such a roller coaster ride. Some of these events literally knock me down on the floor.. Getting back on my feet isn't easy and won't be possible at all without friends and family. Really feel grateful to have them :)  On the bright side, 2012 gave me opportunity to reconnect with my old friends and make new friends (Fern, Kaew, Shiwei, Rocky, Mo, Jason, Lindsay, Tanin, Pac, Shaw Yean, Peter, and Maj). Life is awesome! Thank you "2012" for the invaluable life lessons. This year I am certain to say I am wiser now than who I am on Jan 1, 2012. Bu...

If you are starting your career or in the process of re-evaluating yourself (like I am doing at the moment), one important question that you must answer and be clear is the following: At the end of the day, what do you want to get with your work? Ultimately, you have to select one of these three choices: money, fame, or freedom...one and only one. There is no good or bad answer. But it is important that the answer comes from you, not your father, not your grandmother, but from you. You should not feel embarrassed or shameful to pick any one of the choice, choosing money doesn't mean that you are a greedy person nor choosing fame means you just want to a celebrity. Different people have different motivations. The most important thing is be true to yourself. By asking myself this question, it helps me narrow down and select my career choice. I will tell you at the end what I want to focus on. But for now, let me explain why answering this question can help you narrow down yo...

My friend who is working at Zynga , the creator of the famous FarmVille, asked me last night: "given you have enough saving, stable income, and free from any commitments, what would you like to do". It is such a simple but deep question. What is my answer? "I dont' know". The Thai government scholarship contract is a big commitment I have been carrying on my shoulder for the past 10 years. I still cannot wrap my head around the concept of freedom. Then, I asked him what would you like to do. He said he is going to quit his job in the next 3 months and found an Ideas Realization Lab in Canada. Man..so easy for him to answer. I am jealous. Given that you have enough money and free from any commitments you currently have (raising kids, taking care of your parents, no more family business, etc), what would you want to do? I hope I can answer this question soon.

I am facing one of the most important decisions of my life now: to live in Thailand or in America. I graduated from Stanford in December 2007 and came back to Thailand in January 2008. I have been living there since. I got an opportunity to teach at Chulalongkorn Business School as a full-time lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Software Design, and Management. Time flies and it has been almost five years now. Either living in Thailand or in the US, both have pros and cons. I would like to detail them out here with the hope that it will help me think more clearly. Why living in Thailand? 1. My family is in Thailand. Mommy, Papa, Minnie, Mary, and Mack are all in Thailand. My(?) cat (HuiHui) is also there. Though I am not the type of person that need to see or talk to them everyday, it makes my heart warm when I get a chance to chat and have a long conversation with the whole family every once in a while. 2. My social status here gives me a lot of opportunities to meet interesting peo...

หลังจากที่ห่างหายจากกิจกรรมนี้ไปเกือบจะหนึ่งปีได้ ขอยอมรับว่าในปี 2555 ที่ผ่านมานี้ มีเรื่องราวต่างๆเกิดขึ้นกับชีวิตผมมากจริงๆ สิ่งเหล่านี้ทำให้ผมได้เรียนรู้อะไรต่างๆมากขึ้น เรื่องบางเรื่องก็ทำให้ชีวิตผมที่เคยราบรื่น เจอมรสุมพอสมควร ต้องใช้เวลามานั่งนิ่งๆกับตัวเอง คิดลึกๆ ว่าตัวเองอยากจะเดินชีวิตต่ออย่างไรดี ประสบการณ์ที่ผมได้รับ ทำให้ผมเข้าใจตัวเองมากขึ้น สามารถเริ่มมองโลกในแบบที่โลกนี้เป็นอยู่ได้ (แต่ก็ยังต้องฝึกอีกเยอะเลยครับ) แต่ก็ยังดีกว่าเก่า เพราะที่ผ่านๆมาพยายามจะมองโลกใบนี้เหมือนอย่างที่ผมอยากให้โลกนี้เป็น พอพูดถึงการมองโลกตามแบบที่โลกใบนี้เป็น ก็อดไม่ได้ที่จะคิดถึงหนังสือนิยายเล่มหนึ่งที่ผมชอบมาก ชื่อ Wizard's First Rule โดยผู้แต่ง Terry Goodkind เพื่อนสนิทของผมได้แนะนำหนังสือเล่มนี้ให้อ่านสมัยผมเรียนอยู่ปี 2 ที่ Stanford นิยายเล่มนี้ขอบอกว่าหยิบขึ้นมาแล้ว วางไม่ลงจริงๆครับ (Spoiler alert! สำหรับคนที่อยากจะอ่านเองขอให้ใช้มือปิดบรรทัดที่จะถึงนี้ไว้แล้วไปอ่านอีก paragraph นึงครับ) ในนิยายเล่มนี้ กฎข้อแรกของการเป็น Wizard หรือ Wizard's First Rule (ตามชื่อเรื...

unfortunately, it was banned from TV broadcasting. I just don't understand why.

By Sir Ken Robinson Being a teacher at the university, improving the public education system is one of the subject that I am very passionate of. Hope you enjoy and learn something from the video.

The ad says it all Came just the right time for Thailand...:)

Be still. Just for a moment. Listen to the world around you. Feel your breath coming in and going out. Listen to your thoughts. See the details of your surroundings. Be at peace with being still. In this modern world, activity and movement are the default modes, if not with our bodies then at least with our minds, with our attention. We rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages, clicking from browser tab to the next, one link to the next. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no time for stillness — and sitting in front of a frenetic computer all day, and then in front of the hyperactive television, doesn’t count as stillness. This comes at a cost: we lose that time for contemplation, for observing and listening. We lose peace. And worse yet: all the rushing around is often counterproductive. I know, in our society action is all-important — inaction is seen as lazy and passive and unproductive...

Breathe. Breathing can transform your life. If you feel stressed out and overwhelmed, breathe. It will calm you and release the tensions. If you are worried about something coming up, or caught up in something that already happened, breathe. It will bring you back to the present. If you are discouraged and have forgotten your purpose in life, breathe. It will remind you about how precious life is, and that each breath in this life is a gift you need to appreciate. Make the most of this gift. If you have too many tasks to do, or are scattered during your workday, breathe. It will help bring you into focus, to concentrate on the most important task you need to be focusing on right now. If you are spending time with someone you love, breathe. It will allow you to be present with that person, rather than thinking about work or other things you need to do. If you are exercising, breathe. It will help you enjoy the exercise, and therefore stick with it for longer. If you are mo...

หลายๆคนคงจะรู้จัก Susan Boyle จาก British Got Talent นะครับ British Got Talent หรือการสรรหาคนที่มีความสามารถในประเทศอังกฤษซึ่งมีประชากรอยู่ราว 60 ล้านคน...ผู้อ่านคิดว่าการจะเป็นคนที่โดดเด่นได้ ใน 60 ล้านคนจะยากขนาดไหน...ก็น่าจะยากเอาการอยู่นะครับ แล้วลองคิดดูว่าการจะเป็นคนที่โดดเด่นให้ได้ในท่ามกลางคนจำนวน 1400 ล้านคนจะยากกว่าอีกขนาดไหน....1400 ล้านคนหรือประมาณ 24 เท่าของประเทศอังกฤษ...อยากจะให้ผู้อ่านลองชม ผู้เข้าประกวด China Got Talent คนนี้ ผู้ที่มีความสามารถในการเล่นเปียโนอย่างหาที่เปรียบไม่ได้ ...ทำไม หาที่เปรียบไม่ได้หรือครับ..เพราะเขาเล่นเปียโนโดยที่เขาไม่มีแขนแม้แต่ข้างเดียวเลย...