Christmas Arrived Earlier

Christmas has arrived in London. Look at the picture showing seasonal decoration at Oxford Circus. Speaking of Christmas, may I gently suggest that my book can be a great gift to your friends and family (not enemies obviously). These are a few reasons: 1) My book on adult learning is relevant for people pondering on […]

An Audio Book?

Perhaps this is a new trend. I was at my birthday dinner tonight with a group of friends. One of them who bought a copy of my book told me that he prefers to “read” audio books and he finds it more effective for retaining the information. Actually this is the second person who bought […]

Over the Moon

It is most appropriate to use a British expression “over the moon” to express my feeling. Apologies that I have picked up a few linguistic “vices” living in London for over 10 years. Among them: “How are you faring?”, “I reckon that..”, “lovely” & “cheers”. Anyway, I had coffee today with a friend of mine […]

My First Online Book Interview

My first online interview on my book at ExpatFocus.com! The questions are listed below. Please click on the link to read -> Book Interview at ExpatFocus.com 1) Raymond, please tell us about yourself. 2) What do you like/dislike about expat life? 3) You recently published From Latecomers to Late-bloomers. What is the book about? 4) What […]

An Abandoned Book

A few days ago I found out that an ex-colleague of mine had left her copy of my autographed book behind (meaning she did not take the book with her). How did I find out? Actually the new colleague who replaced her told me that she had found my book at the desk and started […]

3M – The Third M

This is the last M of my initial marketing review. Some brilliant marketing ideas from friends that I am compelled to share: 1) Add my website link to LinkedIn – An oversight on my part. Now completed. 2) Add post to WeChat (a popular Chinese Social Network) – Suggested and carried out by my friend […]

Helping Hands

In the course of marketing my book, I sometimes feel very blessed by people that have given me a hand even though I don’t know them well. There are two restaurant mangers in particular that I would like to mention with gratitude. The first one is the manager of La Divina where I often go […]

Hand Delivery to Hong Kong

Today a friend of mine asked me if I would take a book order from her friend in Hong Kong as I will be there in 2 weeks to see my parents. Yes – it happened that her friend’s office is not far from my parents’ residence. I told her I would drop it off […]

My Halloween Costume: GHOST Writer

During this week of Halloween, I got 2 requests to be a GHOST writer. How appropriate! Perhaps it is one of those Halloween trick-or-treat jokes :> Earlier this week, a friend, who is passionate about child foster care, said my next book should be on the lives of fostered children. I responded that as interesting […]