Author Archives: Raymond Yung

Exciting news from one niece to another niece, but on a different subject. My lovely 14-year old (13.76 years to be exact) niece Cameron in Canada has graduated from the Elementary Grades and will start high school this September. In a few weeks’ time, she will also graduate from the Raymond school after 6 years […]

My adult niece told me over the weekend together with her husband via Skype that she is pregnant and their baby is due in Dec. Congratulations to Vivian and Jeremy:> By X’mas, they will become proud parents for the first time. I will become a proud great uncle for the second time as my nephew […]

I watched it last night in 3D. My rating is 7/10. Let me start with pros. The special effects are good and so is the moral of the story. The youngest actor is adorable but the adults are not as outstanding. Lastly, I thought the dialogues can be wittier (perhaps they can make the dinosaurs talk […]

A friend of mine who knows that I love frogs sent me this link from a major UK newspaper The Telegraph featuring a Reinwardt’s flying frog, photographed in East Java, Indonesia. In the picture, the frog is ready to give a devastating kick. Such a cool picture. Check it out :>

YES – Through a combination of my “passionate” hard-sell and extremely generous support from friends and family, I am down to 9 copies from my target of 300 copies. When I mentioned publicly that I would tone down drastically my personal effort of selling my book (and let them alone) individually, some people pointed out […]

What I mean is the ability to separate different elements from a single entity and treat them individually if needed. For example, if your friend’s action offended you, by putting a “mental/psychological separation” between the offensive act and the person, you may find yourself easier to forgive him/her and move on.

A friend of mine at the receiving end of coaching told me that she found it helpful by simply hearing herself out in a coaching session. She added that sometimes when she starts to explain herself to the coach, then she realizes that it does not make sense even to herself. Furthermore, the additional benefit […]

A friend of mine told me that he read my book while he was waiting at the US immigration line for almost 3 hours. It was very “fortunate” that he had my book in his carry-on luggage! I actually have suggested in multiple occasions to various people that my book would be a perfect travel companion for […]

A point of clarification is quite needed as some people misunderstood me when I told them that I am going through a metamorphosis. They thought I was turning into a gigantic bug like the fiction by Franz Kafka, There are 2 meanings of the word Metamorphosis. The first one is a term used in zoology […]

As promised, the answers are: 1. “Belt and braces” = Someone who wears belt and braces is very cautious and takes no risks. 2. “Keep your wig on!” = Tell someone to calm down. 3. “Paint the forth bridge” = Something never ends 4. “Off One’s Trolley” = Mad, out of one’s mind. 5. “Hugger-mugger” […]