Whew I have been really busy this week so I’m going to make a really quick update on what I’ve been up to. Last Sunday morning was the earliest I had been up on a Sunday for a long time. I was invited to the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit to be on a panel talking to students about taking “unconventional career paths”. With me was musician and CEO of Tune Talk, Jason Lo. Funny guy I tell you…. makes a lot of money too!
Also with me was Juana Jaafar from Unicef.
I thought I could’ve done a lot better but I had fun in the event nevertheless. Jason Lo saved the day with his funny antics.
The next morning I was up early again! This time to catch a flight to Singapore. I’m in Singapore this week for the Nuffnang Country Manager’s Summit. It’s the first time we’ve having this but it’s basically where all the Heads of Nuffnang Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Australia meet once a year to exchange what’s been going on in their respective markets and to plan for the future.
I’ve been having quite a lot of fun lately. I mean it’s great to get an update on how Nuffnang is doing in each of the countries. Each country reported really good growth in the past 12 months and I’m so glad that 2 years ago we decided to quickly expand to Australia and Philippines. Today Nuffnang is a lot more stable as a company because of these other markets which makes us not totally dependent on one market now.
So I’ve really been seeing the inside of an office for most of my time here. The only time we get out is for meals. So that’s the only pictures I have… of us at meals!
At the end of Day 1, Ming brought the team to this really kickass Nasi Lemak in Singapore. Some really really good food!
Then on Day 2 (Tuesday), we went for this Chinese restaurant that had the best sweet sour pork ever!
Some of the Singapore Nuffies tagged along too.
Interestingly enough, most Nuffies are on Blackberries.
Right in the middle of our afternoon meetings though, Esther and Elisa surprised us by making us this really nice cup of ice-cream. Yummy!
Here’s Kruppy enjoying it.
Kruppy is the Country Manager for Nuffnang Australia, based out of our Melbourne office. Yes… he’s as charming as he looks.
Whoops now I have to jump into a conference call. Sorry guys, catch you guys soon!
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space