It was the day we’d been waiting for: 29 October, night of Nanz Inc’s launch. Admittedly, the team was somewhat nervous as clouds gathered over Keppel Bay Marina in the late morning and started to weep.  But by 5pm, the rain dried up and the skies cleared up for a beautiful, moonlit evening. Nanz and I were ultra-blessed to get the gorgeous Prive Waterfront Bar (thank you Michel Lu and Yuan Oeij!).  Aside from the amazing prawn cakes and mini wagyu burgers, they even made us a Nanz Inc pink cocktail, which we christened Pinc Power. It turned...

You’re nagging, they’re ignoring.  You’re tired of your words having no impact on your children.  Here are five tips to start turning things around. Communication is the key to many situations in life — so why should talking to your kids be any different?  The use of words in helping your children to develop well and to be disciplined cannot be underestimated.  But the problem often lies in the how and the what of what we say.  You’ll be surprised — there’s a lot a parent can accomplish with the right tone of voice. Here...

Is your thought life controlling you or are you in control of your thoughts?  Letting your mind run wild without setting barriers and controls can result in tragedy. By: Theresa Tan In an ongoing court case this week, an 18-year-old young mother has been accused of abusing her maid.  The torture extended to the pulling out of her maid’s teeth.  When questioned, the accused said, she could not help herself. When she saw her maid she would get angry and, she said, her anger would take over. In another case, a two-year-old’s heart...

The first step to gaining control of your finances is to get out of debt. Here are some practical tips to go from red to black. By Melanie Lee Face the music. At some point, you need to face the harsh reality of the extent of your debt. Ignoring unpaid bills and avoiding creditor calls is no the way to deal with the issue.  Consolidate your bills and work out how much you owe in total.  An honest assessment of the debt situation is the start towards a debt-free life! Get your facts straight. Be fully aware of your resources.  Take note of how...

With Make Up For Ever’s new HD Elixir, you’ll look like you’re not wearing any foundation or powder, but have naturally flawless skin. By: Michelle Bong Psst… have you heard? There’s a new beauty product in town, and it promises to give your complexion the flawless finish you’ve always wanted. Featuring specially created high performance formulas, the HD Elixir by Make Up For Ever was created for the era of high definition TV and to ensure makeup would invisible on high definition cameras (which magnifies skin by up to six times)...

We all have regrets, at least a few. Nanz shares candidly about the things she wishes she did, the ones she wishes she didn’t, and why we must focus on our dreams instead of looking back. I have had many dreams and my fair share of regrets. When I was a little girl, my greatest wish was to be an astronaut and I would fantasise about my walk on the moon. I soon grew out of this, of course. In my teens, I dreamt about marrying my Prince Charming — naturally, he would be a millionaire! And he would definitely be able to indulge all my worldly...

Hooray! Nanz Inc gets its first breaking story in Straits Times today (Sat, 23 Oct 2009)! Thank you, Wong Kim Hoh. We met Kim Hoh at jones the grocer for our interview last week. Kim Hoh, as you might already know, is a lauded columnist and writer at the Straits Times. He is also the author of the recently released Criminal Intent: True Stories From Changi Prison; and he wrote the screenplay for Eric Khoo’s movie Be With Me. Kim Hoh had interviewed Nanz three years ago when her book One Business, 99 Lessons was released, so this made for a nice...

L-R: Josephine Lim (Intel), Nanz, Karen Tan (ABN-AMRO), Tan Yen Yen (HP), Jeanette Blanks, Naomi Ishikawa (Milbank), Elena Pistorio (Pistorio Foundation), Kerry Wilcock (AWARE) and Cleo Lim (Intel) Yesterday Nanz and I attended a half-day session at the corporate office of Intel, Singapore. Nanz was one of eight women “Executive Mentors” invited to share their life experiences and solutions with 40 Intel staff (three of which were men). This was the event that launched the Singapore chapter of WIN (Women @ Intel Network). WIN began many years...

It is an arduous task raising children while working at the same time. Here are some recent measures that the Singapore government has set in place to help women here juggle work and motherhood with greater ease.   By: Melanie Lee Extended maternity leave Since October 2008, the Ministry of Manpower extended paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 16 weeks to enable working mothers to recuperate from childbirth and strengthen bonding with their newborns. The last eight weeks of this maternity leave can be taken flexibly over a period of 12 months...

As a business person and a former retailer I take lots of photos. It is almost second nature to me to whip out my little camera and shoot away.   Sony seems to have a  VAIO for every personality type.  The VAIO AW is a laptop for the professional photographer. I’m not exactly one, but the AW makes even novice photographers feel like pros, with its Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor and NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT graphics accelerator. It even comes preloaded with Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 and Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 software, so...