http://www.doctorasianrake.com Top Asian Dating Coach and Asian Hitch Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:08:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was invited as the "dating expert" by Channel NewsAsia (the premier news channel in the region) and their online presence, BlogTV, to be on a panel on live TV. The topic was the Singapore government's recent call for proposals to increase dating among Singapore singles, which is part of ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/09/singles-in-singapore-channel-newsasia-blogtv-appearance-on-dating-in-singapore/ The premier news channel in Singapore, Channel News Asia, asked me to put together a list of the top five tips for Singaporean men who want to attract beautiful Singaporean women. You can find my article here! Unfortunately, it seems the formatting was all lost in the conversion, so all the ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/08/top-5-tips-for-singaporean-men-who-want-to-attract-beautiful-women/ Living in Singapore for over two years, what has struck me as probably the most salient trait of Singaporean people in general, and young men in particular, is the lack of social comfort and the prevalence of social anxiety. And this is directly related to their general inability to approach ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/08/how-much-social-freedom-is-there-in-singapore/ I absolutely love TED Talks. Here's one to add some levity to the more serious and deep posts I've been making lately. I also thought this would be good to help out with the pre-Kinsey Report level of "sex education" in Singapore, LOL. "Bonk" author Mary Roach delves into obscure ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/08/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-orgasm/ A little bit of randomly geeky fun. Consider this a wake up call. "If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/07/this-warning-is-for-you/ "Most of you won't be successful because when you get tired or when it gets hard, you quit... Don't cry to give up. Cry to keep going." --Eric Thomas As true in athletics, arts, academics, and business as it is in the social arts. Thanks to Angel Caido and Mr. M for ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/07/success-how-much-do-you-want-it/ I've recently bequeathed my other site, Power of Being Asian, to my friend, former client, and one of my best students ever, John Tan. As I've been out of the industry for some time now, I haven't been doing much with that site. He will be offering a lot of ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/07/michael-tsin-and-power-of-being-asian/ When I saw the remake of the cult classic, The Karate Kid, a couple weeks ago, I was reminded of why the original movie was so often mentioned in self-improvement circles and why that rake Nick Sparks was unashamed to pronounce that he is this movie's number one fan, lol. Both ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/07/the-social-arts-according-to-the-karate-kid-3-major-lessons/ Being a big fan of Will Smith for a long time, not just because of his success in acting and music, but because he is also an all-around achiever of dreams, I want to share these with you. Check out this short clip of Smith's acceptance speech at the Kid's Choice ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/06/keys-to-life-running-reading/ The first ever social arts program whose profits went 100% to charity concluded this past weekend as an outstanding success! We more than met our initial fundraising goal, and it was a great honor and pleasure to have met and worked with all the participants in the Master Your Social ... http://www.doctorasianrake.com/2010/06/join-the-fight-against-extreme-poverty-and-preventable-disease/