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Crafting the Perfect Resume with Kalpha
Crafting the perfect resume is tough, you want to include all relevant experiences, education, skills, knowledge etc. but you’ve also heard that employers don’t read long resumes. How then, should you approach writing a good resume? Filling in your Kalpha profile and...
Marketing Yourself – Getting 100 Enquiries on Your Kalpha Listing
“How do I get more enquiries?” is one of the most common questions we get from Sharers. Just as a company requires marketing, so does your listing! Whether you're marketing yourself for a service, product, or even job application with a resume, it's all about getting...
Your 20s Will Suck Unless You Read This
Your 20s are your best years. It’s the small window in your life where you’ve started working so you have a bit of money and you still don’t have the full commitments of a family or a house. It’s the time for self-discovery, making mistakes, and figuring out life....
Health & Self Defense: The Art of Eight Limbs
Muay Thai, also known as Thai Boxing, only gained international recognition from the late 20th century. Its meteoric rise coinciding with the rise of UFC, Muay Thai is characterized by its combined use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins in combat. However, despite it...
Kalpha – Singapore’s Best Personalized Learning Platform
Getting Started I’m sure that there comes a time where every person has asked themselves something along the lines of “How do I start my own business?”, “Where do I learn how to invest?”, or “I want to learn this thing but it’s too expensive”. Google can usually give...
Winners!
In light of winning the People's Choice Award at the ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards, we a little trip down memory lane leading up to the award since our official launch. So let us share our story! First and foremost, just so you know, the name Kalpha is the...
Hypnosis: It’s All in Your Mind
Having gone through a near-death experience at the age of 20, McKing pulled himself out of depression through the use of hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Despite being portrayed as mind control (especially in Hollywood films), hypnosis is a state of...
Six Decades of Photography
At the age of 75, Peter is the owner of his own consulting company for International Business clients. He plays the role of a consultant by day that advises businesses on their development on weekdays but still finds time on the weekends to enjoy his passion,...
The Mind is Magic
Mentalism, the power of reading minds, seems like a supernatural power but local mentalist Mark Wong does not claim to have any such powers. Instead, he relies on psychology and showmanship (among others skills) to dish out his performances with flair and style. The...
Sign Language: Speaking to The Deaf
While most Ngee Ann Poly students will remember them for their pizza bombs, Puzzles cafe was an initiative co-founded by Ms Suzana Slemat for a purpose that few might know about. Together with her friend from secondary school, Ms Shazlina Sulaiman, the idea of Puzzles...
The New Way to Get Rich: Digital Marketing
Just kidding, but digital marketing is becoming one of the most sought-after jobs in the age of increasing digitization. With every app, website, and company seeking out ways to reach consumers online and/or spread brand awareness, digital marketing is one of those...
Stranger Danger
Technology has changed the way we live. We quite literally hold the world in our little electronic devices and we have (almost) unbridled access to almost anything we want or need. We have global apps such as Facebook, Uber, Amazon, and Tinder that exists for a...
Compound Interest: The simplest way to get rich
The financial sector is one that has garnered much occupational prestige over the last few decades. While it has and can be argued that much of this prestige is misattributed, it remains one of the most difficult industries to enter and its products seem unnecessarily...
One Of The Best Teachers In Life Are Your… Pets!
Research has shown that besides being cute, cuddly and adorable companions, pets have an uncanny ability to teach human beings certain moral attributes better than any other person can. I have been a oet owner for most of my life and can boldly claim, with almost...
The Universal Art Of Attraction With Your Body
Imagine a meeting a stranger. Average looking. After interacting with him/her for 5 mins you are intrigued by this person. 15 mins into the conversation, you are captivated with almost anything he/she shares. Internally you have already deemed him/her a “friend”. An...
Your Career is Your Own, Not Your Parents’
I wish to be a... but my parents... Question. If you prove your parents wrong by going against them and making your own choices..are you in the right or wrong? And should they be happy for you? I am going to make a blanket claim that globally (especially so for...
No More Games, It Is Strictly Business. What’s Happening?
Mom: Time for dinner son! Son: I’ll be done in 5 mins! Just one last game! I'm positive that most kids (or adults) can relate to this. On a personal level, I was nurtured to have a love-hate relationship to video games. During my adolescence...
Dummies Guide To Build Your Web Cred.
Technology has indeed come a long way throughout the years. No doubt we’re still in the works of making teleportation machines and interstellar travels a reality. However humanity have definitely advanced towards modern day convenience. Escrow payment is one of the...
When 2 Polarizing Modes Of Learning Converge
Which is a better? Yes, it is the argument between traditional offline learning, and the “new normal” form of learning online. When we define conventional offline learning, it emcompasses learning in a physical classroom environment and private...
Why Most Ideas Stay As IDEAS
The Inspiration I led a pretty monotonous life during my university days in Australia. Its pretty much a discipline routine of eating, sleeping and mugging. My reward-to-self during my study breaks are spent binge watching MasterChef Australia. In...