Marching Forward.

Happy One year old !

August has always been the month of the year filled with celebrations. We celebrate birthdays, we celebrate birthdays. The beginning of the month, is our beloved Singapore’s. The end, is our neighbor Malaysia’s. And somewhere chucked in the middle, my own, and whether by fate or by accident, August too calls for the celebration of the birth of Hoovix.

Exactly a year ago, we registered the Private Limited, after Fatty Gary picked a good day from his holy Chinese calendar book ( in the form of a website ). I’m not especially superstitious,  but why not, if he’s doing all the searching. Following these little superstition does more good ( peace to the mind ) than harm usually.

I’m not going to pretend that I loved history, but when I’m not too busy, while travelling on our fantastik public transportation system, I do find time to reminiscent the years, how they went, and what I’ve learnt from them. It’s not been easy. I have a shirt that I particularly like to wear, as it portrays my feelings, and some of my peers who decided to embark on this journey. It says “struggle” on the front.

It’s not been easy. There’s a saying that goes – if that something is easy, it’s not worth doing anyway. To start something from scratch, to create something out of nothing, is always difficult. Imagine all the wet blankets, the free lip service people try to give. But we made it. We've completed over 25 projects, and we have punched the air numerous times. We'll continue to move forward.

I would like to thank all of you who believed in us, our partners. Hoovix is one year old, still a toddler, but we’re learning fast. The milestones are not worth mentioning, but those who know, will be happy for us. Those cockups, well, we learn. That’s all we can say. All those AARs. For the loser, we can only say we learnt from the experience.

We’ll continue to work hard.

We would also pay tribute to SGEventors. It’s been 7 years since its death. That was the time when we learnt the most. That was when we were younger, and I know, deep down inside, we hope to revive it. But we know it’s difficult know. We’re all in difficult continents now. Maybe one day, one day when Hoobastank hits their 20th year anniversary concert, we can do one big one for them.