如果连制造优雅社会的利弊都要用金钱来衡量，那么我们是个怎样的社会？ An article by Today published yesterday, titled Being gracious makes dollars and sense, has caught my eye, especially the opening sentence: In an increasingly competitive society, what is the economic benefit of gracious living to Singapore?. Why is there a need to measure the economic benefit of having a gracious society? I have always … Read more
公共交通工具，是个以为人民服务为优先的工具，还是个视赚钱为第一考量的机构？ Being converted back to a MRT commuter recently, I realised that it’s increasingly more challenging to be a MRT passenger during the peak hours. Despite only a short journey, the train seems to be a huge training ground. Commuters can hone their squeezing skills, which is useful for getting in/out of a crowd, when … Read more
大减价，真的是大减价吗？ Walked passed Robinsons yesterday and noticed that there was another sale at the departmental store. It then occurred to me that whenever I passed by Robinsons, it never fail to hold a sale, with the only changes were to the name of the sale. There are more than 101 reasons for sale, be it … Read more
EQ、IQ, 两个在现今社会不可缺少的两样东西。 Being paper-smart these days can only get hold of a job, but in order to be successful, it is increasingly important to be people-smart as well. Having high EQ is never easy. In fact, I think it is more difficult to obtain than a high IQ. EQ is not about formulas, or standards … Read more
每个人都在看戏。 Few of my colleagues went to a basic finance course organized by my workplace last week. The course was meant to introduce basic finance to those without finance background, but have enrolled in advanced finance courses organised by MAS and WDA. According to one of my colleagues, during the lecture, the lecturer, who is … Read more
There are some things which happened in recent meetings assured me that perhaps, my decision is not a wrong one: – Some things seem to go amiss when the top boss and the second-in-line boss appear to use their own language to communicate with each other such that they tell us different things. – Issues … Read more
小心： 谨慎行事 小心，是因为担心、害怕，害怕变质、害怕失去、害怕一切会不如预期。但很多时候，越是小心，越是在乎，事情就变得越糟。 也许有时，该看开一点，不要想太多，才会快乐，才不会那么累。 我想，这就是人生。
真的，不简单… 最近读了一段文字，特别喜欢其中一句，也对它颇有感触：每個人都想為對方好，卻都用錯了方式。 的确，在人与人相处的过程中,无论是亲人也好、朋友也好,多数时候都会做一些自认为会为对方好的事。但有时，对方会毫不领情、误会，甚至会抹黑所有的努力。而自己换来了除了难过，更多的是受伤的感觉。 很多人说，沟通是解决问题的良药。毕竟，这世界上，真正能理解自己想法的人不多，而往往越解释越糟，甚至有时会累得不想解释，也会懒得去解释。但 好好沟通谈何容易，要双方多把话讲开真不是件容易的事。除了要有颗包容的心，更需要的是极大的勇气；勇敢地把话说出来、勇敢地聆听对方要说什么、勇敢地找 出解决方法。 人与人之间的相处是门高深的学问，而学习是没有捷径的。只要相信对方不是恶意的，用真心地对待他/她，适时把话说出来，误会也许会减少。加油吧。
礼让，应该是发自内心的，而不是被指定的。 The presence of priority seats on public transport in Singapore has puzzled me for a long time. I have not seen something similar overseas (maybe I didn’t go to enough places…) and do not really understand the need to reserve some seats for those who are in need on the MRT and buses? I … Read more
或许，我们不能埋怨一些制度的存在。 Went with Sandra to Golden Village at Vivocity last Sat. It was the first time I stepped into the cinema for more than a year, the last being Dec 2008 when I watched 海角七号 with Qiu Gui. Despite my countable encounter with the cinemas over the years, it seemed that my experience was still … Read more