Jul

19

Don’t ever judge the book by the cover

July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Gingham dress & Stanford University - True story
THE GINGHAM DRESS
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston , and walked timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President’s outer office.
The secretary could tell in a moment that such […]

Jun

9

Here’s to unity

June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Undivided by race nor religion, this is what Malaysia ought to be. Meritocracy, creativity and freedom of speech…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Wl3firJQk

Apr

14

Can money buy time?

April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

To a question whether money can buy time, my answer will be yes, if you have money. Let’s take hair cut as an example. Now days we get instant or express kiosk at our local shopping malls. Hair cut at the favorite barber shop or saloon, especially a day before school re-opens now takes less […]

Feb

22

General Election fever

February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Almost every major roads are covered with our local political party flags, getting ready for the upcoming 12th general election. Many new faces will be contested and speculations of 2nd MCA in command Chan Kong Choy of pulling out is getting momentum. Come Sunday, it will be clear out. 

Feb

20

Thus have I heard…

February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”
Buddha
 
“In matters of style, swim with […]

Jan

24

Melinda Gates

January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

So much is known about Bill Gates but not Melinda Gates. Together with Bill, they were named Persons of the Year by Times in 2005. An article about her came out in the 21st January Forbes issue, in which the best takeaway from that is her constant perseverance of  discovering and learning something new each […]

Jan

15

Reading materials

January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

An interesting book to read about execution is by Larry Bossidy and Ram Chandran titled Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. Some of us might ask who is Larry and Ram? Well, Larry used to be the CEO of General Electrics (GE) while Ram is a legendary advisor to senior executives and boards of […]

Jan

12

15 years from now

January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

People often asked me what am I gonna do in 15 years down the road. I’ll still be working for some company, investing an apartment for me and my wife for retirement,  somewhere central convenient and has all the facilities. I have seen and experienced  the difficulties of staying with your own daughters or son […]

Nov

27

1 to 2 a.m.

November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

What had happened? Why do I have insomnia out of a sudden? Was it the 2 packs of Indomee I had for supper or just plain guilt of watching and knowing the future? I think it is a mixture of both, the Indomee and knowing bits and pieces of the future. The earlier sure woke […]