Working Woes ......

Three big time 'towkays' met for a drink at a local kopitiam. The first to arrive was Sammi. She was still as sharp in her dressing and still captured a lot of attention from the onlookers as she strode in like a model in a catwalk. Then, Karl Teng walked in very quietly trying not to attract any attention. Shook her hands, exchanged some pleasantries and both sat down. Not too long, Shoo Goon walked in hurriedly, smiling and apologised to the two for being a little late.

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A few months back, I was admitted into a private hospital one evening, for the final phase of a full laser treatment at the back of my left eye. This time, I was happy to be given a single bedded room. Whenever possible, I would prefer to have a single bedded room. This is because under those circumstances, I could sleep better with the lights on and at the same time, do not inconvenient or disturb anyone.

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Despite his young age, David is a very good archer and is possibly the best in his Country.

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Just the other day, I learnt from a friend a recent story about a CEO who had decided to do away with immediate effect the two daily tea breaks for everyone in his Company.

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There are 4 categories or modes of communication.

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Working groups can move in either of two directions: the Three 'R's cycle; resistance, resentment and revenge or the Three 'C's cycle; clarity, cooperation and commitment.

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Long ago there lived a monk who was devoted to search for 'meaning' and 'understanding'. He sought for a teacher who could help him to discover the great truths of the truly wise. When he heard about a "guru" who lived in a neighbouring country, he immediately set out to find him.

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"Vision without action is just a dream,

Action without vision passes time,

Vision with Action will determine a better tomorrow."

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"Action is the beginning of everything ,

in business as in every other human activity

nothing of any consequence happens until an individual wants to ACT."

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"Life is like playing a violin solo in public

and learning the instrument as one goes on.

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"It is immoral to misuse people, underuse them and

abuse them but it is highly moral to call forth and

make use of talents that are in people. It is also

certain that people will not use their gifts to the

benefit of the organisation unless they are treated

as people with all the needs that people have."

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What have mirrors got to do with "feng shui?"

I am neither a Feng Shui 'sifu' nor trying to act as an expert in this field. But, I have something important to share here.

The Chinese always believes that when it comes to positioning your bed, never have any mirror positioned to directly reflect the headboard of your bed. By doing so it is believed that the person who sleeps on that bed is more prone to ill-health. To many, you may say that this is a myth. But, someone I met years ago, in Gronigen, The Netherlands had this to say about feng shui. 'It is best to believe, than to disbelieve'.

Many of us like to play with mirrors when it comes to interior decoration. One house that I have came across, have a very large mirror mounted on a wall which directly faces the front door of their house. To me, that is a 'no, no'. I know for sure that the effects will not be positive. So, I always wonder if the couple inside that house gets along well or are happy living together? But, there is nothing that I could do.  

After some time, something happened just before Christmas last year. The man of the house moved out. Leaving the young woman behind all by herself.

I wonder if it is due to the bad feng shui that caused the negative vibes or .........?

'It is best to believe, than to disbelieve'.

Many of those whom I had the pleasure to work with always complained about working longer hours or at times having to take their work home. Most of them says that there is'nt enough time to do everything in the office or during office hours. However, I always believe that there is always available time to get everything done, if you use that of others. Yes, if you can start delegating or assigning to others tasks that you want or need to get done. But, most of the time we are doing more and delegating less. Why? 

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It's great to be back holidaying in Penang at The Gurney once again. 

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When I first started working in the early '70s, I worked with a Company dealing with petroluem and garage equipment, metering pumps, steam cleaners and other products related to the petroluem and automotive industries. 

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For many of us working people, 'self-evaluation' is nothing new. In fact, I have often heard from others that they do not know how to do a self-evaluation and being uncomfortable when having to discuss this subject face-to-face with their immediate superior or employer.

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Yes, the Government had announced the good news last week. Our civil servants can now retire from work at fifty-eight years of age. Congratulations, I am really happy for them. That piece of very positive news will certainly be well received by our civil servants. I personally find retiring from work at fifty-eight years of age as reasonably acceptable for now. I must say that they have a very compassionate employer who was prepared to listen and wise enough to agree that their retirement age should be raised.

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This happened one evening when we were having our soccer game during those boarding days that I mentioned yesterday.

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When I was a young student back then, a slogan that reads 'Tomorrow, the sun will rise again. A new Day. Another chance to do better!' was one of the many slogans that we, boarders had pasted and used to decorate on the walls inside our hostel. It had always served as an inspiration or at times a reminder to all of us then. 

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'Attitude' has always been a very fashionable word often used by us in our meetings, discussions, conversations and last but not least in our gossips.

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I love the comment made by Melvin last week. He said, 'to be sixty years young is far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old'. I fully agree with him as I am still growing up in life.

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A Meeting between my ex-colleague and his former employer was held early this week at the Labour Department.

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Its great to blog again after the weekend. Today, I wish to share a very beautifil quotation I came across in the early '80s.

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Our civil servants in this part of the world are pushing the Government to extend their retirement to 60 years of age.

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'It is character that gets us out of bed every morning. Commitment which moves us to action. Finally, it is faith, hope and discipline that enables us to follow through to completion' by Zig Ziglar.

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