I would like you to take a look at the following screengrab which I capture from Facebook. Question: What is your impression of the driver of this vehicle? Lucky for this car owner, this picture didn't go viral. The same could not be said for a fellow colleague of mine who parks better than this… Continue reading MOST GENEROUS INTERPRETATION: Lessons from Internet Shaming on Parking Idiots
And so I click the "Send" button. Decided to help pickup the Kickstarter rewards for total strangers who were living around my side of the island, some 26 km away from the pick up point. I don't like to be inconvenienced BUT I was empathising with the person who helped us did the group backing,… Continue reading PAYING IT FORWARD
I received the prestigious SAF NSMan of the Year award from the hands of the Minister for Defence. It is awarded only to 17 national servicemen this year, a tri-service award that I later learnt that was extremely difficult to get. I was also blessed to be nominated for various awards in my workplace and… Continue reading Why your AWARD does not belong to you (only) – A Reflection Piece
If you only have 12 hours left to live, what will you do? The image was vivid in that dream. The doctor declared that I have 12 hours more to go in that dream. No one was crying in that dream. Mum told me to resign to faith in that dream. I thought... "that's quick..."… Continue reading only 12 hours to live
The more I have, the more troubled I am! And that is after three years of simplifying my life. I still feel that I am owning too many stuff for my own good. I started digitising magazine cut outs so that they do not take up precious physical space. That helps a whole lot although… Continue reading simplify … How I let go of my most treasured present
While my friends are chasing 'A's, I proudly proclaimed that I am chasing after perfection. It is not because I am a memorising king of the class. Quite the opposite, I sat through my A level Mathematics paper with only one single formula in my head; I derived everything else on the spot. So imagine,… Continue reading the ART of studying (part 3): Tips to tackle technical written examinations
I pushed myself to take up a Specialist Diploma in Teaching and Learning offered by my institution recently. It came with a thick reading list spanning three textbooks. THREE! That's thousand over pages! It's a fearful thought for me. After all, I didn't manage to successfully continue my Japanese language learning, ever since I tried… Continue reading the ART of studying (part 2): Effective Studying Techniques
