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I read an interesting statement today: Happiness is habit forming, What does that really mean? What it means is that you can “train” yourself to be happy. The more you train yourself, the easier it is to be happy. But isn’t “true” happiness supposed to be effortless? Well, I’ve learnt nothing is really effortless. Everything … Read more

In the early days of my career, I had this contractor who was not working well with my client. The client called up and told me to “get rid of him”. I don’t have the experience to “get rid” of anything back then, let alone an angry employee. So my manager stepped in to help. … Read more

The first time I had to go to JTK to attend a complaint was like some 15 years ago. The temporary contractor left us without notice so we didn’t pay her wages in lieu of the short notice. In which she lodged a complaint against us to claim back the wages. She said she never sign … Read more

This sarcastic conversation happened more than 10 years ago. me: so… is it true that pineapples are bad for pregnancy?ob-gyn: huh?me: well, they said it’s a “cooling” fruit, so should not eat…ob-gyn: well… have you ever heard when someone wants to abort a child, they just go eat tonnes of pineapples to do the job?me: …ob-gyn: not too say cannot eat, … Read more

It’s important that we believe and embrace in our company’s vision. That is one main common goal everybody in the company should be looking forward to. Like the one I am working for now, our vision is: To be the leading recruitment company that provides the world’s best workforce solutions to create greater value and … Read more

I do like a good argument. It lights up my brain cells. Sending me to different perspectives. Trick is, I need to have an open mind to begin with. I also find debates almost always illuminate the truth. Sometimes it’s also something I don’t like to hear. But I like it it anyways. Cause I … Read more

They say don’t fix what is not broken. But then again with all that is happening around, even if it’s not broken, things will eventually become obsolete. Think about it. SOPs, systems, machines, people. Especially people. Bimbo

People want you to be fast and effective. Relationships would get you a second chance maybe but if you are not fast and good enough, you will get a sorry, and goodbye. Bimbo

I am a true believer of learning from experience. Especially from a bad experience with terrible mistakes. The worse the mistakes, the better. I just hope they not mine. Bimbo

The other day my son told me that he learnt how to construct questions in his English class. “For example?” I asked. He then told me, for example, the answer is “I have a car.” So the question to write is “Who has a car?” Then I told him he can also write “What do … Read more