Zen Wisdom

Something to Share ;)

1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone.

2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire.

3. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

4. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

5. Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.

6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

7. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

8. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

9. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

10. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

11. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

12. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

13. Some days you're the bug; some days you're the windshield.

14. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

15. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.

16. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

17. Duct tape is like 'The Force'. It has a light side and dark side, and it holds the universe together.

18. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

19. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.

20. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

21. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

22. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

love thy own life

was clearing out my cupboard and found a piece of paper with my hand writing:

love & accept yourself, no matter what happens in your life. watever you encounter is just what you need at this time to maximise your inner learning and healing process. so, all experiences, no matter how difficlut, will ultimately bring you greater self-understanding and fulfillment.

this was from my nxf days. probably from some emails that I received. gosh. jus wat did i go thru to appreciate tt??

Believe.Belief

Got this from one Self Leadership Int newsletter:

"Just do it" is the Nike creed; "build it and they will come" says the Kevin Costner character in Field of Dreams. Whilst these maxims may seem selfish or gung ho, they do reveal the power of self-belief and intentionality. When we believe in ourselves and set an intention to do something, we become an 'attractor' and draw to ourselves the people and resources we need to complete the project. Will it be easy? Unlikely, nothing worthwhile is usually easy. Will it be rewarding and satisfying? Absolutely!

some encourage for self. Just Do It!!

n it lingers on...

we had a membership event today. i've heard of Ms Shirley Quek, Director of HR for STB, a thousand times, but only got to meet her today. Her seemingly quiet voice spoke the loudest words i've heard for the past few mths.

"..if you define yourself by your job, then u shd reali be thinking again. of coz u r not! u r more than ur job! dun let everything pass by like sitting in a bullet train. Learn to be curious and ask qn again. do something u'll stay inquisitive. whr does your train of life leads u to?"

".. we will not be wat we want to be if we remain whr we are today."

"... learn to let go."

it was a whole hr of sharing of her own pursuing of knowledge as a HRD person, and how as she got more curious abt Change and shifting mindset, she learnt further. She also shared with us her personal experience when facing with choices. one of the participants, an mature Indian HR professional, was moved to tears. i chocked slightly. be it the difficulties of doing work in making changes in orgnaisation or balancing work & life or pursuing what she wanted, her words has touched many of us in different ways. though her session started 4.45pm, but everyone in the room stayed attentive & engaged.

I dun usually seat in for such sessions, but i was there coz i need to open the presentation file for her, so i sat thru. I'm glad i there...maybe it's meant to be.

Crabs

Izzy send us an email at 2pm asking us to vote "IF SOMEBODY IS STRESSING YOU. IS IT FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD??"

Me n Soo replied that it reali depends how to see it. It can reali turn out to be pushing you to do better.

Diane send us her vote:

agree...

Short Management Story to share:
long long time ago, before freezer was invented, fishermen must always think of ways to keep fishes as fresh as possible (so that it will be fresh for sale)..

The journey from sea to land takes a few days or hours (motor still not invented).. And the fishes always die shortly after captured (101 reasons: seasick, boat too shaky, overcrowed, depressed cos lost freedom, etc)...

So one fisherman think of a clever way... He put few big crabs in the tank filled with other fishes (and water of course!!)... Crab eats fish that dun swim fast.. so the fishes must stay alert if they dun want to be pinch by the crabs...

So the fatality rate for the fishes is low...

Morale of the story: We are all like fishes in the tank... Some amount of predators are good to keep up alert and work hard to stay afloat.. But not certain enemies who are always out to target us...


People, crabs r here to stay, so keep swimming!!

Valentine 2oo8

i was checking back my blog to see if i can find records of past yr's V-Day. But, boh. so as u can see, it's reali just another day. nothing particuparly special.

i rcalled there's one yr in poly, i bought 2 dozen of nice plastic roses, personalised them with little self-made labels and distribut them to my class and courses mates. i jus wanted to show my appreciation to them as a friend, and some warmth on this day.

but 10 yrs from then, i'm totally treating it as another day, like my 12 feb, 13 feb, 15 feb... so, i din wanna stay at home. i called Ker up and see if she wants to meet for dinner and then shop at Challenger. Yes. u heard me rite. Challenger at Funan. we were sort of 'hooked' on the fun seeing & hearing each other over webcam. i knw, some old women trying to be techy.

ker bought a decent $29 webcam. totally satisfied and happy. we decided to spend our V-day at Sake Sushi Funan. Simpily becoz we thot it wld be the least crowded pl with pretending-to-be-loving couples.

so we had a good dinner and ended with sweet sweet Haggen Dass dessert.



on my way walking home, my mp3 randomly played this song by 戴愛玲, 對的人:

... 愛要耐心等待　仔細尋找　感覺很重要 . 寧可空白了手　等候一次　真心的擁抱
我相信在〔這個〕世界上　一定會遇到 . 對的人出現..在眼角

wat am i waiting for? just a 對的人 =)

你很忙？？

哦man, 你到底几时来？！



i...等你.