Before I retired, I was a Big Potato in Singapore Airlines. And this is my story, and I hope it will serve to encourage young people to improve their Resilience Quotient so that they can be courageous when facing the two dreaded R’s: Retrenchment and unplanned Retirement.
It is commonplace these days to be told “Learn, Unlearn and Relearn” during a motivational seminar. The “resilience” I am sharing about in this blog post is about returning to a stronger position than before once you step out the door.
Singapore and Malaysia have a high number of public holidays and they often result in long week-ends. Coupled with the school holidays in March, June and December there are thus ample opportunities for travel…
Funeral wakes for departed friends always inject a sense of loss, a melancholy mood, even a state of suspended animation inside me. It was no…
I took a trip to my hometown, but unlike Paul Anka, I didn’t stop just to look around. Apart from visiting friends and relatives, there…
With this post I’d like to wish all mothers, a Happy Mother’s Day. You know it’s your special day. Your children should know it too….
Dancing Crab Modesty aside, this in not an ordinary blog post. Dancing Crab, although it reminds me of ABBA’s Dancing Queen, is not a club….
Imagine the quintessential shopping Orchard Road cleared of vehicular traffic and transformed into the longest fashion runway – well at least for a couple of hours…
I like how artists (architects, sculptors, writers, musicians, poets, photographers, film makers) go beyond their brick and mortar approach to explore the use of urban…
This post is dedicated, with deepest sympathies, to all the families and friends of the 239 passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370. With…
February was a fun month filled with the 15-day Chinese New Year celebrations from 31 January to 14 February and my educational tour to Northern…
It is one of those things you enjoyed doing and felt great after doing it. This is how I feel right now whilst putting up…
I’m dedicating this – my 100th – blog post to my Mom for teaching me these 5 important life lessons. Lucky are those of us…
This time of the year is magical. It is nostalgic when we look back to the year past. We say goodbyes, recount the blessings and the…
I have never met Nelson Mandela. Neither have I met Zhou En Lai, John F. Kennedy nor Martin Luther King. Each of their passing, however,…