I am another year older now, but still, I am holding a Harry Potter book on my way to work. The train journey seems pretty short nowadays. The usual “are we there yet” has given way to “oh no, only one stop to go!” as I hurried through the pages before I need to alight [...]
Compassion has a bad name in the competitive world. It means losing. It means you’re not up to standard. It means you’re not promoted. It means you don’t know how to play the game. But sometimes, in order to learn, a teacher has to show you what not to learn. And that is when he [...]
I never realised I was looking, until I found it, only to realise that I have been looking for it all along.
I have been looking for a way to give something back to the society, be it through work, business, or a charitable organisation. I’ve finally stumbled across something which speaks to me on a [...]
My third teaching session - only one student. I must be really boring my students! When my teacher commented about a student who didn’t turn up, he made a comment which I didn’t fully appreciate at the time. He said:
“for students who can’t turn up, they should actually tell me in advance out of courtesy…”
For [...]