I am an employee. I have a fixed salary every month, for as long as I work with the company. I get some holidays which I can take anytime of the year. Of course, “anytime” is normally controlled by someone else, commonly known as “the boss”. I can “request” anytime, but it’s never “anytime”… Anyway, [...]
I like simple games. Some of the best games survive the test of time because of its simplicity. Think tic-tac-toe or tetris. In my trip to Mount Kinabalu in Sabah (Malaysia), some of the nights were spent playing a card game called bluff (or bullshit, cheat etc). It tests the ability to bluff your way [...]
We’ve heard of outsourcing. Companies are doing it. Employees are afraid of it. China (among others) is welcoming it. As a result, outsourcing has different meanings to different people. To me, outsourcing actually holds a deeper root than what companies are currently doing. It has become a convenient tool for us to relinquish our responsibility [...]
A normal response for a puddle, for me anyway, is to jump over it, and hope that my leap will be long enough to avoid the splash from the puddle. And then, there’s always that bit of puddle that you just couldn’t avoid. Your leap may be in the wrong direction. The puddle was wider [...]
Lament of a prime number. Do you feel like a prime number?
Reading through what I’ve written before, a lot of the articles focus on the self. Why the self is important in self-help. Why we should focus on our choices and don’t just play catch up. Why we should start with ourselves in sports or when we just want to eat healthily. Are all these articles [...]
Can the chopsticks teach us something about life? Or am I clutching straws (or rather, chopsticks) here?
Do you think you have a choice in life? Do you think you can make a difference to the world?
Food is a BIG thing in Malaysia. Ask anyone about a particular food say “bak kut teh” or “roti canai“, and they’ll be able to tell you where’s the best place for it. Lost for an inspiration? They’ll recommend something they like best, or a new place, or food they haven’t had for a long [...]
Things I’ve taken for granted…
having an internet connection
having a bank account
having a mobile phone
knowing how to get from point A to point B
able to borrow a book from the local library
As I plug into the system one by one, it’s only then I realise how important these things are. No internet connection - no email, [...]