In push hands, one of my teacher’s favourite quote is to tell us not to push your partner into oblivion.
Push 70% and leave 30% for yourself (逼人七分，留三分给自己）
I’ve unconsciously recorded this in my mind, only to realise I like the quote because I used it in my teaching as well!
The reason he gave? If you push [...]
My work requires me to anticipate on a daily basis - more commonly known as “risk management” in the industry. It’s a nice sounding term but it cracks the brain, literally. We need to come up with scenarios, however unlikely, so that we have a system in place which is robust enough to deal with [...]
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 [...]
And i’m not even talking about spam. Spam you can delete. You know straightaway that it’s a spam. Even the anti-spam software knows that it’s a spam (most of the time). I’m talking about the email that you just have to read because it’s from someone who has something to say, but what he said [...]
Recent late nights (or early mornings) at work have forced me to consider trying a different career path which offers me more flexibility to pursue things I like to do (e.g. tai ji). So I flipped the newspapers and tried applying for something totally unrelated to what I’m doing now.
It was fun looking for something [...]
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 personal view on why balancing work and life is hard. It’s all in the perspective…
Reason #1 - Dog collar
I have a dog collar around my neck, holding my identity just in case I get lost in the streets. It also allows me to get inside my master’s building. I was told it was for “security” reasons. It’s for my own protection.
Reason #2 - Performing tricks
It has been a tiring first week. I’ve been leaving the office around 8pm. It’s a far cry from my 9 to 5 job previously. My wife is complaining about the lack of wife time. I’ve been struggling to understand what exactly is it i’m trying to do in the office. I seem to be [...]