Living Moments (Part 18)

April 20, 2012

This evening, I had a heart-wrenching meal with an old friend who was also my customer. It was heart-wrenching because we were trading stories about the ugliness that we have seen in the marketplace. Between the both of us, we have had more than 100 years of corporate life. We have covered a wide range of […]

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Living Moments (Part 17)

April 18, 2012

It was a delight to get a call from a long term customer, one whom I have been serving for more than ten years. From being a customer, he has become a friend and our interactions have gone beyond just professional… matters. We met at the business centre of the Grand Hyatt hotel and spent […]

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Living Moments (Part 16)

April 18, 2012

I read with a tinge of sadness that Rediffusion will call it a day at the end of April 2012. It is the first and oldest radio broadcasting station in Singapore.  Rediffusion has always been a part of my childhood…. For as long as I could remember; when I was growing up in my old […]

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Living Moments (Part 15)

April 18, 2012

While I was driving to an appointment, an old familiar song started to play on the radio. Somehow the song triggered a memory that I would love to forget. I’m sure you must have heard of the hauntingly beautiful …song, The Way We Were. I was glad the deejay did not play the Barbara Streisand […]

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Living Moments (Part 14)

April 18, 2012

There are some appointments that you will never want to miss in your life. Yesterday, I had one of them. Despite a hectic day and other conflicting appointments, I have already decided I must go to Ruqiah’s 60th …birthday bash. I would regret it for the remaining part of my life if I were not […]

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Living Moments (Part 13)

April 18, 2012

On April 13, 2012, I took a trip down a memory lane in my life. I was invited as the Guest Of Honor for Anderson Secondary School’s 42nd Speech Day and Prize Giving Ceremony and it felt so good to return back to m…y alma mater. While driving to the school, I had goosebumps all […]

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Living Moments (Part 12)

April 18, 2012

I went overseas on a day trip at the request of my customer. After the usual small talk, he turned to me and asked, “Can you lower your professional fees?” Before he could even finished the question, I immediatel…y replied, “No”. I gave him my short but well-scripted response on why I’m giving him good […]

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Living Moments (Part 11)

April 13, 2012

This evening, our grassroots advisor, Ms Foo Mee Har had a pow wow session with some of us vounteers. She raised the oft-repeated issue about why Singaporeans were not inclined to take on some jobs. That discussion got me thinking. Somehow, we were raised up believing that some jobs are less than dignified. These jobs […]

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Living Moments (Part 10)

April 13, 2012

While talking to an old friend, our conversation somehow centered around a person who was a mentor to many of us. He was one of our leaders in a youth movement and and had spent a lot of time training and coaching us. Years later, this leader called upon some of us to get involved in […]

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Living Moments (Part 9)

April 7, 2012

A friend whom I’ve known for more than 20 years and I were reminiscing about the past. There were a lot of things we could catch up on but somehow we spent some time talking about a mutual friend. She was complaining about how ungrateful he was. She had make a lot of sacrifices to […]

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