An SMRT Experience…

Saturday, 25 November, 2006 at 3:37 pm | In Irritations | Leave a Comment

Every morning, the same group of people go to the same station and the same time takng the same train from their homes to work. Every day everyone look at each other like they are complete strangers…

#1 - Yet, I observe familiar faces since this is a routine that had been going on for months and even years. Familiar faces that are strangers nonetheless. Sometimes – I wonder – why can’t people smile at each other? Same grumpy faces or ones that remain emotionless. If we smiled at one another every day, soon the whole train would be a cacophony of laughter and fun! Hmm… maybe Singaporeans are just plain unfriendly. Or maybe, this is something that had been ingrained since young! Don’t speak with strangers…

#2 - And of course – many moments where I noticed people “sleeping” or looking elsewhere when it’s time to give up that prized seat to that needy person that just came along.

#3 – … you bump into someone and apologised only to have that person look at you with an irritated look.

TwentyFive Days

Saturday, 25 November, 2006 at 3:29 pm | In Daily Ramblings | Leave a Comment

It’s been 25 days since I started this new role… felt more like 25 months that had passed me by!

Mostly – it’s a lot of hard work, a lot of uncertainties since this is a totally new area and no one to help me along the way. A lot of pressure to learn the A-Z of this business with no luxury of time given…

It’s tough! and many nights spent ploughing through legal documentations, processes, trade structuring etc… yet – I love it. And I think to myself – I am a sucker for punishment…

And also – I thought to myself… many moments in these 25 days in passage – Am I learning fast enough? Somehow, there’s this nagging inside of me saying that I should be learning more and yet I seem to be fast forwarding…

Out of the Pond

Wednesday, 15 November, 2006 at 11:27 pm | In Daily Ramblings | Leave a Comment

Despite the articles and news that you read about how China is developing and not to mention India etc, it never really dawns upon you at just how rapid this growth might be. Being in Singapore really gives me a false sense of security. Moments like these – I miss the travel laden days of my old job.

So I visited China and did a whirlwind tour of several cities for 4 days last week and witnessed the rapid pace at which developments were springing up everywhere. Property prices are going northwards and there’s simply not enough buildings to meet demands.

In China, the laws of economics fizzle into surreality. Here, Demand is not only king – it’s driving everything. And I cannot help as I think to myself on my flight back – That sometimes, we live in this little society called home to many of us and forget to take a look now and then of the world outside that pond.

Recollections

Tuesday, 14 November, 2006 at 11:16 pm | In Reflections | Leave a Comment

It’s funny how after a while, there’s this feeling that I have revealed too much about myself and there’s this inherent need to delete everything and start all over again. Start a fresh canvas and fill it with something new. And as I read through some of the postings I had done since the start of this space – Suddenly, I realised just how much of myself lives within these space. And I made this commitment to myself – That I will post on infrequent as it may be…

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