February 2010
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NUS Careers Fair 2010
Yesterday I held a presentation at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Careers Fair on Personal Branding. Overall it was a success and I had some positive feedback from the students.
The disappointing element with most of the talks I’ve conducted here in Singapore is that it’s so difficult to get the audience to interact. Whenever you pose a question, even in the case of simple...
January 2010
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WatchThis is such a hilarious parody of Linkedin.
December 2009
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For God's sake...
I’ve found with church sermons recently it’s been either hit or miss. Some make a huge impact and offer compelling advice, while others just seem to be irrelevant and I tune out and think about anything other than the message on offer.
Yesterday’s sermon at Wesley Methodist Church is a case in point. The predominant theme was of demonic forces at work and how we must trust in...
November 2009
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"Sorry Miss, the dog ate my homework".
What I’ve realised about humans is that we possess an instinctive disposition to make excuses that point the finger at something or someone else. We all do it, some more than others, whenever we need to justify our response or behaviour. It’s almost as though we can’t admit that our present failures are a result of our own shortcomings rather than some ungovernable act of god.
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Two Types of Friendly
If you asked most people that visited Singapore, whether they thought the local people were friendly, you would hear a resounding YES. And for the most part that’s true. If you’re ever lost amongst the maze of tall buildings at Raffles Place or would like to know the best place for a laksa, then any one of hundreds of Singaporean bystanders will only be too pleased to help.
The...
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Time after time
One of the biggest excuses people use for anything these days is “time”. I recently ran into a friend outside the gym the other day and we got to talking about fitness and my overall health goals. I then asked him, “So Sam, do you go to the gym also?”, and immediately he gave me a weary grimace and said “Nah, I don’t have the time”.
What does that mean...
October 2009
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“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
– Mark Twain
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“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.”
– Erica Jong
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Social Decadence Part 2
Admittedly I’ve made a few mistakes in the online social sphere. Who hasn’t? When I first subscribed to Facebook, I updated my status with hollow and stupid statements. I saw others do it and I simply emulated them. Until of course I realised the error of my ways. Now my updated posts, as infrequent as they are, merely inform people of where I am or ask for advice about certain issues....
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Social Decadence Part 1
Is it just me or have people become more socially inept with the advent of social media? With all the emphasis on web 2.0 technologies and the emergence of social networking tools online, has it made us numb to real interpersonal connections? Aren’t social media platforms whose intention it is to encourage engagement between people all over the world meant to enhance our social viability? If...
Emotional Intelligence 101
Well I think all this emotional intelligence reading kicked in the other day when I had an argument with a friend - well it was more like me experiencing a diatribe over instant messenger, but that’s not the point. I made, what retrospectively was an insensitive comment, but said in jest at the time, to point out the irony in a very snide remark she made.
That’s when she unleashed a...
“Don’t let your failures define you, let them teach you”
– Barack Obama
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My Start in Blogging
Hi Everyone,
And yes I understand that “everyone” doesn’t actually include anyone yet, as this is my first blog entry, but who cares anyway.
So I was having a conversation with my mate Freddy who’s helping me design a website, when our conversation digressed from html to one’s purpose in life - I know, effortless segue there. Anyway I started rambling on about how...