December 2007
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The irony of loyalty
“Are you making this now?” he holds up four fingers.
“Close to that. Haha… The result of job hopping. If I didn’t jump, how could I have reached that amount?” She replies.
This was a conversation between two of my friends.
To me it is ironical. Ironical that job hoppers get rewarded monetarily, while job loyals stay stagnant [...] -
Guitar
带我走 – 许美静 Guitar Chords
This is my maiden try at writing chords for a song. I thought it sounded not too bad. Writing chords is not as easy as I thought. If only I knew some music theory. I wanted to play this song badly after hearing it on TV. I liked this song a lot. Tried googling for [...]
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Speaking
Table topics with a twist
This is the collection of table topics which I used for my Toastmasters club. Some has been adapted to the local context. Feel free to use them!
You are a chef’s assistant at Ritz Carlton. While making champagne moon cakes, you used Newater instead of champagne by mistake. Explain to your chef why he should be [...]
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Insights
Two stories on motivating people
Today I had lunch with a friend. She was recounting how difficult it was to handle people. They would not do what you ask of them. Despite dangling carrots at them, or chasing them with a stick, they simply won’t listen. I do agree with her on that. People aren’t like computers, where they will [...]
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