Rainbow on FI

学历是铜牌 能力是银牌 人脉是金牌 你同意吗? To translate the above, it means "In the field of career, your level of education is your bronze medal. your level of capability is your silver medal. your networking ability is your gold medal." People usually see how one communicates and behaves before how one perform in work. How have your EQ been helping you to network effectively? ------------------------------------------------------------- Related posts: Think life like a business Steve Jobs's Inspirational speech Body Language - The key to success ***

It is not my passion to study. Now I am seriously considering going back to study - for passion, a passion for business. Doing which I hope to be propelled out of the 'steel rice bowl' arena of medical field which I am currently in (and not of my passion), to a whole new treacherous but more exciting playing ground of business and management. The million dollar question is - is MBA going to be a worthy investment in Singapore? Read http://www.jobstreet.com.sg/learning/mba2.htm And the next million dollar question is - should I self-finance the study or wait for sponsorship later? I shall use the following analogies to further elaborate on my choices: 1) Spend a bomb to get a canon with the intent to shoot down some big prey (prospect and earnings). Pray that the canon would not be used only to kill ladybird. 2) Wait till I find a sponsor (employer) to supply me the bomb for me to get the canon. Kill whatever prey that the sponsor offers to me even if that is just lady

Ambivalence - that's the key word for me these 2 months. It probably made me sprout a few more strands of white hair (and I probably don't need my student to point them out). After weighing the costs and benefits, my decision is finally to quit. It's been 5 years since I joined (this company), including the bond period served. Now I have decided not to trade my time for money, trade my time for something that I don't enjoy doing most of the time and it has come to a point of stoic-ness at work. The risk here that I have to undertake is not having a stable income for a while until I settle for another full-time job. However, considering the amount of things that I can try out and courses that I have always wanted to take up which I would be able to after quitting, I figure it should worthwhile. Two courses that I would like to take would be Japanese language (to continue from my previous studies) and Post-grad dip in business. In life, we have to keep moving on.

If one fine day after clearing all history and cookies in your mozilla firefox browser, you find that Facebook cannot load properly anymore - it gives no interface and has only blue words of links aligned vertically down a white page, what do you think has happened? SLL certificate of site expired? Malware virus attack? Your Mozilla version is outdated or has problem? Firewall problem? WRONG. After much precious time wasted on a clueless search and trying multiple futile ways to restore what I thought is a technical fault with my Mozilla, I just found out (feeling like a complete idiot) that it is because the TIME of my computer is not set right. It has to be of the correct local time for the darn webpage to load -- properly. *faintz* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Went bargain hunting for a laptop today after a long research online on the various brands and specs. It's been a long time since I go computer shopping, so was qui

Some people apply these research statistics to dating, some apply to business and work. It sure is enlightening to know that... • 55% is through body language • 38% is the tone and speed of their voice • Only 7% is through what they say  You can read the  reference article here. In another words, people form an impression of you not so much from the words that you say but more on THE WAY you say it. It would in turn influence the way they respond to you and their attitudes. In the initial stage of my career, I tend to focus a lot on the words I say because the nature of my work is giving information and counseling so I cannot afford to say the wrong thing or miss out on certain important points. As time goes by, I realized my clients tend to respond better when I don't articulate my questions in a robotic manner but probe for information with a more casual tone instead. When giving advise or information, use short pauses in between to let them digest or question. People

Even though it is not much of a reunion dinner nor big spread this year, but I am thankful that my family is safe, the problems from 2011 are settled, I am sitting in the comfort of my new home watching television programs, having nice clams and drumstick for dinner. Happy CNY. May all of us gets prosperity and good fortune in the year to come. Huat ah! :)

'Sorry, your child is not bright enough' - Channel NewsAsia It's so sad to think of the kind of stress that children these days have to go through. Stress from parents, from school and now even enrichment / tuition centres. Speaking of kiasuism... Learning often calls for aptitude and attitude. I think these centres which hold pre-enrolment tests are trying to screen for children with these qualities so that it would reflect better on them since these are the ones who would fare better in exams at the end of the day. Smart tactic and marketing I would say. However, the truely professional educator whom I admire would be those don't discriminate and those who are able to deal with children with learning problems or the not-so-gifted ones to help them improve on their results - as long as they are willing to learn. It is really the improvement that should count and not so much of how many As or A stars the child gets. It is also about nurturing the child in what h

I have started off this year with a brilliant firework-watching with my friends at Esplanade park and it is also my first time watching fireworks live. A good start to the year. With reference to my last year's resolution - http://rainbowcoin.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-cny-2011.html , I have 3 aspects that I wanna work on last year namely - a realistic exercise regimen - money to be accumulated and allocated this year - my career goals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. A realistic exercise regimen has made some progress, although I didn't have a good stick to discipline and when weather's bad I just sit in the comfort of my home (which isn't an ideal exercising ground at all), I manage to swim fortnightly for a while before the rainy weather set in. Now seems like the weather is getting sunny again, I shall aim to exercise weekly whenever I have a weekday off work. 2. Money to be accumulated and alloc