Forever Friends...

Life's journey brings me in contact with people from all walks of life. Through the years, as I grew and mixed with friends from schools, national service (army) and later, work places, I've learnt and felt the importance of friendship, especially good friends; friends whom you respect, friends whom you can confide in and share your deepest secrets, and friends you can keep for life.

Here's a toast to our friendship that is still going strong these years:
- Primary School Friends (Ama Keng Primary School)
- Secondary School Friends (Bukit Panjang Govt. High School)
- College Friends (Jurong Junior College)
- Army Friends (Stagmont Camp, 46 SAR, Signal Platoon)
- Ex-Altron Colleagues
- University Friends + Colleagues (National University of Singapore)








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God's Gift...

Every human is God's gift to mankind.

The Optimist Creed

1. To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
2. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
3. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
4. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
5. To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best.
6. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
7. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
8. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
9. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
10. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Extracted from: http://happinesshabit.com/oo/oocreed.htm

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Extracted from Franklin Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
www.franklincovey.com

Life...

- Do unto others what you want others to do unto you.
- Do what you enjoy, enjoy what you do; be happy, healthy and wealthy.
- There's a purpose for each and everyone's existence in this world; some are here to do good, while some are here to do bad. Whatever the outcome, each and everyone can change his/her destiny if hs/she wants to.

"An experienced person vs. an expert"

A person who has been engaged in a job for a long time is the one we call experienced. An experienced person has a great deal of knowledge about that job. There's correct knowledge and incorrect knowledge. The problem is that we may not know which is correct and which is wrong. An expert is the experienced person who is always furnishing his knowledge with facts, reflecting on that knowledge and making corrections.Unfortunately, persons with experience are not necessarily true experts. What they "know" may not be so. They can become encumbrances who bear superstitions if not fortified with knowledge. We have to work diligently to find true knowledge. How many of us are "experts" and how many merely "experienced persons"? Have we complemented our experience with expertise?

...adapted from Hitoshi Kume, "Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement"

A Good Beginning

This is a good start to more postings on Friendz WebBlog...