The Good
Weird things happened to me lately. Why? …
If u recall, i blogged an entry recently that i left my laptop in the taxi and managed to get it back. I honestly believed that i was being lucky.
Next, i dropped my handphone and someone returned to me. And i tot to myself, "phew, i was lucky again."
Last week, i had an atm cash deposit and i forgot to collect my atm card. I went to the entrance and was stopped by a teenage gal whom seemed to be promoting DBS debit/credit card. On normal days, i would definitely "siam" such promoters and hurried out of the place. However, for some unknown reasons, i decided i’d hear her sales pitch. And fortunately i did, for if i din stop, my atm card would have been gone for good. A kind soul passed my card to me after that.
Yesterday, i bought a ticket for the italy-france match, and it was the only time i bet in this world cup. Guessed what? I dropped the ticket as usual when i was heading back to my dad’s car. My dad, bro and i went searching for that ticket and we almost gave up hope after 15mins of search when i found my ticket at a small corner.
Hmm… isn’t it strange? I seemed to have a recent pattern of lost and found. I wonder why…
It’s not unusual for me to be blur. I’m qte blur at times, i guess. But to have blurness attacks so frequently, it defnitely is unusual =P Hehehe… OH… to be blur is one thing, to be lucky enuff to retrieve back those things is another.
If it happened the 1st time, i would say it’s luck. If it happened a 2nd time, i’d say it’s coincidence. When it happened for the 3rd time, i’d say smt’s fishy. To happen for a 4th time… IT’S SO DARN WEIRD!!!
Sounds like there’s a message for me to get. Hmm… what can it be?
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The Top-of-the-world experience
Last wed, dianna and i tried the DHL hotair balloon opposite bugis junction. For $23 (less 20% for Singaporeans), we get to stand 150m above the ground for, erm, 10mins. It was incredible!!! The traffic looked like a long candy, i was taller than the tallest building, i could see the whole of singapore [it sure feels like it], and it was a paradigm shift from the daily bottom-up view of my world where i seemingly feel trap by the surrounding concrete buildings… it felt liberating as i watched the world goes by beneath my feet, and sun set on my right. Just as i experienced eternity, i was pulled back to earth…
Conclusion- 10 mins isn’t enough.
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Why listening skills are impt
Ppl. say more than what you hear. The thing is- the reason why you dun hear what they say is b’cos you ain’t listening intently.
I watched Superman Returns with SW on sat. As we were exchanging views about the movie, I suddenly heard more than what SW was trying to tell me.
SW: "I dun like this movie as much as the previous director’s. This director has portrayed superman to be someone whom is attention-seeking as he kept smiling and waving to the masses and even posed for pictures. My idea of superman is one whom is able to strike a balance between all his priorities, and save his loved ones 1st…"
What I heard is not just about the views of the movie, but what’s most impt in SW’s world and personality traits. And it was really great when i listened intently for a change.
You might wanta try that sometime. Instead of just pretending to listen/ selectively listening/ hearing on the surface, why not try listening intently for a change? You might be surprised the amount of information that person is saying just in one sentence. =)
Yea, try it. 
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Can Leadership and creativity be fostered?
Had a debate with dianna n dz over this topic. Both of them insisted that leadership and creativity can’t be fostered. Guess i was being silly at that time, and allowed my pride to get the better of me ‘cos i still din get where they’re coming from. I’m very curious now why they said both can’t be nurtured. Next time i’ll rem to listen intently 1st.
I believed leadership can be nurtured. One’s personality traits are nurtured from young, since parenting. Along the way, even the introverts may honed his leadership skills due to circumstances or obstacles. That aside, everyone of us has a mindset of what leadership is. Everyone of us has different levels of willingness to nurture their leadership skills. For those totally resistant to the idea of leadership, there may be a block somewhere. So the key here is to remove that block. And when that happens, leadership skills can be imparted.
That’s one perspective of leadership (mine). I believe there’s so much more perspectives on the same topic and i’ll like to hear about them. I’ll like to open this topic to everyone- Do you think leadership can or cannot be nurtured, and why? Do leave a comment if possible. Thanks alot!!! =)
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