the struggling musician

there's this blind guy at woodlands mrt who plays the electric keyboard.

ivh always felt that his playing is excellent even though he obviously cannot see the keys

it's authentic too.

Everytime I see him I make an effort to give him Some money.

today I saw him again. it's been a while since he changed his equipment.

I remember when he changed them 5 years ago. I felt a sense of accomplishment. the artiste I supported managed to improve his standard of living. he's got good equipment, better clothes, maybe even a better home.

it's really interesting how it's been 10 years of giving to him. and how u was once a poor student, turned more affluent working adult.

but he's blind but he will never know who his donors are

well that doesn't matter to me because I don't want his gratitude I just want him to keep playing his awesome music

maybe the next time i see him I'll give him ten dollars

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today I heard about the golden boy and girl of our school earning more than 10k when their salary was combined although they have only been working for 1 year

they could save up to 60k a year, with 3k to spend each month, compared to the miserly 18k I scrimp and save to put together.

I felt a twinge of jealousy at the thought. I asked myself why I didn't work harder. why didn't I try harder to go into the banking and finance line?

I guess I have to return to my goals in life.

I just want to have a family with average income (or better above average) and a happy harmonious family. I want my children to get along and to love their parents. respect is not a big thing for me as long as I know that despite whatever nonsense they throw my way they will still be filial and loving. I'm sure if I bring them up well the nonsense will have good intentions.

if I had a job in BNF I would have alot more money. I could spend 3k a month comfortably. what would I spend this on?

when Tong went overseas I had a brief taste of buying anything I desired and eating anything I wanted. but it was just empty happiness. momentary and fleeting and I constantly was left with the feeling of being dissatisfied no matter how many things I bought. I was shopping for happiness, bought it all. but something's still missing.

so when tong came back its pretty amazing because all of these cravings just vanished. I didn't need to buy a single thing but I felt perfectly fulfilled.

I find eating a cheap hawker meal more delicious and satisfying then eating at mass produced posh restaurants. the food all tastes the same after a while. I rejoice whenever I get to pay a visit to the hawker center.

so in actuality all I need is love and good food and the spirit of adventure kept alive

if I had 60k more I guess I would use the money to go traveling and sight seeing. but I don't think that my lifestyle or the furniture I would want to buy would change.

my life would be alot easier. but alot less fulfilling. after all I won't get to sit on my sofa and proudly proclaim that I got it at a warehouse sale for 50%. I would be sitting on it saying that it's designer or some shit. where's the sense of the great adventure and treasure hunt in looking for and finding what you really want?

life would be alot more easier and comfortable though.

but fun? fulfilling? I'm not so sure..

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How to identify a bad boss

My boss charlotte lee, fulfills all of these criteria.

• He ignores the classic, time honored cliché, “Praise in public, criticize in private.”
• She gives you assignments and doesn’t follow up.
• He doesn’t support you when something goes wrong.
• She thinks everything is fine when it isn’t.
• He constantly claims that he is empowering you, but isn’t.
• She micro-manages and needs to know everything.
• He acts paranoid.
• She jumps to conclusions.
• He doesn’t know how to plan, prioritize or organize.
• If it isn’t her idea, then it can’t be good.
• He implements two-faced attacks.
• She tells sarcastic jokes or teases.

she also does this.
Throw employees under the bus. Rather than taking responsibility for what goes wrong in the areas that you manage, blame particular employees when asked or confronted by executive leadership. When you know the responsibility is ultimately yours if you are the boss, why not act with dignity and protect your employees? When you blame employees, you look like an idiot and your employees will disrespect and hate you.

Trust me. They will find out and they will never trust you again. They'll always be waiting for the other shoe to fall. Worst? They'll tell all of their employee friends about what you did. Your other staff members will then distrust you, too. Your senior managers will not respect you either. They will question whether you are capable of doing the job and leading the team. When you throw your employees under the bus, you jeopardize your career - not theirs. And, it won't remove one iota of the blame from your shoulders.

http://humanresources.about.com/od/badmanagerboss/a/bad_boss2.htm