Saturday, October 30, 2010

"Average is the new exceptional"



Earlier this week, it was reported that Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, speaking at an entrepreneurship talk, remarked that Singaporeans, compared to those living in less well-off societies, seem to have less of an urge to be "exceptional" in what they do; in fact, the Minister said that most Singaporeans apparently are satisfied with just being competent or being above average in what they do.

Reading his remarks, I will assume the Minister has not watch the video above (note: for those of you all who prefer to skip the jokes, the serious part of the video starts from 3 minutes and 55 seconds onwards).

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

A short film on dementia -- "Going Home"



A timely reminder for us to not take the elderly around us for granted but to pay more attention to them...

Monday, October 11, 2010

"Disconnect to Connect"



A simple and timely reminder that there is more to life than our portable media entertainment devices...

Saturday, October 02, 2010

Requiescat in pace, Mrs Lee...


CNA: "Mrs Lee Kuan Yew dies at age 89"

Requiescat in pace, Mrs Lee... Condolences to the Lee family...