Constructive Deconstruction

An evening with Elton

December 24, 2007 on 2:16 pm | In friends | No Comments

*This was written before I went for ICT but I forgot to publish it.*

Elton and Me

After a long week, I ended it off with coffee at Millenia Walk Coffee Bean with Elton. Elton’s a buddy of mine that I met while pursuing the Minor in Entrepreneurship course over at NTU. Needless to say, he’s one of the few that still tries to keep in touch. For most of the participants, the fire died as soon as the final grades were released.

Anyway, he’s interested in marketing and HR and is heading over to his newfound love in January - India. We spoke about everything from business practices, to personal beliefs and girls. Heh.

It’s a pity that we don’t get to hang out more often. Oh, to those who were in the programme, he’s planning to have a coffee session of sorts with Mr Koh later on in the month so if you’re interested, just drop a shoutout to either himself or me(i’ll be on reservist from the 10th to 21st though).

I think among the things that struck me most talking to him was when he talked about attending some conference earlier that morning. He was telling me how he met someone from Haw Par Group who didn’t even bother to give his name(And instead just intoduced himself as "I’m from Haw Par Group") after Elton introduced himself as a student. I find that odd because I think it’s basic courtesy to introduce oneself when someone makes that gesture. Is this arrogance amongst the rich(and presumable successful)? Of course maybe that guy could just be having a bad day and in the mood to be anti-social.

Putting business intentions aside, I doubt i’d ever want to work with arrogant people who sit on very high horses. The horse might fall you know?

Have a good weekend guys!