Constructive Deconstruction

When A Prime Minister Goes on Leave…

I never noticed it until now that when the PM goes on leave, it makes the news. It must really suck to have the world watching your every move…but I guess it comes with the territory.

…I wonder if, just like movies and storybooks, the acting PM will pull off some surprise…haha

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be on overseas leave from Monday (December 24) to Sunday (January 6).
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar will be the Acting Prime Minister during Mr Lee’s absence. - CNA/ac

( Source : ChannelNewsAsia )

An evening with Elton

*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!

GoogleTalk and Windows Live Messenger will Finally Talk

Windows Live Messenger 9(in testing) is finally able to communicate with gTalk. Apparently, they’re also trying to integrate AIM and ICQ (yes. ICQ! ).

It’ll be awesome when the day comes where I just need one IM to rule em all.

Apparently Microsoft has succeeded in getting Live Messenger 9 (currently in private testing) to communicate with Google Talk, and they are working on integration with AIM and ICQ also.  Seeing as how Live Messenger 8 already talks with Yahoo Messenger, we could be getting very close to a polished, officially released, messenger hub.

( Source : Mashable! )

I’m back!

Ok. So i’ve been back for a few days now. But i’ve been so tired that i spent most of my time either sleeping or trying to clean the equipment and uniforms that I used. I never knew I had THAT much stuff!

How was ICT? It was full of nonsense. While I may never get the experience of running an ICT the way I want to run it, I think the leadership could do with some new command philosophies. Perhaps they should read a bit more into millitary history or something.

I won’t comment much here because I’d have to bring up specifics for it to be meaningful to the readers…and of course, that would be a breach.

So…yeah…I just wanted to say I’m back. Oh…and for all the complaints I spew about reservist…I got a letter of commendation for what I think must be good service. Haha

Merry Xmas y’all!