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"compromise is only for the strong, the weak can only follow" I read this quote in some movies or drama which resonates with me very closely. I once explained this concept to my dear friend Mr Sim, to get him to stop measuring people to his level, especially when they are our teammates. So one day, the other friend whom i introduced into the team, gave a very "strange and unfounded" remark, and I snapped. Eric: "I chose August because I want them to report" Me:  "Yes i know you want but why do you want, we need to justify" Eric: "No, because I want him to report it" Me: "You can't say things like that, this is not your father's bank, you can't just use your opinion to request submission of a specific time, your opinion does not matter to them" Ouch?? Harsh but fair in some regard. When you are self declaring yourself as a Regional Governance in a Japanese Bank, your opinion does not matter...

I'm sorry i did not fulfill my promise to blog monthly, July and August had been very stressful. I had to dug deep to maintain sanity, efficiency and remain alive. Anyways, after 2 weeks of not being home over the weekends, I decided to come home earlier on a Friday, instead of the usual Saturday evenings. I called mom to ask if she wanted to have supper because i was having my dinner, she was stumped and very excited. As usual, she ignore my question and ask something else, I immediately steer her back to my question and end it there.  A warm welcome is always good to have when you're coming "Home" after some time. But sometimes I wonder if it's the same for every parent, longing for their kids to be home. Sooner or later I will not be within reach and they will have to get used to it? The few things I love about Singapore is the safety and security, the low taxation and crazy efficient on everything. The latter contribute a lot to the stressful enviro...