Thursday, August 24, 2017

i wonder how a manager gets into a managerial post with no managerial skills or foresight.
i dont want to be like them. so this a reminder to myself, when i am there, that hopefully i wont be like them.


dear future me, 

if one day you are given the recognition to manage some unfortunate poor souls bright-eyes, please remember not to manage them like your own kids. 
but remember not to give up on them like how you are not going to ever give up on your own kids. 
you handpicked them and they accepted. 
if you are to give up on them so easily (like a month) then they will give up on you easily too. 
you need to give people second chance. of cus only to those who deserves it. 

you are also going to need a lot of foresight. 
you need it grow the team and each individual.
it is really sad to see potential people, working for managers who only see day-to-day, wonder around but never upwards. 

you also need to keep your "bias-ness" in check. 
i guess it is human that we have our favourites. 
you will like smart/intelligent people more than those whom you think are not.
you will also like people whom you know for a longer period than those you are not familiar with. 
there are also people whom you will tend to stereotype.
but just consistently remind and ask yourself if you are being fair/equal to all of them.

last of all, do not, DO NOT, turn an blind eye to mistakes of your favourite staff. 
one mistake will lead to another. and it will be a vicious cycle. 
covering up for them will not grow them but slow their growth cus they will never learn.


mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before. -ANONYMOUS


good luck! 

love, 
me

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

not sure why i am being so affect by her passing - much more than i expected.
what her husband said during his eulogy is very true, she is very brave.
i dont think i knew anyone else who has cancer for 18 years and carried on living on her life to the best she can. 


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牽我的手
詞曲: 林義忠


牽我的手,我的主啊,請祢麥離開我,
這條路 我擱要行,我需要 祢來作伴。

牽我的手,我的主啊,請祢麥離開我,
有時我會驚,有時不知按怎行,
有時敢若聽不著祢的聲。

牽我的手,請祢與我作伴,
互我的腳步又穩又定,
走到祢的門前,聽到祢的聲,
與我說:入來我的囝!


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i will always remember your bravery and your trust in God.
That He will always be there and has his plans.