Packing

It's been sucha long time since I packed my bag and I literally had to dust it off my storage area. I think the last time I travelled with to Vietnam for just one day... that was in early Nov.

And now 11 nights in the US... 11 cold nights with temperatures ranging from 2 to 3 degrees to 16 degrees in the day time..

Check out my dashboard from my iMac which gives the temperatures of Atlanta and Singapore and the time zones..


My company bought me a new laptop (YIPPEE!) and new blackberry (YIPPEE) and along with all my other gadgets, it's really quite a lot of stuff..





There's

1. Blackberry charger
2. Thumb Drive
3. Spare battery for my mobile phone
4. Pen
5. Blackberry
6. Mobile Charger
7. iPod
8. iPod charging cable
9. Skype headset
10. Wireless mouse

Second pic
11. Wallet
12. Card holder
13. Shure e2c earphones for ipod
14. Bluetooth headset
15. Bluetooth headset charging cable
16. Camera

Phew... so much things..

And here're my clothes..



And my ties



And my favourite scarf which i only get to wear once a year. I love it cos it's a Gap scarf i bought in the US back in 2002..it cost US$25 then. Quite expensive and i thought very long before i bought it. Turned out to be a good investment.



And I'm bringing two suits and one jacket...

Bleah.. so many things..

Travelling

I found out today that I'd be going to Atlanta and then Alabama this Sunday. Gosh.. that's like a 18 hour flight there and 20 hours back... BLEAH... heng i'm going alone then i sleep and do anything i like on the plane rather than small talk.

I'll be gone for two weeks. Quite possibly my longest trip ever...

Heng they giving me a laptop, else i wouldnt know what i'll do without internet for 2 weeks...

I'm glad I can add two more cities to my Facebook "Where I've Travelled" app.

Fragile

Second day was quite uneventful except for the fact that my boss asked me early in the morning if he should spend US$5 million on something. *gulp* I'm beginning to think that that's the reason why they hired me.

(This was proven again in the third day when he asked me if he should spend US$30 million on something in Bali *gulp*)

Just to digress, I was back in the office one of the days I was on leave and my boss was on urgent leave for the entire week. I sms-ed him to ask if everything's all right. He didnt reply. That was probably 1 week ago.

He called on second day of work. Said he'd rather call than reply my sms. After the usual pleasantries on how's the new workplace, colleagues blah blah, i asked him wat's up with the urgent leave. He said his 14-yr old son had a major surgery....a BRAIN SURGERY. GOSH!

Turns out that the poor kid had headaches and blurred vision for a week. The parents brought him to 2 doctors and 2 A&Es and each doctor just gave panadolls and even stronger panadolls. He only managed to get scanned after my boss didnt feel too right abt it and he hospitalised his son and bang table bang chair to get his son scanned.

They scanned him at 2am and found a major blood clot in the brain and immediately called two of the "best neurosurgeons" back to operate.

The operation was successful and the boy was recovering.

As he ended his story, his voice wore thin and he said "During this whole time, life just seems so fragile and meaningless"

I felt quite disturbed abt the whole thing..Gosh.. what poor standard of medical care is this man? tsk.. 4 doctors .. panadolls?

I was so disturbed i had lunch alone.. actually it's largely cos no one wanted to have lunch with me.. i cant rem if i mentioned this before but my dept only got me, a VP and a COO and Owner.. all busy people.

I walked to Suntec and found a place made specially for people lunching alone...



I ate there.. right at the left side of the pic...

New Day

This is going to be a short one because it was a busy first day. I worked till 8pm and I am still working right now at 11pm at home.

It was a pretty exciting day. Given door access card, employee id, namecards (i even have two separate email addresses), new seat, computer, tons of new colleagues.

My big big big boss was kind enough to peek in during orientation to ask me to swing by to his office for a chat. Then he came after lunch to my desk to see how i was settling. By the third time he came to my desk at 5:30pm, he called for a meeting and then asked for something to be submitted by tomorrow.

Which is why im working till now. :(

And I nearly lost my car.

I couldnt find my car keys when i was packing to leave my office and then i thought maybe i left it in the ignition. I rushed to car park, which was damn super duper far away cos it's in another building. Whilst rushing, my mind was going on and on abt whether someone might drive my car away and the embarrassment of losing my car on my first day of work :( :( :(

When i got to my car (phew it's still there), I didnt see the key inside the ignition :( I decided to go back to my office to search. On the way back, I decided to search my briefcase once again and walaaaah.. the key was in a little obscure place in my briefcase which i never ever put anything one...

I'm sucha loser really.

Shallow

Gosh, i'm sto shallow that I'm even bringing my huge-ass power-packed financial calculator to work tomorrow even though there's a 101% chance i wont use it.

Haha..

Preparation

It was almost a worthless day of stoning at home cos there wasnt badminton today. That's very disappointing cos it was something i looked forward to every week.

I decided to give my car a clean before D-Day. Went to NTUC to get a hard brush for the car mats. Then as I was walking home, it started to rain :( Had to wait for it to stop before I could continue. What bad timing.

But finally, my car's clean. I have a full tank of petrol and I have my season parking.

In preparation, i also :

1. Conditioned my hair
2. Exfoliated my face
3. Used the PORE PACK
4. Cut my nails
5. Charged all my handphones
6. Polished my shoes
7. Backed up my data (ok, this isnt relevant to the new job)

Now, all I need is to pick out a shirt and tie for my mum to iron.

Fear

I start work on Monday.

This is my second job in my life. I didnt even do a real job for my internship.

It'd be exactly 1,301 days since I first had a first day of work.

It'll be odd. I've never entered a company that has more than 4 people.

I have been fretting over what to wear for some time now. Should I wear a white shirt with blue dots with a blue tie with my Ferragamo cuffs? Should i go pink shirt with pink tie with my penguin cuffs? I'm quite confused that I'll drape my suit over my arm and wear my brown shoes. I dont know what bag i should bring. My usual briefcase was kinda stained by the leather coating i did here.

There're so many things that can go wrong:

1. What if i get a bad seat?
2. What if i get nasty colleagues?
3. What if i get stupid colleagues?
4. What if I am not up for the job?
5. What if i cant get to sleep on Sunday night and then wake up late on Monday?
6. What if I cant find a parking lot?
7. What if i duno man...

Quite stressful..

Hope

I started watching soccer maybe one or two years back because I found that it was a good way to spend my weekend nights. I even got cable and an LCD tv in my room so that i could indulge.

Everyone supports a team. I actually dont like to support a team cos the players can join/leave any team. Perhaps it's quite silly to blindly follow a team when the people has left the team and the pedigree that is the players.

When i started watching soccer again, I decided to support Manchester United. It is pretty cliched since everyone is either a Manchester United or Liverpool fan. But at that time, Man U was being screwed big time by Arsenal and Cheski and were really an underdog. I love supporting underdogs.

So i follow avidly every week. Willing Man U to win. Week after week from August to May every year. But when they won the league last season, it was just.... like that lor. Happy lor but wat's next? It's like you get excited over 38 matches per season and then at the end, it's an anti-climax. :(

But this season, i'm back at it again. Even after last week's disappointing penalty miss that led to a loss to West Ham, i'm still looking forward to soccer tonight.

Perhaps it's just because we need something to hope for every week. Something to look forward to week in week out. Something to invest our emotions into, lest we become cold and heartless. Maybe it's all about the journey, rather than the destination.

Resolutions Interrupted

I'm frankly pretty sick of the 2007 re-cap and 2008 resolutions everyone has on their blogs.

Though a new year is a new beginning and all, I think if you want to make changes, you can start anytime! You can quit smoking anytime, go on a diet anytime, be nicer anytime definitely.

I'll Stand By You

It takes a herculean effort to do what these lyrics say

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Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now.
Don't be ashamed to cry, let me see you through
Cause I've seen the dark side too.

When the night falls on you, you don't know what to do,
Nothing you confess could make me love you less

I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you,
won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you.

So, if you're mad get mad, don't hold it all inside,
Come on and talk to me now.
And hey, what you got to hide? I get angry too
But I'm alot like you.

When you're standing at the crossroads, don't know which path to choose,
Let me come along, cause even if your wrong

I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you,
won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you.
Take me into your darkest hour,
and I'll never desert you.
I'll stand by you.

And when, when the night falls on you baby,
you're feeling all alone,
You won't be on your own,

I'll stand by you I'll stand by you,
won't let nobody hurt you.
I'll stand by you
Take me in into your darkest hour
and I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you.

WEEEEEEERT?

Everytime I do servicing for my car or when i wash it or when i fill it with petrol, I feel like doing something nice for it. SO I'd browse through the car care place but after a while they're all the same.

I did my 5,000km servicing today. Well, actually it's 6,052km now. 6,052km of pleasure, sorrow, joy and . I was kinda reflective as I drove for my next appointment. Thinking of season parking, thinking of the new job, thinking of the journeys ahead, thinking of journeys passed.

Back to topic..

Today i came across this..



In between the waxing and car wash stuff, there's Listerine. I did a double take. Did Listerine come up with a new line of cleaning products to clean the radiator gills of the car? They're like teeth, arent they? And it's not a random bottle cos it was an entire row of Listerine (for the mouth)

I bought a leather treatment thingy for the car seats and these for myself on those West Wing marathons...



There were a lot of entries for my itemised expenses sheet today.

Yet Another

I forgot to mention this that day but actually an ex-colleague called and actually offered me a job in her company. Well, not really offered but it's one where i'm well qualified in the face of the competition.

I dont think i'll take. Considering I start work on the new job next Monday. But it's a nice thought to be wanted.

My new job called me and said that season parking is full, which is actually baffling cos we own the freaking building! and the building beside it! and in fact quite a few hotels nearby. I was perturbed the entire day when i decided to give them a call and they told me that internal staff will get priority and gave me a number for alternative parking in a nearby building which i dutifully called and thankfully had parking for me.

That's a relief. I was fretting the entire day on whether i shld/can drive to work or not.

New Year

The new year came and went without any fanfare. I've been on leave for so long that Ive lost track on which day is which holiday.

I woke up groggy on New Year's Day (today) after a marathon of West Wing dvds and saw on my iCal (pictured above). 1 Jan.

Then comes the proverbial new year resolution making. I wouldnt say Im bad at fulfilling my resolutions but rather I forgot abt them. I really cant think of anything I want to do this year.

I probably made one decision so far and that was for more financial prudence. So, I've decided to keep track on my every single spending on an Excel sheet. EVERY item.
I just added my first entry - S$5.50 for lunch today. I only hope i remember to update it tomorrow and everyday thereafter.

I spent my entire new year's eve and new year's day (today) watching my West Wing dvds and in between being too lazy to change the dvds, i read. But i didnt tell many people that i spent my lobo days watching dvds cos it seems like society deems it as a socially unacceptable thing to be watching dvds (even though it's West Wing) all day. So i just say I spent my time reading, which is partially true.

I am reading...



I like the West Wing. I like it when people are able to weld the English language as gracefully as one would wave a magic gracefully in the air. I think Gilmore Girls is also quite witty so I'm considering getting the boxset for the entire season as well.

I think this entry has gone off tangent somewhat. It's probably largely because I dont have much to say and my thoughts are in bits and pieces. Oh screw it... i'd just end by saying, I hope the new year brings good opportunities and even better decisions.

Wedding

It was Shitfong's wedding yesterday.

I was supposed to be a Brother. It was my first time. I was so excited the night before I didnt get to sleep till 2am and i was supposed to be up at 5:45am.

I woke at 5:45am to the sound of my alarm and then went back to sleep. I had this mini dream/subconscious thingy going on which i vaguely dreamt that i was late and jolted up again at 6:05am! SHIT i am late!!!

Thankfully my shirt and pants are ironed and hung, cuffs in the holes, pen in the shirt, tie is tied, petrol is pumped, car is washed and preened.

The day's proceedings were like any other i imagined. I say imagined cos i've never been to one. Though they did say that the Sisters were relatively mild.

Night dinner was at the Fullerton. Sucha beautiful hotel



It was heartening to see a good friend get married. I'm very happy for him and it made waking up early worth it! :)

It was a pity i didnt meet any soppy girls who were touched by the whole marriage thing and felt an urging to get hitched, like what they usually do in the movies.

Pleasant Surprise

It was a pleasant surprise to see this package on my table when i got home that day.



Turned out it was from Acidgal.

Inside was a cup and a stuffed toy.



How sweet!

Survival

I keep forgetting to blog about this but my boss also got me something from his trip from LA.

A small pocket knife, with my name at the back.



He likes to get this kind of gifts, last year was those car license plates with my name and the previous year was a key chain of a car license plate with my name.

But a knife... a little survival knife.

In my letter/card which i wrote to him to accompany my Christmas/farewell gift to him, I wrote, " In my three years, everything you have taught me, will prepare me for the world out there as I move on to new challeneges and this small pocket knife that you just gave me encapsulates these survival skills"

So poetic right?

Good Bearings

Since I was in town for Hua Ting, I thought I'd do some shopping.

Managed to get this tie to wear to shitfong's wedding.

W00t



I then collected my shirts from the tailor. Driving from Taka to Peninsula is an expensive affair with S$2.50 for the ERP and S$3 for the parking... gosh and then going home it's S$1 ERP on ECP.

(I just realised not many foreigners would understand the preceding paragraph what with the acronyms)

I'm going to get my hair cut and then I'll be ready for the wedding.

Now, if only i had enough money left for the angpao.

Back

The Cyster came back from Abu Dhabi yesterday noon and I went to pick her up from the airport simply because I was bored watching dvds at home for 2 days straight.. Of course it helped that she had christmas presents for me.

She got me a Zegna tie.



and Zegna cufflinks



a 2008 The Office calendar... the Office rox man



a box of six Krispy Kreme



and 2 mangos.,



Then we went to Hua Ting for lunch, because she hasnt had pork in ages.

That's her in the pic.. for a minute of fame..

Last Dinner

And it was decided that my farewell/christmas dinner was to be held at the Melt Care at the Mandarin Oriental. Frankly, I thought it was a bit extravagant given there were fifteen people in the office and it was $80 per person.

It was a poignant last 30 minutes. Removing my office key from my key ring, removing the door access card from my wallet, packing my blackberry to make sure all the cables are inside and then trying to pack up my laptop. It's true that you start to cherish something when you know you're going to lose it. In the last hour of my last day, EVERYONE in the office, including some in my Beijing office, went into a Skype conference chat and it was a mad frenzy trying to keep up with a conversation with 10 people. But alas, it had to end when i had to shut down my laptop.

I sent out an email to everyone

"Hi everyone

Thank you for the kind wishes.

THE BOSS promised that the learning curve will be steep and he kept his promise, which is among the many promises he kept in the last 3.5 years.

My joy comes from seeing the office grow from a team of five to 27 staff spread over 3 offices. The regular traveling of the job has accorded me the unique opportunity to have “mini holidays” with many of you. This has allowed me to get to know you better outside the office, though some say I’m a boring traveler :(. My only regret was not being able to spend more time with the newer folks and getting to know you all better.

I’ll still be in Singapore and if you would have me over for fancy meals, I’d be more than delighted. In the interim, my email address will be XXX@gmail.com and I’m available on Skype as well.

Thank you once again and it has indeed been an honour and privilege to be working with this group of fine professionals.

I wish you all well and may 2008 bring more opportunities and abundance.

Yours,
Cornball."

Dinner was a bit odd cos I wasnt very hungry and it was just a time of chatting and all. Towards the end, my boss gave an stirring speech/tribute that left me quivering. It included the usual words you say when someone leaves but he ended by looking me in the eye and said "On a personal note, I'll miss his friendship and presence in the company"

It was about then that i knew I wasnt able to give my speech.

Seeing that i couldnt continue, they went round the table, saying pleasantries about me (some were quite fake i thought. whahahahahha)

But one dude, one of my first juniors said this. I remembered word for word because it was so sweet. It was even sweeter because he was someone i pushed damn hard cos he was a bit slow.

He said

"I'm glad to have Cornball as my first mentor. In my first week in the office, Cornball was travelling. But when he came back, I followed him around ever since and I've learnt alot from him. It'd be weird to come to work without him around"

With that, he teared. GOSH!

I composed myself sufficently to say something short and then i choked on my words and couldnt continue. What a wuss. Wasted the perfect speech i had in my head.

My boss then handed me a present.

From the shape of the box, i had an inkling what was inside. But i hoped it wasnt what i thought it was.

The gift was an epitome of everything my boss was nice but forgetful. He got me a pair of pens.





He already knew i have a pen cos he played with it once... haha..

Here's my pen.



I got more gifts...food again...



When i got home, I got this email.. so funny really

"Hey Cornball,

Understand that yesterday was your last day at work.

Hope you had great fun at the dinner last night!

Unfortunately, I did not manage to bid a formal goodbye to you.

Although we have not worked on too many assignments, I have really learned a great deal from you. Thank you so much!

Now that you will be moving on, I wouldn’t be able to meet the with you or get grooming/tailoring tips from you anymore. And too bad we can’t go back together to Wenchang on an assignment next time.

So here wishing you all the best in your future endeavours and more progression up the social ladder for you!

Please do not forget us when you become a MD somewhere next time! And don’t forget to find a wife amidst your rapid career progression!!! And hope to see you in some Lambo or Porsh the next time we meet!!

Take care, enjoy and God bless!

Best wishes,
XXXX"

And this is how we ended...

Warning: This is a long one. Read it if you're bored or if you like me a lot.

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I couldnt sleep the night before. I slept at 12, woke at 2am, at 4am and 6am. Couldnt go to sleep till 7am, which was when I had to wake up.

I woke up so many times because I kept dreaming. Dreaming of how the announcement of my departure would be like. It's funny cos I dreamt many versions with different groups of friends.

I thought the announcement would be during our weekly monday meetings. But my boss didnt turn up. Then at 1030am, we were told he just landed from LA so he wont be coming in today.

NOT COMING IN? Like that how? Tomorrow my last day leh. I was left ruing and happy that I'm leaving.

One of my colleagues - whom had guessed that i was leaving and asked me about it and i told her - passed me a paper bag.

On each of the items, there were little post-it notes. As i tried to read her cursive handwriting, I realised each item has some significance.

On the Mamee, Hello Panda and Yan Yan - "Remember the mamee and hello pandas we used to eat when we were OT-ing?"



On the boxer shorts - "I remember bumping into you at Raffles City and finding out about your Lego love. The robots on the shorts look like Lego and i bet you like Transformers.

The rainbow tag was some inside joke about my Gay #1 colleague from eons ago.



On this fridge magnet - "You taught me many handsigns. Some are captured in this board"



On this fridge magnet - "Your infamous snappy mood? This saves u from having to write them out"



I was so touched I brought her and another colleague to Prego, cos I had a S$65 voucher from buying my phone.

After lunch, two good things happened. Another colleague - my boss's PA - passed me this bag.



Inside is..



I realised that the gifts i've gotten so far indicate what my colleagues thought of me. A greedy ass :(

The second good thing was that my boss came in! w00t!

We discussed some work and handover stuff and I told him i managed to secure this deal in the Maldives while he was away. It was the same resort he and I went to in July 2005. What I didnt post in that entry (i was pretty sure I did but now i cant find it) was that after the first night, he heard that his mum was very sick in Kuching. He was in two minds whether to go see her or not at dinner time, largely cos I was a n00b then and he wasnt sure. I assured him that I'm up for it and he can go in peace.

He then left with his dinner half-eaten.

So now, I told him... ya.. we got this one again.

He said " Good, then i can finish my dinner."

I went "Huh???"

He replied "Remember I didnt finish my dinner that night?"

I said I was surprised he remembered cos it was soooo long ago.. more than 2.5 years now.

He said " Of course. Sentimental things like this, I'll remember"

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

In the end, he sent out an email at 7pm to announce my departure. There were some shocked gasps and frenzied skyping.

That's about all for the day.

Badminton

I've been playing badminton for two weeks now.

It's one of the sports where i can play reasonably well.

Last week was my first time in 1 year playing. Totally out of shape man. Huffing and puffing all the way.

This week was slightly better. I think it's cos i wore this shirt.



After the game, I went to wash my car and pump petrol. Long time since i washed my car cos of the incessant rains. I felt disgusted that my car has a lot of water marks so i thought what the heck.

Whilst waiting my turn at the car wash, I ate some M&Ms mini i bought at the outlet.



In the end, I washed my car, vaccuumed it, applied some leather cream on the seats and dashboard. Check out my shiny seats.




I also removed the scratches on my car... as reported here.

Tada!



Now my car is fit to drive the babes from shitfong's wedding.

West Wing

I've been a huge fan of this series and when Amazon had a 46% sale on this, i had to order it.

The complete series, all seven series. Brilliant piece of work by Aaron Sorkin.

Here're some pics.

Check out the magnetically-sealed box.. with the Presidential Seal in front.



Each of the seven seasons is housed in a separate folder.



And here's inside each folder.



And a booklet with a synopsis of each episode and a script of the pilot episode!!

Hot Spring

Unknown to many, I was supposed to take the 6:30am flight this monday morning to Chiang Mai but I managed to wriggle out of it.

In my place, I sent my colleague and part of the place I/she was supposed to visit had this hot spring and she emailed me a pic of it just now.

So nice hor?

New Line

My irritating and often inept admin department refused to convert my corporate mobile line to a personal one when I leave the company.

After asking my new company on my mobile fone privileges, i went to get a new mobile line on Friday as well as a new pda/blackberry. First time in my life I'm a Singtel customer. So exciting.

Anyway I got this phone... the motorola Q9H... i never understood why they must name the phones so oddly.



You should be getting updates on my new number before Friday (15 Dec 07), else you know you're not wanted on my phone list.

Toy

A&W ger got me this.



I THINK it's a reindeer but this one has two hands instead of four legs...

Return of the Waffles and Guffaws

A&W ger is back. She msged me last night to say she'll be back in the office today and she has a present for me. WOOT!

She, like the rest of the world, doenst know I'm leaving.

Hatchday

It's my sister's birthday today. And also Yokie. And also a cousin of mine, but not every close, so i'm not sure.

Happy Birthday Gals.

Today in history, 7 December 1941, the insidious japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Habour, officially dragging the US into WWII.

6 June 1944, the US and UK landed on the beaches of Normandy in Operation Overlord in the greatest air and sea armada ever assembled at that time and possible till today. 6 June is also my mum's birthday.

Cake

My building's landlord gave us a cake today, from Mandarin Oriental Hotel no less.



Here's my little piece.

One of Those Days

It's one of those days when I dont really feel like working. So i didnt.

On my way to work (or so I thought), I called my chiro and asked for an appointment at 9:30am.

It's been a long time since i went there, as they've moved. I'd thought I'd go one last time and buy some pain-relief creams before I leave my company cos I dont think my new company will pay for chiro treatments.

The receptionist (which ive mentioned countless time and now too lazy to link the posts) said i smelled good and asked me which cologne i was wearing.

For the record, it's the Issey Miyake L'Eau Bleue D'Issey Pour Homme.



Then I went to open a UOB savings account for my new company to deposit my moolah every month.

Then i went to POSB to open a mysavings account, which technically forces me to save a fixed amount every month and they're giving a free Kenneth Cole watch. The account details are here.

I actually opened a step-up account with Citibank last week, which is also a savings kinda thingy but it gives a debit card and a cheque book.

I had lunch at Ampang Yong Tau Hu at Amara foodcourt... sooooo yummy..

And I bought agar agar back to the office.



I love all kinds of jelly: agar agar, the jelly where u need to put evaporated milk, nata de coco, pudding, koniyaku jelly etc...

Phone

In other news, I bought my dad a Nokia E61i yesterday.



I also intro-ed Lim Biskit this phone cos I thought it was pretty good.

Happy I Dont Know What Day

I cant remember if it's the national day or whether oil prices exceeded the psychological US100/barrel mark but there were celebrations in Abu Dhabi and cars were out in full force.

Cyster sent me some pics.

Books

With a slew of discounts happening in the book chains in town, I've been more than tempted to buy books and

I've begun to read "Good to Great" which I'd bought in this post. It's basically a management book which tracks the characteristics of 14 companies in the US which has performed exceptionally well in the last few years.

In the first 24 pages, I've already learnt something.

It wrote that a true measure of a good leader was one where the company still flourishes after he leaves and not crumble upon his departure. It got me thinking about my own departure. It's without any pride that my colleagues will have a hard time coping when i leave simply cos of my job scope and all. Of course, with time, they'll cope, like i did when my supervisor left. After reading the book, I realised that though I've created a legacy of sorts with the junior dudes (or turds) but it still isnt enough to make sure the transition is as smooth as i'd wished. Sigh.. that's no good. I guess that's what MM and now PM Lee has been talking about succession planning.

This entry started with a new book-buying frenzy. "Good to Great" inspired me so much that I bought its prequel " Build to Last" as well as Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Will Meet in Heaven"