How would you be remembered?

My boss, whom I really respect love this song and he will sing it during most of our functions. He would start with a gimmic and what he would always say is, "If you want to do something, make sure you do it well" and everytime I hear him singing this, tears would well-up in my eyes because I always wonder, if he is no longer around in this world, how would people actually remember him. And I will always remember this song as his.

The song sort of representing his journey in life. Searching for a golden heart, he went all over the world only to discover that what he has been searching all his life is actually at his own country and his hometown.


Hati Emas (M. Nasir)
Berjalan di tanah gersangMentari mencekam dadaDebu-debu di jalananMenjadi teman setia
Tiada lain tujuankuHati emas yang ku cariKisahnya di hujung duniaMengapa tak ku temui
Oh terdengar suara halusBagai dengar dan menghilangKatanya pulanglah oh anakkuIa tiada di sini
KembaraPuas sudah ku mengembaraKe mana perginya oh cahayaMencari hati emas bukannya mudahDi masa kini adakah kau peduli
Mungkinkah dikau milikiHati emas murni suciInginku menjadi sahabatmuHingga akhir hayat nanti
KembaraPuas sudah ku mengembaraKe mana perginya oh cahayaMencari hati emas bukannya mudahMungkin selamanya takkan aku temui

Those who know my boss will always remember his kindness and friendliness towards others. And sometimes I would wonder, how will people remember me? Now, I'm still searching for the Golden Heart and don't know when I'll have it...

Reflection

This is the view of the river from my office. I get to see whether it's low tide or high tide by looking at the yellow house across the river. It has been quite a while since I kayak at the river. If people are wondering where my team and I practise for our competition, then this is the answer. Before I got involved in kayaking, I would just look at this view without much thought and forget about what I saw. But now, I would look at the river appreciating its beauty and somehow feeling the river itself. I find it a good therapy for me especially when I'm feeling down or whenever I'm angry about something. My kayak training would always help me flush those feelings out of my systems.

Kayaking has given me a whole new experience that I could share with my friends and I'm thankful that I get to meet a lot of interesting people and widen my social circle.

Sun Tzu's Art of War

The first time I ever heard of Sun Tzu's was in my basic mandarin class. The lao shi actually was trying to motivate us to be disciplined in learning the language and not to give up even when we think it's difficult to learn and for the fact that knowing adult learners, we might even make up excuses like, too busy to go to class. Anyway, the reason why I suddenly remembered the SunTzu's art of war was because of something I actually said to my boss and the way I said it (or the words) which, by our standard (the office) actually is an act of defying and refusing to assume responsibility.

The art of war mentioned, "All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him." (Sun Tzu's Art of War)

Hence, due to my impatience and haste, I totally ignored the rules and just blurt out what I actually had in my mind without even considering the consequences. The disadvantage having a "closed" minded person as a boss or even what I consider "typical" bosses is, if they say "Do this." I should just do it, no question ask.

Well, being me in this situation doesn't help tho, because I have a lot of activities planned ahead and it wouldn't do me good to start a "war" with my immediate boss/bosses. Hmm...do I apologise? Well, have to fake an expression first before I can do that..:P