Learn from History

Wherever you go and whatever you do these days, the talks are all about the general election that happened on March 8th. Anyone and everyone will have their share of views and opinions on this matter (try googling the topic) and the incident will eventually go down in history and be passed on from generations to generations just like 513... But to me, I see this as a great opportunity for me to really learn and reflect upon myself:

Change = Only Constant
For a party that has led the nation for 50 over years with a majority of 2/3 all along... It must have been shocking and unreal for them when the results revealed that they've suffered the worst ever defeat in history! But to the rest of us, it serves to remind ourselves occasionally that what worked before may not work again now... One needs to constantly evolve, shift paradigms and to really think out of the box! This was one of the things I learnt from my ex boss: Doing the same things over and over again but expecting different results? That's the definition of insanity!

Finger Pointing
It's so easy to finger point when things go wrong. Even a 3 year old with a pure innocent mind is capable of doing that... But what purpose does it serve to finger point? To state out the obvious? To cover ass? To look supreme? To be perceived as the victim? The lists are endless and we too have most likely done it before in our lifetime. But sometimes, I try to remind myself that it's better to just shut the fuck up and be the bigger person to just forgive and forget. Life goes on... whether you make a big hooo-haaah out of it or not...

Evaluate!
When you're high and mighty with people rushing to kiss your ass at every given opportunity, it does wonders to your self esteem and ego. So much so that one could easily be swept off feet and be completely detached from reality to differentiate what's right and what's wrong. In life there will always be plenty of advise from the people who really mean well down to the people who intentionally manipulate you towards their hidden agenda to those who are really just scheming patiently for your downfall for their own personal gains. The key is to evaluate, evaluate and evaluate every piece of info and advise and weight the pros and cons before embarking on them...

Shit Floats
The g-mt can disperse "illegal" gatherings and demonstrations on the pretext not disrupting the peace of the society. They can control and choose what to be reported in mainstream media... Heck, they can even throw you in jail for causing "nuisance". But really... the truth remains the truth no matter! Moral of the story? Don't cover your shortcomings... don't lie about your achievements... don't mislead and confuse others to detract them from the reality of the issues cos at the end of the day... shit floats! Might as well spend all your energy in trying to resolve the issues at hand and to mitigate them from future occurrence than to spend it fooling others. At the end of the day... you're only kidding yourself.

Be Humble
I don't like your face & I don't like your attitude - I believe that these are 2 different things! While you can't change who you are (unless of course you're loaded enough to go plastic), you can change your attitude which will in turn be reflected in your relationships with others... SV may have been a great guy with plenty of achievements to boot... but because of his lansi-ness... he ain't exactly your Mr. Popular. In fact... mention his name and see for yourself how many scrunched up faces you'll get... So ya... must remind myself to be humble... just like how another ex boss once preached: Jor lang hum hum (be humble in Hokkien).