Category: In English
-
Better When Surrounded by People
I finally got to spend some time alone. By my definition, “alone” means sitting by myself in a public place. It’s funny how I am more productive in a setting like that. It can be in an empty desk in the middle of other people at my office, in a…
-
Ho Chi Minh City: First Impression
As the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 was taxiing, I looked out the window and saw darkness with specks of light scattered along the horizon. I could barely make out the faint shape of a harvested rice field along the runway perimeter fence. The wide body jet made a right turn,…
-
I Work, Therefore I Am
If you try to engage me in a long conversation about things of which I’m passionate, I might give you a blank stare. I would experience a loss of word so severe that it would take several minutes of self collection before I could speak again. Of course I’m not…
-
Finding Equilibrium
My first instinct when waking up in the morning would be to hope for some sort of balance to take place in the day. Day by day I would hold on to that hope. Many times I spent a day convinced that it wasn’t really a true day, that it…
-
Lessons from the Man of Action
The title on his business card said “Executive President – Asia Pacific.” It was quite intimidating for us, the three young visitors. For me, it was the first time I had a meeting with a client in which I met the top man himself. No subordinates present, just us and…
-
Keeping Customer Feedback System from Backfiring
Last night my wife and I went to a sushi restaurant for dinner. We chose a sushi place that is quite popular, located near the business district of the city. It was a busy evening, and we had to wait a few minutes before we could get two seats in…
-
Power of Vision
This is an experience that I have kept to myself for over two years. In a selling skills class that I recently co-facilitated, I thought it would make a good illustration for a point that I was getting across, so I shared it for the first time. I suppose I…
-
Lessons In Team
I watched a rerun of the first season of MasterChef US last night. It’s a TV game show contest for amateur cooks to win the MasterChef title and a $100,000 prize. I already knew who would win the competition, yet it was interesting to watch the episodes that I missed.…
-
The Artist
I sometimes watch “Miami Ink” or “LA Ink” on TLC. Although I don’t have tattoos, I cannot help admiring the artists’ skills. They are capable of creating not just a simple black and white tattoos, like the ones you can get cheaply on the beach, but a true work of…
-
When In Doubt
“To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.” Stanislaw Leszczynski Selected Polish king 1704-1709, 1733-1734 (1677 – 1766) We always have doubt when we first travel to a strange place. I remember the first time me and several friends going to a certain destination in Bandung relying entirely on…
Life At Slow-Mo 