Life At Slow-Mo

Experience Life.

Category: Observation

  • Finding My Place

    Finding My Place

    We have been on work from home mode for 5 weeks now. One thing I really enjoy about this situation is not having to start very early from home. I would have to start at 6.45 to arrive at work around 7.30. While working from home, 6.45 is the latest…

  • What Hard Work Means

    “Sorry, I’m taking my toilet break,” the hairdresser told her waiting customers as she was sweeping locks of hair away. She just finished the fourth customer since I got there, without stopping. Although it was my turn to have my hair cut, I understandingly nodded to show my agreement to…

  • Taking Charge

    I’ve been learning, applying, even teaching Dale Carnegie’s principles for years. And it is not until the past few weeks I began to understand the underlying philosphy. A co-worker spent about 10 minutes complaining to me about her boss. As I was listening I began to wonder why she didn’t…

  • Why Do You Want It?

    I spent about half an hour this afternoon talking about the merits of a management accounting system. This system can help track expenses and costs, and can bring higher degree of control of financial and operational performance. “Just tag anything you do with a code generated by the system, and…

  • Passion, Business and Time

    I read an article featuring an interview with Karl Lagerfeld. The article was closed with an interesting question. Interviewer: Have you ever thought of having your own fashion label? Lagerfeld: No. I love what I’m doing now. I don’t want to be a businessman. I want my business to run…

  • 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,…

  • How To Handle Rumors

    What would you do if you heard that a rumour about you has been spreading? What would you do if you heard that 100 people have heard the rumor? What if 1.000 people heard it? 1.000.000 people? 10.000.000 people? A continent’s worth of people? Just recently a rumor has been…