Paradoxical commandments

It's an inspiring book, "Anyway - The paradoxical Commandments" by Kent M. Keith. This book is about finding meaning not in other people's applause, but finding it in the very act of doing things that you think is right. Here's the 10 paradoxical commandments:

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.

4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.

6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.

7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.

10. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

Mid-years going to end soon

Been such a hectic week for me, finally got to slack a bit while my students prepare to wind down from their mid year exams.

I think I've been working too hard lately :) Time to enjoy one slacker week, which begins on next Monday. I purposely arranged my training schedule in Army to start next week too, so it won't be too disruptive to my schedule. Yes, I still need to do training in the army :(

For all those whose exams had just ended or is going to end soon, endure! All will be gone in a blinking of an eye, hoho!

MRT travel time

Unless you take a lot of MRT rides and have to plan your schedule such that you won't reach too early, nor too late, you probably wouldn't appreciate the idea of knowing exactly how long the train ride takes from one place to another.


This MRT guide has been an invaluable aid in my planning of my tuition schedule ever since I started this business. Is it possible to do that for buses? Nope, buses are too unpredictable. The waiting time for buses can really vary according to the hour you're taking the bus and the traffic conditions, though I do know roughly how long it takes to go from one point to another by buses.

May this guide help those who plans to arrive on time!

Labour day

Happy Labour day!

I had the toughest labour day since I started doing what I did. I'm up early morning and ended late AND I have to deal with the horrible horrible hot weather. If I'm a snowman, I'll have melted the moment I got off the air conditioned bus. It's so very hot and humid.


The bloody sun is basically blasting me with her super rays. It didn't help that all the clouds that normally blocks the sunlight evaporated into thin air, leaving the bright blue afternoon sky to mock at me as I sweated through the hot afternoon walking without the cooling shade.


I took a few pictures to remind me of this super Labour day - hot and long for me. But I guess I'm in a better position than poor students who have to study in this hot weather. How do they stay awake? I can imagine reading and drifting to zzZZzz land, hoho :)