Keep moving forward!
Haha... quote from one show that my fren "Mabui" <- new nickname recommended for me to watch. The movie is called "Meet the robinsons" hmmm it was shown in the cinemas in 2007 if i am not wrong. Totally my kind of movie cos related to machines and invention. I always wanted to invent and create things but always seem to find excuses to be so lazy.
i wonder izzit due to Singapore's education that we are not as creative? From what i noticed in Denmark, people really speak their minds, and if you are a singaporean u would probably know that Most of us dun speak or interrupt unless necessary. For the Danes, they can simply disagree with their boss on issues and raises questions in front of the dept if they feel that something is wrong. For us, normally during lectures or classes most singaporean keep quiet and then after that they will ask their friends instead or raising the question immediately. Perhaps it's due to not wanting to appear rude.
My colleague whom is a Brit working in Denmark once asked me, why are we so afraid to raise questions? I could only think of a few reasons:
1) We are afraid that we are asking stupid questions that would make people think that we are stupid. (Though people always say "There is no stupid questions in the world")
2) We are afraid that we will offend the speaker/lecturer/superior/director , and this is often true as to a certain extent (perhaps in chinese culture) that by rebuking it would be seen as a challenging act on the speaker. (Not sure if it make sense)
3) We simply do not care/think about those questions. (Well there are two kinds of people which you will often meet in work, those that simply follow orders and those that question orders. Of course there is no right/wrong as to which is better but for me i think i am a bit weird. I like to have orders that i can follow, but i would always question why am i doing this and i would like to find out if i have a chance to know the rationale behind doing some stuff, like the theory behind the spreadsheets that my colleagues have created. Simply put it, some ppl call this Kaypo lol)
Hmmmm this is something that i never thought of before, but coming to denmark was definitely an eye opener, where i learnt a lot about different cultures and also learn a lot of interesting stuff from my colleagues, they definitely know alot. However, everything must also have some limitations to it. Like when you are joking with your boss, hmmm still need to be within your limits, there was a case when one colleague from states told our head of our dept during one of the discussion that "why dun u do something useful and bring us some coffee, since you are just walking around doing nothing" of course you probably guessed it that well not many ppl like him. So there is still a limit to what you can joke around...
Those who know me will also know that i am an "Introvert". Initially, i dun talk that much, but once i know you... u better be prepared to be bombed with my craps. OoooOooo... it seems that today i am feeling a bit naggy.... maybe shall write more tml. muahhahahaha
Just Remember Keep Moving Forward!!!!!
i wonder izzit due to Singapore's education that we are not as creative? From what i noticed in Denmark, people really speak their minds, and if you are a singaporean u would probably know that Most of us dun speak or interrupt unless necessary. For the Danes, they can simply disagree with their boss on issues and raises questions in front of the dept if they feel that something is wrong. For us, normally during lectures or classes most singaporean keep quiet and then after that they will ask their friends instead or raising the question immediately. Perhaps it's due to not wanting to appear rude.
My colleague whom is a Brit working in Denmark once asked me, why are we so afraid to raise questions? I could only think of a few reasons:
1) We are afraid that we are asking stupid questions that would make people think that we are stupid. (Though people always say "There is no stupid questions in the world")
2) We are afraid that we will offend the speaker/lecturer/superior/director , and this is often true as to a certain extent (perhaps in chinese culture) that by rebuking it would be seen as a challenging act on the speaker. (Not sure if it make sense)
3) We simply do not care/think about those questions. (Well there are two kinds of people which you will often meet in work, those that simply follow orders and those that question orders. Of course there is no right/wrong as to which is better but for me i think i am a bit weird. I like to have orders that i can follow, but i would always question why am i doing this and i would like to find out if i have a chance to know the rationale behind doing some stuff, like the theory behind the spreadsheets that my colleagues have created. Simply put it, some ppl call this Kaypo lol)
Hmmmm this is something that i never thought of before, but coming to denmark was definitely an eye opener, where i learnt a lot about different cultures and also learn a lot of interesting stuff from my colleagues, they definitely know alot. However, everything must also have some limitations to it. Like when you are joking with your boss, hmmm still need to be within your limits, there was a case when one colleague from states told our head of our dept during one of the discussion that "why dun u do something useful and bring us some coffee, since you are just walking around doing nothing" of course you probably guessed it that well not many ppl like him. So there is still a limit to what you can joke around...
Those who know me will also know that i am an "Introvert". Initially, i dun talk that much, but once i know you... u better be prepared to be bombed with my craps. OoooOooo... it seems that today i am feeling a bit naggy.... maybe shall write more tml. muahhahahaha
Just Remember Keep Moving Forward!!!!!
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