FreeDOOM?

Freedom is arbitrary, very much like how opportunity is to an unmotivated soul, or penny to a poor man.

Cause, after all, freedom just means you have more time and less money (the latter being a definite corollary of the former; shoot yourself if you think you could have both, you dimwit) and less money means freedom has to be utilised for purposes of acquiring capital (or at least perceived capital), both human and physical.

(In layman terms, less freedom and more time means klkjaqwtopqjfa…. oh forget it, im sleepy)

So.

There isn’t any conclusive statement on the benefits of freedom. I get freedom only to use it for more activities of unfreedom (i.e. capital accumulation, or doing meaningful stuffs, to put it simply).

And of course, like opportunity is to an unmotivated soul, and money to a poor man, freedom is more often than never, a greater reinforcement of unfreedom and captivity. Bummers… Then again, my callousness for freedom is akin to a living person talking about the intellectual concept of death to a dying man.

(OH whatever goodnight…)

A serving of reality – 2

(Argh a sudden influx of thoughts for the uh business “column” but nope shall not be erratic in posting for that.)

Oh btw,

Have you realised, that in many contexts, “making love” has nothing to do with LOVE?

Whoever thought of that phrase anyway?

[Be cool or B-school]: CSR

This entire feature is terribly un-chronological, solely because i do not put in the effort to put it schematically or progressively. So as ideas come, ideas go (online and get posted). That’s very much how business works, outside of your B-school textbook that is.

Anyway, today’s issue is on CSR – which stands for Corporate Social Responsibility; NOT Charitable Social Requests, as what many wide-eyed do-gooders would otherwise think. Another lesson – there’s no altruism in business.

The only purpose of “doing good” then is so that you can do some slightly-bad and get away with it. Purely warped i know, but ask BP for one if you don’t believe me.

IN fact, petrolchemical companies, banks, f&b conglomerates and chemical companies have the most extensive CSR programmes out there. And what do they share in common? (HINT: Think Union Carbide’s Bhopal disaster, bail-out packages, Shell Nigeria’s human rights issues etc)

Then again, think along the lines of a judge who reads out the given sentence to a criminal. His pasts acts of altruism/benevolence/charity whatsoever, would definitely count much in lessening the severity of the sentence. So what is true for man, is true for corporations too.

So the next time you think Company X is awesome for being so “socially responsible”, think again about all the skeletons in its closet heeheheh.

Till next time, be cool!

A serving of reality – 1

Few apparently small things that determine your life..

1) ONE (or TWO) x paper rolled up in a scroll, presented on the day you wear this clumsy gown-like thing

2) TWO x values – CEP and PERF – that determine your career progression.

3) THREE x friends you spend the most time with – you are 1/3 of the 3 closest friends you hang out with

4) And most importantly, ONE x girl/guy that determines your life for better or for worse, when you held his/her hand “for better or for worse”

A Dismal Report

What isn’t consumed by cockroaches is eventually infested with mould…

Similarly with your brain –

What isn’t consumed by too much decadence is eventually infested with mindlessness and boredom, and brain death.

NS ouch.

[Be cool, or B-school^^]: Introduction

What?

Yes you’ve got it, Be cool or B-school^^ is your not-so-essential/intelligent guide to business, management, economics, common sense and nonsense. After all, they’re all in the same category… This weekly fornightly monthly PERIODICALLY updated feature is a product of retrospection, introspection and a little inception (because ideas have to be planted before they can be realised) and aims to show that business is nothing rote or regimental, but a cleverly intuitive experimental rigourous empirical scientific metacognitive field of study.

To B(-school) or not to B(-school)?

Well, you don’t need to b-school to be cool or be cool to b-school. So even if you’re (unfortunately) not in b-school, you still can be really cool. That’s how Steve did it, that’s how Bill did it, and that’s how YOU can do it too! So yes, read hard, walk-about much, think smart, and in no time, you’d be able to pen your OWN book of b-school thoughts too!

And for the privileged few to B-school, think of yourselves to be in the same league as those who have received their white coats, except that yours will be blacker, cooler, and flashier. You will be at the forefront of man’s advancement, battling social ills alongside the economists, bringing hope to the sick alongside the doctors and acquiring wealth alongside the lawyers! As such, we wish you all the best, and remember to always BE COOL, B-SCHOOL!

Uhuh…

Yep, that’s about all the rhetorics you’d probably see on the blurb of any other business book. But as with every other book, it is only good when persistently READ, so stay tuned for more awesome lessons on Be cool or B-School^^

Commitment

I think, we’re all creatures of commitment you know. Even a state of non-commitment requires commitment. Because no commitment to non-commitment would probably result in commitment sooooo…you get the idea.

Paradoxical, very much like life.

We Pretend

1. I Pretend to teach above what school teachers teach,

2. Parent Pretends to pay me above what school teachers get paid,

3. Child Pretends to become more competent and smarter than rest of his peers,

4. Teacher Pretends to be impressed by child’s exceptional competence and smartness,

5. Examination results Pretend to look more impressive than peers,

6. Ministry of Education Pretends to feel that our students are becoming brighter than the rest of the world,

7. Uni admissions Pretend to become ‘more competitive’,

8. Human capital Pretends to increase,

9. Parents Pretend to feel that they’ve done the right thing,

10. I Pretend to feel that i’ve taught the right thing,

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1. I Pretend to teach, again

2. Parent Pretends to pay me, once more.

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Such is what you call the shadow economy. And like most well-paying industries (e.g. FINANCE), it is illusory. Highly illusory…

Deficits

If you’d count intellectual talents, sportsmen, happiness, freedom, leisure, creativity, arts, music and popular culture into our Balance of Payments (that’s what its called if i dont remember wrongly), we’d just be in a shit load of deficits, forever.

Cheers to 45 years of holistic development anyway…

FAQs answered

That’s what FAQs are for right? To be answered… And partially cause i realised all these FAQs have just been coming out too often. (which is why they’re called FAQs?)

(on a side note, i realised too that FORMSPRING was created for this sole purpose, but no, less work is good. Besides, its only for this occasion)

FAQ #1: “How’s life/NS?”

Good question. I really wish I could tell you that I’ve disrupted to read medicine, or that i’ve ORD-ed, or that im currently about to get my 3SG rank and pass out of SCS, or that i’ve just went to Brunei, along with all those exciting stories about driving a Leopard Tank or misfiring a GPMG and route-marching 36km while seeing vultures above you, OR IN SHORT, AT LEAST SOMETHING INTERESTING/SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEAR FUTURE; but no, my life is “just like that, 8-530 lor”.

FAQ #2: “Oh…(realising that’s a bad question to begin with anyway). So how’s work!”

Bad one. There’s probably juicy stuffs about office politiks and shit stirring, but neh, its just too tough to explain. And you probably aren’t into all these frivolity to understand them uh? Besides, its quite boring actually.

FAQ #3 : “So you’re in this..uh J M P D? What do you do there?”

“HR stuffs lor”… *blur look*…”Oh like officers’ postings, sending them for courses, earmarking talents for special appointments, arrowing the unwilling for official duties, *WOW SOUNDS QUITE COOL* except it’s the ADMIN PART OF IT YOU KNOW. CLERICAL STUFFS?” …*is disappoint*.

FAQ #4: “What’s uh…Joint?”

Best question. Is like Army has this toilet bowl, Navy has this toilet bowl, and Airforce has this toilet bowl. So when they all flush, the sewage goes down to the central sewage. That’s what Joint is!

FAQ #5,6,7: All the awkward questions.

“Eh can post me to a better unit anot?” – No, duh. -.-
“Do you know where imma posted to next?” – No.
“Do you know who’s the next scholar?” – No.

So yeh, FAQs answered! Not awesome indeed.