RJ

Some like it, some hate it, some just do enough to get over it.

Since you have to do it, heck, why not just try to find ways to enjoy doing it.
as you would have read from - Cats and Cradle by a student post. He had fun doing it( yes, I checked how did he come up with the idea and he said he just wanted to enjoy doing it and be different)

When I studied computer science, the first thing we were taught was :
GIGO - ie garbage in, garbage out. whatever input we put in, the computer spew out.
Same for RJ, what you put in (effort, reflecting, thinking etc), will show in the output.

take care and always remember to have fun,while the sun is shining on you.

make hay while the sun shine. And in your youth, the sun always shine, regardless.

Cats in the Cradle- by a faci

Cats in the cradle


Hello Class,

Over the years, each of us would have listen to many songs. Songs act as milestone in our life, listening to it evokes emotion like some scent. Songs sometimes are teachers in disguise, if we stop and wonder and listen to its hidden meaning. The song can send different messages to different people or the same person, the same song may send different message each time we listen to it again.

"Cats in the cradle and the silver spoon" is one of those song for me. Each time I stop and listen to it, it share a different message/lesson.

Like an onion, one can analyse and peel the song and it has so many meanings. To some, it is about a father and a son. To another, it is a reminder to spend time with love one. Then again some one said it is a wake up call.

While the song was written in US, in the 70s, it is becoming more and more pertinent in our self achievement oriented. In one of my job, one of my colleague was nicknamed "Father Christmas". He fly so much in his position, his family don't get to see him (for more than 2-3 days at a time) except during Christmas.

When I first heard of this song (on the radio, yes normal radio, not internet radio that one can wind it back instantly), somehow it stop me in my track. I did not hear in again until sometime later. I realised I have to be careful on the amount of time spent flying on business and not seeing my kids. Ultimately, it lead me to quit corporate life. (and hey, I have not recover the TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE, I used to get, so, stop for a moment and send me donation via Paypal, hehehehe)


The underlying message could also be : spend time doing what is important and not urgent. As you attend class each day, ask : what is important and what is urgent?. Putting slides together is urgent, but the discussion, researching, thinking, analysis is important and where most of the learning take place.

There are just too many dimensions in the song to analyse fully. I shall stop here. If you like the song, listen to also "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar - a much simpler, one dimension song. Listen to the Tagalog version first (to feel the soul) and then to the English version to understand.

PS : Freddie sing live(once a week) in Manila at the Hobbit House- a kind of a pub. Try to catch him live.

And if you have similar song (those that touches you), do share with me. DON"T BE LAZY. You don't need an account to comment. Just post a comment on the right. You can send anon comment too.

Cats in the Cradle- by a student.

Hi Class, this is one creative RJ done by one of my student.
Used with permission. Lightly edited.
Have fun reading.

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This is STUDENTS IN WXXC

My students arrived just the other day
come to RP in the usual way
but there were meetings and lunch to catch
and grades to grade
they solve the problem while I was away
they were presenting for a minute
and as they learnt
they say they gonna be like you Faci
you know they gonna be like you

And the student in the RP
and the lap top
little student blue and the
faci in the school
When you go home student
i don't know when
we'll get together then
you know we'll have
a good time then

Well my student had graduated
just the other day
he said thanks for the knowledge faci
come on let's learn
can you teach me on enterprise
I said not today-I got a lot to do
They said that's ok.
and they walked away and they
smiled and they said
you know we'll gonna be like him yeah
you know we'll be like him

And the students in WXXC...

Well he came from uni
just the other day
so much like a man I just had to say
Im proud of you could you
sit for awile
they shook their head
and they said with a smile
what I'd really like faci
is to borrow the money
see you later can I have them please

And the students in WXXC...

I've long since retired
my student's go away
I called them up just the other day
they said
we love to faci
if i could find the time
you see my new job's hassle
and the kids have flu
but it's sure nice talking to you faci
and as i hung up the phone
It occurred to me

They'd grown up just like me
my students were just like me

And the students in WXXC...
And students in WXXC...

What is Corporate governance?

Hi Class,

check this out, good and brief intro to CG.

Only 7 minutes, but you will gain tons of info.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jV0AUjx6Ik

Leave a comment- Pleeeeeeeeeeease, like you find such link good, hate it, waste of time. etc etc.

Corporate governance - interesting topic - too much we get to touch it on the surface only.

The value of money is inversely proportionate to its volume.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXY1wat-5vkWsAMIxGubSYQ1utSYCUj5B-1i71n9f2W7o9s6JZSYqHAs7IZXeaJc2_Fd8ajO1ceWC1FLMn3BmES_Na0b6dYvBD_rVDI-38ETWl-PHfPnHtegfg2bUhrGkxC7QZp5ko04/s1600-h/msoft-book-philan.BMP

Class, I find this inspiring, and it is my dream to continously start social entrepenuer projects, that ADD value to people life.

from Newsweek, April XX.

Singapore getting hotter

Hi Class, in lesson 14, we discuss about corporate social responsibilities. One of the cause is global warming and climatic change and what activists and corporates do to mitigate these effects. Attached article is about climatic change in Singapore.

NUS - HRM - human resource is a critical factor

The Straits Times, 1 December 2008

New NUS head to focus on people
His key priority: Develop, recruit and retain talented faculty and students
By Jane Ng
		Prof Tan hopes to create 'a dynamic intellectual community in NUS'. -- ST PHOTO: ALAN LIM

THE new president of the National University of Singapore (NUS) plans to make the recruitment and retention of faculty and students his key priority.

Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, 49, who takes over the reins from Professor Shih Choon Fong today, said his focus would be on people because they made up the university.

'We will have a singular focus on developing, recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty and staff, because only with them can we excel in education, high-impact research and service,' he said in an interview last week on his priorities in the coming year.

He wants to lay at the feet of the teaching faculty the opportunities to pursue unconventional research ideas with potential for breakthroughs. They will also get more professional development support to innovate and excel.

A strategic recruitment committee will root out and recruit top-rate faculty in specific areas so the university can trace 'new pathways to distinction in both research and teaching'.

NUS will release more details next month.

Prof Tan has been its acting president since Aug 15; between 2004 and last year, he was its provost and deputy president, and then its senior deputy president.

A renal physician, he joined the Department of Medicine in 1987 and became NUS' youngest dean 10 years later at 38.

In 2000, he was seconded to the Health Ministry as director of medical services, before returning to NUS as deputy president and provost four years later.

He was identified as the new president when news broke earlier this year that Prof Shih would be joining the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, as its founding president.

In his second tour at NUS, Prof Tan plans to spend more time with students, staff and alumni.

He also intends to strengthen the university's collaborations with partner universities overseas, which will open up learning opportunities for the students.

He said: 'Students are the heart of our university, so our responsibility is to equip and challenge them to rise beyond themselves... and grow intellectually and as individuals.'

Asked what he hopes to achieve during his term as president, he said: 'I would like to create a dynamic intellectual community in NUS, powered by highly talented faculty, staff, students and alumni, with a culture that fiercely values excellence.'

He added that he wanted to 'steepen NUS' trajectory of development' by building on its impact and reputation to make it a leading global university and 'a thought-leader' in Asia.

The chairman of the NUS Board of Trustees, Mr Wong Ngit Liong, said: 'It is our university's good fortune to find a visionary leader in Chorh Chuan and to have the continuing benefit of his talents and leadership.'