Finding a Fit for Life's Funcʃions
Sweden is the chocolate factory for the modern developed world. Whenever our problems need an outlet, we crave for more endorphins. We look for the handy jar of Swedes. It was the case with education, free and rote-free. So it is now, with the 6-hour workday making the rounds on the Internet, even if...
Money is burdensome. As Karl Marx lectured, “wage is but a necessary consequence of labor’s estrangement”. Money is what we deserve for hours x hours of unsatisfying work. But extra money is different. Extra money is a bonus we are not entitled to receive. Extra money is a guilty pleasure we derive for getting more...
In my teenage years, I loved scouring collections of Dilbert comics. The characters were so implausible it was amusing. Till I realized that they were perfectly believable in real life – what a shock! One character, Asok, puzzled me though, because I didn’t know what an “intern” was, and why he...
Note 1: Originally published on May 31, 2013 Note 2: The afterword is (al)ready. A peculiar thing happened. I dreamt… of the day I ORD. Few details still stay with me, but while I shook the hands of ma’ams without making eye contact – whether out of habit or shyness – there...
Note: Originally published on Oct 20, 2012 Earlier this week, we were shown an episode of Every Singaporean Son II as part of a monthly gathering. A lad hugs his mum, bids her goodbye and then leaves with his dad to report for his first day in OCS. The dad...
Note: Originally published on Sep 21, 2012 When you are at work, and you have no work to do, what will you do? Find or ask for work to do? Act like you are doing work? Sit at your desk and stone? Read, surf the Net and chat?
