A statement that I found enlightening from the article.
“Working with senior and more experienced staff requires me to balance humility and stern leadership. Without humility, a young manager will come across as arrogant and haughty. If we are not assertive enough, there may be staff and performance issues.”
– Mr Chia Jingwei, branch manager, FairPrice Finest
This is in addition to the another statement that I also found enlightening a long time ago.
Today morning, I went for a run from my place to SAFRA Mount Faber. The distance was about 13 km. Did not really ran for that distance as body still not as fit as it used to be.
When I got there, I explored the place for a while. The place was nicely designed. While I was there, I also registered for the Sheares Bridge Run. The gang from training branch is going to run the 21 km so joining them on this run, need to register since I ORD by then.
31 more days to go. Can’t wait for the day to be here.
Well today is SAF day. Marking another year that SAF have been around.
This week alone, I have been in two parades. One was at Tekong and the other at SISPEC (School of Infantry Specialist).
Both parades were quite meaningful and gave me information about what the big shots want this coming year.
It would not have made much of a difference to me because I am going to ORD soon.
During the parade at SISPEC, CIO (Chief Infantry Officer) told us a story of a trainee of SISPEC and the brave thing that he did when a foreigner couple was robbed. This trainee chased down the robber and eventually captured him. And also after know the reason why the robber did what he did, he pleaded on his behalf to the couple to let him go. He also gave the robber what he had amounting to S$50. Then he just left after that just saying “glad to help”. This couple wrote to MINDEF a letter about this. And it is this letter that CIO read from.
About ORD, the date I leave is the eve of national day. I have been really looking forward to it, because it marks the end of my national service to this nation, and also the start of my 10 year cycle.
Well till the day I ORD.