Morally righteous = Politically capable ??

RE: SCDF commissioner suspended, CNB chief under investigation

RE: Public servants have moral authority to uphold: MPs & public

RE: MP Yaw Shin Leong expelled from WP, Hougang by-election

Bad news always come in a bundle.. Or at least ever since the election last May. Being a politician comes at a price; loss of privacy. Let us not even start the debate on whether the “extraordinary” salary that can help soften the fact on lost privacy; personal space. The recent arrest of the 2 top civil servants for corruption, not in monetary terms but maybe for kind return sparks a furore of debates and discussion online on moral capacity.

Can a person who is morally flawed capable to deliver high quality performance in his work? No. A couple of you would debate this point. Question is, can a person make sound judgment? If a person who is morally weak and is susceptible to external influences will continue make skewed or biased decision. Like it or not, once we human allow ourselves to be easily influenced emotionally, we make wrong choices. It is akin to buying things out of compulsiveness instead of doing one’s homework and has consideration before making the purchase is likely for one to end up buying things that is not required.  For politicians that have greater cascading effect by his daily decision, it makes it more important for him to be morally upright than anyone down the streets.  I applaud WP’s brave decision to take the brunt and face to public to remain accountable and transparent. 

US chapter drawing to a close soon…

Counting down to 17 Mar; the day I am back in sunny Singapore. The first half of my experience was filled much with a variety of experiential sharing, real-life examples, reality on retention, ever evolving doctrines of useful applications and most importantly professionalism. I had a pretty interesting start to the year with my family, sharing most joy, company, learning and experiencing living in a very different culture. And just about everything starts to fall into a routine of early PT days during weekdays and road trips out during the weekend, I am going home. I had enjoyed my time here and had learnt much from an experienced organisation that relied on orderly pragmatism to live another day.

Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentines’ Day to all.. May all married couples enjoy more blissful years and single will find their true love…

Quality Family time…

I had just realised I have spend more quality time with my family more than what I had since the birth of my elder daughter. What is this quality time that everyone have been talking about?  Before my trip here, I had always thought that I have given sufficient attention to my family; I had cared enough; I had spent enough time teaching my daughter the basics of language.  I am wrong.  I had spend more time at work than committing more effort to see my children grow.  Never had I spend enough effort to know my wife better, in fact I thought I had until now.  Never before I knew so much about my daughter, her ranting and her romantic side when she whisper lovely sweet nothings before I turn in for the night.  And now, I miss my Elissa, my youngest of the two daughters. Probably not the wisest choice to not bring her to US although I had spend hours discussing with my wife on how tough to bring her along as she just turn one; she would probably not remember anything anyway.  How I wish I could turn the clock.  Experience is something that cannot be replaced by any educational tools, just like how I knew Estella more.