Heading towards the dark and unknown ...
It's amazing, just look back, where were we 1 years back? It's not too long, for me, just 1.5 years back, everything was so rosy ... at least financially. Damn, got such great returns from all my investments that I've started to build my little nest egg!
And when I looked at the economy, I was thinking and telling people ... "what the F, I dunno how we are going to see a downturn in the next few years! Things are so rosy and we have so many new developement in the country coming up!"
Back to present, I guess I need not say much, banks have folded, insurance giants dawrfed! My nest egg reduced by nearly 70%!! Damn ... stocks, unit trust, funds or currency ...name it, all my investments are now in red! I'm rather amazed by my own mental strength and composure though ... what to do? Dun think too much lah! One TOTO strike will win back everything! hahhah!
Yesterday while I was at Maju CAMP failing my IPPT, something really hit me hard, while probably there's not more than 300 taking the test, there're probably hundreds more taking RT! Nevermind that, while I stand there drinking my can drink(after failing my run! haha!) I saw this poor PTI standing in the hot sun, encouraging this group of RT trainees some running hard some jogging. Then come the best show of it all, what follows is a damn big group, probably 70-80% of the total RT strength ... walking, chatting and laughing with their kakis ... I might possibly have done that a few years back while in service ... maybe, but honestly I've never done that despite my numerous RT session back in service.
Perhaps it's the sheer number of the walking group that stunned me, it's disappointing, I stooded still for the next 10 mins to witness this group walking past me, THOU shall not judge, I dare not, but what came across my mind, these are the people we are calling upon to fight for our survival? And what's the working attitude of these group of youngster(yes, probably more than half of them are under 30yrs!) back in their job? Is that why we are dropping in job efficiency?
I can't describe in words my thoughts and feeling ... those who has a chance, have a drink after you've taken your IPPT and feel it for yourselves.
Bright side of it, put in a little effort and you will be the forerunners of these group, a little more effort and you are out of this group. I'm not critisizing anyone in RT(please I'm a regular customer back in service time hor! haha!) I'm just using this as an analogy for our today's economic situation and society.
God bless us all with peace, let us appreciate our blessing.
posted by Poseidon @ 11:11 AM
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