Comments on: CrossRoads of Life — Do People Die There? http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/ An online community engineer coping with the social media explosion Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Jes http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-265 Jes Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:17:39 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-265 I would say that's a very inspiring article. Hmm...I've worked for a couple of years & never really sit down to brainstorm on what kind of life I really want. To me, is just a step at a time...^^ Well, the experience I gained thru out the years that I'm working has been worthwhile. The people I've met, the views we've exchanged...the survival kit that is required to continue my existence in this society. No doubt that i'm still uncertain on my future...but I'll follow where the river flows....^^ So what i wanna say is: Ganbatte!! You'll never know when you've tried!! ^^ I would say that’s a very inspiring article. Hmm…I’ve worked for a couple of years & never really sit down to brainstorm on what kind of life I really want. To me, is just a step at a time…^^

Well, the experience I gained thru out the years that I’m working has been worthwhile. The people I’ve met, the views we’ve exchanged…the survival kit that is required to continue my existence in this society.

No doubt that i’m still uncertain on my future…but I’ll follow where the river flows….^^

So what i wanna say is: Ganbatte!! You’ll never know when you’ve tried!! ^^

]]> By: suhao http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-269 suhao Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:45:56 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-269 Every time I get on a bus or train and look around, I feel almost exactly the same way that you've described in your blog. I don't know; I think sometimes I "pity" or feel sorry for them for working so blindly...but reality's harsh and perhaps they've tried but failed...not many people keep on trying despite failures...if everyone does that, the world'll be a very very different place by now... Every time I get on a bus or train and look around, I feel almost exactly the same way that you’ve described in your blog. I don’t know; I think sometimes I “pity” or feel sorry for them for working so blindly…but reality’s harsh and perhaps they’ve tried but failed…not many people keep on trying despite failures…if everyone does that, the world’ll be a very very different place by now…

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]]> By: claris_tan http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-268 claris_tan Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:57:11 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-268 Hi Bjorn, It seem that you will be facing the real reality of worklife soon. It's always good to work for corporate and experience it. Some may like and some may hate it. An advise is that if you are working in corporate, never to be critical of life and work, and even so, never to disclose your unhappiness to colleagues. Otherwise, it might just ruin a career. The corporate world is very much a different place from the "fun" university. The corporate is very much belong to ppl who tend to conform, "unhappy but must pretend to be both happy and enjoying" and executive "lead by words more than action but disconnected with execution". To climb the ladder is to chose side to belong to, and really, one really have to be a two-headed snake to really go far. and Yes, it's better to be dumb than to be smart most of the time. and yes, blogging about corporate life will "ruin it too" unless one say nice thing only in corporate life. This is so because corporate world is usually run by managers and executive having own agenda, and who want more power and $$$$, perks etc, and they definitely doesn't want ppl to stay in their way. However, still, it always good to experience it and see for yourself. Who knows, you may like it and just deprove what i say and may just treat my comment as a urban legend. cheers... Hi Bjorn,

It seem that you will be facing the real reality of worklife soon. It’s always good to work for corporate and experience it.

Some may like and some may hate it. An advise is that if you are working in corporate, never to be critical of life and work, and even so, never to disclose your unhappiness to colleagues. Otherwise, it might just ruin a career. The corporate world is very much a different place from the “fun” university. The corporate is very much belong to ppl who tend to conform, “unhappy but must pretend to be both happy and enjoying” and executive “lead by words more than action but disconnected with execution”. To climb the ladder is to chose side to belong to, and really, one really have to be a two-headed snake to really go far. and Yes, it’s better to be dumb than to be smart most of the time.

and yes, blogging about corporate life will “ruin it too” unless one say nice thing only in corporate life.

This is so because corporate world is usually run by managers and executive having own agenda, and who want more power and $$$$, perks etc, and they definitely doesn’t want ppl to stay in their way.

However, still, it always good to experience it and see for yourself. Who knows, you may like it and just deprove what i say and may just treat my comment as a urban legend.

cheers…

]]> By: Justin Lee http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-267 Justin Lee Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:45:55 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-267 Mr Life Counsellor, You might be interested in this: http://www.littlespeck.com/content/lifestyle/CTrendsLifestyle-060724.htm Singaporeans are: 1) Unhappiest in Asia 2) Poor in bed 3) Have no press freedom 4) Are Rude 5) Pruddish and Conservative (my add) 6) Not Very Innovative 7) Stupid (from Li Ao) How? Life sucks. Mr Life Counsellor,

You might be interested in this:

http://www.littlespeck.com/content/lifestyle/CTrendsLifestyle-060724.htm

Singaporeans are:

1) Unhappiest in Asia
2) Poor in bed
3) Have no press freedom
4) Are Rude
5) Pruddish and Conservative (my add)
6) Not Very Innovative
7) Stupid (from Li Ao)

How? Life sucks.

]]> By: BL http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-266 BL Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:42:30 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-266 Bjorn, Interesting thoughts u have. Not many young people think like you do. George Bernard Shaw once said, "Youth is wasted on the young." There is some wisdom to those words. Best regards, BL Bjorn,

Interesting thoughts u have. Not many young people think like you do. George Bernard Shaw once said, “Youth is wasted on the young.” There is some wisdom to those words.

Best regards,
BL

]]> By: Priscilla http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-264 Priscilla Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:05:25 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/07/26/crossroads-of-life-do-people-die-there/#comment-264 It's not that bad lah...now that I'm going back to school, I'm actually missing my work. :/ It’s not that bad lah…now that I’m going back to school, I’m actually missing my work. :/

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