I have come a long way since I first joined Facebook some four years ago. People who have “:liked” my page have ballooned to over 1.5 million and I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to their views and interacting with them. Taken from my FB posting on 26 Jan 2017:
Selected followers’ comments:
Andrew KH Hoo: The future businesses lies with Internet Of Things said Jack Ma of AliBaba. We cannot live without internet and it was through FB and smartphone that I’d managed to linked up over 40 friends of year 1966 in Std 1. Unlike the golden old old days, we have to meet in person and gossip to know each other better. In today’s era, we can chat via smartphone from any corner of the globe and to stay connected has never been any easier. Wishing Everyone A Blessed Holidays and for our Chinese friends Gong Ci Fatt Cai.
Andrew Chan: Progressive n high-achievers always set a new milestone as long as he/she lives ! My new milestone is that God bless me with many grand children, my eldest son takes over the family business n travelling round this wonderful, beautiful wide world with my lovely wife before He calls us back. Cheers, stay happy n healthy n may the New Year of the Rooster brings abundant blessings n happiness.
Christopher Tan: As far as I am concerned, your postings are part of my daily diet. I consume them for inspiration in a world so impersonal and competitive out there. Thanks and keep going, to help us to keep going too!
Below are my other FB postings between 23 Jan 2017 and 29 Jan 2017
23 Jan 2017
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Teh Lawrence: Tan Sri, PISA cannot be anything but a success story given your business acumen. Malaysians are starved of options in this country. There are of course many existing educational set ups that show what you must NOT follow- compromising on quality to achieve quantity. This is self deception. Much has been said of a graduate who is an equivalent of an overseas high school dropout .
All the best Tan Sri & the A team!
Frankie David Chieng: Let PISA be an icon for Malaysian Higher Learning Institution in AUSTRALIA. An outstanding example of how educational system should be .With good management team and 1st class hardware and software let PISA be a bright star.
Muhammad Aqil Deraman: Tan Sri, you must thank the Malaysian government, especially successive Education Ministers who keep changing our education policies to the point it drove many parents to leave the system. Many have given up and now send their kids to international schools, despite the expensive fees.
24 Jan 2017
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Krizian Lim: I didn’t know my old neighbor well. We didn’t see each other often and we seldom talk.
My current neighborhood is more friendly. We have an”official” WhatsApp chat group to keep us posted on what’s happening. The chat group is not big. Just a sub-group of the neighborhood of the same street.
I chat a lot with my immediate neighbour. He is a retiree with his wisdom to share. Often, my husband and I take a stroll after dinner within our gated community, which is a norm that practiced by others too.
They may not be close as our family, I think getting close to a few of them make us feel more at home, in a bigger home aka the environment that we live in.
Patricia Cynthia Wong Wong: I got great neighbours. We have been living here for than 25 years. I watch my neighbours’ children grow up and now seeing the grand children too.
One of my neighbours bless everyone with his rambutans, musang durians, fruits and veggies. Another neighbour is an expert in electrical everything. He can fix everything for free.
We watch over each other and I have the best neighbours.
Kc Lim: In urban areas, people are more private in nature. They are less prone to idle gossips that make life interesting for rural folks. They are busy with their own endeavours and try not to be nosey and busy bodies or appearing into the private lives of others. Such mutual behaviour give rise to less intimacy and less communication. However, I am sure in situations of dire emergencies, they will rise to the occasions.
25 Jan 2017
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Su Kiang Heng: Good morning TSCH, life is unpredictable be it personal life or career. Continuous improvement/ performance to stay on top of the game prepared ourself to survive during the rough ride. We need to have Boxer Spirit to stand up after KO.
Cherie Tan: Matching quotes for your article 🙂
1) No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. – Heraclitus
2) A river does not turn around discouraged upon reaching an obstacle. It instead finds a new path to keep moving in the same direction. – Unknown
Shenna Dot: Thanks for your daily reminder on how to stay inspired and motivated we go about our lives and work. I wil now look at my office’s fish tank with a different perspective.
27 Jan 2017
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Tay Cheow Hwang:
TALL, ROUNDED OR PLUMB
Women can appear,
In many body shapes,
Appealing to senses,
Of men on the street;
Men can appreciate,
In many good faces,
Attracting to lenses,
Of women on their feet;
Women are tall,
Men then feel threatened,
Women is rounded,
Men then deals with confidence;
Women are plumb,
Men then feel pressure,
Women is blunt,
Men then handle with pleasure;
Geometry has our emotionality,
We feel good,
As if we’re good to see,
What we like to see;
Emotionality has our rationality,
We deal it right,
As if we can hold our pride,
From what we’re to derive.
Philip Lim: Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and that includes plumpness.
28 Jan 2017
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Aaron Yap: Yes indeed to me a CNY is not a just a celebration but more to a closing year of our own report card whereby we get to see , analyse and look back on our yearly performance and things which we hv missed and area we hv failed… Every New Year bring lots of meanings to a great start ahead… Happy Chinese new year everyone..
Rodjeanall Tinjan: “Sometimes an area of our life has gone off track and we need to wipe the slate clean and do a reboot”
-Clement Hii
Definitely true, Sir. In life there were so many areas that needs to be cleaned and reboot, from time to time, its better and effective to start from the smallest issue to the biggest. So that the pain will be lighter and lighter till the biggest and the hardest, without any major crisis in our daily lifes. Cheers, another wonderful Saturday, ‘Happy Chinese New Year’ and prosperity in the year of Chicken.
Andrew Chan: Tan Sri, ” Wishing you and family a great prosperous Year of the Rooster.” It’s another year which will be full of challenges n for those with wisdom n foresight, this is the year of harvest too esp in the acquisition of properties in prime locations at a great discount. This goes too with new properties as lots of freebies n discounts will be given to attract buyers in a challenging economic enviroment. Politically, M’sians just might see the eventual bright light at the end of the dark turnel n a new birth for democracy n economic recovery bringing our beloved nation back to the glory days. Cheers n ” Happy Prosperous CNY ” to all. The Year of the Rooster brings health, wealth, peace and hope.
29 Jan 2017
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Roger Tang: The lion dance is a Chinese Culture and is part & parcel of Chinese New Year celebrations. The much noise they make is supposed to chase away evil spirits. I don’t mind the noise because this is only performed once a year (from 1st Day to 15 th Day of CNY) or at times at official Chinese functions, and mind you, these troupes have to obtain permits from the authorities to perform.
Linda Cheung: I wish life is that simple and our problems are that simple to resolve… like creating loud noice to chase away bad luck and problems.
Christopher Tan: I am sure you call in the lion dancers for all your companies to chase away bad luck and evil people? No businesses need bad luck!