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A lesson to learn

In the experiment above, the new set of monkeys might not have any idea what was happening when they beat the monkey for climbing the ladder. In actual life, there are also many such examples that exhibit such behaviours.

People always say we should learn from past mistakes. That's why people study history - to learn from the experience of past events and people. So that we don't ever commit the same mistakes. This has never been my strong subject. I learn about wars between countries and this really didn't need a history teacher to tell me that violence doesn't solve anything. There ain't any child who is such a saint that he has never resorted to violence. That's where you educate the child on violence. If you don't teach your child there and then, no number of history teacher will be able to help in future.

Last week, I planned to make the CNY goodie - the small little popiah with chilli shrimps inside, because mum just happened to fried some of those chilli shrimps. One of my mum's friends came visiting, and my mum told her my plans about making that. She's a reasonably good cook and she happened to have made that before or something, told my mum that the chilli shrimps that we make cannot be put inside the popiah because it's too wet. So after you fry, the popiah will become soggy.

Being the bad history student that I was, I still went ahead with my plan, thinking that even if it turns out soggy, I still wanna take a look at what the failed product will look like. However, keeping the advice in mind, I took out some oil absorbent paper to squeeze out as much oil and moisture from the chilli shrimps as possible.

The popiah turns out:

Crispy.

Why resign

It's been 1.5 month since I left my previous employment. Before I left, many people came to ask me why I was leaving, what I was going to do after this? I had tried out a few ways to answer the questions:

1) Personal reason - I usually just told them it's for personal reasons and won't elaborate. It's supposed to be personal right? Only a few knows what the personal reason is though.

2) Health reasons - I didn't tell anyone this reason as my expected reaction from them was that I was young so this shouldn't be a concern. Well, this is supposed to be one of the reasons for my decision, since I feel my health has been deteriorating and I ought to take care of it. You don't wait till your health is bad before you take care of it. Prevention is better than cure.

3) Other plans - I have other plans and sometimes just explain a bit more if the person asking me probes, Of the different plans, it's interesting to also notice the reactions from people when you tell them different things:

i) Taxi driver - sounds like you already going into retirement job. My actual plan for this is to drive in the day and tutor and go into volunteer work in the afternoon for one year. We'll see how this work out.

ii) Hawker - Wow, what a different job as your current one. But it does sounds good because it's about starting a business. However, there will always be people who will try to dissuade you to do something. If you never try and easily get dissuaded by people, then it will be better to just keep this to yourself and put your head first into it. That way nothing can stop you.

iii) Tutor - This seems the most socially acceptable answer. People feels it's only natural to become a tutor. So nowadays, this will be the answer I give people when they do ask about while I had resigned. This is so I won't have to see the shocked face on people about something that actually concern me.

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Don't be dissuaded by people who feel you can't achieve your dream. Even if you fail, at least you fail trying. There will always be people who feel they can't do it and will persuade you that it's the same for you.

Another post of those with negative words

http://thoughtcatalog.com/kelly-bishop/2015/07/15-things-you-should-never-do-in-a-relationship/

How many of them are you guilty of?

Reactions of colleagues when they hear you are resigning

These are some reactions you will get when the news of your resignation is made known to your other co-workers.

Type 1: The try-all-means-and-ways to make you stay
This type is likely to be your buddy or partner in crime at work. Sitting beside you and complaining to you everyday. When you not around, they will have no one to complain to. So they try all means to make you stay.

Type 2: The I'm-gonna-do-it-too
This is the type where usually you wouldn't speak to but suddenly when they heard you're resigning, they come to you to wish you luck and ask you additional questions. "Hey, how was the talk with the boss like? Did she get angry when you ask her that? Can I borrow your resignation letter? 我已经算好了，明年一月去生孩子，放假四个月。在第三个月就交辞职信。刚好！"

Type 3: The I-also-want-to-leave-but-I-can't
Usually these are the old birds who think they are stuck with the job because they can't fly anymore. They will say they envy you can make this decision; they have got a family to feed etc.

Read: Can there be Innovation after 40?

Type 4: The well-wishers
Self-explanatory. People who know you better will wish more things.

Type 5: The debt-collector
This type comes after you because you still owe them some deadlines. They will come haunt you till you finally give them the goods.

Type 6: The co-llaborators
They hear that you are going to start your own business and check to see if you will want a business partner because they have been thinking of leaving but have done nothing about it.