www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

The problem with big shopping centres is that you don't have time to cover the entire place at one go, even after several times as you may be there for a certain occasion only. From Mah Boon Krong in Bangkok to giant malls in Malaysia or Nex at Serangoon and Vivo City in Singapore. Since we were early, why not take walk at the roof top and see what beckons. A cloudy day means a cooler walk but you won't get great lighting.  A decor which is synonymous with the facade of the building. The curves continue at the children's playground. Cable cars from a distance.  I decided to do some exercise routine. Sometimes we need to look at things from an upside down position to have a good perspective. Or even from downside up. A lovely harbour view befitting the intention of the planners. With Sentosa and RWS in the background. Bread and butter of a nation - quay cranes at the nearby port. Land transport to Sento...

Everybody at one time or another complained about their bosses as good bosses and really great leaders are a rare breed. Most people when they become bosses are blind to their own faults. So you get people getting their maids or domestic helpers to wash their cars, some during weekends, some actually have a few cars and others have to have their cars washed  twice a day - before they left for work and after they returned, sometimes late into the night. Then we have people obsessed with clean and clear windows yet their Microsoft version are cluttered and dirty. How many more maids need to fall to their death before something is done? Can the Ministry introduce some laws and enforce them? Can employers do something on their own rather than always waiting for the Government to lead? Can the Town Councils or Estate Management do some periodical cleaning of the facade? I am going to invent "Windows 101" that can slide inwards so that you can do the cleaning inside. When this ...

If we look carefully at the human race, our behaviour can be quite often reflected in the animal kingdom. In fact, some human behaviour are so atrocious that it can be worse than animals. Such animosity resides in us because it is in the nature of Man. The only difference is that Man is supposed to be superior because we have a mind that can control things and behaviour through thought processes and is capable of feeling and therefore can decide to curb the animal instinct inside of us such as what we think, say or do.  We can never swing from tree to tree like an ape, leap high like a gazelle, sprint like a cheetah, ram like a rhinoceros, swallow like a hippopotamus, kick like a zebra, kill like a tiger, hunt like a lion or scavenge like a hyena. We don't even know why an elephant ran up a hill only to realise later that a tsunami is coming. In other words, our minds are superior to all other strengths and instincts. If one does not train his mind to be the...