Meaningful Living

Came across something interesting from a TV program. The rice plant is one of the most successful plant species on earth, because man's successful cultivation of rice ensures the rice survival as a species.  The rice plants hence do not need to compete with other plant species for space and nutrients, because all these are taken care of by human beings.  On top of that, humans develop better rice varieties that are drought/pest resistant etc.  This can be said of many other plant species that human beings consume too. What about animals?  Using the same thinking, many animals also ensured their survival as a species by being useful to the humans, like the chicken.  The chicken will not be hunted to extinction by predators. They are propagated by human beings in a safe environment, and chicks being hatched and raised in assisted methods.  This ensures their survival as a species. But the question that I keep asking myself is, would you consider your species ...

I am not an expert in this area.  Captured here are just things I learned over the years, from conversations with CEOs and Design Directors over the course of my work, as well as from other learning. DO's 1.  Do your research on the company beforehand.  Understand and be familiar with their objective and philosophy, operations and products. 2.  Dress appropriately .  Be punctual. 3.  Greet.  Smile .  4.  Show interests in the Organisation (through your questions about their operations, outreach program etc), instead of negotiating for salary or work benefits straight away.  It is about how you can contribute to them, instead of how they can reward you.  But yes, you can negotiate the salary towards the end of the interview, when more or less you know you have a good chance of getting the job. 5.  Push the chair back in before you take your leave.  Thank the interviewers for their time. DON'Ts 1.    Do not spe...

There has been a lot of talks on climate change lately.  This post is to summarise some of the things we as individuals need to know/do to save the environment and hopefully, indirectly slows down climate change. Reduce-Reuse-Recycle Reducing is a more effective strategy than reusing and recycling , because when we reduce the use of say, plastic materials, then we have less plastic materials to reuse or recycle. Many years ago, there was a school doing a recycling project.  They built some artistic structures using used plastic and aluminum bottles/containers.  By having such an activity, some children may inadvertently buy more such items, in order to bring the containers to school for the project.  At the same time, in my opinion, reusing such items do not solve the problem.  It only delayed the problem.  Because many years later, they would still need to dispose of the structures. Examples of things we can do: 1.   Reduce the need for single-us...