I was at Singapore Polytechnic yesterday at 3pm to give a talk on the Vietnam market.
I must say it was a nice experience and a fruitful trip. I procrastinated on my slides as i've only started working on it the night before from 10pm till 3am in the morning. Well for a 5 hours effort, i reckon i did a good job putting the fundamentals together,with nice photos and all.
Roger, who was the lecturer with International Business school was kind enough to invite me for a talk. "don't worry, just share your experience as a regional marketing manager. tell them about the nice experience you had in vietnam', he said. The truth is - my experience in vietnam have been really awesome, apart from my first trip which i was robbed. I am serious. And at knife point.
Will tell you more if you meet me in person.
Anyway, those are good memories. I always think the nicest thing one can experience as a person is when you travel. I have the luxury of extensive traveling in the course of my 9 years career working for a number of reputable companies. I have made nice and true friends from India, Vietnam and also US. Those experiences were great - driving in Delhi, getting robbed in Vietnam, meeting corrupted authorities from Bangladesh, Dhaka, All bizzare but they really made me who i am as a person.
Back to the lecture - I guess, & hope the students benefitted from my talk. I just wanted to share how one can learn great things when they are overseas. As Singaporeans, I believe we been too sheltered to the point we get fixated over certain perceptions which are not essentially the realities & truths. We need to constantly push frontiers and expose ourselves to deeper dimensions, and experience new things & arenas that are more uplifting and edifying.
Well to the students from Singapore Poly, thank you for your kind attention. You guys were great! I hope i had made a slight difference to your life.
Live your dreams and pursue them. No second guessing, don't look back and just go for it!
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