CyberWellness Weekend – 5 July 2009
August 9th, 2009 DaleJust a cross-post from fairfieldcam.com, where I help out too.
sans dieu rien
CAM Production : What’s up with the family?
May 11th, 2009 Dale
What’s up with the family skit by CAM, FFMC – As usual, click photo for the gallery!
We’re engaged!
September 15th, 2008 Dale(for want of a better title)For those who know… here are the photos… for those who don’t, well, now you know =)
Click View full size to comment on Flickr. If not, leave comments here, I suppose …
 
Crazy day at Disneyland
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MAS TO batch of 2008
August 9th, 2008 DaleBleah. Wish I had more opportunities to shoot this bunch …
(click on photos for gallery)
Weeeeeeeee……
(Teambuilding 2008 on Bintan)
Just. Yandi.
(MAS National Day Celebrations Rehearsals)
WSCS Choir…
May 25th, 2008 DaleBrought camera to church today as usual …
Just wanted to share a nice shot of women’s choir singing with the cross in the backdrop …
Moonshot II
May 23rd, 2008 Dale
Moonshot II
A second try at taking photos of the moon … this time with my D80 and a 200mm (300mm efl) lens…
On Singaporeans and work.
February 28th, 2008 DaleI find it odd that Singaporeans can tolerate so many hours in the workplace, working on projects that bring them nothing more than the promise of a bigger paycheck and a possible promotion.
At the moment, neither of those are terribly attractive to me as the former requires me to continue working to claim on the larger paycheck, and the latter normally brings about more responsibilities (and therefore, work).
What happened to real self-development? Not all work brings personal growth. Some benefit yourself, some benefits the wider community. But if you don’t serve either party, then it doesn’t make sense.
I’d like to be clear in saying that working hard is not a bad thing. However, that extra effort needs to be productive, and it needs to mean something. If the effort isn’t beneficial to anyone except one’s employer (in which case the shareholders and business owners benefit) , then one should seriously reconsider their actions.
To simplify matters, consider all costs, and then consider all benefits, then weight them against each other. Don’t forget to factor in the externalities. Then with that complete picture in mind, assess your current situation.
For example, putting in 2 extra hours of work every weeknight may bring you a 10% wage increase at the end of the year, but it comes at an extra cost of about 400 hours of work a year. Mind you, you’d still need to work more, at a possibly increased pace to earn that extra 10%. That 400 hours could have been spent with your family, developing a hobby (perhaps into a business), or the cost may be taken out of more essential needs, like sleep, exercise, doing laundry, etc. Part of your cost is also incurred elsewhere – your kids may see you less, your spouse may spend more time alone, your church could have done with some help organizing a camp.
Personally, I just think that the balance is seriously skewed for the average Singaporean white collar worker.
Turn me on!
February 2nd, 2008 DaleI was at IKEA Tampines today … they really know how to push my buttons!
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End of last exam
November 20th, 2007 DaleI just finished my last uni exam ever (hopefully). ’twas a 3 hour regulatory exam, where I had to write enough to make even my secondary school geography teacher proud (geography at O’levels seems to be notorious for that.)
Oddly enough, at the end of 10 whole semesters of exams, I feel … nothing.
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