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Hindsight
-Guy Kawasaki
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown
is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
-Bertrand Russell
Wear sunscreen
-Mary Schmich
Man was given an imagination to compensate for what he isn't;
a sense of humour to console him for what he is.
- Francis Bacon
Leisure
-W.H. Davies
Not all those that wander are lost.
-J.R.R. Tolkein
Life is a tragedy for those who feel,
and a comedy for those who think.
-Jean de La Bruyère
The average person thinks he isn't.
-Father Larry Lorenzoni
Computers are useless.
They can only give you answers.
-Pablo Picasso
Become who you are.
-Nietzshe
Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
-Frank Tyger
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
-Anon
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rambling in singapore
When I visit Singapore briefly, taxi drivers are some of the most interesting people I meet. A lot of them love to talk, and expound on life, the universe, and what (and why) the government is up to. And not in that same order. Ran into an interesting few during the day - from the one who is already buying land in Malaysia to go retire there - to the one who wants the Government to fire the SIA pilots protesting wage cuts as the economy falters. Back in the year 2000, taxi drivers were a more fun crowd - the economy was bubbling, and taxi drivers were trying to sell the visiting populace on the wisdom and foresight of the Singapore government...
Singapore still exhibits some of the most pragmatic governance; the law and the control is almost draconian - but the execution and implementation is typically "wise" and "just". Of course, having 97% of parliament makes it easy to not be tempted into populist moves!
Wandering through the streets of Singapore sometimes makes me nostalgic, and wonder what I've traded up to live in the land of biryani. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to explore every darn one of those parallel universes?
Packing again - to head out for the flight to San Francisco.
6:30 PM
Saturday, November 29, 2003
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