Oct
06
正巧今天在家吃western medicine养病，在ST上看到一则由kishore mahbubani教授所写的一则名为”take holistic approach to public policy”的专栏，内容主要借western medicine来比喻我国在50年内取得骄人的成就，其实就是因为我们有各种措施能对症下药，同西药般的有效，能头痛医头，脚痛医脚（去除贬义）。但是国家若要更进步，或许是时候带入中医的方法，将整个行政体制视作一个共通holistic的系统进行，吃中药使各部分互相协调运作。
我觉得这段话是最一针见血的：
“when we do a holistic analysis (of our public policies), we have to factor in non-material considerations of ethics and values, as well as social considerations. simply relying
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Oct
02
learnt this 2 days ago while i caught on juniors’ virus and turned seriously ill
“an empty mind makes a loose mouth; a weak mind makes a jealous heart”
reflected the emptiness and weakness of many pple around us. must …
Aug
31
first of september marks teachers’ day in singapore. teachers’ day may not fall on the 1st any more from 2012 onwards cos it was recently announced (ref. ST’s Eisen Teo’s “Teachers’ and Children’s days to fall on Fridays from 2011″) …
May
15
chanced upon this TED video featuring Benjamin Zander while browsing junior’s teacher’s site. it was (cant recall the exact years) back when he was invited to talk about “The Art of Possibility” to 5000 Singapore teachers in the Singapore …
Feb
20
today is one of the happiest day of the year （最开心的日子）, where ex-students gather at our place, to meet up with their 老teacher, as well as with each other 
all of us have clocked several years since the schooldays, and …