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Sunday, May 29, 2011

郁闷云吞面

从小老妈就灌输没事就别去麻烦别人,所以我尽可能都亲厉亲为。不知是文化上的差距,还是性格作风有别,觉得最近常遇到一些让我觉得要求很多,甚至有时觉得咄咄逼人的人物。而且有些情况真是避也避不开。
我与几位友人都同意,当要求别人帮助时,必定要恭恭敬敬,尊重别人的意愿,觉得不能过分要求,让当事人决定要参与至什么程度。可是俗话说得好,一种米养百种人。我遇上的情况不能说得太详细,只能类似举例:
阿莲:阿花你去买饭,顺便帮我买。
阿花:好啊。
阿莲:我要吃云吞面。
阿花:云吞面今天没开。买别的行吗?
阿莲:路口那家小食店有卖,你去哪儿买吧。阿明也要吃,你也帮他买。
阿花:那好吧。
阿莲:我要干面,不要葱,不要叉烧,你看能不能换鸡丝,辣椒一点点。阿明要鱼粥。
阿花:小食店没鱼粥喔。
阿莲:对面的粥店有阿。姜丝另外包。还有,天气这么热,买两包芒果冰吧。
阿花:芒果冰店更远,买回来就融了。
阿莲:那你走快点哦。
阿花:  (无奈)就这样。
阿莲:云吞面最后才买,不然面软了就不好吃了。

本来只想到楼下买包饭,结果咧。。。类似情况,好好一个假期就这样成泡影,一切随人安排。早知道阿莲要吃路口的云吞面,阿花就不会答应“顺便”帮忙买饭,搞得好像玛丽亚,不然顺便帮你洗车吧?

人家说忍一时风平浪静,退一步海阔天空。可我忍了一时又一时,却只有一波未平一波又起,这天空也只有乌云密布。真是时候学习有技巧的说“不”。觉得好倒霉,不接那通电话不就没事了。就知道准没好事。一年就只有七,八天休假。第一次休假就这么不顺。唉。为什么世上有这么多“不自动”的人。。。

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Singapore Elections Humor: Chibi Aljunied


Friend of mine posted this. I have to say this is really good rendering, kudos to the guys who took time to bring us some humor. There's a bunch of creative elections drawings there, visit The Silent Majority of Singapore: Chibi Aljunied to see more. 

Emiliana Torrini - At Least It Was

A bit of music to get me through the afternoon.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Tin Pei Ling's Biggest Mistake Was Really....

...the lack of planning in social media management. 


There's been a lot of discontent ever since Ms Tin Pei Ling was fielded as the youngest candidate from PAP; and that famous "Kate Spade photo" circulating on the internet certainly didn't help with her popularity.


I do not dislike Tin Pei Ling although I think she's a weaker candidate compared to some others. I really don't think she is as stupid as most people think she is but I'm just not convinced that she really believes in what she says. In fact, I applaud any young person who is willing to step up and serve the people. If we take a step back and look at it, Ms Tin is not very different from the average Singaporean girl of the same age. Many of us do like to indulge in luxury goods when we can afford it. Just because she is running for elections doesn't mean she has to give up everything she likes.


Ms Tin's personal campaign went downhill even before it started, not that it would matter as long as her team achieves overall victory. Political views aside, I feel that a lot of things went wrong for her simply because of the lack of planning in social media management. 


What do I mean?


The landscape of political campaigning has definitely changed and while PAP had ample experience in traditional campaigning, they were not necessarily prepared to connect with the voters through social media. In my humble opinion, there are four things that Ms Tin and her team could have done better to avoid the fiasco:


Social media management should start before the election campaign.  Using social media is more than just putting up a profile. The PAP should have anticipated that voters would be searching for Ms Tin's information the moment she was introduced as a candidate. Therefore it is important to decide what kind of information to be made available and which is best kept private or deleted. Pictures of branded bags: best kept private. Pictures of candidate carrying a bag of groceries for grandma: display in public folder.


Keep private profiles....private. This is a no brainer, we heard it too many times but failed to heed the good old advice. As a political candidate, there will be people who love you, who hate you, and those who would love to dig dirt out of you before slinging the mud right back at you. Before going out to campaign, wouldn't it make sense to change your privacy settings to limit access to your private information?  


Content matters. It's been said that Kate Middleton's dress wasn't more elaborate because she was considerate of the tough economic times and did not want to appear too extravagant. As a political candidate, everything you put online represents you. While Singaporeans are complaining of the rising cost of living and disagreeing with the high ministerial salary, a picture of a future candidate holding a luxury item couldn't have come at a worse time. Pictures of branded bags: delete. Pictures of candidate eating at hawker center or taking MRT: put in public profile. Pictures of candidate carrying baby: Give me a break. 



Comments made on social media ARE taken seriously. The social media may not be an authoritative source like the mass media, but people do take comments seriously. As it is, eyebrows were raised over Tin Pei Ling's age and competency, and SM Goh Chok Tong had to rub it in with his tongue-in-cheek (or so he thought) comment that "Young Pei Ling has been traumatized" was counter productive. Thanks for confirming that she's young and can't handle setbacks, which brings us to wonder why you were promoting this candidate.