I woke up at 5.00am and could not sleep again. My mind was very active and want to share my yesterday's experience with you , folks. Life have been hectic for me during the last few days due to work.
I had a lunch yesterday with a friend , KH who is a motivation speaker together with my colleagues. He have written several books . Friction and real life stories and his special subject is the Art of War , Sun Tze. This subject is based on SunTze's war tactics and strategy and it has been adapted and convert into business strategies for Companies to compete against each other. There is a saying " business is like fighting a war ". The philosophy and strategies are quite logical and meaningful. It can also be used in managing our life. There is a very famous strategy which says " knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, will win you thousand battles". It is really very simple if you think about it. If you know your enemy's and your own strength and weakness , you can use your strong points to attack his weak points and of course, you will always win. This is logical , isn't it? Ok, this is not about SunTze, the Great General in my message. We have talk about other things as well during the lunch.
I asked him how has he been ? He told me that he is still grieving for his wife and hope to join her soon. He qoute the example of KY Lee, the senior minister in Singapore , who has lost his wife last year and accepting that this is part of life. However close the relationship we have and however import we are, one day , we all will die. This is life. We have to learn to let go. One of my colleague, R says that Sai Baba, who performs so many miracles and have blessed so many millions of people , also cannot escape death finally. The spiritual guru now is very sick.
KH also mentioned that Buddha, the Great Teacher also died at his early eighties after eating a rotten meat given by one of his followers. Buddha , knew that his time is up and summon his disciples to tell them not to worship him but to spread his teaching before he eat the rotten meat and fell ill and die. This Great teacher , have passed down a great philosophy and way of living.
The next thing we talk about is about Malaysian politics and the various scandals in Malaysia. The exchange of views was quite fun and entertaining. KH, being an eloquent speaker talked about his encounters with the China dolls. He said that the China dolls is aiming for executives who is near their retiring age . For example ,53 or 54. They will target them and will be very nice and loving to their targets so that after their retirement, they could get a share of their retirement benefits. These scheme is on-going and many retirees are con off their life savings. KH have a similar encounter and was a target by some China dolls who aims for a lion share of his EPF. He also mentioned that now , the Vietnamese dolls are also competing for a fair share of the business.
I told him that during one my trip to Bangladesh , I saw an old man with a young Chinese girl at the airport and the girl stick to the man like a leech, pulling the man's facial hair and holding on lovingly to the man. At one look, I recognized that she is a China doll. It is so shameless for these China dolls , who can behave in this manner at a public place. Shameful dolls.
During the lunch, we have share a lot on our experience and we depart with a feeling that we have a good time together. I look forward to seeing KH in the future and hope that he find his inner peace soon.
Namaste.
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