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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

People do make mistakes as we are humans after all. But in Singapore context, one mistake is all you need to get condemned. Take the case of the general manager of Parkway Healthcare Foundation who has three Masters and one PhD, she was convicted and got sentenced to 13 months in prison for cheating various charities of $5,760. It really makes people wonder why would she resort to cheating for such meagre amount when she is earning big bucks as a general manager at the higher management level. It was reported that she exploited the trust of the directors and also the weak internal controls in the organisation to her advantage.

I would seriously love to find out if any employers out there will be willing to hire her again after she had served her sentence. Of course, there is the yellow ribbon shit, but come on man, which employer will be willing to take the risk and hire her? Can anybody guarantee that she will not commit undesirable acts towards the company in the future? Even if she does get rehired, probably they will assign her with work that is of least importance which doesn't involve any money. When your integrity is in doubt, you can forget about climbing up the corporate ladder.

As people say, "You can do a million good things, but all it takes is just ONE bad thing and your future is gone." How many times do people remember those good/kind acts that you do? Even as friends, they will only remember those ugly stuffs you do but overlook the gazillions good things you did for them. And that, is the ugly truth. =)

The same goes for relationship isn't it? When you were with your ex ,do you remember more of those bad/ugly or those sweet/loving moments? It's human nature to behave/think this way right? Lousy boyfriends/girlfriends are dumped and forgotten but some other people might be willing to give them a chance.

At least they might turn over a new leaf with a new partner and start everything anew since the new partner would be kept in the dark due to "asymmetric information". And in PBF we learnt that "asymmetric information" will lead to "adverse selection". In layman terms, it meant choosing a "bad" partner due to lack of information about him/her. Applying this concept to relationships, it would also meant that "good" partners will be taken and what is left are all "bad" partners(unwanted). Damn nice analogy there right? But we all know there will be "gems" out there waiting to be discovered and treasured, and how we can find a piece of "gem" will be left to fate. =)

I wish for all the best for relationships among my friends/study gang. Hope you all can treasure your Significant Other well and for those without a SO, there will always a "gem" out there especially for you. So don't worry too much. =)

PS. I know my birthday is coming, but I am not one bit excited about it leh. Why ah? Is it because I have celebrated too many of them until I m like quite sian of it? HAHA!!

karl mooed at : 1:00 AM