Sunday 27 October 2019
Competence/talent put into wrong use...
A waste of her talent.
With her competence in influencing and manipulating others, she would do well in hardcore sales such as insurance, properties, etc.
Even politics.
And definitely be shepherd class if she chose to lead her own flock in prosperity religious cults...
Malaysian born claimed she's LKY granddaughter...
You know, those who run those illegal football/4D/Toto gambiling syndicates must have super high IQ and EQ.
Have to.
In normal corporate world, if you fail, the most just declare bankcrupt or lose your job.
In the criminal world, the worst is not you end up in jail... Its how not to get hacked to death by your competitors and those you stepped on while gaining market share.
High EQ definitely a minimum job requirement in staying alive.
Without high IQ, how to come up with those betting odds that favour the house?
Sometimes I do wonder where I would have ended up if I had gone over to the other side after leaving school at 16...
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I was a bookie runner when I was 8, helping my dad and his partner place bets with another bookie to hedge risks. The following year, he turned our shophouse into an illegal mahjong house and I became a F&B runner, buying food, drinks and even cigarettes for the gamblers.
ReplyDeleteI often wonder what I might have been in a parallel universe where I didn't do well in my studies and options are not so abundant.
I have my mum to thank, instilling in us the value of grit and not greed so my siblings and I didn't turn out to be lost causes. It was definitely more dignified to be a part time hawker assistant at my mum's stall than being whatever runner for my dad.
In the first 10 years of my life, I had witnessed my house being raided a few times, including twice by CNB - one on a tip off that my grandma had smuggled a 'block' of opium and another on our tenant who smoked opium in his room.
Interesting life I have, from third world to first world, my mini version of the Singapore story. Lol.
EY (I better don't write your name for this comment),
DeleteYou had a tougher childhood than mine. Compared to you, I was born with a silver spoon!
I'm on the oppsite side. During primary school, I was buying chap-ji-kee for grandma at the opposite provision shop, and 4D from the 10 storey neighbour upstairs.
In the 70s, many "enterprising" families" had to find creative ways to earn extra income - selling curry puffs, ice packets, do laundry for neigbours, etc.
That time, double-income families were rare.
Agree with you. Those of us who grew up in the 70s had a lot of interesting stories to tell looking back.
Especially when we realise the decisions we made (or didn't make) were the real drivers that led us to where we are today ;)
Hi SMOL,
DeleteHahaha. Should I wear a brown paper bag over my head? :P
If ever those self righteous folks want to identify me and whistle blow on my 'shady' past, they will have to go sell salted duck egg first to find my dad and grandma. With my fierce mum up against my dad, I was made to 'turn over a new leaf' when I was 10.
Oh wait.
Maybe never quite 'turned over'.
That 'shady' character is still much alive today, looking at how I have not kicked the habit of betting on speculative trades. Alliance Minerals (now known as Alita Res) has gone under like Ju-WRONG Tech. In between, I also had Ezra to count among the casualties. Lol. Luckily my position is quite small lah. Leopard never changes it spots and you now know where those genes came from. :P
By the way, my dad was a sub-contractor but he was more interested in gambling and earning quick bucks through short cuts than building his business which was doing not too badly. His friend in the same line caught the construction boom and bought a truck and landed property. He just continued to live his FIRE dream, loaning the truck from his friend and hiring odd job labourers for his projects. My bro gotto help him during school hol. I had a much better deal actually. He would bring me around to collect money and then pay his suppliers. Then I got to buy tidbits and toys. For my short stint side kick working as whatever runner job he assigned me, I was paid $10 for a session and I would then feed my piggy bank. Those were happy times if you ask me, from the eyes of a 8-9 year old. Lol.
EY,
DeleteYou are one cool girl :)
You know what?
I hope I have it in me to evolve from a trader today to a speculator one day.
That "shady" thing you call is also known as "bloodthirst" or "killer instinct" ;)
That's why I'm not with the CPF crowd; that's for herbivores.
Ah! The innosense of childhood! It takes so little to make us happy then.
Glad I still have not completely forgotten my 童真 :)
Crooks, snake oils and scammers are also talents
ReplyDeleteCW,
DeleteHave to.
If not how to make bei kambings part with their wool, milk, and flesh?
Some victims will even say these scammers got "great hypnotic powers" over them!?
I guess that's one way to make oneself feel better (not my fault) than admitting one is weak-willed or stupid.
Hi Smol,
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is up to one's decision to make full use of his/her expertise on the white or black side of the coin. Sometimes, there is no differentiation between black and white which are equivalent to grey.
This is life. One will have to make the decision accordingly.
My two cents worth of views.
Ben
Ben,
DeleteI chose happy :)
The issue is not wrong use of talent. It is about talent in a person of wrong character.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be worse if this person of bad character becomes an insurance agent, as she will easily give in to the temptation to mis-sell tons of inappropriate financial products to unsuitable vulnerable victims? Or becomes a Kong Hee getting ultra-rich from donations at the expense of his followers? Or becomes a corrupt politician? Good for her if she doesn't get caught but certainly bad for everyone else.
I see you have chosen to be happy in your reply to Ben.
hyom,
DeleteI'm doing parody - pointing at "shan", scolding "huai" ;)
And you have to be so direct!
I'm right-brained; I know how to use "woman talk" ;)
Don't worry.
It drives all men nuts trying to figure what women really meant when they say what they say.
Even me!
LOL!
My strategy is if I can't beat them, join them!
P.S. Yup. People forget being happy is a decision too ;)
Doing parody in the main post, then clarifying in the comments is your unique style. This is where comments to invite further comments from you become useful :)
DeleteSometimes, it's safer to be direct, given the risk of serious mis-interpretation.
Let me use your blog post as an example.
Outright illegal use of talent and got caught -> wrong use of talent.
Legal but unethical use of talent, becomes ultra-rich but never got caught -> right use of talent?
Hence, this direct comment to reply to your parody in case some mis-interpret it in unexpected ways.
hyom,
DeleteWell, everyone will have their own interpretations.
Depending whether they want milk, wool, or meat ;)
Greedy ones and those not afraid their children born without butt holes will even take and take until not even the bones are spared... Can sell to glue factory mah!
Herbivores can't kill. Say what also no use. Their fate depend on the kindness of others.
Carnivores are true to their nature. Tigers killing and eating sheep wrong meh?
I'm omnivore. I'm not blind to the laws of Karma. Got grass eat grass; got meat eat meat.