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revamping the workplace

I was walking past the rubbish collection area around my house and I recalled some article I've read years ago (sometimes my memory is amazing.. emphasis here is SOMETIMES).. It was a person writing into the forum complaining about the government wasting resources (in other words $$$) renovating a rubbish collection dump. That reader considers that as a huge waste of resources since it is a rubbish dump. One don't exactly need such a nice rubbish bin right? I read that article and agreed with his say for a moment... That is until I realised that the rubbish dump we are complaining the government is wasting money renovating is actually a workplace for some. That thought struck me as I saw a couple of rubbish collectors going about their daily routine. Looking at things from another perspective sure does change how one thinks. I imagined myself in their shoes. Everyday I'm being dump with all the rubbish & shit (literally). It would definitely be nicer if I could have

those unspoken words hurts the most

Last night I heard the longest silence... Silence so defeaning, I can literally hear my own heart beating... It slowly beating with sorrow, crumbling away, bits by pieces... I'm trying not to let it affect me but it's hard because it means so much to me... The person means so much to me and yet this is happening... Guess the only solution will be to make my heart stronger & harder in order to withstand all these trauma.

managing the new generation

How times have changed. They always say that policemen used to wear shorts as their uniform in the olden days, but not anymore. How apt this saying is in describing how things have revolved from the past to the present. It is the same everywhere. As time passes you by, things change. Skycrapers are now the norm, sprouting out everywhere. Things change, so does people and their thinking. I always believe that each individuals have their own way of thinking, their own definition of right and wrong. Some may be agreeable with you, while some may not. But that's why we are called individuals. It is all about tuning your own mindset, whether do you think it's worth tweaking what you believe for the greater good. If you are not agreeable, move on. Why harp on it and make you unhappy? Ok I've digressed... =D Anyways, back to the main topic. How businesses used to be managed may no longer be in context in this new era. Managing the new generation in the workplace may not be