Archive for July, 2008
Singapore Ties up With Thailand to Expand Education Cooperation
Singapore and Thailand to Expand Education Cooperation (Press Release from the MOE website)
Singapore and Thailand will expand education cooperation in the areas of vocational and technical education, the teaching of mathematics and science, and the use of information and communication technology (ICT)….
About the Singapore–Thailand Enhanced Partnership (STEP)
The Singapore–Thailand Enhanced Partnership (STEP) was launched in 1997 as a broad vision for a long-term strategic partnership between both countries. It provides the framework for the expansion of sectoral cooperation. STEP comprises four pillars: (a) enhanced economic cooperation; (b) strong defence relations; (c) people-to-people cooperation; and (d) the Civil Service Exchange Programme (CSEP).
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Mentor(s)
I think the word “mentor” has been used rather flippantly. To me, a mentor is someone who gives me guidance in more dimensions than just academic coaching. In fact, a mentor doesn’t give academic coaching. He/She gives life lessons.
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Disneyland and the thing about Dreams
Disneyland’s “tagline”, if I may, is, “where Dreams come true”. From a branding perspective, I think it is a brilliant piece. What’s more dreamy than encouraging the young children that dreams can come true.
Perhaps it is so in America.
Otherwise, why would we be reading such pieces of news on our daily newspaper:
Mark Zuckerberg, 24, founder of Facebook, net worth of 15 billion.
Larry Page & Sergey Brin, both 35, founders of Google, net worth of 15- 18 billion
Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, and many others successful entrepreneurs are College dropouts.
How about in Singapore, one may ask.
Being someone who sees the glass half filled, I would rather latch onto the omnipotent globalization as depicted in the book “The World is Flat” – the advent of internet may eventually help produce that billionaire Internet tycoon in Singapore, which i hope is sooner rather than later.
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