This is the last day of 2014 and I
like to review the year and thank the People who are part of my life in the year.
Yours humbly
LU Keehong
1.
Keeping my life in
PROPER perspective: To be a Good Human Being, Father, Husband and Son in my
Personal Life and to be a Good Professional in my Work Life.
2.
2014 in review
2.1 Work
a. Tricors – continuing to gain good perspective of how Board
of Directors and its various sub-committees works through the assignments
provided by Lon Gee and seeing some old faces moving on while new faces coming
on board. Tks Wati for being so patient, cheerful and helpful.;
b. Ken Blanchard – still enjoying sharing the various programs
and travelling to some new countries like Australia, Cambodia and India this
year. Tks for the trust in me. It is a privilege and joy to meet, and hopefully
ignited someone’s imagination to TAKE ACTION on what he/she had learned to be a
BETTER leader – for self and others;
c. BMC – Nexan’s assignment that took me to Seoul, Shanghai
and also Yanggu, Shandong, PRC. Maurice, ZHONG Wei and Benoit have been most
wonderful to work with;
d. ILS – Happy to work with Jessica, Yaw, Linda and friends.
The Nanjing sharing with a group of folks that perhaps weren’t ready with 1 or
2 exceptions? Looking forward to more opportunities in 2015 maybe J;
e. ULOM – keeping in touch with Biru and her chronicles of her
little girl in her Wechat Moments posting.
2.2 Friends
a. Significant moments
1)
Ivy/Zing’s 25th Anniversary: Lovely couple and tks for reminding how
I also ruined your BIG DAY trying to cut up the Roast Pig when we went to fetch
the beautiful bride!;
2)
Lynette’s outrageously fun 50th Year ‘Young’ birthday bash! And
allowing me to do my ‘virgin’, one-time only?, stand-up comic that hopefully
did not offend even if the jokes weren’t that good! Also lauching her company,
Alpha7;
3)
a long-time friend who reaffirmed my admiration for his fortitude and enlighten
approach to a traumatic experience;
4)
another dear friend who is devoting a large chunk of his time caring for a
loved one;
5)
Sonny and SS Tay’s 60th ‘coming of age’ birthday dinners at SICC and
Sentosa G&CC;
6)
Friends’ kids’ wedding – Deborah/Tun, Mr & Mrs Gan, and Maggie/KS.
CONGRATULATIONs again!!
b. Visits and Dinners/Lunches/Bunking In – Thank you for
sharing your time and (for some of you even allowing me to stay at your place!)
when I visited in Bangkok, Shanghai, Beijing, KL, Sydney and Melbourne.
c. Hosted friends in Sgp – at last I got a chance to play host
with friends visiting S’pore! Judith (with Meng Fang) ,Chrissy Liu (ex-SST
Shanghai) and Hazel (Melbourne)/Roger and Janice Chung (Sydney).
2.43 Play
a. London/Paris trip in June with the family and my mum-in-law
and 2 sister-in-law. What a BLAST!! Notes: I did not know ‘Bath’ is a city, a
world heritage site too! Oh, I ran along River Seines and around Arc de Triumph
and Eiffel Tower while in Paris! ABSOLUTELY COOL!!;
b. Biking in Shanghai in October - covered 280km+ on
relatively flat roads with a bunch of ‘above 50 ex-Motorolans’. We could still
talk without sounding FUNNY after that 2-day ‘expedition’! Looking forward to
riding in Ceju, ROK, in 2015? KY/Tom/Henry /Clarence and SG Kang??
c. Xinjiang Trip in December – at the invitation of Mr Liu
Qiang and Mr Zhu Weihong, 2 fine gentlemen whom I have to pleasure to meet
while in Tusla, Oklahoma, USA in Oct-Nov 2012, I visited Xinjiang from 9-17 Dec
2014. They have given me a VVIP treatment that I was a bit embarrassed to
receive. It is a vast region with very varied terrains, sights and culture. I
enjoyed the trip very much despite the -6 to -23C cold; and am VERY TOUCHED by
Liu Qiang and Weihong’s wonderful friendship and hospitality. I hope the two
4-hour sharing of my 7e Way of Leaders will help sparked some audience to
realise how LEADERs can impact their own and their people’s lives BIG TIME. An
awesome responsibility. I CANNOT thank you enough Liu Qiang and Weihong!
2.4 Doing Good, at least try to
a. Charity marathon – completed my 7th marathon on
7 Dec 2014 and raised S$10,690 for the Singapore Cancer Society, the highest
amount since 2008! THANK YOU to my Sponsors’ unwavering supports and
encouragement!! ;
b. VPO – continue with my time in facilitating the ‘Engaging
with Parents in Courts (EPICS)’ sessions and attended 2 enrichment programs
organised for the VPOs (VPO = Volunteer Probation Officer). Mine oh mine,
it is a 10- year journey since! Could not be happier doing this!;
c. HA (Health Ambassador) – performed some HA duties at:
I-Quit! Hari Raya Puasa, HA Day shared a short 15-min presentation, learning
and sharing about ‘Good Living and Good Dying’ KTPH Both Sides Now! Life &
Death! – an interesting introspective journey for me as well. Tks to my HA
buddies keeping the bonding going!!;
d. JA S’pore – just a very small bit in 2014 as a Judge at
their Annual Company of the Year ‘competition’ spending a Saturday with the
student-social entrepreneur!;
e. Handicapped Welfare Association (HWA) – working with Mr
Ambrose Law to ‘teach/tutor’ the group of 4 on the LCCI Level 2 program and
examination! They are also formally employed by HWA to do accounting works!
Great work by Ambrose who contributed time and funds!;
f.
Public Services –
thank you to the friends who supported my unsuccessful NMP application going through
the ‘admin trap’ of writing citations/providing signatures and more, continue
with me REACH Forum contribution as Active Citizen, started helping out at WP
MPS;
g. Others – Assumption School Talk for a young social
entrepreneur. Interesting perspective to see YOUNG school kids at such a talk.
2.5 Ah … the World ..
It
is in a mess, isn’t it? Russia and East Ukraine? Taiwan and Hkg with its
‘Disenchanted Young (& ulterior-motived hands behind the scene
manipulators) having a go at their government? The crazy murderous ISIS or IS
that hijacked a great world religion to commit crimes against humanities?
And
the MOST tragic year for aviation industry – MH370, MH17 and Air Asia QZ8501
just 4 days ago for Malaysia alone. For a frequent traveller like me, it can be
paralysing. Condolences to the surviving family members and friends of the
victims. May they ALL rest in peace and the living live STRONG!!
Don’t
get me talking about the ‘bankrupt’ capitalistic system and the GREEDY people …
3.
2015
3.1 continue my focus on my guiding principle to live life: To
be a Good Human Being, Father, Husband and Son in my Personal Life; and a Good
Professional in my Work Life;
3.2 Just doing item 3.1 above with the breakdowns of HOW to
achieve them will be too long to write here. J
3.3 Continue to receive your INDULGENCE, FRIENDSHIP and LOVE
will be my biggest blessing.
Yours humbly
LU Keehong
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