About 5-6 years ago, the late Stephen Koh jioed me to start a casket service. I turned him down. Was a great biz proposal coz it's recession proof but not my cup of tea. How to face dead bodies everyday?
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5 SMU students write book on aspirations of Singaporeans
By S Ramesh | Posted: 28 August 2012 1549 hrs
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SINGAPORE: What are some of the things Singaporeans would want to do or achieve before they "kick the bucket"?
A group of five students from the Singapore Management University achieved one of the items on their own bucket lists by writing a book on the aspirations of Singaporeans.
And funding was not a problem as they could tap on the Central Singapore CDC's Mayor's Imagine Fund.
Launching the book on Tuesday, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam urged young Singaporeans to pursue what they enjoyed doing most.
"One of the very simple observations I have is that how people do in life doesn't always depend on how well they do in school. I can think of many individuals who did exceptionally well academically. Some did well in life, some didn't," he said.
"I can think of those who were always at the bottom of the class, some who repeated a year -- I had a very close friend who repeated two years -- and went down different paths and some have done extremely well in life."
"And when I think back to whether there was any common trait in those who somehow had managed to do well in life in different areas, I can't help thinking that those who did well in life were also those who enjoyed their youth, had a fun time and who continue to enjoy whatever they were doing," Mr Tharman added.
"That was ultimately more important than succeeding on someone else's metric, succeeding based on what others define as success.
"But when you do something that you love and enjoy, success tends to come with it. Success tends to come with doing what we enjoy, I believe in that."
- CNA/wm
