Here in KL for a Nokia product training for Malaysia retailers over the next two days. It’s been a while since I’ve been training in KL.. cant wait to see some familiar faces. Staying at the Parkroyal Bukit Bintang this time round. Pretty good location; plenty of shopping around here. More importantly, it’s a short walk away from the training venue at Pavilion =P
Check out pics of the hotel room. Relatively decent, though the picture quality can be better (I’ll need to get my hands on the latest imaging device from Nokia… )
Finished the last installation of communication training for RevoE Orgaisation yesterday. It’s been quite an interesting ride. We started from having just an idea to share with people about interpersonal communication skills, to developing the training content, to looking for attendees, to launching, and finally completing the course.
Still some areas to fine tune. For a start, 20 hours for the whole course seemed long initially, though the amount of sharing and discussions eventually meant that every session was stretched past the allocated time. Nonetheless, great job put together by everyone! Speacial thanks also to Jeraine and Samuel for their kind support and understanding.
Here’s a nice testimonial:
“Highly informative, this course has shed light and provided insight into the communication styles that we take for granted on a daily basis. It brings to focus what essentially is the various ways of using language, gestures and knowledge to create effective communication between people, thereby improving our professional and personal lives. Joel is highly energectic, motivated and very in tune with the students in his course. Open to new perspectives and candid with his personal experiences”
- Tan Howe Yang, Airline Pilot
Received the ticket to National Achiever’s Congress today. Won the ticket as a prize for getting out of Robert Kiyosaki’s Singapore Cashflow competiton, but won’t be able to make it due to already arranged training commitments.
You can visit my blog on Interpersonal Communication Skills to find out more about how we framed up our mindsets before going for the competition to give our team the added boost and advantage.
Anyway, I’m looking to sell the ticket on hand. Another of my team mate is also tied up with work so he intends to let go of it too. Here are more details about the event:
Date: 26th -28th May 2009 (Tue-Thu)
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 2
Time: 9am – 9pm daily
Featured Speakers:
Robert Kiyosaki, Kim Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Advisors including..
1. Blair Singer – Business advisor
2. Ken McElroy – Real estate advisor
3. Kelly Ritchie – Franchise advisor
4. Mike Maloney – Gold and silver advisor
5. Andy Tanner – Paper assets advisor
6. Kathy Heasley – Marketing advisor
Special guest appearance – Emi Kiyosaki
Day 3 Special Speakers:
1. T. Harv Eker – The wealthy warrior
2. Stephen Pierce – Business optimisation strategist
Special early bird price if you were to purchase from the event organiser: $1,297.
Of course, I’m more than willing to let it go at a lower price. So if there’s anyone interested, please drop a comment here or leave me a message through the contact page. To find out more details, you can also visit http://www.robertkiyosakiasia.com
Last week’s episode of Britain’s Got Talent served up some interesting talking point among netizens and people in the UK. The person in the middle of all these is Sue Son, a violinist.
Sue first entered the auditions with her best friend Janine, performing a semi classical act with Sue on violin and Janine on keyboard. Both of them are pretty talented individuals. However, the judges felt that the two of them don’t have the wow factor as a team, and offered Sue the opportunitity to re-audition as an individual (Apparently they preferred Sue over Janine).
After some initial hesitation, Sue decided to take up the offer (Simon Cowell didn’t help by insisting an answer from her on the spot). The moment Sue took up the offer, the camera went right to Janine, who looked visibly disappointed.
So that started the whole debate:
The anti Sue group feels that she should have stayed loyal to her friend and declined the offer. The pro Sue group feels that she was right to pursue her dream since the judges already ruled out her friend. Besides, if Janine is really Sue’s best friend, she should be wholeheartedly supporting Sue.
Anyway, if you’re wondering how good is Sue exactly, here’s the clip of her individual audition:
If you’ve been to hospitals or polyclinics recently, you would have seen many people wearing masks. Apparently, what the medical staff do is to take your temperature before you enter the premise, and if you have a cold or a cough (or anything that may be contagious), they’ll give you a mask to put on.
So the mask is there for obvious reasons. It is to prevent the spread of viruses. What disturbs me is when I walk past Sengkang Polyclinic, I see the masks all over the grass patches just outside the polyclinic. Here is one example of the many masks on the ground:
Food for thought: If the masks are gonna end up on the ground, then why bother issuing it in the first place? Wouldn’t this create a greater danger instead?
