Chen Song Ping

Perfection versus excellence II

Perfection versus excellence

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Scoring an excellence in masters

with a ‘Golden Key award’

yet there were many

edited grammatical errors

in papers submitted, then. 🤔

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I supposed that was why

perfection was out of reach!

But I am still glad I was

among the top 15%!

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Until I read in a local paper

about a medical professor

who was also

a Golden Key award holder.

It reminded me of the days

when I dreamed of

becoming a professor, too 😞!

But at a time when motherhood,

and family were a priority!

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Today I hold a title

higher than a professor….

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Can you guess what it is?

MOTHER is still the prized title!

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Elderly people getting lost in another country’s hotel?

Elderly people getting lost in another country’s hotel

Forgetting which floor and room door in a hotel

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A dry cough behind me

as I stepped into a lift,

It was an old Chinese man with a hat

I tapped my room card

and pressed my floor number.

He stood still beside me…

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I signalled to him to tap his card

and press his floor number.

He did and pressed

the same floor number as mine.

As we stepped out,

I let him move forward first.

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I stood in front of the lift observing him

as he walked up and down the corridor,

and tried to open several room doors in vain!

This time I felt uneasy

I stepped back into the lift

and prayed that he didn’t follow me

again into the lift!

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I reported to the counter staff

“oh no! these old tourists!

…. always forget their floor number

or their room number!”

She sent a staff member to go check.

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The next morning during breakfast,

my colleague told me,

” I saw the old man with a hat. He sat opposite me. I gave him a tissue napkin. He carefully tore the napkin into two and gave back to me half of it!”

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So sweet of him!

But why is he travelling

in another country, ALONE!

A courageous Ryan sings

A courageous Ryan sings

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He beats all odds

to sing where

many people dare not

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Hear our duet on silver bells

Hear our duet on Vincent

People, people everywhere, yet so lonely on top!

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Ever experience?

it is high, up here, with a good view

but it is so lonely!

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In what situations can one find oneself like being alone on top of a mountain?

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Albert Einstein also famously stated, “It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely”.

Dining on a bus

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Dining on a bus (a senyru)

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fancy drinking here

On a bus atop restaurant

overlook traffic.

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What is life?

“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”

The perfect formula of success; three Ps.

Quote:

It’s the perfect formula for success; the three Ps!
Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

– Napoleon Hill

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Anymore Ps to add?

Comment:

Pat: People Participating

Learning a lesson

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood” — Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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My question:

Is it the same, learning from other people’s experiences and not having to LIVE the lesson to understand a lesson in life?

– Chensp, 2025 –

Comments:

Ab and Geoffrey agree with Ralph above. I would say that sometimes we learn from other people’s experiences, for example, avoiding car accidents, drowning, drugs, etc.