Beautiful words

Jisko hai kho jaana, woh milta hi kyun hai
Dil ko hai murjhana, toh khilta hi kyun hai.

Those who are to be lost, why do we meet?

The heart which is to wilt, why does it blossom?

பிரிவென்றால் உறவு உண்டு அதனாலே வாட்டம் இல்லை

Estrangement validates that we once shared a relationship, thus I feel no sorrow. 

Why my playlist so emo T_T 

Also, my english translations make me cringe. No where near the original awesomeness. 

3 questions

Had the opportunity to be the MC for a conference/ workshop entitled Reinventing Public Services yesterday. The participants were essentially  big guns from various ministries.

The first speaker had the participants think about the following:

Why I do my job

For me the first one was easy peasy; considering I've only just entered the civil service and this is something I've personally given a lot of thought to anyways. But I should note that this was a really really hard thing for senior government officials to do. Sure, they could answer why they joined the government all those years ago. But why do they do their job NOW?

But if things turn out the way I want them to, wouldn't I be a senior government official one day? Would I then be struggling to find an answer?

At what point am I most reminded of the reason above

Oh boy, was this a hard one. I can rattle a list of frustrating things that happen day in day out that discourage me, but what REMINDS me of why I'm here? For now, the only thing I can think of is the TAPS programme and RSOG. What happens when I lose this amazing support system of people who keep telling me I'm amazing?

What would happen if I did my job outstandingly this year

I was super surprised by this one. The answer is "I have no clue". 

I'm thinking I should really make this an annual exercise. 

Men and feminism

I read this today: I’m Suspicious of Male “Feminists” — And You Should Be Too

And then read this: Not All Men? Well, actually…


Favourite quotes (ie. words that blew my mind)

"When presenting our feminist views to men, we waste so, much, time,desperately seeking their approval and validation. So much time doing everything we can to dissociate from the “man-hating” stereotype. (I say “we” because I’m guilty of it too.)"

"They do this shit, or they passively watch other men do this shit, and then they have the nerve to get offended when women are suspicious of them."