Over diversification, under specialisation

During the span of an individuals professional career, It is the common practice to start broad and constantly narrow the path down towards dedication in a very specialised dicipline. There is some truth in the advantages of such, as dedicating yourself will eventually lead you to be an expert in that field. But there is a growing trend of graduates remain undecided, addicted to the fresh and new, they become over exposed and as a result unable to dedicate to a single specialisation.

This I blame on the increasing complexity that we humans create for our society, which results in too many choices that creates a feeling of loss as you have no strong identifier (eg, bob the builder or steve the electrician), a result of being a novice at everything but a master of nothing. unable to 干一行就要爱一行 (love the industry you work in), as there are too many likable diciplines to master, so hence, they float.

This financial crisis has displaced many whom were comfortably settled in their specialisation, in 09, many face uncertainty and are desperately trying to land safely somewhere back into their comfort zone. Their dedication to their specialty is something to admire, but it is also fear driven, as this dedication can also be seen as stubborness that consumes ones flexibility, so hence, they sink.

Regardless of whether you're floating or sinking, you're still wet... of course everyones situation is unique, which requires a unique solution, but I wish to conclude with a simple solution that will guide you towards the direction of solid ground. I believe people should intensively communicate with old friends and collegues in diciplines not of your own, share your experiences and listen to theirs, gain a different angle of interperating this new climate, and move towards exploiting changing opportunities in this changing world. But one step at a time, those of you who have that sinking feeling, relax, take a deep breath... and float.

In Love

A girl changed how I saw the world through deconstructionalism of my thought process since the start of 08, during this period, I've gone through a period of self rediscovery, which resulted in an overall unsuprising conclusion to all this when I've fallen in love with this Beijing girl. even though I'm a fan of assumed singlism, I think its time that everyone knew. So who is this person that stole my heart?
Well, her name is Nina Wei, an Archeology undergraduate at PKU and a Social Anthropology postgraduate at LSE. During her spare time, she writes novels each themed with different neolithic cultures in China which she still is attempting to publish, cooks on the weekend after immitating inaccurate recipes off the TV, buys me cloths whenever her favorite brands go on special (Zara), Loves weird things (sculptures, paintings etc), enjoys her coffee and muffins in the mornings, tries very very hard to look young so that I won't run off with other women, worked green and good NGO's such as(National Geographic and Action Aid), followed by work at EU delegation and Burson Marsteller. Together we have a turtle, some snails, some fish, a cat and a hamster, (none of which I take care of once I'm in Australia, because I'm a bastard who lives in country with strict quarentine laws).

Shame I'll be leaving all this in a weeks time, with unknown certainty of when I'll next be seeing her...
With the economic crisis continually decreasing the frequency of exploitable opportunities dispite my cross cultural repositioning, the future seems somewhat uncertain. I'll continue to do my best with whatever comes my way, and hope for the best with everything out of my control.

Love

The following was pulled from wikipedia (best site ever) under the scientific definition of love -
"From a scientifically testable frame of reference, love is a type of interpersonal relationship where mutual assumption of good faith results in a state of emergence, i.e. constituents individually perceive the group's social evolution as both beneficial and greater than what could be achieved by the sum of the relationship's parts.
Biological sciences such as evolutionary psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology and neuroscience have begun to explore the nature and function of love. Specific chemical substances such as oxytocin are studied in the context of their roles in producing human experiences and behaviors that are associated with love."

From that I am safe to say that love is experienced from creating a beneficial result of a union, and during my time in discovery mode, I have benefited greatly from the exposure to many amazing individuals. So, in a non gay kinda way, I just want to say to every girl and guy that entered and perhaps exited a certain stage of my life, that I love you...

All you who read this has played a major or minor role in making me who I am today. I appreciate you sharing your world with me, even if I don't quite agree with how your world operates, I still thank you for letting me see another parallel to the same direction.

Recently someone gave me an opportunity to fall into their world, I took a peek, and before I knew it, I've fell deeper than ever before. This world completely defied the logic that held mine together, a world that looked at the worlds increasing complexities and explains it with the anthropological theories. My world fell apart, I am still an Entrepreneur, but the reasons for progression down my chosen career has now changed.

It wasn't until recently I was able to put my world back together again. Being an Entrepreneur specialized in Commercializing Sustainable Technologies, I've come to understand the role that I've assigned myself within society. So through my observations I rebuilt my world that will forever differ from that of the past.

An update

Its been more than a month since I've left Beijing after finishing a contract followed by our annual family reunion during CNY in Singapore. It has been yonks since I've blogged and a lot has happened... Things worth mentioning are that I've...

• Experienced financial volatility
  
• Lived with passion and regret
• Dedicated my life to myself
  
• Reconnected with my heritage
  
• Converted my spiritual beliefs
  
• Absorbed new disciplines
  
• Rediscovered my strengths
  
• Repositioned my niche
• Finalized my priorities
• Fallen in Love

I've not blogged about these experiences, not because they aren't worth the effort, far from it... It is simply because its best for these moments to remain blurred for it to be truly appreciated.

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