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The “F” and “P” factors for a ‘happy or successful’ Life ( 幸福和成功 - 因素 ). Dr Sam Man Keong ( 岑文强 ) Email: sammk1951@gmail.com Mobile: +65 9674 0515. Highlights. About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong What is Happiness? What is Success? The basic 5Fs for a Happy Life.
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The “F” and “P” factors for a ‘happy or successful’ Life(幸福和成功 -因素) Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强) Email: sammk1951@gmail.com Mobile: +65 9674 0515 The F and P - Happy Life
Highlights • About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong • What is Happiness? • What is Success? • The basic 5Fs for a Happy Life. • The basic 5Ps for Success. • Another 3Fs to remember for Life. • Lessons from my Parents. The F and P - Happy Life
Highlights • Lessons from some “leaders” in Asia. • Myanmar - Ms Aung San Suu Kyi • Malaysia – Mr Chin Peng • Singapore – Emeritus Professor Lee Seng Lip • My Journey with SIET [website: www.siet.org.sg ] • 1980 – 2000 • 2005… • My Reflection. The F and P - Happy Life
About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强) The F and P - Happy Life
Primary : Chinese School (1958 – 1963) Secondary : English School (Remove Class 1D 2C 3B 4A 5A)(1964 – 1969) Civil Engineering : Singapore Poly (1971 – 1974) Melbourne U (1982 – 1983) NUS/NTU RMIT University : Statistics CIAE : Timber A Lifelong Learner for more than 40 years. Chartered Engineer (UK/Ireland/Australia) Chartered Builder (UK) Chartered Mathematician (UK) Chartered Scientist (UK) Chartered Environmentalist (UK) Chartered Quality Professional (UK) About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强) The F and P - Happy Life
Important Dates/Milestones…. • 1963 : Completed Primary Six. • 1969 : Completed Cambridge SC/GCE(0)/MCE • 1971 : Completed Cambridge HSC by Self –Study/Came to Singapore – studied in SP. • 1977 : Completed SOE Exam by Self – Study. • 1982 : Completed CEI Part 2 (Structural) by Self-Study; Studied in Melbourne, Australia. • 1991 : Achieved First CEng from UK. • 2002 : Taught at Unitech, Papua New Guinea. The F and P - Happy Life
What is Happiness (幸福)? • Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. • living a good life . The F and P - Happy Life
A smiling 95-year-old man fromPichilemu, Chile. The F and P - Happy Life
Source : ZB – 7 April 2013 The F and P - Happy Life
Source : ZB- 24 March 2013 The F and P - Happy Life
Gardening at Unitech, PNG - 2002 The F and P - Happy Life
What is Success (成功) ? • Success may refer to: • a level of social status • achievement of a goal • the opposite of failure The F and P - Happy Life
What is Success (成功) ? Graduation – Unitech - 2003 The F and P - Happy Life
Source : ZB – 26 Sept 2013 : SUCCESS The F and P - Happy Life
Source : ZB – 26 Sept 2013 – From Failure to SUCCESS The F and P - Happy Life
The basic 5Fs for a Happy Life. • Friends (朋友) • Fitness (Health)(健康) • Fun (乐趣) • Family (家庭) • Finance (Money)(金钱) The F and P - Happy Life
SP – ‘Young’ Badminton Team – 2010 : Exercise Friends + Fitness + Fun The F and P - Happy Life
Sam- Family - 2013 The F and P - Happy Life
The basic 5Ps for Success • Persistence (坚持) • Perseverance (毅力; 恒心) • Patience (忍耐; 耐性) • Passionate (热情) • Pardon (赦免 ; 饶恕;宽恕) The F and P - Happy Life
Chengal Tree – One of the most durable Timbers : PATIENCE (耐性) – it takes ‘Time’…. The F and P - Happy Life
Source: ZB- 26 Sept 2013 : Passion (热情) The F and P - Happy Life
Hillary – Pardon (宽恕) The F and P - Happy Life
Another 3Fs to remember for Life • Forget (忘记; 忘掉) • Forgive (原谅; 宽恕; 饶恕) • Faith (信仰; 信心; 信任) • Hope (希望; 期望) The F and P - Happy Life
Lessons from my Parents Sam Chan Wah (1904 – 1998) – caught by the Japanese soldiers to re-build Johor Bridge during WW2…survived.. • Great Depression (1929 – 1939) • World World II (1 Sept 1939 – 2 Sept 1945; 6 years, 1 Day) • Two very different perspectives in life….Happy vs Unhappy!! Teo Ah Moi (1919 – 2002) – lost 2 brothers during WW2; found one in 1970. The F and P - Happy Life
Lessons from some “leaders” in Asia. • Myanmar - Ms Aung San Suu Kyi • Malaysia – Mr Chin Peng (陳平) • Singapore – Emeritus Professor Lee Seng Lip The F and P - Happy Life
Myanmar (Burma) - Ms Aung San Suu Kyi • Born : 19 June 1945 (age 68)Rangoon, British Burma(now Yangon) • Father : Aung San • Mother : Khin Kyi • Education: • University of Delhi • St Hugh's College, Oxford • SOAS, University of London Aung San Suu Kyi at the age of six. The F and P - Happy Life
A family portrait, with Aung San Suu Kyi (in white) as a toddler, taken in 1947, shortly before her father's assassination. The F and P - Happy Life
Myanmar (Burma)- Ms Aung San Suu Kyi • a Burmeseopposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. • Myanmar’s democracy icon. The F and P - Happy Life
Myanmar (Burma) - Ms Aung San Suu Kyi • Awards: • 1990 : Sakharov Prize ; Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize • 1991: Nobel Peace Prize . • 20 July 1989: Placed under house arrest in Rangoon under martial law • Aung San Suu Kyi has been placed under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years, on numerous occasions, since she began her political career. • 13 November 2010: Released from house arrest. The F and P - Happy Life
Aung San Suu Kyi meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Yangon (1 December 2011) The F and P - Happy Life
Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to give a speech to the supporters during the 2012 by-election campaign at her constituency Kawhmu township, Myanmar on 22 March 2012. The F and P - Happy Life
Malaysia – Mr Chin Peng (陳平) • Born : 21 October, 1924Setiawan, Perak, British Malaya • Died : 16 September, 2013Bangkok, Thailand • Malayan political activist and guerilla leader. • 1940 : admitted to the Malayan Communist Party as a candidate member. The F and P - Happy Life
Malaysia – Mr Chin Peng (陳平) • December 1941: Communists’ offer of help accepted; joins the fight against the Japanese. • After WWII, Chin Peng continued his armed struggle for Independence, but this time, he fought against the British because he wanted Malaya to be free from colonial rule. He renamed his outfit, the Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA). • His ideology was to have an equal society with the wealth redistributed among the people equally, through the labour movement, under communism. The F and P - Happy Life
Malaysia – Mr Chin Peng (陳平) • 1948: Three planters killed at Sungei Siput; Emergency declared; MCP declared illegal. • December 28, 1955:Baling Talks held with David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman, unsuccessful because of surrender terms. • December 2, 1989: A peace treaty is signed between the communists, Thailand and Malaysia. The F and P - Happy Life
Chin Peng, centre, at the Baling peace talks in Malaya, 1956, which came to nothing. The F and P - Happy Life
Source : ZB – 24 September 2013 The F and P - Happy Life
Singapore – Emeritus Professor Lee Seng Lip – 88 Years in 2013 • Born : March 21, 1925. • Academic: BSCE, MapuaIT (Manila)(1950); MSE (U of Michigan)(1951); PhD(U of California, Berkeley)(1953) • Professional: CEng, FICE, FASCE, FIES, PEng. The F and P - Happy Life