I finished watching an episode on ZhenghunQishi, another show that I like more and more because of the interesting feel that the drama gives me. Halfway through the episode I find myself smiling whenever the female lead smiles as well. Rather than calling it a typical drama I would call that show a fictional marriage seeking documentary. A female writer, meeting all sorts of weird guys to gather inspiration and content for her book. I find it amazing how she manages to keep mum about her mission to write a book instead of really, seeking marriage. Maybe she is doing both at the same time. One unrealistic part that I would like to know is how she can manage to end all the contacts with each seeker. This episode features guy number 45 already. The next show airing was Good Doctor, a korean drama which is good as well, very touching and great acting skills from the male lead, but I finished that long ago so I switched to Channel 8.
Yeap. Hear Me Out. Featuring hosts Bryan and Peifen which I both admire. Interviewing Mr George Quek. Frankly speaking, I don't know alot about his career achievements but I went WOW after this show. Neither do I always eat breads from Breadtalk. (hehheh but after this episode maybe I will pay more attention).
--Sidenote, I do remember recalling buying bread from Breadtalk during the days where I always have to go for my medical appointment at Paragon. Paragon's Breadtalk seeems to have this series of unique bread that other breadtalks don't have. If I am not wrong it is some bread that has natto or walnuts and it is quite hard. Those kind that my mum likes so I always buy. I think its some Jap Bread series.
One thing I find it amazing was how he has artistic talent. Throughout the interview, his artistic side of him seems to have aided him in lots of ways. How he imagine his successful bread shop would look like, and then slowly step by step materializing them. I like how he is the one who even conceptualize his bread shop design. I never really thought that a businessman as successful as him actually takes part in the design of the shop. I usually associate them with money and strategies and operations. This reminds me of how I always panic, whenever my projects or events could not be conceptualize properly, or even be carried out virtually in my head. Because if that is so, if the event is a blank space (cues Taylor swift song), it really means that there is no operation flow, no manpower and no logistics! Then again, another important point to his imagined, ideal bread shop is, he imagined that the shop will thrive such that there is a long queue with alot of people. Ehhhhh this point is very important leh. It actually affects the shop layout alot I think, and knowing how to optimize your shop space is very important isnt it? You can turn this into an attraction!
Actually, even though it is very obvious but I should have expected that him being an entrepreneur would have taken up alot more tasks than just being the big boss and making decisions behind the scenes. At the initial stage of your business, you are the employee, the accountant, the manager, the saikang warrior, the PR, the marketing. And he is like that as well. I was amazed at the stories of his younger days. Would I be like that as well? I think I only know how to lie down on the floor, hearing these amazing stories only. Making alot of effort to provide for himself and his family, making dragonbeard candy infront of a mall where the winter wind just blows into your stall and eventually dries and cut ur skin. Making your own stall! With decoration, handdrawn dragon, handcarved shop name, scout for your supplier to produce candy boxes. All the way to his 21 chain of dragonbeard candy shops.
Then Breadtalk, then Food Junction and Food Republic. Then Ding Tai Fung.
Then Teochew Festival.
As a teochew, I didnt know how to speak a word of it.
But I feel proud to be associated with such a successful Teochew guy. I never felt proud of my dialect group before because I never felt rooted or connected to it. Maybe 2 years later I will find a chance to explore the Teochew Festival to know more about my predecessors origins.
And the phrase he ended off with, something that he feels that he wants his achievements to mirror with,
福而有德千家敬 正则为神万世尊
lemme try to translate it with my poor chinese and english.
Being wealthy through earning them with the proper means and have good conduct will earn respect from many people. LOL.
And with that I shall sign off and continue to read my FA textbook.
