Interesting speech by Mr. Adrian Tan at the NTU Convocation 2008

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A friend emailed Adrian's speech to me.

I though it is very good, and would like to share it with you all.

Life's perspective from a 'down-to-earth' view.

Adrian Tan is a litigation lawyer at one of Singapore's leading law firms. Outside the courtroom, he is known for a variety of funny things, including The Teenage Textbook, which he wrote in

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[ms_devilangel]

a friend sent this to me previously.. i thought it was pretty good.

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Right, so the whole world has read it, lol.

[seaweeds]

dun like .. it is lovely on paper to live life with no expectations.. but I DO have expectations and I EXPECT them to be fulfilled ...I refuse to work so hard for nothing .. HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I once had a little discussion wid my christian friend .. he told me that he does not expect anything .. he just goes on doing good deeds etc and dat "God who sees all this in secret, will reward abundantly" ...

So, u knoe me .. I buay tahan (loll) .. so I asked: isnt DAT an expectation?

He not very pleased le .. he dun like me anymore .. HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA

So I offer an amendment ...

Live life not without expectations but without UNREASONABLE expectations (taking into consideration the current and prevailing circumstances including, without limitation, all such other future or historical circumstances reasonably incumbent thereon) of the subject matter in question with an objective over view of all surrounding mitigating and aggravating issues, current, historical, future or otherwise.LOLLLL ... yes .. I am utterly pragmatic ... LOLLLL

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You know, I have been trying to post my response to your comments a few times to no avail. Some strange, unexplained, supernatural reason was preventing me from doing so.

Maybe I should just let it go instead and take it as a blessing in disguise, lol.

[seaweeds]

ya .. God telling you to accept and adopt my utter wisdom ... lollll