{"id":147,"date":"2010-06-15T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T03:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sg\/?p=147"},"modified":"2010-06-15T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T03:01:10","slug":"indians-a-can-do-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2010\/06\/indians-a-can-do-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians, A ‘Can-do’ Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I<\/span>ndia had always been one of the countries that I, or rather, my left brain wanted to visit. On the contrary, it is also a country that the logical side on me, least wants to visit.\u00a0Let me explain the conundrum. <\/span><\/p>\n


\nI think, I like India because it is a country filled with rich history and culture, compiled from the roots of Indians, Persian, British and the Middle East (as far as I know). It is also where the magnificent symbol of\u00a0love,\u00a0The Taj Mahal sits.<\/span><\/p>\n

To feel the cold white marble of the Taj, one of the Seven Wonders of the World,\u00a0sits right at the top of my to-do list. Authentic Indian food is another pull factor to India. To try the true-blue Chicken Masala, Chicken Tikka and Chicken Tandoori will be a great pleasure to my taste buds, I imagine.<\/p>\n


\nOn the other hand, my right brain is afraid of the environmental conditions. The heat that literally sears your skin in the open (more than 40 degree Celsius of dry heat from March to June); the air pollution that\u00a0sets your whole respiration system\u00a0into a “4-wheel drive mode”; the contaminated water that churns your stomach faster than any of those roller coasters ride in Magic Mountain; the number of power cuts\/losses that exceeded the counts\u00a0of your fingers, and the noise pollution – the incessant blaring of horns on anything that comes with wheels, could possibly wakes the dead. Adding\u00a0up all of these factors, would you give up your hard-earned money in exchange for a trip to India? No chance, India is probably one of the last places on earth you would want to visit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nCoincidently,\u00a0I was given the opportunity to experience India for myself. I was to attend a business meeting in New Delhi. And so I went, taking my wife, my “Supreme Court judge”, along for an extended trip after the meeting.<\/p>\n

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\nTrue enough, my left brain was correct, but\u00a0so\u00a0was my right.\u00a0What\u00a0surprised me was not the weather conditions or the physical place itself, but the People.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I noticed that Indians (most) are really friendly and show great hospitality, with sincerity. I was lavished with tip-top service throughout my stay. I was most impressed that a cell-phone that I had absent-mindedly left in the hotel restaurant was\u00a0found a\u00a0few hours later. Even in Singapore, the odds of having your lost phone returned are near zero.<\/p>\n

As always, there were\u00a0a few bad eggs in the basket such as the tour-guide who was able to manipulate his service like a switch, dropping his service level to ground zero\u00a0when tips presented seemed too \u201c light-weighted\u201d for him, and the grouchy Airport lounge staffs that ,sadly, left a lasting, bad\u00a0impression, before we flew back to Singapore.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Other than the friendliness, the daily life of the Indians, showed me the other side of life that many of us, as Singaporeans, have forgotten -the survival instincts and never-say-die attitude.\u00a0Looking back,\u00a0I have taken many things in life for granted. I am no photographer and had no interest\u00a0with carrying a bulky camera around. However, on this trip, the urge of capturing these moments was so great that I cannot stop clicking away. I have selected a few pictures to share with you.<\/p>\n

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\nFood for thought…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When life does not bend in your favour, do not wait for someone to come by and do it for you. Do-It-Yourself(DIY), within a \u2018right frame\u2019. I guess such a ‘can-do’ attitude is where entrepreneurship begins; where creativity starts.<\/p>\n

Many Singaporeans are blessed without having to experience the harshness of life, as they do in India. Yet, this harshness has probably shaped the toughness of character within \u2013 the instinct of survival, the \u2018ever-ready\u2019 will power, the creativity, and the guts of risks-taking. While many of us are found wanting in these virtues, I believe, with a little effort to re-focus our energy and fine-tune our mindset, we can evolve, stronger.<\/p>\n

For a start, I believe that the first\u00a0change that we\u00a0can all make,\u00a0is to stop wasting negative energy on why and how it cannot be done (cannot-attitude). Mr Lee Kuan Yew once said, \u201cFocus on what works\u201d. Concentrate on developing the ‘can-do’ attitude, and start asking \u201cHow do I do it?\u201d instead of \u201cCan it be done?\u201d. With a leap of faith, even in an environment such as in Singapore, I believe, we can also groom a ‘can-do’ attitude.<\/p>\n

Someone asked, \u201cWill you come back to India again?\u201d I hesitated. I guess, it is my left and right brain trying to outdo each other again. I took a few blinks of my eyes as if to shut off all the thoughts process and said, \u201cmaybe\u2026yes..\u201d<\/p>\n

10 items to bring along for your India trip:<\/strong>
\n<\/span>1. Power plug converter (EU type)
\n2. Cap to block the sunlight
\n3. Sunshade to block the sunlight
\n4. Sun-block lotion
\n5. Torchlight in case of power trip
\n6. Charcoal pills for stomach upset
\n7. Lots of small notes for tips
\n8. Bottles of mineral water
\n9. Wet Tissues
\n10. Respiratory mask<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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