Lead. Care. Inspire

That's the creed that my profession lives by.
Leading can be done through autocratic ways or laissez-faire methods. Caring can be shown through concern for your charges over their daily lives.
But INSPIRE?!

There's no guideline or official manual on what are the ways to inspire! Hit by a cognitive disequilibrium, I was truly stumped at the prospect of being an inspiration to others.

How does a person become inspired? Usually it occurs through admiring someone or some organisation's superhuman/extraordinary feat and that sudden stirring of the heart and adrenaline rush drives you to imagine yourself acheiving similar heights. Alas, those lofty goals don't usually materialise and remains as a pipe dream.

How can I inspire others? This is a question that I have no answer and must take on a journey in search of the path towards being an inspiration.

Certainly being passionate about what you do helps a great deal. But passion is a severely overused word isn't it? In addition, passion can be doused by fatigue and other issues that seeks to distract and disrupt you. That clouds one's vision.

So what then? I would say having a clear purpose for each season in life is something that keeps us on track in this race of life. Having a genuine interest/love in something and pursue it with excellence. When fatigued, take a sabbath and recharge your batteries and get back to the race.

To inspire others, one must have the belief and your passion/love will shine through and that influence you have will permeate your surroundings such that it is impossible to avoid. Being real and true to oneself breaks down all barriers to inspire, for you show who you are.

That said, a plumbline/blueprint is needed to keep you in check when all else fails, you need a role model to be there for you too.
I am thankful for that.


"You need to be inspired to inspire"

I get inspired by beautiful scener

Steak House Satou - Finest Matsuzaka Beef

Paying homage to the greatest steakhouse (in my opinion) was one of the best experiences of my post-exam travel. I have earlier read up about Steak House Satou from Paul's Travel Blog and was so mesmerised by the marbling of the meat and the immaculate way the chefs handled the meat. To see it first hand and taste it was another experience altogether.

The concept was to have a butchery below and the restaurant above and thus the restaurant has supply to the freshest and finest cuts available.

Very beautiful piece of paper (im biased)

I chose the Omakase set which is to trust the chef and it cost 5250 yen ($83SGD)

Look, even the salad was made so prettily.


The chefs were separated by seniority. The junior ones would be cooking the veggies while the head chef dealt with the steak.



Look at the size of the steak!
Viola! Here goes my set: Salad, Steak, veggies, rice, miso soup and tea.

Close up of the wondrously marbled steak

Simply seasoned with ground pepper and salt. The meat was gorgeous. The fats were dealt with separately.

The vegetables.

The friendly staff took photo for me.

Check out my marbled prize

All done!

One to remember.