gIvE iT a tHouGhT

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Political watcher Viswa Sadasivan remembers an incident when he was still with the then-Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, "I was producing the National Day Message by the Prime Minister. I had worked with PM Lee for a few years and everybody used to be terrified when PM Lee walked in to do his recording. It was such a dramatic change when PM Goh took over and he came to the recording to the studio.

"There he was, the Prime Minister rehearsing his lines, when suddenly, a loud crackling sound was heard from the studio light just above him. I was told that the light just above him was going to explode. I got the floor manager to pull him out of the chair and she did that just in time and at that moment, the light exploded and the sparks actually fell right on his feet. And I went pale. Being an Indian, I went pale, completely white. I ran down and was gasping. I was absolutely nervous and I told him, 'PM, I'm so sorry!'

What transpired after the incident left a deep impression on Mr Viswa.

"He put his arms around me he said 'Viswa, don't worry, take it easy, this is electrical stuff. Why don't you sit down?' And he brought me to the seat, made me sit down and he made me a coffee. And he put the right number of sugar cubes in it. So he gave it to me and said, 'you sit down, relax and once you're ready we can do the recording.'

"He made me coffee! And it tasted good as well! And he not only made me coffee, he made coffee for the cameraman! Because he saw we were obviously shaken and the human side of him came through at that point. And I will never forget this incident because for me, this was Goh Chok Tong the man, more than Goh Chok Tong the Prime Minister and for me, the word that came to mind was -- this is leadership."

As Martin Luthur King once said, "To serve, you'd need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love."

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gIvE iT a tHouGhT

extracted from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/handover/profile_gct4.htm

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Political watcher Viswa Sadasivan remembers an incident when he was still with the then-Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, "I was producing the National Day Message by the Prime Minister. I had worked with PM Lee for a few years and everybody used to be terrified when PM Lee walked in to do his recording. It was such a dramatic change when PM Goh took over and he came to the recording to the studio.

"There he was, the Prime Minister rehearsing his lines, when suddenly, a loud crackling sound was heard from the studio light just above him. I was told that the light just above him was going to explode. I got the floor manager to pull him out of the chair and she did that just in time and at that moment, the light exploded and the sparks actually fell right on his feet. And I went pale. Being an Indian, I went pale, completely white. I ran down and was gasping. I was absolutely nervous and I told him, 'PM, I'm so sorry!'

What transpired after the incident left a deep impression on Mr Viswa.

"He put his arms around me he said 'Viswa, don't worry, take it easy, this is electrical stuff. Why don't you sit down?' And he brought me to the seat, made me sit down and he made me a coffee. And he put the right number of sugar cubes in it. So he gave it to me and said, 'you sit down, relax and once you're ready we can do the recording.'

"He made me coffee! And it tasted good as well! And he not only made me coffee, he made coffee for the cameraman! Because he saw we were obviously shaken and the human side of him came through at that point. And I will never forget this incident because for me, this was Goh Chok Tong the man, more than Goh Chok Tong the Prime Minister and for me, the word that came to mind was -- this is leadership."

As Martin Luthur King once said, "To serve, you'd need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love."

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was reading thru that article and tht this is nice so i posted it here. read it thru and give it a tht. if u can achieve it, u will be a nice person...

`posted at
2:58 AM.