tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post2471995036943179573..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Balancing greed and passionChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-50375412784692605882007-10-11T07:40:00.000+08:002007-10-11T07:40:00.000+08:00I doubt that there is much passion in the civil se...I doubt that there is much passion in the civil service. You assert that there is, bit you are confusing "passion" with small-brain power -tripping.<BR/><BR/>To pay the civil service like the private sector is unsustainable in the long run. Taxes will have to be raised in order to meet the civil service wage bill.<BR/><BR/>"Passion" at one's job is inexorably tied to the amount of money one earnsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-58065805627717693902007-10-10T20:27:00.000+08:002007-10-10T20:27:00.000+08:00I left teaching because I constantly had sore thro...I left teaching because I constantly had sore throat problem. When I left my pay was about $2700 in 1994. Was due to jump bar at $3100. Today, as a real estate agent I earn many times my teacher's salary. As an agent, it still gives me the opportunity to train and teach younger agents....am as passionate as ever in my current work of helping people to make the right investments.<BR/><BR/>Of The Oriental Expresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109154577976183321noreply@blogger.com