Transcript for Ep 1:Hi, this is Francis Lim, Welcome to my show. In this episode I will be sharing with you my journey.My life is like sitting on a Viking, having ups and downs no better than the Dow Jones Chart. I was born in a poor family. My parent were the earlier batch that moved from Malaysia to Singapore, before Singapore went independent. My dad could not find a proper job as the economy was very poor then. Without much choice he started a business as an electrical installer. My mom helps him.My dad did pretty well after some years. He was the lighting installer for the Singapore first Urban park (the Toa Payoh Park). Unfortunately, he was being cheated by a relative and all his hard earned money was gone. So our family didn’t really have the chance to enjoy anything. Since young, I have mind focusing problem. That is why till today I didn’t fully finished reading a book. This has built-up my character of having very short patient for result. However, in today’s contact, movies in FB and TikTok really suit me well. Because it tells the whole movie within 5 minutes. This can also tell why my study is always right at the bottom.My parents never had any proper education before, they couldn’t help me in my study. In order to fulfil my parents dream I lied about my Kindergarten’s result to get myself into a reputable school,.For sure, I could not catch up very long at the reputable school, I failed my primary 5 and was then posted to a very low graded School. A well-known gangster school which doesn’t exist today. I was being bullied. My daily pocket money was robbed and I didn’t have my lunch for many months. However, I managed to survive. I realised that the leader of the gangsters needs to pass the Primary 6 PSLE. This is is his last chance to get into secondary school.Remember, that I was from a reputable school? Although, I didn’t do well in that school, I became the Top No. 1 student in this new school. I let the gangster leader copy my homework and gave him free tuition after school. We became good friends and his ppl didn’t touch me anymore. And through giving free tuition, I actually pickup quite a lot myself in my study.In 1985, I went to a low grade school secondary school, though I did quite fine on my PSLE. That is because at the same year, Singapore changed its educational scheme to English as first language. I was all along from the Chinese scheme. What a luck? I got into trouble again. Of course, I am not the only one being affected, many are like me became the victim of this new scheme. This hit badly on my study during secondary school. I became depressed and didn’t want to put much effort on my studies. The only two out of eight subject that kept me going were Chinese and Math. I would say that I am fairly good in my Math. I didn’t like my Math teacher since the 1st quarter in Sec. 1, so I have an agreement with her that I will skip her lesson but I promised to pass all my math test.Fortunately or unfortunately, she was also my Sec.2 Math teacher, so the agreement stands. For the two years, I hardly attend any Math class but I passed all my math exam.During the secondary school days, my main focus was the ECA instead. I took up Chinese Orchestra. I played Bamboo Flute, and I played it pretty well. I could do both Solo and Concerto. My schoolmate started to admire me because I always have a chance to perform on the stage. That was the first big turning point in my life that I started to enjoy it. A few of my good Orchestra-mates were really enjoying it, we even climbed over the school fence every morning at 5 am to practice. The school gate open at 6.30 and my class starts at 1pm. Our Orchestra for so many years being an unknown group, became an Orchestra that have 3 top merit points in the entire country at Secondary school level in 1987. We also perform in the public concert hall, which we sell tickets and raised fund for the school.After I graduated from Sec Sch in 1988, I continued my study at Singapore Technical institute on electronics, a low class Technical school in Singapore. I was 18 then. And Again, I did not focus much on my Study, instead every day after school, I rushed to a hotel in town to perform my flute for $150/hr. I did 2 hrs daily for 5 days a week. This is a huge amount for a student even at this time.Looking back to my education journey, it wasn’t that fantastic at all, I didn’t have any certificate that is recognized by the market to be a leader. However, I am really thankful that a new door always opens for me when one is shut. Since there is always a way for life, I told myself, I want to get rich one day, I want to be a leader one day. Therefore, I didn’t give up at any point of my life.I hope today’s story will inspire you in one way or the other. Three takeaways that I hope they could be with you for live:Firstly, the way to Survive in Life-- face the problem, do not run away from it. I negotiate with the gangster ...
