Apprentice.

The show tightens to the 12th /15th episodes of the employee selection variety show. There are now 6 people left. 2 are just fired and got their you-know-what kicked.

This basically makes me wonder who can be the next apprentice. Surely the contestants are getting tired over the long repeated business plans and dealing with arch-colleagues or watching their opponent's every movement. That's business as we all know. The best way to rise up can only be throught hard and smart work. To endure the weariness and keep up with the pace of the game, not losing focus on task, not losing focus on critical judements makes this game pretty demanding. That's the impression that i am getting.

I also can't help wondering if this is another WWE presentation with all the violence remove, all the wittiness dumped in, mixed with the Posh outlook of Trump's luxurious properties and cool quotes. In short, a staged reality programme. Some of us might have read about the fakiness of reality programmes. Choosing to believe that totally will just put me off from a great deal of lessons that i've picked up. Especially from this show. Food for thought again :)

Its sad that Maria and Wess got kicked but it is like so obvious their you-kno-what is going to be kicked pretty hard. Being a first time Apprentice-watcher, i was alittle surprise that both are kick at the same time. Maria got kicked when she shun the idea of teamwork and choose to overide the Project Manager's command forcefully. She seems alittle emotional and unstable. Probably from the weariness. Who knows? Very obviously, she is in the brink of breaking down many times in the show. Wess [very surprisingly to me] being the project manager of this task, let her have her way. Why am i surprised. Cos if you watch the first episode, you will hear him say a pretty offensive comment. He said something like " up with the boys and down with the girls." something like that. Maybe worst. This comment drove a scornful look from one of the ladies in the other team. Giving an image that guys are stronger and better than girls [ i am not agreeing with that], he actually allowed her to shut him off straight in his face and back off. It just give me the impression that he talks too much. He could have save the team if he chose earlier to manage his team well and tame the raging female bull charging at him.

Andy being young and seemingly lack of experience, has make a slight plus impression on Mr Trump. He feels that the team talk to much and listens too little. And that is exactly how i feel. He is the one maintaing the lowest profile [ probably to save the mental energy for the last battle to be the best] but has manged to use this .. to help him see the error of the team. Of course this move makes Mr Trump feel more uncomfortable because he has not see enough of him in action. He needs to know he has competent employees and that can only be done when he sees the work or attitude of his workers. So we shall see how this goes for Team Mosiac. Apex won and Jen gets to steal all the glory. Navana [ i know i know wrong spelling] feels sad and angry because she's the one behind the good catalogue idea. Ross being the task manager of the winning team, has earn himself an excemption from being fired if he is in the board room the next time.

So much for drama. I also realise that to be in anywhere in this world, a very strong quality as a employee or worker is to have a strong enduring heart. It need not be a metal heart. Strong and lasting are probably the "qualities" of metal. But as a person, one needs more of a big heart that is flexible, strong and truthful. A hard metal might be too inflexivle to bent. Get what i mean?

This is why i feel that ............. as people grow and make life choices, they will inevitably receive the fruits of their decision. One of them is the kind of heart they'll get. When we are place in the battlefield one day [ figuratively speaking ] , I will ask myself : Are you going to break down, run or fight on smartly? When that day comes, is your mind, body and soul prepared to make the breakthrough. Or is it just going to breakdown? If you meet a setback, are you strong and willing enough to make it a comeback?

That's all for my little rambling. :)

Cheers