Hmmm...

I have been asked to be the MC for the upcoming Farewell Lunch my office is organizing for two top-level bosses. One had just gotten her promotion while another will be retiring soon. It's a tricky business to MC such function actually, since both of them are from the same batch - but one had been promoted to Jusa A while her colleague is retiring at Jusa C. I hope I will be able to balance things up nicely -congratulating the newly promoted ex-boss, and more importantly, expressing gratitudes and wishing all the best to the retiring boss...

Mak, who retired last year, used to say that retirement is the moment of truth. After all that they have contributed to the service - putting their minds, their best efforts, their time - retirement is the time for many to look back and re-examine what they have actually achieved in their career life journey. Since one could not undo what had already been done - retirement is the time when many will caution their successors not to fumble, not to repeat similar mistakes, not to cause similar blunders - the way they had done themselves.

But then again, retirements - just like weddings, funerals, graduations, births - are like speed bumps in life. They cause people to slow down, look around, think about stuff, and then over the bump, people will usually speed up to their own pace.

Nevertheless, I think retirement could also be looked from another viewpont. While surfing the net, trying to find some quotations to be included in the MC script, I came across this nice line:

"To live is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to be constantly recreated."

Hmmm... interesting, huh?