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Happy Chinese New Year from SPIE Training Solutions As we step into the Year of the Wood Snake, a year symbolizing transformation, resilience, and prosperity, let us embrace the opportunity to shed the old and welcome the new with open hearts. Chinese New Year isn’t just about traditions or celebrations, it’s about reconnecting with loved ones, sharing joy, and nurturing the bonds that truly matter. It’s a time to reflect on our journeys, cherish our growth, and set our sights on even brighter horizons. To all our clients, partners, and friends, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your journey. We wish you an abundance of happiness, health, and success in the year ahead. May your path be as vibrant as the lanterns that light up the sky and as sweet as the oranges we share during this season. Gong Xi Fa Cai, and may this year bring you endless blessings and opportunities. Let’s make this year a year of transformation and growth—together. Happy Chinese New Year

Chinese Lunar New Year 2025: Why is it the Year of the Snake? 2025 is the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, a 12-year cycle represented by animals. Each year is associated with a specific animal, influencing the characteristics of those born under its sign. Babies born in 2025 will be snakes, following 2024's dragons and preceding 2026's horses. The cycle continues with the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig, each representing a different year in the repeating 12-year sequence.

I found this post to be very interesting. Clearly, a league table featuring best to worst. But also need to consider the starting point. Look at the EM vs the DM. A fascinating look, with some idiosyncratic subplots and a value stories embedded within. Jacqueline, thanks for sharing! Something to think about.

🐍🎁 Happy Chinese New Year 🧧💫 As we usher in the Year of the Wooden Snake on January 29, 2025, we extend our warmest wishes to everyone celebrating this vibrant festival. The Wooden Snake symbolizes wisdom, creativity, and strategic thinking. It is a year that encourages us all to embrace transformation, innovation, and thoughtful planning. The Wooden Snake is associated with resourcefulness and new ideas, making this an excellent time to explore innovative solutions and creative projects. Known for its strategic nature, the Snake encourages us to plan carefully and think long-term, setting clear goals and developing comprehensive strategies to achieve them. The Snake's wisdom invites us to take a reflective approach to our personal and professional lives, learning from past experiences and applying those lessons to future endeavors. Additionally, the Wooden Snake symbolizes resilience and adaptability, reminding us that challenges are opportunities in disguise and encouraging us to face them with grace and determination. Let’s embrace the qualities of the Wooden Snake as we journey through 2025. May this year bring prosperity, growth, and success to all.

Please join us in celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! We invite you to embrace this at your organization and find different ways to celebrate with your staff. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Cater a celebration lunch for your staff with a few different dishes from local Asian-owned and Pacific Islander-owned restaurants. Have a presentation or a topic to foster learning and discussion during the lunch. 2. Send out weekly emails highlighting one or two contributions or important cultural and historical impacts of Asia Americans and Pacific Islanders. Include a list of recommended books by Asian American and Pacific Island authors that coincide with the email highlight. 3. Send out a list of local Asian American and Pacific Islander cultural events and encourage your staff to attend. Then ask them to share something they learned. 4. Highlight your Asian American and Pacific Island staff members through short biographies that include some of their specific contributions to the organization and things they wish to share about their family, history, and culture. These are just a few of the many ways you can celebrate at your organization to help inspire learning and discussion, and to promote inclusion within your team.

The Chinese New Year, celebrated as the Spring Festival in China, marks a time of renewal, reflection, and resilience. As we welcome the Year of the Snake in 2025, symbolized by the Wood Snake, we are reminded of the snake’s qualities: adaptability, wisdom, and transformation. These traits are essential for navigating the challenges ahead. The Wood Snake, in particular, encourages growth through patience and strategic thinking. Like the snake shedding its skin, we must be willing to let go of outdated habits and embrace change. Challenges, whether personal or professional, are opportunities to innovate and grow. Leverage available resources—technology, community support, and education—to stay ahead. This Chinese New Year, set clear goals and remain flexible in your approach. Celebrate your heritage, draw strength from your roots, and use the wisdom of the past to build a brighter future. By combining tradition with modern tools, you can adapt, thrive, and make the Year of the Snake a transformative one.

As we step into the Year of the Snake, I want to take a moment to reflect on the qualities this symbol represents—wisdom, agility, and transformation. In the world of business, just as in life, these traits are what drive us forward. The snake teaches us that resilience isn’t about brute force but about adaptability—shedding the old to make way for the new. Over the past year, we have all navigated challenges, made tough decisions, and embraced change. This new year is our chance to move with purpose, sharpen our strategies, and seize new opportunities with confidence. To my team, partners, and fellow leaders—let’s channel the Snake’s keen instincts to stay ahead, its patience to time our moves wisely, and its ability to evolve so that we emerge stronger than ever. Wishing you and your loved ones a prosperous, fulfilling, and transformative Lunar New Year! 🐍🏮 #LunarNewYear #YearOfTheSnake #Transformation #Leadership #Growth #EzyProcure #EzyPayment #SGeBiz

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As we celebrate the **third day of Chinese New Year**—a time to embrace warmth, renewal, and the bonds of teamwork—I want to extend my heartfelt wishes to all of you. May your year ahead be filled with: 🔹 **Smooth code** and **bug-free deployments** (with coffee breaks aplenty!), 🔹 **Innovative breakthroughs** that light up the digital world, 🔹 **Collaborative success** as strong as a well-architected system, 🔹 **Balance** between screens and serenity, and 🔹 **Abundance** in health, happiness, and prosperity! Though today is traditionally a day for staying cozy (avoiding the "Red Mouth," as the saying goes 😉), let’s also take pride in the invisible threads we weave—connecting the world through technology. **Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái!** 🧨 May your servers stay cool, your algorithms stay sharp, and your passion for tech never dim!

COUNT ON ME, SINGAPORE" BY MATT-Q https://lnkd.in/gxjRSQB8 I grew up with this National Day song classic. Now that I am.a lot older, I realise increasingly that the act of 'counting on' should not be primarily about achievements and one's capabilities per se. Rather, we count on those whom we know we can trust their hearts, character, what they believe in and stand for consistently. It is the reliability, dependability and honesty of others that causes us to trust them after a period observation and testing. Similarly, that's what our nation needs. In terms of first world status infrastructure, systems and processes, we have tons of these. What we really need are those who do not run or complain at the first sign of trouble, who are willing to invest time and energy in the lives of others and have a sense of genuine rootedness to their families and others who do care for them. Mere content can only impart head knowledge and students often write them off cynically as propaganda. There is nothing as powerful and influential as real life individuals who practice what they preach and where we know that their hearts are in the right place. That kind of moral influence and modelling is what really shows the reality of convictions and beliefs and is what inspires others to become others can 'count on' #countonmesingapore #clementchow #ndp #nationaldaysingapore #matthewqueksingapore