Today I was arrowed to go for a course on some ways in which we could promote a healthy lifestyle in our workplace. he fact that I had to pile my work up and go down to Tanglin for the course (all the way from Jurong West), was already a turn-off. In addition, the course conduct was done in the most irritating manner, and the lessons taught should not even be considered a lesson. At least on my own perception.
The follwoing are some points noted:
1) The course fails to realise that health / wellbeing, is more than just a physical state. It is the encompassing of Physical, Mental and Emotional Health, and if given the choice, I would add spiritual health too.
2) Everything the course taught us (They were supposed to teach us how to PROMOTE AND MARKET a healthy lifestyle), revolved around setting policies and rules within our workplace to FORCE other people into submissive compliance.
3) The topic then deviated to wholly focusing on stomping out smoking. I do not oppose the stand of non-smokers to try to get us to quit. I know they mean good and thus I am mostly not offended. We smokers, on the other hand, chould practice consideration to not smoke in the face of our non-smoker friends (unless of course the whole environment consist of smokers, like a club or something).
4) I realise at the end the course was no more than ramblings of a delusioned spawn of the imposing bureaucracy we have lived under ever since we got our pink IC. The course lost it focus after 2 minutes, and conveyed nothing more than messages of dictation and the rule of the iron fist.
For people who read this post, please do not waste your money to attend such courses. If you have already gone for one, do not practice what they preach, or your organisation will end up with another useless health programme and you will end up laughing stock.
