An educative drive.

The first half of the day was spent in driving my Cruze with a purpose - for a market survey
of household furniture! It was truly educative and an eye opener for me to realise as to how
ignorant I was on these matters.

Three things that I've realised, over the course of the day, are as follows:-

           (a) There's enormous talent in our own backyard but they do not get the necessary
           encouragement because of our fetish for established brand names.

           (b) Lack of official endorsement and their inability to market their wares in an
           otherwise vigorous environment deflate their enthusiasm within no time, only to
           make them leave the field, without even putting up a decent fight!

           (c) The big fish in the business quickly move in to mop up the failed ones to ensure
           that they never get up to fight again, thereby snuffing out any semblance of a comp-
           etition that could arise.

And I thought that there was enough space for all participants. With that sort of variety to
choose from, the customer would surely have become king and get the best bang for the
buck!

When will we ever improve and begin to realise and encourage our own treasure of expertise
and talent?