A Happy Lunch at Fish & Co.

This Saturday is packed of activities, and it's quite an exciting though.
Firstly, I got a lunch for the celebration for mine, and KC's birthday at Changi Airport Fish & Co.
Got a good crowd though, and some nice dishes for our lunch. Alright, let's move on to the highlights.

Fish & Co. is known for its birthday celebration. yea. This is my second time there, and I stood up together with KC, and the staff do their Fish & Co cheer and dance. The first time I did on my 19th birthday, I was quite embarrassed. But I enjoyed quite a bit that day. Haha...

Then I got my present!

Presented to my by Francis! Yup.



And I opened it, it is a book! Yes! a book, and I love it. And when i look again, it is a book on the "Best-Sellers" shelves on major bookshops, like Times, Kinokuniya, Borders. I saw it before, but I just put it in my 'Going-to-read' list. But now, I got it! And I'm gonna read it :D





"Become a Better You" by Joel Osteen. 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Everyday. That's exactly what I'm looking for! Improving Everyday! A little improvement everyday, will snowball into a BIG improvement every month, every year!

To me, this is just the best of the BEST present someone can get!. A book.

I posted this on Facebook...

When you put your body to work, it will generate thousands for you.
When you put your brain to work, it will generate Millions for you!

Yup. I can say this book will generate my mind to generate millions for me:D Thanks guys! And I look forward to greater books to come! :D. After reading it, I'm going to pass it on to someone else, so that it will help them generate millions too!

Month of July, Time to GIVE!

Hi guys,

We are at the month of July!

Time really really fly very fast. And when they fly, they never come back. Just last year, I was counting down to my ORD date. This month July, I'm going back to KINS unit for a 1 day briefing for my reservist. Time really flies.

For the month of June, I can say I receive quite a lot. And for the month of July, I can say it's my time to GIVE! I had learnt a lot of things, such as the little magic skills I learnt in Zoe Conference, the 'life-changing' words shared by Bro. Darren, 'mind-stimulating' words by many Wise people, and connecting with foreign friends in Facebook.

I just recently blogged about Bro's Darren words here:
1) Lesson 1: How long can you wait?
2) Lesson 2: Never judge a person by looking at his past...

Actually there are more lessons, I blogged it in later posts:D

I never afraid of information overload. I believe the more information I receive, the better
person I am. What I mean here is Good, Accurate, and Effective Information that will help someone change for the better.

Month of june, I came across a funny myth. I had a friend who called me 3 times on the phone in a matter of ard 3 weeks. To break-ice with me the first time, he asked where I stay, and where I am studying. I told him i stayed in Tampines, and going to NTU. Second week he called me, he asked me where I stay and where I study. I gave him the answer again, as i thought maybe he has forgotten.

THIRD week, he msged me in MSN, and asked the same 2 question!! I told him, "I thought I told you last time?" His reply was," Oh! I forgotten..." Alright, nevermind. Maybe he didn't hear properly last time. That same week, he called me again! He wanted to meet me for lunch, but I can't make it the last 3 weeks. I picked up his call, and he started saying..." How have you been..." and after 2 sentences of conversations...

He asked me "Where I stay?", "Where am I studying?". Wow. That really irritates me. I told him, "Hey, this is not the 1st time you asked me these 2 questions!!" He replied as "oh, I got a lot of friends to remember, you can't expect me to remember everyone's answers..."

Do you guys have such friends? It got me quite irritated, and maybe most of you guys, to repeat your answers for four times. Sometimes, I really wonder if this is a real friend, or just an acquintence. He told me he got poor memory, or alot of things to remember... My answer is BULLSHIT. Yes. It's just an excuse.

Let's see for example, If Johnny is an enthusiastic Arsenal Fan, and when Arsene Wenger, Manager of Arsenal, come to Singapore, and he gave you his contact no. and his time of arrival, and he wanted to meet Johnny and ask him to call him when he reach. You think Johnny will forget Arsene Wenger's number, and say, I got alot of friends' numbers to remember, and I can't remember yours? Haha. I think Johnny will even chant Wenger's number while he's sleeping...

What about Warren Buffett gave his number? Bill Gates? Brad Pitt?

And that's what I say, it's an excuse. Poor memory is an excuse. The reason is whether you have taken any effort to remember their number, and being interested in your friend. That's all. That's a poor communication skill, and it just irritates people :D

Last Sunday, 28/6/2009, I went to Johor, Malaysia for a Personal Development Course. So far, I have been to Two such courses. However, I will not say they are the same. Each has its own characteristics. The last course I've been to was back in November, a 2-day course. Last Sunday's was a one-whole day course.

I woke up at 5am, took the first train at 6am to Yio Chu Kang, and jump on to my friend's car, and reach Johor at around 8 am. The course is held in a hotel, and food and everything is provided. It started at around 9, and everything finished at 10.30pm. Reach back Singapore at around 11.20pm

To me, this is a very good course. This will really help you change for the better. However, I can say, not everybody who attend this course will change. This really depends on the 'attitude' you bring into that course. Attitude. If someone who is serious, he will learn and absorb more. If he's not, it's unlikely he will learn much, and hence, change much too:D

This goes for other Personal Development courses, not just this. It should be a course tat someone should attend it voluntarily, and willingly, not by begging or by force. It's useless. The person will not change.

For any guys out there, I would seriously recommend you guys go for at least 1 Personal Development Couse in your entire life. The earlier you go, the better for you. I am sure you do not want to realise you need a change in life at the age of 50-60 yea... And, it would be recommended to go for Good courses, conducted by Good Qualified and Well-known trainers. It will make your money worth-while too.

Yup! I can say money spent on one's self education is the wisest investment. A improvement in skills, change in thinking, change in mindset will reap more benefits than one can imagine, when actions are taken.

I'll come back with more posts! and kindly share your comments with me guys!. :D

Steve Jobs Speech to Standford University Graduates

Hi Guys,

I found this inspirational video by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

However, I would only recommend this video to people who are:

* Undergraduates, or going into a university soon
* Serious about their futures
* Ready to invest just 15mins of their time
* Open minded
* Having big dreams in their lives

Yes! I knew you are one of the great people I'm referring to, and I invite you to press the "Play" button, and invest 15min on it. This may change your life :D

Lesson 2-Never judge a person by looking at his past...

Alright! After the last post on ' How long can you wait?', I got quite a few comments by some great people! So guys, if you miss that post, you can read it here! Come back again to lesson 2, which I will talk about

"Why we should never judge someone by looking at his past."

Yup. This is brought up by Bro. Darren too. He brought up during Zoe Conference, on 17/6/2009. It's a great conference which I learnt a lot, experience a lot, and will never want it to end, even though it lasted from late morning to night.

So the words...
Why we should never judge someone by looking at his past. I got to admit that. We do that often, and always too. I did that. When we got to know somebody, and when we know them better, we tend to judge that person, and we determine what kind of person he will be in the future.

So for e.g...
-We got a friend who has failed his PSLE , we somehow thinks that he will be a lowly-paid worker next time.
-We got a friend who has failed A levels , we somehow thinks that he will not be able to
enter a local university, and hence no good career prospects. Anyway, there's nothing much to show off how great a local university degree is. This post explains it. let's continue...
-We got a friend who goes polytechnic, instead of A levels, we somehow thinks that he has low chance of entering local university, and hence no good career prospects.
-We got a friend who fights in school, and we somehow thinks that he will be a great gangster, or a robber, or gang leader in the future.
-We have a friend who can't cook very well, we somehow thinks his husband will have a hard time eating her food in the future.

And so on... and so on...

Actually, that is what I did last time. I judge them on what they are in the present, and present a negative outlook on them. However, I'm not doing that anymore. I can say it's difficult, but it's another point of view I will need to see. And so when Bro. Darren brought this up, I can fully understand what he meant.

"We need to see people of what they will be in the Future"

That's the point of view we have to look at. However, I dare to say, it's hard to do it, even for me. But we Have to do it! There's one reason. We are only looking people at their surface, at their present. As we all know, people do change. And really, people do change.

I think in some time of our lives, we see these things we never thought we will see in life...

-the most stupid guy in your primary school whom you thought will never make it to university earns more than you...
-the laziest guy in your class whom you thought will never make it in life becomes your superior/supervisor...
-the most ugliest guy in your primary school whom you thought will never get a girlfriend got married earlier than you...
-the most quiet guy in your class whom you think will never stand on stage becomes a public speaker to a massive crowd...
... these are the things that shock us when we see them. Because, we never thought they would become so great, as we judge them based on what we see them years ago in school. What happen after we did not meet them, we do not know. And when we see them again, everything change.

However, things can turn out on the other side too!
-the most clever guy in your class whom you thought to be a CEO in the future, lost his job due to retrenchment...
-the most nerdy friend in your class whom you thought will be a nerd/'toot' forever in school, turn out to be a gang leader. By the way, I've got a friend who turn out this way...
-the smartest guy in your class whom you thought will excel in all subjects, got retained in school, and got kicked out in the end. I've got a friend who turn out this way too...

I guess all these may sound familiar to you guys too...

So what really makes these people turn out the way we never thought they will turn out to be??
The answer is simple...
" The actions they take will determine their route in the future..."

When you are taking the train towards the East, you will never reach the West.
Yes! So for the above few instances, the most stupid, weakest, lousiest, ugliest, fattest, or what ever negativity you can name, become the best, the strongest, the smartest, the fittest, the prettiest, because they DID something which change their life! So when the vice versa happens, they did something to change their life too!

Today, we all knew Barak Obama is the President of United States, and probably the World-Elected President too. However, by looking back to his childhood days, we found out that he lived in Indonesia. He stayed there for a few years, before he moved to the States. His parents divorced and re-married. There are also history of him taking marijuana, cocaine, alcohol during his childhood days too. Yup! Can we ever imagine a small boy like him, studied in Indonesia become a US president one day? Hardly.

However, things never happen just like that, if not people on the streets will think that taking marijuana or cocaine will become a president next time. No! things do not happen this way! What we need to look at what he did on his way to presidency.

First, he decided to leave Indonesia and return to USA, Hawaii. If he didn't do this, he would not be where he is today.And, if he chose to continue taking marijuana and cocaine his whole life, he also would not be where he is today, maybe at some drug rehabilitation center.

So guys, have we decided the route we are taking? Have we drew out the roadmap that we will want to walk in the next 40-50 years of our lives? If we do not like the path we are going, do we still walk on it, or change the route? If we decide to change, do we have the belief and perseverance to change the course?

Yes. And that brings me back to the point. Let's not judge a person by what he will become by looking at his past. You never know when they will change, and become somebody you will never expect them to become.

Then, we turn the eyes and look at ourselves too! So let's not judge ourselves, by looking at our past! We may have failed PSLE/O lvl/A lvl/University, or used to be the most quiet, naughtiest, lousiest, lowest in class... So what? As long as we stand up, stop walking that path, and Change the route we are walking, we will change ourselves, and you will be the one who shock your friends, not vice versa.

Everyone knows who is Adam Khoo, the CEO of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group, a millionaire at age 26, authors of multiple books, an Asian Success Coach, a public speaker... but in the past, he was a kid who failed in school, who can't do maths and science, who play computer games all day and night, who did poorly for his PSLE and ended by in a lousy secondary school... So what really change him? What did he really do? He did alot alot of things, and it's interestig to read his life story.

So what if we stutter in class when we read out a comprehension page, we may be a great speaker, or a world leader in the future?
So what if we are quiet and shy in class, we may be someone who is very influencial to many people?
So what if we are the lowest in class, fail multiple subjects before, didn't get into top schools or college, we may be someone who earns more than those uni grads, or even, be the boss of these people!

And again, before you have to achieve all that, you need to Change your road, Walk on a different path towards a Different direction. You will reach there in the end. *but if nothing changes, then, everything will stays the same, and you can really predict your own future. :D

So before i log off, let's look around us, our friends and family. See them once again, and lead them to the correct path they should take. See them as someone great in the future!

Share your comments!

Lesson 1-How Long Can You Wait?

Alright guys, I'm back for my posts!. As promised, this post is going to be a Powerful one!. But wait, I should say this is not the only post. I should say 'A Series' of posts will make it Powerful.

I shall name it lesson by lesson, as I learned all of these in different days, and I'm putting them altogether. So let's start!

Lesson 1 - How Long Can You Wait?

On 30th May 2009, It's a day of my Sundown Marathon. However, that event is at night. In the afternoon, I went to Riverwalk, for a Zone meeting, by Brother Darren. It has been so many months since the Zone gather again. Bro Darren shared a lot a lot with us. And that is what I want to share with you guys.

Before he started saying anything, he said that what he will share will be a turning point in our lives, sound something great yea. To me, Bro Darren is a great speaker, an interacting speaker on stage, someone who is enjoyable to be with. I always love and remember what he says, as I can say his words can Really change a person's life. He has spoken in prisons too.

That day, he spoke about this...

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr spoke in Washington D.C. and his speech titled,

"I have a Dream..."

This is a world-renowned speech as he is speaking in front of thousands and thousands of people. And in his speech, there's a famous quote from him...

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

A few years later in 1968, he was assassinated. America in that era is prejudiced against the blacks, and there were a lot of discrimination of the blacks. They were mistreated, they were not given the same respect as the whites. However, after 46 years Martin Luther King Jr made that speech, history changed. And his Dream come true.

On January 20 2009, Barack Obama, America's first black President sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. He has made history. Martin Luther King Jr's dream came through after 46 years, after he had made that speech.

So here's a question...

If you are given a chance, to stand in front of thousand and thousands of people, in front of the world camera, to give a speech of just 10 mins. yup. 10 mins will do. What will you say? What can you say to change the world, to change the lives of the people? An interesting food for thought...

Looking at today's era, people are becoming more and more oblivious of what is happening around the world. When Facebook changes its layout, many groups have been formed there to appeal against the changing of layout. These groups have gathered almost hundred thousands of people, to appeal against the changing of the layout. But what happen in the end? Facebook didn't change its layout. So what are these people doing? Is there a need for this? Another food for thought...

So what would you say? ... ...


Next, he mentioned about a research study that has been done.

"It has been studied that a person requires 17 years to become World-Class"

Yup. Tiger Woods started playing golf at the age of 2, and he turned professional in 1996, at age of 21 years old. It took him around 20 years, I would say, to be world-class, when he became world number one in 1997. 20 years, and he became world-class.

What everybody see, is his No.1 ranking, his titles, his almost-perfect golf swings, his happy marriage, the multi-million dollar endorsements he had signed... But who has seen what he has really gone through all these 20 years? Who has seen how much training he has gone through before he can become professional? Who has seen how many golf balls he has to hit a day? Who has seen how much pressure he has to undertake, the stress of becoming world no.1? Only a handful, probably his coaches has seen them all...

Life's like that, many people admire the success of others, love to be on the world stage one day, love to win titles, be world no.1, win endorsements, appear in world advertisements... but only few people are willing to do what it takes to get there.

Bro Darren talked about 17 years to become the world best. I would like to add something to it.

Maybe you would not like to be world best. So, 14 years to become best in your continent (Asia/Africa/Europe...) ? Alright, maybe you would not like to be your continent best. So I say, 10 years to become best in your region(Middle East, North Asia, SouthEast Asia...) ? Alright! maybe you would not like to be your region best, you just want to be your country best. 7 years? or your city best.5 years? or become your school/club/company best? Is 4 years enough?

So I have somehow shortened the number of years, to just 4 years. Yup. 4 years to be your company best or best in your school, or I just say achieve your dreams. 4 years. How many of us are willing to strive for 4 years to achieve what we wanted? If Tiger Woods can strive hard for 20 years, why can't we, just for 4 years?...

While achieving our dreams, we will definitely meet a lot of dream breakers. It's normal!

When you want to be a singer, someone will pop up and say you sound like a frog.
When you want to be a dancer, someone will pop up and say you are too fat for it.
When you want to be an artist, someone will say you are not artistic enough.
When you want to be a basketball player, someone will say you are too short for it.
When you want to be the next top model, people say you don't have the figure.
When you want to do whatever you want to do, there will always be a dream breaker.

No doubt, dream breakers are there. The point is, how should we react to these dream breakers? Let's see some examples...

-What if someone tells Barack Obama that he will lose the 44th Presidential Election, because he is a black, he is young, he has a strong opponent who is a white, with so much more experience than him, and there has never been a black president is the whole history of United States of America? If Obama listen to his 'someone', he would not have become the President.

-What if someone tells our Minister Mentor Lee Kwan Yew that, he has no point building up Singapore, as Singapore has a very small population, limited talents, and could not compete with many bigger countries around her? What if someone tells MM Lee that Singapore has many laws to follow, restricted many things, like chewing gums, protests, movements, riots and that will make Singapore a very 'Fine' country to live in? What if someone tells MM Lee that Singapore children had to study a lot of subjects, especially two languages, makes them very stressed, and he would not bring his students to Singapore to get 'stressed' by the education system?

If MM Lee listen to all these 'someones', Singapore would not have been one of the best liveable cities in Asia and in the World. If MM Lee did not set laws to restrict demonstrations, protests, and chewing gums, Singaporeans would not be a clean city, as compared to our neighbours. If MM Lee listens to people saying studying two languages is useless, Singapore would not have been a multi-racial country, which attracted many investors from big countries, like India and China. And if not for Singapore's bilingual policy, US multi-billionaire and commodity trader, Jim Rogers would not have moved to Singapore to settle, and allowed her daughter to grow up here and learn Chinese.


I hope this two examples speak alot about themselves. For one reason, they think of the Masses. They are focused on their dreams. They never let the 'someone' destroy their dreams. Obama plead for a Change in US, and he is not affected by what race he is, what his opponent is, and what other say about him being young, inexperienced or whatsoever. He kept his focus, and he did it.

MM Lee never care so much what other people talk of him. We Singaporeans know that there are many good things said about us, as much as bad things. Many overseas professors have often critised LKY of his ruling tatics, his control over the country, and the strict law and order. However, MM Lee onced said this, '' if you can't change a third world country to a first world county, you'd better....." That's roughly the sentence. What right has this professors got to say about what LKY is doing, when they themselves, only study a lot, but did not do what he has done.

To guys out there, if you have a dream, go achieve it. I would dare to say, many of the dream breakers are mostly your close ones, your family members, or good friends. If they are open-minded enough, they will allow you, or even support you along the way. But sadly, as you guys know, this does not happen often. We tend to let them 'pour the cold water' on us, and let them 'break our dreams'. In the end, for what they claim to 'protect' us from hurting, or choosing the wrong dream, we do what we don't like, and never achieve what we always wanted.

We live a life we want, and not a life what others want. YES! A life you want. We live for ourselves, we don't live for others. If you think something is right, is your passion, and you want to go for it, Just Do It! Why care so much about what other people say about you? Why care so much how people look at you? Remember, it's a life we live, for ourselves. We choose the path we want to walk, and with belief and faith, we walk all the way, and never let anyone, or obstacles hinder us from reaching our destiny.

Giving up? Oh! this should not have been one of your thoughts! People with beliefs and faiths of what they are doing, go all the way. 4 years to achieve what you wanted. Maybe, you would want to give up... but before you do that... let's read below...

- When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he failed 10,000 times, before he got it. 10,000 times, and he didn't give up. Why must you give up? How many times have you tried? 10? 100? 1000?. Remember. Thomas Edison- 10,000 times.

- When Donald Trump, from a billionaire to a bankrupt, with almost 900 million in debt, he didn't gave up. A few years later, he made a comeback, and he become a billionaire again. Bankrupt with over 900 million in debt, and he did not gave up. How much did you lose? $100?$1000?$10,000? $1 million? Remember, Donald Trump, $900 million.

-Colonel Sanders, the old man who created the receipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken, got his receipes rejected by many restaurants initially. However, he never lose faith in his receipe. He knew his fried chickens are the best. In 1955, at age of 65, he expanded his chicken franchise business. 10 years later at age of 75, he had more than 600 KFC franchises. Look, at age 75, he is still working hard to fulfill his dream.

-Sam Walton, opened his first Wal-mart supermarket at age of 44 years old. At age of 67, he became world richest man. His family occupies few of the top 10 places of the Forbes Rich List. At 67, he achieved his dream. So let's see. How old are you to give up? Colonel Sanders and Sam Walton never gave up, even though they can retire many years ago, but they continue to go for their dream. MM Lee is still building the country, at the ripe old age of 85, going 86 this year. He never gave up, how can we say 'give up'?

So before we ever thought of giving up our dreams, let's remind ourselves of the noble people above. They never gave up their dreams, why must we?

Just a last note... No one can say you are defeated, unless you give the permission.

So guys, give ourselves a time period to achieve our dreams. Wait for your efforts to bear fruits. Never gave up till the end.

Look out for lesson 2! :D

Sorry for the wait...

Hey guys!

I've been idle for a while. Busy with some stuffs..

But...


Watch out for my Next Post!. I can say it gonna be Powerful! :D

Achmed the Dead Terrorist

Haha. I think some of you guys have watched this video. I just came across this funny video by chance, and it's still funny even if you watched it many times. It got 90 million views, and that shows how Social Media brings a person to fame!. Jeff Dunham :D

I got a local U degree. What am I afraid of?

What am I afraid of ?

Wow. The people who give me this answer somehow tell me that their degree is quite Big, quite Powerful ah! I got some friends who tell me this. They are from the local University. They think that with local university degree, they are untouchable in the future.

Nope. I'm not saying all local university undergrads are that proud and arrogant. Nope. I have friends, who are in local uni, and I always enjoyed talking to them openly, with their open minds. We share views and always talk it out whatever there are in our minds. However, it's the small number of 'arrogant' friends I dislike. They become proud when they are able to get into a course when their friends can't get in. They try to be arrogant, asking people, 'What kind of scholarship should I get? This $20,000 one, or overseas one?'' or '' Should I take Law only, or a Double Degree with Law and others?'' etc... when others can't get even in.

Wow. I think everybody got these kind of friends. Sometimes we just smile back, or just give a cool answer like ''I think this is better... If I were you, I would...", just to entertain their arrogance. I once did that too. But I got a different approach now:D

So What? So what you have a local U degree? So what you have a scholarship? So what?
Their reason is with a local U degree, they have good job prospects, they can get good jobs. With a scholarship, they are secured a job after graduation, they can get promoted, and get pay rise.
I agree with that 2 years ago, when I just finished my A level education. But now, not anymore.

After this Greatest Crisis that hit almost every country, especially the world's biggest economies which includes USA, Japan, China, I came to realise how 'valuable' a degree is. When the crisis hit, there are news of scholarship being canceled by companies. There are also news of fresh graduates not able to get jobs. There are also news of graduates being hit the most. People said this is the worst year to graduate! JUST GO GRAB ANY JOB!!

Wow. this sounds scary yea! That's the answer! So what you have a Local U degree?

Poop! another objection appears.
'' Yes! But Im still studying now, and by the time I graduated, the economy has recovered and I can get my dream job! and my scholarship won't get canceled. So even if the ecomony is bad now, by the time I graduate, it will be booming!''

I agree with that objection, but to certain extent. Yes. You will get your dream job, you will get higher pay, as the economy has recovered, and maybe its booming. But my answer, So What?
In Economics, after every recession, there's a boom, and after every boom, there's a recession. It just goes on and on. It's a cycle! Looking at previous records, a recession happens in every 8-10
years.

So what you are still studying now? So what you have not graduated? So what by the time you graduated is a boom, and able to get high salary?

Are you able to guarantee there will not be a recession happening in 8-10 years time? Are you prepared to face the recession when it happens? But the scary thing is this...

During the boom, you ask for a pay rise, you can get high salary. You are doing well, and may have been promoted a few times during this boom. However, when recession happens, who do you think the boss will ask to 'Go' first?

Of cause is the one who gets paid the most!. He will do a bonus cut first, then salary cut, then if things get worse, the highest paid needs to go. Why? Because he can always get someone to do the same job at a lower pay, and not so demanding too, as economy will be bad that time. He can use foreign talents, from China and India, when their pay demands are not so high as locals.

And when these talents come in, where do Singaporeans stand? Stand by the side lo. Then when they still got their degrees to show off, what happen? They got to fight with fresh graduates who enter the job market! Bosses prefer fresh graduates during bad times, as fresh graduates are always asked not to be demanding, take whatever offer they are given, and just do the job.

HaHa. What about the Singaporeans who are retrenched, but with Big Local U degrees they show off when they are studying? Will bosses choose them? Depends. They have higher demands of pay, especially they have worked before. They got local U degrees! But when did they got the degree? 5 years ago? 10 years ago?

Every bosses know that things that are taught in University becomes Obselete by the time they graduate. Yes. Its useless, or irrelevant by the time they graduate. Worse, their degrees are 10 yrs old degrees. If you are the boss, which kind of knowledge do you need? The latest knowledge, or the knowledge 10 years ago?

When you see what windows 98 is, and what apple software "Snow Leopard" is now, you will know how big the difference is.

However, no matter how much is being said, these people are still living in their own world. They never believe this kind of things will happen to them, even though it had really happened!! (Just look at how many jobs are lost, or how many people got retrenched in this crisis. I doubt these people read the news too. They are in their own world.). They only believe it, when they got it themselves. And when that happens, why will blame the boss, blame the economy, blame the company, blame the wrong job, blame the wrong major they study, blame the wrong university they went to, blame ''Why Nobody tells him recession will occur once every 8-10 years!!".
Oops. They forget to blame themselves.

Notice in what i wrote here, I keep mention 'Local U'. Why so? It's just a simple reason. I can't stand people who are in local U, look down at people who are in private University! What's the problem with studying in private U? or the problem of NOT studying in a University? I just can't stand all those smart arrogant people from Local Uni, laughing at people from Private University.

And let me state again. I'm referring to people from local Uni, who are proud and arrogant and look down people from private uni. If even if you are from local Uni, but you are not proud and arrogant and doesn't look down people from private uni, I'm not referring to you. :D

If getting a local degree is so great to be arrogant about, a secured job, a secured career, high pay, fast promotions, think again, and maybe think twice. The world richest man in the world now, Bill Gates, didn't even finish his Harvard Education. What's makes these people so arrogant about, and just a local U degree?

Again, I'm not saying there's no point to get a local U degree. What I'm saying here is not to show off and be arrogant about just a local degree you have.

This phrase came from ACJC : "The best is yet to be". When you think you are the best, there are always people better than you out there." Arrogance will bring you no where:D

And to all my friends or people studying in private universities, Be proud that you are in that university! Never get looked down by arrogant people from local Unis anymore! I mean arrogant friends only, when they try to bring you down with their local U degrees. Don't tell it to all your friends, you will be seen arrogant instead. Haha.

I never look down people from private U, and students from private U should be proud of themselves too! Whenever I see how graduates from private U succeed in life, or business, I always like to see their stories, and tell those to my friends. Arrogant ones. Haha.

That's a long post from me. Share your comments!:D

Andre Rieu & 3 year old violinist, Akim Camara 2005

Hey guys, I stumbled upon this interesting video, and I'm sure you will enjoy this!
Take a look :D




Check out 5:20. It's cute!!

This is a cute short clip, but read the meaning within:D






I don't think you want to live such a simple and straightforward life. Hehe. Enjoy and comment! :D

Have you found yours?

Hey guys,

I have an interesting story to share.

Once upon a time, there lived a 70 years old man, who lived alone in a small village. For 50 years, he has been working hard, just to get by a living. He has nothing in mind, and just wish he would get rich one day. And he waited for 50 years...

On one fine day, he went out to his land. He wanted to plant a tree. He brought a spade, and started digging the ground. Dig dig dig and dig... and suddenly...

He found something...

He was surprised!!

He never saw that before!!!

He doesn't know what it was!

He took a closer look at it, observe it, touch it, feel it, smell it... And he was SOO happy!

He discovered that it was....

Oil!

There was oil in his ground!

He immediately stop digging, and abandoned his plan to plant that tree. Oil was just flowing out from the ground!! He was sooo excited!

He called up the town's oil company, and informed them about the oil he found underground his house. The oil company came to his house the next day, and pumped out barrels and barrels of oil. The company paid him 10 million of the oil found under the ground of his land.

He was made a millionaire! His wish had finally come true!

He became a millionaire at the age of 70!. not bad yea. At least his dream came true.

but Wait!

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Is he really a millionaire at 70 years old?

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or 50 years ago?

YES. he was already a millionaire the day he lived on the village on the land with the oil underground. He has been sitting on this potential 'gold mine' for 50 years. And he only discovered this 'gold mine' 50 years later.

* This is just a story. Don't take it too seriously. Don't go and dig the ground at your backyard, and expect oil to spill out. Don't come and tell me that this is impossible, as oil cannot be discovered so easily. This is Just a story. Read the meaning, not the words.

So what do i mean from this story?

Everyone has his/her own inner potential. Everybody has his/her own hidden talent.

Your potential maybe at speaking, dancing, doing sports, leading, music, joking, singing... Anything!!

However, have you found yours?

If you have not, dun worry. You will find yours one day. However, don't wait it until 50 years later. Look for opportunities to show off your talents. Don't wait for opportunities to come and find you. They may come, but you may need to wait for 50 years also. But if you look for them, you may just find them the next day.

Many times, especially in the workplace, office, people always complain and complain, that their bosses never give them opportunities. Boss never send them to workshops, boss never give me a team to lead, boss never this never that...

However, if the boss gives him the chance to lead a team of 100 people, are you ready? if his boss gives him a project that worth $10 million dollars, is he ready to take it up?

I think hardly, cos he complains all the day, about not given opportunities. He never prepares himself, he never improves himself, he never learn new skills, to take on these opportunities when they come. He never give HIMSELF opportunities!...

Hey guys, I know you are not this kind of person. Always be prepared when opportunities arise, and Grab them! If you don't grab them, others will. "You think the boss will wait until he go and hone his leadership skill before he pass him 100 people to manage?'' Haha. Everyone knows this doesn't happen. Unless your dad/mum is the boss. HAHA

So guys who found their talent, use it, don't waste it, and don't let it suppressed by others.

For those who haven't, you will find yours one day. I believe, your talent lies in your passion. Love what you do, go do it, and it will be your talent:D

* I love marathons, do you? :P

Getting 'As' in school doesn't mean you can get an 'A' in life

Hey guys, below is a Must-read post by a 12th grader. He had just put all my ideas and thoughts about how schools are training us to become. It is an insightful post, and one that you MUST read. And i emphasize again, MUST READ.

Read it here.

So what if you have scored straight As from primary school to Sec sch to A levels to Bachelor to Masters to PhD? So what you have not? So What??

You must read this post. You will find the answer within.

That's the real meaning about life.

:D

First H1N1 case in Singapore

And finally. It has arrived. The H1N1 virus.

Who's prepared? Who's not?

After spreading for a few months around the world, Singapore has finally announced its first H1N1 flu victim. However, based on Singapore's government precautionary measures, the person is quickly quarantined, to prevent the spread.

The government is prepared. But how prepared are the people? Do we wear masks to cover out mouth when we are not feeling well?

Recent reports on ways to prevent spreading of viruses. In Japan and Hongkong, there's a common practice among its people to wear masks when they are not feeling well. They would wear it out to streets, on the trains, everywhere they go, until they reach their home.Why?
So they won't spread their viruses to other people.

Singapore? Nah. No one really wear masks. Reason... I look weird when I wear a mask on the streets. People may think that I'm very special, 'scared', feel outcast. ok. But what about covering own mouth, nose when coughing and sneezing? It's just a simple practice yea...

But not many people are doing that. That's most disgusting and most unhygienic, especially people cough out Loud in a packed bus or in a squeezy mrt cabin. What to do? I think unless you have a strong immune system, it is highly possible to get it.

Generally, we may think that the person is just coughing, nothing much. But this may not always be that simple cough, or sneeze we thought. They will spread. So...be responsible. Take care of yourselves guys:D

H1N1 won't stay for long, if everyone is responsible enough for their own actions:D

The Movie that will change your life...

Hi guys!

I hoped you guys like the insightful movie of "What the Wealthy, Middle Class and the Poor buys on Payday".

For those who have not watched it, get your ticket fast! The movie won't be shown here for long. It will be removed after 3 weeks. Get your ticket and enjoy it. I am 100% you will learn something different:D

Get your tickets here:

What the Wealthy Buy on Pay Day (English)

It won't be sold out. So don't worry:D

But the movie may just stopped for viewing after 3 weeks:D

Enjoy and catch up with you guys after the movie!

Contact me for problems of viewing, or sharing of opinions too:D

Who don't want Money?

Money Money Money...

Who don't want money...

I think everybody heard of the chinese/hokkien song...

"What if I have 1 million?''

so the song includes.. I will take aeroplane, stay big house, buy big car... and so on.. alot of things they want to get. True.. everybody wants to get that...if they have 1 million

However, after reading books and thinking back.. I came to a conclusion too...


'Money doesn't make somebody rich, Financial Intelligence does'

So what if Uncle ABC, with no financial intelligence, has alot alot alot of money, but he don't know how to manage it?...

Research and studies have shown, and everybody knows... People who get big money from windfall, lotto, lucky draw, lottery... lose that 'big' money as fast as they get it.

so when Uncle ABC won $1 million from lottery, he will want to get alot of things, even those he may not even need. How long can his wealth stays?

Money is a tool, and a financial intelligence is the toolbox. If you have high financial intelligence, meaning bigger toolbox, you can handle big amount of money. If you have low financial intelligence, ie smaller toolbox, you can't handle big amt of money.

So what happens? Your toolbox can only fit in the largest tool it can fit in. So what about the rest of the tools? It will be at other places.

Coming to back to a more realistic example, Uncle ABC has only earned $2000/month, and maybe keeping a regular saving of $500/month. He does not manage big money before, and the most he may see is his few tens of thousands in his bank, for e.g. And 1 day, he won $1 million!
He never see so much money in his life before. And so.. you guys noe wat he will do...
After..let say a few years, he found his bank back to normal... then what he do next?

He sees that $1 million can just come with just a lottery ticket of..let say $10. WOW. so what if I buy more tickets? I can win more millions! I can get higher chances of winning! And so he continue to buy and buy..and he hit!, sometimes $100. So he will tell himself.'' Oh! my luck is coming!! I think I should buy more tickets, higher bets.'' Then he buy and buy...

However, he dint see it coming, not even the little ones. But he want to win back all that he has put in!! What to do... what to do...

For this is an example for low financial intelligence, and its normal

Why normal? School never teach what... So we learn from our surroundings, the society... anything we think its right... and maybe from the media too...

Why media? I think you guys have watched news or seen on chinese newspapers..with headline...

"Who will be the Next Millionaire tonight?''
Story would continue saying many people are queing at XYZ 4D branches, because these are the branches that has always won the top prizes..and has made alot of people Millionaires. And that's why alot of people are queing, and hoping they would be the one tonight!

Stories like that always makes people think millionaires are created this way.

Eh brother!! If millionaires are made this way, why aren't they on the FORBES millionaire lists?
If millionaires are be made this way, why can't I find this on the list...

.. Bill Gates, Mircosoft, Software
.. Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway, Investing
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.. Uncle ABC, 4D/To-to, Lottery?!?!?!

haha. interesting isn't it?.haha.

Millionaires are not created this way. Millionaires are calculated on accumulated wealth, and net worth. And so you see... everybody wants money..no doubt, who doesn't want.. but how many of them are taking the correct route to getting them. The slow and steady, and not the fast and easy route?

And by saying that, it all boils down to Financial Education, to increase Financial Intelligence.

From the old, historic, best-selling book by Napolean Hill's "Think and Grow Rich"...

" Money without brains is dangerous"

Yes. This quote just explains everything.

So how to increase my Financial Intelligence?

You can always read business books, e.g. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Think and Grow Rich...
to increase your Financial IQ. However, most people seldom does these... they always got an excuse '' Read so much for what...''

It's normal. However, I've got a short movie to teach about MONEY. It saves you the time you need to finish a book.

''What the Wealthy, Middle Class, and Poor buy on Payday"

Click here to view What the Wealthy Buy on Pay Day (English)

Enter name and email address to get your FREE ticket! Rest assured your email would not be shared and given away.
I will put the link on my right sidebar, so you can get your free ticket anytime you want to. :D

If watching this video will 'waste' your time, and think its 'useless', I recommend that its better to press the "Back" button on the top left hand corner of your browser... and continue to look for BIG prize lotteries!!

Till then :D

I love failures. Do you?

Fail. It seems to be scary word.

Remember in school, no students like to see this word on their work, especially exams. When you see tat, you will think of "What's next" to come...

Parents scold?

Meet the parent session?

Countless times of correction?

Worse! Retain ?? Repeat another year??!?!?

haha. everybody've been through that..
and to prevent that from happening, we studied hard, do what we are supposed to do, so we would get all those...
and we will get...

Awards in Prize giving day!!

Awards by GRC!! money given out too!

Recognition in school! ( that's a math expert!)

Love by teachers

Name on School's ''Hall of Fame''

A holiday trip to the furthest country from Singapore

Yes!. thats all what we want right? Crazy. who don't want all that rewards and prize money.

I used to be someone aiming high up for honours also. I always want to get the highest in class. ( cos teacher will read out your name, and your friends will 'WOW'). I always want to get straight As for my major exams. Ha. I dint achieve all these though, but my standard is still somewhere there :P

All these targets in academic achievements are always what the parents would like their child to get in school. When their child get these, they feel proud among other parents too. They feel good, and everyone in the family feel good too:D

However, after years of aiming for high academic excellence, i noticed a pattern in those high achievers of academic success.

Yes. High achievers of ACADEMIC success.

There is one word that is never in their 'dictionary'. The word is

FAILURE.

yea. They are born to win. They have set targets for themselves to top, top, and only top the class, the cohort, the school, the country. Nothing wrong. They are driven to success. They aim high and exceed expectations. However, there is one thing I also notice in them...

They never allow themselves to fail.Never. If they fail, they will fall behind others, and will lose all those recognition, all those 'WOW' they get. They don't like it. Hence, they don't like failures.

And they get academic success! they get straight As. They get into top schools. They get top scholarships. That's in school.

However, life is never a simple route to walk. You always go through lots of obstacles. There are always challenges. There are always problems that sometimes you never expect to face. So what to do?

In school, when you do not know a topic, you can search a textbook. you can ask your teacher. you can study more about that topic, understand it, and solve that question. you can go for tuition or supplementary class. Then you master it, and know that question for exam.

However, what about life problems?
What happens when they fail a subject? What happens when they dint get what they expect?(7 distinctions out of 6 distinctions) What happens when they got rejected for a scholarship?

Most often, if they are able to accept these failures, they will stand up, and try again, take failure as feedback, and start again. They learn from their mistakes, and accept failures as part of the game of life. After the failures, they learn their mistakes and come back stronger.

However, what if they can't accept these failures?
I think you guys know the answers too.

Some solutions include breaking down, giving up on life, changing from bad to worse as a person, seek revenge, or worse, and easiest...

Seek death.

Yea. I think alot of us saw these examples reported in news.

Students commit sucide because cant get into the top school they want. Students commit suicide because they dint do well in PSLE. Students break down because they dint get the result they have aimed for.(6 distinction instead of 7). And the latest, NTU student commited suicide.

Regarding the NTU, i prefer not to comment too much, as much investigation is on the way to find out the real cause.

But WHAT? 6 distinctions out of 7. And the student broke down, cry and cry for days? Maybe for us normal students, 6 distinctions to us seems like a godly gift and would even celebrate it for months. For that top student, it is a failure, as she dint get straight As for all her subjects.

The education system has indirectly cultivate the habit of elitism. If you are not among the elites, you are OUT!. If you cant get into top school, cant get straight As, cant get into TOP universities, cant get into TOP courses, you are OUT!. that's all the belief by singapore parents.

But what kind of children have they produced? Their children are taught to score 90marks and above, 89 not accepted. They are caned when they fail. They are reprimanded when they play. They are scolded if they dint do well in tests. Trained Elites.

What if they cant get their dersired job after graduation? Don't tell me they go and complain to the boss.
What if they cant get government scholarship because someone else get it? Don't tell me they go and complain to parliament.
What if they don't get a promotion after years of working? Don't tell me they go and kill the boss.
Accepting those as failures and try again? Hardly.

I used to have an elitist personality too. I aimed to get the best. I get the feeling of being the best when I top my class for my first time in Sec4. i got the "WOW". People look at me as their mentor. You get to showboat your skills.

Up to JC, I aimed for academic and CCA excellence too. I manage my time, study and play, and get quite good grades too. As usual, I got that "WOW" from my class. Always called me when they got problems. I will help them, so i get more "WOW".Haha. My form teacher buzz ard my academic success, and even my choir teacher knew it. I feel good.

I aim to do more things, taking up 2 CCAs, soccer and choir, and other activities to make my future resume looks good. With all these, I aim to get the "STUDENT of the YEAR" award. Its quite easy for me actually, considered I have done alot in CCA. Just left for my A levels to get 3As.

In the end, I dint get. I get 2As. I felt disappointed. i let down the teachers who have high expectations on me. I felt I could have done better. I went to the College day to get CCA award, but dint feel good, as the "Student of the year" award doesnt belong to me. It hit me, and I was quite lost that time. I dint get what I had aimed for. But I dint think much tat time, as I was in NS.

So into NS, I wanted to achieve more, to make up for the awards I missed in JC. As an A level holder, I am expected to be promoted to 'SGT'. Yes. Expected.

But Unexpectedly, I dint get. I was denied a promotion. As an elitist, I couldn't accept it! How to accept this shit? All my qualified A lvl friends get Sgt, with a $300 increase in pay. Those who are so damm lazy during trainee days also get. I, who dint get any MCs, and never miss any workdays, never came late... not promoted. What is this? How to accept?

That was the lowest point in my life. I was damm down. I wanted to 'do something' to tat guy who denied me. Whenever I met up with old squadmates, they always asked "Why you never promote?'. This kind of question, I just have to swallow my guts and answer. Its embarrassing, its demotivating, its intimidating. My friends just got to probe and probe. Cos they never see this thing happen b4.

From then on, I begin to see true life of corporate world. Your life is determined by someone above you. He has control over your life. Its not ur results, not ur performance, not ur behaviour. If he doesnt like you, he can say anything to you, and That's iT!. He just don't like you, and even if u r perfect, he will find faults in you. Can't find faults, create them.

My elitism takes a hit. I cant get Sgt like my friends. Im a lower rank than them. And until then, when Im at the lowest point of NS, I picked up that Adam Khoo's 'Master your mind, Design your destiny' book.(I talked about this book alot of times already.LOL. Read previous posts to find out more:D) From there on, I got my new life. And so on...

I don't favour elitism anymore. I don't go for high IQ. I go for high EQ instead. So what you get an super high Mensa IQ? Does tat mean that you are a people-person? Does that mean that your boss will like you? Does that mean that your boss will put you on the Promotion List 1st?

If these people think so, they can spend their next 10 years and try. No matter what, they have no control of the promotion, unless the promotion is based on RESULTS and PERFORMANCE, which seldoms happens. Policticking has to be a criterion too.

Politicking? It just a nicer word for suck up, carry balls ...etc.. you guys noe better.LOL

Now I don't favour elitism, high IQ. I like failures instead. I like people who have failed in their school, faced multiple setbacks, and survive in life. I'm not being a racist, but I can see malays, even though many of them dint not go JC, they have far far far far more EQ than those JC freaks.

I worked with them at airport. Im impressed with how they connect with the public so easily. They aren't afraid of shyness, aren't afraid of how people look at them when they handle case. They made alot of friends in workplace and outside, and they are never lonely. I like to work with them. They helped their friends alot, and are never selfish. These are people who will survive in the game of LIFE.

Elistists, they think they are superior than others. They think they are so educated that only people of their standard can talk to them. They speak their own language. They can hardly connect with the public. They have few friends, who are also elitists in their class. They think for themselves, just like how they are tuned to top the school, no matter what.

Haiz. I feel good leaving the class of elistism. It jus feel so great. There are alot of things to achieve other than academic success. Success in school, doesnt mean you will achieve success in life too. Game of Life is full of obstacles, challenges that some will fail. Elitists don't like. They like to go for things they are 100% sure they won't fail. And that is why...
you see many of the elitists are professors in school. They love studying and achieving good grades in school, cos thats what they are good at. They hardly fail, and they mostly win.

To conclude this, as this is quite a long post...

I love failures, and I hope you too. You have to learn to fall from a bicycle, before you can be a cyclist. You have to struggle in the pool, b4 u become a swimmer. You have to cook multiple dishes of tasteless food, before you make a great one. You have to fail before you attain success.
But sad enough, school doesn't teach you how to fail. Life does.


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Treasure your friends

The month of may..
its still early, but there are alot of things happening already.
There are happy things happening, as much as sad ones..really sad ones.. that have somehow related me...

on Friday, 8/5/2009,
In the morning when i just woke up to a super heavy big rain, i received a call from Daanesh, my police friend. I thought he must have something good to me, as always when he called me. I picked up, and his tone sounds funny. Its not his usual happy and joyus tone.

He ask me if i noe Faruk, a police teammate from APD also. Of cos i noe. He's from TPJC, same soccer team for 1 yr, same police 126th intake, same division. We were once teamed together on standby at airport for some ASEAN Summit Event in 2008. I asked what happened.

He told me he passed away this morning.

I say haha. He told me its real, and not a joke. From there on, i started to listen more to him. He met a bike accident that morning, and was sent to the hospital. He died on that day early morning. He told me he saw Xiwei, another of my police friend, started posting comments on faruk's facebook.

I went to see his profile.

Its real, its true. He really moved on that morning. I told Daanesh we will meet at his house void deck, where his other friends are. My heart sank. I have just lost a friend. He's well-liked by everybody and i still can remember all the days when im working at aiport as a partol officer, and he as a admin officer. We always joked whenever we met, about police, sentry, A.ng, Oc pat, anyone..

And when back to TPJC sch days, we played 'A' division soccer together, even though he just played a few games in midfield. We also made fun of Nordin's accents, while talking.. syedzz, ding nengzz, ayukzz..every word with 'zz' behind.HAHA.

When I met up with Daanesh, there are also other of his friends, esp from airport and TPJC. And its quite sad when people gather in this manner. Only gather when something bad happen. Not for good times..

When his body arrive, i could recognise his curly brown hair. He's an arab, and ppl like to play with his race. But he doesnt mind, and thats why we enjoyed with him ard. I went up to his house to see him for the last time. I could still recognise him, with a few bruises and injures on his face. It's a very sad scene.

I can feel it. The pain of losing a good friend. There are alot of memories with him in airport and school. And much much much more his family and friends have too.


I have this photo for him. He's just the best no.17.

I still couldn't accept that he was gone. I dont think his friends can, let alone his family.


Thats on 8/05/09.
Rest in peace Ayuk.

Today, just.just.

I received a sms from timothy tan, my police squadmate from NS03/07, APD, and who used to sleep next to my bed. In feb, he left for australia, University of Melbourne for his tertiary education.

When i received his sms, which i thought at 1st was from aust, im quite surprised. But i read on..


He told me his dad has passed away on saturday...

Ouch. I saw him online and talked to him. He just came back from australia. This is very sad. He was in Australia then when he recieved the news. I will be meeting him at his dad's wake...


This May.

just 10 days passed, and in a matter of few days, bad news after bad news. When this happen.. Im thinking what's next only. What's next to come..

Life's fragile. When my grandma passed away, and when i saw so many people appear, i came to that thought. I think i have blogged tat b4...

Why must there be a funeral, or something happen, then everybody can gather together? This includes Long lost friends, your old neighbours, long distant relative, and many u have lost contact for many years. Why must wait for something to happen, den can gather n meet up? Why not on a more frequent basis, dun say everyday, but once every year is not too difficult rite?

At my grandma's wake, so many of my parents friends, their primary sch buddies, their secondary sch classmates, who never contact for 20+ years appear. Some had even lost contact, but received the news from friends of friends. Some of my ah ma old neighbours back at the old chai chee kampong appear. My ah ma's brothers and sisters also turn up, who i saw them when im in primary school. Why only now...

Many times, we took things for granted. I took things for granted also. We always thought everything, everybody will be there for us. We only think of the beautiful memories we had, once we lost it. We seldom treasure relationships with friends and family.

Sometimes, you always thought that you could have done more b4 the person left. but when u start thinking, Its too late... Then we start to regret. I did. And alot of people did.

It's good to start treasure your dearests ard us now, and do all the things we want to do for them, and have beautiful memories of them. We always want to leave beautiful and fun memories behind, and not regrets. Can we?

As it says: Yesterday is history, Today is a gift, Tomorrow is a Mystery.

...

March trip to HK!

Its May time!:D

Alright, before i go on, i missed out an important post in my previous previous post (that super long post).

There is a point i left out!. It's a post I went to Hong Kong in March for 3 days!

Yes! 3 days may seem short, but its a wonderful 3 days!. Anyway, being out of singapore for a holiday is the best, no matter how many days or where u go. LOL.

Back to hongkong 3 times! in 2 years. past 2 trips in dec 2007 and dec 2008, now in early march 2009, for a BIG BIG BIG event!. haha

Val's brother is getting married! and she will have a sister-in-law lo:D

Yes. I went to their wedding ceremony, from the church, to restaurant, to hotel, to everywhere. We followed everywhere the bride n bridegroom go. I took alot of pictures too, but not using my camera.HAHA. photos are from val and her dad's camera. All pictures can be found on FACEBOOK:D ya..ps ah, i dint post it here. They are all over there:D

I stayed at Val's aunt house too, with her aunt and her cousin. They are friendly people, and its nice talking to them, esp her cousin. Haha. 1st time talk so much to him. Dint really talk much past 2 times i went. ok la. we converse in english + abit of small canto.LOL. Their house is at 18th floor, nice view high up there. downstairs is a stadium and shopping complex, a bus interchange. Damm shiok. alright. i think u guys need pictures to visualise, but i dun think i remember to take them.haa. i try to find 1st..

The wedding night is very grand, and filled with happiness and joy, as seen in many people's faces, the bride and bridegroom family members and friends. Another couple tied the knot! Parents must be happy when their children got married. I think tats wat every parent want to see. Because this also means a promotion for them! They will be 'grand' parents next!

After this holiday, i came back to sg, n just wished i can be there longer.haha. nvm, i will be back again!. its just a nice place i must say:D I got to explore more abt that wonderful country:D

Alright. Im going 21 soon. Im planning to get married by 26. 26 is a good age. 1 year earlier or later also can, but definitely not over 30.haa.a bit old ah. not healthy also.LOL
So what's u guys ideal marriage age? Just say it out. Don't care u are attached now or not.
Attached now or not doesnt affect ur marriage age:D everybody is still young i think:D

Its May time! Start a new month fresh and get more out of this month!:D

ill be back soon!. yes. soon!!!

Laughter the best medicine

Hi guys, im back again.
After tat long post, i think its better to blog more regularly.Ha. But i dun mind writing long posts though. its quite fun actually:D

Finally, My friends have ORD-ed from NS. all of whom i knew enter in year 2007. Good Good! All of us have got back our much awaited freedom!. Even though im the 1st few to ORD, there's nothing much i can do, as almost 1/2 of my frens still waiting to ORD. So its not so good to ord early rite?.lol. alright. Enough of NS. its kinda sick to talk NS again.lol

So for tat, we had a celebration at Kenny house, to celebrate his FREEDOM from the force. We ate quite a lot, played quite a lot, laughed a lot. Its fun to have all the ORD-ed guys back again.LOL. Its just a tweak of the eye. and its gone:D. For guys going NS.. dont think too much. your time will come:D

So while Kenny ORd-ed, my brother got enlisted, on that same fateful day. haha. And its my first time taking a ferry to Pulau Tekong. I feel quite shiok:D . Got the feeling of going to Macau by ferry last december too. Funny thing before boarding, the NS clerk thought im the enlistee, just because i dress like the enlistees (t-shirt + jeans).

LOL. should have shouted ORD at him man. alright. Arrived at tekong, its a kinda Cool Island! I think its cool la, cos i enter as a Visitor, not an enlistee.HAHA. I don't think guys knowing they are posted to tekong, think tekong is COOL at 1st sight.Haha. For me, i can say im quite lucky la. hehehe.

My brother got enlisted to S coy, a coy i heard from fren tat its very good!. lol. so its quite lucky for him also:D so he will be back home on may 8th. 2 weeks inside. POC in june. He will make it, cos he's the 3rd one after me n my big bro to enter NS. Ohya, btw, my big bro going back tekong for Re-course after his Uni graduation in july, cos he yet to finish BMT during NS. sad for him man..

Alright, I have alot of fun with my friends this week, and i just love to hang out with ppl like them. Simple reason. I make them laugh, they make me laugh. And when laughter is around, you never feel bored, and never feel you are alone. Laughter breaks coldness between too. And I always love laughter, and always love to bring laughter to others. No matter how lame u can call me, I just love to see ppl laugh, cos when they laugh, i laugh, and everyone is happy:D
Laughter is still the best medicine:D

Ok its late. I will come back again soon with my new thoughts!

What Im up to for 3 months!

Hi guys! it has been quite a long long time since i blogged. I dint blog monthly as what i said last time. But im back here now.. and i promise a long post here today:D

Last post, January 30th . Today April 17th. Almost 3 months of absence. I make sure i write 3 months of content here yea:D

Let me start by saying what im busy/doing with these few months.

1) Meetings, meetings, meetings
2) Constant self-education
3) Online Business
4) Receiving valuable life lessons from love experts
5) Stopped Forex trading
6) Gym sessions
7) March Hk Trip
8) Planning my future


Lets start...

1) Meetings meetings meetings.
Yea. What am I meeting for? I go to my office at bukit merah , at least thrice per week to meet up with my business partners. 3-4 times per week, to and fro, from bukit merah and tampines. Spending at least 5-8 hrs in the office, $6 meals, $4 transportation everyday. 8 hrs in the office? Yea. 8 hrs in the office having discussions, meetings, exchanging of views. Pay? nope. No pay? Yes. no pay. Simple reason. We are in the office discussing business plans, strategies, problems, discussions... I'm not working for a baisc pay/ hourly-pay. You may ask me why am i doing all these w/o getting paid? Company using you/cheat you/take advantage of you? NAh. None of these answers. Simple reason. I'm not working for money. I'm doing all these not for money.

'' Wah, i worked 8 hrs/day and im getting paid 7/hr, $1000+/month, and you worked 8hrs and not getting paid. HAhA''

I'm not working, so Im not asking for money. We are in a business project. In a business, money is secondary. If money is the primary factor anyone go into business, the business will not succeed. Serious. The primary goal of a business is to make someone else's life better. In the process of making someone else's life better, money is earned. People pay for something which makes their lives better. Money is a tool, and never a goal.

It can be a great test for me, surviving on savings from NS after i ord. However, I have my own reasons for doing this. I dint not get a job immediately after i ord, because I want to get back the freedom i lost in NS. I dun wan to get tied down again, called back to work, applied for leave, answer to bosses, play politics. I have it all in NS, and its enough. LOL. The 2 week holiday at Macau/HK during december is just so great that I have got back all my freedom!!

I am not wasting time either! Not earning money doesnt mean I am wasting time. What I learn from all these meetings are more valuable than money, and I can say, priceless. And, I have a vision in mind for our business. I have in mind what our business will be in the future. I have confidence in it, if not I wouldn't have started doing it :D

All these while in the office, i get out alot from the meetings, discussions. I see that it is not easy to have your ideas accepted by the others sometimes. What you say may be good, but people may not see it directly. And here, you need your communication skills to sell your ideas across. Not easy, but can be done. I learn to make cold calls. (eh, not as easy as people think). Making cold calls, since its cold, you have to break the ice. (no pun intended). However, it's a skill which can be trained and learnt. Talking to people from cold market may be difficult at first. You will sound robotic while talking (memorising scripts). But the more you make, the more natural you are, as the scripts have become your vocabulary. As what Brian Tracy says, do what you fear, and you will remove your fear eventually.

I tend to speak more openly now about my objections and concerns, and not holding back, afraid that i may hurt people's feelings if people don't buy their ideas. I learnt that there is no point hiding if you have serious concerns and objections. Furthermore, it is better for objections to surface during meetings, so that everyone can solve it together. No point hiding away from it. It has to be solved sooner or later. It wont be nice to pointed out by others in the future. It just reflects badly on the management team. While doing this, I thought of my NS days. Then, people who give objections were criticised. They are seen as 'acting clever' or not accepting the other's ideas.

E.g.: Very often, you will see that your supervisor is telling the team to do this do that/ not to do this do that. While giving his ideas, objections are bound to surface. However, most of my team dare not voice out their concerns! What is this? What's so scarying about voicing out your concerns if you are not agreeing with the orders! Common answers: ' you dare you say lar!' this answers spreads around, people pushing responsibilities to one another, waiting for 1 brave soul to stand up for the rest of them. Me and my friend, Daanesh, just stood up and said our concerns.

What happens? The supervisor see us as not respectful to him, not obeying him, we as arrogant fellas, bla bla bla. He labelled us as 'bad apples', cos we make our concerns and objections known. Who wins? The supervisor (cos he don't want to lose. He don't want to accept ideas from someone of lower rank than him). The rest of the team thought they win too.(They kept quiet and hence they are still the 'good apples' of the team.) Both of us lost.

However, the fact is, only the supervisor wins. The rest lost. They have to do what the supervisor says, and even it was wrong/against their wishes, they still do it. Just because, they do not want to be in their supervisor's bad books. This is very normal in coporate organisations. And often, it results in back-stabbing, ball-carrying. Nicely said, politicking. Alright, enough of NS :D


2) Constant Self education
After finishing my first ever book in 19 years, I have a great passion for reading. Yes! Reading! but not storybooks. They are self-improvement books, sales books, business books. I have invested in audio CDs too. No offence to fiction book lovers, but its just self-improvement books/business books that interest me.heh

The Best Investment for anybody is to invest in himself/herself. Not stocks, not commodities, not foreign currencies, not real estate. It's investment in self-education.

After my first ever book-'Master Your Mind, Design your Destiny' by Adam Khoo, I have gone to read other books.

-Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires by Adam Khoo
-Tony Buzan' Increase your Memory Skills
-Think and Grow Rich, Napolean Hill
-Creating Wealth, Robert Allen
-What I learnt on my way to the TOP, Zig Ziglar
-How to talk to anyone 92 ways
-Rich Dad Poor Dad
-Rich Dad Increase your financial IQ, Robert Kiyosaki
-Trade for a living
-Swing trading the currencies, Kathy Lein & Borris
-Secret Psychology of Millionaire Traders
-Gureilla Marketing for Free, Jay Conrad Levinson
-The Art of Closing a sale, Brian Tracy
-Write to sell, the Ultimate guide to copywriting

Audio CDs include 'Little Voice Management', 'Psychology of selling' by Brian Tracy, and some highly rated CDs to improve my communication skills.

Other than the 1st 3 books that i borrowed, I bought the rest. The rest cost over a hundred dollars. Expensive? Yea. To me, it is expensive to buy a book that cost around $25-$30. However, that's in the past before i started reading. I used to think, ''How on earn can a few hundred pieces of paper cost $30??!!'' The price of printing the book is just a few dollars, and they sold it for $30, and some even at $40-$100++!! With $30, i can watch 4 movies, eat a good meal at crystal jade, or a buffet at sakae sushi/ Lao Beijing/Nihon Mura.(every non-book lovers think of that too..)

BUT not after I have bought my first book!! Even before i bought that book (which pulled me to Times over and over again just to browse it for free...), I hesitated alot. I am not sure if that book is worth my $30. However, when val saw me going back to Times, time after time, she told me ''Just get that book, Not that you can't spare $30.'' I still hesitated. I never liked reading before, and Much more, I never bought a book before in my past 19 years(2008).

And Poof! I bought that book! not at $30, but at $24, after a Times 20% discount. What a breakthrough yea? LOL. After reading it, i dont think it costs $30. not $24...
It cost much much much much more than that. It changed me as a person.
-I let go of my hatred in NS against that An.g
-I looked ahead of my NS life
-I see NS life as a challenge, not as a work.
-I see the importance of not wasting anymore time in NS
-I see the importance of fully utilizing my time in NS, improve myself, and not wasting time playing politics in the team.
-I learnt how to control my mind, not being controlled by it (NLP)
-I learn how to think and act like successful people
-I gained back my self-confidence after going through a hard time in NS
-Most Important, it gives me a whole new meaning in reading books. It let me understand the true meaning of books, and not just the few dollars cost of printing that book. Its the information.

Im wondering what kind of person would I be now, if I did not pick up that book that time, which has an great impact on my life. Would I still be playing politics with An.g? Would I still be someone who hated reading books, less buying it? Would I still be the one loving to waste time gossiping about people? Would I still be someone who has no clear future path in mind? Would I still be someone who dare not step out of comfort zone to achieve something? Would I still be someone who is very hesitant in making important decisions? Would I still be someone who never look or think out of the box for real opportunities other than following what everybody does?

Answer: Yes, if I have not picked my first book, and went on to read more self-improvement books. On top of that, i got a true real buddy, Seng BY, who got the same interest of constant self-improvement. Without his constant 'bugging me to follow him to borders', i would not have read more books highly rated by Amazn.com

Bottomline: Invest in yourself. Not just through academic education. I have wasted 19 years of my life not reading, and wonder what could i have learnt more, if i had started reading earlier.
Guys who never read self-improvement books, start now. You still have a great future to mould. After reading this, and you still think that reading is a waste of time, then i got nothing more to say. People only take action when something is taken away from them. That happened to me, and that's why I made a breakthrough today. :D

3) Online Business

This came to my mind after reading Secrets of Self Made Millionaire by Adam Khoo. Btw, I bought his Audio CDs at $147, along with all the bonuses. Waste money? nah, its an investment.
This open my mind! I came to understand that, there are alot of ways to make money, not just by working for someone else in a part-time job. Working in a job wont make u rich. It just allow you to survive. He discussed numerous ways to create multiple streams of income- and that's what make people rich!

From there, it discuss about making money online, which everybody thought its impossible. ( i thought that too, internet is just for surfing the information, play games...) But no! He opened up my immature mind! Its possible to make money online, and alot of people are doing that already! There are gurus like Ewen Chia, Adam Khoo himself, Stuart Tan, the lucky bastard AdamWong, Mark Joyner, Ken Evoy, Jeff Derick, Edmund Loh, Dylan Loh, Mike Filsaime, Mike G, Derek Gehl, Alvin phang... and alot more! you know what? i subscribed to the newsletters of the above Internet Gurus.

Its a whole new world now. Money can be made online. However, there are alot of online scams which people have to be careful too. These are just the spoilers in the internet marketing industry, just like any other industry where you can find scammers. But that does not mean making money online is impossible!

Now, im starting to build a new website, be an infoprenuer. I paid for it. Yes, money for investment again. Im gonna build a website to make money. Read again, it's build, not buy. Sometimes, you can buy a website , a ready made website from some internet marketers. Some claim just that website can make you $#&$*!#& of money within &$& days. Its not that easy like they claim. You need to put in effort too. Making money online is easy, but not without effort!! If you are serious about doing an online business, do it seriously. Invest the time and money required.

Looking for get-rich-quick schemes wont make you rich. It just scammmmms you!

4) Receiving valuable Love lessons from love experts.

yea. the love expert im referring to is Pastor Kong Hee from CHC. He is no doubt a great expert in love n relationships. I dun think i can learn it somewhere else. He talked about the top 5 needs of Men and Women. yea. What are these needs? i blog about them next time:D

Why do I listen to him?

Simply because, he is someone who has been there, done that, and succeeded at it!!

In life, there are 3 kinds of people.

No.1 - People who had read alot about the subject, but had never do what they says before.
No.2- People who had done it, but had failed
No.3- People who had been there, done that, and SUCCEEDED at it!!

Pastor Kong is No.3 He is a married guy, with a family and kids, a busy businessman, but with time to spend with his family and maintaining a good relationship with his wife. It is wise to listen to him!

Listen to No.1? an example would be someone who has read alot about love and relationships, seen alot of break ups in friends, and thought they knew all the reasons for break down of relationships... but they themselves never been in a relationship before.
Listen to them? HAHA...

Listen to No.2? an example would be someone who had a failed relationship, and come to help you solve your problems with your boy/girlfriend. He recommends you to break up, and he tells you that breakup can give u alot of freedom, give you a chance to play girls again... bla bla bla..
Why he tell you to break up since you got a problem? Because he had broken up himself, since he cant manage his relationship problem. If you succeed at maintaining your relationship with your boy/girlfriend, it only show No.2's inadequacy in managing his own relationship.
Usually, No.2 will say that ' he is trying to protect you' , but in fact, he dun wan you to succeed, if not, you have proved his inadequacies.

However, in life, most of the people listen to No.1 & No.2 in their decision makings..

5) Stopped Forex Trading

yea. I stopped forex trading. But that doesnt mean i gave up on trading. Even though i lost money in forex trading, i never say making money through trading is impossible, and tell others not to follow my footsteps to trade forex. ( sounds like a No.2 ? lol) Nah. Forex trading will give you financial freedom, only if you trade it properly. So here, I'm not discouraging people not to trade forex as i have lost money. But i just wan to say that proper training and discipline of the mind is important to achieve success in forex trading.

Forex trading is never easy. and its not difficult too. Why i stopped? I have too many commitments. I have a business plan on the way, self-improvement commitments, and an online business to build. I dont want to overload myself with too much stress. I look forward to accomplish a task, before taking up another, instead of taking all at once. Giving up 1 stream of income will allow me to concentrate on another 2 streams of income.

Trading Real money has made me learnt the importance of psychology in trading. Trading with emotions is not trading. Its just gambling. I have not reached that stage where i can sit still and trade. But i never say controlling psychology is impossible. It can be done, through discipline and training. This is one aspect which you cant learn just by trading with virtual points. However, i must admit i made a mistake of trading real money too early, before i have a strong foundation in forex trading.

No worries, once im done with my online & offline business, I will come back to forex trading to create that stream of income.

6) Gym Sessions

Going to gym. I never go to a gym more than once per month. But these few months, i went at least 5 times per month. Simply because, I paid for a membership. A commitment i gave to make me exercise, train, do weights. And with the money factor in, you will want to go to the gym as many times, to make your membership fees valuable.

Make a commitment. Im referring to people who always want to get desired body shape, but never do anything abt it, or people who set it as their New year Resolutions, but remain the same at the end of year. Make a commitment, by paying for a membership fee (like me) , or tell all your friends you want a new body( makes u embarrassed if u fail to do it) , or an extreme one- clear all the clothes in your room, n buy new shirts with 2 sizes smaller. :P

7) Planning my future

It has started. I know what my future will be like, what will i do, what will i not do in the future. I have planned and this is the best time to plan. Never start planning after you graduate. Never start planning when there's a recession.

See the news? Almost 55% of undergraduates graduating this year do not know if they got a job after graduation, due to the financial crisis. Ok la. Part of it due to the financial crisis. What abt the other part? blame economy also? LOL. why not blame themselves for not planning ahead 3/4 years back? Why wait for economy downturn then start planning? If there's no economy downturn, no need to plan?

There's still a small % of graduation, who are not afraid of the recession. Why? They have planned! Some had started their own business during sch years, making a living from their business, which means, they may not need a job that urgently like others!. I admire them. These people look forward to the future, and always have a vision of their lives.

Plan Plan Plan. Fail to plan , plan to fail. simple

Don't be too shortsighted or superficial. Nvm, i used to be one too. If i can look far, so can you, so can anyone. It just depends on you whether you wan to take action and start to plan, look out and far for your future, or stay in your comfort zone and wait for something to happen. take action, stop procrastinating!


Alright! its time for me to end this post. I startef writing at 11pm.. now its 3.20am. Wow. 4 hrs plus yea. But its ok la. i promised a 3-month content and here i deliver it :D If you guys think it shld be longer, just write it in the comment box, or in the chatbox. I write a longer one next time:D Feel free to give comments too!

Time to sleep! good night :D