I have started watching 4400, a TV series cross between Heroes, X-Files and Taken.
It is really really similar, you have to have watched these series in order to understand what I mean.
This is from Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4400
Why am I so busy lately anyway? I am involved in a couple of things.
1. Primarily, I am back at my old job as a part timer. I work two full days a week.
2. I am also doing video editing, and video taking. Because I haven't got too many clients, it's mainly video editing now.
3. I am doing a classified project with an old friend. I can't reveal too much.
4. I am working on another project, building website, and doing marketing for someone. I am working together with Zhiwei on this for a company in Singapore.
5. With Zhiwei, I have signed up for a course by World's No.1 Affiliate Marketer, Ewen Chia. So we would be working on doing marketing for an affilate product.
I realised something lately. Including 2-5, I have tried to start 8 businesses since I started my journey 6 years ago. So in effect, I have failed in 4 businesses, because they couldn't take off.
Yay!
Why am I so happy?
The odds are on my side. They say out of 10 businesses, 9 will fail. So I will have to try 2 more before I get even. :)
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Help! A lot of updates!
Haha...
It's a good challenge, really. We just went for a wealth retreat in Genting, followed quickly by National Achievers' Congress 2007, then followed quickly by World Internet Mega Summit.
I am still in the midst of the WIMS.
From these three main events, I have at least 10 ahas to add.
I recently noticed that viewership had dropped drastically. Haha... I can't complain, really, I haven't updated. But do stay tuned. Lotsa updates coming soon! I promise!
It's a good challenge, really. We just went for a wealth retreat in Genting, followed quickly by National Achievers' Congress 2007, then followed quickly by World Internet Mega Summit.
I am still in the midst of the WIMS.
From these three main events, I have at least 10 ahas to add.
I recently noticed that viewership had dropped drastically. Haha... I can't complain, really, I haven't updated. But do stay tuned. Lotsa updates coming soon! I promise!
Monday, May 07, 2007
Positivity - The Meaning Of Events Part 2
So how was it? What were your thoughts on my question?
The difference, in my opinion, is what the event represent.
For example, it's an evening at the shopping mall with your date.
A cleaner barks at you for dirtying the floors with the mud that
you brought in from the outside.
Purely looking at this situation, how will you react?
That depends on what this situation means to you. It could be
it out on customers. I don't have to take this kind of nonsense.
I can't let this disservice carry on either. I will either
i. Walk away in anger, purposely make the place even dirtier,
ii. Scold her for being rude,
iii. Complain to her manager or
iv. All of the above"
You might not do any of the above, but you would probably be at
least a little annoyed, right?
What if I explained what happened to the lady just prior to those
actions you saw before?
"Before you met Mdm Shelia, she had received a call from the
hospital about her daughter. Her daughter had met with a traffic
accident and was in critical condition. Mdm Shelia had informed her
boss, but was told she had to complete her tasks before she could
leave.
Since it was raining heavily outside, the muddy floors were one of
her final tasks. However, as luck would have it, a bunch of teenagers
were making things difficult for her. The hooligans from a nearby
school had been scolded by Mdm Shelia for dirtying the floors, so
they had taunted her by doing it repeatedly, on purpose.
You happen to come along at the wrong time."
That was a very tall story, right? Talk cock? Not likely, right?
But what's the difference between Interpretation 1 and 2, really?
Are not both perceptions a false reality? How can we know if either
reality is real? The only thing that is REAL is what we saw.
She scolded you. We imagined the rest about Mdm Sheila.
Angel or devil, YOU DECIDE.
But once you do... I want to say that you have made it real!
It is real because your heart beats faster due to your feeling angry.
It is real because you write in to complain. It is real because you talk
about it to your friends.
It is real because you feel compassionate. It is real because you ask
yourself how you can make her feel better.
Which version is better? You decide.
The difference, in my opinion, is what the event represent.
For example, it's an evening at the shopping mall with your date.
A cleaner barks at you for dirtying the floors with the mud that
you brought in from the outside.
Purely looking at this situation, how will you react?
That depends on what this situation means to you. It could be
---Interpretation 1---
"She's so rude! She's obvously easily annoyed and likes to takeit out on customers. I don't have to take this kind of nonsense.
I can't let this disservice carry on either. I will either
i. Walk away in anger, purposely make the place even dirtier,
ii. Scold her for being rude,
iii. Complain to her manager or
iv. All of the above"
---
You might not do any of the above, but you would probably be at
least a little annoyed, right?
What if I explained what happened to the lady just prior to those
actions you saw before?
---Interpretation 2---
"Before you met Mdm Shelia, she had received a call from the
hospital about her daughter. Her daughter had met with a traffic
accident and was in critical condition. Mdm Shelia had informed her
boss, but was told she had to complete her tasks before she could
leave.
Since it was raining heavily outside, the muddy floors were one of
her final tasks. However, as luck would have it, a bunch of teenagers
were making things difficult for her. The hooligans from a nearby
school had been scolded by Mdm Shelia for dirtying the floors, so
they had taunted her by doing it repeatedly, on purpose.
You happen to come along at the wrong time."
---
That was a very tall story, right? Talk cock? Not likely, right?
But what's the difference between Interpretation 1 and 2, really?
Are not both perceptions a false reality? How can we know if either
reality is real? The only thing that is REAL is what we saw.
She scolded you. We imagined the rest about Mdm Sheila.
Angel or devil, YOU DECIDE.
But once you do... I want to say that you have made it real!
It is real because your heart beats faster due to your feeling angry.
It is real because you write in to complain. It is real because you talk
about it to your friends.
It is real because you feel compassionate. It is real because you ask
yourself how you can make her feel better.
Which version is better? You decide.
I am an S
The irony of it all. I have quit from my job. But I was
quickly back in the company as a freelancer.
It was only when my former manager asked me to come up
with an invoice about the scope of work and charges that
I realised that this was a sign! It was a sign that I am
indeed in the S quadrant now!
(if by now you still do not know what I am referring to
and what I have been referring to in my previous posts.
ESBĂ are acronyms for different quadrants from Robert
Kiyosaki's Cashflow Quadrant.)
Regardless of how long I can last in this venture into
the S quadrant, it seems like the universe is presenting
itself to me purely because I asked for it.
I would now have to adopt new skills, and a different
mindset toward things. Some things i've discovered pretty
quick:
1. Accountability
o I have to keep track of my income and expense.
For tax and CPF purposes
o A doodad can be tax free! Ok... It must first
be a legitimate business expense of course. But
no one says I cannot use an MP3 recorder which
is business expense for outdoor recording for
my own personal use too, right?
2. Time management
o With no one to tell you what to do, I really
have to become more disciplined with my time.
Now that I am self-employed, it means I can take
my 30 mins power nap, but it could also mean a
2 hour killer nap if I don't watch myself.
3. People Skills
o Ex Managers and colleagues have now become
clients. Managers no longer exist. Partners do.
What is the protocol when discussing work with
partners? Very different than with colleagues or
managers, let me tell you that.
quickly back in the company as a freelancer.
It was only when my former manager asked me to come up
with an invoice about the scope of work and charges that
I realised that this was a sign! It was a sign that I am
indeed in the S quadrant now!
(if by now you still do not know what I am referring to
and what I have been referring to in my previous posts.
ESBĂ are acronyms for different quadrants from Robert
Kiyosaki's Cashflow Quadrant.)
Regardless of how long I can last in this venture into
the S quadrant, it seems like the universe is presenting
itself to me purely because I asked for it.
I would now have to adopt new skills, and a different
mindset toward things. Some things i've discovered pretty
quick:
1. Accountability
o I have to keep track of my income and expense.
For tax and CPF purposes
o A doodad can be tax free! Ok... It must first
be a legitimate business expense of course. But
no one says I cannot use an MP3 recorder which
is business expense for outdoor recording for
my own personal use too, right?
2. Time management
o With no one to tell you what to do, I really
have to become more disciplined with my time.
Now that I am self-employed, it means I can take
my 30 mins power nap, but it could also mean a
2 hour killer nap if I don't watch myself.
3. People Skills
o Ex Managers and colleagues have now become
clients. Managers no longer exist. Partners do.
What is the protocol when discussing work with
partners? Very different than with colleagues or
managers, let me tell you that.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Positivity - The Meaning Of Events
I know my blog posts are erratic. So just wanted to
put a bit of my thoughts, my AHAs down today.
What is positive thinking to you? Why is positivity
so important??
The way I see it, when I am negative and down...
I feel tired, and not so good in general. When I am
in a negative state, everything seems bad, everyone
seems angry, things seem to get worse, everything
is not going my way.
Murphy's Law seem to work overtime, and it is applied
to me and only me!
When I am feeling good, everything seems to go my way.
I can function so much more efficient, I am much more
creative, I feel happier, I feel alive!
What is the difference between the two experience?
Think it through. Because I am lazy, I will share my
thoughts another day. Please comment away if you have
any thing to share!
put a bit of my thoughts, my AHAs down today.
What is positive thinking to you? Why is positivity
so important??
The way I see it, when I am negative and down...
I feel tired, and not so good in general. When I am
in a negative state, everything seems bad, everyone
seems angry, things seem to get worse, everything
is not going my way.
Murphy's Law seem to work overtime, and it is applied
to me and only me!
When I am feeling good, everything seems to go my way.
I can function so much more efficient, I am much more
creative, I feel happier, I feel alive!
What is the difference between the two experience?
Think it through. Because I am lazy, I will share my
thoughts another day. Please comment away if you have
any thing to share!
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Steps into the unknown
What are the steps to success?
• Have a compelling reason. Checked.
• Have a vision that is made more real than fear. Checked.
• Take massive action. No time.
• Burn all bridges, and don't look back. Er... Don't dare to.
It is what Robert T. Kiyosaki said. Robert G. Allen talked about burning bridges.
All those years of what I'm sure some people will say is brainwashing and I am following that advice.
I am quitting my safe secure programming job, and taking up something that is as different as possible, real estate sales.
Will I succeed? I am certain of it.
(I am fully aware that I am accountable for everything I say in this entry, on public domain, in fact, that is partially why I am saying it. Burn another bridge. You being my witness, there's no going back now.)
To me, it's a massive change.
I have friends who tell me I am crazy. Our wedding is coming in little more than half a year's time. Wedding package, actual day photography, house renovations... Things will get pretty tight very soon.
Of course, it's not as bad as I make it out to be. I have a supportive partner, surprisingly supportive parents and very empowering friends. We have enough savings for the wedding, and a lttle more to last me three months without a paycheck. I have a house that is paying itself, more or less.
But why now?
It gave me goose pimples when I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" again recently. Robert T. Kiyosaki said to "work to learn and not work for money."
Rich Dad also said that being broke is a temporary condition, but being poor is a mindset. If I am to become broke, doing so before 30 would be best because I will still have time to catch up,
Amazingly... I am following Robert's footsteps, maybe consciously at the start, but now semi consciously now because I am who I wanted to be now, and that person finds what I am doing perfectly reasonable.
I sure don't want to be broke, but in quitting, I am saying I don't mind being broke in order to achieve freedom.
• Have a compelling reason. Checked.
• Have a vision that is made more real than fear. Checked.
• Take massive action. No time.
• Burn all bridges, and don't look back. Er... Don't dare to.
It is what Robert T. Kiyosaki said. Robert G. Allen talked about burning bridges.
All those years of what I'm sure some people will say is brainwashing and I am following that advice.
I am quitting my safe secure programming job, and taking up something that is as different as possible, real estate sales.
Will I succeed? I am certain of it.
(I am fully aware that I am accountable for everything I say in this entry, on public domain, in fact, that is partially why I am saying it. Burn another bridge. You being my witness, there's no going back now.)
To me, it's a massive change.
I have friends who tell me I am crazy. Our wedding is coming in little more than half a year's time. Wedding package, actual day photography, house renovations... Things will get pretty tight very soon.
Of course, it's not as bad as I make it out to be. I have a supportive partner, surprisingly supportive parents and very empowering friends. We have enough savings for the wedding, and a lttle more to last me three months without a paycheck. I have a house that is paying itself, more or less.
But why now?
It gave me goose pimples when I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" again recently. Robert T. Kiyosaki said to "work to learn and not work for money."
Rich Dad also said that being broke is a temporary condition, but being poor is a mindset. If I am to become broke, doing so before 30 would be best because I will still have time to catch up,
Amazingly... I am following Robert's footsteps, maybe consciously at the start, but now semi consciously now because I am who I wanted to be now, and that person finds what I am doing perfectly reasonable.
I sure don't want to be broke, but in quitting, I am saying I don't mind being broke in order to achieve freedom.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Multi Task
Had a huge aha today as a couple of things i've learnt over the past weeks seem to line up to give me the same insight. All of this is triggered because I observed my friend Hoe Swee when we were in office today. I was sharing with him the power of Tony Robbin's Personal Power program and how I felt a change in me. I asked that he tried the first of the whole series of tapes, and see if it worked for him. "If it works for you, it could well change your life" was what I said.
Well, he did try listening. He switched it on quite softly (understandable, since we were in office), and he was doing his coding at the same time. After a while, I heard the track repeating from the very beginning again. He was multi-tasking.
Zig Ziglar mentioned in his tapes how some of us do not have goals for the things we are working on now. Some think about their families when working. They lament about missing out on spending time with our loved ones when they are in office. When they are at home, however, they wil start thinking of what they have to do when they get back to office! No wonder they always claim to have no time!
Well, this ties in nicely with what Rich Schefren shared in his preview about the tasks we are doing and how much they are really worth. Basically, if something can be done while ‘multi-tasking’, it is not worth your doing them in the first place.
How much are we guilty of this? I know I am. I’ll be staring at Hwei Min while she is talking, and my mind would wonder off. Otherwise, I’ll be staring at my computer screen while listening to something Hwei Min is saying, and not really concentrating on either. I can accomplish so much more if I gave my 100 percent to each task at one time, and ironically, multi-tasking accomplishes less.
So, reminder to self:-
Regardless of whether for work or for play, concentrate on what I am doing, until that thing is done.
Well, he did try listening. He switched it on quite softly (understandable, since we were in office), and he was doing his coding at the same time. After a while, I heard the track repeating from the very beginning again. He was multi-tasking.
Zig Ziglar mentioned in his tapes how some of us do not have goals for the things we are working on now. Some think about their families when working. They lament about missing out on spending time with our loved ones when they are in office. When they are at home, however, they wil start thinking of what they have to do when they get back to office! No wonder they always claim to have no time!
Well, this ties in nicely with what Rich Schefren shared in his preview about the tasks we are doing and how much they are really worth. Basically, if something can be done while ‘multi-tasking’, it is not worth your doing them in the first place.
How much are we guilty of this? I know I am. I’ll be staring at Hwei Min while she is talking, and my mind would wonder off. Otherwise, I’ll be staring at my computer screen while listening to something Hwei Min is saying, and not really concentrating on either. I can accomplish so much more if I gave my 100 percent to each task at one time, and ironically, multi-tasking accomplishes less.
So, reminder to self:-
Regardless of whether for work or for play, concentrate on what I am doing, until that thing is done.
Friday, February 23, 2007
AHA - Allowance mentality = employee mindset
We had a great 'aha' today about financial education.
I was just thinking about my kid's education. Hwei Min and I were discussing on when we should teach our kids to pick up academic skills.
I talked about making learning interesting. We thought about it and realized that maybe the reward system most parents practise (“You get 90 out of hundred for 3 subjects and you will get the latest Superman figurine”) is a way to create short term goals for kids to aim for. In a sick kind of way, it makes learning a little more ‘fun’.
Then I said that I wanted to train our children to like passive income, and we should make the reward passive instead of one off reward.
Suddenly, I realised, isn't child's allowance something like an adult’s paycheck? We go to school to get an allowance. Some kids are not given allowances during school holidays. We go to work to get a paycheck!
If in primary school, we get 5 dollars a week, in secondary school we will get 10 dollars a week. What has changed? Did we study harder? No. We just got older! Now what does that do to our mindset when we start working? We get "greedy"! (Go read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" for the Rich Dad's definition of greedy)
So here lies a very important lesson which we have yet to grasp. We must really rethink the system in which we teach our kids about life, and about money! Maybe we pay allowance based on performance? Maybe the allowance comes in the form of passive income?
I was just thinking about my kid's education. Hwei Min and I were discussing on when we should teach our kids to pick up academic skills.
I talked about making learning interesting. We thought about it and realized that maybe the reward system most parents practise (“You get 90 out of hundred for 3 subjects and you will get the latest Superman figurine”) is a way to create short term goals for kids to aim for. In a sick kind of way, it makes learning a little more ‘fun’.
Then I said that I wanted to train our children to like passive income, and we should make the reward passive instead of one off reward.
Suddenly, I realised, isn't child's allowance something like an adult’s paycheck? We go to school to get an allowance. Some kids are not given allowances during school holidays. We go to work to get a paycheck!
If in primary school, we get 5 dollars a week, in secondary school we will get 10 dollars a week. What has changed? Did we study harder? No. We just got older! Now what does that do to our mindset when we start working? We get "greedy"! (Go read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" for the Rich Dad's definition of greedy)
So here lies a very important lesson which we have yet to grasp. We must really rethink the system in which we teach our kids about life, and about money! Maybe we pay allowance based on performance? Maybe the allowance comes in the form of passive income?
Friday, February 16, 2007
Riding Too Hard
I have started listening to Deepak Chopra, and he was talking about the close relationship between mind and body. Basically, our external reality is affected by our internal representation. So I thought I had it. I am enjoying myself tremendously!
I am learning so much every night. Watching videos online, writing my ebook, writing our story for the video on our wedding, getting regular exercise. I am having fun!
However, I have been pushing my body too hard. For the past week, my body had been showing signals. I had very bad eyebags. My eyes were swollen. It usually doesn't bother me. I don't care so much about how I look, but this time my eyes hurt.
I think I can only say that I have been trying to do too much, too fast. I am cutting on my sleep. I always wondered how successful people can stay awake for 20 hours a day. I guess I'v ebeen trying to accomplish that myself.
Unconsciously, I am walking faster, I am eating faster. I am filling up every second of my time I can fill with something useful. When I walk from Bukit Merah to my office, I am listening to an audio book. In bed, I am reading a book until I can't read any more. Every single moment, I must be hearing, watching or at least thinking something. Unconsciously, I think I must have been breathing faster, my heart must have been beating faster too.
So yesterday, my body finally gave in, and I felt a cold and sore throat developing. Went to see a doctor, infected sinus and throat.
Working at a faster rhythm is great, but I think we have to bear in mind our Human Dynamics too. I am a PE, and I need my natural rhythm. I do not think that increasing my rhythm is a problem, but I guess I need a slow acceleration, rather than a sudden spurt. So when I am home, what did I work on straight away? Slowing my breathing, taking a long rest in bed. My body deserves it. :)
I am learning so much every night. Watching videos online, writing my ebook, writing our story for the video on our wedding, getting regular exercise. I am having fun!
However, I have been pushing my body too hard. For the past week, my body had been showing signals. I had very bad eyebags. My eyes were swollen. It usually doesn't bother me. I don't care so much about how I look, but this time my eyes hurt.
I think I can only say that I have been trying to do too much, too fast. I am cutting on my sleep. I always wondered how successful people can stay awake for 20 hours a day. I guess I'v ebeen trying to accomplish that myself.
Unconsciously, I am walking faster, I am eating faster. I am filling up every second of my time I can fill with something useful. When I walk from Bukit Merah to my office, I am listening to an audio book. In bed, I am reading a book until I can't read any more. Every single moment, I must be hearing, watching or at least thinking something. Unconsciously, I think I must have been breathing faster, my heart must have been beating faster too.
So yesterday, my body finally gave in, and I felt a cold and sore throat developing. Went to see a doctor, infected sinus and throat.
Working at a faster rhythm is great, but I think we have to bear in mind our Human Dynamics too. I am a PE, and I need my natural rhythm. I do not think that increasing my rhythm is a problem, but I guess I need a slow acceleration, rather than a sudden spurt. So when I am home, what did I work on straight away? Slowing my breathing, taking a long rest in bed. My body deserves it. :)
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Latest Influences...
Phew... It's been a tough week.
Been going down to site almost every single day last week, and OT almost every other day, hence too tired to do anything.
Good thing is that I have more time to read, and I have been reading mainly Isaac Asimov last week. Read Magic, a collection of fantasy short stories as well as articles by him on fantasy as a genre, and I found my inspiration in his writing.
Isaac Asimov? Fantasy? He talks mainly about the structure and idea of magic in stories, and explore that genre with a few formulaic shorts.
So it is quite interesting that the two movies I've watched for the past two weeks were Pan's Labyrinth, and The Illusionist. Both on fantasy. Reviews coming soon... I hope.
But anyway, I have gotten inspired to write. I shall be coming up with some soon. I hope this is the right place to share them.
Oh... just for fun, take a look at these videos. Incidentally, they are all from the same genre of fantasy. Please, take everything with a pinch of salt, especially my Christian friends. :P
Been going down to site almost every single day last week, and OT almost every other day, hence too tired to do anything.
Good thing is that I have more time to read, and I have been reading mainly Isaac Asimov last week. Read Magic, a collection of fantasy short stories as well as articles by him on fantasy as a genre, and I found my inspiration in his writing.
Isaac Asimov? Fantasy? He talks mainly about the structure and idea of magic in stories, and explore that genre with a few formulaic shorts.
So it is quite interesting that the two movies I've watched for the past two weeks were Pan's Labyrinth, and The Illusionist. Both on fantasy. Reviews coming soon... I hope.
But anyway, I have gotten inspired to write. I shall be coming up with some soon. I hope this is the right place to share them.
Oh... just for fun, take a look at these videos. Incidentally, they are all from the same genre of fantasy. Please, take everything with a pinch of salt, especially my Christian friends. :P
Monday, January 01, 2007
New Year's Eve Shopping
Originally written on the 31st of December 2006, at
At shopping with Hwei Min on New Year's Eve. At
Now I am standing outside G2000 waiting for her. I would much rather watch people than look at clothes. We've been in G2000 so many times already! I don't want to buy anything! She doesn't want to buy anything either!
Once again, this is an example of the fundamental difference between Hwei Min and myself, and judging from experiences recounted by all our friends, most men and women as well.
First of all, I think the common misconception that men hate shopping is wholly untrue. It's just that men and women have a different definition of the word "shopping".
When men shop, we look for something at the shop, find it, buy it. Men ENJOY the satisfaction of getting what we want tremendously. We want to go home immediately to use the new device or gadget (usually) that we have bought.
When women shop, they mean walking around, looking around at things that catch their eye, buy something that catches their eye. And the words ‘
Now I don’t know about other men, though I suspect it to be the same for them. I do not enjoy women’s way of shopping. In fact, it causes real pain to my back. Mysteriously, my lower back aches faster than it normally does when I am just walking around, waiting for Hwei Min to shop.
I found that my back aches are alleviated 50% almost as soon as I stepped out of the shop. The pain is then alleviated a further 25% if I am looking at electronic devices, music CDs, games or DVDs. If I were to sit down somewhere where I can play at a LAN shop, or if I were to go to some new historical site and I can take my pictures, the pain will be 100% gone!
If what I read from ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ is true, then this is very easy to explain. Men are motivated by a goal. Women are motivated by senses.
So to a man, shopping without a goal is, literally, a pain. Our testosterone levels drop tremendously, and thus I feel the backache.
Women however, need the shopping to raise their oxytocin levels. They need the flood to their senses. In fact, women actually enjoy talking, and asking for opinions on what to buy. They enjoy the feeling of togetherness.
So a proposal for couples…
- State how much time you spend shopping together at the start (SENSORY), so that men can aim to complete that time (GOAL).
- Then the men can go wander off and do something else that has a purpose, like maybe play a game, or even get a drink, (a GOAL) while the ladies can continue their shopping (SENSORY)
- Then, meet together again at a stated time and place. (a GOAL).
- Then the men can help the ladies make a choice on what to buy, of all those things that she has found. (SENSORY).
Wonderful? Hope that this works for you. Now to convince Hwei Min that we should follow this.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
New Year Resolutions
It's 2007 in 3 days time. How about some resolutions to launch the year with?
1. Update the blog, blockhead!
Hai.... Yes... I know. Number 1 resolution should be updating blogs. What can I say... I am busy. How do people do this everyday?? Limited time is spent on either living life, or writing about living life. You need 2 hours of the experience of living life in order to write about that 2 hours of living life. You probably need another 1 hour to write about that 2 hours of life. So there is some cheem formula here...
Live life... No time to write.
Write.... No time to live life.
Ok... I am being too extreme... but you get my point.
So the best time for me to write, draw and write songs is when I am feeling sad, depressed and unable to live life fully. So
happy TWeaK = no-updates TWeaK
Back to the resolutions.
2. Get back in shape
I feel bloated now. I feel fat and lazy. My digestive system had been giving me problems since just before the Cameron Highlands trip. Not going to the toilet often enough.
Too many wedding dinners, family dinners at Cameron Highlands and other miscellaneous celebrations combined with too little exercise got me to where I am now.
I have been giving myself the excuse of having a bad back problem for too long. Now I am recovered. Have to start getting my act together!!!
Started on the rebounder, since it had been raining this whole period. Starting to feel good again. Cutting on carbohydrates intake, upping my greens.
3. Using spare time wisely
Someone once said or written that businesses are made after working hours. What we do with the times we are off working for money makes all the difference whether we work for money for the rest of our lives.
Ashamedly, I have not been following this advice. I have been watching too much Boston Legal, and not spending time learning Internet Marketing or the Stock Market.
Again... no excuse. It's time to restart my engine again.
4. Stop talking, take action.
'nuff said. Action.
Now ar? No lah... Of course sleep first lah... Its late.
(Here we go again.)
1. Update the blog, blockhead!
Hai.... Yes... I know. Number 1 resolution should be updating blogs. What can I say... I am busy. How do people do this everyday?? Limited time is spent on either living life, or writing about living life. You need 2 hours of the experience of living life in order to write about that 2 hours of living life. You probably need another 1 hour to write about that 2 hours of life. So there is some cheem formula here...
Live life... No time to write.
Write.... No time to live life.
Ok... I am being too extreme... but you get my point.
So the best time for me to write, draw and write songs is when I am feeling sad, depressed and unable to live life fully. So
happy TWeaK = no-updates TWeaK
Back to the resolutions.
2. Get back in shape
I feel bloated now. I feel fat and lazy. My digestive system had been giving me problems since just before the Cameron Highlands trip. Not going to the toilet often enough.
Too many wedding dinners, family dinners at Cameron Highlands and other miscellaneous celebrations combined with too little exercise got me to where I am now.
I have been giving myself the excuse of having a bad back problem for too long. Now I am recovered. Have to start getting my act together!!!
Started on the rebounder, since it had been raining this whole period. Starting to feel good again. Cutting on carbohydrates intake, upping my greens.
3. Using spare time wisely
Someone once said or written that businesses are made after working hours. What we do with the times we are off working for money makes all the difference whether we work for money for the rest of our lives.
Ashamedly, I have not been following this advice. I have been watching too much Boston Legal, and not spending time learning Internet Marketing or the Stock Market.
Again... no excuse. It's time to restart my engine again.
4. Stop talking, take action.
'nuff said. Action.
Now ar? No lah... Of course sleep first lah... Its late.
(Here we go again.)
Sunday, October 29, 2006
ICT Day Three/Four : Training - Appreciation
Past two days were spent doing basic engineering tasks. Not too bad, mainly refreshers, we forgot most of the procedures but our past knowledge kicked in shortly after 'hands on'.
As usual, though, lots of time spent waiting. The standard SAF motto, "Rush to wait, wait to rush" applies all the time. It seems no matter how much planning you put into arranging your tasks, so as to speed things up, SAF just seems to break everything back down and slow you down. It's very interesting, you know?
Once you put on the uniform, you suddenly become a little more stupid, and time seems to flow slower.
However, someone put things into a very positive perspective yesterday.
We were in a training shed, and it just happened to be breezy. That guy (i can't remember who) said that he treated ICTs like a retreat, a time to reflect. It's true... The training shed we were in was in the middle of a field, and when I heard that observation, the trees, the grass, the breeze quite suddenly become quite surreal.
After being introduced to it by Kok Boon, I watched a movie called "The Secret" not too long ago. (www.thesecret.tv) It describes the secret to success. I shall not reveal too much, you can take a look at the video at youtube, but having watched the movie, I found that ICT served another purpose.
The Secret
ICT takes away things I take for granted. Things like freedom of time, ability to keep clean, having a nicely cooked meal and all the other comforts of modern life, but much more importantly, time with family.
It is a part of human nature that we take things for granted after having it for a while. From what I recall from studying psychology, that's how our brain functions. Our thoughts and sensations being 'electrical signals' in the brain... after many times of repetitive 'signals' of the same kind, our brain builds a huge trunking line between the parts of the brain that are involved in that signal. This is so to make our brain process this information faster, and allow more of the adaptive parts of our brain to take in new information.
In short, we are wired to just accept certain sensations as the norm, after repeating it too many times.
The problem with that is that we tend to forget what we already have, and we tend to focus on things that we do not want. We then complain about things that are now not going on too well in our lives.
The more we focus on the things we DO NOT want, the unhappier we become, and the more the things we do not want become a reality.
To me, we need to constantly remind ourselves of the things we already have, the things that are going on well, and have been going on well. We are thus, training our minds to become in-tuned with the things that we DO want.
Sounds cheem? I think not. Think about it and I think you can find dozen examples of people who are unhappier and unhappier, and are thus becoming unhappier and unhappier still. Nothing mystical about that!
As usual, though, lots of time spent waiting. The standard SAF motto, "Rush to wait, wait to rush" applies all the time. It seems no matter how much planning you put into arranging your tasks, so as to speed things up, SAF just seems to break everything back down and slow you down. It's very interesting, you know?
Once you put on the uniform, you suddenly become a little more stupid, and time seems to flow slower.
However, someone put things into a very positive perspective yesterday.
We were in a training shed, and it just happened to be breezy. That guy (i can't remember who) said that he treated ICTs like a retreat, a time to reflect. It's true... The training shed we were in was in the middle of a field, and when I heard that observation, the trees, the grass, the breeze quite suddenly become quite surreal.
After being introduced to it by Kok Boon, I watched a movie called "The Secret" not too long ago. (www.thesecret.tv) It describes the secret to success. I shall not reveal too much, you can take a look at the video at youtube, but having watched the movie, I found that ICT served another purpose.
The Secret
ICT takes away things I take for granted. Things like freedom of time, ability to keep clean, having a nicely cooked meal and all the other comforts of modern life, but much more importantly, time with family.
It is a part of human nature that we take things for granted after having it for a while. From what I recall from studying psychology, that's how our brain functions. Our thoughts and sensations being 'electrical signals' in the brain... after many times of repetitive 'signals' of the same kind, our brain builds a huge trunking line between the parts of the brain that are involved in that signal. This is so to make our brain process this information faster, and allow more of the adaptive parts of our brain to take in new information.
In short, we are wired to just accept certain sensations as the norm, after repeating it too many times.
The problem with that is that we tend to forget what we already have, and we tend to focus on things that we do not want. We then complain about things that are now not going on too well in our lives.
The more we focus on the things we DO NOT want, the unhappier we become, and the more the things we do not want become a reality.
To me, we need to constantly remind ourselves of the things we already have, the things that are going on well, and have been going on well. We are thus, training our minds to become in-tuned with the things that we DO want.
Sounds cheem? I think not. Think about it and I think you can find dozen examples of people who are unhappier and unhappier, and are thus becoming unhappier and unhappier still. Nothing mystical about that!
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