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Freedom 2006-12-05 12:51:00 Freedom Ok its been a really dry 3 weeks with us covering theory, theory and more theory. There is so much theory and I dont even know which one is important anymore. Apparently we are the first batch of people to be having 2 quizes and 1 written assignment in a period of 3 weeks. I think its totally ridiculous and hopefully we are the first and last batch of people to go through this.I had such a wonderful time yesterday and even though I was tired since I was in class since morning, I believe in delayed gratification. Somehow, whenever I am with this sunshine friend of mine, we never fail to have a good time even though we are discussing about serious stuffs like business. She brought up some important issues and that lead me to the revelation of some dreams I had in the past that will probably be in my long term memory. I do agree that we tend to worry too much about the future and we forget to enjoy and see the present. I realised this a few years back when I was blessed to go thro Read more:Freedom
Mistakes! 2006-12-03 16:50:00
Mistakes!
I am just stealing some time at the computer while my brother is busy watching tv. Haha.
I had the most relaxing weekend. Mostly catching up on sleep since I will be transformed into a panda again this week. Went to Mustafa today! I really miss shopping and just hanging out mostly because this whole year I have been so busy with everything that has been going on. Therefore it is nice to just take some time put and waste all my money at the shopping centres.
The final test in on Friday along with an in class written assignment. Apparently its harder than last week so I have got to put in extra efforts this time. After last Friday's disapointing attempt at the test, I figured that reading the notes multiple times might just be the key in making this work. Hopefully this time, there will be no question asking how the modern English language evolved from middle English:p
Anyway, since the end of the year in coming, I shall be reviewing the year's events and what tru
(No tittle entry) 2006-12-02 05:20:00 (I dont know what to tittle this entry)I am back. But not for long because I am having some challenges with my wireless connection to the internet and therefore I am unable to go online via my laptop. Since I only blog during the wee hours of the morning, and since my brother is the modern age sleeping beauty, I am unable to write in here as much as I want to. I shall get this fix as I really hate using the computer in his room. There is a weird smell in it.Anyway, the test is finally over. I do not think I did too well. I was having a stomachache all the way so I was sitting at the edge of my seat. While Fifi, sitting next to me was furiously writing, I was trying to retrieve some of the information out of my brain. I have been storing a lot of information in it for the past few days but since my memory is similar to an old cupboard, sometimes, things just go missing and you wonder if the rats ate it. My diligent classmates must have done well as they were so paranoid as if it was a l
Sandwich 2006-11-28 17:32:00 Sandwich
I really hate that I cant write in here more often. Its like being opressed. The past few days have been filled with so many things that I would want to write about, mostly those issues that I find so difficult to talk about. Nevertheless, I realise that in the next 2 weeks I will be sandwich by different parties to play the different roles that I have to. A student, a friend, a business owner and a daughter.
Let me touch a bit on Sunday's Ladies Leadership. Apparently it is a once in a year event and I really feel bad for some of my team mates who were not there. They missed out so much! Sometimes, we do not realise that certain things are only here for now and that we should take full advantage of its presence. But the sad fact remains that some people do not understand the scarcity of opportunities and the value of time. The harsh reality is that time is so precious that we need to use it to the best of ability because we do not know if we will still have what we
BZ 2006-11-26 16:56:00
BZ
The past few days have been extremely busy but fruitful for me. I didnt even have time to blog here and I only take 1o minutes or less to type in my entry. In the midst of all the madness, I must remember to schedule time to eat! I hate getting gastric!
PASE on Friday was informative and inspiring. Ender shared on how sometimes our life experiences rob us of our smile. It is true you know. I find myself less positive after working in such a negative environment in my previous workplace. I never ever thought that one day,I will be jaded like this. However I thank God that I wake up everyday with a purpose and that keeps me going.
Also Margaret revealed some numbers of our total expenditure and our long term profit. The number $24K has been in circling itself in my mind and she has instilled this sense of urgency in me to get the job done. Who doesnt want $24K must be really nuts. For those whose dreams got lost somewhere, remember that it does not matter where you are no
Panda 2006-11-23 16:59:00 Panda Ok yesterday I must have looked the worst! My eyes were carrying two heavy bags and I looked like I was a related to panda..except that they look way better than me. This time, even concealer was not able to save me. Its probably due to my shockingly short sleeping hours and I was surviving on mainly coffee the past week. Having 3 cups of coffee per day is ok right? Right?! Dont worry I am not shivering and all that but being high on the magical potion I call coffee was not the highlight of my life this week!As much as I am enjoying the classes in DAS, my eyes seem to still defy my orders that commands it to remain open throughout the lesson. Its refusal to oblige has lead me to come up with a master plan to make sure the eyes do not shy away. I have come up with various ways (thanks to the natural genius quality in me) to make sure it stays open for at least more than half the day and the first plan which was to take coffee have had led me rushing to the toilet every 2 hours! Pl Read more:Panda
Done no matter what! 2006-11-21 17:50:00
Done no matter
what!
Hello All!
Ok Thomas is gone and now I am all alone on this blog. I shall take a break from the Rent My Blog thingy since only 7 of you went over to visit him despite me pimping his blog many times. I am dissapointed you know:( I shall be back when I have more time and more fans :p
So this week looks packed for me and its not just because of the classes but also because business is picking up and booming again and I am again left being so busy. However after having my fair share of being useless and having some time to actually be at home last week, I am happy to be up and running again. I am most efficient being busy and not being lazy. Haha.
I had the loveliest quality conversation with Naf just now and I am glad that at least someone has the common sense and open mindedness to ask when something is not known to them. Haha..you have always been great dear and I shall see you at the top!
Also I had the shocked of my life when I heard about a bus
Backo and Whacko! 2006-12-09 09:54:00 Backo and whacko! Helo everyone! I am finally back after the few days hiatus. The test is finally over and now I can finally breathe, relieved that everything turned out ok. I am not sure I did well or not but like I mentioned before, my memory system is pretty dusty and sometimes to get information out from it can be challenging. Best of all, I wanna say congratulations to all my classmates for surviving 3 weeks of dry theory! Woohoo.Hmm where shall I start? Wednesday's open was awesome! There were 4 achievers who were all below 20! Can you believe that? Apart from that, Rajsegran gave a good tip about going international because he just broke silver in India. Both Manju and himself seemed different, they had this peaceful look on their faces and I was so blown away by the success that is waiting for me.Eddie and Margaret came back on Thur so last night we had a fantastic PASE meeting! While they were sharing, it was almost as if we were there and again they had this radiant look of
Thank You 2006-12-11 10:50:00 Thank youYou Are 87% PeacefulYou are the epitome of inner peace and total calm.You are grounded, emotionally mature, and very wise.While no one's life is perfect, you have a great amount of perspective on the world - and you place in it.How Peaceful Are You?It is nice to have nothing to do on a Monday. I do have to sort my notes and files which I have been procrastinating to do since Saturday. There seem to be an increasingly lack of space in my room and I have to continuously figure out where to put everything so that the room still look neat. I admit I am a neat freak and I have to constantly make sure that everything is straight and in order or I will go berserk.Ok I am sure everyone knows by now that I have been slammed hard by the bitches at I Talk Too Much. I am not really bothered by the harsh comments but to put down all Asian blogs just because we have atrocious English was simply unfair. First of all, I have been using only English here at Voicing My Thoughts and I do not mi Read more:Thank
Logical Thinking 2006-12-12 11:05:00 Logical ThinkingYour Dominant Thinking Style: ModifyingSuper logical and rational, you consider every fact available to you.You don't make rash decisions and are rarely moved by emotion.You prefer what's known and proven - to the new and untested.You tend to ground those around you and add stability.What's Your Thinking Style?As you can see from the above, I am a very logical thinking person, so dont worry about the review getting to me. Also I do not let emotions affect me in my decision making and I may come across as someone heartless at times. However, behind every decision made, I have laid out the underlying reasons and there is no need to provide an explanation for my actions. I hope you understand that and can just trust me. It is so sweet of you to care..I really appreciate it. Since I am unable to be online at night, a huge anount of time has been allocated to reading. I just completed reading Read and Grow Rich by Burke Hedges and let me just say that I appreciate the sim Read more:Logical
Accountability 2006-12-13 07:03:00 Accountability
I only have this to say today.
The world will be a much better place if everyone was accountable for their words and actions!
THE QUESTIONS 2006-12-15 03:16:00
THE QUESTIONS
Ok it has been 2 weeks and my laptop is still unable to go online! Apparently, now there seems to be a problem with either the card or the laptop itself. I can still go online using my brothers computer in his room but my cousins are staying over until January and they go to sleep at 10 pm! I usually go online later than that because my whole day is usually filled up doing things outside the house or things that needs to be done without using the computer. I dont even know what is wrong and have no idea when in the world I can get back to surfing till the wee hours of the morning. Its the holidays man so this totally sucks!
To make matters worse I am not an IT expert so I really have no idea what to do. Hopefully some of the girls can help me fix this on Saturday.
Just got back from Farhanahs place, was helping her with the berkats. Her cat, Prince is so fat and cute that I keep wanting to hug him! I think he knows I like him and was putting on some airs about it.
Fully Alive 2006-12-16 12:29:00
Fully Alive
Had one of the best PASE meeting last night. Last night, we saw so many of the matured ibos speaking up and sharing a bit of their wisdom with the rest of us. As Ender was the host of the evening, you can expect a really exciting PASE meeting. I had initially set my mind to speak about cds to the team. I did. What was unexpected was that Ender has specially called me up to speak about books and I didnt plan anything at all. If you were to ask me to speak up in front of everyone at the last minute like that in the past, I dont think I could do that. Thanks to the system, I could and I am so thankful for that. I read somewhere that public speaking is the biggest fear among so many people. I didnt even realize that I conquered that fear of mine and the feeling is simply magical.
Todays SAM session went great. Although I had done this countless times, there is always something to learn and keep in mind for future SAM sessions.
In the last few years, I feel like my lif
Priorities 2006-12-18 04:25:00
Priorities
It is almost unbelievable how I can still manage to write in here despite being extremely occupied. I do not like to say I am busy because I get the impression that people who keep saying they are busy simply do not know how to organize their time. Successful people always make time.
I think the main concern here is what you prioritize what goes on in your life. People often do not realize how all their time passes through them so quickly. It is true that not everyone come from a favorable background for success because God did not create everyone equal in this. However, being fair, he gave the same 24 hours to everyone on this Earth. It is Gods way of telling us that because of this, we ARE equal.
I just finished watching the Apprentice and Donald Trump mentioned about having priorities as well. I totally agree when he mentioned that it is not impossible to have a successful family and business life. We just have to smart in organizing our time.
So that is why
Overcomers 2006-12-20 07:39:00 Overcomers It was raining the whole of yesterday. It was raining before I left home. It was raining when I was out and it was still raining when I got home. Some areas of Singapore are apparently flooded and the rain seem to be the main topic for conversation amongst people who can never find enough faults in their own life.Talking about the rain, I had a nightmare yesterday. Thank goodness it was just a short nightmare. I dreamt that I was at the beach and suddenly I noticed a huge wave coming towards my direction. There were some kids still playing around and I immediately shouted for them to run. There was 1 boy though who still stood there, dumbfounded and I remember running towards him and carrying him around to find a safe place for us both.I don't know if was supposed to be a hero or something but I did managed to get him to safe place. That's right peeps, I dreamt I was caught in the tsunami disaster. It was a horrible feeling and I pray that I don't ever get to experienc
Change Your Thinking 2006-12-22 07:29:00 Change
Your Thinking
I am loving the holidays! I have never had such a long break in the 4, almost going to be 5 working years in my life. I dont know about you but working life is tiring and I cant understand why people want to put themselves in this position for the rest of their life. I know what you are going to say. You have no choice but to work and earn a living right? But the reality is that there are so many people who are not working but at the same time they have their income coming in every month. These are the people with businesses.
Maybe you have not notice these people yet but I would advice you to open your eyes and ears a little more. Do you notice that:
1. There are people shopping and having a nice breakfast on a Monday morning where the rest of the population are dragging themselves to work?2. There are people whose cars are still at the carpark at their homes when it is office hours?3. There are people who go into a branded shop like Elle and Burberry a
Freaking Password 2006-12-23 08:52:00 FreakingPassword
You Are Snow White!
Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistable. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path.
Which Disney Princess Are You?
This test in incorrect. I am definitely NOT gentle! Haha, well on the ither hand maybe I should go and eat lots of apples and if theres luck, one of them will be poisonous and my prince charming will come save me:p
Its been a really challenging week as I am just holding back from just blowing my top! I believe I have been very patient and I deserve an award for this seriously. Apart from the lack of respect that people have shown me (which isnt that better at home as well), I am unable to check my results due to some incorrect password thingy. Its so annoying! Apparently if you log in incorrectly they will lock your account
Woohoo! 2006-12-24 04:07:00
Woohoo!
I just had a wonderful time talking to Ms Ulf! It feels like ages since I last saw her and the rest of the gang at ARC. I dont know why I get along so well with Ms Ulf even though she is 5 years younger than me. But then it occurred to me that I can think like a younger person like her and she also can think like a mature person on many occasions which resulted in me calling her Mdm Ulf at times:p
Thanks to her, I was able to finally log in and look at my results. So hurray! I got the shock of my life when I saw an
A because I have never had an
A
in the whole of my tertiary education life! Haha! I think I did fairly well for the rest of the modules but I was too excited to see the
A
that I was running around the house and singing that I got an
A
and I am pretty sure I annoyed everyone at home. But who cares? This calls for a celebration! Woohoo.
So now I have to focus passing my basic theory test on Thursday. Actually I have not even touch the book. Thanks to wha
Significance 2006-12-26 12:32:00 Significance Holidays are always a wonderful time to get acquainted and spend some quality time with loved ones. These holidays, I get to spend time with some of my friends, most I have not seen in ages. But the best part of all, is that I discovered that even when 2 people are apart, as long as they do not do anything to ruin the relationship, it can still work out great. Thank you, my dear friends.I get to meet some distant cousins last night at the airport and it seem that everyone had grown up so much that I hardly recognize some of them. Some of these kids were so cute and adorable when they were younger and then they grow up to be a whole different person. Isnt that thought just scary? For you parents out there, who still think that your children are going to be the same when they grow up. Newsflash, they are not. Unless you are talking about Shaman, my uplineys son who is the most positive kid I have ever met. Dont forget I have been working with children for 4 years.I took this Read more:Significance
Reflections 2006-12-27 08:45:00 Reflections
Have you ever had one of those times where you feel like you just needed to express something but you just dont know what? My previous entry was one of those times. I was trying to type my entry while the room was noisy and my cousin poking at me and showing his smelly pillow at me every few minutes. So I hope you understand that the lack of personal depth in that entry resulted from the lack of privacy in doing my reflections.
I dont even know how to state the importance of reflection. I have learned to reflect everyday to make sure that I learn not make the same mistakes that I did in the past. This year is filled with so many distractions and disappointments that I have to ignore in order to focus on my goals. It has not been easy and doing it alone with my mentor so far away is not easy as well. As mentioned in my previous entry, this year I become reacquainted with some special friends and it was a wonderful experience seeing them again. Some of you might think t
Suspense 2006-12-29 08:52:00 Suspense How annoying it is to watch Prison Break on tv? The suspense is killing me and having to wait 1 whole week to watch the show again is so annoying. Actually I did not watch this show when it was aired because of time constraint and that I just could not be bothered to watch tv. However, after seeing the lead actor that led me to be thankful that God created such beautiful creature, I started to watch and that is the point of no return.Anyway do you know how depressing the word fail is? I think I have had enough of failures in my whole life but the best part of all this is that I get to become a bigger winner in times to come. The obsession with paper results is insane and sometimes in a high rising society like this country, we tend to make people who fail feel bad, sometimes without even realizing it. It is sick, I know but why cant we do anything to change this? Failure is an event and not a person, so please, dont be so quick to judge.As usual, the man of wisdom was showing Read more:Suspense
Best and Worst Moments of 2006 2006-12-31 02:27:00
Best and Worst Moments
of 2006
Yay! I am finally here to review the year. I thought it would never come. But the fact that I am here to review the year proves that I am well and healthy and I am thankful for the wonderful wellness that has been blessed upon me.
This year has been particularly challenging for me in terms of personal and business. I find that the challenges that I had to go through was beyond what I expected, but nevertheless, I have always believe that everything happens for a reason so I am still thankful for everything.
So since today is the last day of the year, I am going to review the year and learn from past mistakes so that for 2007, I will start afresh, a little wiser. So here goes.
Category 1:Best Moments of 2006
* Project Planet in January. Not only my students turned heads with their beautiful and wonderful costumes, the event was a blast and we took lots of photos. It was almost like Halloween!
* Being invited for a special session with Steve
Beginnings 2007-01-01 18:33:00
Beginnings
Happy new year everyone! I dont really celebrate the beginning of a new year because for me, it is the time I review the happenings of my life and make the necessary changes that is required in the coming year. 2006 has been good but not great so I am determined to make 2007 beyond great!
2006 made me realize that no matter how different my friends and me think, we made the conscious effort to not be judgmental and too critical of each other. That is why after so long they are called friends even though some were just acquaintances initially. I always treasure your presence.
Yesterday I was at the family gathering and something unpleasant happened. I shall not go into details because I do not want to spread the news of negativity but I am glad that I am not part of it. I was a bit sadden by the lack of maturity that was being displayed by all parties, but nevertheless, I believed that keeping quiet was the best I could do at that point of time.
It is very sad when I
Lessons on Health 2007-01-04 13:16:00 Lessons
on Health
I just cannot keep away from here since I know you people are reading my blog consistently I did not want to keep you in suspense to what is happening. I learned something valuable last night. I think you should let you know so you can learn. Here goes.
Eating anytime after 10 pm is unhealthy. Unless you are talking about eating fruits and vegetables, anything other than that is not advisable to eat. As usual I only had the time to have lunch at 12 pm yesterday and in the evening I was off to meeting. I did not even have breakfast. So basically, that lunch was the only meal of the day for me. As expected, I was feeling so hungry after meeting. Therefore Nurul and me went to the 7-11 store and she bought sandwich and I bought potato chips! When I reached home, I thought, yeah right, the potato chips are not going to make me full so I decided to cook some instant noodles. I did not even realize that I added in too much water and the noodle tasted so bland
Soul 2007-01-05 08:05:00 Soul What Your Soul Really Looks LikeYou are a warm hearted and open minded person. It's easy for you to forgive and forget.You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds.You see yourself with pretty objective eyes. How you view yourself is almost exactly how other people view you.Your near future is calm, relaxing, and pretty much what you want. And it's something you've been anticipating for a while now.For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.Inside the Room of Your Soul It is almost scary when I think about how true these kind of tests can be. I just realised that I have been worrying for nothing. I now know that God knows what is best for me at each point of my life. I just have to keep that faith. You can lose everything else in your life but never ever lose your hope in faith in yourself.
Simplicity 2007-01-06 05:59:00 Simplicity Its been a wonderful week and I am determined to speak right no matter how much I am coughing my guts out. Speaking right and thinking right are the 2 main ingredients vital for my well being.Last nights function was phenomenal. Apparently, Shankar is a cousin of Shivaram Kumar so those mature ibos can understand the background he is coming from. He did not seem as fired and excited as Kumar at first but as time goes on, I saw some part of Kumar in him and it was hysterical. Dr Sangeeta, on the other hand, was very gentle in the way she speaks. It was as if she chooses her words carefully and then let it out at the right time. The way she speaks was also as if there was background music accompanying her words.It was not easy to concentrate as I was trying to hold my pee the entire time. I force myself to focus on the speaker and not on my urgent need to pee. I was sitting on the inside so if I were to go out, I would require the entire row of people to stand up on my way out Read more:Simplicity
Motivation 2007-01-10 04:36:00
Motivation
Yesterday was so especially cozy for me as it was raining the whole day and I spent the whole day at home. Trust me, this is a rare phenomena. I slept late last night trying to understand the book I am reading for my assignment. Not needing to wake up so early on a rainy morning was simply lovely, with the cold making me want to stay in bed longer. It is a wonderful feeling not rushing to wake up to work every morning. We take these things for granted because not everyone can sleep for the number of hours that they truly want to.
Like what Shankar mentioned last week, human beings are the only creatures that sleep when they are not tired and wake up when they are not fresh. All the other animals in the world sleep only when they are tired and wake up only when they are fresh. Make sense right?
Anyway I must thank Ms Ulfah for informing me about the SNO talk happening on Friday. I did not even know that there was such a talk and that it happened last year as well.
Common Traits 2007-01-08 14:44:00 Common Traits
I was switching channels last night. I was eager to watch The Apprentice and this talk show on Suria channel featuring the Best Lady Entrepreneur for 2006. If you really sit down and look, you will notice that all successful people have a few common traits. You will also discover that their route to success was never easy and they are winners because they overcame their challenges.Personally to me, some of the very common must have in a successful business owner/leader is that the person must have persistency and focus. Persistence in very much needed especially when things to do go as well as intended. Focus is another important quality for anyone who wants to accomplish their goals because it is simply the ability to ignore ALL distractions and concentrate on the things that needed to be done in order to accomplish the goal.I dont know why but I feel that as a lady, it is not as easy to focus as the guys. I do not think it is a gender deficiency but as ladies, we are cre Read more:Common
The Sub-Conscious 2007-01-12 15:54:00
The Sub-Conscious
Ok so I have already started working on the whole new look. This time, I want to make this page look brighter, with more colors and more fun. It is more daring and I am pretty sure some of you are going to hate it but I do not really care. Haha.
It has been quite a learning journey for me these few days. The great thing was I was able to finish reading my book and start thinking about how I want my paper to be. I have the tendency to read everything before I start planning so as not to miss any information. However, I have a thick ring file of notes waiting to read and I cannot believe that I am only reading all these information after the module is over. I cannot believe I did not read it during class. It is such a silly mistake.
Anyway I just came back from a powerful PASE session. I have 5 pages of written notes! I would like to share everything with you, especially what was shared during the leaders meeting. Unfortunately, no matter how much I choose to
Purpose 2007-01-14 15:09:00 Purpose
I am finally done with the change! Yay! Actually I had a different layout all ready but I could not enable the comment section to that code and it simply drive me nuts. Therefore I decided to just change the background, colours and header image. As always I cannot seem to run away from purple, it was in pink orginally but I just know that my male counterparts just hate pink so I made it purple.
Yesterday too, I had someone sang to me on the phone and that explains why it was raining non stop the whole day today.
I promise to write in about what William taught but there seem to so much information and I cannot seem to summarise it nicely for you to read. We were asked to write down 10 questions to think about so that we can get a clear picture and purpose in doing this business. We all know that we need to be clear with what we want but what we always lack is that deisre and emotion that is very much needed to drive us to our goals. Just think about this:
Wha
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