This is how he did it ?!

There were three reasons why we survived.
We had no money, we had no technology, and we had no plan.

-- Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba.com

In Love Again

龚柯允-In Love Again

作词：Choi Sung-Wook、Yoo Yoo-Jin
作曲：侧田
演唱：龚柯允

When you smile
My life becomes a ray of light
Sing me a lullaby
To sleep at midnight
I’ll be hypnotize when looked into your eyes
turn off the room light
Let’s spend the night

Take me to far away
Away to your secret place
Take my tears my fears
Take all my pain for which I’ll repay someday
With a kiss and say
Can’t believe that I’m in love, in love again

When the stars don’t shine
And when the birds don’t fly
And when the flowers cry
And when the rain runs dry
When the violet’s red and when the rose turn blue
Baby I’m still in love with you

Take me to far away
Away to your secret place
Take my tears my fears
Take all my pain for which I’ll repay someday
With a kiss and say
Can’t believe that I’m in love, in love again

Research

Just did a random research, to see the response of my friends via MSN.
I started the conversation saying :" 我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。" (I'm 26 already, yet I've achieved nothing), and these are some of the responses I got.....haha
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我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
"kenot say like that, at least u have ur dream"
梦想，成不成真？ 谁知道？
"人因梦想而伟大"
希望梦想可以当饭吃.....
(I need to be very hungry then....)


我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
"why? "
(Good friend ! )

我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
"所以还有4 年就30 咯， 不能白白得过咯,
要做好好咯
我没有什么时间发呆了
哈哈
好为自己好好计划哦
不然的话， 白活了
浪费生命"
(Didn't expect this from someone who is so weird....)

我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
"no ah.. i know u r doing some researches in sg"
(when did I tell anyone I'm doing research?)


我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
"ooii, sick ar"
发表一下感想罢了
"too free izit, sometimes thing cant be rushed"
唔通我急过头了？
"well, it is right to keep on pushing, always stay out of comfort zone"
(Okay......)

我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
"dun crazy first
i gotta run out a while
26 is young!!!
i look up to you!
gimme few hours
ttyl "
(Caring but interesting yet busy friend)

我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
"wat u wan to say"
just trying to see what u have to say
"i 28 years leh
but stil got nothing
wat u think
let u own the world also useless de
better have a meaning life
live ur life with meaning than u wont b regret
life doesnt count what u have or what u dont
is whether u can live u way and with meaning or not
got it"
听君一席话，胜读百卷书
"knn"
(Haha!)



我，26 岁了，一事无成。。。。
Your comment: ?

A Business Guide for Dummies

Old story, but nevertheless still meaningful.
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You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, "I am very rich.Marry me!" 
That's Direct Marketing.

You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl.
One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says, "He's very rich.Marry him."
That's Advertising.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number.
The next day you call and say, "Hi,I'm very rich.Marry me."
That's Telemarketing.

You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl.
You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink.
You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride, and then say,
"By the way, I'm very rich.Will you marry me?"
That's Public Relations.

You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl.
She walks up to you and says, "You are very rich.."
That's Brand Recognition.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and say, "I'm rich.Marry me"
She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
That's Customer Feedback !!!!!

You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and say, "I am very rich.Marry me!"
And she introduces you to her husband.
That's Demand and supply gap.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and before you say, "I am very rich.Marry me!"
She turns her face towards you ------------ she is your wife !
That's competition eating into your market share!

Artistic Perceptions

I always thought arts = creativity.
I had the impression that arts = freedom to express, regardless of your audience.
My concept of good piece of art = a piece of artwork that could reflect on an artist's feelings.



Turns out, I might be wrong.

Arts = A fix set of rules applied on different mediums in different density.
Arts = Work that your target group could understand.
Good piece of art = A piece of artwork that fulfills the fixed set of rules that the target group could understand.

How sad to know!

Little space

I just realized, I miss this feeling.

The calm and relaxing feeling.

Listening to the daily morning radio programs.

Singing along songs, and laughing to jokes of the DJs.

There might be traffic jam, but at least I have my own little space,all by myself.

Missing it.

Lou Sang!

How often you can stir things up and be happy bout it?

This is one of the moments :

What money can do?

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE, BUT NOT A HOME.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A CLOCK, BUT NOT TIME.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A BED, BUT NOT SLEEP.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A BOOK, BUT NOT KNOWLEDGE.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN SEE A DOCTOR, BUT NOT GOOD HEALTH.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A POSITION, BUT NOT RESPECT.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY BLOOD, BUT NOT LIFE.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY SEX, BUT NOT LOVE.

Chinese New Year

It was a busy Chinese New Year for me.
But it was good. It was great.
It was never enough.
Life here is just too dull. I just can't be myself in this foreign city.
I need more moments like this :

Year 2009, two thousand & nine things to accomplish

Yup, you read it correctly, I've got a list of two thousand and nine things to accomplish this year.

Want to see my list? Maybe you should come up with a list of to-do for yourself first.

We can always exchange opinions.

Come on, let me know !

Pain and no gain....

Ok, I spent SGD 70, to participate in a half marathon.

A first real marathon I ever took in my life.

Bad decision to only train for twice before the race.

The consequence, 4266 out of 6000+ participants.

And, a pair of limping and swollen feet.

Happy though!

贪新忘旧

我是一个贪新忘旧的人。
我会忘记你昨天的任性，爱上今天可爱的你。

Move!

Sensei said: " If you don't move, you cannot throw ! If you move, you don't need to throw!"

Guess I have to move more. To achieve more ?

Childhood Dream

It's been 6 months since I started working in Singapore.

My boss told me that he will have a performance review meeting next Tuesday.

When I think about it, I haven't been doing anything that is bringing in income to the company.

Looks like the best candidate to be retrenched if the company is having financial crisis.

By then I shall start pursuing my childhood dream of starting a Nationwide Fried Kuey Teow chain......hahahahahaha

The art of acception

Last night in training, Sensei gave me a great lesson. 

Among the highly philosophical quotes he mentioned are :

" Old habit is in the blood, difficult to change. Persistence is needed to change."

" If you resist, you will face more resistance. "

"The more negative enery you point towards your opponent, the more negative energy he will return to you."

"If someone bump onto you on the street, do you blame him? He might be in a rush, therefore unaware, but you are the culprit yourself as well, as you are not aware. It takes two people to create a conflict."

Simple, but it did make me thinking!

Harry Ng Sensei, Shosin Aikido Singapore (6th Dan)

The Reason I Love him

Had a ball basketball and recalled this player called Hakeem Olajuwon.

Watch the video, and watch top plays #1 and #2.

Amazing, spectaculor and that's what inspires me how to play basketball.

http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbacom/top10s_specialties/top10_olajuwon_careerplays.asx&video=

But, I respect him for his other side in life most, as quoted from Wiki:

"Olajuwon was still recognized as one of the league's elite centers despite his strict observance of Ramadan (e.g., abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours for about a month), which occurred during virtually every season of his career. Olajuwon was noted as sometimes playing better during the month, and in 1995 he was named NBA Player of the Month in February, even though Ramadan began on 1 February of that year"

No excuse for Muslims to feel lazy in the month of Ramadan isn't it?

Be a Malaysian

Regardless of being in mamak stalls, fastfood outlets, fine dining restaurants or pubs,wherever you see Malaysians gather, the current political scenario is one of the topics of discussion.

With Malaysiakini, Malaysia Today, Chedet.com, and blogs of various politician, suddenly, every internet-abled Malaysian is a political expert.

We spend time discussing issues, debating bills that was tabled, talking about policies that should be abolished/ created, and at the end of the day, we the so called "Mamak Political Experts" have ZERO conclusion and not to mention, ZERO actions.

For those who all talk no action, like myself, here are something we could do, and should start doing to ensure Malaysia is a better place. Take your pick.

1. Help out in political events / campaign for your local candidates
2. Donate to political parties
3. Be a political leader among your family and friends.
4. Do what a Malaysian should do.

After seriously evaluating all the options, I found that:

Option 1 is not my cup of tea. Also, this option is only applicable during campaigning period, which only happens once every 4 years? or sooner if there any by-election. Plus, its just too labour intensive, and shall leave this option for those who are highly motivated, not me.

Option 2 is a noble thought, and a costly one. What will my RM100 do towards a better Malaysia? Maybe can pay for a few of option 1's volunteer's meals and transportation? Nah, Unless I can donate something like RM 1mil, I won't bother. People always think they contributed by giving money, but patriotism is more than that.

Option 3 is great and you have to have some creditable knowledge in the current political scene to do it.I know I can do it. But, I would rather be a source of information that a political leader/ adviser among my family and friends. Debating with people who supports different parties is tiring! And I don't hope to be charged for defamation or sodomy.

Option 4 poses a great question, what should a Malaysian do towards a better Malaysia? Firstly, you need to imagine what your 'dream country' should look like. Seriously, I do not know how living in a dream country feels like.I definately do not know your defination of a dream country. After traveling quite a bit around the world, I still think Malaysia is the best place on earth for me. The food, the people, the natural scenarios, the way people speaks, the political jokes and the so called 'discrimination' claimed by everyone, its just too unique.

I like Malaysia, and over the years, things change, and the country needs some tweaking. Every Malaysian is expecting a major change, but as a normal Malaysian who cannot bother to act upon option 1, option 2 and option 3, I would do what a Malaysian should do, which is -- Be a Malaysian.

However, being a Malaysian is no easy feat.

You need to:

Thoroughly understand the history of our country.
Know the reason why Independance is sort after?
What happened before and after independance.
Understand why various political parties exists?
Understand what happened during May 13 incident.
Understand what NEP is really about.
Understand the plight of other fellow Malaysians.
Understand how the parliment works.
Understand and practise your rights as a Malaysian.
Think for yourself if petrol prices in Malaysia can really be as cheap as Saudi Arabia?
Learn the basics of inflation and growth.
Think for yourself, when things get bad, is it because of a race, a religion or its because of a few people who has misused their authorities?
Make friends with everyone, learn more about each other. Share your opinions between your friends of all races.
Find out if there's any country in the world that have no prejudice, racism and is fair to everyone?
Question yourself, how can you be part of a better Malaysia.

In fact, the list could just go on.

Even though born and lived in Malaysia for 25 years, I am still trying be a Malaysian.
Better start late than never,or worse yet, complain and do nothing, right?

Why so BIG?

The only reason I could think of, for them to serve in such a big bowl is:


To soak and wash my face with the leftover soup !?

To force or to follow

When I was young, I was hoping to do things my way, and have everything done in favour of myself.

Some years later, I discovered it is simply impossible to have everyone following your instructions, and things don't change because you want it to.

So, I started to learn the art of influencing.
I learnt different skills, the skills of persuasion, skills of motivation, skills of speaking, skills of deceiving, skills of lying and even the skills to threaten.

Alas, after years of trying, the world is still round, I still can't have free food in MacDonald's, can't get the stray dogs to listen to my stories and can't have a free Hull City FC jersey delivered to my doorstep.

Finally, after years of trying, I gave up. Instead of having people follow suit, I try to blend and follow suit. To follow whatever others are doing, is never difficult, but to follow and to maintain your own principles along the way, while not losing your own identity is.

I hope I can do it better.

我怕

幼时，总是爱挑逗她。
从她身边走过，看她依然潮气蓬勃，仿佛每天都睡得很好。
从她身上散发的快乐气息，让我不禁上前搭讪。
天真的我，还以为她会与我对话。
我靠上去，她吓着了。
低下了头。不敢望我。
好可爱！

去了英国后，不再与她见面。
还一时忘了她。
时隔多年，竟然在新加坡重逢。

这个偶然的相遇，让我不知所措。
是感觉陌生了，还是受狮城生活节奏影响？
我竟然只是呆呆的望着她，快步的从她身边赶过。
说不出一句话。

是怕她不认得我了吧！
如果我靠过去，她不害羞了，也不低头了，我会否很失望？

我怕。
我怕失去童真，我怕失去纯真。
我怕失去美丽的童年回忆。