31 October 2006 - New Layout and Design

did you notice the layout and design different? i upgraded it to newer version and changed the layout. i think the new version is nicer and some features are better. still looking for some nice templates to replace these dull ones.

today morning, while going to office, nearly met with an accident twice within 10 secs on PIE. the first time, the stupid lorry cuts into my lane suddenly, it was close to me, but luckily did not hit me. then while i was still in shock, another lorry in front performed an E-brake and the lorry skidded. i responsed in time by turning my bike away. if i were closer and going a bit faster, i would not be here typing my blog. it's always so dangerous on the road and it is a blessing to reach home or office in one piece everyday.

my wife ever asked if i would allow our gal to ride bike when she grows up to appropriate age. i replied that i will forbid her from riding or even learning bike, but she insists, i have not choice. i do not want a situation when she hates me for forbidding this and that, in the end, she stop talking to me and i starting drifting away from her.

it is quite difficult nowadays to teach the younger ones, they are thinking differently from us and i do not blame her because i was once young too. we might find our young ones irritating and troublesome, like wise, our young ones will think that we are irritating and troublesome. there's always a gap between children and parents but we as parents must make sure this gap is not too big.

little thoughts for today and am glad i took some time to update my blog today.

30 October 2006 - Inspired

yesterday, channel 8 talks about a 26 years old young guy who graduated from SMU with a degree, did not follow what the others are going. the others which include his classmates, are following one another, having the same mindset which is to go through proper education and securing a proper and stable job.

he started a cake business with a partner and it all started with a simple birthday cake for his friend. he searched the net for recipes to bake an oreo cheese cake. with all the different recipes available online, he combined the recipes and create his own version of oreo chesse cake. the taste of his very first cake turns out to be good and it lights up his passion for cake baking.

soon he started trying different cakes and took orders from relatives and friends for christmas cakes. he claims to have taken in 30+ orders for that year's christmas which made him a busy man that festive season.

his business soon grow from 1 branch to 2 branches. within 2 years of operations. after watching this show, it really inspire me and pushed me forward because i really envy what he can do and what i cannot. i wanted to do some business and i have something in mind, just that now is the time to equip myself with the skills for the business.

hope by next year, i can be writing how my business is working out.

20 October 2006

today is friday and i took half day leave to meet someone from propnex. i wanted to meet him earlier, i wanted to chat with him more, i wanted him to help me. my wife said, he might be able to solve my problems and my worries.
his name is lim yong hock and he is a training & recruitment director. he is none other than my wife's boss.
i had wanted to join propnex as a fulltime agent. main motive is to earn more money. who do not love to have more money, but the problem is, are you capable to earn that money or are you just so weak that you can only work for others?
being able to earn what you deserve is really good but that also means if you do not work hard, no income. sounds fair, but not to those who do not work hard.
i must admit sometimes i am lazy but could it be my nature self or could it be my job nature that does not interest me. i usually liked a little pushing on the back to keep me going. and will i remain this way even when i am a property agent?
it's not easy to motivate oneself to go forward and work towards the goal. i always hear people saying that they are very determine to work hard and thus achieve the current status. but i believe, deep down, not all but most, do not have the determination to push themselves forward. some are just being lucky than the others. some worked extremely hard, earning just mere $500 per month, some merely talk and easily earn more than $10000 per month. when can i ever earn this amount of money? when can i obtain the abilities to achieve such high standards?
i always ask myself; am i lucky or am i unlucky?

14 October 2006 - Click

Just finished watching a movie "Click". It's a very nice show as what my friends and some website stated.

It talks about a workaholic architect, who has been overlooking his family in favor of his career, comes across a universal remote that allows him to perform TiVo-like functions on his life, such as pausing events or fast-forwarding over them. When the remote begins creating its own memory and choosing what to fast-forward over, the man sees how much of his personal life has passed him by and realizes the importance of spending more time with his family.

It is a very funny and touching story especially the part when his life passes by so quickly that he missed the growing of his children. He dislike his parents coming to his house for dinner and chooses to fast forward the part. And when he fast forward too much to 16 years later, many things happened like:
1. his father died naturally
2. his wife remarried to another guy
3. his son and daughter grew up
4. his son got married
5. his dog died but got another small dog which he does not like

and the worst part is, he cannot get rid of the remote as he wish. Near to the end, he died of heart attack but before he died, he wanted to tell his son that, nothing is more important than family.

Luckily, that was not the end. Eventually he went back to the past and he could start all over again. This changed his life and attitude. He cherished his family more than ever. Great show! Must buy and must watch.

07 October 2006 - First youtube video

This is the first time I upload a video on youtube.com but unfortunately or rather fortunately, it's not a video of myself. It's a video of our gal playing keyboard. I hope it works.