There will be no further post on this blog

Hello all, this is definitely the last post for this blog. Thank you very much for your support and 'interest' in my life. If you are looking for a blog that brings joy, sorrow and laughter, do feel free to look around anytime. This blog will be around as long as Blogger.com exists.

Cheers!

Last but not Least

Hello all, this might be the last entry for this blog. Going to take a long break from blog writing now. Took me a long time to come to this decision. Why I am saying this is because I have more or less share a lot of useful tips about achieving ones dream, being passionate, being motivate and how to be motivated, how to handle some problems, what to look out for in the future, so on and so forth. I am glad that these tips are out in the open, helping people who have come across this blog. It has come to a point where I doubt I can value add to other people's live.

And this blog has come to a point where I cannot put in some innermost thoughts for the same reason, people cannot tell the whole truth to people. My thoughts have been hampered. Maybe I should just keep my blog a 'secret' and all these entries would not be associated with me. I feel restrained writing this blog anyway, so it does not value add much to me, at least at the moment now. And this blog has brought many inconvenience to the people around me. So I think, standing from a friend's point of view, I do not want to 'burden' them anymore.

Moving to a busy period now, where I simply cannot afford too much time in thinking and writing this blog as well. Because like I mentioned before, I used to be able to write, well almost, unrestrained but I did take care not to hurt anyone. After the incident, it has come to a point, my flow of thoughts have been hampered by the question, "Will it hurt?", "Is it obvious?", "Should it be here?" "Should this be deleted?" and many more. Again, maybe I should be blamed for 'publicising' my blog.

Took up blog writing more than a year already. It has been a nice learning experience. I learn about the power of blogging. One can improve one's language if he takes great care in presenting his blog in good English. Because of this reason, two of my friends took up blogging as well and I must say their English has improved a lot. I am glad this blog has such a positive influence on them. I will not be removing this blog because like I mentioned those that are inside are useful tips for people and it would be nice to reminisce later when I have more free time and feel the joy, sorrow, hurt and fun I had during this period of blogging. :) With search engine on blogs now, blog entries are more exposed and effect of each entry are more pronounced. Very scary indeed. I mean someone from Egypt, maybe reading your blog and thinking "What the hell this blogger is talking about? He should have...." Haha! All in all, I like this period of blogging. It has been a fun learning experience and I would relive it again although I would wish some entries have not been published (I am still 'smarting' from it. Sigh!)

I do think I have achieve my aim of blogging, in the way I have put down interesting stuff and spread tips on improving people's lives, both mental, financial and physical health. Blogging has improve my language slightly. I have left a part of me, in tim, using this blog and it has help me improve my skill of organizing my thought as well. Like a double-edged sword, its effect has brought me hurt as well.

Guys, bear with me, since this may be my last blog, so I am going to write a long one. Yesterday, a close primary school friend of mine called me. Nice to know that people still remembers you when everyone in Singapore are so busy with work. Well, he was asking me for advice. He was saying he felt miserable because he has a colleague whom he is a loggerheads with. And he would avoid that guy in the office whenever possible, as in if he is walking towards him, he would walk away. He would rather make a long detour than to share the same corridor with him and so on.

I told him it is ridiculous. Well, I do feel it is ridiculous. Why should you need to inconvience yourself so that you can don't see the person in close proximity? It is like two sides fighting a battle and without fighting, one side is always avoiding the other side. I told him if I am his colleague, on hearing this I would laugh. Because without doing anything and at no expense, I am able to inconvience you, make you wait longer, do a long detour, cannot eat at your favourtie places, with just my presence only. Wow! So easy. See my point? What I am saying is, you are torturing yourself only without the person that you do not like lifting a finger.

I also do not like the 'passionate' man in my office. But I will not take a long detour just to avoid him. Just walk towards him, taking him as transparent. Yesterday, he was going to take the same bus as me and my friends. No way, I am going to wait for the next bus, just because he is going on that bus. I am not going to go home late without any expenses from him. Too good for him.

There was this guy who is a good friend of my best friend in university. I have no idea why that guy do not like me, but his actions are damn funny and ridiculous. Two incidents. First incident, my best friend, me and another friend were having lunch. This guy came along and the only seat available at the table was the seat across mine. Haha! Througout the whole lunch, that guy never look straight at all, his head is always looking at the sideways. I think his 'strange' behavior could have caused some neck strained there, without me doing anything at all, just my presence. :P

Second incident was during a lecture. That guy and my best friend was sitting together in the lecture hall. I came in late because I have to rush from the Arts Faculty to Science faculty. The only seat that is near my best friend and available was the one beside the guy. So I make my way there and sit down. Know what happen? Haha! That guy place his full butt in half the seat which is very small, thus he has to use his legs to help support him while sitting down. In the end, I think he got cramps or something because he cannot stand up properly. Again, I did nothing, just my presence beside him.

So what I am saying to this friend and all those friends out there who are reading this. Is there really a need to inconvenience yourself? Don't you find it ridiculous? Just do what you need to do. Causing yourself unnecessary comfort is really...

Just a secret to share, the later stage of this blog was written for one person in mind. Who it is? Well this will be the secret in the secret! Ok, with this I close the blog with this entry for this year. I might or might not come back to this blog. We will see if circumstance permit or not. Thank you very much to all readers who have shown support. The Singaporean, studying in Australia, who responded to my first few blog entries, are you still reading this? If you are, do leave a comment, just to catch up and keep in contact.

Cheers!

Some things interesting

Haha. Can afford a bit of time to write blog for a while today. Life has been one of excitement and motivation the last few days. I practiced a technique found in most self-help books and was able to feel motivated to finish doing the translation for my website and I just finish the chapter within 2 days! The only problem is my physical body cannot keep up with the place. So need to make some adjustment to it. Now you may ask how come now then I try the technique. Well because these authors never give me the full picture. Haha, I have to figure it out bit by bit, but hei, when I need to know, I will know. :D If u are going to ask me the technique, hehe, it is a little secret of mine which I hope you will respect my decision to keep it as it is. :)

Well, was reading an article in the newspaper about health and found out that two third of cancers are a result of lifestyle we lead. Amazing fact. It means if we are to make some adjustment of our lifestyle, we are able to reduce the risk of two third of cancers. So are you prone to cancer? Well better start reading up! I think our physical health is like other areas of our life, for example financial health, and network health. We need to read up and think for ourselves what is good and bad. But after reading it is not enough, you have to take actions based on this knowledge in order to benefit from it.

To all the friends who are reading this blog, I have a nice quote to share with you'll from Analects of Confucius which I am doing translation.

子贡问友。子曰：“忠告而善道之，不可则止，毋自辱焉。”

Zi Gong asked what is friendship. Confucius said:"To advice when he makes a mistake, guide him properly. If to no avail, then halt, or you will disgrace yourself and worse, lose the friendship."

So be happy that your friends are pointing out your mistakes, because the more people they are pointing out for you, your mistakes, it means you have genuine friends. I personally think this is a good gauge to know how deep your friendship is with certain friends. So friends out there, if I made a mistake, took a wrong path, do point it out to me. Well, I cannot say for sure, I would not be angry, but I will definitely think through whether these advice are valid or not and make adjustment if needed.

Well time to head back to my translations. For those of you who have been to my website, thank you very much for the support, and for those who have not, please have a look and let me have your feedback, if any.

Cheers!

Goodwill vs Money

Whew, almost a week since I last posted my blog, apologies for any inconvenience I have caused. Thank you very much for those who come to my blog regularly to read what is happening to me. :P

Have been pretty busy. Starting a business soon so have to get ready all the paperworks and processes done up fast. Website that I have are starting to receive attention now, and I just discovered there are a lot of ways, one can use the current internet to broadcast their expertise and knowledge. All thanks to my friends. It certainly exciting to know there are a lot of platforms now I can use to showcase to people my expertise and knowledge. The only thing needed from me now is to commit to action. Taking actions to take advantage of these platforms that I come to know of. I really must work very hard now to gain a strong financial foundation before I move on to other things.

For those who are from NUS, just to inform you, 4 out of 10 bursaries given out by NUS is to a foreigner. So, alumni of NUS, still want to donate? You have a choice. Make it. I have made mine. Just a note, I have nothing against foreigners. In fact, I have many good friends that are from other countries. The benefit of globalisation. Haha!

Yesterday, I went to attend one of good friend's health talk. Very informative. If any of you are interested in attending the next one, let me know, I will inform you.
Anyway, the talk was arranged by my friend's business partner, let's call it Mr A and held in another business partner of Mr A's restaurant, let's call him Mr B. So me and my friends went to the restaurant to have dinner there then. Now Mr B and his restaurant partners heard the talk and found it informative. But I was quite surprised that they did not offer discount on my good friend's bill. Well, if I am the restaurant owner, I would have given a bit of discount, maybe just to recover the costs since I benefited a lot from the talk.(They asked a lot of questions, so that i how I gauge that have benefited from it.) But apparently, they did not.

Of cos it is ok that they did not give discount, but I think because of a few dollars, there were a lot of goodwill lost. I, for one don't think I would recommend the place to other people. The food is good, but not fantastic enough to recommend people. I initially wanted to hold my company's public meeting there since it is a cosy place, but after this episode, I doubt I will even entertain that thought. I also told my friend that such thing should only do once. The next time if it needs to be done, have to talk it out like a business partnership. No such thing as keep on giving without taking. I do not believe in that.

I think a person should give when he knows he has taken a lot from a person. Such a person would definitely be welcome in many places because people know such a person is not out to take advantage of people. And knowing how to give would create a lot of goodwill, at a small costs, which are immeasurable by money. No need to grab money too tight. Money can be earned back, but once goodwill is lost, that is it. Very difficult to earn it back. Moreover if you grab money too tight, it will come to a point where you are working for money, because it has control over you, instead of you making money work for you.

Time and goodwill are very important once they are lost, it is very difficult to recover it or almost impossible. Do not place money above them, because when you do, you become enslave by money which is not healthy.

Cheers!