This Is Your Life

I got this from AL when she shared it in FB. It was actually from a poster which was being photographed. I decided to copy it down and since I am writing few posts, might as well add this in. That's the thing about writing things down when u find it interesting. U don't have to immediately update it anywhere, but u know that when u feel like sharing it out, it's readily available.

Sure, it's time-consuming but then, to take a break from photocopy or printing and to be able to practise your handwriting for a change sounds good enough for me. I have really been getting quite some motivational inputs recently. Some may read it before and may find it repetitive but good things should be continually shared and passed around. So here it goes:

This is your life. Do what you love. And do it often.

If you don't like something, change it.

If you don't like your job, quit.

If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV.

If you are looking for the love of your life, stop;

They will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love.

Start doing things you love.

Stop over analyzing.

All emotions are beautiful.

When you eat, appreciate every last bite.

Life is simple...

Open your mind, arms and heart

to new things and people,

we are united in our differences.

Ask the next person you see

what their passion is,

and share your inspiring dream

with them.

Travel often.

Getting lost will help you find yourself.

Some opportunity only come once,

seize them.

Life is about the people you meet,

and the things you create with them.

So go out

and start creating.

Life is short.

Live your dream

and

share your passion.

...........

Corporate Lessons

I received email from KM not long ago on funny yet unbelievably true lessons of corporate life. There a total of 3 corporate lessons and each started with a story, followed by the moral lesson afterwards...

<Corporate Lesson 1>

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him,

Rabbit: Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?

Crow  : Sure, why not.

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and.....ate it.

<Moral> To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

<Corporate Lesson 2>

A turkey was chatting with a bull,

Turkey: I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree, (sighed) but I haven't got the energy.

Bull     : Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings? They're packed with nutrients.

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was spotted by a farmer, who promptly shot the turkey out of the tree.

<Moral> Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

<Corporate Lesson 3>

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen brid lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him!

<Moral>

1. Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.

2. Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.

3. And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut.

All these morals are true enough right? And I just couldn't help laughing when I read the stories and how creatively the author linked them to the corporate lessons. World is full of wonders...

Changes

I believe this post will apply to many of my peers, be it for their work, their love life or simply put, their simple life! It is about the 90/10 principle (what happened in our life is 90% attributed to how we react and only 10% attributed to destiny) and also about being daring enough to embrace changes, or better still, to initiate changes!

Our lives are not determined by what happened to us

 but how we react to what happens,

Not by what life brings to us,

but by the attitude we bring to life.

A positive attitude causes

 a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes.

It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.

Attitude determines your altitude in success.

LET'S CHANGE TO MAKE A CHANGE.

Why Is Change Needed?

Many times, in order to survive

we have to start a change process.

We sometimes need to get rid of old memories,

habits and other past traditions.

Only freed from past burdens,

can we take advantage of the present.

Make peace with the past

so that it won't screw up the present.

The only thing permanent is CHANGES.

Note: This was taken from a forwarded email I received and some of the quotes were taken from elsewhere. I didn't quote the source as I didn't know who is the source.



My September Life

Let's see... September this year passed real fast. It's really within the blink of an eye. Spent quite some money (mooncakes, car road tax and insurance, wedding dinner etc) and visited and met lots of people. Without me realizing it, September actually qualifies as a social month after all! Since I haven't wrote for some time and it had been an eventful month, I am pretty sure that this will be a very long post....

I attended HF's wedding, glad she found a very caring hubby. She gained some weight and it became a gossip topic somehow, since she was very slim during our upper secondary years. Who don't gain weight after entering the workforce anyway? I bet with my head that at least 9 out of 10 will. I did.

It's farewell for PZ, a friend whom I really cherished as I like her funny character. Her partner of crime with their Kanasai Production always sent me rolling on the floor with their super creative shoots. And the captions especially. No words or salutations to describe that. Bravo! All the best to u, PZ. If Malacca and KL bo ngam u, Penang is always ready to welcome u, haha!

Next up, Starwalk. Met double YL again after haven't been able to see them for so long. There was some 'drama' early in the morning but everything was OK towards the end. And I actually ended up applying for AmBank credit card, sth which I swear I wouldn't do in the past. I did think that to own a SINGLE credit card is more than enough. But the 20% petrol rebate that comes with it was too attractive to resist.

There was a catch though! I was told that it will require 3 weeks to process my application. Until then, I won't know whether I am entitled to own another card. I already had CIMB Mastercard so I applied for AmBank Visa instead. But the 20% rebate thingy...the higher probability to get the 20% rebate is to pump petrol early of the month. Why? Because Ambank only gives out RM200k payout in rebates per month, for the whole NATIONWIDE!!! It's very little you know, but then...better than nothing lah!

Then I had an Indonesian audit. Big boss instructed us not to fail this audit and treat the auditors like VIP. I do think the treatment we gave them was a bit overdone but then, it's worth an investment if we passed the audit. I am not suggesting that we are bribing the auditors, just to mention that we wanna try to make our auditors' stay as pleasant as possible to build the rapport to facilitate the audit.

It was a long week and I was practically exhausted. Morning wake up early, night time...reach room > bathe > short reading or game > sleep. Of course I am not the only one doing the entertaining, everyone chipped in and I am proud to say it's the first time I really felt that we from JBFM Prai really worked as a team. I had many of first times of food experience during this period. U bet I gained weight! Dare not step onto the scale though.

And just thank God that my hiking and badminton kaki are back into action. Previously some of them were either lazy or 'balik kampong' so I didn't really have much exercise until the recent past week. My sweat was dripping like nobody's business and even though I felt sticky, I felt satisfied. I can burn off the extra weight I added during this Indonesian audit, haha! But right now, my right elbow joint is painful. Not sure if it's due to badminton or because I played PC game for too long ytdy.

The one thing that I dread most is to suffer from some injury while doing sports. I would rather die than being told that I could no longer go for badminton or hiking or things like that. Touch wood and fingers crossed I won't fall into that situation. JS injured his knee and can't really hike or play much badminton anymore. I hate to think that I might be like that. Pray hard I won't! Sports is my life (though I only play badminton, jog and hike).

There is always this passion people are always talking about. For me, mine is reading and sports. Shopping is not my cup of tea. Came across quite a few interesting motivational emails recently. It really brightened up my days poring through them. I will share it in the next posts. 

And oh, just out of a sudden, I decided to write postcards to my Bangkok UFM training classmates and also to my close friends in Msia, including to my baby angel from famine camp. I know that they were surprised and happy to receive them. See? I like to do this kind of small small stuff. Call me old school or what, I couldn't care less, janji I like it!

Hope JY is doing fine. Hope my Mount KK trip will materialize for Mar 2012 (the booking for Mar 2012 is only open in Oct 2011 - stupid rule!). Hope PY is able to manage her love life. Hope SK will have a bright future (she is a very nice gal, love her). Hope JS will enjoy his US trip. Hope I will enjoy my Oct Bangkok trip. Hope MY will enjoy her HK trip. Hope WY will enjoy her Shanghai trip. Hey MY, if u are reading this, can I request for a postcard from HK? Please....

And oh oh! I think 2011 is really a good year for me. Though I din get to attend a training in Oct, I get to travel to Bali for conference. It's purely for work and I don't think there is any time for us to go for sight-seeing but....at least I stepped my foot onto Bali already! And I have another audit coming up in Oct. I have a good feeling about this and is happy and can't wait to meet this auditor as she shared some pretty good idea with me during her last audit.

p/s: And I decided not to write about my July Bangkok trip anymore since it's already a thing in the past and also because I am lazy to dig back those brochures or pamphlets I took from each interesting place I've been to. To browse through which pictures to be used.....lagilah lazy!

Anxiety

I want to talk about anxiety, as in, not trying to analyze the definition and how to overcome it, etc. but more to quoting few examples faced by either me or the people around me.

My boss really triggered my mood to blog today. Perhaps can consider it as a blessing in disguise? Cos now I have the excuse to force myself to post on the blog. Had been wanting to blog but pushed it aside due to laziness. Now that I had started a post, might as well write another one.

September is really one hell of a month. All things came pouring in without warning, and walah! Planner is almost full. With work especially. HF getting married this weekend, need to go find dress to wear again. Sigh! It's the most problematic stuff cos I don't have a dress and never plan to buy one. And oh, I cut my hair short, which prompted almost everyone to ask: "Why u cut your hair short lah? Adoi!"

Expected those responses but I did it anyway. I always have this tendency to cut my hair drastically short once my hair is long. And I do get the satisfaction. Lighter head but hair still drop a lot. A bit worried that I will get premature balding. Touch wood! See? Anxiety exists in every part of our lives.

Recently kept close contact with JY via email. She seemed to be very anxious and down about almost everything. Perhaps she couldn't find the satisfaction yet, perhaps she is really a free-spirited creature who couldn't stand the suffocation that cities bring about. Nevertheless I do hope that she will venture well in her new life. U have all my support JY!

Realizing that life is short or that we haven't done what we want is purely a blessing, rather than passing our daily life without aim. And to take full advantage of that realization, we should plan to work it out.

MY called me and said she was very disappointed in her own self. Well, I have to admit that the thing which disappointed her would have disappointed her boss too but hey, that proves that we human like to think in a complicated manner when it can be solved very simply. Well, being fresh out from the oven called university, there's lots of stuff which makes a freshie realize that she didn't know so many things after all. It's normal my friend.

I felt like that before and even questioned my sanity, "How come I never thought of that?" This, my friend, is called experience. Experience comes when we don't get what we want. Experience comes from mistake. So, welcome to the real life my friend. I have full confidence that u can pull this through. Not saying this for the sake of consoling u, rather I do believe in urself. So take this good chance to absorb whatever that come ur way. If I can do it, u can too! Believe in the power of believing.

So, if u can see, anxiety surrounds our daily life. U can call this anxiety as "stress", "pressure", "depression" or whatever u may, but remember, we dictate our own life. We can call this anxiety as "positive pressure", "willpower", or even "motivation" if u think positive right? So think positive my friends!

p/s: KK, I had a laugh when I asked for a slap in exchange for the hug. Sorry for that but I just couldn't resist it, haha! :p

Speaking of which, I am wondering how is LP doing now? Haven't been in touch with her for quite some time now. Hope u are doing alright!

Grudges and Hates

Today something happened at work which really upset me. I hate the sarcasm implied. It happened before and it happened again. Never before have I thought that it would be coming this way. Perhaps I didn't bring out that topic the nice way but that shouldn't be the way to handle it. He really lost my respect. I felt like strangling him at that particular moment. Even thought of flattening him like my chappati dough, right before cooking it on the hotplate.

Bloody hell!

Somehow I came across these two quotes:

"Never harbour grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else" (Robertson Daries)

"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that" (Martin Luther King)

Ok, Ok, no grudges and hates, but I do need some time to cool down and think where have I gone wrong, if there is! Which after pondering, I still couldn't figure out where have I gone wrong. Perhaps I didn't reprocess and sugarcoat my words before saying it out? Is that even my fault?

Whatever it is, I knew better than to let this spoil my day but it did anyway! Now I know that I have lousy EQ. Need to find a way to increase my EQ. Will meditation help? I am not really a meditation type of person though!

It is comforting to know that JS actually offered to go for a movie in view that I am not feeling right. So sweet. But I turned down his goodwill as I don't feel like meeting or talking today. Typing, emailing still can. And when I decided to finally go back from work right on time, it seems impossible again. Why?

I had wasted some time to cool off my 'fire' and later on, an issue came about which requires immediate coordination. So here I am, still in the office, but with a much calmer thought now. God bless my good life!