Handbook 2011

Today is the last day of 2010...It's the time to plan or think of the new year resolution...

Resolutions are important to give us the right path or direction towards achieving our goals.

But before we set our resolutions,here are some guides to make 2011 a better year.

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2010 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

My 2010 Review

JAN

Got my first job. Worked in Vege-Country Enterprise,a vegetarian food manufacturing factory http://vegecountry.com/. Learnt lots of things.

I went through the processes from production to packaging. They weren't easy at all. I could still remember how I perspired like bathing when I was learning at the production department with high temperature steam but it really worth the experience gained.

FEB

-Got my car license!!! I can drive on the road with a big capital P pasted on the windscreen of the

car. Driving a car ain't an easy work. It requires practices and through pratices that we can better our driving skill bit by bit. Till now I still can't park a car nicely due to lack of practices. hehe.

MARCH

-Got my SPM result!! It was not a perfect result yet satisfying enough for me. For the 11 subject,

I got 8A+ and 3A(Biology,Chemistry and Chinese language). Days after announcement of SPM

result were filled by surfing net looking for courses and scholarships available. Eventually I opted for National Precision Engineering Scholarship offered by Singapore Economic Development Board. The decision i made received 'bipolar' response. Some of people around especially my family were very supportive while some of my teachers and friends the opposite way. Their concerns were that I can get a better scholarship like JPA,Petronas or Bank Negara with my result if compared with the 1 I opted for which only sponsor my study until diploma level. Yet I persist with my decision reason being I rather to bond with Singapore than with Malaysia. Till now after 8 months of study I'm not REGRET for the decision I made .I'm confident enough to say I've made the right decision!

APRIL

-Off I go to Singapore to further my study and start my new life! My first semester in Nanyang Polytechnic commenced on 19th April. There is where I learn,play and experience life the different way. There is when I start to learn to be independent,to live on my own ,to solve things myself and to be more matured. There,I make new friends,learn to live with friends just like the chinese saying we depend on parents when we are home while we depend on friends when we are away from home. It is also when I started to experience homesickness and learn ways to deal with homesickness.

JUNE

-My mum went for blood tumour removal surgery. I really hope to go back Malaysia to accompany her during her operation. But I was having test on that day and my mum didn't want me to miss it. She even tried to hide the news of her going for surgery from me but at last I got to know about the news from my uncle. Thanks God the operation was a great success and she recovered fairly fast. She is now in healthy condition.

JULY

-Tried ice-skating for the first time. It was very difficult at first as we even face difficulties to walk on the slippery surface. Falling down was extremely normal for first-timer like us. I fell once and as time passed I began to learn the skill and managed to skate slowly without support.

SEPTEMBER

-Went for 1 night stay at Marina Bay Sands(MBS) and had a ride on Singapore Flyer. The best thing in MBS is its sky park at the 54th storey. Being at the rooftop will not only take your breath away. You can see the spectacular views of Singapore. And being the hotel guest entitled me to use the swimming pool at the sky park. The feeling of swimming at 54th storey height gave me the feeling of being on top of the world. 30minutes on the Singapore Flyer gave me the opportunity to savour the magnificent skyline views,stunning scenery and waterfront architecture. Although 30mins in the cabin was a little bit boring but the breathtaking scenery really worth the money spent.

OCTOBER

-Watched Martial Combat @ Resorts World Sentosa. Although I'm not those into martial arts,the feeling of watching it for live really gave me a fantastic experience.

This is one of the video I got from youtube.The one which I watched was the semi-final.

NOVEMBER

-Went JB with friends. It may not sound special but it was quite memorable to me. It was through this short trip that we understand each other better. It was through this trip that our relationship grow fonder.

DECEMBER

-This month which doesn't end yet. As stated in the previous post,I celebrated grandma's 80th birthday which meant a lot not only to her herself but also all of us. We can't predict what's going to happen the next second,not even fortune teller. Of cause we hope to have the chance to celebrate 90th birthday or even 100th birthday with her but this is life. Life is not a bed of roses. She is still healthy now and we really hope this will last as long as possible=)

Happy Winter Solstice! 冬至快乐！

说到冬至，汤圆即刻浮现在脑海中。。。

老人家说吃了汤圆就增加了一岁。。

更有人说，吃了一颗就长大一岁。。犹记得小时的我，格外馋嘴，才不信这种说法。。

今天一早，妈妈撮了汤圆，虽然我不是很喜欢吃这难吞的应节食品，但我还是吞下了数十颗。。

总算是长大一岁了吧。。。

冬至是一年里头的最后一个节日。。，象征着弃旧，也给人一个期待，过了冬至，就要开始准备过年了，那是迎新。

在这么一天，我们可以对过去一年所做过的一切进行检讨省思，并对即将来临的一年规划，让自己有一些期许。。。

祝大家 冬至快乐！！！

Things I want for my Christmas

Dear Santa Papa,

Alright ,let's get straight to the point..

You know , year 2010 have been a good year for me..I've been behaving good,trying my best to be the positive person..So let's make this as simple as possible okay?

I don't think it's too much to ask if you grant just some of these wishes this Christmas..

1.All my family members and friends to stay happy and healthy.

2.A Canon EOS 550D

I'm really into photoshooting..and I don't ask for a high range DSLR..

just a beginner type like this will do..

3. A 4.0 result for my coming semesters

To achieve this I have to get ALL AAAAAAAAAAssss...Amen!

4. An Apple Ipad

Everyone and their dogs has got this.Honestly speaking , I have never seen anyone using it productively. 99% of the time,people with an Ipad are using it to paly games/ browse pictures /pretend to be cool.

Heck,I want one too. Not to use it,but I don't mind one of them try-hards and carrying one of those as a fashion item.hehe.

5.Last but not least,let every person in the world have food on the table,a family to go to and a roof over their head.

Thank you Santa..

and wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!

I'm Officially HOME

I'm HOME finally..

The feeling of being back in Taiping is really great..

I have just celebrated my grandma 80th birthday yesterday..

The buffet cum birthday party was a great success..roughly 300 relatives turned up..

Although the pre and post-party works were tiring and taxing,we still find it worthwhile because we can see that my grandma was very happy yesterday...

I really hope that she will stay healthy,happy and be with us forever!

Happy Holiday!

My common test finally ended today!

My feeling was indescribable...at the moment I passed my test paper to the invigilator, I felt a great relief..I can start planning for my holiday (in fact I've already been thinking about it before the exam ended..hehe)..

ermmmm...what should I do for this coming holiday?

CELEBRATE BDAY WITH GRANDMA...it's her 80th bday this year...and we are celebrating it BIG this year to mark this meaningful golden age..ermm..can't imagine how she's going to feel...going to capture her every smile this Saturday night...hehe...

GO HOME...i miss my HOME...seriously..my bed..my pillow..my bolster..everything in Taiping!

FAMILY TIME...Time being with family is getting lesser when 1 leaves the home to further his/her studies or work..Home has become the so-called hotel where we only stay there for 10++ days in 2 months...I know this sounds pathetic..but this is the truth...So I'm going to make use of the short holiday to the most..prioritise my family!

CALIGRAPHY...last year i wrote a few 春联(chinese couplets which can be seen on the doorways in Chinese community especially during Chinese New Year) and gave away to some of my relatives..I didn't know they would be so sought after that everyone is asking for 1...so this year I'm going to write more...I think I should consider charging some amount as my side income..hehe

MEET UP WITH OLD FRIENDS...This is utmost important...meeting up with old friends,chatting,hanging out to know more about their latest changes...reminiscing sweet secondary school life...

To my DP1003 friends,I know I'm going to miss you all..

Absence makes the heart grow fonder..this 2 weeks break will foster a better bond among us..

and I'm wishing all of you a Happy Holiday!!!

Merry Christmas!

10.12.2010

Trying to arrange my thoughts...

I had been occupied with lots of thoughts lately...

I could still remember the first few weeks of my second sem were like a bed of roses..

free as in stress-free,homework-free(no homework)...

enjoyable ( had series of activities for me to join every week)..

fun-filled (have lots of fun bonding with classmates)

time really pass by in a jiffy...it's way too fast..

I could still remember my last sem break 8 weeks ago..it's like just ended..

This sem is the time where friendship among our classmates cherish..

I really enjoyed the time with my classmates..it somehow make my homesickness banish...

we spent almost every free time after classes end together..from sports,hanging out,mugging in library or even crapping around,they build up our friendship..from acquaintance--friends--good friends--TRUE FRIENDS...

Week 8 already ended...

Week 9 is going to start officially..

It's time where all of us will dig our eyes into lecturer notes,past year papers etc etc etc..

It's time where all of us will gather all our attentions into STUDY..

Although it's just a 3 days common test,I can see that all of us really put in effort to prepare for it..

Hopefully our hard work will pay off!

All the best!

Volunteer at SCMS 2010

It was my first time doing volunteer job for Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore.

It's one of the biggest event which I had taken part in. There were 60,000 participants and 6,000 volunteers participating in it.

I was assigned to Baggage part which was in charged in the collection of baggage after the runners completed their run. Although it was quite tiring,where I was needed to usher in and out to look for the runners' bib number,find out their baggage,make sure they check their belongings before they leave and make a mark on their bib after they have taken their baggage.

It involved a lot of team work in this. Everyone had their respective responsibilities and all of us were committed in what we were doing. Always SMILE no matter how rude or unfriendly the person we dealt with. This is what I learnt.

It's not an easy job,I admitted that I did grumble,complain and blame the leaders when I was asked to do those so-called 'sai kang'...we needed to clean the place after they collected all the baggages. From taking out the number tags sticked on the floor,clean out the rubbish,move all the logistic items like tables and chairs back to the respective places etc etc etc...it was really taxing especially when we had been keeping vigil since 2am..

In conclusion I gained very important experience through this volunteer and of course I learnt a lot of things .

the last 5 days were the best day i ever had here..

it was the first time i got the feeling of family here..

it was the days when my family were here to visit me..

although i was really busy with tests coming+event+meeting i set all of them aside and dedicated my time after classes for them..

although it made me really busy..where i rushed to and fro at my uncle's house at Jurong West from Ang Mo Kio which took about 1 hour I find it worthwhile doing..

It really makes me realise that family comes before everything else..

Being with family is the best time ever..now I begin to understand why most of my friends who stay in JB would rush back home after the lessons end on Friday..

If my family were to stay in JB I guess I would have done the same thing..

Happy moments pass by the fastest..after 5 days being here,my family went back Taiping yesterday night..

After sending them off,although I felt a little bit sad..I told myself it's time to focus on study as examinations are coming next week..

Im going to buck up ,prepare for exams and anticipating for X'mas term break..

I love my family!

my big family