Log into your account first
Go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps
Top right, click CREATE NEW APP button
App display name and App namespace, put anything you want, just anything, tick agree below
Next page … LEFT side, click OPEN GRAPH
Next page … fill anything you want, the click GET STARTED button
Next page … DO NOTHING, click SAVE CHANGES and NEXT,
Next page too … DO NOTHING, click SAVE CHANGES and NEXT
Next page too … DO NOTHING, click SAVE CHANGES and NEXT
Then you can go to your own facebook page … you will b asked to ENABLE YOUR TIMEline … tadah !!!
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Sunday, December 20, 2009
A Short Note
It seems to me the whole population will be in taipei celebrating the arrival of 2010 while I choose to stay here spending time going through the occasion quietly.
In just a matter of 2 weeks, 2009 will come to an end.
12 months, 365 days, this probably forms a big chapter in my life, much has been taken, much is given too, and much is given much is expected?
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In just a matter of 2 weeks, 2009 will come to an end.
12 months, 365 days, this probably forms a big chapter in my life, much has been taken, much is given too, and much is given much is expected?
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
The Truth
Many people think that if you don't have money and capital, you can never invest and be an entrepreneur and make money and get a return.
The fact is, if you don't have money but you invest a lot of your time in something, you will get your return too.
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The fact is, if you don't have money but you invest a lot of your time in something, you will get your return too.
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Get A Life, Get A Real Life.
I have something to share with all my friends, this article changed my view towards my work and my life before, it will probably change yours too?
Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova
The following is from Pulitzer Prize winning author Anna Quindlen's commencement address to Villanova University, Friday 23 June 2000:
It's a great honor for me to be the third member of my family to receive an honorary doctorate from this great university. It's an honor to follow my great-uncle Jim, who was a gifted physician, and my Uncle Jack, who is a remarkable businessman. Both of them could have told you something important about their professions, about medicine or commerce.
I have no specialized field of interest or expertise, which puts me at a disadvantage, talking to you today. I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.
Don't ever forget what a friend once wrote Senator Paul Tsongas when the senator decided not to run for reelection because he'd been diagnosed with cancer: "No man ever said on his deathbed I wish I had spent more time in the office." Don't ever forget the words my father sent me on a postcard last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat." Or what John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of the Dakota: "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
You walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree; there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your minds, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul.
People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is a cold comfort on a winter night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've gotten back the test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen, I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cutout. But call them on the phone, and I meet them for lunch. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.
I would be rotten, or at best mediocre at my job, if those other things were not true. You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are.
So here is what I wanted to tell you today:
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water gap or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a cheerio with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Each time you look at your diploma, remember that you are still a student, still learning how to best treasure your connection to others. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. Kiss your Mom. Hug your Dad. Get a life in which you are generous.
Look around at the azaleas in the suburban neighborhood where you grew up; look at a full moon hanging silver in a black, black sky on a cold night.
And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around. Once in a while take money you would have spent on beers and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a big brother or sister.
All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough. It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the color of the azaleas, the sheen of the limestone on Fifth Avenue, the color of our kid's eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of live. I learned to live many years ago.
Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my druthers, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and to try to give some of it back because I believed in it completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this:
Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness because if you do you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
Well, you can learn all those things, out there, if you get a life, a full life, a professional life, yes, but another life, too, a life of love and laughs and a connection to other human beings. Just keep your eyes and ears open. Here you could learn in the classroom. There the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end. No man ever said on his deathbed I wish I had spent more time at the office. I found one of my best teachers on the boardwalk at Coney Island maybe 15 years ago. It was December, and I was doing a story about how the homeless survive in the winter months.
He and I sat on the edge of the wooden supports, dangling our feet over the side, and he told me about his schedule; panhandling the boulevard when the summer crowds were gone, sleeping in a church when the temperature went below freezing, hiding from the police amidst the Tilt a Whirl and the Cyclone and some of the other seasonal rides. But he told me that most of the time he stayed on the boardwalk, facing the water, just the way we were sitting now even when it got cold and he had to wear his newspapers after he read them.
And I asked him why. Why didn't he go to one of the shelters? Why didn't he check himself into the hospital for detox? And he just stared out at the ocean and said, "Look at the view, young lady. Look at the view."
And every day, in some little way, I try to do what he said. I try to look at the view. And that's the last thing I have to tell you today, words of wisdom from a man with not a dime in his pocket, no place to go, nowhere to be. Look at the view. You'll never be disappointed.
Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova
The following is from Pulitzer Prize winning author Anna Quindlen's commencement address to Villanova University, Friday 23 June 2000:
It's a great honor for me to be the third member of my family to receive an honorary doctorate from this great university. It's an honor to follow my great-uncle Jim, who was a gifted physician, and my Uncle Jack, who is a remarkable businessman. Both of them could have told you something important about their professions, about medicine or commerce.
I have no specialized field of interest or expertise, which puts me at a disadvantage, talking to you today. I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.
Don't ever forget what a friend once wrote Senator Paul Tsongas when the senator decided not to run for reelection because he'd been diagnosed with cancer: "No man ever said on his deathbed I wish I had spent more time in the office." Don't ever forget the words my father sent me on a postcard last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat." Or what John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of the Dakota: "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
You walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree; there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your minds, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul.
People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is a cold comfort on a winter night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've gotten back the test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen, I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cutout. But call them on the phone, and I meet them for lunch. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.
I would be rotten, or at best mediocre at my job, if those other things were not true. You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are.
So here is what I wanted to tell you today:
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water gap or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a cheerio with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Each time you look at your diploma, remember that you are still a student, still learning how to best treasure your connection to others. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. Kiss your Mom. Hug your Dad. Get a life in which you are generous.
Look around at the azaleas in the suburban neighborhood where you grew up; look at a full moon hanging silver in a black, black sky on a cold night.
And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around. Once in a while take money you would have spent on beers and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a big brother or sister.
All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough. It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the color of the azaleas, the sheen of the limestone on Fifth Avenue, the color of our kid's eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of live. I learned to live many years ago.
Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my druthers, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and to try to give some of it back because I believed in it completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this:
Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness because if you do you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
Well, you can learn all those things, out there, if you get a life, a full life, a professional life, yes, but another life, too, a life of love and laughs and a connection to other human beings. Just keep your eyes and ears open. Here you could learn in the classroom. There the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end. No man ever said on his deathbed I wish I had spent more time at the office. I found one of my best teachers on the boardwalk at Coney Island maybe 15 years ago. It was December, and I was doing a story about how the homeless survive in the winter months.
He and I sat on the edge of the wooden supports, dangling our feet over the side, and he told me about his schedule; panhandling the boulevard when the summer crowds were gone, sleeping in a church when the temperature went below freezing, hiding from the police amidst the Tilt a Whirl and the Cyclone and some of the other seasonal rides. But he told me that most of the time he stayed on the boardwalk, facing the water, just the way we were sitting now even when it got cold and he had to wear his newspapers after he read them.
And I asked him why. Why didn't he go to one of the shelters? Why didn't he check himself into the hospital for detox? And he just stared out at the ocean and said, "Look at the view, young lady. Look at the view."
And every day, in some little way, I try to do what he said. I try to look at the view. And that's the last thing I have to tell you today, words of wisdom from a man with not a dime in his pocket, no place to go, nowhere to be. Look at the view. You'll never be disappointed.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Elizabeth Gilbert
Bong and Adam have been telling me about this video. They told me that this moved them to tears, and will still do so if they watch it again, even after many times of viewing it.
I have been busy with a number of projects the last few weeks, so I did not pay much attention to this, even though deep down within, I knew it that i got to watch it soon. On top of that, they specifically asked me to watch it in their presence, therefore I left the thought one side.
Yesterday, I met Bong over at his place, and we were talking about creative ideas and such, and we ended up watching the clip together, and true enough right after the 20 min's video, I turned around and he was moved to tears once again.
I have been busy with a number of projects the last few weeks, so I did not pay much attention to this, even though deep down within, I knew it that i got to watch it soon. On top of that, they specifically asked me to watch it in their presence, therefore I left the thought one side.
Yesterday, I met Bong over at his place, and we were talking about creative ideas and such, and we ended up watching the clip together, and true enough right after the 20 min's video, I turned around and he was moved to tears once again.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
整理！
整理书架的时候，发现了我好几年前抄写的一些文字，与你分享。。。
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Catcher where are u?
"Don't make anyone fall for you when you are not going to catch them below!"
B called me in the middle of the night, crying. I was shocked, how could such a big boy cried so badly and hurt so deeply?
He told me his version of the story, someone made him fall so badly for but eventually created a lot of excuses to leave.
So when B fell, the other party was not ready to catch him below.
He kept repeating one thing .. "I am all the way feeling shit on the ground, I fell so badly this time, and noone is here for me!"
So I thought about it ...
"Don't make anyone fall for you when you are not going to catch them below!"
We must be responsible sometimes ?!
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B called me in the middle of the night, crying. I was shocked, how could such a big boy cried so badly and hurt so deeply?
He told me his version of the story, someone made him fall so badly for but eventually created a lot of excuses to leave.
So when B fell, the other party was not ready to catch him below.
He kept repeating one thing .. "I am all the way feeling shit on the ground, I fell so badly this time, and noone is here for me!"
So I thought about it ...
"Don't make anyone fall for you when you are not going to catch them below!"
We must be responsible sometimes ?!
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Friday, October 2, 2009
跌倒
前阵子在Facebook上写了这样的一句，"从那里跌倒就从那里爬起来"。
有人看了问我，是什么原因让我有所感触写这一句。
我没回答他，因为我认为自己跌倒就要自己爬起来。
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有人看了问我，是什么原因让我有所感触写这一句。
我没回答他，因为我认为自己跌倒就要自己爬起来。
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
One Lazy Afternoon ..
I was shopping at Haji Lane and came across this song, "To Know Him is to Love Him.", and dose it apply the other way round too, "To Love Him is to Know Him"?
This brought me back to those days when I was about 10 years old, living in a small town, up north Malaysia ... a lazy afternoon, me myself and my shophouse home.
Songs like these bring back a lot of sanity in a person. Do you have any song like this to share with me too?
This brought me back to those days when I was about 10 years old, living in a small town, up north Malaysia ... a lazy afternoon, me myself and my shophouse home.
Songs like these bring back a lot of sanity in a person. Do you have any song like this to share with me too?
Saturday, September 26, 2009
害怕，失去！
你知道吗？有时候我们害怕太多东西。
害怕失去，害怕拥有，害怕寂寞，害怕难过，害怕面对，害怕空洞，害怕激情，害怕太过，害怕不够，害怕失落。。。
朋友分手后对我说，之前两人去过的地方，走过的路，听过的歌，看过的戏，见过的人，喜欢的东西，到过的餐馆，甚至穿过的衣，开过的橱。。。都不敢回首。
真的，我了解那份情绪，也曾稀许感受过，但是，走了一段路，活开了。。发现，人走了，我们不能怕自己难过而故意避开，应该要试试逼自己去想念他，面对他，才不会把他忘掉。
痛，改变不了曾经拥有。狠，哪又何苦？
放开心怀，释放自己，天空还是片蓝天。
害怕，失去。。害怕会失去更多的。
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害怕失去，害怕拥有，害怕寂寞，害怕难过，害怕面对，害怕空洞，害怕激情，害怕太过，害怕不够，害怕失落。。。
朋友分手后对我说，之前两人去过的地方，走过的路，听过的歌，看过的戏，见过的人，喜欢的东西，到过的餐馆，甚至穿过的衣，开过的橱。。。都不敢回首。
真的，我了解那份情绪，也曾稀许感受过，但是，走了一段路，活开了。。发现，人走了，我们不能怕自己难过而故意避开，应该要试试逼自己去想念他，面对他，才不会把他忘掉。
痛，改变不了曾经拥有。狠，哪又何苦？
放开心怀，释放自己，天空还是片蓝天。
害怕，失去。。害怕会失去更多的。
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
数日子
世上有两种人会每天数日子。
过着煎熬日子的人，数着好日子的到来。
正在热恋的人，数着自己过了多少快乐的日子。
1 week anniversary, 2 month 3 days anniversary, 28monthary (有些还会发明词汇呢!) , 2 year-anniversary ...
其实有时一边快乐的数着，另一半可能在痛苦的倒数着。
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过着煎熬日子的人，数着好日子的到来。
正在热恋的人，数着自己过了多少快乐的日子。
1 week anniversary, 2 month 3 days anniversary, 28monthary (有些还会发明词汇呢!) , 2 year-anniversary ...
其实有时一边快乐的数着，另一半可能在痛苦的倒数着。
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
1124pm
1124pm, I am here lying on my bed typing this. I am very exhausted, and I don't know why I am feeling so tired.
Have you experienced this before? You in the state that you do not know why, nothing bad, nothing good, nothing just nothing and you are feeling what you are feeling. Sad, happy, whatever .. And today I am in this state of my mind. Nothing but just exhausted.
Feeling nothing.
1124pm, while I am lying on my bed feeling nothing but exhausted, what are you doing?
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Have you experienced this before? You in the state that you do not know why, nothing bad, nothing good, nothing just nothing and you are feeling what you are feeling. Sad, happy, whatever .. And today I am in this state of my mind. Nothing but just exhausted.
Feeling nothing.
1124pm, while I am lying on my bed feeling nothing but exhausted, what are you doing?
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Monday, September 21, 2009
＜＜荒人手记＞＞
我正在阅读这本书。。
这是一份生日礼物。
把他递给我的那位朋友这么说："我没有勇气读这本书，希望你会喜欢！"
就单单她这一句话，已足够让我想马上把它读一遍。
但奇怪的是，这是一本女作家写的男同志小说。不止这样，还是台湾第一届时报文学小说大奖首奖作品，还为作者朱天文争取到一百万奖金。
等了一星期，终于开始翻阅了。。
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说写想。
Finally I got the mobile email update option set up, this means I can add content of the blog through my blackberry anytime I want to, anywhere I go, and especially anytime I feel like writing.
This is going to be very interesting. I can now pen more of those I write in my diary here.
终于，可以通过手机上载文章。很久以前我就想这么做了. 真的还有点顾虑的，把太多的想法和这么多人分享，是否妥当。
但，想必喜欢这个部落格的朋友，会有宽容的心去接受很多东西。我应该放心的。
不管怎样，我很期待有这个空间，说说，写写，想想的。
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This is going to be very interesting. I can now pen more of those I write in my diary here.
终于，可以通过手机上载文章。很久以前我就想这么做了. 真的还有点顾虑的，把太多的想法和这么多人分享，是否妥当。
但，想必喜欢这个部落格的朋友，会有宽容的心去接受很多东西。我应该放心的。
不管怎样，我很期待有这个空间，说说，写写，想想的。
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
A Mail from Andruew
I found Andruew's email when I was about to turn in yesterday night, this future wrestler will go very far from the way he works and how he has achieved greatly in the sports he undertakes ... my pleasure to have worked with this fine, cool, brilliant guy...
There are so many emotions that fill me as I type this email to you. As you know, 12th September marks the end of my NUM life. It has been a fantastic and wonderful journey working in Newurbanmale.com. In this One Year Eight months long journey, I have treated this more than a job where a employee just want to clock in hours and get as much pay roll as one can. It has become a lifestyle, where single day when I work, I would look forward to it. The term looking forward would mean in terms of generating the best sales for my store, my personal target and of course for the company. I have always treated Main as a second home to me, where I always emphasize I have spent more time in there then my own home. The boys in Main, are like brothers that I have never had, we had our share of fun, share the burden of troubles and scolding as well. The bond I have with is something that words cannot be described.
Being a single child, I do not understand what brotherhood is like until now. I would like to thank you for everything that you have helped me in this whole journey, there was not a day where regretted being part of newurbanmale.com. As I know that the things I have imparted from this company could definitely help me to my life successes. I could still remember my first interview and I told you that I aspire to be a professional wrestler in the WWE. Any director of any company would just laugh it away and think that I am a joke, however you did not, instead you motivated me to work hard so that I can relieve my boyhood dream. From that moment I knew that I was not working for any director of a successful company. I was working for a director that actually does care about the welfare of his staff. During the times where we had our night runs, you would reflect and share with me what you felt about life. It has taught me valuable lessons that money can't buy. I can vouch that no other director in any company will spend so much time with his employees just to understand them better. You have being a listening ear my problems and I really appreciate that you would even listen to my problems, and even give solutions to them. Shenzi, you are truly a role model in my life, being able to be so successful in the industry in Singapore, being able to come up with innovative ideas to beat other competitors. I have learnt to be more responsible in my life, when you gave me the responsibility of being a store in charge of Main. Having to be in charge of Heeren Main, one of the pioneer stores of NewUrbanMale.ocm was such an honor. I was given the responsibility of looking after the boys of Main which was not the easy task initially. I have live by my creed to "Lead By Example". That is something the boys all know, everyday I emphasize the importance of sales, which is something I am so passionate about. When we do good sales, we would have our fun in the store. Something that you have taught us, that is work hard and play hard.
I feel so emotional that I have to leave this great company to serve the nation. I have always believed that this company will be capable for greatness, I have never once doubted. I would like to assure you that I have not leave with the thought of greener pasture. But have left to complete my national service. I am loyal to this company and will always stay that way. I would hope that can once again work with you towards your vision. You have taught me to be contented with life and I am contented with everything you had offered me. Once again thank you for this wonderful journey. I wish you the best for you and your company.
from Andruew
There are so many emotions that fill me as I type this email to you. As you know, 12th September marks the end of my NUM life. It has been a fantastic and wonderful journey working in Newurbanmale.com. In this One Year Eight months long journey, I have treated this more than a job where a employee just want to clock in hours and get as much pay roll as one can. It has become a lifestyle, where single day when I work, I would look forward to it. The term looking forward would mean in terms of generating the best sales for my store, my personal target and of course for the company. I have always treated Main as a second home to me, where I always emphasize I have spent more time in there then my own home. The boys in Main, are like brothers that I have never had, we had our share of fun, share the burden of troubles and scolding as well. The bond I have with is something that words cannot be described.
Being a single child, I do not understand what brotherhood is like until now. I would like to thank you for everything that you have helped me in this whole journey, there was not a day where regretted being part of newurbanmale.com. As I know that the things I have imparted from this company could definitely help me to my life successes. I could still remember my first interview and I told you that I aspire to be a professional wrestler in the WWE. Any director of any company would just laugh it away and think that I am a joke, however you did not, instead you motivated me to work hard so that I can relieve my boyhood dream. From that moment I knew that I was not working for any director of a successful company. I was working for a director that actually does care about the welfare of his staff. During the times where we had our night runs, you would reflect and share with me what you felt about life. It has taught me valuable lessons that money can't buy. I can vouch that no other director in any company will spend so much time with his employees just to understand them better. You have being a listening ear my problems and I really appreciate that you would even listen to my problems, and even give solutions to them. Shenzi, you are truly a role model in my life, being able to be so successful in the industry in Singapore, being able to come up with innovative ideas to beat other competitors. I have learnt to be more responsible in my life, when you gave me the responsibility of being a store in charge of Main. Having to be in charge of Heeren Main, one of the pioneer stores of NewUrbanMale.ocm was such an honor. I was given the responsibility of looking after the boys of Main which was not the easy task initially. I have live by my creed to "Lead By Example". That is something the boys all know, everyday I emphasize the importance of sales, which is something I am so passionate about. When we do good sales, we would have our fun in the store. Something that you have taught us, that is work hard and play hard.
I feel so emotional that I have to leave this great company to serve the nation. I have always believed that this company will be capable for greatness, I have never once doubted. I would like to assure you that I have not leave with the thought of greener pasture. But have left to complete my national service. I am loyal to this company and will always stay that way. I would hope that can once again work with you towards your vision. You have taught me to be contented with life and I am contented with everything you had offered me. Once again thank you for this wonderful journey. I wish you the best for you and your company.
from Andruew
Monday, September 14, 2009
<<再见>>
我惊然发觉GOOD BYE和<<再见>>是不一样的。
当一个你怀念的人将要离开你的时候，
你希望看得到未来的。
你要的是可以重温的记忆，再一次相处的机会，你希望那个人不要走，你想再见到他的。
所以说GOOD BYE没办法道出这情怀。
但<<再见>>完全透露了这个情绪。
I AM NOT GOING TO SAY GOODBYE，我说<<再见>>。
当一个你怀念的人将要离开你的时候，
你希望看得到未来的。
你要的是可以重温的记忆，再一次相处的机会，你希望那个人不要走，你想再见到他的。
所以说GOOD BYE
但<<再见>>完全透露了这个情绪。
I AM NOT GOING TO SAY GOODBYE，我说<<再见>>。
Monday, June 8, 2009
Losing
I am feeling a bit down lately. One of my favourite bookstores is closing down and if I am not wrong, they are not going to relocate and will exit totally from the Singapore market .
Bookstore is an escapade for me. There is a special relationship I have with books, I find them very interesting, full of knowledge waiting for me to explore.
Only if you are like me, you will never understand this special feeling. It cant be described, it is like a magical connection, you want to pick them up and read through from cover to cover, you want to know a lot about them, each and everyone.
This is why I miss TaiPei so much ... the 24-hour eslite bookstore I often visit past midnight, and how I spent my time over a few good books and a great cup of coffee, and for that few hours, noone could disturb me, me and those books.
Commercial Press over at The Cathay will shut its door by end of this month. This is where I spent a great deal of my time many mornings ever since I moved to Mount Sophia since last July.
Many mornings I spent time going through a few pages before I headed to the office, this has formed a good part of my life in Singapore the last few months.
I am going to miss this real soon.
Bookstore is an escapade for me. There is a special relationship I have with books, I find them very interesting, full of knowledge waiting for me to explore.
Only if you are like me, you will never understand this special feeling. It cant be described, it is like a magical connection, you want to pick them up and read through from cover to cover, you want to know a lot about them, each and everyone.
This is why I miss TaiPei so much ... the 24-hour eslite bookstore I often visit past midnight, and how I spent my time over a few good books and a great cup of coffee, and for that few hours, noone could disturb me, me and those books.
Commercial Press over at The Cathay will shut its door by end of this month. This is where I spent a great deal of my time many mornings ever since I moved to Mount Sophia since last July.
Many mornings I spent time going through a few pages before I headed to the office, this has formed a good part of my life in Singapore the last few months.
I am going to miss this real soon.
Saturday : Singapore Idol Audition
I am writing this while sitting infront of starbucks, observing the long queue infront of The Cathay.
Today the mall is hosting Singapore idol audition.
Sitting here, quite a number of emotions ran through while I look at how much all these guys and girls wanting to have a piece of their talent assured and proven.
Many would laugh it out, thnking that it is frivolous to run after fame.
What is fame really? Not until one is in it then they realize that it is nothing more than just a term itself, glamorized only by people who are not in it.
I see it from a different angle.
I see a group of boys and girls wanting to break away from their life, wanting to prove a lot beyond what others have seen them so far.
I can understand the emotion. You know you have something more, but most often than not, noone gives a damn, so you want to shout it out loud and get the attention and to prove one's worth.
The energy is amazing. The desire is amazing.
But beyond the final winner, what is behind those few thousands who never make it, many never even make it anywhere.
To dream a dream is essential. It provides hope for one to live from day to day.
To be able to cope with disappointment and rejection and multiple failures is another matter.
The best I have seen in life is, while waiting for your turn to stand on the center stage, one must know how to build the internal strength. For when that day
arrives, one can then manage all the load that will be placed on the shoulder.
There is a balance in life. Fame comes with a lot of sacrifices too. One can't just dream of the good but unwilling to accept the bad.
While waiting for your turn, you better take time to build your internal strength.
There is such thing we call it "5 min's fame". We all know it well.
Today the mall is hosting Singapore idol audition.
Sitting here, quite a number of emotions ran through while I look at how much all these guys and girls wanting to have a piece of their talent assured and proven.
Many would laugh it out, thnking that it is frivolous to run after fame.
What is fame really? Not until one is in it then they realize that it is nothing more than just a term itself, glamorized only by people who are not in it.
I see it from a different angle.
I see a group of boys and girls wanting to break away from their life, wanting to prove a lot beyond what others have seen them so far.
I can understand the emotion. You know you have something more, but most often than not, noone gives a damn, so you want to shout it out loud and get the attention and to prove one's worth.
The energy is amazing. The desire is amazing.
But beyond the final winner, what is behind those few thousands who never make it, many never even make it anywhere.
To dream a dream is essential. It provides hope for one to live from day to day.
To be able to cope with disappointment and rejection and multiple failures is another matter.
The best I have seen in life is, while waiting for your turn to stand on the center stage, one must know how to build the internal strength. For when that day
arrives, one can then manage all the load that will be placed on the shoulder.
There is a balance in life. Fame comes with a lot of sacrifices too. One can't just dream of the good but unwilling to accept the bad.
While waiting for your turn, you better take time to build your internal strength.
There is such thing we call it "5 min's fame". We all know it well.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Yilong .. our future architect?
This boy surprised me a great deal, I heard so much of how gd he is on his design work, and the award he has received. I pray he will be a great architect one day ... you go Yi Long.
Greetings Shenzi!!
Firstly congratulations on the opening of NUM’s first international store! Hurray!
Sorry that I write to you this late as I was preparing for my Korean Language examinations. Thereafter I went back home at Bentong and I am going back to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow night.
I am finally enlisting in 10 days’ time! That is like so soon! I want to sincerely say a big THANK YOU to you for giving me this opportunity to be a NUM Ambassador! I had learned and grew up alot in my last 10 months with NUM.
This is amazing! This is my very first retail job and even though I did not do very well like some very capable sales executives and sometimes slacks a little, but I had tried as much as I could to put in good efforts to serve customers and maintain the store.
I am really thankful for the guidance from yourself and Colin with regards to serving customers and bring up sales. Now I am no longer the old me who stumbles to customers with no confidence. This is a really long learning journey.
There is something that I had gained from NUM that is much more valuable than any other things; friendship and brotherhood. I met people who are really nice and sincere and now we had became very close brothers! You were the one who gave me this chance to share close bonds with them.
The NFF Spartans Sengkiat, Sherman, Wilson, Alvin, Daniel and Johnathon, and
The DFF Plutonians Denglin, Justin, Jovian and Daryl!
I missed many people and things in NUM. I missed the parties and sharing session we had together. I missed DFF. I missed all the funny incidents, ups and downs NUM experience through together. Hahaas!
I had served our NUM and now is time to serve my nation. It is a wonderful and memorable journey with NUM! I am very honoured and proud to be a NUM Ambassador! Till we meet again, I wish NUM and you big success in future ventures!
Sincerely,
One of the monkeys
Yilong
Lolls
Garry is Leaving
Letter from Garry ... this big boy finally saying goodbye.
Hi Shenzi and Colin.
I like to tell you guys that I be leaving Newurbanmale.com and this will be my last week and sat will be my last day of work.
I enjoy working here for the past 1 year and 3 months thru the up and down.
I apologize for not giving a notice in advance.
I have quited school and ask for a early enlistment and will be going in next month march which is on the 12th.
Decided to drop out because I know what I want.
i decided not to waste more time in what I do not like doing.
I know what I want for my future. I would continue to study when I finish army and I have clearly know where and what I want
myself in the future.
I like to thanks both of you for giving me chances again and again to grow and learn.
Just like I have complaints form Heeren and you guys allow me to continue to work and post me in Cine a place where I grow.
I wont say I the best but Im sure I have become better from the first day I enter Newurbanmale.com.
thanks Shenzi for teaching me and telling me what life and you are like a teacher not just a boss. and also a friend of mine. When Im in the worst state of my life, you were
there to guide me as well and telling me how not to be a super dao people. I learn something and that is you grow not just by youself. you will grow with people around you.
I hope I can still start from square 1 when I need a part time job when Im out the army.
Wishing Newurbanmale.com all the best in the years ahead and both of you the best. Thanks for not being just a boss but a teacher and a friend. Like to thank all the management team and numboys to have giving me a place to nuture myself and a place I really learn how to grow. Thank you.
Best regards,
Garry #271
Hi Shenzi and Colin.
I like to tell you guys that I be leaving Newurbanmale.com and this will be my last week and sat will be my last day of work.
I enjoy working here for the past 1 year and 3 months thru the up and down.
I apologize for not giving a notice in advance.
I have quited school and ask for a early enlistment and will be going in next month march which is on the 12th.
Decided to drop out because I know what I want.
i decided not to waste more time in what I do not like doing.
I know what I want for my future. I would continue to study when I finish army and I have clearly know where and what I want
myself in the future.
I like to thanks both of you for giving me chances again and again to grow and learn.
Just like I have complaints form Heeren and you guys allow me to continue to work and post me in Cine a place where I grow.
I wont say I the best but Im sure I have become better from the first day I enter Newurbanmale.com.
thanks Shenzi for teaching me and telling me what life and you are like a teacher not just a boss. and also a friend of mine. When Im in the worst state of my life, you were
there to guide me as well and telling me how not to be a super dao people. I learn something and that is you grow not just by youself. you will grow with people around you.
I hope I can still start from square 1 when I need a part time job when Im out the army.
Wishing Newurbanmale.com all the best in the years ahead and both of you the best. Thanks for not being just a boss but a teacher and a friend. Like to thank all the management team and numboys to have giving me a place to nuture myself and a place I really learn how to grow. Thank you.
Best regards,
Garry #271
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Seoul Alive
Taking a break at Rodeo
Seoul comes alive again today. MyangDong.
What is hope? It is written ..Not the last station from the south, but the first station toward the north.
When will south korean be able to travel up north through this railway .... we hope, soon!
Infront of 3rd infiltration tunnel.
At the end of the freedom bridge.
This photo pasted up there. I wonder what is the story behind this?
Monday, January 26, 2009
Seoul Exciting
It is Korean lunar new year, some are dressing in their traditional costumes. This couple spotted in Mc Donalds while I was waiting for NANTA to start over a cup of hot cofee, weird, but fun contrast.
Taken infront of ChongDong theatre. Closed today, will visit again. I want to catch the Korean traditional show.
Seoul Musuem of Arts.
DongDaeMun
My China .. the place I had my reunion dinner. Itaewon area.
Seoul Touching
I have been wanting to watch NANTA for a long long time. Now that i am in Seoul, the first act I want to catch, of course will be this amazing 90 mins live show built around 4 cooks.After more than 10 years, and touring the world, the performance still going on strong.
I got myself a VIP ticket, 60 000 won, which of course worths every single cent of it.
The performance was fun with great skills, the humor getting the audience to be a part of the show was spontaneous and not pretentious. The clever integration combining traditional Korean folk music with modern musicals. The performance was stunning, sincere and very enjoyable. I was moved and touched.
One single thought that came to my mind after the show. I was moved and was asking, what is the performance that we can truly call it our own, that could probably run this long and still going strong?
Seoul touching indeed.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Seoul Searching
Amazing. 5 days ago I was still chatting with Colleen and Frazer about my CNY holiday trip at Coffee club infront of Cali, and here i am, weathering the coldness in the city of calm, Seoul.Colleen and Frazer were discouraging me to visit Seoul. Their reason? This is a boring city and I dont have to spend a full 10 days here. They kept asking to visit Sydney instead, but my heart was half bought over by the korean already, so I followed the flow of my emotion. I took on a seoul searching trip for this CNY and I am determined to prove to both of them is this going to be Seoul exciting.
Frazer, if you happen to read this. No, I'm not here to platic surgery for bigger "boobs", but I promise I will go see the street where all the plastic surgeons are and take some pictures.
Seoul is very cold now, minus 7 to 9 degrees and while i was roaming MyangDong yesterday, it was snowing.
Korea like Singapore, celebrates their Lunar new year this weekend too. So while most places are close for the weekend, I found myself visiting some cultural venues, which to my surprise are not taking any single day off.
Korea like Singapore, celebrates their Lunar new year this weekend too. So while most places are close for the weekend, I found myself visiting some cultural venues, which to my surprise are not taking any single day off.
Is is seoul cold here, i found myself heading starbucks every now and then. Never in my life, I am so thankful for Starbucks. The San Francisco trip last year was not this cold, but my winterwear come in handy once again.
I will share more again.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
A Letter from Sai Tou.
Been awhile since i last dropped a note. I am still around, just that in between the last and now, i could not find time to write anything.
No dount, Xmas was crazy, gotta manage a number of important issues, but finally I can find breather to blog something. I hope to write a bit more before the CNY.
Got an email from Samuel, email like this brings pple closer, of course it heighten the spirit in the midst of all the impossibles and possibles.
Hi Shenzi,
Samuel Ong here, the sai tou! HAHAH! this is my first time writing a non work associated e mail to you. I think having a boss like you is really cool. Sorry let me rephrase it, because you're more of a friend than Boss. I have tried working many part time jobs and seriously nothing like this. My previous working experience was not really good. Normally the Boss would be the Bossy and very unapproachable one. Yes my previous bosses are all like that, for no reason they just show you that BLACK to the MAX kind of face whenever they see you. After working for three months in NUM. i feel like it's a big family, you are a very nice and funny boss. You joke and share with us your thoughts. Like a father with 200 over sons! I really enjoyed reading those e mails and most of the time, your e mails makes me think and ponder.
After working in NUM, i see myself not being late and becoming more responsible in terms of work and my life. I was always late before i join NUM. Now even my friends are shocked to see me reaching the earliest when we meet up. You always tell us to give our best and yes i agree! whenever sales is low and i am already very tired i will push myself and when i do, i see the sales go up. i feel that everything is possible if i want it. I use this philosophy in everything i do now especially in my sports and studies. Thanks for being such a inspiration to me and i believe to the rest of your monkeys.
till then..
Regards,
No dount, Xmas was crazy, gotta manage a number of important issues, but finally I can find breather to blog something. I hope to write a bit more before the CNY.
Got an email from Samuel, email like this brings pple closer, of course it heighten the spirit in the midst of all the impossibles and possibles.
Hi Shenzi,
Samuel Ong here, the sai tou! HAHAH! this is my first time writing a non work associated e mail to you. I think having a boss like you is really cool. Sorry let me rephrase it, because you're more of a friend than Boss. I have tried working many part time jobs and seriously nothing like this. My previous working experience was not really good. Normally the Boss would be the Bossy and very unapproachable one. Yes my previous bosses are all like that, for no reason they just show you that BLACK to the MAX kind of face whenever they see you. After working for three months in NUM. i feel like it's a big family, you are a very nice and funny boss. You joke and share with us your thoughts. Like a father with 200 over sons! I really enjoyed reading those e mails and most of the time, your e mails makes me think and ponder.
After working in NUM, i see myself not being late and becoming more responsible in terms of work and my life. I was always late before i join NUM. Now even my friends are shocked to see me reaching the earliest when we meet up. You always tell us to give our best and yes i agree! whenever sales is low and i am already very tired i will push myself and when i do, i see the sales go up. i feel that everything is possible if i want it. I use this philosophy in everything i do now especially in my sports and studies. Thanks for being such a inspiration to me and i believe to the rest of your monkeys.
till then..
Regards,
Friday, November 7, 2008
Obama's Speech
BARACK OBAMA: Hello, Chicago.
(APPLAUSE)
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
(APPLAUSE)
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain.
(APPLAUSE)
Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
(APPLAUSE)
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton...
(APPLAUSE)
... and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
(APPLAUSE)
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years...
(APPLAUSE)
... the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady...
(APPLAUSE)
... Michelle Obama.
(APPLAUSE)
Sasha and Malia...
(APPLAUSE)
... I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us...
(LAUGHTER)
... to the new White House.
(APPLAUSE)
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
(APPLAUSE)
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe...
(APPLAUSE)
... the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
To my chief strategist David Axelrod...
(APPLAUSE)
... who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics...
(APPLAUSE)
... you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done. But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy...
(APPLAUSE)
... who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
(APPLAUSE)
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
(APPLAUSE)
AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can!
OBAMA: There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
(APPLAUSE)
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
(APPLAUSE)
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
(APPLAUSE)
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
(APPLAUSE)
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
(APPLAUSE)
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.
Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see?
What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
(APPLAUSE)
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain.
(APPLAUSE)
Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
(APPLAUSE)
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton...
(APPLAUSE)
... and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
(APPLAUSE)
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years...
(APPLAUSE)
... the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady...
(APPLAUSE)
... Michelle Obama.
(APPLAUSE)
Sasha and Malia...
(APPLAUSE)
... I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us...
(LAUGHTER)
... to the new White House.
(APPLAUSE)
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
(APPLAUSE)
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe...
(APPLAUSE)
... the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
To my chief strategist David Axelrod...
(APPLAUSE)
... who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics...
(APPLAUSE)
... you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done. But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy...
(APPLAUSE)
... who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
(APPLAUSE)
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
(APPLAUSE)
AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can!
OBAMA: There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
(APPLAUSE)
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
(APPLAUSE)
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
(APPLAUSE)
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
(APPLAUSE)
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
(APPLAUSE)
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.
Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can.
OBAMA: America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see?
What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Love Of My Life
Love of my life, you hurt me,You broken my heart, now you leave me.Love of my life cant you see,Bring it back bring it back,Dont take it away from me,Because you dont know what it means to me.Love of my life dont leave me,Youve stolen my love now desert me,Love of my life cant you see,Bring it back bring it back,Dont take it away from me,Because you dont know what it means to me.You will remember when this is blown over,And everythings all by the way,When I grow older,I will be there by your side,To remind how I still love youI still love you.Hurry back hurry back,Dont take it away from me,Because you dont know what it means to me.Love of my life,Love of my life.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Where?
Time after time, i say ... it is getting harder and harder to find something that could touch me. I guess its partly due to the fact that I'm getting older, I'm getting wiser, so my expectation of what that could move me no longer stays as what they used to be.
But then again, I know deep inside that, it is the simplest thing in life that usually could achieve that ..
So the truth is, life is getting more complicated, people too, issues too .. where can one find the simplest thing in life?
Tell me .. i will be there.
But then again, I know deep inside that, it is the simplest thing in life that usually could achieve that ..
So the truth is, life is getting more complicated, people too, issues too .. where can one find the simplest thing in life?
Tell me .. i will be there.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Liquid Dance
If you have no plan to go dancing tonight, but you sense the lightness of being, and feel like dancing, wanna dance with me here ??? ...
THE Fish Tank
what kind of fashion a man wears talks a lot about him. What kind of fish tank he picks speaks a lot about his lifestyle ... as for this fish tank, I'm sure everyone loves to own one.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
The Boat on my Profile
I posted this as my profile status on my facebook ... The boat is supposed to get me to the other shore... but what if there's bad weather and choppy waters? Then what?
These are the comments I received ..
Andy Alfian says: firstly take it that, the boat is ur gf, bf, love, anyone u loved!u should hold on tied to the boat n stick with it and make sure u n the baot reach the destitationthe moral is- no matter wat hapens, u will go trough to thick and thin, and go through all obstalces togtehr, no matter how rough the journey is!!
Peck Gee Chua says: The night is just darkest before the dawn. Really.
Samuel Tan Jiun Hao says: for the boat qn, ans is "take other transport la.. we shldn't just stick to 1 idea. come out with alot n u may come out with a better idea."
Chen Baolai says: take a plane.. go the up way, go the ATAS way!! =) tats the advice coming from an air force dude.. =)
Ivan Tay says: Have faith in the boat to do it's job in travelling across water.
Sylvester Goh says: life is unfair, live with it. come back later lah.
Bobby Sia says: it's just a bad weather, not hurricane katherine; it's just choppy water, not tsunami. what's wrong with crossing to the other shore? if the boat is suppose to get me to the other shore, it will. if the boat is my life and the shore is my desitination in life, no matter what happen, i will still get there.
Melvin Zheng Jun Long says: Simple Get UMBRELLA and SWIMMING TRUNK get ready!Just in case you want to party on the boat and it rain~~~The boat is already suppose to get me to the other shore, no one say is a sampan. JUST HOLD TIGHT and take a ride!
Zander Goh says: To be out in the sea. Its expected that it will not be as calm as gentle. Everyone knew that. Wise to prepare for a trip then to regret later. If not...LOL then will probably sink. So its best that u prepare life jacket as well as learn to swim till u get someone to rescues you! ^^
Marcus Lee Chun Ming says: the boat could possibly be a reference to one's own life, and the waters of the sea cld be, in turn, referenced to the difficulties, hardships life could offer! so basically, we should all do the right thing in times of adversity(the sea), and steer ourselves(the boat) towards our own personal goals or the final target(the shore), without backing down(possibly drowning). :D
Loo Jia Jie says: Hey. If the boat is to capsize. I'll swim my way there. :) tc.
Dex Tan says: depending on what is over the other shore. if there is something impt i will still take the boat and worst come to worst if i drop into the water i will swim over. haha. high risk high returns man... ok back to study!!
Marvin Soh Shaowen says: Life is nothing without risk, if you don't try, you will never know whether you can get through or what you would get.Bad weather and choppy waters are just 'brick walls' to stop you from reaching your goal, why let it affect you? To me, they are to separate the ones that dare to reach for their goals with what they have and those who cowardly back off when faced with setbacks.In this case, you have your boat.; Its time to reach for your goal.
Muhd Bukhary says: Fight through the weather with confidence in yourself and the boat, this is a one hurdle that god is testing you, if the boat capsize, swim across.
Khor Yong Keong says: No rush ma, check the weather forecast for the next day LAH!"Taking a rest is to travel a longer journey."
Samuel Ong C S says: come what may, all i have to do is focus and no matter how sometimes i may drift off track and waves might hit me, but i know that after every storm there's always a rainbow after that. life is unpredictable, the best way is to go through it cause it's the best and only way.
Zhang Jiawei says: don't think too much, just give it your best shot.
Justin An Xiang Seet says: Have faith in your boat in yourself. When losing hope, think of the times when the boat served you well, remenisce and know that this is the VERY same boat that brought you to shore all those times
Imran Iskandar says: it depends on what is on the other side of the shore etc. love ones, fiona xie or a gym then follow your heart and do what is right.. otherwise rent a submarine?
Wendy Ong says: Then you wait. Good things come to those who wait. You wait and keep looking forward.
Lex Chan Li Xin says: just keep rowing. believing and trying ur best to keep the boat stable.
Vin Goh Jiayu says: confidence is the key.. if u are confident in reaching the shore wateva that comes in ur way wun be a problemif not then wait for the weather to tide down and the water to calm then continue...
Junwei Malcy says: Embrace yourself to new challenges. The storm only represent bad times in our life but once we get thru the storm, we see light at the other end. Same for life. Life dont stop just because we encounter something that we cant solve. In fact, move on and settle for something better if not more.
Kelvin Ng says: Our goals in life is just like how the boat is built to get us to the other shore. And therefore for any goals that we want to achieve, there will always be obstacles that we will have to face. Some people might achieve the goals they want when they overcome their obstacles but some people will be stuck up. The people who overcome their obstacles are those who worked hard but for those people who were stuck up, they have only themselves to blame. Just like everyone in NUM wants to have a smooth ride but everyone had forgotten that it is not that easy to achieve that.
Kai Ergo says: The boat becomes a promise from the moment u leave shore cause it is suppose to get u to the other shore but you must both work as a team.Even if the boat breaks apart there is still part of it tat can be used to lessen ur burdern.For me i think u should nvr be discourage to keep on moving as life sometimes bring us problems we can hardly endure.In life every trial and test u will find the strength to overcome them.No matter how bad the weather is and how choppy the water gets, they are never there to stay.Inch by inch, the journey will shorten,till the rough patches past and gone and once u look back u will be happy to know all the miles and obstacles u have past.Soon enough ur tedious journey ends n u will lie on shore knowing u have triumphant.
These are the comments I received ..
Andy Alfian says: firstly take it that, the boat is ur gf, bf, love, anyone u loved!u should hold on tied to the boat n stick with it and make sure u n the baot reach the destitationthe moral is- no matter wat hapens, u will go trough to thick and thin, and go through all obstalces togtehr, no matter how rough the journey is!!
Peck Gee Chua says: The night is just darkest before the dawn. Really.
Samuel Tan Jiun Hao says: for the boat qn, ans is "take other transport la.. we shldn't just stick to 1 idea. come out with alot n u may come out with a better idea."
Chen Baolai says: take a plane.. go the up way, go the ATAS way!! =) tats the advice coming from an air force dude.. =)
Ivan Tay says: Have faith in the boat to do it's job in travelling across water.
Sylvester Goh says: life is unfair, live with it. come back later lah.
Bobby Sia says: it's just a bad weather, not hurricane katherine; it's just choppy water, not tsunami. what's wrong with crossing to the other shore? if the boat is suppose to get me to the other shore, it will. if the boat is my life and the shore is my desitination in life, no matter what happen, i will still get there.
Melvin Zheng Jun Long says: Simple Get UMBRELLA and SWIMMING TRUNK get ready!Just in case you want to party on the boat and it rain~~~The boat is already suppose to get me to the other shore, no one say is a sampan. JUST HOLD TIGHT and take a ride!
Zander Goh says: To be out in the sea. Its expected that it will not be as calm as gentle. Everyone knew that. Wise to prepare for a trip then to regret later. If not...LOL then will probably sink. So its best that u prepare life jacket as well as learn to swim till u get someone to rescues you! ^^
Marcus Lee Chun Ming says: the boat could possibly be a reference to one's own life, and the waters of the sea cld be, in turn, referenced to the difficulties, hardships life could offer! so basically, we should all do the right thing in times of adversity(the sea), and steer ourselves(the boat) towards our own personal goals or the final target(the shore), without backing down(possibly drowning). :D
Loo Jia Jie says: Hey. If the boat is to capsize. I'll swim my way there. :) tc.
Dex Tan says: depending on what is over the other shore. if there is something impt i will still take the boat and worst come to worst if i drop into the water i will swim over. haha. high risk high returns man... ok back to study!!
Marvin Soh Shaowen says: Life is nothing without risk, if you don't try, you will never know whether you can get through or what you would get.Bad weather and choppy waters are just 'brick walls' to stop you from reaching your goal, why let it affect you? To me, they are to separate the ones that dare to reach for their goals with what they have and those who cowardly back off when faced with setbacks.In this case, you have your boat.; Its time to reach for your goal.
Muhd Bukhary says: Fight through the weather with confidence in yourself and the boat, this is a one hurdle that god is testing you, if the boat capsize, swim across.
Khor Yong Keong says: No rush ma, check the weather forecast for the next day LAH!"Taking a rest is to travel a longer journey."
Samuel Ong C S says: come what may, all i have to do is focus and no matter how sometimes i may drift off track and waves might hit me, but i know that after every storm there's always a rainbow after that. life is unpredictable, the best way is to go through it cause it's the best and only way.
Zhang Jiawei says: don't think too much, just give it your best shot.
Justin An Xiang Seet says: Have faith in your boat in yourself. When losing hope, think of the times when the boat served you well, remenisce and know that this is the VERY same boat that brought you to shore all those times
Imran Iskandar says: it depends on what is on the other side of the shore etc. love ones, fiona xie or a gym then follow your heart and do what is right.. otherwise rent a submarine?
Wendy Ong says: Then you wait. Good things come to those who wait. You wait and keep looking forward.
Lex Chan Li Xin says: just keep rowing. believing and trying ur best to keep the boat stable.
Vin Goh Jiayu says: confidence is the key.. if u are confident in reaching the shore wateva that comes in ur way wun be a problemif not then wait for the weather to tide down and the water to calm then continue...
Junwei Malcy says: Embrace yourself to new challenges. The storm only represent bad times in our life but once we get thru the storm, we see light at the other end. Same for life. Life dont stop just because we encounter something that we cant solve. In fact, move on and settle for something better if not more.
Kelvin Ng says: Our goals in life is just like how the boat is built to get us to the other shore. And therefore for any goals that we want to achieve, there will always be obstacles that we will have to face. Some people might achieve the goals they want when they overcome their obstacles but some people will be stuck up. The people who overcome their obstacles are those who worked hard but for those people who were stuck up, they have only themselves to blame. Just like everyone in NUM wants to have a smooth ride but everyone had forgotten that it is not that easy to achieve that.
Kai Ergo says: The boat becomes a promise from the moment u leave shore cause it is suppose to get u to the other shore but you must both work as a team.Even if the boat breaks apart there is still part of it tat can be used to lessen ur burdern.For me i think u should nvr be discourage to keep on moving as life sometimes bring us problems we can hardly endure.In life every trial and test u will find the strength to overcome them.No matter how bad the weather is and how choppy the water gets, they are never there to stay.Inch by inch, the journey will shorten,till the rough patches past and gone and once u look back u will be happy to know all the miles and obstacles u have past.Soon enough ur tedious journey ends n u will lie on shore knowing u have triumphant.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Late Night ... Full of Thoughts.
There are a great number of things going through my mind lately. It is always in time like this that I derive great thoughts, ideas and strategies.
Someone asked me, will I ever run out of ideas. I dont even know it myself really. I am like a doraemon, i can keep drawing out items from within, non stop. The funny thing is, the more I take out, the more I feel I have inside.
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I love books. I love to visit book store a lot. Page One especially. Somehow, when i walk inside, I have so much inspirations, I think I can stay in there for my whole life.
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September was a very challenging month, but the feeling of walking out of all the limitations, and walked out victoriously, the emotion is enormous, the feeling is great.
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I will have a lot of visitors this October. With all the exciting projects that I have planned out, along with so many cool people that will be visiting me, I guess, no matter how bad the economy is, there will be a lot of warmth this month. But then again, I will make sure that everything will be in place, and we will do even better.
How much will my team go with me?
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Not many people appreciate goodwill. Many take it for granted.
Its harder to find greatness in people now ... well, they do what they do, I still believe in my own standard.
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I had a meeting with a group of students. I'm supposed to help them with a school project. In the meeting, this is what I said.
"It is not about giving the world what they want.
It is about giving the world what they don't have.
And most of the time, they don't even know what they don't have yet."
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I dont think many people understand what dateline is all about.
Anyone at work who dont understand what dateline is all about is equivalent to not doing a good job.
A great job done after the dateline set, is a bad job, it is not even a good job, because resources are wasted.
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Someone asked me, how do i determine who is good at work.
I said simple. Look at the results.
In school, we were taught its not the results, its the process.
At Work, no matter how much you have learnt in the process, if the result is nil, it is bad. Noone actually cares about how much you have learnt through it all. This is the world.
In school, you pay the school fees.
At work, the company pays you.
That's why.
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one more time ...
no man is worth your tears, the one who does won't make you cry.
Someone asked me, will I ever run out of ideas. I dont even know it myself really. I am like a doraemon, i can keep drawing out items from within, non stop. The funny thing is, the more I take out, the more I feel I have inside.
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I love books. I love to visit book store a lot. Page One especially. Somehow, when i walk inside, I have so much inspirations, I think I can stay in there for my whole life.
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September was a very challenging month, but the feeling of walking out of all the limitations, and walked out victoriously, the emotion is enormous, the feeling is great.
@@@@@@
I will have a lot of visitors this October. With all the exciting projects that I have planned out, along with so many cool people that will be visiting me, I guess, no matter how bad the economy is, there will be a lot of warmth this month. But then again, I will make sure that everything will be in place, and we will do even better.
How much will my team go with me?
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Not many people appreciate goodwill. Many take it for granted.
Its harder to find greatness in people now ... well, they do what they do, I still believe in my own standard.
@@@@@@
I had a meeting with a group of students. I'm supposed to help them with a school project. In the meeting, this is what I said.
"It is not about giving the world what they want.
It is about giving the world what they don't have.
And most of the time, they don't even know what they don't have yet."
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I dont think many people understand what dateline is all about.
Anyone at work who dont understand what dateline is all about is equivalent to not doing a good job.
A great job done after the dateline set, is a bad job, it is not even a good job, because resources are wasted.
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Someone asked me, how do i determine who is good at work.
I said simple. Look at the results.
In school, we were taught its not the results, its the process.
At Work, no matter how much you have learnt in the process, if the result is nil, it is bad. Noone actually cares about how much you have learnt through it all. This is the world.
In school, you pay the school fees.
At work, the company pays you.
That's why.
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one more time ...
no man is worth your tears, the one who does won't make you cry.
A Letter today ...
I read this along with me eating my meal .....
Hi Shenzi,
I guess this is the first time i wrote privately to you. I mean you are the only one older then us that we can share things to apart from our parents. Even sometimes we do not share all our stuff in life with our parents, agree?
I was reading your blog recently, i guess not everyone takes 5mins of their time a week just to sit down at quiet place and do some reflection about what has happen in our life. I am inspired by you, although you have so many monkeys like us to handle and even still you still can live quite happy and i always see a smile on your face.
One day i hope to be the boss of my own business, i intend to start my own brownie business. Sounds girly, but i think i have to drive to do it. I hope that i will have a successful company like what NUM has now. You started off from a website to the first hereen store and now more then 200 monkeys under you. That's uber incredible!
I really look up to you as someone i follow and wish to be next time in life although i seldom say this out to you or anyone else. I'm shy, hahahah.
I am using this little time to reflect on what i have and not taking things for granted. In a few hours time i will be meeting Mr S.R Nathan to receive my national youth achievement award, and this is the time that i finally spend time with my daddy and mummy and my jie jie as a family. Life as somehow changed after we grow up. At least i will have a proper meal with my family tml. Sometimes when we look back, we never really treasure the time and opportunities we have, i wished to spend more time with all my loved ones but personal commitments has tied us all down.
Shenzi, thank you for giving me the opportunity to work in num about 1 year ago. It has been close to 1 year! hahahaha. Being in the NUM family i felt so warm, like the family kinda love. Everyone knows each other even those in the management team didnt look upon us like some ETs, they even treated us like brothers. :) This 1 year i have learn alot in NUM in terms of retail management, product knowledge and life skills through your sharings.
Shenzi, thanks again for making num such a wonderful company for us to work in.
Hi Shenzi,
I guess this is the first time i wrote privately to you. I mean you are the only one older then us that we can share things to apart from our parents. Even sometimes we do not share all our stuff in life with our parents, agree?
I was reading your blog recently, i guess not everyone takes 5mins of their time a week just to sit down at quiet place and do some reflection about what has happen in our life. I am inspired by you, although you have so many monkeys like us to handle and even still you still can live quite happy and i always see a smile on your face.
One day i hope to be the boss of my own business, i intend to start my own brownie business. Sounds girly, but i think i have to drive to do it. I hope that i will have a successful company like what NUM has now. You started off from a website to the first hereen store and now more then 200 monkeys under you. That's uber incredible!
I really look up to you as someone i follow and wish to be next time in life although i seldom say this out to you or anyone else. I'm shy, hahahah.
I am using this little time to reflect on what i have and not taking things for granted. In a few hours time i will be meeting Mr S.R Nathan to receive my national youth achievement award, and this is the time that i finally spend time with my daddy and mummy and my jie jie as a family. Life as somehow changed after we grow up. At least i will have a proper meal with my family tml. Sometimes when we look back, we never really treasure the time and opportunities we have, i wished to spend more time with all my loved ones but personal commitments has tied us all down.
Shenzi, thank you for giving me the opportunity to work in num about 1 year ago. It has been close to 1 year! hahahaha. Being in the NUM family i felt so warm, like the family kinda love. Everyone knows each other even those in the management team didnt look upon us like some ETs, they even treated us like brothers. :) This 1 year i have learn alot in NUM in terms of retail management, product knowledge and life skills through your sharings.
Shenzi, thanks again for making num such a wonderful company for us to work in.
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