week 2

...starts in 10 hours time!

This term is gonna be busy. Heh, literally packed to the seams - you should try carrying my bag. If my left shoulder turns out larger than my right, you know why.

T-minus 5 days

My new timetable is "fantastic". 4 period break or something like that on Thursdays, lol. And the last period's a 50 min lecture! : /

But, I'm going to be taking jap! Hopefully I can pick up enough of it come year end.

SIGNS

Something I found/stumbled on from Mr. Heng's blog.
Found it nice...so I'm putting it up before I head off for work(;

Go ahead, just watch it:)

Dipped in Alcohol, Served with Love

Well, suffice to say, I most likely won't be an alcoholic in future. :)

Considering that I turned the legal age for drinking quite some time ago, it's probably due time I tried an amount that was substantially more that a sip from a cup. Fortuanately, or unfortunately, I took more than that comfort zone of a sip on Monday during FSRC's chalet - only to find out the very next day that I'm allergic to alcohol. Guess that's why I've never really liked the bitter stuff.

Kinda sad, haha, but hey, I've never really enjoyed it. I'd rather get a tummy ache from overconsumption of soft drinks than suffer from effects of undergoing a transformation into a "merlion" that come packaged together with a head splitting hangover. But that said...there goes my choya plum wine. One of the rare wine's that I've tasted (or sipped) and liked it, haha -->Because it's sweet!

Freakishly itchy rashes all over my legs now. Argh. Even the doctor I went to see said, "Wow. Fantastic reaction." Mind you, my fingers start swelling... so my grandmother got a tad worried and chased me to get a checkup.

Never get drunk and doze off when you're with guys in the same room who are sober and have a tube of toothpaste handy. Just saying. Don't say I didn't warn you. (;

Oh yeah, this means that I'm allergic to alcohol... as odd as that may sound. [ but there're weirder but also more fatal ones like peanut allergies...so I'm counting myself lucky:) ]


Scratch that itchy itch...

Frizzled Out.

Catching a broken cup is possibly one of the silliest ideas ever possible...

Today didn't really start on a good note, even though I had a more peaceful sleep last night without having to wake up earlier to worry over deadlines. It started off uneventfully enough...Get up, wash my face; morning duties etc. Up till I started to make my morning drink. I must have still been shaking off my morning daze then - I'm not really a morning person - because my cup slipped from my hand as I was moving it. It just so happened that, despite me being in my sleepy state, I was still alert enough to catch it before it hit the floor.

Brilliant save! Right?

Well, I was pretty happy that I managed to save my beloved cup that has, or had rather, served me for close to a decade already. That's until I realised the mug's handle hit my kitchen counter and broke off. And, I caught the lovely thing on the handle's side. Savvy.

I looked at the hole in my cup and then looked at my hand. Particularly my thumb. Haha, sleepyhead me was wondering how come there was a funny looking hole on it before I realised I cut myself.

Thankfully, I was alone at home - I think I started using the colourful vocabulary in the insulting version of the English Language. Mind you, it was pretty bad cut. Fortunately, I managed to find a plaster quickly and slap it over my thumb. Silly thing... bled so much it soaked through the plaster... bleah. Saved the cup from shattering but still had to throw it away while getting injured. Haha, what a Pyrrhic victory.

Haiz. Pai Chiew now.

Okay, moving along, stuff to get done during my break:

• Plan year end chalet. This one need the guys' help too.
• Start my own investment portfolio! Nothing spectacular, just a peanut sum.
• Finish that novel that's been sitting on my desk for, errrr, three months now? Hehe.
• Help my brother with his studies, while keeping my temper down. Monumental.
• If my budget allows and I can bear the pain of seeing my wallet burn a hole...get something I've been wanting to get for a really really really long time (;

Well, best get to it, then.

:D

Say it with me...HOLIDAYS! =D

Long overdue break is finally here and I can get some time to myself without having to rush for this deadline and that.

I'm keeping it short this post short right now, have got loads of time to post more! - so i'll keep this short and sweet.


Today's presentation saw the end of TEP, which went pretty well. Hope my feeling and the eventual results would concur with each other. (:

Got "dragged" to help out in TEP Games Day (or least I think that's what it's called) after that. Haha, alright, not dragged, since I was kind of willing anyway. Just that I couldn't really do much shouting or any shouting at all in fact - throat would probably go on strike in a few day's time if I did. The teams were really hyper though, especially the CTIC/BSC students - sporting even a customised banner.

Trained down to ION after that. Horribly messy place it is over there, lol. I shall shamelessly state that Zhong Ying and I (not only us, okay, the girls too:P) went around in endless circles before we were able to find Swensens, which was tucked away in some secluded corner...with the help of a concierge.

Bumped into quite a number of familiar faces there!:D First was Valerie who popped out from no where, lol, as we were shifting our seats by ourselves to the more comfy sofas (by ourselves-with them having me to ask for permission from the staff later...haha ). Then I spotted Sherilyn! Someone whom I've really haven't seen in a really really long time - quite surprised I could recognise her too :P Only recognised her after she walked past. Teng En from church was there too!

Played catching up with Rini, Geraldine and ZY over ice cream. Heh. Rambled about many many random things under the sun, studies, people, etc. (; Really surprising, in a good sense, how it's already been two years since we first knew each other, and even though we only spent a few months, or weeks only actually, that we're still keeping in touch with each other :) Although I was kind of the odd one out, eating with three people in school uniform and me in formal, heh. Btw, the ice cream + desserts there are woohoo. Just be sure to get there early to beat the queue.

Ran into Kristopher on the way back too, haha. Both of us were going like, "eh? ehhhhhh!" when we recognised each other.

Point to note: NEVER, EVER, BOARD A CROWDED TRAIN WITH A FULL BLADDER. It makes you seem like you're doing a jitterbug dance, if you even know what that is.

Okay. Back home quite sometime ago.

Now I'm waiting for naruto to load, wooooo.

Midnight Post

Loving the Most Important Person in Your Life

I’m sure that there are lots of things that you really love. You may love your parents, your husband/wife, your girl friend/boyfriend and your children. You may love your car, your home or even your new mobile phone.

But let me ask you a question that may seem really weird, ‘do you love yourself?’ Do you love that person you see in the mirror every day? If you find that you have many things in life to be grateful for but are still not happy with, the reason may be because you have not learnt to love yourself.

In order to be HAPPY and SUCCESSFUL, you have to start by loving yourself. The reason why many people feel lousy about themselves and fail to achieve is because they don’t like who they are.

Many people think that they must first become successful before they start loving themselves and their life. In fact, the opposite is true. You must first love yourself before you can become successful. People who love and feel good abut themselves have what is called HIGH SELF-ESTEEM.

The Most Important Person In Your Life Is…


Let me give you the most important reason why you should love yourself.

Imagine that there was someone whom you have to spend the rest of your life with. You had to spend every minute of every day with this person, day in and day out. This person is the first you see when you wake up in the morning and the last person you see when you go to sleep.

This person is there on all your life’s special occasions: your birthday, Christmas, New Year, your wedding and finally, your funeral. This person is there during all of your life’s ups and downs. This person shares your sorrows and your joys.

When you are down, only this person can cheer you up. When you fall, only this person can pick you up. When you set a goal, only this person can give you the motivation and confidence to achieve it. This person will never leave you and is the only one you can truly depend on.

If you didn’t like this person, wouldn’t your life be absolutely miserable? You’d be forever stuck to a person you didn’t like. You wouldn’t be able to do anything! I am sure you can guess that this person is YOU!


YOU are the most important person in your own life.


The Power of Loving Yourself

When you really love someone, you always want the very best for him or her, right? You would do anything for them. You would make sacrifices for them and defend them if anyone speaks badly of them.


The same thing goes when you love yourself.

When you love yourself, you will want the very best for yourself. You would not accept anything less than the best for yourself. You will want the best relationships, the best career, the best partner and the best home. You will not accept being in an abusive relationship. You will not accept being stuck in a job you hate. You will not accept a mediocre life that is going nowhere.

In other words, those who love themselves dream big and set high standards for themselves. At the same time, you would be willing to work hard and make sacrifices for yourself. You will be willing to sacrifice the effort to go to the gym, to read a self-improvement book and to avoid unhealthy foods that are bad for you.


When You Like Yourself, People Will Start to Like You

When I talk about loving yourself, I am not talking about being an arrogant, egotistical braggart who looks at your self every ten minutes and boastfully says, ‘I am the greatest’. Nobody likes people like that!

In fact, people who really love themselves never boast or show off! They don’t need to. They already feel good about themselves inside.

When you like yourself, you will feel good about yourself. You will have the confidence to take on challenges, make friends and be outgoing. You will smile alot and talk positively about yourself and others. People who feel good about themselves see the good in others and give them sincere encouragement and praise.

This confidence and positive attitude will make you really charming and attractive to others. People will start to admire and respect you. People love being around positive people because it makes them feel good as well.


What Happens When You Don’t Love Yourself?

On the other hand, teens who hate themselves tend to remain unhappy and unsuccessful. When you don’t like yourself, you tend to put yourself down, think negatively of yourself and set low personal standards.

Back in secondary school, I remember asking one of my friends Stan which University he was aiming to go for. He said, ‘ I don’t want to go to the university.’ ‘With a university degree, you can get a much better job and live a more comfortable life. You can get success, respect and more money,” I said. He replied, ‘who cares?’

At the time, I couldn’t understand why Stan would not care about his own future. Later I realized it was because Stan did not like himself very much. In his mind, he did not think he deserved a great life. He believed that only other people who were better deserved such a successful life.


So, begin the journey of success and happiness by first loving yourself!


(This post is an excerpt from my upcoming book, ‘Secrets of Successful Teens’ due to be launched in July 2009)

-Adam Khoo

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Something I've read from here. Loads more very very interesting articles; will post more in due time.
Credit is NOT mine, thanks, haha.

At least Tuesday was interesting... And now I'm sporting a ghost watch - all thanks to the fact that I forgot the effect of covering your body with an object while being under the sun for prolonged period of time. (;

Alright, it's late - came online just to post this :)
Project meeting tomorrow.

Savvy.

Argh, and I need to reset my body clock.... :(