Remember that I saw a post posted by Mike on his Facebook which I find really meaningful. Good to add to my archives of Love Articles, Stories and Quotes.
This article is somewhat similar to one of the stories I typed previously titled "It is all within One self..."
Sorry that it is in Mandarin again, but I find it really meaningful in the original language. The title is translated as "Losing someone that don't love you and Losing someone who deeply loved him"
一个女孩失恋分手了哭着去见上帝。
上帝问她你为什么这么难过？
“他离开了我。”
“你还爱他吗？”女孩重重地点头。
“那他还爱你吗？”女孩想了想哭了。
上帝笑着说：“那么该哭的人是他，你只不过是失去了一个不爱你的人，而他失去的是一个深爱他人。”。。。
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
最好的不一定是最合适的，最合适的却一定是最好的
Happened to read this article from another user in Facebook which I find really interesting which I like to share with all. The title is in Mandarin but it translate as "The best may not be the most suitable, however the most suitable is usually the best". The whole article is written in Mandarin unfortunately. So sorry if you can't understand. I see if I can do a translation when I am free. :P
有一个女人，她很漂亮，
她的身边有着数不完的追求者，
可是让他动心的只有两个男人，
一个是又帅又有钱，贴心又温柔的男人，
一个是相貌平平，可却是最懂他的男人...
两个男人同时爱上了她，
女人同时对两个男人有好感，
可偏偏在两个人当中，
她只能选择一个当她的男朋友...
女孩的姐妹们知道她很困惑，
所以纷纷都给了她建议，
最终，女孩选择了那个有钱的帅哥，
可心底，女孩自己也不是很清楚，
自己真正爱的人是他，
还是因为自己被他的条件与温柔所吸引...
就这样，帅哥让女人成为了幸福的女人，
他帅气，有钱，对她更是温柔体贴，
一开始女人以为这就是他想要的幸福了，
但渐渐地，她发现，这并不是她想要的，
男人很好，但男人并不懂她，
男人懂得逗他开心，却看不穿她的伤心，
男人可以给他一切，却不知道他需要的是什么...
在所有人眼中，女人无疑是最幸福的人，
但女人知道，这并不是她想要的幸福，
因为她发现，她最爱的那个人其实不是他，
而是那一个被自己伤透了心的男人...
最终，女孩还是与那个帅气的男人分手了，
原因只有一个，就是我们不适合，
其实会分手，男人心中也有数，
他知道女人并不是真的爱自己，
他们两个是不同世界的人，
勉强凑在了一切，最终还是得分离...
女人分手后，找上了那一个最懂他的男人，她知道，男人还在等她...
男人问女人：
“为什么与他分手呢？他的条件那么好，对你又那么好！”
女孩笑着说：
“你这句话就是答案啦，他爱的是那个漂亮的我，而你爱的却是我，他什么都可以给我，却不知道我要的是什么，而你虽然不能给我什么，但你知道我要的是什么...”
男人却说：
“但到目前为止，他是我遇见过，对你最好的男人，又帅又有钱，对你又好，这样的男人你没理由不要的！”
女人还是笑着说：
“或许他是最好的，但他却不是最适合我的，如果眼前有一件很漂亮却永远都不能穿的衣服，和一件看似平凡，但穿上以后，会让你觉得舒服的衣服，你会选择哪一件呢？”
这一回，男人笑了，他终于明白女人为什么选择他了...
说完，女人握起男人的手对他说：
“经历了那么多才明白，原来最好的不一定是最合适的，最合适的却一定是最好的，再美好的东西，只要不适合自己，最终都会分离的，只有最适合自己的，才能成为最好的...”
有一个女人，她很漂亮，
她的身边有着数不完的追求者，
可是让他动心的只有两个男人，
一个是又帅又有钱，贴心又温柔的男人，
一个是相貌平平，可却是最懂他的男人...
两个男人同时爱上了她，
女人同时对两个男人有好感，
可偏偏在两个人当中，
她只能选择一个当她的男朋友...
女孩的姐妹们知道她很困惑，
所以纷纷都给了她建议，
最终，女孩选择了那个有钱的帅哥，
可心底，女孩自己也不是很清楚，
自己真正爱的人是他，
还是因为自己被他的条件与温柔所吸引...
就这样，帅哥让女人成为了幸福的女人，
他帅气，有钱，对她更是温柔体贴，
一开始女人以为这就是他想要的幸福了，
但渐渐地，她发现，这并不是她想要的，
男人很好，但男人并不懂她，
男人懂得逗他开心，却看不穿她的伤心，
男人可以给他一切，却不知道他需要的是什么...
在所有人眼中，女人无疑是最幸福的人，
但女人知道，这并不是她想要的幸福，
因为她发现，她最爱的那个人其实不是他，
而是那一个被自己伤透了心的男人...
最终，女孩还是与那个帅气的男人分手了，
原因只有一个，就是我们不适合，
其实会分手，男人心中也有数，
他知道女人并不是真的爱自己，
他们两个是不同世界的人，
勉强凑在了一切，最终还是得分离...
女人分手后，找上了那一个最懂他的男人，她知道，男人还在等她...
男人问女人：
“为什么与他分手呢？他的条件那么好，对你又那么好！”
女孩笑着说：
“你这句话就是答案啦，他爱的是那个漂亮的我，而你爱的却是我，他什么都可以给我，却不知道我要的是什么，而你虽然不能给我什么，但你知道我要的是什么...”
男人却说：
“但到目前为止，他是我遇见过，对你最好的男人，又帅又有钱，对你又好，这样的男人你没理由不要的！”
女人还是笑着说：
“或许他是最好的，但他却不是最适合我的，如果眼前有一件很漂亮却永远都不能穿的衣服，和一件看似平凡，但穿上以后，会让你觉得舒服的衣服，你会选择哪一件呢？”
这一回，男人笑了，他终于明白女人为什么选择他了...
说完，女人握起男人的手对他说：
“经历了那么多才明白，原来最好的不一定是最合适的，最合适的却一定是最好的，再美好的东西，只要不适合自己，最终都会分离的，只有最适合自己的，才能成为最好的...”
Monday, July 18, 2011
Timely Advice
Had a dinner with a good friend (and colleague) of mine. She reminded me not to be too emo as guys should not appear as too emotional as women turn to guys for emotion support when they needed it. What if two persons turn emotional at the same time?
This advice comes really at a good timing and is another revelation for me. It just reminded me that if I were to change myself for the better, I should really start with myself, with my mindset and emotion.
Really a much needed timely advice which really wake me up. Thank you Liz. Really appreciate that. Guess I will start with my Facebook which I appear rather emo. I will not delete or close down this blog because this quiet sanctuary of mine is a good place for me to reflect and serve as a constant reminder.
Let's start and let the transformation begin. Thank you to the Divine for this day as I start afresh. A new beginning is coming. A new me is waiting for the right time, the time is now or never.
This advice comes really at a good timing and is another revelation for me. It just reminded me that if I were to change myself for the better, I should really start with myself, with my mindset and emotion.
Really a much needed timely advice which really wake me up. Thank you Liz. Really appreciate that. Guess I will start with my Facebook which I appear rather emo. I will not delete or close down this blog because this quiet sanctuary of mine is a good place for me to reflect and serve as a constant reminder.
Let's start and let the transformation begin. Thank you to the Divine for this day as I start afresh. A new beginning is coming. A new me is waiting for the right time, the time is now or never.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Pain...
Why do I still feel the pain?
I thought I had "been there, done that" but I still feel pain...
I am only HUMAN I guess...
I am just... myself...
I thought I had "been there, done that" but I still feel pain...
I am only HUMAN I guess...
I am just... myself...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
好的肩膀, 好的眼光
It has been long since I last updated my blog. Not that I abandoned it, but just that... It is quite rundown and seldom anyone come to this deserted blog anymore. Anyway, happened to see a "SHOUT" on Clara's Facebook which says "女人不可以嫁错人， 害了自己也害了孩子。" (meaning : Women should not marry the wrong guy, it is bad for herself and her children.
After seeing that comment, I was thinking of replying to her using my favourite quote from 曹启泰 which I heard years back when I happened to be at his book launch. (It was really years back where the location of the now Vivocity is still an exhibition area. It was that old...)
Anyway, I thought that I have it on my blog and so I just scan through all the topics on Love and Relationship but I don't seems to be able to find it. Maybe I never wrote about it or it is somehow embedded in one of those stories. So instead of digging through all my old entries, I feel that I might as well write on this topic just in case I really never enter this before on my blog. I titled this entry, "好的肩膀, 好的眼光" which is what the topic is about. So here goes...
男人要有好的肩膀, 这样才能够担负家庭的重任. 女人要有好的眼光, 这样才能够找到一个可靠的肩膀.
The words summarizes as "A man should have a good shoulder for he needs to shoulder the responsibilities and the hardship of running and support a family. A woman should have a good eyesight to be able to spot such a good shoulder for her to rely on."
I think that there should be also an additional phase to it.
男人可靠的肩膀不可以太软也不可以太硬, 该软的时候软, 该硬的时候硬. 硬是为了承担家庭的重任, 软是为了给女人累或伤心时可以依靠而不会弄疼她,
A (man's) good shoulder should not be too soft or hard. When it is suppose to be hard, it should be hard. When it suppose to be soft, it should be soft. It needs to be hard so that he can shoulder the tremendous tasks of supporting for a family, it needs to be soft so that when the woman is tired and sad, she can rely on his shoulder to rest on yet still feel comforting.
After seeing that comment, I was thinking of replying to her using my favourite quote from 曹启泰 which I heard years back when I happened to be at his book launch. (It was really years back where the location of the now Vivocity is still an exhibition area. It was that old...)
Anyway, I thought that I have it on my blog and so I just scan through all the topics on Love and Relationship but I don't seems to be able to find it. Maybe I never wrote about it or it is somehow embedded in one of those stories. So instead of digging through all my old entries, I feel that I might as well write on this topic just in case I really never enter this before on my blog. I titled this entry, "好的肩膀, 好的眼光" which is what the topic is about. So here goes...
男人要有好的肩膀, 这样才能够担负家庭的重任. 女人要有好的眼光, 这样才能够找到一个可靠的肩膀.
The words summarizes as "A man should have a good shoulder for he needs to shoulder the responsibilities and the hardship of running and support a family. A woman should have a good eyesight to be able to spot such a good shoulder for her to rely on."
I think that there should be also an additional phase to it.
男人可靠的肩膀不可以太软也不可以太硬, 该软的时候软, 该硬的时候硬. 硬是为了承担家庭的重任, 软是为了给女人累或伤心时可以依靠而不会弄疼她,
A (man's) good shoulder should not be too soft or hard. When it is suppose to be hard, it should be hard. When it suppose to be soft, it should be soft. It needs to be hard so that he can shoulder the tremendous tasks of supporting for a family, it needs to be soft so that when the woman is tired and sad, she can rely on his shoulder to rest on yet still feel comforting.
Friday, January 21, 2011
More Love Lessons
It has been quite a while since I last wrote any topics about Love and Relationship. Just got back to start posting in the Relationships subforum in Cozycot again after quite some period of inactive-ness there...
Just thought of capturing those stories in my this long-forgotten and forsaken sanctuary of mine...
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Story of the Hedgehogs in the Winter...
Picture taken from http://watch.thehaymakerssurvey.com/...ove-hedgehogs/
As the weather is cold, the hedgehogs will stay close together for warmth. However, when they got too close to one another, they got pricked by the spines on their bodies and so they moved further apart.
When they are further apart, they cannot use the body heat to keep each other warmth.
The trick is to find the balancing point where the hedgehogs can find the warmth and yet not get prick by the spines on their bodies.
Using the same analogy, you just need to find the balancing point for everything in life including managing your bf.
Why not, try to give him the free time and you find time for your friends also. In this way, your friends won't feel neglected and you give your bf the space he wanted. Remember, friends play an important part in our life, learn to value them.
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The Marriage Vows
Got this from Rovis's Facebook Note which I find really meaningful. So thought of sharing it.
Saw this marriage vow somewhere. I thought it would serve as a GREAT REMINDER for me and those who "happen" to see this note. God bless
To have (consider part of me, see as mine, take responsibility for as myself) and to hold (hug, caress, treat tenderly, protect, enfold) from this day forward (I am entering a new part of life that begins today)
For better (good times, make-up times, new days, wonderful discoveries), for worse (disappointments, misunderstandings, arguments, difficulties, unforeseen challenges);
For richer (not only material wealth but richer experiences in life that we seek to share together, growing into an abundance of God’s presence in our marriage), for poorer (times when we have to depend on the Lord for provision, times when we have to adjust expectations);
In sickness (times of sickness, fatigue, and the stresses of life, when patience is required) and in health (we take care of each other and encourage healthy living);
To love (long for you in every way, serve you, practice growing into oneness with you) and to cherish (to offer tender touch, patient care, seeking to understand and meet needs)
Until we are parted by death (we recognize that these promises aren’t for heaven but for here, as we help each other to know the Lord and anticipate eternal life in his presence);
As God is my witness (I acknowledge that God is listening to me and expects me to take these vows as seriously as anything I have ever said), I give you my promise (I want these words to be the most precious things I could ever give you, and I will live them out for you every day).
Just thought of capturing those stories in my this long-forgotten and forsaken sanctuary of mine...
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Story of the Hedgehogs in the Winter...
Picture taken from http://watch.thehaymakerssurvey.com/...ove-hedgehogs/
As the weather is cold, the hedgehogs will stay close together for warmth. However, when they got too close to one another, they got pricked by the spines on their bodies and so they moved further apart.
When they are further apart, they cannot use the body heat to keep each other warmth.
The trick is to find the balancing point where the hedgehogs can find the warmth and yet not get prick by the spines on their bodies.
Using the same analogy, you just need to find the balancing point for everything in life including managing your bf.
Why not, try to give him the free time and you find time for your friends also. In this way, your friends won't feel neglected and you give your bf the space he wanted. Remember, friends play an important part in our life, learn to value them.
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The Marriage Vows
Got this from Rovis's Facebook Note which I find really meaningful. So thought of sharing it.
Saw this marriage vow somewhere. I thought it would serve as a GREAT REMINDER for me and those who "happen" to see this note. God bless
To have (consider part of me, see as mine, take responsibility for as myself) and to hold (hug, caress, treat tenderly, protect, enfold) from this day forward (I am entering a new part of life that begins today)
For better (good times, make-up times, new days, wonderful discoveries), for worse (disappointments, misunderstandings, arguments, difficulties, unforeseen challenges);
For richer (not only material wealth but richer experiences in life that we seek to share together, growing into an abundance of God’s presence in our marriage), for poorer (times when we have to depend on the Lord for provision, times when we have to adjust expectations);
In sickness (times of sickness, fatigue, and the stresses of life, when patience is required) and in health (we take care of each other and encourage healthy living);
To love (long for you in every way, serve you, practice growing into oneness with you) and to cherish (to offer tender touch, patient care, seeking to understand and meet needs)
Until we are parted by death (we recognize that these promises aren’t for heaven but for here, as we help each other to know the Lord and anticipate eternal life in his presence);
As God is my witness (I acknowledge that God is listening to me and expects me to take these vows as seriously as anything I have ever said), I give you my promise (I want these words to be the most precious things I could ever give you, and I will live them out for you every day).
Monday, January 03, 2011
Looking Forward to the Year 2011
The New Year had officially started on 1st Jan 2011 and today is 3rd Jan 2011, so we are 3 days into the new year… Time for my New Year Resolution. Come to think of it, 1st Jan is just the start of a new day in the new year. However, if we live each day afresh and start anew, isn’t each day a brand new day in a brand new year?
Anyway, enough of those deep, mind-stressing thoughts, just looking forward to what I hope to achieve and do for the next 365 (officially 362) days…
In fact, before the year start, I had started a To-Do List on my Facebook. Just sharing with some of my readers.
To-Do List for 2011
1. Learn Martial Arts - Complete by Feb 2011 (In fact, the first Wing Chun lesson is starting this Saturday. Feel so excited about it).
2. Attend lessons to improve photography skills - On-going (Thought of taking some classes to further improve my photography skills…)
3. Learn Horse Riding (I think I will need a car to get to Saddle Club…)
4. Continue weight loss programme - On-going (Well, I plan to exercise more often and head to the gym also to continue my weight loss programme)
How about my wishlist for this year? I guess something simple will do…
1. Get a better job prospect or advancement and fully utilize my Master qualification
2. Go for my APSS (I know, I have been talking for years now…)
3. Do some part-time to further my capital inflow
4. Investment to grow my money
5. Save, Save, Save
6. Travel to Australia or other countries for a short trip
That is all for my wishlist. Now for my photographic wishlist…
1. Upgrade my D300
2. Get a Full-frame Camera
3. Get a good film back Medium Format
I guess that is all for my photographic wishlist as I had really gotten a lot of what I want and need in 2010. Just 2 to 3 simple wishes. No lens lust for me this year as I had an overdose in 2010. Haha…
Ok, lastly, not really a wishlist but more of a resolution list which I hope to comply with each and everyday. In fact, I thought of a few resolutions this morning but never really pen all down. I simply summarized it into this one liner…
Start of a new day, start of a new week, start of a new year. I will promise myself to live each and every day to the fullest and be happy. :)
However, spending some time to think about it, I decided to expand the above line into several points.
1. Learn to fully utilize my 86400 seconds each day well and make full use of it.
2. To stay happy and try to make the people around happy by cheering them and motivating them.
3. To be more environment conscience, waste less paper, save more water.
4. To be more kind to people who are in needs but always to know that there is a limit in helping others
5. To love and value my life more, treat myself better not through physical, materialistic or monetary means but in terms of spiritual, morale and mental means.
6. Have lesser regrets and remorse and to learn from mistakes
7. Do not fear or be afraid to make mistake, but I must learn quickly how to avoid the mistake or not to make the same mistake again
8. To understand myself better, to know what I do not know and acknowledge them, to know what I know and harness them. In another word, transformation from unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence.
9. Challenges and hurdles can slow me down, but they do not stop me from moving forward. Face each challenge head on, I can be defeated but I must learn how to pick myself up and fight with newer strategies or move.
Can only think of so much for now but maybe this list will increase over time. But these will be the principles that I will live with from today on. I will always look back and reflect on these points to keep myself align to it.
One last point… Yes… Just one more point…
I guess I got one point or wish which I never touch on or have been avoid all these years… The new year resolution or wish to get hitched… (or simply put it.... to have a girlfriend). It has been a tough and hard topic or wish… I am pretty much taken a beating all these days, weeks, months of been single. I must admit… I’m tired… Just a random thought on my mind…
A : Do you know what you are looking for?
B : I won’t know what I am looking for until I find it…
A : Then, where are going to start looking?
B : From my heart…
Anyway, Happy New Year to all. May you have a great year ahead.
Anyway, enough of those deep, mind-stressing thoughts, just looking forward to what I hope to achieve and do for the next 365 (officially 362) days…
In fact, before the year start, I had started a To-Do List on my Facebook. Just sharing with some of my readers.
To-Do List for 2011
1. Learn Martial Arts - Complete by Feb 2011 (In fact, the first Wing Chun lesson is starting this Saturday. Feel so excited about it).
2. Attend lessons to improve photography skills - On-going (Thought of taking some classes to further improve my photography skills…)
3. Learn Horse Riding (I think I will need a car to get to Saddle Club…)
4. Continue weight loss programme - On-going (Well, I plan to exercise more often and head to the gym also to continue my weight loss programme)
How about my wishlist for this year? I guess something simple will do…
1. Get a better job prospect or advancement and fully utilize my Master qualification
2. Go for my APSS (I know, I have been talking for years now…)
3. Do some part-time to further my capital inflow
4. Investment to grow my money
5. Save, Save, Save
6. Travel to Australia or other countries for a short trip
That is all for my wishlist. Now for my photographic wishlist…
1. Upgrade my D300
2. Get a Full-frame Camera
3. Get a good film back Medium Format
I guess that is all for my photographic wishlist as I had really gotten a lot of what I want and need in 2010. Just 2 to 3 simple wishes. No lens lust for me this year as I had an overdose in 2010. Haha…
Ok, lastly, not really a wishlist but more of a resolution list which I hope to comply with each and everyday. In fact, I thought of a few resolutions this morning but never really pen all down. I simply summarized it into this one liner…
Start of a new day, start of a new week, start of a new year. I will promise myself to live each and every day to the fullest and be happy. :)
However, spending some time to think about it, I decided to expand the above line into several points.
1. Learn to fully utilize my 86400 seconds each day well and make full use of it.
2. To stay happy and try to make the people around happy by cheering them and motivating them.
3. To be more environment conscience, waste less paper, save more water.
4. To be more kind to people who are in needs but always to know that there is a limit in helping others
5. To love and value my life more, treat myself better not through physical, materialistic or monetary means but in terms of spiritual, morale and mental means.
6. Have lesser regrets and remorse and to learn from mistakes
7. Do not fear or be afraid to make mistake, but I must learn quickly how to avoid the mistake or not to make the same mistake again
8. To understand myself better, to know what I do not know and acknowledge them, to know what I know and harness them. In another word, transformation from unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence.
9. Challenges and hurdles can slow me down, but they do not stop me from moving forward. Face each challenge head on, I can be defeated but I must learn how to pick myself up and fight with newer strategies or move.
Can only think of so much for now but maybe this list will increase over time. But these will be the principles that I will live with from today on. I will always look back and reflect on these points to keep myself align to it.
One last point… Yes… Just one more point…
I guess I got one point or wish which I never touch on or have been avoid all these years… The new year resolution or wish to get hitched… (or simply put it.... to have a girlfriend). It has been a tough and hard topic or wish… I am pretty much taken a beating all these days, weeks, months of been single. I must admit… I’m tired… Just a random thought on my mind…
A : Do you know what you are looking for?
B : I won’t know what I am looking for until I find it…
A : Then, where are going to start looking?
B : From my heart…
Anyway, Happy New Year to all. May you have a great year ahead.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Looking back at 2010
It is that time of the year again. The end of a year and a beginning of a new year. A year come and gone by in the blink of an eye. Time files without me noticing it. Before that, I was wondering how I am going to face the challenges in year 2010 and before I know it, year 2010 is over and now is going to be year 2011 in a few more minutes time.
Looking back at all the hits and misses, success and failure, happiness and sadness, joy and agony. It is a good time to do reflections on those things that happened and things that had not happened.
Maybe for a quick recap, let me look at the wishlist that I had at the beginning of the year.
This is my wishlist for this year (2010) :
1. Get my Master Degree (Despite that I know my thesis has been accepted but I am still waiting for my official conferment) - Yes. I was officially conferred in July 2010. Finally, one chapter closed.
2. Get APSS (Has been talking it for quite a couple of years now. But I don't think my skill is up that level) - Not complete... Still pending... This is taking an awfully long time... I really need to brush up my skills. Maybe more of that later.
3. Good career advancement and to appreciate my current job. - Pending I guess... No comment.
4. Good health and road to recovery for my legs. - Not really... More of that later.
5. More travel and photograhy trips with friends - No. Not a single trip...
In terms of more specific wishlist . Well, maybe more on my photograpic equipment front:
1. Nikon AFD 85 f1.4 - Accomplished
2. Dry cabinet upgrade (up to 200L) - Accomplished
3. Full Frame camera body - Not Done.
4. Either a good compact camera or the Micro 4/3 system - Gotten an EP-1 for IR teardown...
Alrightly, just finished seeing my wishlist which I create at the start of the year, maybe time for more details of the Ups and Downs in the year 2010.
First, I graduated and officially received my Master of Engineering conferment in July 2010. It was an achievement. I never knew that I can make it. I had almost given up. It was tough and I am glad that it was officially over.
In work front, it was a crazy year as I need to be out of office most of the time to do assessment. Back to back for almost 3 months or more. I wonder how did I survive. Work is tough and I faced lots of difficulties and challenges... But thankfully, my colleagues are really supportive. That is what kept me sane all these while... I was hoping that getting a Master can help with my career advancement but apparently, it is not happening here at the current work environment... Wondering if it is time for me to move on to a place where I can be valued for my qualification.
Personal front, no progress... Still single and available... Maybe it is my fate I guess... Sigh... Oh well... Guess I got to accept my fate...
Health-wise... Not too good... My plantar fasciitis was acting up again and the doctor put me on a weight loss diet and programme. It works and I did lose some weight which is good. Now have to maintain and be strict on my diet to keep my weight and size. Having to say that, now is all the bad part... I got shingles and thankfully that heals but after that, I was plague with a bad flu was took me more than 3 weeks to cure and after that, I had an outbreak of rashes which is due to the virus... Sigh... I better watch my health...
Other news... Adrian got married to Candy on 20th Oct 2010. I was one of the "brothers" who helped with this joyous occasion. I wish both of them the very best to their marriage. Wishing him that they will be forever happy. Another major news is that one of my aunt (my mother's sister-in-law) had passed away in Oct due to kidney failure. It is really quite a sad news... May she rest in peace.
Other useless info... I went on a study trip with my Chief Executive Officer to Berne, Paris, London in March. It was a good trip. Will really love to travel Europe and see more of this interesting continent. I had a photography retreat and took course under Chen Yiren on landscape photography. That was a really good course as it has greatly improve on my concept and composition for landscape photography. Last but not least, I took up Archery which lasted 4 weeks. Enjoyed the session but I did not want to go too deep into this hobby as I already had an interesting and expensive hobby which is photography. I took up this course more for knowledge. One last piece of useless info, I started shrimp keeping again. Yes, I had it years back and given up and now I am back again... with more... I gotten a tank, some rocks and gravels, some plants and lastly, 2 Mexican Dwarf Orange Crayfish and 3 Sulawesi shrimps. Just started 1 week back, hope to keep this hobby going on too.
That is all for the updates... Just nice, time for new year.
Just like to take this opportunity to wish all a Happy New Year.
Cheerz to all. May... it be a fruitful new year for all.
Looking back at all the hits and misses, success and failure, happiness and sadness, joy and agony. It is a good time to do reflections on those things that happened and things that had not happened.
Maybe for a quick recap, let me look at the wishlist that I had at the beginning of the year.
This is my wishlist for this year (2010) :
1. Get my Master Degree (Despite that I know my thesis has been accepted but I am still waiting for my official conferment) - Yes. I was officially conferred in July 2010. Finally, one chapter closed.
2. Get APSS (Has been talking it for quite a couple of years now. But I don't think my skill is up that level) - Not complete... Still pending... This is taking an awfully long time... I really need to brush up my skills. Maybe more of that later.
3. Good career advancement and to appreciate my current job. - Pending I guess... No comment.
4. Good health and road to recovery for my legs. - Not really... More of that later.
5. More travel and photograhy trips with friends - No. Not a single trip...
In terms of more specific wishlist . Well, maybe more on my photograpic equipment front:
1. Nikon AFD 85 f1.4 - Accomplished
2. Dry cabinet upgrade (up to 200L) - Accomplished
3. Full Frame camera body - Not Done.
4. Either a good compact camera or the Micro 4/3 system - Gotten an EP-1 for IR teardown...
Alrightly, just finished seeing my wishlist which I create at the start of the year, maybe time for more details of the Ups and Downs in the year 2010.
First, I graduated and officially received my Master of Engineering conferment in July 2010. It was an achievement. I never knew that I can make it. I had almost given up. It was tough and I am glad that it was officially over.
In work front, it was a crazy year as I need to be out of office most of the time to do assessment. Back to back for almost 3 months or more. I wonder how did I survive. Work is tough and I faced lots of difficulties and challenges... But thankfully, my colleagues are really supportive. That is what kept me sane all these while... I was hoping that getting a Master can help with my career advancement but apparently, it is not happening here at the current work environment... Wondering if it is time for me to move on to a place where I can be valued for my qualification.
Personal front, no progress... Still single and available... Maybe it is my fate I guess... Sigh... Oh well... Guess I got to accept my fate...
Health-wise... Not too good... My plantar fasciitis was acting up again and the doctor put me on a weight loss diet and programme. It works and I did lose some weight which is good. Now have to maintain and be strict on my diet to keep my weight and size. Having to say that, now is all the bad part... I got shingles and thankfully that heals but after that, I was plague with a bad flu was took me more than 3 weeks to cure and after that, I had an outbreak of rashes which is due to the virus... Sigh... I better watch my health...
Other news... Adrian got married to Candy on 20th Oct 2010. I was one of the "brothers" who helped with this joyous occasion. I wish both of them the very best to their marriage. Wishing him that they will be forever happy. Another major news is that one of my aunt (my mother's sister-in-law) had passed away in Oct due to kidney failure. It is really quite a sad news... May she rest in peace.
Other useless info... I went on a study trip with my Chief Executive Officer to Berne, Paris, London in March. It was a good trip. Will really love to travel Europe and see more of this interesting continent. I had a photography retreat and took course under Chen Yiren on landscape photography. That was a really good course as it has greatly improve on my concept and composition for landscape photography. Last but not least, I took up Archery which lasted 4 weeks. Enjoyed the session but I did not want to go too deep into this hobby as I already had an interesting and expensive hobby which is photography. I took up this course more for knowledge. One last piece of useless info, I started shrimp keeping again. Yes, I had it years back and given up and now I am back again... with more... I gotten a tank, some rocks and gravels, some plants and lastly, 2 Mexican Dwarf Orange Crayfish and 3 Sulawesi shrimps. Just started 1 week back, hope to keep this hobby going on too.
That is all for the updates... Just nice, time for new year.
Just like to take this opportunity to wish all a Happy New Year.
Cheerz to all. May... it be a fruitful new year for all.
