I fall sick alot when I was young. Constant vomitting after meal or medicines experience had created enough fear in me. All I could remember .. falling sick equates with deep deep suffering!

 

You see, I've this unique problem since young. I don't know why I've difficulty to swallow pills. To remedy this problem, my dad will grind the pills into powder, mix it with water and I'll drink it! My sis will say, it will taste less bitter if you just swallow it. yea, right. I wonder why I was so stupid.

 

When I got older, I no longer getting any liquid medicine. Poor me. I've to stare at the colored pills for many mins before muster enough courage to put into my mouth. I got really panic when the pill stick at my throat! My mom always prepare some sour plum for that purpose. Just in case I vomitted again.

 

Do you know that my Dad actually had to teach me on how to swallow pills. He used some sticky white rice from the cooker and rolled it into pills lookalike. I've no problem in swallowing the rice-pills! I guess, the problem doesn't lies on my throat muscle but a physchological one.

 

In year Oct 2002, my brother and I contracted dengue fever. 2 weeks of re-accuring high fever, constant vomitting, aching bones, weak muscles, blurrish eyesights were what the Andes mosquito gave me. It was serious and I was admitted to hospital due to low blood count and pressure. I thought I would die in the process. :) It took me about 1 mth to fully recover. I learned the value of being healthy. It simply priceless!

 

Enough of all the granny stories.   All these experiences had influences me greatly in keeping healthy, physically and mentally. I can't control sickness but what I can control are my choices of lifestyle. No doubt that I can't control dengue but I surely can control all lifestyle related diseases like stress, cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure etc etc. 

 

Resolution for my coming birthday? I'll buy a pair of running shoes and start exercising. 3 times a week, 30mins a session. I know this will not going to be enough. But hey, I'm following a strict 1500 calories diet! hehee My weight target .. 47kg! Time frame? 2mths starting from this entry! I'll let you know if I'm successful.

 

 

 

A married couple in their early 60s were out celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table and said," For being such an exemplary married couple and for being faithful to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish. "

" Ooh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband " said the wife. The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra! - two tickets for the new QM2 luxury liner appeared in her hands.

Now it was the husband's turn. He thought for a moment and said: " Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this only occurs once in a lifetime, so, I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me. "

The wife and the fairy were deeply disappointed; but a wish is a wish. So the fairy made a circle with her magic stick and - abracadabra! - the husband became 94 years old !

LESSONS - MORAL OF THE STORY
Men are always ungrateful idiots .... and fairies are always female! 

Hey ppl,

 

I got this article. It is quite a good read if you've time. Enjoy! :)

 

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No U-Turn Syndrome (NUTS):

Chaotic Thoughts from the Old Millenium

by Sim Wong Hoo


Introduction

What is NUTS? NUTS is when you want to do something and you seek approval of a higher authority. When there is no rule saying that you can do such a thing, then the standard answer is NO ...

In the US, when there is no sign on the road, it means that you can make a U-turn. When the authority do not want people to make U-turns, they will put up signs to tell you not to make U-turns.

In Singapore, it is the reverse. When there is no sign on the road, you are not allowed to make U-turns. When the authority allow you to make U-turns, then they will put up signs to give you that right.

The two different systems serve the same purpose - to better manage the traffic. They may look quite similar, just coming from different direction, but the social repercussion is significant.

In Singapore, the no U-turn without sign culture has permeated every level of our thinking and every segment of our life. This no U-turn has created a way of life that is based on rules. When there is a U-turn sign or when there is a rule, we can U-turn. When there is no sign, we cannot U-turn.

When there is no rule, we cannot do anything. We become paralyzed.

I call this "no-rule=no-do" phenomenon - the "No U-Turn Syndrome" or NUTS.

Singapore has prospered under a rule-based system for many years. When we were at a lower level of development, we needed many multi-national companies to come to Singapore to invest. What these MNCs needed were a very reliable group of managers and workers who could follow exactly the rules set by corporate headquarters overseas. Since they did not want their overseas subsidiaries to innovate anything, they wanted us to stick closely to the rules, no funny deals, no crazy ideas. They were here to teach us, not to listen to ideas from us.

The efficiency and no-nonsense style of the Singapore government is well-known. It has brought us prosperity and a good life. A rule-based system is essential here too to get everybody to toe the line.

But the world has changed. And it is changing faster and faster. So fast that the rules that were set yesterday are no longer valid and cannot serve our new needs. It is not a matter of setting new rules to meet the new situation because by the time new rules are formulated, they would already be out of date. It is a matter of how to survive and prosper in environments where they are no rules. It is a matter of how to live with ambiguity. Things are no more black or white, things are in shades of gray. How do we deal with them?

What is NUTS?

NUTS is when you want to do something and you seek the approval of a higher authority. When there is no rule saying that you can do such a thing, then the standard answer is NO.

What is wrong with this? There is nothing wrong if we choose to be stuck in the old world of our own where nothing changes.

To meet the challenge of the new world, to meet the challenge of rising to a knowledge-based economy, we have to innovate like mad. How can we innovate when we need to obey rules to innovate? Innovate means to create things out of nothing, it means moving into uncharted territories where there are no rules.

How can you innovate when you have to get approval of somebody who looks at a rule-book first?

Such is the syndrome of NUTS. NUTS is everywhere in the society including schools, offices, hospitals, parks, factories and even in our homes. Yes, in Creative (Singapore) too. Here are some hilarious examples, they make you want to laugh and cry at the same time. I am sure you can tell me more.

NUTS #1-"Creative Resource"-needed approval?

When our corporate headquarters were completed in 1997, we needed to give it a name. The placeholder name was Creative Technology Centre. Made sense, but it was a boring name that everybody had. I wanted a special name, because we are "creative". So the usual names like, "Creative Building, Plaza, Complex, House..." were suggested on the name list. I rejected all of them. Finally we came out with a very good name, "Creative Resource" - the source of all creativity - and everybody loved it.

But wait, before we could go ahead, we had to submit the building name for approval. What! I was shocked. I needed somebody else's approval for the name of my own building. By some faceless committee that I did not even know existed. Imagine having the name of your baby being approved by somebody you do not know.

Hey, that is the regulation. OK, we submitted and no prize for guessing the right answer. The answer was NO. The reason given was that the name was not "Centre, Plaza, Building, Complex, House etc..." There was actually a list of approved names in the rulebook and we were only given the impression that we could name our own building.

I nearly jumped through the roof when I heard the answer. It was a very typical case of NUTS. "Resource" was not in their rule book, hence the standard answer was NO. I was not going to give up on this right. So we fought back and wrote letters to appeal. Finally, after a long process, our name was approved. Whew!


NUTS #2 - Cannot sing Singapore songs!!

While we were preparing for the opening ceremony of Creative Resource, we wanted to have a lot of creative fun. We prepared a lot of performances by our own staff. We were very fortunate to have invited the Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong to grace the event. We wanted to show him the best creativity in us.

The opening fanfare idea was to have a big group of kids running into the building, singing a medley of Patriotic Singapore Songs. It was going to be very delightful. After the songs were arranged and recorded, at the last moment, someone in the team decided that we actually needed to seek approval from the authority because of copyright issues. The answer came back was of course a NO.

There was no rule to say that you could do a medley of Singapore songs. There was a rule that said we could sing the Singapore song in special celebratory occasions like ours, so this was allowed.

Our people started to panic, because there was no time to change the recordings. They sought my advice. They were thinking of canceling this delightful fanfare and disappointing the kids, from our Creative O child-care centre, who had practiced so hard for this event.

I asked them why they had thought of seeking approval for a private function especially when the answer could be a No. they were afraid that the TV stations were there filming and it might have constituted a copyright infringement!

There were a few NUTS at work here. First it is my own staff who were NUTS, they were toeing the line so tightly that they felt the need to seek approval for a private function that was not controversial at all. I was sure that the PM would give his 100% endorsement. Then we had the NUTS at the approval side who looked at the rule book and said No.

I asked them to go ahead and just do it, even violating the rejection letter. Some of my NUTS staff must have freaked out. I told them I would bear the full responsibility. If I had to pay a $2000 fine, I would pay it. In the worst, worst case I might go to jail for it - that would be interesting too.

In fact, the PM in his impromptu part of his speech also said, to move forward, we would have to "just do it". It was a timely message.


NUTS #3 - No Title

Recently, Creative had just spent a few million dollars investing heavily in a company. The key person in the company was needed urgently to launch a new ".com" project that could be worth a lot more in the future. In the era of the Internet, timing is everything.

Then suddenly, he told me that he needed to go for reservist during the critical period. This meant that his whole team could be crippled because his leadership was not there. I told him that there should not be a problem, as he could always apply for a deferment. In fact, the Deputy Prime Minister has told me in the Technopreneur 21 committee that, reservist duties should not hinder Technopreneurship because the affected reservist could apply for deferment and it would be considered favourably.

So the staff wrote a letter to apply for deferment. It was rejected. I told him to write an appeal, mentioning Creative"s involvement and all the relevant and valid reasons for such critically needed deferment. It was still rejected and we were running out of time.

I guess I had to step in. I wrote the letter personally again, citing all the reasons and the ".com" time-critical factors. It was still rejected. I was very upset by this. It was already the last working day before he had to go in-camp.

I had to call the officer personally. I identified myself, including my role in the Technopreneur 21 committee and appealed for the fourth time. The answer was still NO. after all the reasons were given, the answer was still NO. Well, they had liberalized then - if you were a new employee of a company, the deferment would be allowed. I argued strenuously that the key person was more than a new employee. He was a new employee of a company for which we had spent millions to acquire. No! An acquisition does not constitute the equivalent of a new employee. A new employee IS a new employee. Period. The rule book never said that the people in a new acquisition are new employees. Therefore they are not "new employees", regardless of the fact that their employee status are the same in principle. It does not matter if you are Sim Wong Hoo or the T21 chairman. NUTS is NUTS.

It almost drove me NUTS!

Fortunately, I heard from some people that I would get a better chance if I were to call the unit Commanding Officer. I asked for his name and phone number and the officer obliged. I managed to track down the CO on his handphone at the very last minute. The CO was an understanding man because he was also a reservist and in the computer line. The deferment was finally granted

NUTS #4 - Creative NUTS

We had our equal share of NUTS in Creative and they really drove me NUTS because they actually happened right on my head, the CEO of the company. Such is the persistence and universality of NUTS.

First example, the time I needed some CD-ROM replicated for some last-minute projects. I knew I had time because, we had an in-house CD-ROM replication plant and it would have taken less than one day to finish the job, especially my small little job of a few hundred pieces.

But when my assistant came back, she told me helplessly that they needed a one-week lead-time. I almost jumped off my chair. This was a rush job for the CEO and they just threw back their standard lead-time at me, it was clearly written in their rule-book that the standard lead-time was one week - for a rush job. So one week was what you would get even if you were the CEO of the company, even if your job was very important.

I asked them who set the rules? They were the ones who set the rules! I was amazed how NUTS they were. Then change the rules, I told them.

Finally they did it for me in two days.

There were several of such examples within Creative. And the managers sometimes fought with me because that was the only way they could ensure the quality of the products. Quality is good when we are shipping products to customers. But when we need to rush, it is always during the early stages of engineering run, where we need a lot of samples to test. Quality then becomes secondary and time is primary. Staff with a NUTS mentality would not have the flexibility to do such a switch, unless you make another rule. And you can only live within the new rules.

NUTS #5 - More Creative NUTS

The second example in Creative has to do with customer support. Creative pride ourselves as a company that provides the best technical support. All our staff know that. We have 400 people in Oklahoma USA, just listening to phone calls alone. We have a small technical/customer support team in Singapore serving only the small Singapore market. The team is hardworking and dedicated to the company. In general, their service is good and efficient - when there are rules.

There was once when I received a customer"s letter addressed to me complaining about our customer support department (CSD) with regards to a missing CD from our product. Our CSD insisted that the customer get the CD from his dealer who sold him the PC with our product. And the customers attached the letters of exchange. It was such a minor issue but I felt customer satisfaction was most important. So I wrote a small note and asked them to give him the CD and be done with it. CD-ROMs are very cheap anyway.

A few weeks later, I received another letter from this furious customer complaining that our CSD wanted to charge him like $15 for the CD because it was the responsibility of the dealer to give it to him. And he attached even more letters for me to read.

I was very upset this time because, what could have been a very simple and pleasant customer support issue, costing the company less than $1 for the CD-ROM if people in CSD had just given it to him in the first place, now potentially cost the company a bomb:

Firstly, the CSD"s time to write all those letters of exhange, they are way, way over $1. But because of NUTS, our CSD people did not see it. They are just trying to follow rules when there are no rules in such situation.

Secondly, the CEO"s time. I had to read about ten letters two times to figure out the gist of it all. It must have cost the company thousands of dollars. And even after my first instruction to just give him the CD-ROM, they still went into a cat and mouse chase to try to ask him to pay $15. Someone in CSD probably set the rule that if a customer wanted an extra CD-ROM, it would cost him $15 - that is it, regardless of the plight of the customer.

Thirdly,the most expensive part - the harm it had done to our brand name. A potentially unhappy customer would hurt the company way beyond the customer. He would tell all his friends not to buy from the company.

But people with NUTS mentality could not see beyond the rules. They could not see that a $1 CD-ROM was much, much cheaper than their own time, their CEO"s time and the value of the brand name.

I had to call all the three persons involved in this case to my office and explain to them very slowly about our principle of customer support. You could not fault them for dedication, they were trying to make an extra $15 for the company. Not seeing the big picture of how much more it would cost the company. I had told them that for us, the customer"s interest is always in the #1 position. I told them that they were the "customer"s advocates" - they had to be fighting with me for their customer"s interest, rather than the other way round.

Finally, told them to call up the customer directly, apologize and give him the CD-ROM he wanted and ensure that the customer was 100% satisfied. If the customers are not satisfied - we should not take their money.

We are moving faster and faster into many uncharted territories, where there are no rules. We do not want to be paralyzed by waiting for the rule to be formulated before moving - it will be too late. We have to discard our NUTS mentality and learn to live in a new world where there are no clear rules. Not that it will be a cowboy lawless land. There will be broad guiding principles such as common goals, objectives and basic integrity to follow. The rest, we have to look at the big picture and decide what is the best way to do a job, to achieve our goals.

Sim Wong Hoo

Why "Today is Wednesday" as the title for today entry? It is because :

 

My sick fren is discharged today. Hurraaay .. I hope he is doing fine and kicking alive!

 

I lost my cool and close to almost scream at the guy who supply us solar modules. I wonder how he to sustain long-term business partnership for being such a cuckoo-head, inflexible, calculative and suffering severe Sim Wong Hoo's "NUT Syndrome".

 

I'm always reasonable to ppl whom I work with and get things done without much problem. But today, he and his assistant really make my blood boiling hot. I've polluted the office with my non-stop yakking on the phone today. Sorry to them, I can't help it.

 

To know what is Sim Wong Hoo's NUT Syndrome, click this link. It's funny but is true. 

 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_U-turn_syndrome

 

I've to entertain and settled quite a no. of issues with this German guy.  Although a bit long winded but he is nice guy. A rich, trained engineer turned full time volunteer. Using his technical knowledge to help bring electricity to rural villages in Sabah & Sarawak. A dedicated   environmentalist, a foreigner who nows my country more than I do.

 

I admire his great efforts and cause, that's why I helped him beyond my my area of work sourcing some non-related goods for his projects.

 

Settled most of the outstanding issues. What left is to evaluate all the quotations received from multiples projects and products. Forthcoming would be the big installation at the project site at Langkawi. Too bad, they don't allow me to participate in the installation. They  thought I'm just a 'vase' . hahahaa .. they're right. I'll be redundant there. haha

 

I joined Mr 'Not-So-Nice-Married-Guy' and other colleagues for lunch today. He no longer call me after office hours, no sms nor emails and importantly no more free lift! Yippee .. I guess he got my invincible yet powerful unspoken message NOTED! But still, I noticed that he treats me nicely whenever there are opportunity. Anyway, I'll make sure to minimize those opportunity. ;)

 

I had a plate of rice with vegetables, salted beancurd and spicy squids. The squids yucks! Wrong choice for today.

 

I got a dentist appointment after work! Argghh ..I've been putting off this visit for 6-mths already! It's such a drag whenever I've turn up for my dental routine check-up. I waited 1-hr for my turn! As usual with fasten heartbeat, cold feet, I lie on the white electronic death-sentence chair lookalike and prepared to be drilled and scalled!  I hate that chair for multiple reasons.

 

It was such a big relief when told that all my teeth are healthy! I somehow endured for 20mins for thorough cleaning. Bill shown S$48 and out I go, happy!

 

P/s : I've a gentle lady dentist. Her name is Dr Quek. I simply love her! She's good and ethical! :P

 

I didn't take the feeder bus today after my dentist appointment. I chose to walk back to my place. Not very far, I think it was about 1.5 - 2 km. Weather is cool and breezy quiet. I enjoyed the walk very much. Wow, I'm not sure how long since I had such quality walk.

 

Yes, I walked alone today. I realized that it is completely alright to walk solo. It gave me the opportunity to slow down and reflect on the recent happenings, my past, present and future. Hrmm, I convinced that such walk is really beneficial. So ppl,  have a stroll. It is good for the mind and body.

 

 

Okay, the above summarize my Wed-nesday! Life is really hectic, hectic :)

 

I got to know that one of my dear friend suffered severe rectal bleeding last saturday. He is now admitted to hospital. I thought he was joking at first as how he always did in the past but this time for real. I was speechless!

 

I secretly hope that it was just common anal fissure or hemorrhoids! From what he described briefly over the phone, his probs seems more complicated than that. He is anemic and need blood transfusion. Today, he is scheduled for something like colonoscopy procedure. Whatever the doc found inside his colon, may I wish is not life-threatening. Colorectal cancer is something I fear for him. He don't deserve this!

 

His mom is so sad and cried frequently. I got a strong feeling that he will be ok. My intuition is always accurate.  Nothing serious and it is just a wake-up call for him of not taking his health for granted. However, I've deep fear that I could be wrong this time. I pray for his speedy recovery.

 

I call him every night to find out his conditions. His sudden collapse made me realized something precious in life.  Is that,  it is hard to leave the world with half-done business. I wish all of us don't die young. We still have many battles to fight, roles to fulfill, responsibilities to accomplish .. together and  help to make  some difference to mankind.  Very lofty aspirations I know but, human life is precious!

I love Friday! It is not so much about being the last day of the work week but rather because I enjoyed the casual-ness in office. My colleagues came in jeans and t-shirts. I realised that I work better with t-shirt and jeans.

 

You know what, I dare the company by turning up with a pair of shorts to work today! My sis asked if I were going for shopping! heheee .. Excuse me, it is a fashionable piece. It is no way looks like the ones you wear at home! Anyway, I got compliment though for being trendy!

 

This Indonesian customer of mine has been pestering and nearly pin me up to the wall! He called and rattle on and on non-stop about his cargoes and stuff. He delayed his payment and caused a big hold-up on the goods shipment.  He thought I've magic wand that can do wonders. *sigh* Anyway, part and parcel of life. Do you know that I've to hold the handset few inches away from my ear everytime he called ..and each call lasted about 10 mins. The amazing part is he talks practically the same old thing! He is such a nag!  Argghh .. he expects me to listen and refused to let me say my piece. Was that a conversation? How autocratic!

I'm always view being postively busy as a good value in life. Of cos, my definition of being busy is about constantly on the move and continuous adding value to one life as well to others surround us. To our closed and loved ones and to friends, colleagues and ppl at large. 

 

Being positively busy make me feel important, effective and fulfilling! Yea, I need positive busy-ness to validate my existence. To me, all these are happy life events. If I do not have meaningful activities, I'm just a sleazy lazy worm drapped on the roadside hole without motivation. I'll be darn lazy to move not even an inch! I'll get fat definitely and that is ugly! uhuuuhh .. I hate to grow fat and ugly. I'm a vain person, I admit. But no choice.  

 

One of my super workaholic fren had become more humane these days. Yes, he is still busy as ever but I noticed some change in him. He became more positively busy! Nowadays, apart from work, he injected large doses of 'human-element" value in his timetable. As a result,he is more happy than before especially when he made significant difference in ppl life. He cancelled his work trip for the first time (f.y.i. cancelling work schedule does not appear in his dictionary) to help a fren's fren whose wife got cancer and died recently. He handled the funeral personally. I hope he'll keep up with the good work as life don't consist just work.

 

As a matter of fact, we can't run away from being busy in today economy. If you don't buck up, you'll be left behind in this pathetic rat race. It is inevitable, I know. But let us be reminded that, life has to be balance. Good balancing of work, family, friends and play is an ART. So, how balance is your life? Can I conclude that - how fulfilling and happy a person is  depend how good is his/her art of balancing? Do you agree?

Mr "Nice" Married-Office-Guy issue has passed. It has been the headline for a week and I guess, it is time to move on. Hahaa .. I've told this story to friends and as well as family.   So, when I mentioned this guy, everybody knows!! heheeeee

 

Okay, not to indulge into such non-value adding guy, one newspaper article caught my attention today. It titled "Leadership Development = Character Development" by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner.

 

Short excerpt of the article as follow :

 

In the wake of corporate scandals, most ppl want leaders who are trustworthy and credible, and who can inspire them. In the new millenium notions of ethics, morality, honesty, character and personal discipline have come to be viewed as quaint. In view of these, the context leadership has changed however, the fundamentals do not change.

 

Fundamental 1 - Character Counts

Fundamental 2 - Individuals act, organizations create cultures

Fundamental 3 - The system is based on TRUST

Fundamental 4 - Legacy you leave is the life you lead

Fundamental 5 - You can make the difference

 

It would be very wordy if I were to include all here. Let me see if I can find the link of this article so that you can read it from there.

 

One para tht is hold so true is this :

 

Be careful of yr thoughts, for yr thoughts become yr words;

Be careful of yr words, for yr words become yr deeds;

Be careful of yr deeds, for yr deeds become yr habits;

Be careful of yr habits, for yr habits become yr character;

Be careful of yr character, for yr character become yr destiny.

 

The author added that leadership behavior is not a biological imperative. It begins in our minds, gets expressed in words, then gets translated into action. Over time, those actions become who we are and we do repeatedly will determine the legacy we leave behind.

 

Sounds familiar to me. It some how aligned with buddhistic text I studied before.   So folks, if happen that you don't know, becareful of your INTENTION as it is the source  to thoughts!

 

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DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said, "How do I know if I married the right person?"

I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, "It  depends. Is that your husband?"

In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?"

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind.

Here's the answer.

EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with  your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked  their idiosyncrasies.

Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's  why it's called "falling" in love... Because it's happening TO YOU.


People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think about the imagery of that expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU.

Falling is love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.

But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it
happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry
subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, "Did I marry the right person?" And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown. People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.

Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work,a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances.

But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.

I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You could.

And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation a few years later. Because (listen carefully to this):


THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.


SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the expression "the labor of love."


Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it takes WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work.

Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.

Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship
WILL make your marriage stronger. It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable... you can "make"  love.

Love in marriage is indeed a "decision"... Not just a feeling......

Last Wed was a long busy day for me and I really hope I could have simple quiet meal. One of my young lady colleague suggested to have buffet for dinner. There I went, following the majority. 

 

Personally,  I prefer lighter meal for dinner. I would stressed to death in buffet style meal. I'm a small eater so it certainly not worth the money spent on my share. Too bad that most of the restaurant don't allow me on KIDS Meal!   hahaha ..

 

It was my first time having meal with colleagues outside office hour. Get to observe everyone behavior on the dining table. I guess I get to know my colleagues more after this dinner. Their likes and dislikes, perculiar behavior etc etc. Interesting!

 

I got tendency to over eat again even though I've tried to eat 'strategically'. I've avoid all the filling food like noodles, bread or rice.

 

Hrmm.. let me recount what I've eaten.

 

I took a slice of grilled mutton, a few slices of sashimi, 2 pcs f sushi, 1 oyster, 1 small  fish ball, 1 scoop of lobster salad, 1 pc of japanese grilled fish,half a-scoop of herbal jelly, 2 kiwis, few slices of pineapple and finally, a glass of lime juice.  Was that a lot?? Trust me, I'm a small eater!!! hahahaaaa You must see how the guys and my this young lady colleague eat. They've many many servings and you can see lots of lots of heavy varieties on their plate. I can't imagine they can stuff everything in their elastic stomach. Cool!

 

To review what I had eaten, that seems alot. My stomach nearly burst! That shows, I'm a greedy person!

As I still grieve over my latest look, I joined my sisters for a picnic by the beach on Sunday. I appreciate my elder sis and bro-in-law's effort in preparing some of the food for the day. They've just celebrated their 8th year anniversary on Sat and prepared the food last min at late of night. Very touched indeed!

 

It would be our first time to have such outing. We selected a good spot and mark our territory. I saw many Malay families who came in full force complete with 10-persons tent and food supplies that enough for weeks?!!?!!

 

We sat on the picnic mat and had our breakfast under the bright morning sun. No sandy beach nor deep blue sea. But it was a relaxing morning. Many vessels crowding the horizon line. Arggghh .. spoiler for the supposedly unblock sea view.

 

Niece was very excited and grabbed everyone to play with her. Poor girl, we don't have other kids to offer her to play with. So, she got to play with the adults. It was also my first time to help build sand castle. So untastefully done. :P The day was so hot and humid. We came back with 5% degree sun-burn, oily face, sticky body and salty hair!

I had a long day today at the hair salon. It was supposed to be a simple trim but I ended up more. I had my hair cut, washed, colored and permed!!! Instead of 30mins, I spent entire afternoon in the salon to get my hair fix.

 

I took a risk and put my fate on the hairstylist's hand. And walaa .. copper brown, BIG curly hair! Errmm, I'm trying hard now to get use of my new sophisticated 'look' but I guess, I look more like having a bad hair day! Lion King hair look-a-like!! I don't know how my colleagues would react to my 'elaborate' hairdo!

 

To minimize the WOOWW .. impact, I guess I've to buddle up. Too much for them to handle, I suspect. hahahaaa. I worked in a male dominated environment, remember? So, a slight change of me generate comments!  Yeah .. I took a BIG risk this time and I looked real funny now.