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- Love lifted me with action " foward, backward, to the left, to the right.. love lifted me.. hehe
Mr.Victor - the speaker. funny guy. we r so blessed to have him as one of the youth alive speakers.
- do u trust your friend your friend to catch you when you fall?
sorry for the quality.. was taken by Ivan using his nokia hp. I copied all the videos from. Will try to upload when ive time.
will upload a few other video files(around 60 files recorded) again soon. try to check again next week.
Thank you Ivan for the videos!
Thursday, September 27
Passing by part II
I heard yesterday, the lady that i was talking about in my previous post was transferred at different department(same workplace). I feel so relieved to hear that because i know her new department is much better and much friendlier than her previous department. I cant stand ppl bullying others. everybody is trying to be the boss here and im just so freaking tired with their attitudes, at certain point i feel like giving up my job here. there was this one time when i was alone in the office and i was sitting at our kerani's table. i was just about to go out to check on computers and was about to lock the office(nobody there) when i saw two other staffs were waving their hands to tell me to wait, the other guy said he wanted to return the laptop and the other one wanted to borrow it. i let him in and told him that i was in hurry and perhaps he could come back later to renew the laptop. he looked so unhappy, i just sat patiently at the kerani's table and trying to explain that i was about to check other computer since his matter was not so urgent, i told him to come back later. with a serious look he told me that he wanted it to be done as soon as possible(like he's da boss la cara ckp). to avoid further uneccesary arguments i just said ok.
later on, i checked the laptop and told my colleague who incharge for for laptops to give it to the guy later when he come to pick it up then i went somewhere to attend another comp prob. I told her about the guy just in case he's giving another prob.
I spent a few hours to check on other computers and then went back to my office. my colleague told me that the previous guy was asking who i was while i was away.. im quite new there by the way. he thought i was a new clerk because i was sitting at my friend's place. when my frend told me that i was a new pen pegawai there he was surprised and said "oh",, my friend said mbe he treated me that way coz he thought i was a kerani.. but that's not the main point rite. so i said to my fren. "oh jadi kalau bukan pegawai mcm tu lah cara dia bckp". i really dont like people who treat others just based on status or positions. if because the person has bad characters or attitudes than it would be understandable.. huhh dunia dunia..
that's all folks.
later on, i checked the laptop and told my colleague who incharge for for laptops to give it to the guy later when he come to pick it up then i went somewhere to attend another comp prob. I told her about the guy just in case he's giving another prob.
I spent a few hours to check on other computers and then went back to my office. my colleague told me that the previous guy was asking who i was while i was away.. im quite new there by the way. he thought i was a new clerk because i was sitting at my friend's place. when my frend told me that i was a new pen pegawai there he was surprised and said "oh",, my friend said mbe he treated me that way coz he thought i was a kerani.. but that's not the main point rite. so i said to my fren. "oh jadi kalau bukan pegawai mcm tu lah cara dia bckp". i really dont like people who treat others just based on status or positions. if because the person has bad characters or attitudes than it would be understandable.. huhh dunia dunia..
that's all folks.
Tuesday, September 25
passing by
I was on the way to go to the ladies room when i saw one of my colleagues walking towards the same direction, so i asked her where she's heading, and she told me that she was on the way to see the higher officer to apply for posting.
curious, i asked her why since i think our place now is quite convenient for her to come to work.
she paused for a few seconds, her expression telling me that i shudnt askd her abt it, i thought she wont answer my question and then with a slow and low voice she told me, she didnt askd for it but was askd to apply. just out of curiousity, i asked her why, and then she told me that 'they' dont like her, and also her boss doesnt like her.
a bit surprised, i askd if she knw the reason and she said, she was not really sure.
She's been there for just a month or a few weeks if im not mistaken and she's a quiet person. She's in late 30's i think and she's a bit shy, friendly but not really talkative unless you talk to her first.whenever i come to her place i saw her doing her works quietly and didnt really mix with the other staff in that department.
Ive never heard her talking bad things or gossiping about the people around her.. i didnt really believe it at first when she told me that. well, i was not with her all the time so i cant really comment on this, but what i knw, she's sweet and a kind person. even before she came to work there, i alredi heard a few unkind remarks about her ,maybe they prefer someone who is 'noisy' and good at gossiping. I looked at her and I told her " dont be sad, im sure you are wanted and needed somewhere, if they dont like you, it's ok, im sure you too dont want to be around with people who dont like you ". well maybe it's hurt her pride for now and she may feel rejected, but in the long run, it's good for her. and again i said to her, " you dont want people who dont want you". umhh.. mbe not so true in christian's perspective hehe, but it's true, you cant force them to like you, and do you want to be around with ppl who dont like/want you ?. yeah i know what's in ur mind now, it's really hard to understand Jesus's love for us rite.. hmm i guess you have ur own standing.
" that person has pride,
that person has a heart,
and that person is just like you,
treat him/her like the way you want ppl to treat you "
I try to remind myself everyday about these everytime i met annoying dingbats, but those who knw me very well knew tht i could be very rude and direct sometimes, not that im enjoying doing that, but if you cross the line then maybe i need to remind you that im not all the time 'the sweet hness' you know(sweet? ahakss ). wellllll.. it's not a threat, i think everybody basically have that attitude, dont u think? hehe..
anwya, i dunno what happened to her after that, and have no idea where she would be transferred but i want to wish her all the best and hopefully she would be transferred to a place where people would appreciate her.
curious, i asked her why since i think our place now is quite convenient for her to come to work.
she paused for a few seconds, her expression telling me that i shudnt askd her abt it, i thought she wont answer my question and then with a slow and low voice she told me, she didnt askd for it but was askd to apply. just out of curiousity, i asked her why, and then she told me that 'they' dont like her, and also her boss doesnt like her.
a bit surprised, i askd if she knw the reason and she said, she was not really sure.
She's been there for just a month or a few weeks if im not mistaken and she's a quiet person. She's in late 30's i think and she's a bit shy, friendly but not really talkative unless you talk to her first.whenever i come to her place i saw her doing her works quietly and didnt really mix with the other staff in that department.
Ive never heard her talking bad things or gossiping about the people around her.. i didnt really believe it at first when she told me that. well, i was not with her all the time so i cant really comment on this, but what i knw, she's sweet and a kind person. even before she came to work there, i alredi heard a few unkind remarks about her ,maybe they prefer someone who is 'noisy' and good at gossiping. I looked at her and I told her " dont be sad, im sure you are wanted and needed somewhere, if they dont like you, it's ok, im sure you too dont want to be around with people who dont like you ". well maybe it's hurt her pride for now and she may feel rejected, but in the long run, it's good for her. and again i said to her, " you dont want people who dont want you". umhh.. mbe not so true in christian's perspective hehe, but it's true, you cant force them to like you, and do you want to be around with ppl who dont like/want you ?. yeah i know what's in ur mind now, it's really hard to understand Jesus's love for us rite.. hmm i guess you have ur own standing.
" that person has pride,
that person has a heart,
and that person is just like you,
treat him/her like the way you want ppl to treat you "
I try to remind myself everyday about these everytime i met annoying dingbats, but those who knw me very well knew tht i could be very rude and direct sometimes, not that im enjoying doing that, but if you cross the line then maybe i need to remind you that im not all the time 'the sweet hness' you know(sweet? ahakss ). wellllll.. it's not a threat, i think everybody basically have that attitude, dont u think? hehe..
anwya, i dunno what happened to her after that, and have no idea where she would be transferred but i want to wish her all the best and hopefully she would be transferred to a place where people would appreciate her.
Sunday, September 23
tiring weekend
my weekend activities:
vesper as usual on friday nite until 10pm, the person who supposed to incharge for vesper cant make it so as usual i h ave to be inchargd for the devotion. i shared about "why so much suffering" taken from the book entitld "Your Bible and You" written by Arthur S.Maxwell. If God is good, if He is love, why there is so much suffering in the world. people may have asked this for thousands of years and will go on asking it till the end of time. Probably no completely satisfying answer will be available until God makes all things plain in His kingdom, but the Bible offers several helpful suggestions, but knowing that God never leave us alone is a great comfort.
sabbath morning, i was soooooo sleepy. i get up early around 7:30am, church service at 10am but i only reachd there at 10.30am, sabbath school was conducted by clifford since my brain was on the 'idle' mood. during divine service, i was still sleepy, but i have to go up to the pulpit doing pastoral prayer. lucky i didnt fall asleep, the sermon was very interesting by bro.allan, it's about heaven.
after that, went out for lunch with lorna and da geng. another chicken rice in my menu, errkk.. around 2:30pm we had our stewardship seminar by uncle alex, about tithe and offering. very informative. well i was still sleepy...
at 5:00pm, i went home, mandi and then went out to buy some food for Harkim's birthday. we left around 8pm from church and went to Harkim's place at times square hotel. he's staying there for awhile until end of this month so we have the opportunity to look around, it was a nice hotel room and expensive i think haha.. around 20 of us there and we enjoyed our time together. we forgot to bring a lighter haha, so kasian, tada tiup lilin lohh.. no time to go and buy coz it was alredi late, but still we did really enjoyd his birthday party.
went home at 12 midnite. and then this sunday morning have to get up early again at 7:40am to for charobix(ive just found out the correct spelling, it's not cherobics as in my previous post, it's stand for "community health aerobics"). Pr.mathew even joind us this time haha.. it was fun and we managed to finish the 4th set.
around 10am we finished our charobix, took photos with Rose(Rosalinda) who will be going back to her country(El-savador) tomorrow. she's currently waiting for her working permit to be approved, so that she can work here in Malaysia. let's just pray for her. God willing..
and then we went out for lunch with polo n da geng, lola and Dev at PJ old town, hmm another chicken rice. went home to take bath and around 12:30 in the afternoon, went to KL church at cheras for pathfinder's day activities. i was quite tired and just thinking of going back home and sleep. finished around 6:25pm. uncle allan asked to join them for dinner since it would be Rose's last day in Malaysia coz not sure whether her application will be accepted. we hd our dinner at restoran Davis, Bangsar. the tandoori chicken was very tempting so i orderd one though i m really trying hard not to.. huarghh im slepi alredi. we chatted with Rose for awhile, took a few photos and asked her to teach us a few spanish words. Esa Mujer esta loca muahahaha (that woman is crazy)-i can only remmber dis one. a few other words but too bad, i hve a short-term memory. around 9:40 we went back and now at 10:44pm im still awake typing thsi .. ok im reali reali mengantuk alredi. Have a great week people!
vesper as usual on friday nite until 10pm, the person who supposed to incharge for vesper cant make it so as usual i h ave to be inchargd for the devotion. i shared about "why so much suffering" taken from the book entitld "Your Bible and You" written by Arthur S.Maxwell. If God is good, if He is love, why there is so much suffering in the world. people may have asked this for thousands of years and will go on asking it till the end of time. Probably no completely satisfying answer will be available until God makes all things plain in His kingdom, but the Bible offers several helpful suggestions, but knowing that God never leave us alone is a great comfort.
sabbath morning, i was soooooo sleepy. i get up early around 7:30am, church service at 10am but i only reachd there at 10.30am, sabbath school was conducted by clifford since my brain was on the 'idle' mood. during divine service, i was still sleepy, but i have to go up to the pulpit doing pastoral prayer. lucky i didnt fall asleep, the sermon was very interesting by bro.allan, it's about heaven.
after that, went out for lunch with lorna and da geng. another chicken rice in my menu, errkk.. around 2:30pm we had our stewardship seminar by uncle alex, about tithe and offering. very informative. well i was still sleepy...
at 5:00pm, i went home, mandi and then went out to buy some food for Harkim's birthday. we left around 8pm from church and went to Harkim's place at times square hotel. he's staying there for awhile until end of this month so we have the opportunity to look around, it was a nice hotel room and expensive i think haha.. around 20 of us there and we enjoyed our time together. we forgot to bring a lighter haha, so kasian, tada tiup lilin lohh.. no time to go and buy coz it was alredi late, but still we did really enjoyd his birthday party.
went home at 12 midnite. and then this sunday morning have to get up early again at 7:40am to for charobix(ive just found out the correct spelling, it's not cherobics as in my previous post, it's stand for "community health aerobics"). Pr.mathew even joind us this time haha.. it was fun and we managed to finish the 4th set.
around 10am we finished our charobix, took photos with Rose(Rosalinda) who will be going back to her country(El-savador) tomorrow. she's currently waiting for her working permit to be approved, so that she can work here in Malaysia. let's just pray for her. God willing..
and then we went out for lunch with polo n da geng, lola and Dev at PJ old town, hmm another chicken rice. went home to take bath and around 12:30 in the afternoon, went to KL church at cheras for pathfinder's day activities. i was quite tired and just thinking of going back home and sleep. finished around 6:25pm. uncle allan asked to join them for dinner since it would be Rose's last day in Malaysia coz not sure whether her application will be accepted. we hd our dinner at restoran Davis, Bangsar. the tandoori chicken was very tempting so i orderd one though i m really trying hard not to.. huarghh im slepi alredi. we chatted with Rose for awhile, took a few photos and asked her to teach us a few spanish words. Esa Mujer esta loca muahahaha (that woman is crazy)-i can only remmber dis one. a few other words but too bad, i hve a short-term memory. around 9:40 we went back and now at 10:44pm im still awake typing thsi .. ok im reali reali mengantuk alredi. Have a great week people!
Friday, September 21
Comment
Ive just realisd yesterday that my blog does not allowed ppl to comment unless you have your own google account. I didnt notice it was a default value.
Thursday, September 20
Life itself isnt hard
Life itself isn't hard but the lives we create for ourselves are. Remember that the next time you make a decision that will alter something you are used to. Don't take what you have created for granted, because the next thing you know, it'll crumble to pieces...... right before your eyes, and there won't be a thing you can do to stop it.
Everything that happens in your life, whether you knew about it or not, was predetermined by a choice you made earlier on. We start our life on this one road, the main road, and at the very beginning we make a decision. Some go to the left, some go to the right. Others just keep going.
But every person goes in a different direction. Paths collide, and paths split. And there comes a time in everyone's journey, when you come to a fork in the road. Do you take the left, or the right? There is no straight forward. Which one do you choose? How do you know that the path you will end up choosing will take you to the right place??
Choose the road that will best lead you to your final destination. Don't take for granted the time you have as a youth to prepare yourself for the real world, because what you learn now about life, will help you when you meet reality for the first time.
--- Written in 2003 by Noel C., Age 14 --- Alabama
I wrote this a while back when thinking about life in general. I've been having a rough time lately, and came to the realization that life isn't all that bad. I mean, sure, it has it's up's and down's, but hey, you have to live life like there's no tomorrow. That's what keeps me going.....
Source: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/life7.htm
Everything that happens in your life, whether you knew about it or not, was predetermined by a choice you made earlier on. We start our life on this one road, the main road, and at the very beginning we make a decision. Some go to the left, some go to the right. Others just keep going.
But every person goes in a different direction. Paths collide, and paths split. And there comes a time in everyone's journey, when you come to a fork in the road. Do you take the left, or the right? There is no straight forward. Which one do you choose? How do you know that the path you will end up choosing will take you to the right place??
Choose the road that will best lead you to your final destination. Don't take for granted the time you have as a youth to prepare yourself for the real world, because what you learn now about life, will help you when you meet reality for the first time.
--- Written in 2003 by Noel C., Age 14 --- Alabama
I wrote this a while back when thinking about life in general. I've been having a rough time lately, and came to the realization that life isn't all that bad. I mean, sure, it has it's up's and down's, but hey, you have to live life like there's no tomorrow. That's what keeps me going.....
Source: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/life7.htm
Tuesday, September 18
Exam : undang2 kerajaan
I went to PICC, Putrajaya today. Got exam, abt undang2 kerajaan,ive applied for this exam(required) n ive no idea what's it's all about. I found out later that i need to read 3 books for this exam. so i went to midvalley last thursday(which s too late) to buy these books. but no time to read la, i only open the books last nite for 2 hours. well, i expected myself to do some readings last nite but maybe my brain was too "lazy" to process any educational related info, i endd up watching CSI new york, miami and vegas and also criminal minds until 12 midnite and then i went to sleep.. so basically everthing in my brain last nite was about CSI.
with a blank mind and i ws very calm(amazingly), i went to putrajya, brought the 3 heavy books in my beg. the girl sitting next to me askd me if i was nervous, and i said "ummh no, i will just do what i can do, i dont really expect anything frm this exam". i was not pretending, i was very very calm haha, all i wanted to do was be done with it, that's all. it was an open book exam(nway, i was in trouble during the exam coz i didnt knw which book to refer kahakah), we were required to answer 10 out of 14 questions, all essays(3 hours).. silly me, i didnt check the books earlier and ive just find out the books dont have any index(shortcut) at the back(congrats hness!). i did managed to answer 9 questions, i feel sorry for those who will check my paper, i dun evn understnad my own writings (??)..
well considered i didnt read the books and with my writing skills.. hmm no comment hehe, though im stil hoping that i would pass this exam, after all it's only twice a year and the next exam would be next year..
moral story, dont tiru me haha.
adios..
with a blank mind and i ws very calm(amazingly), i went to putrajya, brought the 3 heavy books in my beg. the girl sitting next to me askd me if i was nervous, and i said "ummh no, i will just do what i can do, i dont really expect anything frm this exam". i was not pretending, i was very very calm haha, all i wanted to do was be done with it, that's all. it was an open book exam(nway, i was in trouble during the exam coz i didnt knw which book to refer kahakah), we were required to answer 10 out of 14 questions, all essays(3 hours).. silly me, i didnt check the books earlier and ive just find out the books dont have any index(shortcut) at the back(congrats hness!). i did managed to answer 9 questions, i feel sorry for those who will check my paper, i dun evn understnad my own writings (??)..
well considered i didnt read the books and with my writing skills.. hmm no comment hehe, though im stil hoping that i would pass this exam, after all it's only twice a year and the next exam would be next year..
moral story, dont tiru me haha.
adios..
Sunday, September 16
Love is blind and marriage restore its sight
Fwd email:
Before and After Marriage
Before marriage. . Darling here.. darling there...
After marriage. Baling here... baling there..
Before marriage. . I die for you. . .
After marriage. "You die, up to you. "
Lagi lama married. . You die I help you!
Before marriage. .. You go anywhere. . I follow you.
After marriage. . . You go anywhere. .. up to you.
Lagi lama married. . . You go anywhere better get lost!!
Before wedding.. you are my heart, you are my
love"
After wedding.. "you get on my nerves. "
Before wedding, "you are sweet and kind just like
Cinderella"
After wedding "you are worse than godzila"
Before wedding.. Roses
are red, violets are blue. Like it or not, I'm stuck with you
After wedding.. Roses are dead, I am
blue. You get on my head, I will sue you
Before wedding.. Every makan he brings you to
Shangri-La
After wedding... You want to go, he says you wait-la
Before wedding.. She looks like Anita Sarawak
After wedding.. Don't know whether katak or biawak
Before wedding.. Weekends at Cameron, Genting and Fraser's
Hill
After wedding.. Furthest you go is Maxwell
Hill (Kopi sehaja)
Before wedding.. He opens the car door
After wedding.. He opens his mouth and snores
Before wedding.. She / he was your ideal
After wedding.. She / he becomes your ordeal
hahahaha.. i dont how true s this but i saw this quote on the internet a few days ago, it says:
" Love is blind and marriage restore its sight :P"
Before and After Marriage
Before marriage. . Darling here.. darling there...
After marriage. Baling here... baling there..
Before marriage. . I die for you. . .
After marriage. "You die, up to you. "
Lagi lama married. . You die I help you!
Before marriage. .. You go anywhere. . I follow you.
After marriage. . . You go anywhere. .. up to you.
Lagi lama married. . . You go anywhere better get lost!!
Before wedding.. you are my heart, you are my
love"
After wedding.. "you get on my nerves. "
Before wedding, "you are sweet and kind just like
Cinderella"
After wedding "you are worse than godzila"
Before wedding.. Roses
are red, violets are blue. Like it or not, I'm stuck with you
After wedding.. Roses are dead, I am
blue. You get on my head, I will sue you
Before wedding.. Every makan he brings you to
Shangri-La
After wedding... You want to go, he says you wait-la
Before wedding.. She looks like Anita Sarawak
After wedding.. Don't know whether katak or biawak
Before wedding.. Weekends at Cameron, Genting and Fraser's
Hill
After wedding.. Furthest you go is Maxwell
Hill (Kopi sehaja)
Before wedding.. He opens the car door
After wedding.. He opens his mouth and snores
Before wedding.. She / he was your ideal
After wedding.. She / he becomes your ordeal
hahahaha.. i dont how true s this but i saw this quote on the internet a few days ago, it says:
" Love is blind and marriage restore its sight :P"
Stay positive
Im not used with the word "failing" or "having bad news" continuously. But i did have these for the past few days.. day to day.. i received and facing this hard reality. It's easy to stay 'negative' rather than to stay 'positive' under these circumstances yet I refused to give in. Staying positive is the 'key' to move forward, if i give up, I wont go anywhere. RUnning is not exactly the best alternative either. because if i run, my problems will run with me..
I always looking forward for a new week. It's like starting a new life again and it's really refreshing. I have enjoyed my weekend, unplanned late birthday party, swimming and sauna with my galfrens.. cherobics early sunday morning, wow i think im gonna start to love my life again. think positive, move forward everyday and trust in God!..
Have a great new week people!
I always looking forward for a new week. It's like starting a new life again and it's really refreshing. I have enjoyed my weekend, unplanned late birthday party, swimming and sauna with my galfrens.. cherobics early sunday morning, wow i think im gonna start to love my life again. think positive, move forward everyday and trust in God!..
Have a great new week people!
Saturday, September 15
Bad days
there are sooo many reasons why i should be discouraged and sad .. but I choose to smile and to be happy :)
Friday, September 14
Thank you
On the way to go to work this morning, I was listening to the radio and the DJs were discussing about the word "Thank you".
It reminded me of a lady who I approached to ask for a direction at KLIA airport a few years ago. I believe she was a hotel executive or something. I didnt remember exactly what Ive asked her, and then in the end I said "Thank you".. She looked amazed, I was just leaving when she said to me that it's so good to hear the word"Thank you", and felt relieved people could still remember to say this word. She told me that she had met many people there everyday and everytime people approached her asking for something, they would never say "Thank you".
It's not that she was expecting people to appreciate her but come on, it's just the right word or right thing to do. It wont degrade you to say this word, yet many people think it's not important. Even worse, some people would think or said this way " It's his/her job to do that, why would I have to say thank you, im paying for it you know".
Well hmm.. it's just my habit to say "Thank you" when people doing something in my favor. Learn to appreciate people, no matter who they are. It wont take you more than a minute to say it, yet it makes a difference in someone's life.
Let's not forget to say "Thank you". Even better, if you say and mean it.
There are three things in life you cannot recover..
The word after it's said,
The occasion after the loss,
and the time after it's gone..
Thursday, September 13
How To Help Yourself and Others
Most of the time, I think we are not conscious of what we say, do or read. We all have routines. Get up in the morning, turn on the news, read the newspaper, and then start the rest of the day. It would be wonderful if the morning information had a lot of good news, something that left us with good and hopeful feelings as we venture out into our day, but I can't say that I see it often.
It has been said that you are what you think about. If the morning messages are more negative than positive, I pose the question: what are you thinking about - something positive - possibilities that they can bring? Or are you thinking of something negative? How do you think it impacts your day and the people you have interactions with?
It does come down to conscious and unconscious choices. If negativity is swirling in your mind first thing in the morning, I suggest that you be aware of how you come across to others as you go through your day. Do people think you have a bad attitude, see you as cranky, depressed, irritable, not too easy to be around?
If so, why not try something new?
Why not decide to read or listen to positive messages each morning before your day begins? What could happen to your attitude if you bombarded your mind with possibilities of wonder, courage, kindness, and love in your heart for the world? I suspect others would find that you were easier to be with, that they would notice a change - though they might not be able to put their finger on it, they would notice the difference.
Each morning I come and sit for at least 15 minutes reading the quotation sections. I know first hand the impact this ritual has on my day. The power of reprogramming my mind to move past the negative ( I can't change what has happened anyway ) and to focus on the positive has been so helpful for me. I suggest it may be helpful for you too. Why not try it? You have nothing to lose except some negativity and every bit helps!
Have a wonderful week ahead!
--- Marlene
source: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/howto.htm
It has been said that you are what you think about. If the morning messages are more negative than positive, I pose the question: what are you thinking about - something positive - possibilities that they can bring? Or are you thinking of something negative? How do you think it impacts your day and the people you have interactions with?
It does come down to conscious and unconscious choices. If negativity is swirling in your mind first thing in the morning, I suggest that you be aware of how you come across to others as you go through your day. Do people think you have a bad attitude, see you as cranky, depressed, irritable, not too easy to be around?
If so, why not try something new?
Why not decide to read or listen to positive messages each morning before your day begins? What could happen to your attitude if you bombarded your mind with possibilities of wonder, courage, kindness, and love in your heart for the world? I suspect others would find that you were easier to be with, that they would notice a change - though they might not be able to put their finger on it, they would notice the difference.
Each morning I come and sit for at least 15 minutes reading the quotation sections. I know first hand the impact this ritual has on my day. The power of reprogramming my mind to move past the negative ( I can't change what has happened anyway ) and to focus on the positive has been so helpful for me. I suggest it may be helpful for you too. Why not try it? You have nothing to lose except some negativity and every bit helps!
Have a wonderful week ahead!
--- Marlene
source: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/howto.htm
Pennies
Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.
The first day and evening went well, and Arlene was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live. The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to the finest restaurants. Arlene knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely.
As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband.
He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment. Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped, and a few cigarette butts.
Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny. He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have for a single penny? Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up? Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her.
Finally, she could stand it no longer. She causally mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.
A smile crept across the man's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies before! What was the point of this?
"Look at it." He said. "Read what it says."
She read the words "United States of America."
"No, not that; read further."
"One cent?"
"No, keep reading."
"In God we Trust?"
"Yes!"
"And?"
"And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin. Whenever I find a coin I see that inscription. It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it! God drops a message right in front of me telling me to trust Him? Who am I to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it is God's way of starting a conversation with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!
When I was out shopping today, I found a penny on the sidewalk. I stopped and picked it up, and realized that I had been worrying and fretting in my mind about things I cannot change. I read the words, "In God We Trust," and had to laugh. Yes, God, I get the message. It seems that I have been finding an inordinate number of pennies in the last few months, but then, pennies are plentiful!
And, God is patient...
Author Unknown
Source:http://www.motivateus.com/stories/penny.htm
Holes In My Heart
I sat in awe not so long ago
Watching the beauty of a sunset.
Marking the passing of one more day
A reminder to me of all my regret.
I looked inside my chest
And saw the many holes in my heart.
Reminders of the friends
With whom I have grown apart.
Sadness overflows my soul
And tears drenched each eye
For I did not realize
How quickly the time went by.
For all that is left
Is an ache that hurts so much
It is a dark emptiness
That is felt but no one can touch.
My Father in Heaven above
Looks down and smiles
He sees my pain
And understands my trials.
He brings me to a wondrous place
And shows me a door
Behind which He says
All my holes He does store
I ask Him may I look
He nods and smiles with glee
I push open the gate
And I can't believe what I see.
I gaze on in wonder
Confused and no words can I say
For held in this room
Are the sunsets of each passing day.
--- Copyright © 2003 Todd Wielgos
Inspired by a friend who was grieiving over lost friendships.Source: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/holes.htm
Why Did the Chicken Cross The Road
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!So Really... Just Why Did the Chicken Cross The Road?
Answers to why the chicken crossed the road from some famous people
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: To get to the other side.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal a job from a decent, hardworking
American.
LOUIS FARRAKHAN: The road, you will see, represents the black man. The chicken crossed the "black man" in order to trample him and keep him down.
BILL GATES: I have just released the new Chicken 2000, which will both cross roads AND balance your checkbook, though when it divides 3 by 2 it gets 1.4999999999.
RONALD REAGAN: I don't recall.
MOSES: And God came down from the heavens, and He said unto the chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road." And the Chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing.
FREUD: The fact that you thought that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.
L.A. POLICE DEPARTMENT: Give me ten minutes with the chicken and I'll find out.
RICHARD M. NIXON: The chicken did not cross the road. I repeat, the chicken did not cross the road.
SADDAM HUSSEIN: This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.
SADDAM HUSSEIN #2: It is the Mother of all Chickens.
DR. SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes! The chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed it, I've not been told!
BUDDHA: If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken nature.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: I envision a world where all chickens
will be free to cross roads without having their motives called
into question.
JERRY SEINFELD: Why does anyone cross a road? I mean, why doesn't anyone ever think to ask, "What the heck was this chicken doing walking around all over the place anyway?"
THE POPE: That is only for God to know.
GRANDPA: In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken had crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.
DARTH VADER: It can cross, but it cannot escape its DESTINY. Join me on the dark side of the road! Do not underestimate the power of the road!
BILL CLINTON: Now, I will admit that while I was governor of Arkansas, I saw a lot of chickens. However, I do not know this chicken. This chicken is simply trying to gain some attention in professing to have crossed this road. This presidency will not be respond to, nor be affected by, any of the lies that this chicken concocts.
BILL CLINTON #2: I have no recollection of exposing myself to this chicken, although it may be a possibility inasmuch as I regularly adjust, lower or remove my pants in the course of normal grooming or hygienic routine, and this chicken may have been inadvertently included on one such occasion. I do, however, deny that I then directed this chicken to perform anything that
would fall outside her normal duties and shake her so much as to compel her to cross the road.
JOHN F. KENNEDY: Ask not what road this chicken crossed. Ask what road you can cross for that chicken.
EEYORE: Doesn't matter. Probably will get run over anyway. Just like a chicken. Fal-de-ral and merriment. I'm going to eat my thistles.
ROSS PEROT: Now I'm glad you asked that question. Take a look at this graph, you see? Here's some of our American chickens. Over here we got some of them Japanese chickens. Now are you listening to me? It's just as plain as the nose on my face.
DAVID LETTERMAN: Ahhh, yes, chickens. Ha HA! How 'bout THAT, there Paul? You ever eat any chickens? Yessirree. Ladies and gentlemen, I have in my hand tonight's top ten list. Ha HA! The top ten reasons the New York chicken did NOT cross the road. That's right. Did NOT cross the road. Ha HA!
BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD: Huh huh huh huh huh . . . . . you said 'road'.
MARCIA CLARK: Indeed, why DID the chicken cross the road? And then we may ask where was this chicken the night of June 17? Does it know where the bloody glove was? The LAPD seems to be interested in this chicken. I think you'll find this chicken was a close confidante of OJ's.
FOX MULDER: You saw it cross the road with your own eyes. How many more chickens have to cross the road before you believe it?
OLIVER STONE: The question is not, "Why did the chicken cross the road? "Rather, it is, "Who was crossing the road at the same time, whom we overlooked in our haste to observe the chicken crossing?"
DARWIN: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically dispositioned to cross roads.
MACHIAVELLI: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The end of crossing the road justifies whatever motive there was.
EINSTEIN: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.
BUDDHA: Asking this question denies your own chicken nature.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON: The chicken did not cross the road; it transcended it.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die. In the rain.
PLATO: For the greater good.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross roads.
KARL MARX: It was an historical inevitability.
TIMOTHY LEARY: Because that's the only trip the establishment would let it take.
JACK NICHOLSON: 'cause it frigging wanted to. That's the frigging reason.
CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.
HIPPOCRATES: Because of an excess of phlegm in its pancreas.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT: Speak softly and carry a big chicken across the
road.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN CONSULTANT: Deregulation of the chicken's side of the road was threatening its dominant market position. The chicken was faced with significant challenges to create and develop the competencies required for the newly competitive market. Andersen Consulting, in a partnering relationship with the client, helped the chicken by rethinking its physical distribution strategy and implementation processes. Using the Poultry Integration Model (PIM), Andersen helped the chicken use its skills, methodologies, knowledge, capital and experiences to align the chicken's people, processes and technology in support of its overall strategy within a Program Management framework. Andersen Consulting convened a diverse cross-spectrum of road analysts and best chickens along with Anderson consultants with deep skills in the transportation industry to engage in a two-day itinerary of meetings in order to leverage their personal knowledge capital, both tacit and explicit, and to enable them to Synergize with each other in order to achieve the implicit goals of delivering and successfully architecting and implementing an enterprise-wide value framework across the continuum of poultry cross-median processes. The meeting was held in a park-like setting, enabling and creating an environment which was strategically based, industry-focused, and built upon a consistent, clear, and unified market message and aligned with the chicken's mission, vision, and core values. This was conducive towards the creation of a total business integration solution. Andersen Consulting helped the chicken change to become more successful.
COLONEL SANDERS: I missed one?
hahaha.. have a good laugh!
Internet Browser : Mozzila Firefox
I got fed-up with the error messages I received everytime i run my MIE (Microsoft internet explorer). I did try to look up for the solutions but there are too many instructions so ive decided to change my Int browser. I installed Mozilla Firefox and amazingly it run faster and i dun receive any error message(so far) when im browsing the net. Well i didnt uninstalled my IE just in case i need it someday. u may want to try this browser, it so much faster than the MIE..
Info:
Mozilla's browser component, was designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security. Mozzila Firefox allows you to browse the internet much faster and more efficiently than ever
Info:
Mozilla's browser component, was designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security. Mozzila Firefox allows you to browse the internet much faster and more efficiently than ever
| Features of Mozzila Firefox | |
| . | Browse with Tabs It's most innovative feature, switch between websites with ease instead of using multiple windows. Save some space in your taskbar and easily navigate between tabs |
| . | Smarter search - Google Toolbar Enhanced search box suggests queries as you type |
| . | Customize your Firefox Install various extensions, add buttons or use new themes. Modify it to your own needs and preferences |
| . | Enhanced Privacy and Security Firefox will keep your computer safe from spyware & malware |
| . | Pop-up Blocking Blocks almost all pop-up ads . No more annoying ads |
here is the link:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.6&os=win&lang=en-US
4-Step Diet For Your Hair
Try This 4-Step Diet for Your Hair
Posted by Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:26 am PST
Put your hair on a four-step diet and reap the benefits with stronger, more lustrous locks!
Step 1: Eat plenty of iron-rich protein
Protein is necessary for all cell growth, including hair cells. And the iron found within certain protein foods helps your red blood cells carry oxygen to all cells in the body, including the hair follicles.
Good sources of iron-rich protein include clams, oysters, lean beef, turkey, duck, lamb, chicken, pork, shrimp, and eggs.
Good sources of vegetarian iron-rich protein include tofu, soybeans, lentils, beans, and black-eyed peas.
Step 2: Load up on Vitamin C
Vitamin C improves the body's ability to absorb non-heme iron (also known as vegetarian-based iron), so vegetarians should eat iron-rich vegetables and foods rich in vitamin C at the same meal.
Good sources of Vitamin C include guava, peppers, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, pineapple, papayas, lemons, broccoli, kale, and Brussels sprouts.
Step 3: Be sure to get your Bs (folate, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12)
These vitamins are involved in the creation of red blood cells, which carry oxygen and nutrients to all body cells, including those of the scalp, follicles, and growing hair. Without enough B vitamins, the cells will not thrive, causing shedding, slow growth, or weak hair that is prone to breaking.
Good sources of vitamin B-6 include fortified whole-grain breakfast cereals, garbanzo beans, wild salmon, lean beef, pork tenderloin, chicken breast, white potatoes (w/skin), bananas, and lentils.
Good sources of Vitamin B-12 include shellfish (clams, oysters, crab), wild salmon, fortified whole-grain breakfast cereal, soy milk, trout, lean beef, and low-fat cottage cheese.
Good sources of folate include fortified whole-grain breakfast cereals, lentils, black-eyed peas, soybeans, oatmeal, turnip greens, spinach, green peas, artichokes, okra, beets, parsnips, and broccoli.
Step 4: Don't forget the Zinc
The mineral zinc is involved in tissue growth and repair, including hair growth. It also helps keep the oil glands around the hair follicles working properly. Low levels of zinc can cause hair loss, slow growth, and dandruff.
Good sources of zinc include oysters, lean beef, crab, ostrich, pork tenderloin, peanut butter, wheat germ, turkey, veal, pumpkin seeds, chicken, and chickpeas.
For more information on healthy eating, check out my new book: "Joy Bauer's Food Cures" and my web site at www.joybauernutrition.com.
Source: yahoo.com
The benefits of Green Tea
Repost:
The benefits of Green Tea
The Miracle of Green Tea 
"Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one." (Ancient Chinese Proverb)
Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from headaches to depression. In her book Green Tea: The Natural Secret for a Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor states that green tea has been used as a medicine in China for at least 4,000 years.
Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green tea. For example, in 1994 the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.
To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:
- cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high cholesterol levels
- cariovascular disease
- infection
-
impaired immune function
What makes green tea so special?
Other Benefits
New evidence is emerging that green tea can even help dieters. In November, 1999, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the results of a study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Researchers found that men who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo. Green tea can even help prevent tooth decay! Just as its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria that causes dental plaque. Meanwhile, skin preparations containing green tea - from deodorants to creams - are starting to appear on the market.
Harmful Effects?
To date, the only negative side effect reported from drinking green tea is insomnia due to the fact that it contains caffeine. However, green tea contains less caffeine than coffee: there are approximately thirty to sixty mg. of caffeine in six - eight ounces of tea, compared to over one-hundred mg. in eight ounces of coffee.
Source : http://chinesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa011400a.htm
The secret of green tea lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. It has also been effective in lowering LDL cholesterol levels, and inhibiting the abnormal formation of blood clots. The latter takes on added importance when you consider that thrombosis (the formation of abnormal blood clots) is the leading cause of heart attacks and stroke.
Links are being made between the effects of drinking green tea and the "French Paradox." For years, researchers were puzzled by the fact that, despite consuming a diet rich in fat, the French have a lower incidence of heart disease than Americans. The answer was found to lie in red wine, which contains resveratrol, a polyphenol that limits the negative effects of smoking and a fatty diet. In a 1997 study, researchers from the University of Kansas determined that EGCG is twice as powerful as resveratrol, which may explain why the rate of heart disease among Japanese men is quite low, even though approximately seventy-five percent are smokers.
Why don't other Chinese teas have similar health-giving properties? Green, oolong, and black teas all come from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. What sets green tea apart is the way it is processed. Green tea leaves are steamed, which prevents the EGCG compound from being oxidized. By contrast, black and oolong tea leaves are made from fermented leaves, which results in the EGCG being converted into other compounds that are not nearly as effective in preventing and fighting various diseases
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry.
Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares,
Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday.
We cannot undo a single act we performed.
We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone.
The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow.
With its possible adversities, Its burdens,
Its large promise and poor performance.
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrow's Sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds,
but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.
This just leaves only one day . . . Today.
Any person can fight the battles of just one day.
It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternity's -
yesterday and tomorrow that we break down.
It is not the experience of today that drives people mad.
It is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday
and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.
Let us therefore live but one day at a time.
~ Author Unknown ~
Dreams
courtesy of Mervyn Saunders (Reader's Digest, June 2007)
I awoke from a dream by shouting greetings to an old friend. Happily, my wife's sleep appeared undisturbed.
But as we went to bed the next night she asked, "Can you do me a favour? If you see anyone you know in your dreams tonight, just wave."
Wednesday, September 12
Nasi goreng ayam Vs Chicken fried rice
my confusion of languages got me into a trouble tonite when my frens and i went out for dinner at Nathan's corner somewhere OUG. Everytime we went out for lunch or dinner, i would usually order nasi goreng ayam. I was looking at the menu and i saw this "chicken fried rice" in the list, so i told the guy who took our order that i wantd ' nasi ayam goreng'. he looked so confused then i realized it was supposed to be nasi goreng ayam, not nasi ayam goreng, so i said " i want chicken fried rice" as in english. well, it's the same thing anyway rite.
and then here come the food.. the guy said " ok ini chicken fried rice ".. Jess and I has just started eating when he came to our table again with another plate and said, ini "nasi goreng ayam", Me: "?? who ordered this" i askd my frens, coz all of us got our foods alredi, and then the guy said "tadi order nasi goreng ayam kan"... waduhhh, my frens were looking at me, i could see their funny expressions, i knw they wer trying so hard not to laugh. to avoid any further arguments i just asked him to 'tapau' it. After he went to attend another table, we were laughing so hard. Lorna and I was curious, so we checked the menu again and found out nasi goreng ayam and chicken fried rice s two different menus hahahaha..
stephen said, next time never order food in two languages. b4 dat, I ordered "lemon ais teh" and then told him again that it's "ice lemon tea", TG, he gave me teh ais limau only haha..
im going to sit for Biro tatanegara exam next week, 4 thick books which ive just bought today , i hve 6 days to read these books.. well,, i have a feeling that im going to have a real trouble doing the essays hehe...
and then here come the food.. the guy said " ok ini chicken fried rice ".. Jess and I has just started eating when he came to our table again with another plate and said, ini "nasi goreng ayam", Me: "?? who ordered this" i askd my frens, coz all of us got our foods alredi, and then the guy said "tadi order nasi goreng ayam kan"... waduhhh, my frens were looking at me, i could see their funny expressions, i knw they wer trying so hard not to laugh. to avoid any further arguments i just asked him to 'tapau' it. After he went to attend another table, we were laughing so hard. Lorna and I was curious, so we checked the menu again and found out nasi goreng ayam and chicken fried rice s two different menus hahahaha..
stephen said, next time never order food in two languages. b4 dat, I ordered "lemon ais teh" and then told him again that it's "ice lemon tea", TG, he gave me teh ais limau only haha..
im going to sit for Biro tatanegara exam next week, 4 thick books which ive just bought today , i hve 6 days to read these books.. well,, i have a feeling that im going to have a real trouble doing the essays hehe...
Tuesday, September 11
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Trusting The Unknown
June 2, 1999
"We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe:can we not take the leap?" Ralph W. Emerson After ten years of working for a prestigious Wall Street bank and slamming into a glass ceiling, I vehemently said "Enough!" If I was going to have an inspiring, compelling life and go beyond a clock-punching, nine-to-five job, I knew I had to make the decision to create it and shift gears.
I began looking. I'd never let my deafness shortchange my dreams. I wasn't about to start now. I scanned through The New York Times in search of new opportunities. My eyes were drawn to an advertisement in the back. A financial giant was looking to hire more stockbrokers. I thought, I can do that! With great excitement, I called a few people and made an appointment to see a New York City branch vice president.
On the day of my appointment, I was terribly sick with a cold and 101° fever that threatened to keep me in bed. Yet, I knew I couldn't let this golden opportunity slip away, so I showed up for the interview and spoke with vice president for over three hours. I thought he was surely going to hire me on the spot. Instead, he instructed me to meet with twelve of his top stockbrokers for further interviews. I was floored!
But., then maybe that's a good sign, I thought, trying to rationalize his decision.During the next five months, every one of the twelve professionals discouraged me from becoming a stockbroker.
"You're better off in a safe 9-to-5 bank job," they proclaimed. "Eighty percent of newcomers fail within their first year," they added. "You have no investment experience.""You won't make it."
The more attacked my dream, the more my stomach tightened. I could hardly breath. I realized then that I would have to "fake it to make it."
My final interview was scheduled on a cold, blustery January day on Fifth Avenue. Five minutes into the meeting, it was obvious the vice president didn't know what to do with me.
I handed him a 25-page marketing report on how I would build my business. I hoped this would convince him that I was indeed the man for the job. But, it didn't. Noticeably uncomfortable, he nervously played with a paper clip and pretended to read my report. Apparently, he wasn't confident that I could perform the job. I felt a tremendous opportunity was about to slip through my fingers.
So I looked at him straight in the eye and captured his attention."Sir," I said confidently. "If you don't hire me, you'll never know just how much I could've done for this firm." When I heard my own brazen words, I panicked. My God, I thought, what have I done? Can I really back that up?
I nervously waited. The seconds seemed like minutes and the minutes, like hours.He finally spoke.
"Okay, you've got the job!" he announced.I stood up and was about to leave when he added, "On one condition."My heart sank.
"First," he said, "you must first resign from the Bank of New York effective two weeks from today and enroll in our three-month training program. Then, you have to take the Series 7 stockbroker exam. And, you must pass it on the FIRST try." He drove home his final point, "If you fail even by one point - you're out!"
My mouth went dry. Inward, I shook uncontrollably. I choked at the prospect of taking a huge leap of faith into the unknown. I stood to lose everything!
Then, captivated by this ultimate risk taking opportunity and by a courage that I knew would forever change my future, I swallowed hard and spoke confidently, "I'll take it." Little did I know the impact of that split-second decision.
As instructed, I cut my lifeline to the Bank and leapt into unproven waters.After three months of training, it was time for me to take the three-hour exam. The test site was on Madison Avenue, a short distance from where I would be working, if I passed the test. I took the elevator to the seventh floor and signed in. From the reception area, I could see the test room through the glass partition. It was full of computers, all deliberately spaced in several rows. The room was sparsely furnished with the barest of essentials of scrap paper, several sharpened pencils and uncomfortable-looking chairs.
The exam proctors led me to my assigned computer. One of the most important tests of my life was about to begin. They gave me a signal to go ahead. I was extremely nervous but as the test progressed, I felt increasingly confident. Three hours passed by surprisingly fast.
It was time for the final score - the computer would calculate it and flash it on the screen. I sat there sweating and staring at the computer that held the key to my future. I was positive someone could hear my heart beating. The screen blinked on and off with the message, "Your scores are being tabulated by the computer, please wait."
The wait seemed like hours. The scores were finally displayed.I had passed! I let out an audible sigh of relief.
Since that day, I've never looked back. I exceeded not only my own expectations but also those of the manager who took a chance and hired me on that fateful day. Before being promoted himself, he was around long enough to witness my personal sales soar 1,700%, hand me several sales awards and see me on CNN.
That was four years ago. I am now a inspirational speaker and author.All because I took a chance, instead of hiding safely behind my deafness.My experiences confirmed the truth of Thoreau's words when he said, "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet success unexpected in common hours."
That's what the power of making a split second decision did for me, a deaf stockbroker-turned motivational speaker/author!
--- Copyright © 1999 ---- Stephen J. Hopson --- Revised Edition
Source: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/trusting.htm
"We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe:can we not take the leap?" Ralph W. Emerson After ten years of working for a prestigious Wall Street bank and slamming into a glass ceiling, I vehemently said "Enough!" If I was going to have an inspiring, compelling life and go beyond a clock-punching, nine-to-five job, I knew I had to make the decision to create it and shift gears.
I began looking. I'd never let my deafness shortchange my dreams. I wasn't about to start now. I scanned through The New York Times in search of new opportunities. My eyes were drawn to an advertisement in the back. A financial giant was looking to hire more stockbrokers. I thought, I can do that! With great excitement, I called a few people and made an appointment to see a New York City branch vice president.
On the day of my appointment, I was terribly sick with a cold and 101° fever that threatened to keep me in bed. Yet, I knew I couldn't let this golden opportunity slip away, so I showed up for the interview and spoke with vice president for over three hours. I thought he was surely going to hire me on the spot. Instead, he instructed me to meet with twelve of his top stockbrokers for further interviews. I was floored!
But., then maybe that's a good sign, I thought, trying to rationalize his decision.During the next five months, every one of the twelve professionals discouraged me from becoming a stockbroker.
"You're better off in a safe 9-to-5 bank job," they proclaimed. "Eighty percent of newcomers fail within their first year," they added. "You have no investment experience.""You won't make it."
The more attacked my dream, the more my stomach tightened. I could hardly breath. I realized then that I would have to "fake it to make it."
My final interview was scheduled on a cold, blustery January day on Fifth Avenue. Five minutes into the meeting, it was obvious the vice president didn't know what to do with me.
I handed him a 25-page marketing report on how I would build my business. I hoped this would convince him that I was indeed the man for the job. But, it didn't. Noticeably uncomfortable, he nervously played with a paper clip and pretended to read my report. Apparently, he wasn't confident that I could perform the job. I felt a tremendous opportunity was about to slip through my fingers.
So I looked at him straight in the eye and captured his attention."Sir," I said confidently. "If you don't hire me, you'll never know just how much I could've done for this firm." When I heard my own brazen words, I panicked. My God, I thought, what have I done? Can I really back that up?
I nervously waited. The seconds seemed like minutes and the minutes, like hours.He finally spoke.
"Okay, you've got the job!" he announced.I stood up and was about to leave when he added, "On one condition."My heart sank.
"First," he said, "you must first resign from the Bank of New York effective two weeks from today and enroll in our three-month training program. Then, you have to take the Series 7 stockbroker exam. And, you must pass it on the FIRST try." He drove home his final point, "If you fail even by one point - you're out!"
My mouth went dry. Inward, I shook uncontrollably. I choked at the prospect of taking a huge leap of faith into the unknown. I stood to lose everything!
Then, captivated by this ultimate risk taking opportunity and by a courage that I knew would forever change my future, I swallowed hard and spoke confidently, "I'll take it." Little did I know the impact of that split-second decision.
As instructed, I cut my lifeline to the Bank and leapt into unproven waters.After three months of training, it was time for me to take the three-hour exam. The test site was on Madison Avenue, a short distance from where I would be working, if I passed the test. I took the elevator to the seventh floor and signed in. From the reception area, I could see the test room through the glass partition. It was full of computers, all deliberately spaced in several rows. The room was sparsely furnished with the barest of essentials of scrap paper, several sharpened pencils and uncomfortable-looking chairs.
The exam proctors led me to my assigned computer. One of the most important tests of my life was about to begin. They gave me a signal to go ahead. I was extremely nervous but as the test progressed, I felt increasingly confident. Three hours passed by surprisingly fast.
It was time for the final score - the computer would calculate it and flash it on the screen. I sat there sweating and staring at the computer that held the key to my future. I was positive someone could hear my heart beating. The screen blinked on and off with the message, "Your scores are being tabulated by the computer, please wait."
The wait seemed like hours. The scores were finally displayed.I had passed! I let out an audible sigh of relief.
Since that day, I've never looked back. I exceeded not only my own expectations but also those of the manager who took a chance and hired me on that fateful day. Before being promoted himself, he was around long enough to witness my personal sales soar 1,700%, hand me several sales awards and see me on CNN.
That was four years ago. I am now a inspirational speaker and author.All because I took a chance, instead of hiding safely behind my deafness.My experiences confirmed the truth of Thoreau's words when he said, "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet success unexpected in common hours."
That's what the power of making a split second decision did for me, a deaf stockbroker-turned motivational speaker/author!
--- Copyright © 1999 ---- Stephen J. Hopson --- Revised Edition
Source: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/trusting.htm
Friday, September 7
The Rose
I love this song, well if you listen to the older version, you may find the melody quite boring.. but personally i think this song is beautiful and carry a profound message. Im sure, all of us have gone through painful experiences or difficulties in the past or maybe even now, umhh maybe not everybody. Some has given up love, some just waiting for miracle to happen.. and we may stop believing and trusting.. but still, love has the greatest impact in our lives no matter what situation we are in.
There was this Hindu who saw a scorpion floundering around in the water. He decided to save it by stretching out his finger, but the scorpion stung him. The man still tried to get the scorpion out of the water, but the scorpion stung him again.
A man nearby told him to stop saving the scorpion that kept stinging him.
But the Hindu said: "It is the nature of the scorpion to sting. It is my nature to love. Why should I give up my nature to love just because it is the nature of the scorpion to sting?"
so don't give up loving. Don't give up your goodness. Even if people around you sting :)
The Rose
Song By Bette Medler
Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razer
that leaves your soul to blead
Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose
You can download this song at http://download.link2caro.com/index.php?dir=music/Westlife/&expand=The%20Love%20Album
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There was this Hindu who saw a scorpion floundering around in the water. He decided to save it by stretching out his finger, but the scorpion stung him. The man still tried to get the scorpion out of the water, but the scorpion stung him again.
A man nearby told him to stop saving the scorpion that kept stinging him.
But the Hindu said: "It is the nature of the scorpion to sting. It is my nature to love. Why should I give up my nature to love just because it is the nature of the scorpion to sting?"
so don't give up loving. Don't give up your goodness. Even if people around you sting :)
The Rose
Song By Bette Medler
Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razer
that leaves your soul to blead
Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose
You can download this song at http://download.link2caro.com/index.php?dir=music/Westlife/&expand=The%20Love%20Album
----
" I believe in the sun even though it is slow in rising.
I believe in you without realizing.
I believe in rain though there are no clouds in the sky.
I believe in truth even though people lie.
I believe in peace though sometimes I am violent.
I believe in God even though He is silent."
Answered Prayer
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing.
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island.
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them", the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."
"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."
"Tell me", the first man asked the voice, "What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"
"He prayed that all your prayers be answered."
For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing.
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island.
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them", the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."
"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."
"Tell me", the first man asked the voice, "What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"
"He prayed that all your prayers be answered."
For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us.
Wrong Email
An Illinois lady left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. Her husband was on a business trip and was planning to meet her there the next day.
When she reached her hotel, she decided to send her husband a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which she had written his email address, she did her best to type it in from memory.
Unfortunately, she missed one letter and her note was directed instead to an elderly widow, whose husband had passed away only the day before.
When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:
DEAREST HONEY: JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.
P.S. SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE.
When she reached her hotel, she decided to send her husband a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which she had written his email address, she did her best to type it in from memory.
Unfortunately, she missed one letter and her note was directed instead to an elderly widow, whose husband had passed away only the day before.
When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:
DEAREST HONEY: JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.
P.S. SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE.
Mess in Court
Things people actually said in court, word for word:
Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July fifteenth.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q: This myasthenia gravis-does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes.
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
Q: How old is your son-the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?
A: He said, "where am I Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
Q: And where was the location of the accident?
A: Approximately milepost 499.
Q: And where is milepost 499?
A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
A: Well I can see pretty well I think.
Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played horn for ten years. I even went to school for it.
Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the voodoo occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
Q: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?
A: Yes.
Q: Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
A: Yes sir.
Q: What did she say?
A: What disco am I at?
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?
Q: Did he kill you?
Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?
Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true?
Q: How many times have you committed suicide?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.
Q: And what were you doing at that time?
Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?
A: Yes.
Q: And these stairs, do they go up also?
Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
A: I went to Europe, sir.
Q: And you took your new wife?
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
haha..
Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July fifteenth.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q: This myasthenia gravis-does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes.
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
Q: How old is your son-the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?
A: He said, "where am I Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
Q: And where was the location of the accident?
A: Approximately milepost 499.
Q: And where is milepost 499?
A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
A: Well I can see pretty well I think.
Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played horn for ten years. I even went to school for it.
Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the voodoo occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
Q: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?
A: Yes.
Q: Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
A: Yes sir.
Q: What did she say?
A: What disco am I at?
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?
Q: Did he kill you?
Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?
Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true?
Q: How many times have you committed suicide?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.
Q: And what were you doing at that time?
Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?
A: Yes.
Q: And these stairs, do they go up also?
Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
A: I went to Europe, sir.
Q: And you took your new wife?
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
haha..
Magic Lamp
There was a guy walking down the street in San Fransisco, and he tripped over an old looking oil lamp. He picked it up and hid it under his jacket, because he thought it was priceless. While he was running to the antique shop to cash this puppy in, it rubbed against his shirt. *POOF*
A genie popped out of his pocket!!! The very angry looking Genie said, ''Alright, I have had enough with this three wish stuff, and 'cuz you stole me away from my HBO Special, I will only give you one wish!'' The suprised man said, ''OK, I want to live in Hawaii in a huge condo on the beach with three million dollars in the master bedroom, but I am afraid of boats and planes so I want you to build a bridge from here to Hawaii.''
The genie replied with a smirk, ''Are you crazy? Do you know how long that will take, with the pillars going down to the bottom of the ocean, all the cement it would take for the highway? No I'm sorry, it just can't happen.'' The man said, ''Fine then, I want to understand women.'' The genie said, '' Would you like two lanes or four?''
A genie popped out of his pocket!!! The very angry looking Genie said, ''Alright, I have had enough with this three wish stuff, and 'cuz you stole me away from my HBO Special, I will only give you one wish!'' The suprised man said, ''OK, I want to live in Hawaii in a huge condo on the beach with three million dollars in the master bedroom, but I am afraid of boats and planes so I want you to build a bridge from here to Hawaii.''
The genie replied with a smirk, ''Are you crazy? Do you know how long that will take, with the pillars going down to the bottom of the ocean, all the cement it would take for the highway? No I'm sorry, it just can't happen.'' The man said, ''Fine then, I want to understand women.'' The genie said, '' Would you like two lanes or four?''
Last Present
An old Italian Mafia Don is dying and he called his grandson to his bed.
"Grandson I wanna you lisin to me. I want for you to take my chrome plated 38 revolver so you will always remember me."
"But grandpa I really don't like guns, how about you leaving me your Rolex watch instead."
"You lisina to me, and you lisin me good.. soma day you goin a be runna da bussiness, you goina have a beautiful wife, lotsa money, a big home and maybe a couple of bambino. Soma day you goina coma home and maybe finda you wife in bed with another man. What do you do than? Point to your watch and say TIMES UP?"
"Grandson I wanna you lisin to me. I want for you to take my chrome plated 38 revolver so you will always remember me."
"But grandpa I really don't like guns, how about you leaving me your Rolex watch instead."
"You lisina to me, and you lisin me good.. soma day you goin a be runna da bussiness, you goina have a beautiful wife, lotsa money, a big home and maybe a couple of bambino. Soma day you goina coma home and maybe finda you wife in bed with another man. What do you do than? Point to your watch and say TIMES UP?"
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