Oneheart

The sun shines brightly after the storm. Funny how just yesterday, everything seems to be "off" and i can’t get things done without screwing them.

Today, it’s almost perfect. Lesson learnt: Shit comes unexpectedly. Once you clear the shit, you’ll feel so damn shiok, or, experience "a moment of catharsis".

Or maybe it’s the massage i had this afternoon. Ahhh… it never fails to put a smile on my face.

What better to start the day with a gd massage? Pure indulgence of the senses and relief of any tension. The combination of lymphatic and javanese style massaging aids not just the flow of blood circulation (especially great when you had a terrible day and the blood circulation kinda flows strangely, yea?), but also for digestion (yes… digestion’s gd for clearing "shit" and if you had an emotionally constipated and/or shitty day, try lymphatic style.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Last call of invitation to CCI Anniversary Party. It’s on 30th June, this fri at 7pm. It’ll be packed with games and activities- definitely a happening night you can’t miss!!!

So watcha waiting for? Call now, or regret later. Yes, so pick up the phone to reserve your seat!!!

Did i ever mention bad news have the tendency to come all at once?

i feel as if i’ve struck a lottery but lost the ticket. i feel as if i’m dress up like a prom queen but got drenched in the rain. i feel as if i’m on a rollercoaster ride and forgot to buckle up the seat belt. i feel like the whole world has halted at this instant and waiting for me to respond. i feel like screaming only that there’s no voice. i feel like sleeping and hoping to wake up to a dream that feels so real. i feel like i’ve just whipped up a dish of meat and realized i’ve forgotten to add salt. i feel like i’ve just been promoted to my dream career and negotiating for a bigger salary, only to realize it has been taken ‘cos i was too slow. actually, i dun feel anything despite all the bad news. too numbed to feel a damn thing.

Gonna post some ads. Here goes…

Invading privacy
If you are one of the millions of people using social networking
websites such as MySpace and Friendster, be careful what you reveal
about yourself. The US National Security Agency is looking at ways to
harvest the information that people post about themselves on such
networks. It could use advances in internet technology to combine the
data with personal details such as banking, retail and property
records, allowing it to build profiles of individuals. The idea is to
identify terrorists and other criminals, but privacy groups worry that
this hi-tech snooping could lead to miscarriages of justice…

[To read more on this article written by Newscientist.com, go to this URL http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025556.200?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19025556.200]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jewellery
If you are a guy looking to get a decent-looking present for your gf/date/mom’s bday/whatever you can think of, or a babe whom’s sick and tired of wearing the same old jewellery each time you go out, here’s a solution for you…

Check this nice jewellery out!!! http://user.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/user/fix.ation

Disclaimer: I’m helping someone to advertise her jewellery artpieces on my blog. I shall not be responsible for any disappointment of any sort upon purchase of her artpieces. However, what i must add is that her designs are really nice and unique. Yup, so do check it out!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CCI Anniversary
Coaching Clubs International (CCI), will be throwing an anniversary party on 30 June, 2006. For a small admission fee of S$5, you get to enjoy an evening packed with fun games, activities, buffet and more!

If you falls under any of the following category, you know you simply can’t miss this joyous event!!!
Join us if you…

1. Want to make more new friends
2. Want to know how coaching can make a difference to your life
3. Are looking for networking opportunities
4. Enjoys eating
5. Want to have a social night out and sick n tired of hanging out at the same places all the time
6. Enjoys games and activities
7. Want to have a breakthrough in your interpersonal skills/ any areas of your life
8. Simply want to have some fun
9. Want to have a happening night
10. Reminiscing with old pals 
11. Dun really have a reason, but just thought you’ll check the event out anyway

Hesitate No More!!!

R.S.V.P now by dropping me an sms, email or a call! Feel free to contact me too, for further enquiries. =)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CoachWorks for the Public
Want to have the ability to attract anyone? Do you have the desire to improve your interpersonal skills? Hope to be more charismatic at your workplace? Or ever wonder what is it like to have a fabulous date? Want to earn that job that you’ve always desired? Wait no more!!

Back on popular demand, CCI is conducting CoachWorks for the public.

In the previous CoachWorks - Being a Social Magnet , participants from NUS get to hone their skills on how to attract anyone, anywhere, be it for job interviews, dates, workplaces etc.

The coming CoachWorks will be opened to the public; with more applicative tool sets and new modules not covered in the previous CoachWorks!!!

Venue will be a posh
conference room that is very accessible by mrt/bus or car. And the course dates are 05, 12, and 19 July, 2006 (consecutive wednesdays).

The course fees will include dinner and materials, and there will be an early bird discount!!!

For more details, do contact me on my mobile or email. And yes, all these are possible, but only if you decide to pick up your phone and call!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Good Book

The 1st page…

Life is difficult (or suffering if you’re a Buddhist, or fucked-up like what i will say).

This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.* It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult - once we truly understand and accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.

Most do not fully see this truth that life is difficult. Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that should not be and that has somehow been especially visited upon them, or else upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their race or even their species, and not upon others. I about this moaning because I have done my share.

Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them? Do we want to teach our children to solve them?

Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing.

[This book is called, The road less travelled, by M. Scott Peck. It was 1st recommended to me by Teng Nging. I'll like to dedicate this book to all POS Graduates, and my closest friends. I'm dedicating this book to the POS graduates, because you will appreciate this book more than others. And i'm dedicating this book to my closest friends, b'cos i'd like you to gain smt for yourself out of reading. So enjoy!]

PS: There’s a copy of the book at ECI’s library, which I’m currently holding on to. You might wanta consider borrowing it from Kelvin. Hohoho…

Guess wad?

I got my hp back!!!!! Whoopie!!!!! Yay!!!!!

This kind soul, Mr Raja, found my hp in the toilet and pass it to one of the security officer in the library. I should have known better than to even doubt our dearest SMU’s mission to inculcate integrity and ethics for all its students and employees. Apparently, it works!!!

Here’s my acknowledgement to Mr. Raja- A BIG THANK YOU!!!!!

Hahaha… so delighted!!!

Hmm… 1st i lost my laptop, and i got it back.
Then i lost my hp, and got it back too. *scratch head*

I’m really lucky lor, dun ya agree?!?

yea… and this world seems so much a better and friendlier place to live in.

PS: Sharon, you can still reach me at my old number. Hehehe… looking forward to our next bball gathering. But not these 2 weeks leh, got smt. on… till i see you again, do take care n have fun!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I’ve just register and started my own biz… it’s called The LOBANG Queen.

It’s a one-stop resource planning company. Tagline- "What you NEED is what you’ll GET."

Currently, i’m working on the value proposition n marketing plan. So be patient as i work on scaling up the website during the next coaching circle (meaning, the next 7weeks)… yea~

Hmm… in the past i would have been extremely, tremendously excited and thrilled at the idea. But now… it’s so different…

Each time i completed a milestone, the conversation that goes on my head is- "What’s next?"

Yea… looking forward to the next coaching circle… "What’s next?!?"

Challenges, excitement, passion, results- BRING IT ON!!!

After that, "What’s next?!?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Found the cause of the "despair" i’ve been having over the past few weeks.

it’s got smt. to do with the sense of direction. Haven’t decided what i really wanted to do after i graduate.

I really got alot of jobs/careers i wanta experience in this life time-
Marketing consultant, freelance editor, entrepreneur, financial planner, business development exec., teacher, author, doing sales in an mlm/slm/networking company, IS professional, investor, librarian (yes… just so i can get paid reading books… not for long though), photographer (more like a hobby lor), geographer (visit landscapes!), training consultant, coach, some senior position in an MNC… and the list goes on…

yes, i’m greedy. but life’s damn short n i only live once… i wanta try them all!!! currently, in the list i’ve mentioned, i’ve fulfilled 4.5 of them (0.5 goes to coaching lor. still apprenticing mah), and in the midst of my 1st attempt as a freelance editor (that’s if the discussion goes thru). *please lemme get the job*

now that i’m at it, i realize i really got many things that i wanta experience in this lifetime. To my dear frens, pls do help me fulfil some of them together… yea… i will appreciate it alot…
here’s the list…

learn drums, violin, sky diving, rock climbing, horse riding, bungee jumping (this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. even if i’m scared of heights, i’ll wanta try! and not when i’m 60yrs old or smt.), tai ji, adventures (exploring an unexplored territory is considered as one, and driving in Florida w/o a map is another),  unplanned  holidays (take passport n randomnly choose a place to tour), tour around the world (esp spain n switzerland), photography, play geographer n visit landscapes, snorkelling… blah blah blah…

if you’ve got some wishlist, ya can share with me, we’ll fulfil them together!!
As you can see, most of these need money, so plan with me earlier and we’ll save up k?!?

Like what i’ve said- we only live once. So Savour every moment!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My handphone got stolen. Damn!

Left it at the handicap toilet on 5th floor SMU library. Someone took it man!!! And i can’t view the cctv as of yet.

Wah… in this 2 weeks, i had forgotten to take my laptop n handphone. Luckily I managed to retrieve my laptop back. Hope I get back my handphone too…

i’m so not present to my tots n environment!!! tsk tsk tsk!!! wad’s wrong man?!?

maybe it’s a sign to get a new phone? =P

does anyone care to donate to "help yx buy a new phone fund?" heh =P

sigh… so "off"!!! argh! >_<

I was facilitating The Camp Leadladder 2006 conducted by Tanjong Pagar Community Centre (TPCC) Youth club over the weekend. When the camp ended on sunday, i almost couldn’t muster the energy to travel home. Yeah man… i’m still feeling "off" today… *yawns* And i’ve got a deep "sexy" voice today- all thanks to the yelling n all.

However, what i must comment was that I really had a fabulous time facilitating this leadership camp for the students (got a mix of lower, upper sec, and 1 Innova JC student in my group). My group was GROUP 6, and they’re all superb at coming up with cheers. In the end, I spent the 2 days shouting cheers with them at every opportunity we have had. The Most Onz Group. GROUP 6 -YOU GUYS ROCK!!! And yea~ i wasn’t "nua" at all, unlike on normal days - What a surprise! hahaha…

In the end, GROUP 6 won $250 worth of Popular Vouchers, of which they gave me a $10 Voucher. I’m not supposed to take lah, ‘cos i’m a facilitator mah. But since they give, I can’t turn them down right? Hohoho…

Apart from all the fun, smt. amazing happened. 2 group mates want me to be their tutors, and I was approached by a couple of the committee council ppl. to join TPCC Youth club committee. Cool! Without doubt, the credit goes to POS. Hehehe…

Here’s one of the more interesting meal cheers i’ve ever heard:

Tick tock tick tock we must eat
One day 3 meals cannot miss
Eat already keep us fit
GROUP 6…
"Zia" (erm… the hokkien for eat!)

Now i’m looking forward to the 3-on-3 Bball Challenge in mid-june. Will be facilitating for the event as well. WooHoo… bball!!! Can’t wait!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Had been riding on emotional rollercoaster over the past few weeks. It was like one moment i sank into abyss of despair, and the next, i soar like an eagle. The good news is- the speed of recovery from despair to soaring high has increased tremendously, ever since POS. And whenever i soar like an eagle right after the despair, i become very productive in whatever i’m doing. The bad news is- the cycle of this emotional rollercoaster is getting increasingly frequent.
Of ‘cos, there’s nothing gd n bad about my experience. sigh… a moment when i’m robbed of the right words to say. forget it.

ps: not every despair is a bad thing. not every despair and sense of helplessness/ lost-ness/ confusion got to do with love problems. yea~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
this week’s very important to me.

after "chopping wood" for so long and finally "started a fire"…

it’s time to "set the fire burning brightly"…

the final session of coaching cycle/ mcw… I need to BLITZ ~~~~

CHIONG AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~