New Posts Coming Up

Salam kepada semua pembaca. Greetings to all viewers ...

Yes, I have been guilty of not posting for a while. My fault as I have been preoccupied with so many things. Yet, this blog will always be there .. to record my memories and where better to post my next blog / video blog series than there ....

For the next few months, I will be posting videos and a simple note about the videos. The videos are music videos that represent the ladies in my life ... :)

So stay tuned ...

PS / to the ladies who will be mentioned, you are a part of my memories .... ;-)

Connecting The Dots

Bila melihat keputusan - keputusan yang dilakukan pada masa lepas, kita hanya tahu hasilnya pada masa akan datang. Pada masa membuat keputusan, kita menggunakan maklumat dan kepercayaan kita pada masa itu. 
Sebab itu, bila melihat perkara - perkara yang berlaku sekarang ... aku ikut kata mendiang Steve Jobs ... " . " You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. " 

And that is why decision making is a very important skill to have ....

Study Hacks Intro

I love this quote I got from the blog, Study Hacks, about the two tasks in your career.

  "Core Tasks: The tasks that define how good you are at your job. Periphery Tasks: The tasks you have to complete to keep your job, but that say nothing about your standing in your field."

 Most of us do the latter than the former. Do you agree ?

 Do visit Study Hacks. It is a gold mine for personal development :)

I am Fat

Yes, I am fat and I must lose weight. Thank you very much ! :)

The Little Match Girl

I am getting soft for my age. Teringat cerita Little Match Girl karya Hans Christian Andersen ... cari di youtube untuk kartun yang saya pernah tonton masa tahun 80an tetapi tak jumpa .. jumpa kartun di bawah ni ..hmm, ok ... short, sweet n touching .. I miss my 2 daughters :/ .. rindu senyuman dan pelukan mereka ..

Satu Cetusan Permulaan ?

Tulisan terakhir sebelum ini .. mengenai Pool.. mencetuskan sesuatu aliran pemikiran dalam diri ini ... iaitu saya percaya kepada sesuatu benda dan berani menyokongnya secara terang. Sebelum ini, dalam kebanyakan perkara, saya akan berdiam diri sahaja tetapi kali ini tidak, dan saya terus bersuara.

Saya telah melarikan diri dari realiti dalam banyak perkara, dan kali ini, saya tidak lari lagi. Ada potensi untuk menyakitkan, kerana kita berterus terang, tetapi, sebagai pembalasan, saya rasa bebas, iaitu bebas daripada menanggung beban memendamkan rasa. Dan saya banyak melakukan tindakan - tindakan sebegini pada masa lepas.

Tidak lagi selepas ini ... bak kata, pepatah Inggeris, " The truth will set you free ". Perubahan kecil untuk masa hadapan gemilang, InsyaAllah.

Be True And Fiesty

To say that I lost it a bit tonight is an understatement when it came to Suarez - Evra affair. It all boils down to Suarez saying the 'negro' word which is common in his native Uruguay in England and Evra crying all the way about it to the ref. In my opinion, Pool and Suarez were smart not to appeal even though it was a linguistic issue , and wanted to end the whole thing. Then we have the media and the whole handshake crap that happened earlier today. They did the no handshake for terry-anton ferdinand .. why did the English FA did not do the same for this match boggles my mind .. I guess I blew it because all this while, when Pool gets the stick from the MU fans, in the past I just chill and let them crow .. but enough is enough I say ... if you go over the top, I am coming back at you with cold hard facts .. and here is ONE major MF reason why .. during the 80s masa MU were struggling, when MU masuk Cup Finals .. I actually cheered for them ... oh, the stupidity and horrors for what I have done :P .. from the cup finals where Brighton and Crystal Palace lost .. zaman Gary Bailey and Jim Leighton were MU keepers ... arghh ... Okay MU fans .. am not taking anymore crap from you guys ... SAF would not be around any longer ... MU had a long drought after Sir Matt Busby left .. you will to soon ... Paisley, Fagan and Kenny ( 1st round ) were our top managers and when they left, we suffered .. the end is near, even though you all do not see it yet. And I prefer Sir Matt Busby to SAF, he was a classy gentleman and a winner :)

Nasihat Emas Seorang Mentor

‎Eelyn Soon, you are not planning goals ... you a dreaming. And that is why you will always be frustrated - because you will never reach your dreams.

You need goals - realistic, measureable goals that can be realized.

You're thinking about doing all these great things in life but for what? What is your "why" in life?

Success is a journey. A Journey in which we make mistakes, learn from it, better ourselves and move on to become smarter, wiser and in the process, wealthier in mind, soul and maybe even finances.

It never happens overnight. Anything achieved in haste never lasts. Good long lasting success is a never ending journey. Success goes up and it is never easy to go up and it is never a quick ascent. It is very easy to descend however, and it is fast too.

What we build slowly and steadily as we move up is a foundation. The stronger the foundation, the less likely you are to fall below it. Call it a Stop Loss - the more profits you protect means you'll be hurt less when the trade retraces.

But if you don't have a strong "why", if you don't build that foundation and if you plan is a quick progression, you are likely to fall into depths you never imagined.

All this talk of richness and wealth - how will you manage your wealth if you don't know how to manage failure? How will you grow your wealth if you never made mistakes and lost before?

Your illusion of young successful people is what is killing a lot of young people these days. Have you noticed that most people who succeed when they are young tend to suffer in their old age? And those who struggle in their youth mostly tend to die rich and wealthy?

Allow me to share something I just shared with another young lady just now ...

When you are young, that is the time to be adventurous. It is the time to take risks, make mistakes and learn from it.

Never let failure deter you. Every failed attempt is a lesson ... a precious lesson that will make you wiser. Take all those lessons and keep chasing that goal. I know this for a fact ... if you never give up, you never really failed.

Know your goals ... plan your timelines ... give yourself a budget and a realistic target - just like in trading. And then when it doesn't work, cut loss and change your strategy for the second attempt.

When you chase success, it will always elude you ... when you're not looking for it, it comes right up and kisses you in the face!. Life is too short to worry about achieving things too quickly - take your time and enjoy life as it rolls along. Take life as it comes to you and enjoy every step of the journey.

Follow your heart - success lies in what you are passionate about or talented about. Start there. There is no greater motivation than passion.

One last note - you will never achieve your 30yr retirement goal because you are not serious about it and you don't believe in yourself. How do I know ... your last word - "Haha".

beliau adalah Conrad Alvin Lim, jurulatih trading saya ...

Baby Steps Checklist

Reading an article on the usefulness of checklist made me realize that I need to have one for most of the things that I do.
One checklist I did today was for cleaning up the living room.

1. Put the kids toys in one place , from all over the floor and kitchen table
2. Separate the toys into their uses.
3. Clean up the table and arrange the magazines.

Walla, it worked. ;-) and I plan to continue doing this. Well, little steps to improve oneself.

To my friend Awal, salam takziah on the depart of your mother. I remembered her a bit during my time that I spent with Awal. She was okay ... truth is, you can't say much about these matters. And, I have been considering about mortality lately, here and there.

The link to the checklist article is here.

The Hardest Thing

The Hardest Thing To Do is to admit that you are wrong .. and what to do about it. Apa yang berlaku dua minggu kebelakangan ini memberi satu notis kepada diri ini yang aku GILA. GILA bak kata Einstein, melakukan perkara yang sama dan mengharapkan keputusan / kesudahan yang lain. Dan tidak seperti dahulu, aku mulakan perubahan dengan langkah - langkah kecil. Kecil - kecil, lama - lama menjadi bukit, InsyaAllah.

Falling to Pieces

As I am handling my crisis as best as I can ... for the past few days, I am hit by waves and waves of remorse of nostalgia ... things that was and could have been .... and it happens as I compared myself to other people. And I know most people would say, that sucks and can be demoralizing .... but in a way, they can serve as a milestone of where you are, in a way. And I came to a simple and painful conclusion...*sigh*.. and it is effing obvious ... they focused and did the work ... and I did not do it. *sigh* ... Tony Robbins message makes sense ... man tend to avoid pain and embrace pleasure... I ignored the pain and went for pleasure ... Pada masa ini, surah Al-Asr berkumandang dalam minda ini, dan memang benar .. masa itu emas dan mata pedang. Jika tidak menggunakannya dengan betul, ia akan datang melukakan kita kembali. Syukur aku sudah sedar ... Amin.

Post Terakhir 2011

Tahun 2011 ada beberapa pengajaran ... antaranya, sikit - sikit lama menjadi bukit ( good and bad ) ... pentingnya fokus kepada beberapa perkara sahaja ... dan pentingnya keluarga, kerana mereka yang akan menjaga anda ... 2012 akan menjadi lebih bagus, InsyaAllah. 2011, terima kasih atas pengajaran - pengajaran yang diberikan. Amin.

I Tried So Hard ...

It's hard. Real hard. But I must do it. Cikgu Conrad berkata, dalam hidup, tidak ada istilah cuba. Aku mesti buat sepenuh hati dan sepenuh hati, walaupun ada rintangan dan halangan. 

Reality Is Now A Friend Of Mine

At this point of life, all I can say, is reality finally caught up. The financial one that is. *sigh* when you are ignorant, when it catches up with you, it really does ...to the young ones reading, take care of your financials early on. How did I get into this mess ? Ignorance. Plain and simple. Have to make things right. I owe it to myself and future, to make things right.

Details

In order to do something, even impromptu, the details have to be outlined out ... again and again, this message is pummeled into my head :)

On another significant development, this blog has a PR of 1 :D .. wohoo ...

Your Future

Your future is what you make it now ... so make it well ...

Kita di sini oleh sebab apa yang kita telah lakukan sebelum ini ... jadi jika anda mahukan sesuatu pada masa hadapan , apa yang anda lakukan sekarang untuk mencapainya di masa hadapan ?

Semasa di konvo MMU semalam, melihat bekas - bekas pelajar seronok menjadi graduan .. ia mengingatkan saat saya menjadi graduan pada tahun 1995 ... Y2K masih jauh di hadapan .... no one told me this, but I told some of my students yesterday ... you begin from level 0 after you graduate .. forget your uni-life and focus on your future. If not, your forward progress will be dragged by unresolved issues of your sekolah menengah and college days ... oh well... that is just me ... ;-)

I am now 38 and when I am 40.. I know what I want to be ... it's time to work on that future reality ...

Goodbye, Steve .. RIP

I don't know Steve Jobs personally. The only Apple product I have is the Itunes installed in my machines. But, I know the guy throughout the years through various forms of media. And, if there is one thing we can learn from him is the power of perseverance.

Steve Jobs percaya dengan apa yang dilakukan dan beliau akan lakukannya sehingga ia berjaya. Walaupun ia akan berakhir dengan kegagalan, beliau tahu ada pelajaran di sebaliknya. Kalian tahu mengenai Iphone, Ipad dan Itunes, tetapi, adakah kalian ingat G4 Cube ataupun Ping ?

My readings on him tell me one thing : he is a genius .. and he does fail, as well. But, it is the human qualities that makes him what he is .. the desire to make great things ...

His inspiring speech of Stanford 2005 is a wonderful advice from the man. His biography later this year will have many waiting for its arrival ...

ps. where were you when you heard he passed away ? Saya baru sampai meja office..buka FB .. byk status R.I.P Steve Jobs ...

Chunks and Frogs

As there are so many things going on right now ... I learnt again two valuable life lessons ... the first lesson is to chunk down a major task to smaller tasks if you want to get it done. If you keep it looking as a major task, it can look daunting, and it leads to procrastination :(

Another thing I learnt was to the need to eat the biggest frog. According to Brian Tracy in his article here, frogs are the tasks that you are loathed to do but are the most the important that NEEDS to be done a.s.a.p .. I have to take of frogs, instead of settling for easy ones :( ...

Oh life ... as long as you do not learn the lesson ..it hits you back again !

Di Persimpangan

Sekali lagi aku di persimpangan ...  dan yang pasti, kalau tidak buat keputusan yang betul ..nanti hasilnya macam sekarang .. samar2  :( .. so many ideas, so many ways ... yet, the ACTION lacked ..

and the physical body is giving me signals as well....

Insanity # 2

I was unwell today ...  and, it finally hit me that I am still insane. Mengikut kata Sam Carpenter, pengasas dan penulis buku 'Work The System', hidup kita adalah sistem yang sempurna .... dalam sistem, ada 3 perkara utama ... input, proses, output...  apa2 yang tidak kena, ketiga - tiga perkara ini harus dianalisa untuk melihat apa masalahnya ... hmm... something that I should do, kerana apa yang saya buat untuk menjana pendapatan sampingan is still not working as it should be :( ..