this week's been quite crazy with a lot of drama going on...some of the drama was quite necessary though...wakes people up...opens their eyes to stuff they prefer not to see...
career day is on wednesday next week...really unsure of what i wanna do in life...waaaaaay too many options these days...moving in the direction of business at the moment but i really don't know...something else i was thinking about is like getting maybe a degree in science or something then just teaching many many kids whose parents would pay an exorbitant amount of money for tuition...thousands of those nowadays with our extremely competitive educational climate...the price people would pay for tuition...i really don't understand it...madness...so ya...life as a tuition teacher would be good...lots of money...no need to pay income tax since it's a transfer payment...flexible hours...good life lah!! only thing is that it's not a stable source of income..and u gotta be really good to get more students...
mocks galore coming up in the next two weeks...as far as possible i'm not gonna leave the house this weekend...sooo much homework plus alot alot alot to study...can't wait for all this to be over...
Friday, July 29, 2005
Thursday, July 21, 2005
a forwarded e-mail message i received a long time ago which i really liked...
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood." Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life." I reflected on what Michael said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. Well, there was a bigburly nurse shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'." Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood." Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life." I reflected on what Michael said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. Well, there was a bigburly nurse shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'." Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Saturday, July 16, 2005
this past week:
received all mid-year results...i'm alright with my results considering i didn't put in as much effort as i shld have...but these are my worst set of results so far...
finished reading the second summer of the sisterhood...couldn't put it down...now started on the da vinci code...already quite exciting in the first few pages
went for the good charlotte concert on thursday veeeeery reluctantly...just me and tasha(my cousin who is a "devoted fan")...weirdos galore...and brats as well...there was this girl porbably about 12/13...puny but soooooo incredibly rude to her mother i wanted to kill her...she was standing just behind me before the concert began and shouting at her poor mom and when her mom was walking away from her to go check something the girl pulled on her mom's backpack thingy...aaaaaaaargh so annoying!!! i wonder what all these small people actually know about good charlotte's brand of music...haiyoh no comments...haha but the concert was quite good...unfortunately i was standing next to this group of young shrieking girls...all also within the 11-14ish range...my left ear was suffering...
got quite a bit of work this weekend...better get started soon...i'm already falling behind in maths and chem...as usual...right so i better get going...got things to do!
received all mid-year results...i'm alright with my results considering i didn't put in as much effort as i shld have...but these are my worst set of results so far...
finished reading the second summer of the sisterhood...couldn't put it down...now started on the da vinci code...already quite exciting in the first few pages
went for the good charlotte concert on thursday veeeeery reluctantly...just me and tasha(my cousin who is a "devoted fan")...weirdos galore...and brats as well...there was this girl porbably about 12/13...puny but soooooo incredibly rude to her mother i wanted to kill her...she was standing just behind me before the concert began and shouting at her poor mom and when her mom was walking away from her to go check something the girl pulled on her mom's backpack thingy...aaaaaaaargh so annoying!!! i wonder what all these small people actually know about good charlotte's brand of music...haiyoh no comments...haha but the concert was quite good...unfortunately i was standing next to this group of young shrieking girls...all also within the 11-14ish range...my left ear was suffering...
got quite a bit of work this weekend...better get started soon...i'm already falling behind in maths and chem...as usual...right so i better get going...got things to do!
Monday, July 11, 2005
Saturday, July 09, 2005
 You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs. For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong. |
the second part is sooooooooo true...scary
tried some kinda quizzy thingy...this is what it said:
hmmmm hehe interesting....try it
The Keys to Your Heart |
You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. |
In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored. |
You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy. |
You would be forced to break up with someone who was insecure and in constant need of reassurance. |
Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets. |
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. |
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred. |
In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now. |
hmmmm hehe interesting....try it
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Sunday, July 03, 2005
the live 8 concert has been going on since yesterday but it seems like only 35000 people to date have put their names down to support the cause -- eradication of world poverty...i honestly expected the number to have run into millions by now since the concerts are going on in various parts of the world and being telecast live as well...weird that the number is still so low..sooo it'd be great if everyone could just add their names to the list of people supporting the cause...it's the very least that we, as people who have already been blessed with everything(and more than) we need, can do...no other obligations whatsoever...just put your name on the list..the website is below..just click on the link:
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