A typical outlook of my mornings in the lrt, I can see more people reading these days. Be it on their iPhone or simply any reading material. I believe that it is a good habit to take up as it updates you & if it’s a book, the author is basically bringing you to his thoughts, imaginations & even life experiences!

As this new year is here for the past 17 days, I’ve reclaimed back my blog as I can blog while I walk. (well not literally but as I’m on the go) . It will definitely gives me the flexibility, with quick & easy access as I’ve just download the iPhone ap, I think this is much easier & faster! Why haven’t I thought of it?

Now, while it’s a new year, new start, there should be a new goals, new achievements to be set!

While I ponder in December of the pass year 2010, there are quite a number of my resolution was achieved!
1) Determine to change my job
2) Lose some weight (which I did after I change my job); came as 2 in 1
3) Move house in 2011 (did it in the nick of time!)
4) Also to increase my knowledge.
(Attended 2 major seminar, which has definitely change my mindset on alot of things)

Now I need to set some new goals for 2011 to make it a fruitful year full of success & accomplishment

Cheers to 2011!!!

Character #2 – Courageous
We all experience fear at one time or another. Great salespeople are courageous, in that they are able to act and move forward even in the presence of their own fears. Fear is the reaction we have when you know that you need to do something or that something is going to happen soon that you are not prepared for.

Character #3 – High Energy (Assertive)
The true top-performers got that way by working long and hard to beat out their competition while the other guys were enjoying themselves on the golf course. In short, you must be able to do “Whatever It Takes” to get to the top.

Character #4 – Good Network
The ability to establish rapport and maintain rapport is probably the single most powerful skill a salesperson can have. The most flexible people can adapt and establish rapport with others from a multitude of backgrounds and cultures.

Character #5 – Committed To Grow
Great salespeople got that way by always looking for a better way. They are always improving their approach, their techniques and their attitude. Great salespeople know that they must look for the best examples of excellence and adopt the individual aspects of this that they can use.

Looking back, some say that it was a test of the chicken’s health and growth capability. However, on the lighter side of things, there is quite a debate on this. Onto why did they use “chicken” instead of any other animals for this riddle, was it that “duck” was not invented yet?

Well, there is no right or wrong answer to this riddle, just a way on how you would to answer it to what i believe.

Every year at around this time, you will start thinking and hoping you should have bought more books, did a medical check-up and keep whatever receipts. Hoping at the end of the year during the budget announcement things you bought / receipts you kept is income tax deductible.

But after a while getting over with the income tax, you tend to forget when you buy stuff, specially sports gear! Man and ridiculously, swim suits are NOT considered as sports equipment but shuttle cocks are…then swimmers will be thinking are we not taken seriously, or probably you’re in the wrong country to take up this sports. Cos badminton, football, bowling, squash are the few importance sports taken seriously representing the country and making fame for the country.

HOWEVER, you swimmers out there if you can win some medals back, then i bet probably the water in your pool can be tax deductible. This is life baby, life!! Its that Unfair hahaha….being evil here.

Spending: If you buy things you don’t need, you’ll soon sell things you need.
Savings: Don’t save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving.
Hard work: All hard work brings profit; but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Laziness: A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.
Earnings: Never depend on a single source of income.
Borrowings: The borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
Accounting: It’s no use carrying an umbrella, if your shoes are leaking.
Auditing: Beware of little expenses; a small leak can sink a large ship.
Risk-taking: Never test the depth of the river with both feet.
Investment: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Plane breaks into 3 pieces!

Isn’t it scary? Imagine if you were in the flight! I’m sure its all panicky, and screaming aloud, but I think prior to that I would have say my prayers quietly in my heart. Thinking back I always do that, during both take off and landing. Specially with budget airlines when things are not that stable, it always feels better after a prayer is whispered. (Haha, cos sometimes it feels like a roller-coster ride – minus the screaming )

Due to the time difference, it was on the newspaper frontpage on Thursday morning, only then i got to know about it. Malaysia time about 4pm only, Jack came online and got to know from him that they already knew it on Wednesday itself, as it happens NL time about 10-11am. And on Thursday morning, I was teasing one of colleague who will be departing for ICANN, Mexico on Friday nite, via KLM transit in Amsterdam, Schiphol and the crash just happened! haha…freaky

Burnt Jet Engine

Me with a shiny KLM Jet Engine

2.5 months ago I was at the Schiphol, Amsterdam airport too, so I could imagine the fear I would have got if this recent case just happened! In the Turkish Airline crash, if I am not mistaken none of the Cabin Crew survived, not even the pilot or co-pilot. I guess they thought everything is going to be just fine as any other day, part and parcel of their daily job, but who would have thought? “Cabin Crew, please be seated, we are preparing for landing” That’s what the Pilot/co-pilot would announce about 15mins prior to the landing. As announced today, after the Dutch investigation, “Found that faulty altimeter caused the plane’s autopilot to shut down the engines as it made its approach to land. The Boeing 737-800 crashed a kilometre short of the runway, killing nine people on board. The plane’s black box showed that the altimeter also malfunctioned during two previous landings.” (Reports extracted from “www.dw-world.de”)

So afterall, I have decided it is not a safe dream job!

She is a lady with strong will, great life experiences, and good PR skills I would say. With the people she mixes around with, its lucky that she has chosen the right path, at least up till now to earn hard money, though I believe temptation is high to look for easy money from “those” jobs receiving loads of tips which can come up to thousands if you’re good per night and some tycoon is interested in you. But those are just temporary while you still young and beautiful (This apply specially for girls, unless guys can be a toy boy to some rich, lonely, desperate housewives )

To those of us who are physically able, God has given us a so called Perfect body, mind and soul for us to work for ourselves and a pathway full of decision making and alternatives for us to choose from.It is so important for us to choose and make our decision wisely, because 1 wrong move can ruined your entire life specially those life decisions, like a life partner, time and money investment, etc. Sure at this young age, we can still take the risk and challenge the consequences, in fact we should sometimes in order we do not regret when we are older.

I always believe we should expose ourselves to various cultures, nature inhabitants, countries, to have a different perspective in life. This would naturally develop you as a person. However, if you do not take action and wait for money to fall from the sky, that’s a total waste of time, waste of resources, and plain laziness. So go on, make yourself useful

Speaker: Mr. Thomas Lai, who have 10 years experience as a professional trainer and another 10 years before that mainly involve in the Human Resource as well as providing training and talks. I see him as acting, I feel that he actions are not that “real”, well that’s just my judgement, he might be that “stiff” in his actions. Well, all i can say that he is a humble man, always striving to learn more and does not know how to relax and enjoy life and travel (well the last description was what he said)

Overall, the training is quite enjoyable, with activities, games given, brain teaser and a 20 minutes video, it make things interesting and not plain boring just talking with presentation slides. This is my second training that my company have sent me, this is definitely more practical then the previous. At least more information are absorb into my mind and I get to understand myself better and areas where I can improve on. The sad thing is that we did not finish 1 topic and there is this 1 topic who was quickly browse through, which I find it quite an important area for me, managing decision making skills.

Guess I just need to read it on my own, and read on the leadership skills article he have given. Overall, I will give a 7-8 for this training. Surprisingly, I think I am the youngest in the group, so alot to learn from people around you

Also, I met with the business owner of the training provider, what a co-incident he have proposed to my company early last week with a few other training topics he suggest to offer our office internal training Well, let’s wait, I hope to attend the Leadership program where I feel I should improve on.

There are times in life, that you can only see the present and not able to look into the future, but we are aware every choice and every decision we make in life will have consequences. It will either face out immediately, or years to reveal to see true colors, side effects, etc.

I have seen people make impulsive decisions, decisions full of uncertainty. Where many of our decisions are influenced by our surroundings, the people we mix with, upbringing and even your loved ones. From the day you were born, your parents have made some decision for you, such as what milk powder to consume, which kindergarten to register you, primary then secondary school. For most of us who have already know what are their interest and what they want to do or courses that they would like to further their studies, then its again a decision you made and that may alter your destiny.

In society today, I have seen many relationships come and go, marriage is made so simple and with a snap of a finger you’re married. Well that works when you’re in “Cloud 9″ but after that when you see each others true colors, let’s pray that everything is going to be alright. Cos sometimes, love doesn’t really conquers all, things ain’t the way it seem to be. Well, thru movies you see happy endings but not all. Some get married, because the gf’s are pregnant and they have so call “no choice” but to take up the responsibility. But being a girl, I feel it is so helpless, when things are rush into it. Some have their ROM paper signed but no wedding ceremony yet, then 1 year down the line, they find they not suitable for each other anymore. That is when, the honeymoon period has passed, haha and they become enemies for life. That’s not all, your single life is Ruin. Thank God for those who do not have babies yet, else the innocent child will have to face either 1. Non-peaceful family 2. Divorce parents and things may get even more complicated if they re-marry and have their own kids and wow i’m thinking too far. (It’ll be something like “Gossip Girl” just that not in that Elite lifestyle) – just wondering, what would be their children’s ideal family like?

Well off course there are some who live happily, I would say among my circle of friends so far, it’s a 50-50 kinda thing. Let’s see what happen later on in life. I’ll surely blog bout this =)

Decisions, decisions, decisions, and yes, life is full of decisions Good day’ People!