Vocalist Fever Spot 歌唱爱好者聚集点

Must look at the notes when sing??

2012-06-06T06:57:00.000-07:00

Basic Music Notes image taken from Google.

Well, maybe some of the peoples think that by looking at the notes and sing is a must. Well, we mustn't have to read notes and sing, it's a sense of music and tones that came up from our mind, thought and transit through our brain and sing out from our mouth. Or you can called it a voice-box vibration.:) whatever you want to call that.

Everything is just as simple as that and there's nothing to complicated about. Of course, if some of the peoples are very keen to knows more about reading music note and trying to sing along with it. That's good though, just distinguish which genre you're in to, for example: opera, choir, broad way and so on. You will not wanted to sing R&B with a notes, won't you? I guess not.:)

創業之想法

2012-03-06T20:27:00.003-08:00

怎麼會想要創業呢？經過深思熟慮，便决定立足於馬國創業。之前閱讀了《富爸爸，窮爸爸》一書所啟發，便對“做生意”感興趣。何以如此說？因為做生意能“赚大錢”嘛。聽起來有貪婪之意似的，話說倒回来，倘若不貪婪，“知足常樂”此名言就一直圍繞着你了。

在我看来，此名言“知足常樂”會使得我卻步，無法前進；因為知足嘛。这樣就會一直在原地踏步。这是我當時的想法才有這勇氣做这個决定的。做出此决定後，很快的就提交辭職信了。就這樣，結束了我在新國七年的打工生涯（两千年至兩千零七年）。當時还有些心理挣扎，犹豫不决的，记得一位好友“勝兄”说了一句給我鼓勵很大的話~“你才二十出頭，你的起點已是别人的终點了。”

勝兄現下也在為自己事业而打拼着。勝兄！俺知道咱倆有一天會成功的。加油！

超級偶像 2010 / 2011

2011-06-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

亞洲聞名的《超級偶像》SUPERIDOL汶萊東馬歌唱選拔賽。

以下就是比賽一路以來的一些照片實錄：

半決賽第二回合

半決賽唱第一回合

初賽第一回合與可愛主持人夏日（SUMMER）合影

2010年超偶比賽又是個很刻骨銘心且難忘的回憶與經歷。經過了許多考驗，過關斬將直到總決賽，每一位戰友都使出他們的法寶來上陣。

這四位是初、半決賽及大決賽的評審

（左起）Marieta, Deon Ong, Donny Wong, Danny

這位被稱為“黑色寡婦”造型的Moreen Phua是我們比賽的造型老師

這是大部分大決賽的參賽者，後排左起：楊勝頡，陳家慶，陳利發（我），陳家勝

前排左起：吳綺鴻，楊嘉儀，林友珍

這是總決賽現場，高雅壯觀。

楊勝頡（季軍），陳利發（冠軍），梁輝榮（亞軍）

從超偶比賽出道的著名歌手與演員黃文星頒發冠軍寶座給陳利發與亞軍給梁輝榮。

這是其中一位評審(左)MARIETA和（右）ALLEY幫所有參賽者及舞蹈員上妝的化妝師。

共鸣练习，Resonance (音乐术语)

2010-10-23T07:26:00.000-07:00

何谓共鸣？共鸣可由胸腔、喉腔、口腔、丹田（横膈膜）所造成的共鸣，这样就能把整个声音共鸣发的圆滑，稳定，同时也会给听众产生共鸣。
共鸣也可以论为：颤动，振动，音波，声响。这与大小声有极大关连，在我们唱歌的时候，非要把声音唱得很大声才有共鸣。同样的，清唱也可以有共鸣，让人听得很舒服的。唱得太大声并非会有共鸣，因为有很大可能是通过声带挤压造成的声音。简言之，我们清清的唱也可以扣人心玄、打动人心。这就是共鸣的惊人之处了。

如何唱得有共鸣呢？就从以下练习开始吧！

现在我们以“A”母音来练我们的口腔共鸣。要注意口里是有空间，喉部是松的（如同打哈欠般的松），当我们唱“AH”母音的时候，声音是顺着气息而出，听起来是舒服的，而非紧绷刺耳或干燥的声音。刚开始练习时，气息会显得不足，觉得丹田会很紧绷，拉气的时间自然会比较短暂，当然练习久了，就能延长时间了，时间拉得越长当然就越好。

一天可以花15分钟来练此共鸣练习。吸气也很重要，因为没有充足的气息，共鸣也相对的不饱满，圆滑，稳固，持续。

可以参考其他网上能找到的ResonanceMP3。或是参考其他的练习。：）愿你练习愉快并更上一层楼。

歌唱诠释

2010-10-22T01:35:00.000-07:00

我发现周遭的人都是华语派之人，于是，就开始了这个华语帖子解说了。废话不多说，就直入正题吧！这次的话题是《歌唱诠释》，那说到诠释，有很多种诠释方式。
很多人唱歌的时候，通常都是属于常给自己听的诠释法，比如在浴室的时候，或在自己房间清唱的时候。这是人人都会的诠释方式。如果要在台上以“唱给自己听”的方式来诠释，那就天差地别了，效果会是让群众啼笑皆非的。

要让整个歌唱诠释完整就是脸部表情，表情显露出内心的感觉，如果唱歌面无表情，应该不会很吸引人吧。简言之，该带点笑容时，就笑容，该带点皱眉容颜的时候，就勇于表现出来，这样就会让群众觉得有声有色，而非“清一色”。此外，当然也要懂得如何把歌声唱得响亮及有特色的。如何唱得有特色？这个可要自行拿捏，研究了，不妨研究一下我的。俺只是供意见及相关资料给大家，希望有所帮助。：）当然，多练习一定会进步，要用对的方式练习了。

Worried of making noise while practice?

2010-10-21T22:00:00.000-07:00

Lately, I found out there is a cute and convenient ways of practicing your singing at home,

scare no more to "sing your neighbors away". But I think it will be better if we can listen to what we sing, sounds dilemma, Ah ha. you might want to have one at your home. I think I'm not going to try this, but if you wanna try, please tell me how it's sounds like.:) Beside these cute Mic, there are more variety of mic out there.Wii Logitech Vantage USB Microphone (Black)

What is Karaoke?

2010-08-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

What is Karaoke?

KARAOKE is a Japanese word composed of "kara" which means "empty" (from the japanese word Karappo) and "oke" which is a shortcut of "okesutora" which means orchestra. Instrumental tracks of a song, without the vocal dimension, are called "karaoke".

The origins of Karaoke begin at the end of the 50's in the USA with a TV show like "Sing Along with Mitch". The Mitch Miller orchestra made the public sing along to the rythm of a bouncing ball jumping over the lyrics on the TV screen.

Tips: Practicing without Microphone

2010-07-22T01:36:00.000-07:00

Today,I'm gonna talk about singing with just our mouth but not rely on the microphone. Well, for many peoples may think that by practicing with microphone is better than singing without one. From the start, I was holding those kind of concept as well. Until I attended a music courses which changing my idea upon practicing. Feel doubtful? You are not alone here!

Why Practicing without microphone??

When singing without microphone, you are most likely heard your very own voice or tone.
With microphone practices, we may feel that it is a lot more comfortable when we heard that voice came out from the speakers.
Practice without one, can easily enhance our tone control and the tone brightness control etc.
Singing is a way of expressing your emotion, so, without one, you will know how to cover up your weak point and make good.

The above mentioned points are more likely faced by most people now.

Singing with microphone can cover up a lot of our weak point, but that will break down your way to a pro singer, in term of your tone control and breathing control, nothing matter with your singing technique.

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Singing with mouth wide open

2010-06-21T22:28:00.000-07:00

Why singing with mouth wide open? In other words, singing with jaw opened(like when we are yawn).

I'm gonna talk about the singing with mouth wide opened, this means we need to preventing from singing with nasal voice. If singing with mouth slightly open, nasal voice are most likely occur, because the sound are delivered more through our nose and less through our mouth. On the other hand, this caused audience hard to hear and not clear from your singing. Hence, negative response will shows on their faces. Nobody wants this happen to them.

You may practice started with a vowel, for example an "A" vowel to start with mouth wide open(with your jaw down), let the sound out completely from your mouth ONLY, assuming that you are suffering from heavy flu that you cant singing very well but join able to open up your mouth and sing, you may not hear much of your sound by your own, but sounds good and clear for audience and a smiling face will show on their expression. Recording device is very important for your sounds practicing and is strongly recommended.

After practice with the recording device, you may found that your voice are much more clearer from every single recording you had (depend on individual practice progress). So, Practice makes perfect!

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Singing is not just the matter of skill

2010-06-17T20:58:00.000-07:00

Today I'm gonna talk about the inner feel of our singing. Well, it's not just skill and singing techniques that we use only.

Singing is an expression of feeling and emotion from oneself's deep inside. Singing is divided into many types of annotation, I will state some of them here. Soulful singing, Expressive singing, willful singing, skillful singing.

Soulful singing contains strong elements of emotional voice that can touch one's heart and soothing one's soul, pampering a broken heart or even makes one in to tears.
Expressive singing contains maybe just a simple singing skill and techniques that combine with a strong expression from the singer face and body language.
Willful singing is the singing that coming straight from one's mood and feel at that very moment. Most of the time is when someone cheerful, happy and relax and simply sing their heart out; whether it's nice or don't, but from the singing can that he is happy. Where as for some of the people, choose to sing when they are down and moody which could help them out from stress and pressure.
Skillful singing is the singing that contains so much skills that emulate a little feel within the singing and so called "out of feel singing".

If you are one of them that really can analyse which type you are in, you may try singing to your fans or friends and seek their response and reaction. write it down, then you check the one that you are short of(skill, soul, emotion or the way you express).

For example : If your fans say that "you got a good voice but you can do better." In this case, there are really many reasons they said this, maybe your skill are not up to certain level, or the way your expression are lacking. You need to do more practice with the TIPS that I given previously. Remember!Practice makes perfect!

To keep a good condition before a performance/gigs.

2010-06-15T08:32:00.000-07:00

Today I'm gonna tell you how to maintain a good and clear voice before any performance and gigs.

As a vocalist, you all know that having a scratchy sound or cracky sounds are so bad, that we can't do it right as expected. So, in order to make nice or sounds good before every gigs; here's few tips:

Do not drink coffee or tea(with milk) before performance - this may resulting to the dryness of the throat and cause cracky sound.
Drink room temperature water to maintain the clearing of the throat - maintain the voice of your very own.
Stay far away from the fried food - this may result in the sound strain and cause stress to the throat.
Do not drink alcoholic liquid - cause hot and extreme dryness to the throat.
you may chew sugarless minty chewing gums - to keep the wetness to the throat.
Drink honey juice or mix well with tea(without milk and sugarless) - to keep the throat well and soothing the throat.

The above stated points are pretty easy to follow and this is the guidance i could give you, hope could give you a helping hand throughput your career and wish you all the best to your performances. Remember!practice makes perfect!:)

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The basic exercise

2010-05-27T06:27:00.000-07:00

Above all, wanna sing out a great voice and tone, exercise is the basic thing that we need to do daily.

For example: jogging, swimming, yoga is the best for our lungs, for me, I preferred jogging. Most of the people know this facts, how many of them do it? well, you are not alone since you are here to read this.

I have a very easy breathing techniques that could help you extend your lung capacities. Firstly, you breathe in deeply, and produce a "SS" sound until your diaphragm contracted completely. This can help your lung capacity. So, in order to have a good voice and tone, do this regularly with an appropriate outdoor exercise like jogging or swimming. It's depend on individual.

A lot of peoples often feel that why they can't sing out with confidence, this is one of the main reason, they didn't do an exercise regularly, hence, their air is not enough to sing even a simple song. So, if you are one of them, you should try on the above method i stated. Remember, practice makes perfect. Good luck and enjoy practice.

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Sing In Different Genres

2010-05-26T01:07:00.000-07:00

Most of the peoples are more likely singing pop songs nowadays, maybe you may try on other type of genres like jazz and rock.

Today, I'm gonna tell you on the jazz feel singing. Well, to sing jazzy feel like new age jazz singer Norah Jones or classic jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and so forth, you have to master the internal feeling of jazz music.

The main difference in jazz is mostly the tempo and the beat hiding behind the music. So, by easily mastering jazz music, I may suggest you listen to it all the time in order to help you building your metronome (inner music sense). Of course, in other genres, we need that metronome too. Jazz is just different! Listen more and spot the different feel and soul soothing elements in it. Enjoy Jazz music!:)

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Singing when you suffered from flu.

2010-05-21T06:18:00.000-07:00

I think a lot of peoples is wondering if it's there a way to sing even when we suffering from flu.

The answer is "Yes, you can." But there is a correct method to start with. Before that, you got to warm up your voice box as well, remember, before singing, warm up please. Firstly, you have to inhale as per normal, and make a bubbly tone as the air release from low pitch to high pitch. do this repeatedly for 5 minutes.

You may sounds cracks, off and on from the start, this will enhance your tone while you are flu.

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Michael Jackson, king of POP

2010-05-12T21:55:00.000-07:00

One of my all time favorite pop star Michael Jackson, his singing inspired me the most and I would like to intro some of his greatest hits here. Some of his songs are: Man In The Mirror, Billie Jeans, Beat It. You may click the link below to look into his History album, latest album "This Is It".
Greatest Hits - HIStory, Vol. 1
This Is It
Michael Jackson - Video Greatest Hits - HIStory
Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller (CD+DVD)

Breathing Technique

2010-05-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

Today, I'm gonna talk about the breathing technique, Singing with appropriate breathing techniques plays an important role throughout singing process. Without breathing techniques, we are unable to sing emotionally, technically, expressively to our audience or "to the wall". Thus, our singing will only left unnoticeable.

When we are talking, yelling, whispering even yawning; we are only using small part of our lungs organ, so, our respiratory system plays an important part in singing as well. Hence, we need our large capacities of lungs co-ordinating with breathing techniques in singing.

3 steps that you need to practice everyday.

Inhale together with your mouth and nose as much air as possible slowly to increase your lungs and diaphragm flexibility.
After that, exhale as much air as you could slowly(do not hesitate after full inhalation, just exhale after that).
repeat the above two steps for 3 to 5 minutes per day.

You may feel dizzy and "bird seeing" at first few practice, this is normal process. As we are not breathing so much air to talk at normal time(when we are not singing). It's like bring up your breathing technique to the best. You are taking another steps towards the better singing experience, With this practice, you will advance your:

Breathing smoothly while singing.
Breathe in much air in half a second easily.
Endless air to sing for few songs at one go.

Practice makes perfect! Good luck and I looking forward to hear from you soon!Happy practicing.

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What is chest voice?

2010-05-10T22:36:00.000-07:00

"Chest voice" is obviously relating to our chest part, it's like when someone listen to music with the sub woofer on. So, chest voice = sub woofer. I believe that most of the people are more likely listen to a music with sub woofer instead of without one.

Same goes to vocal singing, singing without chest voice is like a a flat sound that coming out from our mouth. You may don't like it too. Here is the steps that you may follow:

First of all, take a deep breathe, sing with "A" pushing with your diaphragm, naturally chest voice will be produced(you may place your hand on your chest while you are practicing, a chest vibration is occurred).

It's the same with my tips "Sing with diaphragm"practice. 5 to 10 mins practice is recommended. You may found your singing either in loud or soft will definitely come together with the chest voice after few practice, we called that a complete sound or tone, which is not flat, but a nice "round tone".

In classical music, they are practicing this everyday. Some of my students ask, does this hurt or damage our voice box?
I'd say if a person are practicing by screaming without controlling, that will definitely damaged their voice box, if you follow every simple steps that I stated above, that won't hurt your voice box. It's just that simple. Practice makes perfect!

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Tips for singing out loud and clear

2010-05-10T07:03:00.000-07:00

Today, I'm gonna show you how to sing out loud and clear without hurting and stretching your voice box.

Firstly, you breath in until your stomach fully filled with air; by singing "A" vowel exhaling with the air immediately push it with your diaphragm(at this point of time, your stomach will feel a bit tension) to create a loud and clear voice, try to make it firm and longer, the longer you make, the harder it is. 5 to 10 mins practice per day to see the results in a weeks time(depend on individual physical strength).

Problem you might face when ongoing with the practice.

When you feel your voice like shaky and unstable when you push it with your diaphragm, you try breath in more air until your stomach fully filled with air from the starting point.
When you notice that your throat are extremely stressful while you singing out, your problem is that you did not utilize your diaphragm to push your voice instead of using your throat.

NOTE: When you sing out loud with your diaphragm, your throat(voice box) or pharynx shouldn't feel tension at all, but just a diaphragm tension. This can strengthen your diaphragm muscle! Enjoy your practice.:)

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Food to avoid for vocalist.

2010-05-07T21:20:00.000-07:00

Assuming that you're a Professional singer, karaoke lover or recording artist. There are foods that you might need to avoid from.

Chocolate is an high energy foods, it produce phlegm that would definitely obstruct our voice box or you can said it "burn" our voice box. Hence, result in breathy voice or even coughing heavily while singing for some of people.

Foods like Fried chicken, Fried noodles, everything goes with "fried" are not recommended to eat more. This will cause temporary damage to our throat and our "airway", So, skip this food for weeks or two if you have to perform a singing session in coming time.

Avoid drinking cold water, this will leads to the shut down to the voice box. And also avoid drinking warm water, this will cause our throat to dryness and uncomfortable. Room temperature boiling water is recommended for vocalist. As you know, it is good to take care of your throat all time.

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"Wanna get rich! If not now, then when will it be?"

2010-05-07T04:34:00.000-07:00

Dad, Me & Mum

A lot of my friends said that: "I'm gonna get rich one day."

But what they are doing everyday is giantly could't make them rich. What is success? Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. This is the words from a business owner/motivator Earl Nightingale. I have a friend said(1999):"I will do my own thing very soon"(I guess he refer to have his own business). but after 10 years(2009), he is still doing what he was doing ten years ago.

I can said that most of the peoples are doing the same thing every single day. And the outcome are small, in term of incomes and their freedom. Obviously, they are sacrifice their wonderful time for their boss(most of the time is high level employee). What I think is if you wanna make your dream come true, you gotta implement it fast with a definite plan and just do it.

Just imagine how many years does our parents left? How many years again that our parents waiting for us to come back and gathering with them? Do you think they have a lot of time waiting for us? Don't you think they are so happy if you bringing them for vacation? When can you bring them to vacation?

Let's spent 5 minutes per day to ponder over this question. This is my sharing for today, enjoy blogging.

Employee, Self-employed, Business, Investor

2010-05-06T05:11:00.000-07:00

Robert Kiyosaki (get from Google)

I've read a books called "Rich Dad Poor Dad" which inspiring me the most in term of my mindset and vision. I'd like to share some of the theory inside.

E, S, B and I.

"E" stand for Employee, "S" stand for Self employed, "B"stand for Business and "I" stand for Investor.

I've been working at overseas for 7 years, in RICH DAD theory is in Employees Quadrant. Well, for employee quadrant, what do they look for? A Benefits from their employer. What kind of benefits do they ask?

Allowances such as OT(overtime)
Annual Leaves(the more the better)
Sick leaves(the more the better)
Bonuses
Wages

In this Quadrant, you can see that they are sacrifice their precious time for their employer. All they want is a tiny salary to achieve their "Assets". This is their mindsets :

Buy House (Long-term liabilities) which they think is their asset.
Buy Car(Long-term Liabilities)which they think is their asset.
Buy "Doodad"(Expense on new Gadgets or somethings that attract them which increase their liabilities)

Obviously, This is not the quadrants that I want to stay.

Self employment Quadrants, That is where most of the peoples are in now, Doing their own business, establishing their own corporation. This is difference from Employee Quadrant, They do not have to "punch card" everyday because they are their own Boss. These are the peoples who are mostly a PERFECTIONIST. They want all their things stay in good position all the time, thus they are more focus on all the small issues instead of the Big issues. So, In this case, the more they earn, the more taxes they have to bear.

The disadvantage for this quadrant is "Once they sick and collapse, their income stop."

This is the Quadrant that I'm in at the moment. I'm focusing on my corporation concepts and system now. So, to make sure I do not have to work in the system forever. My next targets is to get to the Business Quadrants. To do so, I have to work out a workable system to make it happen.

Business Quadrant, This is the quadrants that's less peoples are in. Business owner like INTEL, DELL, Microsofts, Mc Donald & Starbucks etc...This Quadrants offered you freedom because you do not have to work in the system everyday. You can do a lot of things that you love. Does it sound great? You have your own TEAM. Your own Manager that manage your company and etc...

Investor Quadrant, This is the Quadrant that most of the millionaires were in, such as Real Estate investors, Business investors. They bought a lot of properties that generates wealth for them. Instead of working for money; money work for them.

This is one of my goals.

Tips for Singing with diaphragm

2010-05-05T19:28:00.000-07:00

For singing with a good voice, the basic Technic we need to master is "sing with diaphragm".

A lot of people said that "I don't know how to sing with my stomach", "My throat can't bear the scratchy stress" and so on. Well, you may clearly understanding this meaning in physical aspect. I will say "singing with diaphragm".

How we gonna sing with diaphragm? First, you breathe in (inhale) deeply till you feel that your stomach is expanding, then slowly (exhale) breath out till your stomach feel contracted completely. That's the uncomfortable feel transmitted from your diaphragm(muscle beneath the lungs).

So, try singing by using the exhale method which using your diaphragm directly to push your voice out, in other words, singing softly while you exhale, slowly you may practice with louder singing. 10 - 15 minutes per day, Practice makes perfect.

You may leave your message at the comment box if you facing problems.

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Tips for voice warm up!

2010-05-03T19:22:00.000-07:00

Most of the peoples knows how to sing, BUT without "warming up" their voice box... Do you notice that you sound so bad after just a short 10 minutes sing? Well, something goes wrong.

Most of the peoples knows how to sing, BUT without "warming up" their voice box, This is the main reason why your sound gone "broke". This may lead to the damage to the voice box. Here are little tips on warm up your voice box.

Take a breath, open up your mouth and releasing the air slowly and gently vibrating your voice box by pronounce "A"(low pitch to high pitch or high pitch to low pitch), repeat the same exercise for 20 minutes.

There are MORE learning details in my vocal course.

**NOTE : Warming up before singing is crucial process**

Eco

2010-05-03T18:36:00.000-07:00

The Words Eco which is mostly relating to ecology or to the environment. Most of the countries or should I said the whole world are facing the same problem; that is Global Warming.

Eco, What is Eco? I study some of the articles from Wikipedia.com, The Words Eco which is mostly relating to ecology or to the environment. Most of the countries or should I said the whole world are facing the same problem; that is Global Warming. That is why some of the countries are strike by Tsunami, typhoon and some natural disaster.

What I think is, all these hazard happened is because of Human bad habits. Human chop down trees for the making of Paper, Chopsticks and so on. Factories and vessels that leaks chemical, oil discharge from ships and under water pipeline.

What pleased me the most is there is an UK scientist developed an eco friendly robotic FISH which is to detect water pollution. The carp-shaped robots will then let loose in the port of Gijon in northern spain as part of 3 years research. It equipped with tiny chemical sensors to find the source of potentially harzardous pollutants in water. The fish will then transmit their data through Wi-Fi technology when they dock to charge their batteries with last around eight hours.

The fish, cost around 20,000 pound, It's cute and will mimic the undulating of real fish, I hope this could really help on the water pollution around the world one day. So, Let puts our hand together to save mother earth.

Be a Successful person!

2010-04-29T23:02:00.000-07:00

Successful means...

I do not know what inspired me to write so much things here recently, as the time goes by, what I want to share with you is I'm doing what I want to achieve, maybe most of my friends find me a big different in term of the way I communicate and the way I deal with people. I feel comfortable of what I am doing now.

After reading some of my previous articles, you may pictured me that I should be a very successful person, I can tell you that, I am a successful person but not an extreme successful person. Well, I'm on my way to a very successful person now.

A successful person doesn't mean you have to be very rich,
A successful person doesn't mean you have to be in a big house.
A successful person is a student who can get into university as they achieve their goal,
A successful person is a person that step one step forward his/her goals everyday.
A successful person is a person that set target and implement everytime.
A successful person never give up, only LOSER give up.
A successful person is not an end, A successful person learning everyday.

***Some message were from Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki ***

Well, there are people out there claimed that they are very happy with what they are doing now. I found that they are extremely lacking in the sense of their financial, time freedom. They may be happy with what they are doing and they are doing their own things without facing the boss. But in my concern, if you prefer to do your own thing, your career must be able to give you what you want in your life. That's the main thing I want to say.