Robin's Blog

My wishlist

2011-09-27T02:20:00.000+08:00

1. Motorola Atrix

2. New pair of shoes (semi casual)

3. New clothes

4. Car

... more to come...

That Day Will Come - JJ.Lin

2011-09-09T15:32:00.000+08:00

一九四三世界大战
yi jiu si san shi jie da zhan
(It's) 1943, (during) the second world war
阿嬷年轻的时候
a ma nian qing de shi hou
A time when grandma was young
爷爷爱他那么多
ye ye ai ta na me duo
Grandpa loved her so much
他们感情很深
ta men gan qing hen shen
Their love was so deep
但是爷爷身负重任
dan shi ye ye shen fu zhong ren
But at the time grandpa held a heavy burden
就在离乡的那夜
jiu zai li xiang de na ye
On the night he left his village
给了阿嬷一个吻
gei le a ma yi ge wen
He gave grandma a light kiss
轻声说到
qing sheng shuo dao
And softly said

我要离去别再哭泣
wo yao li qu bie zai ku qi
I need to leave, please stop crying
不要伤心请你相信我
bu yao shang xin qing ni xiang xin wo
Don't be hurt, please believe in me
要等待我的爱
yao deng dai wo de ai
You need to wait for my love
陪你永不离开
pei ni yong bu li kai
To be with you and never part
因为会有那么一天
yin wei hui you na me yi tian
Because that day will come
我们牵著手在草原
wo men qian zhe shou zai cao yuan
Us holding hands in the garden
听鸟儿歌唱的声音
ting niao er ge chang de sheng yin
Listening to the sounds of the birds singing
听我说声我爱你
ting wo shuo sheng wo ai ni
Listening to me say I love you

夕阳西下鸟儿回家
xi yang xi xia niao er hui jia
The sun has set to the west, and the bird has returned home
阿嬷躺在病床上
a ma tang zai bing chuang shang
Grandma is laying on her sick bed
呼吸有一点散漫
hu xi you yi dian san man
Her breating is a little slow
眼神却很温柔
yan shen que hen wen rou
But her eyes are still so gentle
看著爷爷湿透的眼
kan zhe ye ye shi tou de yan
Looking at grandpa's wetted eyes
握著他粗糙的手
wo zhe ta cu cao de shou
Holding his rough hands
阿嬷的泪水开始流
a ma de lei shui kai shi liu
Grandma's tears start to fall
轻声说道
qing sheng shuo dao
And she softly says

我要离去别再哭泣
wo yao li qu bie zai ku qi
I need to leave, please stop crying
不要伤心请你相信我
bu yao shang xin qing ni xiang xin wo
Don't be hurt, please believe in me
要等待我的爱
yao deng dai wo de ai
You need to wait for my love
陪你永不离开
pei ni yong bu li kai
To be with you and never part
因为会有那么一天
yin wei hui you na me yi tian
Because that day will come
我们牵著手在草原
wo men qian zhe shou zai cao yuan
Us holding hands in the garden
听鸟儿歌唱的声音
ting niao er ge chang de sheng yin
Listening to the sounds of the birds singing
听我说声我爱你
ting wo shuo sheng wo ai ni
Listening to me say I love you

我要离去别再哭泣
wo yao li qu bie zai ku qi
I need to leave, please stop crying
不要伤心请你相信我
bu yao shang xin qing ni xiang xin wo
Don't be hurt, please believe in me
要等待我的爱
yao deng dai wo de ai
You need to wait for my love
陪你永不离开
pei ni yong bu li kai
To be with you and never part
因为会有那么一天
yin wei hui you na me yi tian
Because that day will come
我们牵著手在草原
wo men qian zhe shou zai cao yuan
Us holding hands in the garden
听鸟儿歌唱的声音
ting niao er ge chang de sheng yin
Listening to the sounds of the birds singing
听我说声我爱你
ting wo shuo sheng wo ai ni
Listening to me say I love you

How does getting rewarded through sharing sounds like to you? Join #ChurpChurp today and bring more friends to the community!

2011-08-11T21:03:00.000+08:00

How does getting rewarded through sharing sounds like to you? Join #ChurpChurp today and bring more friends to the community!

Intelligent Love

2011-08-03T12:40:00.000+08:00

So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God. (Phil1:9-11, MSG)

New Home

2011-07-28T11:00:00.000+08:00

This weekend marks a new life chapter for many of us. We are moving from a smaller place to a bigger place. It's a historical moment where we have sown in tears and sacrificed a lot of our time, effort and finance.

Today we are inviting you to celebrate with us for our soft opening of our new church building. :)

When will it be?
Date: Saturday, 30th July 2011, Time: 5:30PM
Date: Sunday, 31st July 2011, Time: 10:00AM

Where is it?

No. 3, Jalan SS 13/4, Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia

How to get there?
This is a map from our old church building to our new church building.

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%3A+no.+8%2C+ss13%2F6%2C+subang+jaya%2C+selangor%2C+malaysia+to%3A+no.+3%2C+ss13%2F4%2C+subang+jaya%2C+selangor%2C+malaysia&saddr=no.+8%2C+ss13%2F6%2C+subang+jaya%2C+selangor%2C+malaysia&daddr=no.+3%2C+ss13%2F4%2C+subang+jaya%2C+selangor%2C+malaysia&hl=en&ll=3.06846%2C101.597797&spn=0.005817%2C0.009828&sll=37.0625%2C-95.677068&sspn=37.735377%2C80.507812&geocode=Fa_MLgAd4ksOBimb-G2NjkzMMTEBZGXO2p_Dtg%3BFbDXLgAd5jgOBinRXHl2i0zMMTH2udZhY7DaWw&t=h&z=17

Is it open for everybody?

Yes it is! You can bring your friends, relatives and family along too. Just confirm that you're coming for the event, which day you're coming and how many people are coming along with you. :)

We will see you there! :)

Cajón

2011-07-26T11:11:00.000+08:00

A cajón (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈxon], "crate," "drawer," or "box") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front face (generally thin plywood) with the hands. - Wikipedia

The first time I've seen this instrument, it sounded exactly like drums and it seems to be acoustic, just like the acoustic guitar and you can carry it all around. I've always desire to have a drum set that can be all in one and can be carried. Well here it is, the cajon is the instrument that I've always dreamed of.

It was when watching the C3 acoustic version of Nothing but Jesus that I was really amazed by the sound of it. I always thought it was drums. I tried to find it online but I couldn't.

Then I watched Boyce Avenue cover version of Rolling in the deep and I saw the same exact drum instrument again. So I was thinking, I better find it now! So I went to google it and I found it. It's called the Cajón.

I have also started to youtube it and there's tutorials and performance of it. Just to have a simple demo of it. Here is one:

222 days

2011-07-19T14:52:00.001+08:00

222 days bring memories of mixed emotions.
222 days went through ups and downs.
222 days is a lesson to learn - a lesson of maturity and of hope.
222 days, does it continue somewhere or does it just end here?
222 days... i miss you...

The Singing Success GREATEST SALES!!!

2011-04-21T20:56:00.001+08:00

If you've always wanted to sing like Hayley Williams from Paramore, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Michael Barnes and many more, then this is FOR YOU!

Singing Success is a singing program that will unlock your hidden voice to be a great singer! Singing Success is the #1 World's Most Popular Vocal Method Today! I personally learned a lot from Singing Success myself and my voice has never been the same again. I was randomly browsing YouTube and I found Singing Success, led by this coach named Brett Manning. I was totally blown up by how my voice has been transformed and to sing like I never did before. You guys can ask the choir of CHCKL for a living proof! :)

Brett Manning is the author of the Singing Success Program and literally poured EVERYTHING he knew about vocal training into this remarkable, practical, user-friendly, hands-on and just plain FUN course that will serve as the most important step in your journey to become a singer.

If you always wanted to show off your voice, or maybe sing like a superstar on TV or you just love singing and struggle a lot, well this program is for YOU! It will totally change your life! GO AND GRAB IT NOW BEFORE ENDS SOON! IT'S THE BEST OFFER EVER!

Maximizing Your Full Potential

2011-04-19T03:34:00.000+08:00

I just had this random thought when I was taking the lift up to my house today.

"The moment you tell yourself that you can't do it or you don't like it, that's the moment you limit yourself to reach your full potential. To be able to maximize your full potential, you must always tell yourself that no matter what you can still do it. It doesn't matter if it's a matter of time, but you will definitely get there!"

Life in UK

2010-11-12T23:58:00.000+08:00

Greetings from London, UK!!!

Yes I'm right now in the land of football and of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. Currently I'm at Starbucks in Maida Vale. The funny thing about the Starbucks in UK, you have to purchase a card which they call it the StarbucksCard Reward costing £5. Well I don't think that I will be using much of internet here. In this card you have to reload it so that you can use it and they say it's FREE WIFI! Yeah right!!!

Anyways, during my first week in England, I had the chance to stay at my godparents' place for few days. I must say that the life in Haywards Heath is totally different from Malaysia. It's a town where you can find a lot of nice people. When I was walking on the streets of Haywards Heath, my godmom kept greeting people all around. It's pretty interesting. I also went to Brighton on a sunny day, which is apparently very rare on an autumn. Thank God that I had the chance to go there and it's indeed a very interesting place. Old but very nice and peaceful. I also found out a lot of things about UK itself. These are the following:

1. Britons are very polite people.

I was really impressed by the politeness of the people around here. They would greet people and they have very good manners such as they say words like "thank you", "I beg your pardon", "oh you're welcome", "please", "have a nice day" and lots more. I felt very warmth by their greetings and felt ashamed at the same time. They were genuinely sincere when they said those words. When I'm in Malaysia, I will never hear people say those words in a sincere way, which is quite sad. I must say that I've learned a lot from the people here and it helps me to be a better person.

2. Britons measure in miles NOT in kilometers.

When I landed at the airport of Stansted few days ago, I was so excited to feel the weather here. It was very cold. When I reached here, it was 5'C. I was really happy about it and I'm still happy about it! My godparents came and fetch me from the airport and I was asking about the places around. They were telling me the distance of certain places in miles. I was wondering, "Why do they count in miles?" I was ignoring it at first but I realized that they count every distance in miles and NOT in kilometers like in Malaysia. Their car speed is even in mph and NOT in km/h. So I had to take out my phone and make the conversion from miles to Km.

3. Britons can never predict the weather

The other day we were looking at the weather forecast and it kept saying that it's windy and raining everyday and that it's gonna be very cold. Well at least the weather forecast predicted right on the cold part. There was this once where I woke up a bit late and my godmom said, "Robin, come down and have your breakfast! We are going out soon!" I was like, "That's so random!" Well it was indeed a random plan. We went to Brighton due to the sunny day. The sky was clear and it was shining brightly and we decided to go to Brighton. I guess from the word Bright in Brighton that changed everything! Indeed I had an enjoyable moment in Brighton and I have tried the seafood there. I had a REAL fish and chips! It's nothing compared to what I have eaten. The next day, the weather forecast said that it's gonna be raining the whole day, but it was getting sunny in the afternoon.

Anyway I LOVE UK SO MUCH!!!

Will be posting soon! Heading to Hatfield later! Cheers!!! =)

90/10 Principle

2010-10-25T18:08:00.001+08:00

90/10 Principle of Stephen Covey

Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life : (at least the way you react to situations).

What is this principle?

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%. How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light., but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.

Let's take an example. You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just what happened. What happens when the next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?

The answer is "D".

You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. Here is what could have and should have happened. Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say," It's ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having. Notice the difference?

Two different scenarios.

Both started the same.

Both ended different.

Why? Because of how you REACTED. You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.

If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc. How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work ? Why let the cars ruin your drive? Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it. You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job. The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.

Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle. The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.

Have a great day! :)

This is what I'm eating now for dinner! =)

2010-10-06T20:51:00.000+08:00

This is something that I cooked and which is pretty simple. It's just chicken luncheon meat with onions, garlic, thyme and eggs. Enjoy! :)

Learning how to deal with difficult people

2010-09-10T14:06:00.000+08:00

Dr A.R Bernard

Today I was reading Dr AR Bernard's Facebook. Interestingly there's 3 notes that I haven't read from him and it's very interesting. It talks about "Learning how to deal with difficult people." I believe that all of us have encountered difficult people in our lives. Well I have compiled his notes into my blog and I want to share it with you. =)

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Bad temper is contagious - don't get infected.

Proverbs 22:25 MSG

Learning the art of happiness means learning how to deal with difficult people. After all, even the most saintly among us can be difficult to deal with at times. So it's inevitable that, from time to time, you'll encounter folks who behave inappropriately in the same way, or worse.

If you have occasion to deal with difficult people, remember the following tips:

1. Make Sure That You're Not the One Being Difficult: Perhaps the problems that concern you have their origin, at least partially, within your own heart. If so, fix yourself first (Philippians 2:3).

2. Don't Lecture: Lectures inevitably devolve into nagging; nagging creates animosity, not lasting change. Since nagging usually creates more problems than it solves, save your breath (Proverbs 15:1)

3. Don't Become Caught Up in the Other Person's Emotional Outbursts: If someone is ranting, raving, or worse, you have the right to get up and leave. Remember: Emotions are highly contagious, so if the other person is angry, you will soon become angry, too. Instead of adding your own emotional energy to the outburst, your should make the conscious effort to remain calm-and part of remaining calm may be leaving the scene of the argument (Proverbs 22:24-25).

4. Stand Up for Yourself: If you're being mistreated, either physically, emotionally, or professionally, it's time to start taking care of yourself. But remember that standing up for yourself doesn't require an angry outburst on your part. You can (and probably should) stand up for yourself in a calm, mature, resolute manner. And you should do so sooner rather than later (Psalm 27:1).

5. Be Quick to Forgive: If you can't find it in your heart to forgive those who have hurt you, you're hurting yourself more than you're hurting anyone else.

A Simple Step

Insist upon logical consequences to irresponsible behavior. When you protect other people from the consequences of their misbehavior, you're doing those folks a profound disservice. Most people don't learn new behaviors until the old behaviors stop working, so don't be an enabler (Hebrews 12:5-6).

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WOW!!! I'm truly inspired by his notes and it's very relevant in one's life. I was just talking to my dad earlier and it was telling me his problems and that his children don't really care about him. Well it's not true. We do care, it's just some communication problem and a generation gap. We don't see things on the same angle. I love my dad and respect him for who he is. He has been dealing with some difficult people and I believe that this note came just in time. I hope by sharing these tips to you, your life will be improved too. If you want to know more about Dr AR Bernard, you can wiki him or you can go on his website.

Life Book

2010-08-28T13:34:00.000+08:00

Two days ago I woke up in the morning and the first thought that I had, I've posted it on FB. I've posted it and just ONE DAY only, I had 12 Likes, which never happened to me before. I believe that it's quite a good thing also. So I just want to share with you what I've posted on FB that day.

"You cannot tear out the pages of your past, you can only turn the pages over and write a new one. Our past may be a sad one but it reminds us how naive we were and how mature we are now. It also reminds us how good it was, better than what it is now. The new pages to write are the future of hope. Just hold on the pen and keep writing."

I had this thought because I was just reminded about my past. I believe that a lot of us had some bad past which we wouldn't want to turn back. A lot of us would want to erase it. Well this is what I tried to do when I first stepped on the land of Malaysia. Before I left Mauritius 4 years ago, I told myself that it was time to live a new life. By telling myself this, I thought that I would have freedom and would eventually forget about my past. As the time goes by, I realized that I can still remember of my past. It doesn't torment me, but it is just remembered. From that time, I came to my senses that our past can't be erased.

Our life is like a book. Ever since we were born, we tried to write our life, but it's quite vague. Because as a small kid, we don't even know how to write yet. But as we grow up, we learn how to write. We eventually write down everything in our mind. Therefore here comes the memory. Our memory is the organism that has the ability to store, retain and recall information such as events, pictures, symbols, etc. Some memories are thoughts mixed with feelings, which make us to remember them. In my past, I had a feeling that people around me who didn't appreciate me much for who I am.

Before I came to Malaysia, I had my farewell done at my house and 60 people were invited that day, which consisted of relatives and friends. I served drinks and some snacks to my guests. It's quite sad to say that some of my friends didn't even greet my parents when they came to my house, which made my mom upset. Most of the time, my friends were just mingling around and the attention was not on me, when I was sitting with them. They were just among themselves, talking among themselves and I didn't even exist. It's quite sad to say that they enjoyed free food from my mom who cooked for the whole day and she was still cooking while the guests came. Well moms are really amazing! They can do everything to make us happy! Well she didn't tell me that she was upset till the end of the farewell party and that we had to clean up. It's crazy how it is after it has ended. We had to do a lot of cleaning up, especially those spilled drinks. I was quite upset also with some if my friends because they didn't even have a respect for my parents. They didn't even greet them nor say thank you for the food. Imagine that your friends go to your house for your party and never greet your parents and never say thank you, wouldn't you think that it's rude??? From that time I knew who were my real friends.

After I left Mauritius for Malaysia, I enjoyed my life here and I would always keep in touch with my friends back home. I would always email and tell them how am I doing. For your info, I wrote personal emails, meaning I wrote to them individually. It's quite sad to say that some replied me a month after where I have already shared my feelings and experience here in Malaysia. So to reply them was a bit outdated because of the fast pace life here. With time, I started to get busier. That's where I started blogging. I blogged about everything that is happening in my life in KL. I've called it The Adventures of Robin in M'sia (My previous blog). Every week I would blog, I would email them at the same time. But I've realized that nobody replied me, and nobody even read my blog posts. I was writing in vain. It's kind of frustrating at times when you email your friends about yourself and you get no reply at all, especially to those closer friends.

You may wonder why am I blogging about life is a book, then I talk about the past and now I'm talking about friends. Well let me tell you that all these things are related. Well the more friends you have, the more you feel loved and have a sense of insurance. Having very little friends and just being a loner isn't very good for health. Friends make you laugh, friends share good moment and support you in your tough and sad moment. A loner lives life on his/her own without having people around him. Maybe he/she doesn't want to be disturbed. Having lots of friends is not having lots of friends on Facebook! Friends in real life are there for you! It's not those people who just say Hi and Bye to you. Friends are those who are there in good times and bad times, always by your side to always put a smile on our face. Friends are the most essential thing in one's life apart from parents! They always there to listen and support. Friends are the M&Ms of our life. They make your life colorful when it is just black and white.

Today I must say that I live a good life. Despite of the past hurts, the wrong relationships, the failures of the past, well all that we can do is to move on with life. That's what I did. I'm living a very good life now, having lots of good friends around, having a quite average university and the most happening church in Malaysia. I have no regrets of my past. Past has passed. The present is where we want to live for our future. Life might be tough at time. It doesn't bring out good things all the time but life shapes us to be a better person. We may have a very bad and hurtful past, but now life goes on. Life goes according to what we are going to write in our Life Book.

Keep writing! :)

the mrbrown show: your mother's tongue

2010-08-25T11:49:00.000+08:00

I like this one the most!!! =)

the mrbrown show: your mother's tongue

the mrbrown show: single in singapore

2010-08-25T11:34:00.002+08:00

I've been listening to podcast a lot these days and I really love this Singapore Podcast called "The MrBrown Show". You can check it out, this is their latest podcast. Enjoy.

the mrbrown show: single in singapore

Life is a beautiful thing

2010-08-24T14:15:00.003+08:00

This morning I was feeling a bit lazy to do my devotion. Instead of reading the Bible, I switched on the Podcast to listen to Joel Osteen's sermon #440 You Are Blessed and Cannot Be Cursed and #438 Programming Your Mind for Victory. If you want to listen to it, subscribe to Joel Osteen Audio Podcast. Oh... you will need to download iTunes so that you can listen to his Podcast. The good thing I like about Podcast and iTunes, it's that they are FREE!!! So don't waste your time, go and listen now!!!

Today I woke up today feeling a bit lazy and just wanted to sleep the whole day. But I woke up with the alarm ringing and ringing. It was time for the morning prayer meeting. I started out morning prayer meeting with Caleb for more than a month now and I can tell you that it may be tiring in the morning, but never regret to pray together. Like what my pastor says, "A church that prays together, stays together." Well ever since we pray together, it was only the 2 of us who started out, it was good and started to get better. Our bond grew stronger. Later on, Joshua joined us and then there were Silvia and Wen Sen also. The more we prayed together, the more our bond was getting stronger and we started to hang out with each other. We went for breakfast, eating cheese naan, going for movies, going for bowling and even going for concerts. Oh last week I went for 2 concerts - Jaeson Ma's Rally Concert and a Malaysian Top Artistes Christmas Concert.

Anyway praying is very important in my life because it keeps me moving. It keeps me on track. I know that sometimes I do slack but by praying I always have the strength and I always feel that there's a greater being inside of me. I'm touched by the sermon by Joel Osteen today. It's refreshing. In one of the sermons I've listened, he said, "Don't let your heredity stop your destiny! You are a person of destiny, you are talented, you are created. God planted seeds in you; Seeds of blessing. The blessing God put on YOU will ALWAYS overwrite the curse. The blessing on YOUR LIFE will get you where you're supposed to be." My mom has always told me in the past, not to be like my relatives on my dad's side. Sometimes we would say that I'm just like my relatives from my dad's side. It's kinda hard to think at it. I had a past where I was just living my life with the flow. At times I acted tough. But acting tough didn't mean that I was tough. So this word blessed me, saying that I'm special, I'm a person of destiny, I'm talented, creative and a blessing. I feel that prayer unlocks the door to a blessed and meaningful life.

As I listened to the other sermon, it also empowered me. Joel Osteen says that we shouldn't let ourselves think that if we want to be free from an addiction, we have to tell ourselves that we are already free and not saying that one day we'll be free from it. The difference is that we are God's creation. We were created in His image and in His likeness. God has already blessed us. He has already gave us favor over our lives. All we need to do, it's to grab it. Being in the likeness of God, it's to think like Him. Think that we ARE free in Christ. Think that we ARE a successful person. Think that we ARE healthy. Think that we ARE prosperous. You might say it is stupid to think such a way when we are not. Well let me tell you, this is called walking in FAITH. Faith without action is dead. Faith works together with action! When we act upon it, that's where what we proclaim we are, gonna come to pass!

Well it's time to live a beautiful day and it's time to speak of blessing!!! =)

Prophesying over my life!

2010-08-23T18:45:00.000+08:00

Healing Rain is falling down! Let it rain! Rain down blessing, prosperity and love! Open the floodgates of heaven! Let it rain now!

Rewrote new year's resolution

2010-08-23T18:17:00.001+08:00

It's August and it has been a long while that I haven't been blogging. Oh man!!! That's like a little more than half a year ago. Wow!!! Anyway, it's always good to come back again and create a new look for this time. How do you find my latest blog background design? Nice right? I was trying to find some other ways, but I think that Blogger has improved a lot by provided new designs.

Today I was reflecting back on what I have been achieving this year. It was kinda random because I was going down the lift, I was thinking that I didn't achieve much in this year. I realized that I've only achieved few in terms of relationship with people and in terms of ministry. I must admit that I have slacked a lot in other areas. Maybe I've put too much things to achieve for this year. Maybe it's a burden for me to manage all these things at the same time in my life. Therefore this time I'm trying to narrow it down so that it's easier for me to achieve it.

Here they are:

1. Learn to drive

2. Earn money

3. Study hard

4. Go gym

5. Become a Cell Leader

Yes... it's as simple as that. Earning money is something that I need to do on my own from now onwards. Last year after earning my own money, I've seen how precious to get paid and it's always a joy to receive the salary at the end of the money. Maybe this time I will either try finding a job (which I'm working on it) or I will start investing. 2 Semesters ago, I've read some articles and books online about Warren Buffet and how he earns by investing. It's a big thing. Should learn more about it and start sowing into good grounds.

Yeah I really need to drive. No car has been a hassle for me to travel from Cheras to Sunway week in and week out. I need to start learning and start driving... For that I need to manage my time as well for the classes are that yet to come.

Well all these need hard work! It's time to replan, readjust the gear, and move on! Not a minute to waste, not a second to lose, there's a great future that awaits for me! MOVE ON!!!

New Year Resolution 2010

2010-01-14T14:36:00.005+08:00

This is only the 2nd week of the new year and I still haven't wrote my new year resolution yet. Now it's time to write it down. hehe...

I will break my goals and vision for this year 2010 in different parts. Here it goes:

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*HEALTH*

1. Go to GYM at least twice a week!!!
2. Start to eat fruits on a daily basis.

*FINANCES*

1. Manage my expenses and income (SPREADSHEET!!!)
2. Tithes and Offering (Give and it will come back to you)
3. Other - other funds

*RELATIONSHIPS*

1. Communicate with my parents more often, at least once or twice a week.
2. Communicate with my brother and be an elder brother he will require
3. Communicate with my sister and encourage her to do new stuffs everyday.
4. *ahem* To be attached ♥
5. Be socialized with other people in uni, although they are not my friend
6. Do not despise juniors!!!

*WORK*

1. Study smart, plan well, focus, discipline and act on the spot!
2. Plan a time to study and a time to play
3. STAY FOCUS!!!
4. Work part time

*MINISTRIES*

1. Love my cell members more
2. Become a cell leader of 2 cell groups! < I'm gonna make it happen! :)
3. Prepare for cell group meeting every week without neglecting
4. Pray more!
5. Recruit more people in choir
6. Train and disciple them to be a leader
7. Create a choir ministry that is Passionate, Engaging and full of love
8. Build lives through ministry
9. Be more accountable to my leaders Kristy and Faith. (email every week)

*OTHERS*

1. To have a clean room
2. To be organized
3. Walk with a diary always (Become my own PA)
4. Get a Mac
5. Get an iPod Touch 32GB
6. Learn to drive + Get a car
7. Disciple 2 people per semester

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THAT'S ALL

New Year, New Post, New Blog

2010-01-12T11:55:00.002+08:00

Today is the 12th January and it's still a brand new year of 2010! Happy New Year to all! :) In this new year, as you can see, I have changed the layout of my blog and I will change a few more things in the days to come! :) 2009 has indeed been a great year but I believe that this new year of 2010 will be even better.

During the last 2 months of 2009, I've been doing my internship and indeed working life is not that easy as I thought. It is a very different life from studies. At least while I'm studying, I have more time to enjoy myself, I can blog (hehe...), I can sleep more, meet friends around and can catch up with the latest movies! I must say that during the past 2 months, I thought that I was anti-social, I was not meeting up my friends, I seldom talk to people online, I seldom eat good food, and lots more... Now that working period has ended, I started to appreciate every single friend that I have.

Well I will blog more later on... Coming soon... My new year resolution and my journey in choir... and lots of good ones to come... :)

Language that hinders me from sales

2009-12-12T23:39:00.003+08:00

Phew!!! I just came out from work! It's a tiring day today. I just realized that today is Saturday and there were a lot of customers and mostly just came for the iPhone case because most people got their iPhone today! WOW!!! It's iPhone harvest time!!! Since morning till night, I must say that 95% of the people just came to look for the iPhone case. Even someone, *ahem*, got his iPhone today and he nagged me to pay for him as he didn't have enough money! Sigh!!! Anyway my dear iPhone, no matter where you are, you'll be mine soon!!! muahahahaha!!!

Today I've encountered 2 Korean ladies and they couldn't speak English properly. They were trying to ask me some questions but they couldn't say out what they were inquiring for. At night, I also met a Korean family, which could speak English well. Somehow, I think that I should learn some Korean language to be able to make a sale well. The most common factor that hinders me in doing my sales properly is LANGUAGE!!! Yes, language! So far I have this problem in communicating in:

1. Cantonese
2. Bahasa Malayu
3. Mandarin

Most Chinese will speak Cantonese to me and I will ALWAYS reply them in English. Although I can't understand a thing of what they are talking about but when they mention about the name of the ipod or of the mac, I will say the price in English!!! haha!!! I will try to guess what they mean by that. Same goes to people who speak Malay to me. So yeah, today I faced Koreans! How to speak??? I should start going for some classes to learn those 3 languages by now else I can't go any further in my sales. At least my French helped me a lot to help those customers from France! :)

Anyway... time to learn new languages!!! Anyone wants to teach me? :)

Finally I got my tag!

2009-12-12T07:16:00.003+08:00

Last night I slept with no weird dreams... YAY!!! Surprisingly last night my neighbour came back and freely shared the internet with me! haha!!! Thank you neighbour! :)

Yesterday work was not bad. It was just a normal day. I finally got my tag after 1month of working!!! Everybody got their own tag and I never got one. So I was a bit like a special type of staff there. Anyway if only you know how I got it. The management just printed my name tag only and they were supposed to give me a tag along too but nothing. So I went to buy the plastic to put my name tag inside, who knows that it's too small, cannot slot if at all!!! I'm starting to think that my company is becoming more and more "kiamsiap". They didn't give me the full tag and expect me to get it myself. Anyway I went to get the machines cord from the drawer myself and then attached my own plastic to it... Then I went to The Gardens and put in my shop's business card and claim that it's my own business card! haha!!!

Today is another full day of work from 10am to 10pm! It's gonna be a great day where I'm gonna walk in confidence to make people happy by what I'm gonna demonstrate to them. Though I am weak, that's where I am strong in Him! :)

Weird dream = Horrible dream

2009-12-11T10:52:00.002+08:00

G'morning Malaysia! Today I woke up so late after hearing my alarm so many times and let it to stop by itself, I ended up waking up at 9:20AM instead of waking up at 8AM!!! Oh no!!! My work starts at 10AM and I'm still in bed, enjoying my sleep. I wish I could sleep more. Why? Well I'm kinda had a weird dream and every time I would want to go back to the dream and change it.

Here is my dream...

I've dreamt about myself who was on the verge of getting a Macbook Pro 15". I don't really know why I would want the 15" in real life. Anyway, I think in my dream that I've made a mistake. I was in this weird counter that can rotate by itself changing from a Mac Shop to a Christmas Mood Customer Service counter. It was the same people, but as the counter rotated, they suddenly changed their outfit into red and the Christmas hat and asked me, "Yes Sir, how can we help you?" Weird right? Before that the counter rotated by itself, I was buying a Macbook. Can you believe that? I had no idea how on earth I had so much money in my wallet and I was about to pay for the Macbook in cash!!! Ok for your info, the Macbook 15" costs around RM6,3999 to RM8,4999, depending on which specs you're buying. While I was counting my money, I was lack of RM5!!! Sigh!!! RM5 only you know!!! How on earth can I miss RM5 only??? Btw I was saying that in my dream. Then that's how I started to say, "How I wish somebody would help me!" As soon as I've said that, the Mac counter turned into this Christmas Mood Customer Service and asked me, "Yes Sir, how can we help you?" Weird right??? The other scariest thing after that is that I heard God speaking to me. He said, "Give away your Macbook for me!" I was like, "WHAT??? GIVE AWAY???" Sigh! God was asking me to put the Macbook in the building fund. I was really sad... Then by the time I want to negotiate which God, that's how my alarm woke me up!!! ARGHHH!!! It's a sign of no negotiation with God! hahaha!!! Well in this season, it's already a stretched season for me!!! hehehe...

My Mac experience

2009-12-11T00:17:00.003+08:00

Ok now back to blogging. I can finally have some time to blog today. So far life has been really busy for me. The working experience in Machines has really been a good thing for me. I learned a lot of things and I especially learned mostly from mistakes. I got scolded so many times that even my fingers and my toes are not enough to count the amount of times that I got scolded. Wow!!! Well mistakes are the past now, it's time to move on...

Now is December and the year is ending soon. I will try to update my blog more (although that I've said that countless times already). I'm putting there for my next year's resolution to make a better blog. This one has become not too stylish and cool anymore. I didn't know that having a lot of additional external javascripts will cause my blog slow to open. I even tried to open my blog on an iphone and it's not working. :( How pity is that and how am I gonna get an iPhone if I continue like that? So yeah, next year, change blog! New year resolution SET!!

Working as a Mac salesperson, I'm becoming a MAC freak now! I really can't stand a PC now, although that I'm blogging right from my Acer laptop. Well to tell you the truth, I haven't touch my Acer laptop for a month already. Why? Well I used to use the internet freely at home... my neighbour, who is still unknown to me, freely shared his/her internet line, so I freely took it... Who knows that right after the final exams, I have no more internet already. First assumption, either my neighbour went back to hometown or he/she has moved house already. What makes me think of this assumption? It's because I can't even find the network!!! It should be there but now it's gone! Maybe I'll get it back in January! Anyway... my point is switching to a Mac is easy but to switch back to a PC, here comes all the headaches!!! I can't even use my PC well. It's not a lousy laptop. I just got it 6months only! Now I'm thinking to sell it now for some certain reasons... Anyone interested to get a laptop, let me know! :)

I'm really blessed to work as a salesperson. To tell you the truth, the word SALES was not my friend unless it has something on = ON SALES!!! :) I'm a person who really hated salesperson because I always thought that they always cheat people to buy their products or services. I'm saying this because I got cheated for many times by salespeople and quite badly. My first experience of being cheated in Malaysia was by my own university. Well sadly to say that, but that's the fact! I didn't get good results for my A Level in my high school and I was said that actually I could do my A Level in UCSI and at the same time as my degree course in Psychology. Unfortunately when only I traveled all the way from Mauritius, with a 9hours flight, I was told that I can't do this programme. Remember this, I came alone in Malaysia. Then I went to see my agent in his office. Guess what he said? He said, "I never mentioned such things before." Well imagine this, my whole world turned upside down and I was forced to do the foundation course in UCSI. That was my first experience. My second experience was by a saleslady who promoted streamyx to me and I was really interested. She told me that I only had to pay RM77 only!!! I was so happy and applied straight away. When I got the bills, who knows that I had to pay activation fee, for the installation fee, and the modem??? Well another time cheated. Now if you see me walk around and you're a salesperson giving flyers to me, I will ALWAYS and ALWAYS say NO to you. Besides that, I'm now a salesperson! Do I cheat people? NO I DON'T!!! Why some people feel cheated? Let me explain as follows:

1. Telling lies
2. Giving false promises
3. Giving wrong information
4. Overly money minded
5. Lack of confidence
6. Lack of experience in handling people
7. Poor English!!!
8. Cheating mindset

So far, I can find only these. Maybe I will find out more the more I work. I met a customer recently who was really angry with my company because he felt cheated by one of my colleague. He told me that he got the wrong information from the salesperson when called the outlet shop earlier. Knowing that he was really frustrated and pissed off, I tried to calm him down and apologize on behalf of my colleague. After calming him down, I managed to sell a Mac to him in the end and not only that, he went off happy! :) Well our job as salesperson should be able to satisfy the customer's needs. I'm working as a professional, although I'm still a trainee, I'm well experience to handle customers on my own now. Salespeople ought not to cheat people. We must be able to show them the benefits of our product or services. Those benefits should be valid, not fake ones else you must be sure and be ready, be very ready to meet the unhappy customer again! I experienced that before. That's one of my scoldings actually. This is due to my lack of experience. I can meet fussy customers almost everyday now too. It's not easy to handle them, but it's really good if I manage to sell my products to them in the end. I met like 3-5 fussy customers which I managed to sell iPods and Macs. Amazing right? :) Well praise God for that! :)

Well salespeople out there, please don't try to cheat people. It's not for your benefit of getting commission. Know your purpose! It's to meet the needs of the customer and to make them satisfied by what we are demonstrating to them and how it benefits them. If you make them unhappy, trust me, in future you won't get lots of customers again. I have a customer who comes every time. I don't know why also, but he's very happy from my service. He's actually a CEO of a big company and he bought a Macbook Air from me and he showed off to his staffs and he's planning to get them to buy Mac. Amazing right? Well it's all because he's a happy customer using a product that benefits him. That's how your market will grow and it multiplies!!!

My Mac experience has really brought me into a new level of confidence and how to handle customers well. I learned how to control my anger too. When I meet customers, I can't be angry with them, I just have to keep my smile and serve them no matter what. Some customers will be unsatisfied of course, but we can't satisfy every customer. Every person has a different perspective of things and different wants and needs. Some are more experts and some are unexperience mac users but they are all humans. Somehow something must attract them sooner or later. They complain, never mind, just move on... there are always other customers to serve! :)

Well that's all from my mac experience. I hope you all enjoy reading it. Oh if you're wondering if I'm gonna buy a mac soon. Well I'm still considering... I'm a mac freak now... too bad... that's how i know my stuffs more, by using it more! :) My favorite toy so far is the Magic Mouse! :)

Cheers!!!