Sea of Wisdom and Passion!

You are the average of five people

2011-09-22T20:51:00.000+01:00

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" Jim Rohn it's very true!! especially me get influenced so easily. You want to spend time with people who inspire and motivate you:)

The Four Agreements

2011-09-04T20:08:00.004+01:00

"Under any circumstance, always do your best, no more and no less. But keep in mind, your best is never going to be the same from moment to the next, everything is alive and changing all the time, so your best sometimes will sometimes be high quality, and other times it will be not as good." - Don Miguel Ruiz Always do our best no matter what and whether we feel like it or not. We might not

7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen R Covey- quotes

2011-07-24T18:12:00.003+01:00

"I believe that a life of integrity is the most fundamental of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way" Stephen R.Covey from The 7 Habits of

Harry Potter

2011-07-24T16:49:00.000+01:00

I watched the final part of Harry Potter and the deathly hallows yesterday. it was great especially in 3D IMAX. Having read all the books ages ago, I am not surprised I can't remember much already. The story line was extraordinary I thought I finally understood the story well. It refreshes my memory on the books and it answers the question like how Harry was not killed by "avacadabra" spell. The

Germany

2011-04-26T18:45:00.003+01:00

Germany trip highlights! Munich Olympiapark Fussen Neuschwanstein castle (Fairy tales castle) Amazing! :-)This photo was taken from the middle of waterfall bridge (Mary bridge) as we're walking through.Agu with mushroom hat! :-p Hohenschwangau castle Alpsee lake Marienbruecke (Mary's Bridge). There's a waterfall below the bridge. I can still remember vividly all the scenery of the

awe-inspiring nature!

2011-02-14T20:36:00.002Z

Stonehenge One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. cotton flowersIts beautiful! I have just seen it for the first time in the Botanic Garden, Oxford. Amazing thing!

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

2011-01-30T12:48:00.001Z

Randy's best known for his upbeat Last lecture speech in Carnegie Mellon University. His speech has touched millions of people including me. His legacy will live on, he's the role model for leadership and courage. "It is not how to achieve your dreams, it's how to lead your life. If you lead your life in the right way. The karma will take care of itself and your dreams will come true" Randy

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

2011-01-27T21:56:00.002Z

Company's Christmas lunch

2010-12-16T21:13:00.001Z

I totally enjoyed the Christmas lunch with my colleagues and the directors. It's an eye opening thing for me, it might sounds quite silly! but hey I really was amazed. I did go to the Christmas meal when I first joined the company but it wasn't as proper as this year. This time we booked it in advance, the tables were all well decorated and we each got a cracker on the table. It really felt so

Ayn Rand Quotes

2010-11-18T21:22:00.003Z

To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I.'- Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead) "Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history".- Ayn Rand (The virtue of selfishness) "In moral and intellectual issues, it is not enough to be right: one has to know that one is right".- Ayn Rand (The virtue of

Outliers-Malcolm Gladwell

2010-09-28T21:41:00.002+01:00

I have just read "Outliers- the story of success" by Malcolm Gladwell. One of my colleague mentioned this book during lunch time. it sounded quite intriguing and I have actually heard of this book a couple of times. So I decided to give it ago. I must say it was a very interesting book. Although I still don't quite able to draw a firm conclusion after reading it, I need to revisit some part of

What's on?

2010-09-16T20:52:00.002+01:00

I am working on my new blog now... :-)

random stuff

2010-08-30T21:54:00.001+01:00

It has been a very busy week so far. I have just moved into a new house. These past two days , all I did was shifting all my stuff. Luckily one of my housemate helped me out today. I really like my new room :-). Now my old laptop is actually working in my room. Since I got back here from my homecountry, My old laptop didn't work in my former room. It works in all the places except my old room.

Diamond

2010-08-08T16:40:00.002+01:00

"A diamond is just a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptionally well." ~Unknown Stress here in scientific terms is pressure and temperature :-)

Medan

2010-07-18T21:19:00.001+01:00

Hey I am back after spending 3 weeks home. It was good to visit family and friends and to see how much improvement my hometown has become. There are lots of new shops and entertainment places like karaoke and new shopping mall. Medan is the fourth most populous city in Indonesia, after Jakarta (the capital city), Surabaya and Bandung. Actually, I have just realised that it is one of the most

Sushi

2010-05-23T14:53:00.005+01:00

Sushi Hot sunny days!!! these two days are really hot! It's still really sunny now even it's at eight in the evening. Everyone seems to enjoy the weather but it's abit too hot for me X-O, the neighbours are all out in the garden and my landlady she is gardening too while I try to keep myself in the shade :-). I was bored yesterday and decided to make sushi, with a little help from my landlady I

Vegetable Lasagna

2010-05-23T14:01:00.002+01:00

Vegetable lasagnaIngredients:•2 Tbsp. olive oil •1/2 cup chopped onion •3 cloves garlic, minced •1/2 cup diced green pepper •1/2 cup diced red pepper •1/2 cup diced zucchini (courgette) •8 oz. sliced mushrooms •2 26 oz. jars spaghetti sauce or 6 cups homemade spaghetti sauce •kosher salt and black pepper to taste •15 oz. part-skim ricotta cheese •2 large eggs, lightly beaten •1 cup shredded

Inspiring Quotes!

2010-05-15T21:33:00.005+01:00

Guitar Guitar Guitar. Been practising lots... my fingers hurt! but the more I play my guitar the more I luv it :-). Nothing much to update really, I thought it would be good to just write a few inspiring quotes. Motivational Quotes are great, live up your mood and increase your positivity . They have so much wisdom in just a few words. "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though

Baking is so fun :-)

2010-04-13T21:11:00.002+01:00

My first carrot cake :-) If you never try, you'll never know I was free last weekend so I was tempted to try baking a cake. Since I never bake a cake before, I thought baking a cake would be really a challenge for me. But it turned out to be so much fun. It took me 45 mins to prepare and 45 mins to bake. Preparation was getting alot exciting since our house hasn't got a scale, had to use

Family :-)

2010-03-14T21:11:00.004Z

Since it's Mother's day in UK! I thought of writing a short post about my family :-) i was just chatting with them this afternoon, surprisingly how open i can be to them now. I used to be really shy to talk about certain stuff to them. But literally i can say anything to them now. I think Asian normally we are more conservative, we treat our parents like our superiors not friends,i mean it is

second video; Leaving on the jet plane

2010-03-13T19:26:00.016Z

Heyhey this is my second video, the first video was really silly therefore i dare not publish it here. This video is slighly better i think :-P. The title of the song that i am singing is "Leaving on the jet plane" Beware Noise Pollution :-P. Hope those whose know how to play guitar well could give me some advices to improve my skill lol :-). Btw I don't purporsely want to upload the video on

Personal Development

2010-02-26T23:46:00.009Z

Yay...It's friday, it's time to write! First of all, just want to say i have decided not to put pictures on every posts of my blog unless i really need to. I notice i have wasted lots of time searching for pictures on google images and the pictures that i have found actually make my blog look very childish. Apart from that, I have removed my last post for editing. I am abit embarrassed actually

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine's day!

2010-02-14T22:07:00.004Z

Happy Chinese New Year 2010! Tiger year!&Happy Valentine's day! First of all, i want to wish everyone and myself "A very Happy Chinese New Year, 新年快乐! kiong hee! kiong hee! Gong xi! Gong xi! and Happy Valentine's day! :-)) what a happy day! What a coincidence that Chinese New Year and Valentine's day fall on the same day!. At first i thought Chinese New Year was on Saturday, not until i chatted

The inspiring movie! ShawShank Redemption

2010-02-06T00:03:00.005Z

"Fear can hold you prisoner, but hope can set you free" (shawshank redemption's quote) ShawShank Redemption! one of my all time favourite movie! I just watched it recently a month ago, precisely on Christmas day at a friend's house. I think this is a very inspiring and meaningful movie, that is why i want to blog about it :-) This movie is alot like "Prison Break", Shawshank is like the short

Good friends in my room

2010-01-17T17:17:00.003Z

Here i just want to share my comfy room. Since i spend alot of my time in my room, resting, decision-making, relaxing, etc. I always like to make sure my room is in a good condition, what i mean here is clean and tidy :-). i still have my clothes scatteres around my chair but that's it. When i was still in University, my room used to be in a very messy and disorganised state. Clothes were all