You are not forgotten!

Yesterday was a special day ...as i had a near perfect evaluation(90% excellent and 10% good ) of the seminar i conducted for one of the multinationals!One of my participants told me that she would never forget about me and what i have told them . WOW ! And while driving back i got a message from an alien number ....who could this be ???......
the message read .......
Sometimes life
gets so busy
i can't even
say "hi"
or make
a call
or send u
a message
but it
doesn't mean
i have forgotten you !
This note is from an ole friend in Singapore who i have not seen /heard from for more than 20 years !! Imagine that ? It's so wonderful !

Wow .......so friends , do not forget to remember me !
Photo above : Terry ,a shih tzu that i bred . Very well cared and loved by the Mrs Tan and family in Ipoh, he is like a son to them. I am so happy that i have choosen the right owner for you !I have definately not forgotten about you !

Ole friends

Friends are like little trees that we plant in our garden , we put them in good soil ,water , add fertilizers , trim /shape them , watch them grow and flower. Its like cultivating friendship , it needs tender loving care to make it grow and develop into beautiful plants that we enjoy and love .Good ole friends are hard to find!

I have friends near and far , even though we are busy we must make it a point to give them a thought , an email or call. Make it an effort to contact your good friends as like plants , if they do not have some care .....some stop growing, fade away and eventually die .

Today i am happy as one of my ole friend Yol, her daughter Ashley and Issac came home for a visit from Shanghai , we had lunch ,eat our hearts away and catch up ! on what is happening in our own little lifes and world . Ya, Yol the "tai-tai" with your pedicure ,manicure ,facials, massages etc etc i must say you still look good !

Having to save and be safe !!

One of the deco features of my garden!
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Gosh everyone is raving about the high cost of living these days . Making that dollar stretch to the fullest and the ever increasing crime rate . Thus the need to save and be safe . Gosh ,some of my friends had experience some horrible experiences ,lost cars and wallets ,bags , break ins etc.And I was telling a friend to be careful ,she smiled and said , well its because this person have attract all this negative thoughts , and thus it happen to them . Again the law of attraction comes in play , we attract what is in our thoughts .True ?? Food for thought.

Yet again , i read in the newspapers recently of this couple who could hardly earn enough money to feed themselves plus two young kids and had unprotected sex(haven't they heard about condoms??, geez) and ended up with triplets!!. Talking about being penny wise and pound foolish ! The wife is 30 and the hubby is already in his late 40s . A simple act/moments of being unsafe ...lands this man and his wife in hardship seeking help from the public and extra burden . So again the act of being unsafe .

So dear all , be safe and save in this challenging life . We can determine the quality of our lifes ....now and in future if we choose what we want and do for now that can determine the future !

Take care all......

Debt free ???

My uncle and aunty in USA !We "owe" each other to keep in touch always!
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Today marks the day that i am debt free, yes paid my last installment of my car !! And legally its all mine !! Gosh what a feeling , now its my own house and everything in it and my car !Yes i am grateful for all i have !! Thankful !

Today i asked my salesman when he came to collecet the cheque ,what is the "best car" to drive these days ? He smiled and told me , in hokkien , a car that is fully owned , is more comfortable these days ! Go figure!

Than again ,i wonder, are we really debt free at all in this life ?? Gosh, we humans need to own/have so many things ,thus we have to work to pay them off. But i guess in reality , no one is really debt free!! In life , we owe the people around us (family , friends,pets ,society ,ya God included too ) so much in terms of love, a positive thought , kindness , gratitude ,loyalty , faithfulness , friendship, sharing of happiness, caring and the many little things which we received and yet sometimes never needing to pay back ......that little hello , a kind word or moral booster , an assistance in time of need and sorrow , a prayer , a birthday wish ,a small gift , a phone call from an ole friend , a note from a relatives so far away , a smile/laugter ,a simple gesture ......its the giving with no strings attached ! These little somethings to me is priceless !

Recipe to try & cherish .....

Recipe for Happiness and Joy
Ingredients:
1 part of knowing who you are
1 part of knowing who you aren't
1 part of knowing what you want
1 part of knowing who you wish to be
1 part of knowing what you already have
1 part of choosing wisely from what you have
1 part of loving and thanking God for ALL you have

Instructions:
• Combine ingredients together gently and carefully, using faith and vision.
• Mix together with strong belief of the outcome, blending with prayer.
• Use thoughts, words and actions for best results.
• Bake until Blessed.
• Give thanks again.

Yield: Unlimited service

To me happiness is a decision and we must choose to embraced it as much as we can .Happiness comes in many forms ...for me, its being able to do the things that i want and choose to do , that freedom of time to be decisive , if that happiness can be shared among family and friends its even best. So create that positive emotion repeatedly . Easier said than done ??.....true but its worth it. This moment of happiness can be .... a call to an old friend , a simple & kind gestures , an email from someone we care ,who's far away , a hobby , a craft, a smile , a song , a visit or a positive thought !

We all need to appreciate what we have and tell ourselves that we are "so blessed" !Maybe easier said than done but its true ......if we compare ourselves to all the sufferings around the world.
Need i say more ??? and i remind myself again and again !~!

Gardening - its a pleasure ! .

Gardening is one my favourite hobbies and i have started gardening since young . I love bonsai, ferns , colourful plans , flowering plants, cactus - there are plants all over my house(even outside) ,on top of my porch, window stands ,in the kitchen , hall, - but its all strategically placed . I also put in some deco stuff in my garden , there are little terracotta frogs , swans , turtles ,wind chimes, even mirrors, figurines and of course my shell and different type of pot stands and antique dragon jugs. Its an organized jungle of sort, an oxygen hub.
Since i dabble in pottery , i have handmade wind chimes , turtles ,pots , figurines too .

Latest craze for me , "garden in a pot" with my collected shells and rocks from the beach. Fun! No borders or rules ....as you like .Have created a few for friends as it makes great gifts !

Plants are expensive to buy these days, so what i do is exchange plants with my friends or ask them for seedlings or baby plants , i am sure they are willing to share if you will too . So its a win win situation.

I love my garden and its a joy to wake up to my garden in the morning and coming home to it, to see all my plants grow and flower !!

Above is the Buddha figurine in my garden from Bangkok - a calming effect , the flowers of the lilies ..beautiful sight and the little miniature garden in a pot that i just created and waiting for it to grow !Hope you can see the shells big & small, river rocks, little frog hiding inside and also the turtle !

Hope you enjoy your garden too !

Managing Stress

All of us face many "reasons" to be stressed up these days NOT only at the workplace but also due to increasing cost of living , relationships /family,friendship , financial, health and many others . Importantly ,the challenge is for us to manage stress positively and to survive in this competitive world " . Its survival of the fittest!!!

Not many organization are providing managing stress training programs for their employees to manage their stress and become more productive in their work place .A stressed out employee is not a productive employee and will cause others to be stressed out too. A vicious cycle ! With economic challenges and rising cost at the work place , organizations need to adopt a more aggressive approach in managing business and thus maximize utilization of resources to survive .

We recently concluded a two day stress management program for Robert Bosch with Dr See as the main facilitator . In this programs ,participants are taught strategies on how to manage work stress , physical, emotional / mental stress ,with that , they are able to use a variety of strategies to become more productive and be happier at work and also lead a better quality and balanced life style .

Stress can be positive too as it spurs us to excel in our lives too !!

So manage stress positively !!Someone told me that there is "always a silver lining in every dark cloud" !!
Cheers

GROW !!!

Unless you try to do something
beyond what you're already mastered,
you will never GROW !!