Freefall

I'm watching history in the making - a drop of almost 39 points in the KLCI (to give you an idea, the market goes up or down an average of 3-4 points /day). It's the worst plunge in almost 4 years.

The local bourse today experienced what some called a 'freefall' or the 'red ocean'. Imagine an almost straight line on a graph, haha. See for yourself:

I call it Mega Sale.

Soaring among eagles

"One man’s meat is another man’s poison…”

I have met so many people and continue to meet more people every single day of my life. I read somewhere that what makes every single person unique is not his/her looks, his personality, his background, etc. To be as superficial as that is akin to looking at a ship in a vast ocean. Instead, one should realize that what we are is constantly being molded every single minute in our life to the minutest detail thus disallowing the possibility for identical twins to be identical in any way.

"We are our own universe and meeting a new person is like a unity of two galaxies.."

It’s that deep – but only if you try to see it. Today a friend of mine brought me to his company’s dinner event. There I met his colleagues who have a common passion in their job. “How do you know?” you ask. When asked “How’s the job?”, the best ones have a certain conviction in their voice, a pierce in their gaze, a stance to their pose and an aura to their presence.

I finally met his boss that I’ve been hearing about for a long time. (To which he replied, “All rumours..” and smiled.) Such humility for someone who has achieved what I’d safely say eighty percent of the population has not achieved in their entire working life. He has changed two Porchés, currently has a Maserati(go look it up, and you'll know why I brought this up), has his own bungalow and is only 31. Says a lot, doesn’t it?

I have a supreme regard for such people because they know what they want, how they are going to get there and most importantly why they do what they do - also known as absolute conviction.

Irealized the importance of choosing your group of friends especially if you’re the type to mingle with the same group of people day in and day out. Choosing wrongly would be like getting a wrong prescription and could lead to grave consequences(if you watch House enough); Whereas the right pills can only bring you to greater heights and nothing less.

Argue as you might, there is no denying this fact : “Success breeds success..”

Tschüs

Fickle, dammit.

It's a really testing time on Bursa, the market's been going up and up and falling, but even when it's falling, it's 50/50 so you don't..or at least I'm not certain on what to do. Arrgh, time to cut losses and maximize profits..stupid Tenaga. Pray that by next week all'll be good!

Plus, I've been saying that I'm feeling lucky this year; even won about 25bux today in Blackjack and ChorDi, hah. (from a negative 20 went up to positive 50; with max RM5 bets only) Though, thing was, it kinda felt like a big wastage of 4 hours of my life. But +ve anything is better than -ve anything, i always say.

Favorite track of the day : Bruce Springsteen - Secret garden from the Jerry Maguire soundtrack. *Proceeds to place it in my [soothing] folder*

Aussies
A big portion of my leg (kaki) ciaoed recently in view of the starting Australian semesters.

Mr. Yong Jeng Wei : I've banked in your dough already, with extra ang pow from my mom, haha. Make sure you tell me when you're comin back so you can help me buy half of Quiksilver or something.
Wang Hong: Was really nice meeting up today, and you could've told me that Chee Yong was your BOYFRIEND. wth. Anyhow, we'll bump into each other again next year if all goes well, haha.
Sern Li: Hope you're all fine and fit from yer flight. Come back with more stories next year man, can't wait.
D.Bong: It's short for Diane in case any of you guys wanna get funny, lol. I told you all Justins are special. hah. The friendship we have cannot be put into words, but it's far from average I can tell you that. Your English hasn't deteriorated, and I hope we both come up with a solution for your predicament soon; else we're gonna be 2 lost sheep in heaven/hell on earth.

Yo'all be good, aite? Cheers.


In case you were wondering, Tschüs is the German equivalent of "tata.."

Mind of mine

Have you ever heard of someone telling you the best way to start your day is to adhere to the saying "Early bird gets the worm"?
Well I want to debunk the myth and offer an alternative to my fellow night-dwellers. The best way to start your day is to have the best end of yesterday.

Now hold them thoughts. This idea actually came from a newspaper article my friend described to me sometime ago. It claimed that there was a boy, who could , read : choose his dreams. Overflowing thoughts at this point? You're not alone. Thoughts of a life where everything is free and everyone is happy. Escapades in unexplored places. Perfect moments with the person who acecpts and appreciates all I am. Pages and volumes could not fill the types and descriptions of the dreams I(or anyone for that matter)'d like to have. Ok a lil out of point already.

Anyway, what i did was :

1. Visualize the great day I'm gona have tomorrow down to the last minute detail. (you can also try using this to get your dream dream)
   
2. Know that it'll happen.
3. Repeat step 1 till I fall asleep.
   

It was 4.30 a.m. when I tried this yesterday. I woke up at 8.25 for breakfast* with Bong (amazing chattin', as always ;) - 5 mins before my alarm was supposed to ring.

I have countless quotes on how great and important your thoughts, brains or mind is. But simply put, "The mind is an amazing thing.."

If you do try it though, do tell me if there're any notable results? (e.g. remembered your dream, had a perfectly 'planned' day, dream songsang abit, etc.)

Also, I really felt that I had to update my Friendster profile and photos. And i came up with this.
Appreciate comments! I don't want to be like those artists whose masterpieces are only appreciated after they're RIP-ing.

Oh, by the way, i won 4D today = RM17 for RM1 investment!! haha. (Did i mention i spent RM15 on 3 different outlets? Joker.) Bought another RM3 worth of it though. So net loss of only RM1.. till tomorrow.

Aite, out.


* - I do not usually eat breakfast. My housemates know that if they see me having breakfast or anytime up before 8.45a.m., I basically didn't sleep.

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Hong Pau na lai!

Ah, finally, got some time to post something up, been busy with everything the past few days.

First things first, Happy Chinese New year to one and all, whether you're a Chinese or not. That's the beauty of Malaysia, we celebrate everything. I'd like to wish you all a year full of prosperity, health and time freedom. (Some of you got this from me as part of the greeting..)

So the other day, I got into one of my graphic-y moods the other day as i was helping the guys design their poster. Then i thought of playing around with money, it is after all the angpow season. And I came up with my dream to be achieved by 2015.

"Money isn't the problem, it's the lack of it that is.."

Disclaimer : This note is strictly an example note and any the author will not be held liable due to misuse in any form.

A reFRESHing start

A friend contacted me the other day at 9.06a.m. But unlike before, he sounded all different – totally ecstatic, hyped, and figuratively speaking ready for war. A deep curiosity took over and I wondered why he sounded the way he did. Like the way you really want to know which bastard hurt your younger sister and made her cry, only that this was dealing with on the other side of the spectrum.

So he says, “I woke up at 9.05 today feeling exceptionally pumped-up, hyper, happy and high. High on LIFE! And you wanna know why? No longer do I feel like a wandering sheep in the meadows. I found my direction, strength, and above all I found my purpose. It’s even better than your first Christmas present. Never have I felt this way! Oh, did I mention, this was despite sleeping at 5.30?”

According to Law of Attraction*, things were looking good for him.

Wow, so that’s what I’ve been missing, huh? The good news is, it was me who was contacting myself! (I'm not bragging, i was just amazed.)

* - The law of attraction was documented in an hour-long DVD Yeoh shared with me called The Secret. It’s basically an in-depth philosophy related to the saying, “I think therefore I am”. An absolute must watch.

Sabbath

I was having my regular post-workout session the other day but with a twist. Lying on a beach-type chair I thought, “Ahh, this is the life. Sun, breeze, poolside seat, my Palls..”

Then I thought of one more item to add to my list of medium term goals:
“That I work hard enough to reach a stage where I can dedicate the whole of Sunday (not Ladies’-night Thursday, not the-weekend’s-here Friday, not but-it’s-the-weekend Saturday) to do what I want, where I want, and how I want.
No holds barred. Like what the Eighth Commandment* asks of us. Think about it, how often would you be able to really enjoy this sensation of absolute nothingness? Will you ever? Don’t get me wrong, I am not condoning the act of mindless stoning or my-brain-needs-a-break type excuses. This is hard earned time.

Thoughts of money(too much or the lack of it), relationship (same as money), marriage(from previous problem), children(from previous problem), bills(would result from children), car, company, job, boss, or worse still : none of the above?!

*Click if you want to erase problems*

As if.

* - The Eighth commandment states that “Thou shall keep the Sabbath Day holy” and is part of the Ten Commandments from the Bible. For the uninitiated, the contemporary version of the Ten Commandments would be “10 guaranteed tips to go to heaven”.
Finally, this is a matter of personal interpretation. For more info, wikipedia it - I ain’t such an angel to link it for yah.

-credits to my sister for pointing out a major flaw. It's the 8th Commandment, not the First. lolz

The First Time

Trying best as i can to avoid a 'dear diary' type, i'm catering to a growing urge of mine to speak out on issues that I've developed recently along with the awareness on all issues that have been bugging my think-thank.
I've also always wanted to improve my English by writing but unlike high school, you've no teacher grading your work. On the other hand, I can't pat myself on the back telling meself "oowh, wu' a woanderfwul job this is".. can I?

Of course I can. As the saying goes, "A bloated head is far better than a shrunken one".

And finally, seeing that i've never had the best memory this'll be a place to record the intricate details of those moment in your life - be it good or bad - that will forever alter the direction of your life's journey. No one can deny that they've never had oneuv those. That's why i've always liked this quote:
"Life's not about the number of breaths you take, but it's the number of moments that take your breath away.."
~thousandapologiesicantrememberwhosaidthis (i think i'll be using this one alot, haha)

Yes yes, i do have a thing for quotes. What's not to like? They're entertaining good food for thought, very wise (A picture of an old, white-bearded, wrinkled man meditating on the mountain comes up at this point) and poetic all at the same time. And the amazing thing is, the shortest ones more often than not are the most impactful. Although *shouts* I apologize again for not being able to quote le wise one who muttered them. *endshout*

Funnily (albeit not unexpectedly), I'm beginning to find more and more uses for this site of which i thank the founders of Blogger® being so generous in providing free webspace. Tune in for more of in-house JW entertainment.

So I'd like to congratulate myself on embarking on this journey of self-discovery and memories. Cheers. *clank*