31 December 2015

Few hours left before the 2015 ends. Time really flies fast. I am happy that I managed to do few things that I want on this year. So much of good memories although I faced few hiccups. I believe that determination and patience are very strong tools to survive. I hope that next year will be another good year to live. Readers, have a good time for tonight's new year countdown. See you on next year!

It's time to plan for next year agendas.. 

Once in every life there comes a time

We walk out all alone and into the light

The moment won't last but then

We remember it again when we close our eyes

Like stars across the sky

E per avvincere tu dovrai vincere

We were born to shine

All of us here because we believe....

P/S: I hope can see the fireworks tonight..

An Die Freude

My interest on symphony orchestra started when I watched my first concert in a philharmonic hall during my university time. It was a New Year performance by Johann Strauss Sr. I like the Radetzky March the most when I can feel the joyousness. Since then, I will go and watch at least once a year. Thanks to my former FYP advisor. He was the one who brought me there. I am not a musician and I do not know how to play any musical instruments. But when I watch or listen to the symphonies, it lead me to another world. Today is Ludwig van Beethoven's 245th year and I would like to share a video to readers. Whenever I listen to this symphony, I do not feel bored and delighted to listen it again and again and again. Symphony No. 9 D minor Op. 125 is Beethoven's final complete symphony before he died. The chorus were taken from the 'An Die Freude' or 'Ode to Joy' poem, written by Friedrich Schiller. It is about celebrating the brotherhood and unity of mankind. So far, I had watched this symphony twice live in a hall and I hope that I have the opportunity to watch it back live in the future.

Text of the fourth movement taken from Wikipedia

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen, und freudenvollere.	Oh friends, not these sounds! Let us instead strike up more pleasing and more joyful ones!
Freude! Freude!	Joy! Joy!
Freude, schöner Götterfunken Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum! Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt; Alle Menschen werden Brüder, Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.	Joy, beautiful spark of divinity, Daughter from Elysium,  We enter, burning with fervour, heavenly being, your sanctuary! Your magic brings together what fashion has sternly divided. All men shall become brothers, wherever your gentle wings hover.
Wem der große Wurf gelungen, Eines Freundes Freund zu sein; Wer ein holdes Weib errungen, Mische seinen Jubel ein! Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund! Und wer's nie gekonnt, der stehle Weinend sich aus diesem Bund!	Whoever has been lucky enough to become a friend to a friend, Whoever has found a beloved wife, let him join our songs of praise! Yes, and anyone who can call one soul his own on this earth! Any who cannot, let them slink away from this gathering in tears!
Freude trinken alle Wesen An den Brüsten der Natur; Alle Guten, alle Bösen Folgen ihrer Rosenspur. Küsse gab sie uns und Reben, Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod; Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben, Und der Cherub steht vor Gott.	Every creature drinks in joy at nature's breast; Good and Bad alike follow her trail of roses. She gives us kisses and wine, a true friend, even in death; Even the worm was given desire, and the cherub stands before God.
Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen Durch des Himmels prächt'gen Plan, Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn, Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.	Gladly, just as His suns hurtle through the glorious universe, So you, brothers, should run your course, joyfully, like a conquering hero.
Seid umschlungen, Millionen! Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt! Brüder, über'm Sternenzelt Muß ein lieber Vater wohnen. Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen? Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt? Such' ihn über'm Sternenzelt! Über Sternen muß er wohnen.	Be embraced, you millions! This kiss is for the whole world! Brothers, above the canopy of stars must dwell a loving father. Do you bow down before Him, you millions? Do you sense your Creator, o world? Seek Him above the canopy of stars! He must dwell beyond the stars.

P/S: I hope one day I can watch Vienna New Year's Concert live..

1212

I was disappointed and demotivated on last week. Strong will is needed to survive. Here's a toast for the hardship done so far.

Am I look like 金鱼老?

Thanks to the rain just now. The weather is getting cooler. Lazy to move around. Can I hibernate until end of the year like the polar bear on the north pole?

It's so cold out here.. In your wilderness..
I want you to be my keeper..
But not if you are so reckless...




P/S: After I read this back, friend is merely for moment. Not forever.

End of November 2015~

31 days left before the 2015 ends. I feel like I got a lot things that I have not accomplish it yet. Last two weeks ago, I managed to finished half marathon for the third time in my life although my result time is not really good. It was not easy to complete it and I need to train harder to achieve the time that I want in the future. It was fun to enjoy the marathon + Penang trip with young friends, which I feel younger too. Haha! Meanwhile, I was fortunate to attend my good friend's full complete set wedding (His ROM, 兄弟 mission and wedding dinner) which I know him since university time.  It was my first time as a 兄弟 for a friend. I was surprised that my friend managed to find 15 兄弟 to help him to get his bride. It was not easy to get friends to be your 兄弟with more than 5 people. The games organised by the 姐妹 were not so bad. Luckily the groom side reached late, 姐妹 had to reduced the games. I do not know why I volunteered myself to play the banana game, which one guy lie on the floor and hold the banana with his mouth and another guy on top of him, need to do push up and eat the banana. It was awkward when my mouth was few centimetres away from another guy's mouth. Oh my.. Luckily I still can maintain my virgin kiss. Haha! Furthermore, it was a good moment to meet my coursemates during the wedding dinner on last weekend. I saw most of them changed a lot. I was a bit reluctant to answer few of the questions from my coursemates, especially on my relationship status. I am not stable and ready to share my half to another one yet. Self-centred mode at the moment. When I read back my same title old post 4 years ago, I am glad that I became an official 'bachelor', with the help from everyone including seniors and I still agree with my lecturer that even Men can cry in the toilet, don't be surprise with it. So far nobody see me cry. yet Haha!

P/S: Unhappy for the whole morning today due to a review from someone..

250th Post

Just now, I try to check back the blogs that I followed before. I found out that most of the blogs do not exist anymore. It seems like the trend of writing blog is gone. Too bad that I cannot stalk people's life through blog. Haha! I was wondering how and why I can continue to blog until today, my 250th post on Blogger. I started to blog on Friendster during my time in Kinokuniya on 2008. I understand that I have to practice to write more so that one day, I will read it back in the future and laugh it out loud. For example, on my second post which I shared one of my memorable events in the university. I believe that I wrote a lot of craps for the past and I hope that my blog entertains the readers.Time flies very fast. Less than a month to go for Christmas. I am still thinking what I should I do for this year Christmas. I miss the time when I celebrated it on last year. It was like a Winter Wonderland to me although under a hot weather...

I don't care, go on and tear me apart...
I don't care if you do..
Cause in a sky, cause in a sky full of stars..

P/S: I can't wait to climb this! Countdown 5 months to go..

249th Post

Recently one of my colleagues asked me, what I had learnt for the past 6 months here. I told my colleague that the world is unfair, but we must stay strong, happy and enjoy the life. Do you agree? Meanwhile, my stalking level had been increased. This is not good. It is a sickness. I have to find a way to cure it. I still remember when my unimate created a 'Stalker League' and I would like to share the logo at here. 

PI, sorry for deleting your ownership name on the picture due to privacy. But this logo still looks remarkable. Anyone of you here want to join the league? Haha! 

Have a pleasant night while listen to this song..

 I want to feel love, run through my blood.. Tell me is this where I give it all up? How do I live? How do I breathe?

P/S: I can't wait for my long weekend..

248th Post

A plan whatever it may be must be made for the bad ground, it must be calculated to meet all exigencies, all disasters and to overcome them after they have occurred. 

The above was a remark by Marc Isambard Brunel on the occasion of proposals for improvement after the flooding of the Thames Tunnel in 1831 that I read it from a book. The remark is really strong. Whatever we plan for, we have to make sure that our plan is working. If not, it may bring a wonderful moment for the person who takes over your job. 

A string of beauties hand in hand..

P/S: Sometimes I dislike people who done something related to me, without my acknowledgement. 

247th Post

At 5pm just now, I heard a senior manager talked to his subordinate:

"Why not you do until 12am, finish the work and submit it by today?"

Based on the phrase above, will you do it? Or you will give few reasons and try to postpone the submission by tomorrow? After the conversation, the manager left the office and let his subordinate to survive by his own even though he received the information and instruction to settle the work at 4pm. It is not easy to survive on working life. Life is a learning process. Patience is one of the main keys to survive. Meanwhile, I was saddened with new toll rates in my home country. The toll rates increased more than 50 cents. The currency rate is still in bad shape and it is not easy to recover back. More retrenchments on few big companies, mainly on oil and gas sector. My readers, plan your future well and enjoy whenever you can.

Do you believe that I use this coconut fireball for a football match?

Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means

And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What's going on?


And I say, hey hey hey hey...
I said hey, what's going on?

P/S: Nobody will help you but yourself...

246th Post

First of all, I would like to thank to my family and friends who wished me on last few days ago. I am grateful that you remember one of my special days. I was happy that I can celebrate with my family members on last Saturday. It was a double celebration as my father celebrates his special day too. Oh, yeah, both of us are Librans.. Haha! When I met my relatives, most of them told me that not to come back to hometown for work and stay where am I now for good. I am not sure how long I will stay at here. I hope can I enjoy what I have now. Meanwhile, I think I should increase my weight again. When I saw my posted pictures, I looked so skinny. Macam like a Pontianak.. Wish me luck. Haha! The weather is recovering. I hope I can go out and enjoy the sunny day soon..

I wanna sing a song, that'd be just ours,
But I sang 'em all to another heart.
And I wanna cry, I wanna learn to love,
But all my tears have been used up. 
On another love, another love...






P/S: There is a reason why I hide it on my Facebook on last week. May God bless you..

245th Post..

Today's post is about my birthday wish list and this is my fifth time to do so on Blogger. It is still the same wish as the previous one, if the reader read all of my posts. Haha! Meanwhile I would like to add few new travel wishes on my list for the coming years and I hope that I can do/get/accomplish it..

1. To join a beach run in Kuta.

2. To climb the Harbour Bridge.

3. To climb the new route of Mount Kinabalu.

4. To visit the Capital Temple.

5. To try the Ca phe sua da from the origin place.

6. To enjoy the bath at the famous Onsen.

Not that much, right? Haha!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my blog's readers a 中秋节快乐! This year, I do not have the opportunity to play the lanterns and candles. I miss those days when I played the lanterns and candles with my relatives at my maternal grandparents' house. If you are free and available, try to go back home and celebrate it with your beloved family members.

Che bella cosa è na jurnata ’e sole,n’aria serena dopo na tempesta!
Pe’ ll’aria fresca para già na festa...
Che bella cosa na jurnata ’e sole.

Ma n’atu sole cchiù bello, oi ne’,
’o sole mio sta nfronte a te!
’o sole, ’o sole mio, sta nfronte a te,
sta nfronte a te!

A leader...

I would like to share something that I found it is useful in our life with readers.

A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask question instead of giving direct orders. Let the other person save face. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be 'hearty' in your approbation and lavish in your praise. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest..

Do you agree with the above mentioned?

DAN　DAN　心魅かれてく
その眩しい笑顔に
果てない暗闇(やみ)から飛び出そう...


P/S: One of the childhood songs..

Middle of September 2015

Yesterday I was scared during the flight departure and landing due to the low visibility. Thank God. I am still alive today. The haze is reflective of my mood since today morning. I hope it will be gone soon. Let me enjoy the great days with beautiful scenery and delicious food and drinks. Meanwhile, I think I have a new habit. I keep thinking of the past alone, what I had done before, the moments that I shared with someone. Is it good? People keep mention that we should not think of the past, we should move forward. Haha! It depends.. There is a friend of mine, asked whether I still have the passion to work in the engineering field or else. Actually I do not know how to answer it. I just said that I can sudden wake up during my sleep and thinking of the project structure is still there and pray that it will not collapse during and after the construction. A medical doctor can only kill one person at a moment, but an engineer can kill millions in a second. I do not think I will encourage my future children to pursue in engineering field. What is your say? Haha!

L'amour est enfant de bohème,
Il n'a jamais, jamais connu de loi;
Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime;
Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
Si tu ne m'aimes pas,
Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime;
Mais si je t'aime, si je t'aime;
Prends garde à toi!

242nd Post

How are you readers? I hope you are doing good. It's time for me to write something back here. I was sad with the current condition in my homeland, especially on last weekend. I pray that miracle will happen soon. Meanwhile, I am still trying to adapt myself in a foreign land. So far still alright, although everyday I face new challenges on work till my head is spinning. Few weeks ago, I met my former FYP partner. I was surprised that my friend told me it's time to settle down, get a 'real' partner. Yes boss. Coming soon, I hope. Haha! The way that my friend advised to me, same as what my another friend advised before. Men need to be aggressive, like a Lion.. 

Pur mai non sentesi,
felice appieno,
chi su quel seno,
no liba amore!





P/S: I used to sing this song in the hostel room during my university time. Haha!

Last Sunday of June 2015

The first half year of 2015 is going to end soon. I hope that I will fully utilize the time to make my 2015 a memorable year. I read few posts on my blogs and I found a post that make me laugh again. If you have time, try to read this: http://lesliecftan.blogspot.sg/2009/04/365-nights-of-sex.html . Do you agree with the author? Haha!

Good night..

 

P/S: I am weak, but thou art mighty.. Hold me with thy powerful hand.. 

240th post

What a tiring day today. I feel demotivated and soulless. It is hard for me to smile these days.  A lot of unwanted things happened on work and personal life. I know that nobody can help me except by myself and life still goes on. I have to be the strongest for myself.

P/S: I hope I can write more post..

16 May 2015

I still remember my former teacher who shared a story to me about a man, who works as a cleaner in PJ and speaks in English fluently without an educational background. He read English newspaper everyday and he try to speak in English with people in. For the first few times when he spoke, it was not good but he did not give up. People around him taught him on how to speak correctly and he practiced to speak. With his courage and determination, now he can speak and read in English well. 

My former teacher said that to master a language, we need to speak out with courage even though it is not perfect wrong in pronunciation, mistakes in grammar, etc. There is no shame to speak. Thanks for her advise. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of my former Tadika Cemerlang teachers, SKS24 SA teachers, SMKS24 SA teachers, taekwondo intructors, tuition teachers, TARC lecturers, UNITEN lecturers, and those who advised and taught me directly or indirectly, Selamat Hari Guru dan jasamu dikenang.. 

Teachers enlighten the path of success for us..

P/S: Encounter summertime sadness..

Miss...

Working in a foreign land is not that easy as it seems. For sure, you will miss your hometown very much and I am not excluded from it. It takes time to cure this sickness alone. Meanwhile, now I can call myself as a '外老' here. I am not sure whether I should be proud of myself with this title or else. Haha!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my mother a Happy Mother's Day! Thank you so much for your unconditional love and sacrifices to me. Sorry that I couldn't celebrate with you this year. I'll be back home soon.

To my reader(s), I hope you have a good Monday tomorrow!

When the rain is blowing in your face 
And the whole world is on your case 
I could offer you a warm embrace 
To make you feel my love 

When the evening shadows and the stars appear 
And there is no one there to dry your tears 
I could hold you for a million years 
To make you feel my love 

I know you haven't made your mind up yet 
But I would never do you wrong 
I've known it from the moment that we met 
no doubt in my mind were you belong 

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue 
No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do 
To make you feel my love 

The storms are raging on the rolling sea 
And on the highway of regret 
The winds of change are blowing wild and free 
You ain't seen nothing like me yet 

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true 
Nothing that I wouldn't do 
Go to the ends of the Earth for you 
To make you feel my love 

To make you feel my love...


P/S: This song keep repeating in my head..

Early May 2015

Last month I was a bit busy with my work, which I have to settle it before I leave the company for good. Yes, I have made a drastic change again on my career path. It was not easy for my to decide and move forward to a next level. I had been thinking to change it since last year October and I would like to thank those who supported my move. Life is like riding a bicycle in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.. 

Meanwhile, I would like to thank few of my friends who organised farewell makan(s), k-session and trip for me. It were meaningful and momentous for me and I appreciate it much. I was fortunate that I have few days to rest before start a new job. It was fun and scary when I was in Rose of the North on last weekend. I managed to ride a scooter on a busy road, diarrhea for a day, Tuk Tuk driver automatically sent me to a KTV lounge and few GROs asked me to go for 'entertainment'... 

I will depart to another place in few hours time. I wish all of you have a good weekend and remember, play safe. XD

Goodbye..

  

Spring

Spring is not about the season, but about the state of mind.
Life is not about the body, but about the mind.
Old age is not measure by years, but by the mindset.
Life is not about how long we live, but how we live it.

P/S: Do you know why I put this picture on my blog main page?

  

1st March 2015: Determination

Whether a person is capable or not depends on how he/she answers questions. Is his/her response to the question positive or negative? His/her capability can actually be tested at that moment. We always hear some people say "no way!", "no way!" The phrase "no way" will definitely bring a life of "no way" to the person who uttered it. "Way" is actually a method created by people for doing something. Some people have encountered setbacks when starting business, have faced difficulties when handling matters, were blamed by others when dealing with people, have to come to a bottleneck when thinking, and then in the end they simply used 'no way' as an excuse to give up. If a rigid or traditional method does not work, perhaps you need to change your thought, examine the questions objectively, look for cross references, or look at the question from a different angle. You will find a way eventually. There is a saying, "All roads lead to Rome." Even a crafty rabbit has three homes in case of emergency, so there is no place for 'no way' for anything that happens in the world. 

 A determined person will always find ways and methods to success. An escapist will see only difficulties and obstacles...



  

234th Post

Things happen when all the conditions are ready.
Things end well when all the conditions cease.
When all the conditions are ready, everything goes smoothly.
When all the conditions are not ready, everything fails.

We are happy when we get something and unhappy when we lose something. However, we can never tell whether it is lucky or unlucky when something bad happened. There's a Chinese saying that "Even if we lose the west side in a war, we may still win the east side in another battle." The feeling of possessing and losing are conditioned. If something belong to me, there is no need to fight and compete with others. It will be mine eventually. If something is not mine, no mater how hard I try to get it, it will never be mine. Sometimes, it is hard to tell whether it is good to get something or it is bad to lose it. It all depends on the conditions. When you get somethings, you must take the most of it. You will find the thing you lost when all conditions are ready to arise.

Happy Lunar New Year and have a good year ahead!


P/S: Actually I don't know what I want now..

Live without limits..

Recently, I read a book on how to live without limits. I was amazed with the achievements done by the author. Life is not always easy. But when we overcome challenges and problems, we will become stronger and more grateful for our opportunities

To live without limits, we need to have:

A powerful sense of purpose

Hope so strong that it cannot be diminished

Faith in God and the infinite possibilities

Love and self-acceptance

Attitude with altitude

A courageous spirit

Willingness to change

A trusting heart

Hunger for opportunities

The ability to assess risks and to laugh at life

A mission to serve others first



P/S: I have a decision need to make tomorrow and I hope make the right choice. 

 

Happy New Year 2015

Hi readers. I am back. It was a 'roller coaster ride' on last year. But luckily my BP is still remain normal. Let bygones be bygones. It is time for me to plan and execute something on this year. How about you? I hope you have your own resolutions of the year.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful year ahead. Stay Calm. Stay Focus. Stay Happy. Stay Strong.



P/S: 232nd post. It is a short post. I hope I have the feel & time to write my journal post back soon.


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