"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
- Albert Einstein

wAs reaLLy depreSSed abt tHe inveStment papER.. dUn aSk y.. it waS sO bad, onCE i flipped it oPen, i wanted tO cRy.. bUt then tHey'll dRag me tO IMH and i'll gEt a zEro fOr my papER.. aNw i wAs tOld a sTory tHAt made me fEel beTTer.. (p/s: tHAnks, A)

In this room, there were four candles burning lightly. The room was so quiet that the 4 candles could be heard whispering to each other. The 1st candle said "I'm peace! However, nobody can keep me lit. I believe i will go out." THE SECOND ONE SAYS: ”I AM FAITH ! MOST OF ALL, I AM NO LONGER INDISPENSABLE ,SO IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE THAT I STAY LIT ANY LONGER ." When it finished talking, a breeze softly blew on it putting it out. SADLY, THE THIRD CANDLE SPOKE IN ITS TURN:”I AM LOVE !
I HAVEN’T GOT THE STRENGTH TO STAY LIT. PEOPLE PUT ME ASIDE AND DON’T UNDERSTAND MY IMPORTANCE. THEY EVEN FORGET TO LOVE THOSE WHO ARE NEAREST TO THEM ." And waiting no longer it goes out. SUDDENLY... A CHILD ENTERS THE ROOM AND SEES THREE CANDLES NOT BURNING. ”WHY ARE YOU NOT BURNING? YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO STAY LIT TILL THE END." Saying this, the child begins to cry. THEN THE FOURTH CANDLE SAID: ”DON’T BE AFRAID, WHILE I AM STILL BURNING WE CAN RE-LIGHT THE OTHER CANDLES, I AM HOPE !" WITH SHINING EYES, THE CHILD TOOK THE CANDLE OF HOPE AND LIT THE OTHER CANDLES. The flame of Hope should never go out from your life … and that each of us can maintain
Hope, Faith, Peace and Love !!!!

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wHat i gOt out of tHis sTory is that.. i reAlised that, aftEr almost 2 yrs of uNi life, i've lOst sIght of my orIginal gOals.. i fOrgot wHat i wAnted dUring my uNi life aNd wHat i waNted aFter it.. i fAltered along tHe waY aNd i didn eVen knOw i wAs geTting lOst.. i sPent tIme on tHings tHat neIther maDe me haPpy nOr aIded me tOwards mY gOal (maybE paRtially).. tHis eVening, i wAs tHinking tO myseLf 'tHis is it.. i'm probably nOt gOing to acHieve wAt i waNTed tO.. i've fAiled myseLf aGain.. tHe only wAy tOo saLvage tHE situation is wAy tOo tOugh.. i cAn't mk it.." deN i reaLised, its tHe sAme sTuff i tEll mY sTudents.. "if u think you can, you can." wHat i laCked wAs hOpe aND confidence.. yEAh.. tHe only sOlution tO my prOblem is wAy tOo tOugh fOr me tO even consIder.. bUt its wOrth a tRy.. pErphaps its a wAke up call.. tO really cUt myself fRee fRom wHAt's holding me baCk fRom moving on in eVery aspecT.. i neEd a gOod brEAk.. a dAy tO tHink abt tHe mess i've cREated in my life.. wHich are the sTuff i wanna cUt loOse aNd wHich are tHE stuff i haVe tO keep in mInd.. i usEd tO saY 'life / love can be simple if u want it to be' bUt seriously, tHey are so cOmplicated it tAkes a hell loT of wisdOm tO see sImplicity in it..











reALised i lOve tO take piCs of fLowers.. wHy huh? i sPent 30 mins sHooting one rOse petal.. oNe.. -_-" a haVe 22 picS jusT on onE petal.. wHy huh?
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lOok wAt i fOund while bRowsing fOr jobs onlinE!

its posted by a fOreign bAnk.. cOol hUh? ;)

Anti Money Laundering Analyst

You are required to provide support to Anti Money Laundering Compliance function. Monitoring and reviewing exceptions and alerts generated by reports or systems, you have to conduct initial ML investigations, filter and highlight suspicions for further investigation. In addition, you are required to run query reports and organise information retrieval for reviews, audit and investigations. You will be involved in ad-hoc projects involving the Anti Money Laundering team as well as looking after the general administration matters.

Along with a Diploma or 'A' level qualifications, you should have a minimum of 2 years' working experience acquired on a law enforcement, compliance or investigative environment. With the ability to work independently and communicate effectively to people at all levels, you must be analytical, inquisitive and keen to learn. In addition, you must be computer and internet savvy. An understanding of money laundering, terrorism financing and general fraud matters will be preferred.







What Happens In Heaven

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true, we are not thankful enough:

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the Receiving section here all petitions to God said in prayer are received."

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them."

I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section," my angel friend quietly admitted to me He seemed embarrassed "How is it that there is no work going on here?" I asked.

"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments."

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked. "Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord."

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy." "And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."

Also "If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day."

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation...you are ahead of 700 million people in the world."

"If you can attend a temple/mosque/church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world."

"If your parents are still alive and still married, you are very rare."

"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair."

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

ATTN:
Acknowledge Dept.: "Thank you Lord, for saving my soul and giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with"

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i realise i aLways meet cRying pple on bUSes.. tHis time, i offerEd heR tIssue.. hER bf cHeated on hER aGain.. wAt cAn i sAy? i sympAthise w heR.. a lot.. bUt wHen i wAs 12, tHe boy i hAd a cRush on told mE sOmething i reMembered fOr life..
"If someone betrays u once, its his fault. If he betrays you twice, its your fault." pOor gIrl.. :(






也许。。
她比我更像你。。
99。5 了。。 还不够。。
剩下那半分，不叫半分。。
叫遗憾。。
但是也许。。
那半分不是你的半分。。
是我。。

iTs been sO sO long.. wHen will u fInd ur consciENce? will yOu eVer gIve me aN ansWer aNd set mE fRee? bEfOre i fInd tHe aNs, aLL i cAn dO is tO plaY gAmes fOr tWo.. oNe afTer aNother.. bUt i'm tIred oF gAmes..

gIve mE an aNswer.. sEt me fRee..








sAlly gAve me a book aS a belaTed bDae gIft.. u kNow wHat happens tO me wHen i receive a bOok as a gIft? i'll be extremely happY anD i'll get really eXcited abt its cOntent.. (herE's thE baD pARt) i'll nOt put it dOwn till i've finished w it.. fRom cover tO covEr.. hEnce yesT, i sPent valuable sTudying timE reAding a bOok tHAt has nOThing tO dO w biz nOr fiNance.. bUt it wAs pREtty gOod.. i cAn relaTe tO it.. cOs tHe guy wAs like mE.. yeaH.. tHe gUy.. tHe mAin chaRacter in thE sTOry.. fUnny hUh?

"We've both done the thing that we've been waiting for a lifetime to do, and now that we've crossed it off our list, there wasn't a lot more to say other than goodbye."

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

哀莫大于心死。。 原来失望到了极点，连流一滴眼泪都成问题。。






oh!! i fORgot.. tOday is Blog Action Day! Supposed to blog about the environment.. ok so here gOes..

gLobal wArming is fOr real ok? sO bewAre!!! mUahaha.. nAh.. jUst rEM tO tREat oUr envIRonmeNt like ouR hOme.. yeah.. like tHE 4 wAlls we're cOnfined in.. tHen wE'll all be mOre consideraTE tOwards tHE env.. wHat haVe i dOnE tO cHip in? hm.. i'Ve.. reuSEd plaStic contAiners, rEcycle olD neWspaperS, aND plaStic bOttles (recYcle bIns!) dOnated old bUt usable cLothes aND bOoks (anD tOys!) tO thE saLvation armY sO its nOT waSTed.. hOpe it heLps! :)







i wAnt!! =X
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The author was weeding his garden when he felt that it was cruel to kill the weeds. They are afterall, living things too. What gives him the right to choose to kill the weeds and save the flowers and trees and not the kill the flowers and trees to keep the weeds? Then, he wrote:

'In the end, the Hindu text, the Bhagavad-Gita comes to my aid. I remember the answer that Krishna gives to the warrior Arjuna, when the latter loses heart before a decisive battle, throws downs his arems, and says that it is not right to take part in a battle that will cumulminate in the death of his brother. Krishna says, more or less:"Do you really think you can kill anyone? Your hand is My hand, and it was already written that everything you are doing would be done. No one kills and no one dies."

Encouraged by this recollection, I pick up my spear again, attack the weeds I did not invite to grow in my garden and am ledt with this morning's one lesson: When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the same courage to mercilessly to pluck it out.'

-Paulo Coelho

When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the same courage to mercilessly to pluck it out. tHere are tHings we know are baD fOR us.. bUT we jUSt can'T quit it.. wHat is it fOr yOU? bOoze? puFFinf? oVer sHoppiNg? oVer eAting? oR eVEn lOve? it haS got tO dO w will pOwer, dEterminaTion and coUrage.. i'll dO it onE dAy.. i'll fOrget tHat bIg hUg gIven wHen i wAs mOSt aFraid cOs i'll nEver be tHat afRaid aGain.. aNd i'll fOrget tHat that lOok, tHAt sMile.. cOS itS bEen yEars.. hOw maNy? 5? i'vE lOst cOunt..






tOday, i haD a lOng cHat w tHe mummY of my yOungest sTudent.. tHis laDy's really nIce.. i oFten have fOod tO eAt wHen i gO over.. jelly, cakes, chocolates, prAwn nOodles, icE cReam, homE maDe baRley, etc.. anw, she told me a sTory..

50 yrs aGo, gUy anD gAl fell in lOve.. tHey decIded tO geT marrieD deSpite pareNtal objeCtions.. tHey elOped tO the US.. gUy has a tErrible tEmper.. gAl still loVed hIm.. bUT soon, gAL couLdn tOlerate gUy's bAd temPer aND tHey stArted fiGhting freQuently.. by fIghting, i reallY meAN physicAl fighTing.. punches, kICks, slAps, etc.. aS deCAdes gO by, tHings haPpen, peoplE cHange.. boTH tHeir temperS becAMe beTTer.. tHEy leArnt tO tREasure eaCh other mORe aNd more.. especiAlly wHen tHEy see tHeir lovEd oneS lEaving tHem one by one.. tHey remembERed how haRD it was fOr them tO be tOgetHEr.. bUT a year oR sO laTer, gAl was diagnOsed w cAncer.. sHe camE baCk tO sIngapore tO seek tREatmenT.. sHe was tOld sHe had leSs tHan a couplE of months tO live.. in hosPital, sHE received a cAll fr hOme.. her daUghter caLL, telling her gUy fell dowN the sTairs at hOme.. seriouSLy injured.. aND rIght nOw, he wAs lying in the hospitAl.. on hiS death bed.. gAl wanted tO fly home immediately. bUt dOctors woulDn hear of it.. sHE was in nO sTAte tO even sTep out of heR wArD!

oVer tHE phOne, theY had tHeiR last wOrds w eaCh other.. gUy's last wORds weRE.. "fOr sO manY years we haD w eAch othEr, i fOrgot how tO loVe and tREasure you like i dId when we firsT fell in loVE.. 缘分让我们就只能一起走到这里。。 gOod bye.." gAl dIed sOon afTer.. sHe haD nO will tO livE..

i dUnnO abOut you.. bUT i find it heaRtwRenching.. fOr decades, thEy forgot to lovE eaCh otHer.. replacing the lOve theY once had fOr each other w violence anD wRath.. wHat a wASte..







tHis guy's amAzing..







u kNow wHat? this is one video i'vE beEn intROducEd tO onlY tHis aFTernoon.. and i'Ve waTched it 3 tImes sInce tHen. its sO inspirationAl... tO me at least..

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. "

"Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart. Even if it leads you off the well worn path and that would make all the difference. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. "

fOr me, its tOo late.. i hOpe its nOt tOo lAte fOr eVeryone eLse out thERe.. cOs losIng ur dReams mAkes u fEel like a bIrd wIth bRoken wIngs.. tRapped.. i'vE lEarnt tO loVe tHe path i've cHoosen.. bUt i'Ve neVer had the sAme bUrst of paSsion aGain..








wOw.. he/she bEat me tO publisHing sUch a bOok.. dAmn..

幸福提示 17: chilling out w tHe gAng.. bEing aH pEks..




bAron's beTter tHAn hEinekEn whiCh is bEtter tHan tIger.. tRust me..







一山不能藏二虎.. mAybe i sHould lEave..

sTory tIme!!!
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Daddy doesn't want to play with me

Once there was a little boy who wanted his dad to teach him how to play catch. One sunny day the little boy's father was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer, while watching a baseball game. The boy rushed into the house exclaiming, "Daddy, daddy, daddy, show me how to play catch!"

The father, blankly starring at the television screen, replied, " In a little while son, let me finish watching this inning, come back in five minutes."


"Okay daddy", said the boy and ran out of the room. Five minutes later the boy returned screaming, "Daddy, lets go lets play some catch now!"


The father turned to the boy and said, "hold on son, the inning is not quite over come back in five more minutes."


"Okay, daddy", said the boy as he shuffled out the room.


Five minutes later the boy returned ball and glove in hand eagerly awaiting his father to play some catch.


" Daddy, lets go, I want to be Ken Griffey Jr.!" shouted the boy By this time, the father had cracked open another cold one and another inning was taking place. Frustrated by the boys constant hindrances, the dad scanned the room. While scanning the room the father notice a magazine underneath the coffee table. On the cover of the magazine was a large picture of the world. The father, who was angered and annoyed, began tearing the magazine cover in to small pieces. After a few moments, of shredding up the magazine cover, the father placed the torn pieces on the magazine. Then, the father turned to his boy and said, "Son, once you put this picture of the world back together we can play catch, but do not interrupt me again until you are done!"


Apprehensively, the boy took the magazine and sulked into his room. As he sobbed, "Okay, daddy I won't".


A few moments later the boy returned and said, "I'm done daddy can we play catch now?"


Stunned, the father glanced towards his child, and there in his small hands laid the magazine with the world pieced perfectly together. Amazed, the dad asked his child how he put the world together so quickly.


"It was simple" stated the boy



"On the back of the world was a picture of a person, and once I put the person together that's when their world came together."



How do you try to fix the world before fixing your self?


Do believe the world has given you a lousy hand to play?


Do you Believe that if you had more money, a better car, or a better job that you would have no problems?


When was the last time you turned inward to take a look at yourself?





mY dEAr wEnt bAck tO UK.. sIgh..





tHanks fOr the well wIshes, gIfts, cArds, flowers, little sUprises and tReatS.. :) mUch appreciated.. really.. :)