Beauty in Nature

Keep Smiling: The best way to cheer yourself is try to cheer somebody else..

2009-06-30T22:20:00.029+08:00

I saw an article in a website lately. The article triggers a snap shot in my mind that how the conversation protocol can change our life by just think differently and positively.

Here, I am sharing with you the contents:

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.

Great men say, “Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness... In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.”

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling... and even more beautiful, knows that you are the reason behind it. What a wonderful efforts you had made to the world, to a person, or to a matter...

As Mark Twain said "the best way to cheer yourself is try to cheer somebody else."
Keep smiling!

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Sometimes people ask why I am keep smiling always. Well, I guess, you had found the answer here? ;)

Have you smile today?

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give.

It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it.

Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile.

Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
~Author Unknown

The world always looks brighter from behind a smile. ~Author Unknown

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ~Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile. ~Mother Teresa

Start every day with a smile and get it over with. ~W.C. Fields

Yeah, the sexiest part on his body, his smile. ;)
Just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of the body... the heart ❤.

Life without Love is like Day without Sunlight…

2009-05-31T01:20:00.009+08:00

People said: “The feeling of love starts from the eye, and the feeling of like starts from the ear.” So, if you tend to stop liking a person you used to like, all you need to do is just cover your ears; But, if you try to close your eyes, Love may turns into a drop of tear and remains in your heart forever after.

“Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.” - Anonymous quotation.

I guess, Love has no time limit. If you feel safe and appreciated, then it is Love. It doesn't matter if it's been a year, a month, a day, a minute or seconds, love is love and when it hits you… don't doubt it…!

You may feel like smiling when you think about that person or you may get that feeling in your stomach. In the face of your loved one, you will often act as a simple three years old child. The fanatical pursuit of love, and sometimes you will surprise.

For me, Love is just like back to home; to a wonderful place that I can lay my head down every day and night…where a great place brings me a feeling of grateful.

And, I think I found him... Thanks for your love, JS Chee. :)

Love is just like back to home; to a wonderful place…
[Picture adopted from http://www.flickr.com/photos/14028823@N02/3525229970/]

The Beautiful Sounds of Pachelbel’s Canon in D

2009-04-10T17:40:00.007+08:00

The music Canon in D, is one of the most famous pieces of music by Johann Pachelbel.

The music is beautiful, and it is a very relaxing classic for me. Though I don’t know the meaning behind of the music, but it does bring lots of significance to me, it express a feeling of love relive, the music seems to be feelings sound like, peacefully and harmonious to me.

As a philosopher said Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.

According to Wikipedia, It was written in or around 1680, during the Baroque period, as a piece of chamber music for three violins and basso continuo, but has since been arranged for a wide variety of ensembles. The Canon was originally paired with a gigue in the same key, although this composition is not regularly performed or recorded today. The piece is particularly well known for its chord progression, and is played at weddings and included on classical music compilation CDs.

This is the piano solo by someone extract from Youtube. As one of my friend wish, I also wish there will be someone play the music for me :p.

"Music is expression of harmony in sound. Love is the expression of harmony in life." by Stephen F. Gaskin

Awesome cookies for your Love one…

2009-03-28T21:49:00.008+08:00

I saw these cute cookies from an email today, I feel gleeful of looking into it. Those cookies are awesome, not sure you know where I can buy these cute cookies?

Here would like to share with all of you :)

The cookies can be so sweet although without sugar :)

The butterfly cookies can be so romantic

[梁山伯与祝英台浪漫蝴蝶梦; 比翼双飞].

I felt romantic in these Purple color lovey cookies :)

If you are shy to tell me your feeling, I would be happy to received these ;D

A warm feeling in red hot love!

A pure love; Thou art to me a delicious torment.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

Wish you find your true love soon!

Good idea for Valentine's Day gift :)

Chocolate cookies can be so wild.

Pink Ribbons express support for women (and men) who are diagnosed with Breast Cancer.

Highly nutritious Fruits good for our healthy.

So many shoes?

For a working class downtown lady :)

For a workaholic one :p

It always can be a nice present for a uptown girl.

Life is a box of cookies, it always can be a story of inspiration.

A sunny "Get Well Soon" message for someone really special.

Happy Birthday message for your love one!

Kids like cutey animals very much.

Special Birthday present for a special one for sure.

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So, where is my present?

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Out of the above awesome cookies, I would prefer nature pinky, a sweet side of Red love, sophisticated, softer and it reflect love of happiness, contentness and healthy. Hmm, yummy! :D

Nice? I also feel hungry right now! ;p

60 Earth Hour ~ Join the Movement!

2009-03-24T01:34:00.007+08:00

Earth Hour aims to reach more than one billion people in 1000 cities around the world - sign up and be counted!

Please visit http://www.earthhour.org/signup/default:en to sign up.

WWF will send you newsletters filled with useful tips and a reminder for the big night.

We all have a vote, and every single vote counts. Together we can take control of the future of our planet, for future generations.

Let's VOTE EARTH by simply switching off your lights for one hour, and join the world for Earth Hour.

Saturday, March 28, 8.30-9.30pm.

Unleash Our Dreams!

2009-03-06T01:12:00.005+08:00

After know how to find support for your dreams and now…Finally, we got to unleash our dreams.

How to Unleash Our Dreams?
1. Gain Our Dream's Benefits
Find a way to gain some aspects of our dream today!
For example, [I want to spend more time hiking]. Spend more time which close to your dreams, and gain your thought from there. Designate this Saturday or my any day off from work as my sport day. [Since management had observed couples of planned shutdown, facilities shut down (utilities shut down) and whatever down for the next couple of month].

Then get up early that day and act just as if I could do that full of my heart (or full time). [Maybe hiking full of my heart every Saturday for several weeks will give me an insight into my goal, my dream].

When my dream truly reflects my desires, I will get up in the morning like a child and definitely I barely able to contain my own excitement. The converse is also true: procrastination is a warning sign just when we are not doing something close to our heart. [This is just same to you will not be happy to be someone you did not love to.]

2. Be Ready for Our "Break"
Of course, time to time, we need to be alert and ready for opportunities in our surrounding.

The exciting thing about having a dream is that it may come true. But we may be so surprised when get a chance at our dream that we are not ready to act. So, always prepare ourselves for sudden opportunities are the most important.

In business, sales, sports, the arts, entertainment, and almost any profession, there are always "breaks" happened (opportunities comes) for work that suddenly come up. To get a "break", sometime we need to let our network of people who know our dream grow. This may raise the probability we will get a break. [Get the break and get the opportunity, be strong to break, be strong to make the change! I have been always reminding this to myself as we are the one to make the different!].

When we do get a break, be ready to take advantage of it.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

[Picture adopted from http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/33338/2003787872395281835_rs.jpg].

[May your dreams challenge the laws of gravity.... Let's unleash our dreams!]

Know How to Support Our Dreams!

2009-03-04T00:49:00.003+08:00

Remember, never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. You must know how to support our own dreams.

How can I support my own dreams?
1. Try to schedule time to think about our dream, set long-term and short-term goals, and plan tasks.
A dream is like plants, we need to nurture its growth and go on with it. We can always designate a particular time during the week for our dream. It might be during an exercise period or drive to work. [This is why I like to drive long distance to work, I like thinking while driving, this always brings me some thought and generate good ideas.]

What specific things can you do to make your dream come true? Write these down as goals. Break down a major goal that may take you years to complete into short-term goals that you can accomplish regularly. Then, generate daily tasks to accomplish parts of these short-term goals.

Once you have your dream statement, you are accompanied with a powerful motivator. You should find that you are very worried to complete the tasks you make to accomplish your dream.

2. Gather resources for your dream
We can always gather information that can helps to support our dream.

For example, find out about jobs in places where you want to live or starting a job which is your dream profession. An opportunity to move closer to what you want might just be a matter of connecting with the right information.

Include in this information contacts with people who are living your dream. For example, want to be an actor? Perhaps there is an actor who you know, perhaps an actor from your hometown or your local group members who has gone to a professional work, he or she might be the one able to give you advice or be your mentor.

Look for a mentor who is able to give you guidance, as an extract from Chinese idioms: 世有伯乐，然后有千里马。千里马常有，而伯乐不常有。 It means: There are a lot of people has great competencies and skills; however, there is only a little people able to appreciate and tap the talent. In this competitive working-place, if you are not been found, and you will only be stay in the massive drown to unknown. Hence, you must know how to support your goals!

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go.

Be what you want to be,

because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do!

[Jennifer Ng, picture taken at Mengkuang Dam, Bukit Mertajam, 2008]

Express Our Dreams!

2009-03-03T23:28:00.005+08:00

The exercises in the previous section can be a good way to brainstorm what we truly want. But, don’t stop there, because unclearly defined dream will probably make us disappointed. So, let’s be willing to express our own dream.

How to Express Our Dreams?
Very simple, one of the easier solutions is:
1. Take time to reflect your dream and then state it simply and honestly in writing.

Go for a walk, or spend an afternoon at a library, Borders, starbuck, garden, or other quiet place where can help us to think.

Be willing to consider our true heart’s desire. Don’t worry about how we are going to make it happen.

Develop an honest statement - in one sentence - of what you would really love to do.
[“I want to have good life and good career!”]
[“I want to be a traditional woman, house-wife! Take care of everything to my beloved hubby and children…”]
[“I want to have a fun job maybe something to do with travel or like having my own club!”]

Remember, this is not your parent’s dream. This is not the dream that your teacher or lecturer wanted for you. It will take courage to state your dream, especially if it is different than your current lifestyle or what you think people expect of you.

For example, I might be a Human Resource Specialist for now, nearing the peak of my career, but what I really would like to do is teach drawing and have time for bird watching. Another example is perhaps you are now living in a bungalow with a nice garden and nice spouse, you spend all your spare time maintaining all these, but in fact you are desire to be a painter, live in a small house, and even starve a little sometimes... [Come on! Write down your dream!]

Besides, we could always..
2. Tell our dream to others.
Don’t be shy to tell, along the way, we will become more confident about our dream when we state it to other people. Our dream will seem to be more “real”, and this is true!

Don’t be shy, start it with your families members, your close friends, or even your boss! Share among with each others. You will find yourself have move the first step into your dreams.

When you tell others about your dream, you may generate unexpected opportunities and support for it. For example, letting others know that you would like to travel more might generate more travel opportunities in your present job. Sometimes getting what you want is just a matter of asking for it... [ask from others, and tell them what you want.]

[Yeah, know how to ask, and learn to ask from your BOSS now! ;p]

Take time to reflect your dreams. The aim of life is self-development.

We must desire something to be alive, that’s why each of us is here for… to make our life more meaningful. Agree?

[Jennifer Ng, picture taken at Mengkuang Dam, Bukit Mertajam, 2008]

Let’s Find Our Dreams!

2009-03-03T00:13:00.008+08:00

Do you know your dream? Do you know what is your dream is? Dream is something you truly want for your life, and not just what you would like to do.

How to Find Our Dreams?

Just make it simple, here are some suggestions might help you to find your dreams...

1. Create the hypothetical question related to yourself. Try to brainstorm your dream by quickly answering the questions that created by yourself and examining the pattern it reveal.

Here are a few questions, try to answer the following questions honestly and quickly with the first thing that comes to your mind.

What would you do with your life if...
- You won $1,000,000 (one million)?
- You had to return to university or college to get your four-years degree?
- You won $1,000 a week for life?
- You lost your present job?
- You had a disability that prevented you from walking?
- You had six months to live?

Answering the above questions (hypothetical questions) can give you insight into your true motivation. Is there a pattern in your answers to the questions?

These questions should force you to look behind what you might assume to be your dream. For example, you might assume that your dream is to have lots of money, but what do you want from that money? What do you want to do with your time? With whom do you want to spend your time?

2. Generate more dream ideas by looking at your priorities and past.
To generate more ideas, we can try to look back, relate to our imagination and ask "what if" to ourselves. [This definitely helps!]

1. What has been the work or lifestyle that you have chosen to return to again and again? [Nope, it would end when the time comes.]
2. What do you routinely say that you will do "someday"? What life change or way of life are you putting off? [I am trying to look into better time management, dare to change or I can eliminate it off?...]
3. Would you be willing to live with very little money and pursue a dream? Or would you rather work in a job that means nothing to you in order to have all kinds of material comforts? [Adequate resources for me to pursue my dreams; I am sorry, I can’t work in a job that means nothing to me.]
4. Are you willing to live in the world, in the moment? [Yes, of course ;p]
5. What could you imagine getting up in the morning for? What could you imagine being in your life so that when you go to bed every night, you think, "I can hardly wait for tomorrow!"? [Oh yes, something could make me excited and passion with to work on throughout the day; no trauma and no stress feel.]
6. If your dream is travel, would you be willing to get a job involving travel? [Yes, can be consider.]

The answers to these questions should reveal to you more about what you want to do. What are you are willing to sacrifice? How you are willing to live in order to follow your dream?

So, have you find out yours?

[Oh, yes…I am!]

To keep the balance, I must keep moving!

But we got to ensure we are maintain a proper balance in our life by allocating the time we have in pursuing our DREAMS.

[Picture adopted from: http://www.internationalliving.com/Publications/Free-E-Letters/IL-Postcards/10-11-08-dream].

[How about you? Why wait...?]

Can We Live Our Dreams?

2009-03-02T02:21:00.008+08:00

What is dream? and what is your dreams?

What would you love to do with your life if you had the time and resources ($$$)?
Travel around the world? Spend the precious time with your love(s) one? Setup a business, build up an educational fund or an educational centre? Volunteer work or a hobby? [Yeah, my dreams just listed above :)…]

Knowing our dream and living it, this is the purpose behind live our life to the fullest and way of simplifying it (simple life). By knowing your dream, you have a powerful motivator to make changes in your life. By starting to have some pieces of your dream, your life gradually takes you on a joy.

Living Your Dreams
What is dream? Dream is our heart’s desire, what you truly want to do or you wish to achieve. Your dream may be to travel around the world (but you do not have the adequate resources $$$). Your dream may be to work in a certain profession (but you do not have the relevant qualification) or live in a particular place (but you face the barrier to do so). Or your dream might involve just simple things: to have more time to work in your garden, spend more time with family, friends or with your love one, have time for sports or to read books (but perhaps you don’t have the time-flexibility).

How to Live Our Dreams?
Just make it simple,
1. The first step in living your dream is to discover and express it. (To be continued ;p)
2. Once you have your dream stated and some aims made based on it, you can begin the exciting work to make it real. (To be continued ;p)
3. Once you state your dream, get into a positive feedback loop as soon as possible and be ready to take advantage of unexpected risks and opportunities. (To be continued ;p)

I have had put this into practice every times for my every single dreams that comes to me. However, remember to be flexible and be optimist to crave your dreams, it doesn't matter how much energy you invest into your dreams.

For sure, dreams are unlikely to predict the future but it doesn't prevent us from finding meaning in our dreams.

Bear in mind, there might difficulties in front of you which might make our dreams to be not happen. Hence, be flexible to re-puzzle your dreams; re-categorize your life purpose and life challenges. There is no right or wrong, or couldn’t live without someone else!

Let’s dare to live and dare to dream!

Life is a glorious circle of song!

[Jennifer Ng; Picture taken at Tanah Lot, Bali, 2008].

2009, New are the Spirit and Dreams

2009-02-28T18:12:00.028+08:00

Time flies… 2007 and 2008 is gone; it’s been my busy, harder years in my life and had ended with miserable cold.

I have an enormous amount of new experiences after these two (2) years:

1. Be optimist, it doesn't matter how much energy you invest into your dreams.
2. The light goes on, moving away from what doesn’t work towards what you want.
3. Re-puzzle your dreams; re-categorize your life purpose and life challenges.
4. Again, be optimist, your dreams may happen even if you forget about them.
5. And again, be optimist even with you doing exactly the opposite, your dreams may happen anyway.

To sum up: everything is relative. The only thing you can do is to limit the relativeness ;-) The only important thing is your family, friends and people around you. And I'm proud that I can work with the people around me and enjoy what I have for now.

2009, new is the year, new are the hopes and aspirations; new is the resolution, new are the spirit and dreams, forever my warm wishes are for all of you. Wish you all have a promising and fulfilling new year. Happy New Year 2009!

Warmest Regards,
Lee Ting, 吴俐葶

Happy New Year 2009!
[Picture adopted from: http://www.intercultural.org.au/icon_resimler/happy_new_year.jpg].