Keeping A Beautiful Mind

HOW TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MIND by Edward De Bono

It a really a fantastic book to start your good reading habit, well it sure does worked on me.

I got so stuck that i was able to finish it ! (the last book which i manage to finish was like 2 years back? Whatever :P)

Personal description of this book is that it really does helps you to communicate efficiently after reading it . Though applying what you learn on to daily practices is more easy to say then done due to human habits of adapting towards changes especially bad habits.

And what's very true nowadays is that we spend a fortune on clothes, cosmetics, diets and work-outs or even surgery to make our bodies more attractive..

Yet we hardly consider the one thing that enhances everyone's appeal. It cost nothing, takes very little time, and without it even the most physically beautiful person will be unattractive; it is a beautiful mind. No matter how stunning you are, if your mind is dull you have no hope for impressing people in any situation.

This Book is Just Amazing !

Oh ya and for you information, i borrowed this book from my colleague at work (credits to him). *not very much a library person myself though. but I'm picking up on reading soon :D

So if you want to be irresistible, then follow de Bono's advice; you won't believe how much it can revolutionize your life until you do.

a new tidbit on the shelve - Wasabi Spicy

Anyway it was really Ironic last night , i felt as guilty as I'm charged yet on the contrary i felt a little happiness inside me -weird. i guess if even the slightly mistake you have made affects a person's mood, it indirectly means you are somebody important to them ?

that's all !

4 days and counting - It been 30 days now. my long anticipated wait is ending soon = )

Decisions

We are often faced with this question, be it self-reflection or prompted by someone. It will still be remained as one of the hardest question to answer.

A classic question will be "If both you dearest/beloved mother and your wife fell into the sea, who would you save if you only can save one and sacrifices the other due to lack of time."

And in your mind you are caught in a dilemma, risk putting either life on to jeopardy and often left with two conclusion for this scenario (what i derived from my personal answer)

Conclusion 1:

"If i were to dive for my wife first because she'll be the person that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with and start a family, but then that means I'm leaving my mother to drown."

OR

Conclusion 2:

"Plunge into the water and swim to the direction of my mother first because she's the one that given me this life/chance to experience warmth and love, but that on the contrary means leaving my wife to drown."

both of the decision you made, will result in the loss of a love one inevitable.

Why did i brought this topic up ? Good question there, just felt that in our life we are given choices to decide on, we have to make a decision base on our best interests/understanding to the situation whether if it were to results into a significant impact on our life or not. We are consistently making them every now and then or maybe even as when we are "speaking" or rather you reading, you might already be making decision as to click on that tiny little red crossed button or to scroll down so that you can read further. And that after all is still a decision though nothing much to loss/gain !

Just a random feeling after an argument with my dad over some ridiculous/minor matter.

Maybe, next time when we are arguing i can stuff my mouth full with Lays potato chips so that i can't argue back ~ just maybe a different choice to make.

Recovering

BENKO ! my very own Benko from Beijing, China. Thanks Pui Tung :)

Spend 2 nights over at my buddy*Pui Tung home, did quite a lot of catch up overall the usual guys talk (Just for your information Guys Talk includes : Games, Movies, Anime, Girls, Relationship stuff, Computer and Fashion.)

Day 1 : Friday night, Took 853 and headed down to PT house(*new*) but only gotten down from the bus 2 stops after the designated stop. (usually my sense of direction is good , must be due to some bad influence :P) anyway PT took the hassle and came over to fetch me and the rest of the night ended with GTA 4 (Grand Theft Auto IV) and guys talk.

18+

Day 2 

Catch " You Don't Mess With The Zohan (YDMWTZ)- ★★★ " before heading down to SLS (Sim Lim Square)  Pretty decent, just for laugh movie.

My Very Olympic Tee ! :) My Classic "shocked face"

That's Pui Tung !

That crazy ass spend $2900 odd on his desktop ! = $1900 on CPU, $300 on Wireless-N, $479 on 22-Inch LCD( Philips), $89 on Altec Lansing Speaker w/ Boom Box And $200 on Window OS. and with our glib tongue we manage to reduce the original price from $2968 to $2900 odd.

A Inside Look of the CPU 

1. Asus P5Q -45k Processor + Intel 3.0 Chip Core 2 Duo
2. Seagate's Hard-disk : 500 GB
3. Cool Master - Silent Pro Power box. It cost $200+ !!!
4.  Kingston - 4 GB Ram
5. Gigabyte - 9800 GTX Geforce 512 MB

A can of Jolly Shandy before we start setting up the CPU

A temporary spot for the Desktop

Sunday

Watched "Get Smart - ★★★★ " Really more worth then YDMWTZ.

Anne Hathaway is really CUTE and GORGEOUS !

Met up with Lyna and also my NS buddies. 

"How long has it been Lyna?"

"If I'm not wrong, Its been 1 and half years already huh ?"

"OMG ! that's FREAK LONG !"

"Ya ! -.- , now then you know."

A snap shot of our reflection

Yes ! was having quite a hard time bending down :X

Outcasting GuoCe :P

Paparazzi shot

That's All :P

By The Way, I was down with flu the past 2 days and still is -.- but a lot better now :) Back to work tomorrow.

Signs

SIGNS !
Off from work like usual, waited for daddy to fetch me back as he was on the way then sudden crave for chocolate milk strikes me. So i went into a nearby 7-11 and got myself a small packet of the 99% fat-free with 9 Vitamins chocolate milk (a little too much information , i KNOW -.- ), and you know what ?! the date ! just look at the date !
it's 04 July 08 !
Ok , maybe to many it's not an important date but it's at least to me ( and some others ). I thought this was just a coincidences but you know what ?! Angela's dance performance date is 04 July 08 too !
Alright not convinced yet ?
I was suppose to take my IPPT this morning, and thanks to the (damn) rain *i love rainy days btw IPPT was cancelled taxi fare gone and my extra 30 mins of rest too(woke up 30mins earlier then usual).
Here comes the kick ! the next nearest IPPT I'm taking is 04 July 08 ! can you believe that now ? pure coincidences or signs

Why 2 instead of just 1 ? well my dad was slow and my craving kicked in, so i drank the first packet i bought, and got a second one to keep (It's down in my digestive system now anyway :X)
Try guessing which is the opened one ?

Anyway apart from the signs which I'm seeing *still amazed*.
That "bloody" best friend of mine(Pui Tung) will finally back in Singapore today ! to be exact in another 2 hours time.
Finally seeing him and his PS3 after 1 long anticipated month ! actually I'm more exciting to see what souvenirs he had gotten for me :X JUST KIDDING !
will be going over tonight (since he insisted me to go over cause we are going to sim lim square to build a new DIY CPU *tomorrow*) will be the 3rd CPU i have build so far for this year. And as a IT geek how can i reject his offer right ? most importantly is that i can finally get first hand experience on GTA 4 ! hahaha ! *shhhhhh

Alright that's all for my random post !

Reminisce

"I'm afraid that love, there is more to it, your interpretation about love is a very wide/brief description.

Love also means mutual understanding as well as commitments.

it's complicated as it's simple, clear as it's blind to seeing love/relationship.

but ultimately to me love is nothing but unpredictable. consisting of fear as well as doubts. nevertheless I'm afraid of being in love let alone getting into one. hahaa.. but single life ain't that bad either :) "

i wrote this as a reply sometime ago, and it's still how i feel towards love generally(but it does bring back the memories). Only except for the last sentence which i had changed my view towards it, well having someone to think of or be motivated by them, is always better then just fighting a lone war of life.

just a short short update to my blog :)
it's good to read through old messages every once in awhile. Sweet-

The "shop" issue

Wondering why the title is called (The "shop" Issue ?) well it's taken down randomly from one of my magazine which has given me that idea (New Man - July : Sex Issue) and partly because of my recent shopping spree.
By far the most outrageous issue of the topic "sex" ever to published. Just grab a magz and you will know what i mean/ or just simply borrow from me :) *more then willing, in fact ;) heh.

Back to what i wanted to post, shall keep this short and sweet.
Went out both days during the weekend, which means i missed out on the father's day celebration dinner. but since i already gotten something for dad, i shall pardon myself.

Finally went out with my "lao po" after like ages ! thanks to her projects, tight schedule(outings) and her tuition kids, hence catching up was made impossible ! Went out on Saturday to catch "The happening" with her, she basically sank gradually into her seat (like the ship "Tatatic") during the show as she was quite horrified by the scenes and as for me ? held myself back when i saw her reaction. ! HAHAA was all in my mind !

And after which, was an intense Cam-whoring session for us !

Reflections of us ( we ♥ mirrors !)

Just thought the lighting was good ( didn't mean to advertise "F•urskin") but if you were to ask me, are their product good? I'll give you a simple reply "no?" *interpret it yourself :P

I'm as tall as the entrance of the shop ! (angle)

Our "couple" photo

Flag of Brazil, she was fascinated by the colors XD

The Big "tadpole" which Smelly has taken previously before.

Here the new and improved version
" click on the photo to enlarge "

More reflections

Even more reflections

Trying to imitate the poster and the manikin (his cap is the exact same cap i gotten "futura" but instead of white it's black ! cool huh ?!) which came to miserable failure :(

This is way over-priced ! but i needed it -_- 2 cotton for 11.95 cents ! keep the change thanks ?

A y = f(x) = (x-5)² *U-shape graph* (quadratic equation provided by anonymous !) in case if you not know and reason why i put that equation is because i have forgotten the mathematical name for it.

Just like it's shape, it reflected how i felt that day.
Y = Mood
X = Time
Due to some bad management of time as well as immaturity of me *i guess ? That side of me is really a quite a challenge to kick away. not going to elaborate on this matter. But anyway went out with my army buddy to chill in town and got myself yet another CAP ! from queens couture ! FUTURA Laboratories collaboration with OTTO Which cost me a good 80 Bucks ! ($79.00 to be exact)
and this shall mark my last item for the month ! *will try hard to curb my cap fetish!

Me !

My Futura Cap - My first collaboration cap ! Design and tag (Futura Laboratories)

Tag(Otto) They make really nice Trucker cap ! i swear ! 5/10 of my caps are Otto's Cap

Eyes not included :P

That's all for the updates !
growing up day by day; time to take responsibilites

Major movie updates

Once again ! i have conquered most of the movie that are still screening.

Let me recall what i have watched.

Movie List :

1. Sex and the City - ★★★★
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - ★★
   
3. Kung Fu Panda - ★★★*
   
4. The Incredible Hulk - ★★★*
   
5. The Happening - ★★★

Orders are according to date which i watched them

(1 star = ★, Half star = * )

Those rated 3 stars and above are worth your tickets ! as for others hmm you might want to put them into consideration (it depends very much on your preference too)

Let me elaborate more on the more recent ones i watched.

The Incredible Hulk, sure is one show that pack a lot of punch ! totally different from the first (boring and draggy story plot, as for the CGI( Computer generated imagery ) it's not as detailed as the newer one )

As for the new version, once the action starts it's action, action and more action ! totally wouldn't wanna miss it ! if you are a super hero fanatics/ action movie lover.

Movie poster

Edward Norton AKA New Hulk - Human version 1.0

Hulk Version 2.0 - Meaner,stronger and ANGRIER

The Happening (sure is "happening" ) from a M. Night Shyamalan's Novel, little additional information to him, he's rather famous for writing suspense novel *according to my colleague. This movie will not fail to keep you in suspense ! The moment the first incident happen, be prepared to experience a whole new level of fear/horror from this thriller movie.

-spoilers not included :P, catch the movie yourself !

Movie poster

Tripped and waiting for miracles

That's all for movies reviews ~

a few photos of my remaining kisses

that special one of our the others

That's all for now :) more photos to be uploaded but just too lazy :P

19 days and counting !

Father's day + Shopping Spree

Stussy Cap !! my prize item of the day
[S]-[t]-[u]-[s]-[s]-[y] !
pardon my Fetish for caps !
despite having dozens of caps in my room already, it still doesn't stop my crave from owning more caps :D

Let's begin, Was having fever since Monday night i guess it was because of the Sunday Ops(operational) duty which i had little rest and straight after i had to work but earned myself an additional off day to spend with her cause all weekend duties personnels are given a day off.

Tuesday morning fever subsided but was having a stomach upset, most probably cause by the fever. Skipped work and went to visit my family doctor, was given two days mc from work due to fever/stomach upset + cough and blocked nose.

I know i should stay home and rest for that day but i felt better later that day and went out to meet Qiutin :)
how nostalgic ! back to the days where we used to visit plaza singapura(PS) when i was still studying.
Qiu tin and i will always head down PS for a movie or just a simple dinner + evening catching up.
always complaining how bored our lectures/lecturers was.

3 ! my favourite number, it means a lot to me :)

A very china town alley in the middle of orchard road.

A very olden "C" style shop.

Not trying to block her just trying to bend down a little

Yummy Hokkaido ice cream ! double berry rocks ! cookies and cream = COMMON

Candid

More narcissistic pictures of me !

Obviously into black

Candid -.-

For the win ! Please don't ask me why my hands were position like that, i seriously have no idea too XD

Supposedly Qiutin would be the one who will be doing most of the shopping , but ended up i got more stuff for that day ! but since i haven been doing much shopping last month , time to pamper myself a little :D

Here are what i have gotten that day,

1. x3 Levis Tee Red;Blue and White.
2. A Graniph White Printed tee.
3. A Burberry Summer Fragrance for my dad
4. A Nike printed water bottle
5. Stussy Tucker cap !

Burberry for Father's day :D

It's not really expensive but it's limited though ;)

My prize Cap !

Imported Candies i got from NTUC last night

Peach flavour chewy candy was taken by my younger sister :(

that's all for now ! back to work XD
a kiss a day takes my misses away