Friday, March 23, 2007

I will soar like the eagles!

Praise God! Praise God!
Praise God in all circumstances!
Praise God when he bless us,
praise God when things are right,
praise God when things are tough,
praise God when everything went wrong!
What a powerful attitude!
And God promises that when we praise Him in all circumstances,
His peace that transends all understanding will guard our hearts in Him.

Been through alot these days but i really thank God that I grow again!
and grow to be stronger than before!
It is only when we go through trials that we know how strong we actually are.
Trials make us stronger, make us better person.

So praise God in all circumstances, and he promises that all trials will end quickly as we have learnt the lessons.

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Praise God that I started the family time first time in history in my family!
Imagine that!
The whole family coming together to pray!
Amen! My prayers came to pass after more than 5 years!

Nothing is too hard for God!

The family that prays together stays together!

Pray for your family & it will happens to you too.

Had a great great time last Sunday when we started our first family prayer time! We are praying that my brother, sister-in-law, Ben & dad will join us in future! Yes! We are going to shake the earth with our prayers! Satan GET LOST in the name of JESUS!

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Praise God im going to Pattaya next Sunday! 1st April to 4th April.
Yup, a time to play again! Free trip from AIA!
Will go for spa & massage definitely!
haaa...... even though i dont really feel excited exactly.... because no good friends or loved ones to go with but Im sure God is going to create another adventure for me again! haaaaa.......
Next will be Star Cruise trip in July I think!
Another incentive trip from AIA, and Im sure Im definately going with God's help! =)

August- Family trip to Taiwan!
Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Hua Lian!... Yup 8 days of adventures!

God, guide us in planning for this trip!
Ha,... because its my idea to go free & easy, they have put this responsibilty in my hands to plan out a great trip!
Very stress, its only Mar but they will come every week to ask me how is it going! .... haaaa... God helps!

Great, going to look for Winne, my new found Taiwan friend and im sure she will bring us around the area too!!!

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Meanwhile, I will work hard in my career!
Im beginning to love what im doing more & more!
Satisfaction comes when my clients appreciate me for what Im doing for them!
What a great joy to be planning for people's financial health!
Come to me when you have any financial queries, I will be there for you! =)

Praise the Lord!









Friday, March 9, 2007

busy busy busy!

haa... anyone can tell me how to post pictures up to this blog?
Hello cant be used anymore! Don't know why.

Been busy with my Financial Health Check Academy classes these days.. and yup, I just received the "toastmasters International New member kit" from US today! Wonderful! Now I have another thing to learn. I am feeling old & thought that I should be learning more things at this age. I must get my driving license this year and complete my Associate Financial Planner certificate too!

God, help me manage myself so that I can have a proper management of the things that I need to do.

Public speaking has always been a great fear in my life. Joining Toastermasters will be the last thing on my mind. But I thank God for AIA that I have this chance to improve my communication skills! After reading so much about the importance of speaking in public, I finally make up my mind to join this prestigous club! I believe it will have a great impact in my life!

A testimony to share! Had a chance to present infront of my agency on Monday! I prayed alot... and thank God! It is the FIRST time i had NO fear at all when I present infront of a group! WOW... this is amazing!
For me, it is a great great breakthrough! =)

There are so many things that are going on my life and now when I finally settle down to blog, I couldnt think of them all.. Ai yas.. =)

Valentine's Day is special!

Brandon prepared so many food for BBQing for me at the beach of Sentosa!
I was really touched! I wanted to post up the pictures but I do not know how at the moment.

He cooked fried rice that became cold fried rice for me! Rushed home from work to cook then pack all the stuffs into the rented car and drove all the way to Tiong Bahru to fetch me to Sentosa. I must say it is really effort of him & I appreciated them all. The box is filled full with prawns, hotdogs, chicken wings, sotong, Otah, stingRay..etc.. wow.. so many food! Im getting really fat now! =(

He bought one of my favorite flowers, purple tulips too!

So we had a good pinic but unfortunately, played too much and I cut my foot accidentially. That is it.. a romantic Valentine's day afterall!

Thank God He helped me to hit my Pattaya target in Feb! So Im going to Pattaya on the 1st of April! Good break for me! I need to get away from Singapore again! I can truly understand why SIngaporeans favorite pastime is to travel! The world is really beautiful! =)

Chinese new year is normal... had a long break!

There are ups & downs.... and my emotions just goes up & down too....

So now, with so many things to do... I hope that I will be able to achieve much more this year than ever before! I already see a change in my attitude & character.. that is fabulous! Painful experiences mould us and shape us if we allow them to.

Stay strong, stay encouraged.. not because of the circumstances but because of who Jesus is.

Be strong & wait for the Lord!

Jia you Jia you Jia you!!!!! Yeah yeah yeah!!!!

Saturday, February 24, 2007

The month of Feburary

This month is filled with activities & events.
Valentine's day, mom's death anniversary, Chinese new year...etc...
Feb is almost over now...

Im getting emotional, I can't even handle my own emotions at times..
Why am I so miserable now?
I find myself hard to smile many times...
Am I going to continue with these emotions ?.....

to be continued!

Friday, February 2, 2007

Five Essentials for a Winning New Year

Simple Changes to Make Today

According to Carmichael and Rutberg's book, the concrete changes you need to make today are:

Establish consistency in your fitness:
Consistency is the watchword. Find 20 to 30 minutes a day to be active. Go out for a walk, take a jog, do indoor cycling. The key is doing it every day.
Cut the clutter from your diet: Eliminate things like fancy coffee drinks, and stick close to the source with whole foods. Eliminate trans fats and high fructose corn syrup (read food labels). Limit alcohol consumption and carbonated beverages (the average American drinks 40 gallons of soda a year).
Behave as a role model for others in your career: In leadership, your actions speak louder than your words.

Nurture your important relationships:
Write down who your most important relationships are with and what's most valuable about them. Read these notes regularly.

Get the recommended health screenings:
Men are especially lax in this area, and typically don't go to the doctor until a symptom is severe or they are nagged by their spouse. Early detection can reduce life-threatening diseases by 50 percent. So make an appointment today to get your health screened.
(Get yourself free health screening every 2 years with AIA Glow of Life/Woman of Wisdom today!
Free cancer screening $1,000 every 2 years with AIA Colors of Life)
Shirley)

Tapping the Power of Your Morning Routine

One of my greatest goal for this year is to possess the discipline to wake up at 7am every morning & sleep by 12am every night. By able to do this, I know that all the other goals can be achieved. Some of my goals 2007
  • More effective & efficient in my work.
  • Exercise. Gym 2 times/month
  • Praying diligently from 8am-9am
  • Acquire knowledge about my business
  • Reading at least 15 Christian books
I know well that successful people wake up early!
This is one of the fundamental for their successes.

Today, I read an article that inspire me somemore about waking up early... share it with you! Ganbatte for our successes!

Tapping the Power of Your Morning Routine
by
Jim Citrin

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 3:00AM

How disciplined are you about your early-morning routine?

If you want to maximize your success while achieving the best possible balance in your life, you may want to take a fresh look at what time you wake up and what you do with your time before getting to the office.

A Wakeup Call

Last week, I contacted some of the business leaders I greatly admire and inquired about their early-morning schedules.
Specifically, I asked 20 CEOs and top executives what time they wake up, when they have their first cup of coffee, when they start on email, what if anything they do for exercise, what time they leave for the office, and what else they do before walking out the door.
I heard back from half a dozen of them within 10 minutes, and, in a matter of a few hours, I received answers from a total of 17 out of the 20 -- a response rate that would be the envy of any market researcher.
It didn't take long for the patterns to emerge. Based on an analysis of the executives' schedules and activities, I discovered seven practices you should seriously consider adopting in order to make the most of your morning.


Start early.
This is the part of your morning routine over which you have the greatest control. To fit it all in, it's a must to start early. The latest any of the surveyed executives wake up is 6 a.m., and almost 80 percent wake up at 5:30 or earlier.
The early-bird-gets-the-worm award goes to Padmasree Warrior, chief technology officer for Motorola, who rises at 4:30 a.m., spends an hour on email, reads most of the news online, and then does an hour of either cardio or resistance training each morning. This allows her to get her son ready for school and drop him off, and still get to work by 8 or 8:30 in the morning.


Get a jump on email.
If you think you're alone in feeling overwhelmed by email, take comfort: even top CEOs and the most senior executives feel compelled to stay on top of their email, and most of them find time in the early morning to do so.
Ursula Burns, the No. 2 executive at technology giant Xerox, says, "I do email from the minute I get up [5:15 a.m.] and all day long, finishing around midnight." Haim Saban, chairman and CEO of investment firm Saban Capital Group, starts email right after his first cup of coffee "at 6:02 a.m." and works on it for about an hour before his 75-minute morning exercise regimen.
Lou D'Ambrosio, chief executive officer at telecommunications equipment leader Avaya Communications, is "on email literally within one minute after waking up. I spend about an hour at home in the morning doing email to jump-start the day. This allows me to have a clear mind when I set priorities for the day." Lou also does email from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at night.
Several executives wait until they get to the office before they start working on email. Matt Ouimet, president of the hotel group for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, for example, rises at 5:30 a.m. and leaves the house at 6 a.m. to get to the office very early -- "I've always been anxious to get to work: game time" -- and responds to email undisturbed for an hour while the office is very quiet.


Exercise every morning.
It's often difficult to find a way to fit exercise into your busy schedule, but knowing that some of the most successful businesspeople do so might motivate you to find a way to work it into your routine.
More than 70 percent of the business leaders in my survey perform their exercise in the morning, while 15 percent find a way to do it during the day (one does it late at night before turning in). Only two of the executives admit to not exercising on a regular basis, although one said, "I know I should."
The individual who demonstrates the greatest exercise discipline is the CEO of a high-performing global technology company (I promised him anonymity so as not to blow his cover). "I exercise at lunchtime," he says. "I block the time every single day. This is because I'm a runner and that's the best time to run outside all year long."


Be thoughtful about the source, form, and timing of your news.
Much has been written about the demise of the newspaper, and, along those lines, about a quarter of the executives I spoke with has switched to online news. Yet most of the others maintain the morning newspaper as a central part of their routine.
Steve Reinemund, the CEO of PepsiCo, reads the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the Dallas Morning News. Rafe Sagalyn, CEO of the prestigious Sagalyn Literary Agency of Bethesda, Md., blends traditional and new media. He says, "I simultaneously skim online newspapers from Boston to Los Angeles and half a dozen blogs one really has to keep up with. At about 6:30 a.m., I fetch three morning papers -- the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal."


Problem-solve.
The quiet of the morning is often the time when your mind is at its clearest and most well-suited to solving important problems.
Steve Murphy, CEO of publishing company Rodale, says, "A line in a William Blake poem inspired me to think differently about my day: ‘Think in the morning, act in the noon, read in the evening, and sleep at night.' This has made a huge difference in my life. Now, I take out a yellow pad every morning and write my thoughts for the day, which allows me to be much more strategic and proactive than reactive."


Make family time.
Many business leaders find that the morning encourages important family time. Some have breakfast with their families or make taking kids to school a central part of the morning routine.Clayton, Dubilier & Rice managing partner Kevin Conway lingers at home when he can to help send off all three kids to school. Greg Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media Corporation, says, "I try to talk one of my kids into going outside to get the paper, but end up getting it myself. I then have breakfast with my wife and kids, help the latter get dressed, and drive the older boys to the bus stop at 7:40 a.m."


Be creative with your morning routine.
Despite all the discipline and structure described in the above best practices, it doesn't mean you can't be creative with your morning rituals. Gerry Laybourne, founder, chairman, and CEO of Oxygen Media, maintains a routine similar to other business leaders.
However, she adds a unique twist to her schedule: "Once or twice a week, I go for a walk in Central Park with a young person seeking my advice. This is my way of helping bring along the next generation. I can't take time at the office to do this, but doing it in the morning allows me to get exercise and stay connected with young people at the same time."


The examples cited here have led me to reassess how I structure my early-morning time, and I hope they help you in making the most of your daily routine as well.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

You Laid aside Your Majestic

You laid aside your majestic
Gave up everything for me
Suffered at the hands
Of those your have created

You took all my guilt and shame
When you died and rose again
Now today you reign
In heaven and earth exalted

Chorus

I really want to worship You, my Lord
You have won my heart and I’m yours
Forever and ever, I will love you
You’re the only one who died for me
Gave your life to set me free
So I lift my voice to You in adoration

How lovely is this song!
I sang this song today and I cried with great love for my Lord.
He is wonderful beyond descriptions.
I was saddened by the fact that many many Christians who once loved God fervently fall away because of the illusions of this fantasy world.
This world is indeed colorful and has since revolutionised into a place with many traps that blinded our eyes from the love of God.

The pubs, the excitements, the curiosity of trying new things, the smoke, the high feeling you get from a little wine, the materials things, the latest handphone, the condominium, the temptations of the flesh, the pride of winning other's husband, the lust, the quick money, the love of self, the indifference towards others' needs... etc.

I heard much from friends, seen much and the truth is, it is really easy to be lulled this world, blinded by what we see and get stucked into the system of getting what we want.

God's love. Who can see? Who really stand firm till the end?
No wonder the bible says that ".. the one who stands firm till the end shall be saved."
God already knows the deceitfulness of men's heart and how easy it falls away.

Im not judging anyone, I'm reminding myself that I should stay focus upon my greatest love, my Lord.

My prayer is that more people will see the unfailing love of God that brings peace and joy that this world can never brings.

His love that endurthes forever, that reaches to the sky, that went to the deepest ocean is available for all.
Father, watch over my heart, that I will not be lulled into this colorful world and forget Your greatest gift for me, Jesus.

You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all
Seeking you as a precious jewel
Lord to give up I’d be a fool
You are my all in all

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Already the 12th day of 2007!

Wow... time flies again. The 12th day just passed by again.
So many things happened.
I saw 2 rainbow on the first day of 2007
and beautiful shooting star on the 7th day of 2007!

I was walking and stopping at the traffic lights with my sister & her bf.
Then suddenly, this beautiful wonderful light just shot through the sky, stayed on there for at least 5 sec! Wow.... it is so amazing because it passed by so slow, i can admire for a while! Wonderful!

Think this is the 3nd time i saw shooting stars in the sky in my life.
But this time, it is really slow. =)

Have been great so far... but dont know why Im experiencing chest pain these days... hard to breathe...
now back pain... hmm.... must really take care le....

no mood to blog... blog another day! =)