Understanding life's lessons...

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Goals and insights...

Been procrastinating for a long time liao, decided to get it done right now!

From the age 5-10, i have thought of becoming a policeman, why? cause i always play the police in the game "Police catch thieves", cause during that era, the television programmes of SBC seems to glorify the role of policemen in our country.

From age 11- 15, i have thought of becoming an actor, why? cause i've been involved in a neighbourhood dance troupe, performing dances around singapore. Joined the chinese drama class as extra curriculum, and star search seems to be the hottest thing then!

From age 16 till now, business it seems, is the way to go, why? Cause i realised the difference between getting a degree and working for someone else's business rather than working on mine. The pay scale, the command structure and my working life would be totally different! And when i retire, at least i have built up a business in my lifetime as opposed to people who work and end up with CPF only.

And of course, this is besides the point that since young, i have aimed to live a life that's as enriching as possible, doing as many different things as i can, to expose myself to all sorts of activities and skills and knowledge { need not be the best ;) }. And with it, to nurture my offsprings to be successful people. This usually spark off some comments from people about this belief of mine. If i can't be really good at anything, whats the use of learning them? Well, question yourself, which are the things we learnt today could enable us to be the best? Or at least be the best at it? I'm not preaching the "Jack-of-all-trades" notion, but actually, coming up with our very own tools or strategies of doing things that allow us to be successful! I would rather be vastly read then being limited to my own specialisation, which a lot of people ended up doing nowadays.

I planned on coming up with my very own family book on our own traditions, practices, ethics and house rules. To create something thats loving, homely, unique to its own.

Wah, a bit ambitious u might say, but hey, i believe my lineage has been rather dormant and lifeless for the past generations. Before it silence itself to extinction, i believe its time for me to step out and create the new order and with it, a new hope.

Haha... a bit crappy, but seriously, believe it or not, friends who can stay long enough with me will see it taking shape, but i need time...

Alright, back to some things which i wanna achieve ba...

Things i wanna learn:
Aikido (I can't believe it, up till now i still know nuts about self-defence)
Latin Dance ( Eileen, i'm booking an appointment with u!)
Piano and beansprouts ( irritated by them all the time, but hey, i love beansprouts!)
Playing Guitar (Self-taught)
Japanese ( Learning now. Self-taught)
Malay (Basic will do. Self-taught)
Flying a plane ( Been in Youth Flying Club and flew it.)
Chinese Music (Been in Chinese Orchestra, Flutist)
Computer knowledge (Primary school geek)
Playing Tennis (Primary School Team)
Playing soccer (Secondary Class Team, 4th place wor)
Economic theories (NTU minor)
Business studies (Self-taught)
Management (Self-taught)
Entreprenuership (Self-taught, rich dad poor dad?)
Accounting (Hmm... Maybe i'll enrol in ACCA when i graduate?)
Diving (Remember my vocation in NS?)
Sky-diving (Seriously must try! Wait till got money first!)
Power-boat driving ( I was best speedbost driver ok! Now need to upgrade! haha...)
Fishing (Dun worry fishes, i wouldn't fish u for my meals!)

Short term goals:
1) Amass a savings of $5000 by end of this year.
2) Get into triple E.
3) Achieve fast track at least and go bangkok for holidays.
4) Launch my NTU business by start of next year.
5) Bring my band up to public performances by year end. Write more new songs!!!
6) Finish the proposal for central CDC.
7) Know more new friends!!! And not forgetting my old buds who have been with me for so long!!! :)

Long Term Goals:
1) Own a business by the time i retire.
2) Hit a least one million in cash, one million in property assets, and one million in any forms of liquid investments by the time i retire.
3) A warm and loving family.
4) Fulfill what i have set out to do!!! Else its just empty promises!!!

Hmm... this should be all for now... got new stuff then i add more... Must be realistic sia haha... I'm not some iron man ya know?

P/S: This entry seems too serious liao hor? But seriously, the way things have turned out for me so far probably influenced me greatly. Met with all kinds of rejections, failures, misfortunes, i guess it makes me stronger. I'm also out to prove a point to all my adversaries, people who have abandoned me when i'm in hard times, people who looked down on me and people who even harmed me before, you guys had better watched out! I'm not what i used to be, and i wouldn't live my life for others anymore! I will live my own life and walk the path the way i want it to be! I'm back with a vengence!

alvinz blogged at 12:06 PM

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Monday, May 23, 2005

Adventure at Old Changi Hospital!

Just like any other nights, i received the emergency call from Engchoon asking to meet up again for a bowling session at Chevrons with supper after that. I asked him beforehand whether we will be visiting OCH againso that we can be fully prepared this time, rather than allow the coco crunch size soldier ants to go all over our feet since we are only wearing slippers the last attempt.

And Engchoon gave me the unconfirm answer so we ended up going there in SLIPPERS again!!! Darn! Good thing we were lucky, there weren't much ants tonight. The air was still and we had to creep around silently just incase we kenna caught by the caretaker and prosecuted by the authorities for trespassing... The atmosphere was horrifying initially with the full moon hanging in the night sky. The markings on the walls, along the corridors seems to have their own stories behind them.

Encounters(I wonder if u would consider them to be):
The contractions of the metal in the building's framework created some eerie noises...
Smelly rubbish...
Left over candles/wax...
The mysterious absence of the caretaker...
Mysterious pool of water...
The darkness?

Seriously, it wasn't so horrifying after some time...
All the hype about the dark aura it exudes, the sounds of footsteps, sudden coldness are all debunked in just one night... Changi Hospital... hah!

Wonder whats next on our list when the most haunted place in Singapore has already been conquered by us.... haha... Singapore is really boring....!!!

Well guys, click on the pic below to check out the pics, maybe u might see something which i fail to see?

alvinz blogged at 3:01 PM

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Sunday, May 22, 2005

Jiahong's 22nd birthday!!!

Heh heh... Me, Sugui and Jinsen celebrated Jiahong's 22nd birthday at causeway point's food court on 14th May 2005... Paiseh this entry came so late ar... heh heh...anyway, the surprise arrangement was almost exposed when all 3 of us disappeared to buy him a 1 kg ice cream cake from swensens on the pretext of buying desserts haha...

Darn! and we had a really great time playing with the dry ice, soaking it in his leftover bowl of porridge and creating a nuisance for the cleaners haha... And thats on top of the fact that we were all very full from the 2 servings of dishes we had within that one hour... haha... but we still managed to finish it all since the cake is quite... delicious!

alvinz blogged at 12:14 PM

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Agency Johor roadtrip!!!

Heh heh, just came back from this Johor trip. Haven't been there for ages le... Everytime my brothers wanted me to go there for seafood with them, i always turn them down because i felt it was too troublesome... and of course, the need to spend more money...

And Finally, i had the chance to go there, free of charge (everything on boss), and hassle-free... Muahahaha... starved myself for a number of days( just joking la), determined to make good this trip there... And even so, i still didn't managed to defeat my boss's wallets as they just dumped dishes after dishes of seafood on us in the restaurant in Taman Sentosa... Darn!!! We had around 18 dishes shared among 12 people... 6 crabs, tons of clams, fishcakes, tofu, pork chops, fishes, chickens, veges.... oh man!!!! That was so filling!!!! And they did not compromise the taste of the dishes at all... This is really one big luxury i'll ever get....

We then went on to chill out at a malaysian pub named "Stephanie's" (didn't know malaysia also so happening right? On a Monday night some more...)... the live band and the lively crowd there summed up our day quite nicely... (got chance i bring u guys there ya?) Drank quite a bit from the stupid froggy game that we played, but nothing overwhelming... the bonding that we shared remains deep in our hearts... Ganbatte! Band of brothers!!!

Once again, click on the pic below to view the rest of the pics in my album!!!
Enjoy!

alvinz blogged at 1:40 AM

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A34 Sentosa Chalet!!!

Finally, the pictures are finally ready... Just click on the pic below to go to my new album i created with webshots k? Decided to be different this time, this saves more entry spaces...

Some background on the chalet, due to bad weather, we didn't manage to catch any photos at the beach cause we were basically playing in the rain, didn't wanna risk spoiling the camera... We played beach soccer and volleyball... then had BBQ, some alcoholic drinks... which made us see the comical side of Eng Choon? haha... the bonding was there and everybody had fun... this really reminded me of my JC times where we really had fun as a large group...

So... enjoy the pics!!!

alvinz blogged at 1:39 AM

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Friday, May 13, 2005

Current new squeeze!!!

I'm delighted to received a call yesterday from Jigsaw Puzzle World that my jigsaw puzzle has finally arrived all the way from Japan!!! I've ordered this since the end of last year and its finally here!!!

Saw this design all the way back in the early 2004... Why do i like this design so much? Hmmm... i guess its because i've always longed to be like the angel in the picture, admiring and basking under the heavenly lights of the universe... So carefree, so relaxing... Aaaahhh...

Haha, I remembered back then, i was already undergoing some financial difficulties and the feeling of seeing something that you really like but you have no ability to purchase it is so darn fuck up! And when i finally have the means to buy it, its sold out!!! Grrr...

From then onwards, i set this jigsaw puzzle as part of my targets, and to pamper myself if i achieve certain results in my career... Haha... And now at least i'm somewhere liao... Phew! I just love all these challenges in life! But for now, this jigsaw is mind-bogging enough...

Ganbatte ne! I shall complete this 1000 pieces... in a week?
Hope so la... hahaha...