Missing

Well Sunday is here and almost gone now. :) Have went for 4 job interviews, 1 job test, took on 1 data management project and 1 day training for this week. And also receive 1 news of unsuccessful application. Well, for me the unsuccessful application is a good and a bad thing. Bad thing is because I wanted to secure a job offer fast so that I can feel some stability in my life, temporary for now, of course. Good thing is if I am successful, I doubt I can work with the people there because they give me an uneasy feeling although the interview with the potential colleagues went well. So working with them might not be comfortable for me.

I am hoping to receive at least one job offer from the three companies that I went to for an interview last week, two banks and one financial institution. And I have confident I would receive one at least. :) Looking back at the two weeks, I have not done much reading for the last two weeks because of the data management project and the hectic interview schedule. Well during the interview, I was never nervous at all but usually after an interview, I feel very drained and needed a rest to gain back the energy lost. I seriously hope that this job hunt can end soon with a good ending of course. VISUALIZE!!!! :)

Anyway, the word 'missing' have been appearing in my life the past few days. Because I am working on a data management project, handing missing values is very common. And the thing is that we have to look at the source data, or input data for the layman and see how they treat the missing values in the first place so that when we do coding for the data management, it would be easier to set out the necessary condition to work on this missing values. Even during analysis of data, how we treat the missing values have a great impact on the outcome of our analysis as well. I am sure people who do quantitative research can relate to what I said quite well.

I also missed the food at my former research centre and the colleagues as well although I see them once or twice a week during those weeks when I am not there. Haha, can see I have build a strong relationship with them during the two years there. Well hopefully I find a job soon and I can go back there to meet them for a final round before I start on my new job, a new chapter in my life. And of course, I also miss.... because it has been a long while.

I also miss my reading and working on the website. Because of the draining interviews and their timing, I was not able to get into the proper attention span to work on my websites and absorb my reading thus all these have been put on hold for more than two weeks now. On and off I try to pick up a book to read, but never seems to get into the right attention and concentration on it. I know what is stopping me is the job hunting process. So again I really hope it end soon! STRONG DESIRE for it to end so that I can plan a proper schedule and work towards my dream! Just too much uncertainty for me to accommodate for now.

Oh yes, today I read an article from the Chinese Newspaper. It is a nice article and the gist of the articles is that realising dreams that you hold is one way of making you live longer and add more value in life. I resonate with what the article says and it re-invigorates my desire to realise my dreams which I have lost during these last three weeks. I just have to do what I can for now given the great uncertainties I have in life right now.

Towards a better week and a week that WILL cut down my uncertainties in life! Cheers!

Job Hunt Scorecard

Well well, yesterday I went for two interviews. One is the second round interview of the company that gave me the first interview of my job hunt. The second interview was a recommendation from a trainee from the course that I conduct. Networking is useful right? Haha! Anyway, I came to know from the HR that for the position I was applying for in the first interview of the day, there are three more people vying for it. No idea does that 'three' include me or not'. But anyway, they said that they will let me know the result at the end of the week. So again, I just sit quietly in my 'Life' boat and flow with the Stream of Time to see which 'Job' pier I would reach lah. :) Well the second interview, the job scope is also more hands on as well, and most of the team members I know since they have come for my training as well. There would be a lot of things to learn as well and I heard that the chances of being offered a job are high. Again don't want to raise any expectations and just quietly flow with time.

When the newspaper says that the job market is very good now, I was quite skeptical until I receive a call for the second round of interview for the interview that I went on last FRIDAY!!! Yes, I receive a call for second round the day after my first round of interview. WOW!

Anyway, the two interviews that I attended was at CBD area, near the Singapore River. It has been a long time since I've been there. During the university days, when there are no lessons and I feel like taking a stroll during weekdays, I would take a break and walk from Shenton Way to Bugis Junction. During the walk, I would go to the Thian Hock Keng Temple where Confucius is and from there walk to the Singapore River, past the Cavenagh Bridge and walk towards Victoria Theatre, where the black Sir Stamford Raffles statue is. Walk past the High Court and the back of St Andrew's Cathedral. And from there walk towards Bugis Junction and then stop by at the Kwang Yin Temple, to pay respect to the Goddess of Mercy. I can tell you, walking this route during the weekday where everyone is rushing around and working while you are leisurely walking, the feeling is fantastic! You take in the sights of vibrant colors and the bustling sounds of the CBD area, you can feel more alive.

Yesterday, I took leisure stroll down the Singapore River again. Taking in the sights of the colorful warehouses-turned restaurants, the bum boats and also the sight of the Asian Civilisation Museum. You can see a lot of tourist there. Tourist from Indian, Korean, Philippines, Japanese, China and many more. It was fun and enjoyable to be doing it again.

Would love to have another opportunity to take the walk again during a weekday, to see what are the changes and the hidden secrets of the CBD area again.

Cheers!

Misconceptions

Well going into the third week of job hunt. Things seem to be moving fine. With a lot more jobs that has scope that I like, but I think this time round I should try to enter the banking industry. The chances are high since this is an employee's market now. So let's see whether I will be able to enter the industry.

The second interview that I went to, well quite difficult to foresee whether there is a second round of interview because the interviewer does not seem to be impressed nor dislike the answers that I give, but during the interview process I learnt something about the interviewer who could be my potential supervisor. She is someone who sees negative stuff. She points out the problem in my resume and ask me why this or that. For instance, why I 'quit' my job first, then look for a job. How come I asked for a lower expected salary when I am earning more and so on. She seldom questioned about my technical skill. Well, I gave her the answers I thought best, but like I mentioned, throughout the interview, I have no idea whether she is impressed or not. All I know is that she told me I have the relevant skill set, just that I do not have the relevant industry experience. So comparing this with my previous interview and the many articles that said that employees with the relevant skill set is hard to find. My guess is that the probability of a second round might be high. Well, don't want to waste too much time thinking and seeking that extra few percentage of probability for a second round. What is done, is done. Just see whether there will be a second round for this job.

Yesterday, I gave a free talk on applying Sun Zi Art of War in life. Well, it was a great learning experience. Because during the talk, there was group discussion and I manage to walk around and listen to many views and opinions. I also manage to see how people interact in a group. It broadens my horizon on how people think and also the many misconceptions people have about Sun Zi Art of War. Would like to take this chance to clarify something here. Sun Zi never wanted war, he is never a warmonger. He said that war is always a last resort, never a first one to seek. And the context in which Sun Zi Art of War wrote is in a context of win/lose situation. But in life, there is a chance to seek a win/win situation depending on circumstances. So it does not mean then that Sun Zi Art of War should be used COMPLETELY in such circumstances. If a win/win situation could be seek, why seek a win/lose situation then? Seeking a win/lose situation, where a win/win situation could be seek, maybe good for the short term but in the long run you are going to lose a lot because you let other people see a bad side of you and for that you might be paying off in terms of potential friendship.

Well, the talk was good in my opinion. I did feel a bit of nervousness at the start but I settled in quite soon and was able to inject humor into the class wherever possible. Hope to get more chances of doing such stuff, to share with people the wisdom in Ancient Chinese works, make more people, especially Chinese not living in China, to appreciate our own culture and history.

Cheers!

Shelter

Today I want to share some thoughts on the word Shelter. Now shelter is one of the most basic needs of man. This is where we are more familiar with. The physical shelter. This shelter is the one that shield us from the elements of the weather. But if u look from another point of view, it actually weaken us in the sense that we have become intolerance to the mildly violent elements of weather. But anyway, why we need to shield ourselves away from the elements of weather because we need to protect our body so that we can function well in the role that we have taken in this society.

There is another type of shelter that I consider quite scary and that is emotional shelter. Let me give a good example of such shelter, over-protective parents. Yes. Our parents provide us with physical shelter and emotional shelter. Now that is their duty to do that for us. But sometimes, because parents are so concerned and loved us too much, they over protect us. When what they should do is to remove this shelter bit by bit so that we can grow to become independent and strong.

Let me give a analogy of what I mean. Supposedly you plant a sapling in your garden. Now to make sure the sapling has a chance to grow into a big tree, to protect it from the harshest element of weather, you build a shelter on top of it. Of course it does not make sense to build a big shelter for a small tree. So a small shelter is built first. But sooner or later they have to remove this shelter on top of us, otherwise the tree's growth would be limited by the height of the shelter. So this shelter have to keep on changing the size and the height so that the young tree can be grown into a sturdy tree that can withstand the harshest element of weather. The initial intention of the shelter was to help the young tree to have a chance of surviving in the harsh weather but in the end has become something that limits the growth of the tree.

Relate this to parenting, no idea about you'll but I have seen some friends who live in a well-protected environment. The parents never build a new shelter to aid the growth of the child, and instead have the same old shelter there to impede the growth. So in the end, their thinking is not mature and the consequence they suffer for their immaturity almost make them could not survive in the harsh society that we work in.

Well, I guess the love of the parents is really something commendable, but like all things, wisdom has to be applied in it so that the tool can be leverage upon for good rather than become something that is bad.

Cheers!

Seize the Moment!

Well today is a very good day for me. I received two phone calls. One is to call me for an interview and the job is one that I seek as well because it test my management skill, both project and people. This is because I need to manage a team of people to generate reports useful for marketing and selling and department direction. So there will be plenty of scope for me to perform.

The second phone call is that I made it to the second round of the first interview that I have. Yes!! Haha! Thank you to all friends who have shown support during this few weeks! Now all I hope for is a job offer to come soon. In fact, it would be nice to have several coming all at once for me to choose. Haha!

Also received news that there might be several more days of training at the end of the month. Well, last chance (or is it not?) to conduct training for the software company. We see how it goes from here on. Anyway, to those people who read and believe in horoscope. My advice is just read for fun and then throw what you have written out of the window. Because it is crap. So many times the horoscope says that I have bad luck but in the end things always turn out well. When it said I have good luck, most of the time, it is the opposite. My advice is just stay happy, focus on the good things that happen in your life and everything will go smooth. Don't let a lousy few lines call horoscope to dictate your mood for the day.

One of my good friend show me an article about his primary school friend who has recently passed away. When I was reading the article, several thoughts came to mind. First, a pity that such a person would meet with such end. We need more of such doctors around, doctors who really stick to their primary duty of providing healthcare and helping patients to be healthy once again. Such doctors are a rare breed especially in developed countries where dollars and cents seems to make more sense to people than common sense. Ugly humans! (I mean the small handful of them.)

Second, there are really a lot of people out there that need help, and I really wish I can help big time as that is my primary goal of being rich, to leverage on business system and money to help more people but with this thought in mind, I begin to think, "To help people does not mean I have to build big business system, to earn money to help. I should seize the moment and just make a difference to many people's live, as many as possible now, meanwhile walking and seeking the path to richness.

My friend showed me the doctor's friendster and you can see that a lot of people have left their condolences on her friendster account. Looking at the number of condolences, you can see that she really have made an impact on many people's live. All of them positive, of course. This reminds me of the blog entry I have written before on the "Perfect Funeral". It goes to show she has achieve success in life. My definition, of course.

Anyway, this blog is to remind me to always seize the moment. To help others where possible now rather than wait for my dream of being rich to be realised. To SEIZE THE MOMENT!

Anyway, to the doctor, rest in peace! Although I do not know you, I admire your spirit, a true doctor spirit! And hope your spirit lives in most of us! And to politicians in that country, get your bloody act together, the people vote u in to help them, not for you guys to whip each other ass! :P

Cheers!

Moon River

I am currently now catching the HK Drama on Channel U now. Yes, there is a lot of hope for HK drama, but local drama is in a sad state. Haha! Anyway, in the drama, one of the main female character keeps on hearing a song.

It is a song that links her "romantically" to one of the male lead. The song is very nice and catchy so I decide to do a "google" and "youtube" on it and hey presto, I found the video and information about the song. Apparently this song revive the career of a song writer Johnny Mercer and the song is featured in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" that starred the famous Audrey Hepburn. It is a short song but I found it to be nice and somehow, I can identify with the lyrics. Anyway, below is the movie clip where the song was sang and the lyrics that follow. Enjoy! :)



Moon River (Lyrics)

Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
Wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world;
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end,
Waiting 'round the bend,
My huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.

Cheers!

Changes

Hmmmm..... no idea why, but for today, I feel like having some changes in my life. So I decide to throw away my normal routine. I still went for my morning jog today, but not really jog but took a long walk in the park that I jog in everyday. I tried to make the walk as much uphill route as possible so that I am still able to exercise. And as usual, everytime I do something different, the discovery of new things alway excite me. During my walk, I discover a lookout point in the park that has a nice view, but of course not something like those you see in the HDB high rise flat that overlooks the sea and so on. But it is still nice and the scenery on top is so colorful and bright. You may wonder, it is in the morning, of course it should be bright. But I can assure you, this brightness and colors is not like what we usually see. The color I saw is really richer. :)

Since I am on a route of discovery, I decide to take some of the routes and see where it leads to and surprises comes one after the next. Haha! I discover another part of the park that I would not have seen it if I had taken my usual normal jogging route. I think most of you'll know, for me the discovery of anything new always gives me the short adrenaline rush that I need and yes this morning was great! And yes, what a way to start the day right? Cheers and thanks to that!

But then after my jog and the next thing on schedule is to purchase the morning papers which I did. And this morning the headline is..."Mother Tongue gives S'porean an edge: MM" When I was reading it, I felt something not quite right here leh. Look at me, as most of you'll know, my english is half past seven (yes, slightly better than average, pardon my un-humbleness, haha) and my Chinese is definitely better than most average Singaporeans. I am versed in Chinese History and the works that displays Ancient Chinese Wisdom. But I have not been able to have any advantages from such a background. I think I might not have market myself enough :P. Anyway, when I have such a thought, a famous Confucius quote came to my mind and that is the one below.

子曰：“不患人之不己知，患不知人也。”

Confucius said:"Do not be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about you not appreciating others."

So yes, I should not be concerned with others not appreciating me, but I should lookout for people who have contributed value to my life and show them appreciation. Showing them appreciation is something at least I can control and should be doing. Doing this can help me to further the bonds that I have built with them and reciprocate the sincerity they have shown me in furthering the relationship as well. So for those who have helped me in one way or another, thank you very much. Even the simple thing of bringing a smile to my face, is something I really appreciate. :)

After finishing the paper, it was close to 10am already. Then all of a sudden, I recall an advertisement that a good friend show me, that said there is a talk by a Venerable Monk at Poh Ern Shih Temple. Well since I wanted change in my life, I made a last minute decision to go down and listen to the talk. Title of the talk was "Applying mindfulness in Solving problems." Haha, I think at the end of the talk, most of the people would not be able to relate what he is talking about to the title of the talk. But like I stressed a lot of time, the most important lessons in life needs a bit of effort to excavate out and excavation is needed in this case. My understanding is that we should not be focus on meditating to be mindful but rather we must understand what is the meaning of being mindful and practise it. And base on my understanding, mindfulness is practising the eightfold path in life (for those who are interested in knowing more can do a google on it, but look for it in wikipedia.) By practising them, then we are able to solve problems easily because we are able to see go down very deep and see the root of the problem, and come up with the best solution.

Now of course easier said then done, because after all we are emotional beings, that is why another meaning of mindfulness is to understand and see what you are thinking, is it grounded on rationality and ethics or is it grounded on emotions. I am sure you'll know which is better. :)
Basically, when solving problems, you first have to understand the nature and strip the problem down to the bare minimum and only then you see the true self of the problem. And once you have reached that stage, the solution will usually come quite easily. At least this is what I have experienced so far. Well, I still need to explore a bit deeper. Hopefully I am able to find time to develop my spiritual self.

Oh my good friend, if you have comments on what I have said, do share it on the comments.

Tick tock tick tock, the "Life" boat inches on down the Stream of Time. :)

Cheers!

Be the Miracle

Usually for a Saturday afternoon, I will be doing some reading but for today, I felt the need to laze around and just go with the flow. Doing those things as and when I think of, which explains why I am writing my blog now. Currently, I am in a transition phase, since I am looking for a job now. My only wish for this transition period is that I hope it can end soon, with a good ending of course, which is to get the dream job that I want, so that I can start planning on what to do with my websites and my job together. Yesterday was also closure of a large paragraph in the life chapter of working in the research center. I have yet written the final paragraph of this life chapter yet, and that will have to wait until I found a job.

As I was channel surfing in YouTube this afternoon, I happen to stumble upon the full version of Bruce Almighty. Yes, if it sounds familiar to you, it is the movie that starred Jim Carrey in it with Jennifer Aniston. It is a nice show and if there is one sentence I should take it with me for the whole show, it is the sentence, "Be the Miracle". Inside the movie, Morgan Freeman said something that touches my heart and let us know that the power to create miracle is really within our hands. Haha, you read that sentence right. Let me give you what he said in the movie.

"A single mom that is working on two jobs but found time to take her kids to soccer pratice, that is a miracle. A teenager that says "no" to drug but "yes" to an education, that's a miracle. People want me to do everything for them, but what they don't realise is, they have the power. You want to see the miracle son, BE THE MIRACLE."

If you notice carefully, it is the definition of miracle here that is important. How often have we wanted something big, define something that we cannot achieve and it happened as a miracle. But we do have the power to make things happen, if we try hard enough and of course with the right strategy.

Understand that you have the power to achieve miracles in your life. Start with the smaller ones and that will build confidence in you. Slowly, try to achieve bigger miracles and touch more lives as well. As you move along, you will gain more skills and build up existing ones to achieve bigger miracles. Start small and move to bigger miracles. So yes, I better start small and slowly move to bigger ones. Somewhere down the Stream of Time, I am sure I will be able to give up the sampan that I am in and instead be in a cruiseliner that carries gifts for all those that I come across. :)

Saturday afternoon......

Cheers! :)

Job Hunting Week 2

Well, have been out of the centre for 2 weeks now. And also doing my job hunt for the last two weeks. Tally up the resume I have sent, I think I have sent out close to thirty applications, not including those to employment agencies or headhunting firms. I think that is still quite low compared to some of my friends job hunt experience. Well, let's see how it goes.

The last time I attempted to job hunt was three years ago. That time was really bad. I sent out around 50 over applications and three interviews then I managed to find the job at the research centre. The months of waiting for a job was really excruciating, have to wait around 5 mths before I landed the job. It seems like the past experience is catching up on me. With all the news about now being an employee's market and people can expect huge pay rises. I think my worries are unfounded. But I know there is one part of me that stills let the past experience haunts me. Need more calls for interview to verify dismiss that thought. Haha!

I know it is still early in the job hunt to receive phone calls for interview but I sure wish the handphone would bring me news of interview. Everytime the handphone rang, I would be so quick to grab it, my mother thought that a whirlwind just went into the house. Haha! When I see on the screen (I got caller ID) and it is familiar number then I go "Aw Shucks." Haha! This whole job hunting experience is so funny lor.

Let's see what next week bring forth. I have a training for two days next week and have to prepare a workshop. So will be busy for next week.

Cheers!

Blessing in Disguise

Well well, the aftershock of the incident at the research centre is still ongoing. Haha! But like I said, leaving the centre and with this incident is a blessing in disguise. Why I said so is firstly, leaving at this time allows me to pursue the job scope that I like and that is to expand my business intelligence skill or my business consultancy skill. Currently there are three jobs that allows me to pursue my business intelligence skills that I would like to get my hands on. If I do not leave now, I doubt I will be able to find a job scope like that because most of the companies in Singapore are still not familiar with business intelligence yet. So having three openings at one time is really an opportunity not to be missed.

Through this incident, I also know who are my true friends and who are not. And it also gives me great insight into how they think as well. Such information is always difficult to obtain especially in this modern world where most people are wearing masks once they step out of the house. So through this incident, I am able to see my friends better.

Like I said before, the best thing that this incident gave me was that her attitude towards me is finally better. Such feeling is like the exhilaration one feels when you finally see the sun peeking out of the horizon, during sun rise. Like I mentioned, let's see how this "Life" boat goes in the Stream of Time. I am sure there is a pier down the stream with her name on it. :)

Thank you Universe for the arrangement. I guess this is the only way you can get me out of the centre and pursue my interest. Please let me get my dream job! Be it business intelligence or business consultancy. Start Visualizing! :)

Cheers!

Job Hunting

Well, the last interview I mentioned in my previous post went well. It was the longest interview I have. It was more than an hour long and I did not even realize that. Anyway, the interview was very disorganized and informal actually, with two interviewer coming in at different time and ask me the same questions.

Well now have to wait for a week, if I get any reply from them, for the next stage of interview. But after the head interviewer told me about the job scope, I think they better give me a high salary before I even consider taking up the job. Because the way he put the job scope, I have to wear my red underwear (if I have one) outside and put a 'S' symbol in front of my chest. Haha, but anyway, I will still follow through the interview process to sharpen my job interview skills and if I am offered a job, I will decide from then. I might not be Superman but I really relish a challenge in my career right now. I guess as long as the new job does not touch my weekends, I am fine with whatever work they throw at me. Anyway, I can learn a lot of stuff from the work, and these skills and knowledge are easily transferable, and that is the most important.

It has been two weeks since I am away from the centre. I do miss the centre, the people and the canteens as well. Haha! I think I need to go back one of these days to try the stewed beef rice that I only tried once! Yummy! Although the beef might be a bit tough, but the overall taste is nice. And I miss my Korean Ramyeon, although it is cooked using instant noodle. And my ice milo!!! Argh!!! Attachments, attachments! Haha!

These few days, I have been able to do what I wanted to do for a long time and that is...... to read up on Business Analytics, starting from Data Mining. And also read my business books as well. Let me tell u one benefit of meditation. I can remember and understand better the materials I am reading now. No kidding. But I did find my reading speed to be slightly slower from last time. I guess it is a result of being mindful of what I am reading, the brain taking more notes on the things I am reading.

Another thing, ever since the bloody GST is up, most of the food prices have gone up. :( by 10-20%. My favourite stewed duck rice have raised their price of food by 50 cents, and bread costs have risen by 20% as well. My mixed vegetable rice have shrunk! Sianz leh, wanted to buy something to chew, to exercise my mouth also cannot because I do not find it value for money at all, after the price increase. If GST is to be raised another 3 times that would be (1.2)^3 and the price of bread will be 1.728 of the original price. Can u imagine that? Three small loaf of bread, cost that much? That is why I decide to call GST, short for Great Slimming Technique. Because don't want to spend the money on food, I can thus slim down. Haha!

Crossing my fingers more interviews will come in the the coming weeks! And I just receive news I have two days of training to conduct for this month! Yeah! At least there will be some income coming in! I just hope the phone calls to invite me for interview comes when the trainees are having lunch or doing exercise. Haha! Oh, also to those who are leaving the centre this month, all the best in your new work place. May everything run smoothly in your new job!

Cheers!

What a surprise!

Haha, last week has been a turbulent week but I received a nice surprise in the form of email from someone I did not expect. And today I receive another nice surprise. I receive a call for interview on a job. Surprise right? And the best part is that I only applied for the position last Saturday. Although not my dream job but it is a job scope I like as well and it will further my skills in Business Intelligence. For those of you who are not familiar with Business Intelligence, check out Wikipedia to have a look. Click here to find out.

Business Intelligence is a new field of business that is slowly picking up momentum in many developed and developing economies. Having a chance to practise in this business field would greatly improve my business acumen in the form of marketing and because the job scope require me to liaise with people from other department and also outside the organization, it can sharpen my communication and negotiation skills. So crossing my fingers that I am able to get this job. :)

This could be the platform that will sharpen my business skills which can be used later on in my own entrepreneurial pursuit. After securing this job, the next phase would be..... Haha! Time, do tell me as soon as possible!

Cheers!

Dreams

Hehe, today I am going to talk about dreams. These few days, I have this very uplifting confidence that I will be able to get my dream job, the business consultant job that I really wanted. Why I wanted to get this business consultant job because for the job scope of this job, I am able to exercise my mind and advise companies that are breaking into new markets. So I can get in touch with many SMEs or even listed companies, and not to their frontline people but directly to the middle and top management. So crossing all my fingers that I get this dream job of mine. I have even begin to visualize what would happen when I receive the employment confirmation. Haha! Yes, visualizing it brought a great big smile on my face, so waiting for this day to happen!

Once my job settle down, it is time to seek my dream wife! Haha, well..... no idea who is it yet leh. I hope that she is the one but hei, I decided to let go, so for this, I just gently row my 'Life' boat down the Stream of Time and see who it leads me to.

When the job have settled down, it is time to achieve my dreams of having my own business empire where I can value add to many people in life. After a few days of contemplation, I think what my good friend said was true. Most of my business endeavors are very unstable and can break anytime, for instance I have taken my part time job at the centre for granted, so this time I really need to plan and execute well so that I can move from one stable ship to another easily. But if anyone were to ask me whether I regretted converting to part time so that I can do training, I totally do not have any regrets at all. The training opportunity gave me a chance to see the real world, know that the world is full of possibilities and meet with people from all walks of life. So yes, coming to this stage, I never regret the actions that I have taken. Like I mentioned, there is only one regret in my life and coming back to it, as pointed out by my good friend, it might be the 'right' consequences to have. So whether it constitute as a regret or not, I think it does not matter to think abt it.

After all the talk about dreams, let's come back to reality. I still need to find a job! Haha! Once the job is found, I will need to set aside the weekends to work on my business then. Until the time comes, when we meet again, my business will be my main focus.

Crossing all my fingers that I achieve my dreams:Job, wife and business! Cheers!