SHINE A LIGHT

the 12 things (:

2012-01-21T23:08:00.004+08:00

Hahaha hello.
I was planning to either rant about my work or post abt my trip to USS with my family!
But then I came across this article from my bro's facebook update and decided that I shld, hmm well, post this to keep myself reminded of being happy (?)
If you know what I mean yeaaa :D
So here's the post: 12 Things Happy People Do Differently

Express gratitude. – When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value. Kinda cool right? So basically, being grateful for the goodness that is already evident in your life will bring you a deeper sense of happiness. And that’s without having to go out and buy anything. It makes sense. We’re gonna have a hard time ever being happy if we aren’t thankful for what we already have.
Cultivate optimism. – Winners have the ability to manufacture their own optimism. No matter what the situation, the successful diva is the chick who will always find a way to put an optimistic spin on it. She knows failure only as an opportunity to grow and learn a new lesson from life. People who think optimistically see the world as a place packed with endless opportunities, especially in trying times.
Avoid over-thinking and social comparison. – Comparing yourself to someone else can be poisonous. If we’re somehow ‘better’ than the person that we’re comparing ourselves to, it gives us an unhealthy sense of superiority. Our ego inflates – KABOOM – our inner Kanye West comes out! If we’re ‘worse’ than the person that we’re comparing ourselves to, we usually discredit the hard work that we’ve done and dismiss all the progress that we’ve made. What I’ve found is that the majority of the time this type of social comparison doesn’t stem from a healthy place. If you feel called to compare yourself to something, compare yourself to an earlier version of yourself.
Practice acts of kindness. – Performing an act of kindness releases serotonin in your brain. (Serotonin is a substance that has TREMENDOUS health benefits, including making us feel more blissful.) Selflessly helping someone is a super powerful way to feel good inside. What’s even cooler about this kindness kick is that not only will you feel better, but so will people watching the act of kindness. How extraordinary is that? Bystanders will be blessed with a release of serotonin just by watching what’s going on. A side note is that the job of most anti-depressants is to release more serotonin. Move over Pfizer, kindness is kicking ass and taking names.
Nurture social relationships. – The happiest people on the planet are the ones who have deep, meaningful relationships. Did you know studies show that people’s mortality rates are DOUBLED when they’re lonely? WHOA! There’s a warm fuzzy feeling that comes from having an active circle of good friends who you can share your experiences with. We feel connected and a part of something more meaningful than our lonesome existence.
Develop strategies for coping. – How you respond to the ‘craptastic’ moments is what shapes your character. Sometimes crap happens – it’s inevitable. Forrest Gump knows the deal. It can be hard to come up with creative solutions in the moment when manure is making its way up toward the fan. It helps to have healthy strategies for coping pre-rehearsed, on-call, and in your arsenal at your disposal.
Learn to forgive. – Harboring feelings of hatred is horrible for your well-being. You see, your mind doesn’t know the difference between past and present emotion. When you ‘hate’ someone, and you’re continuously thinking about it, those negative emotions are eating away at your immune system. You put yourself in a state of suckerism (technical term) and it stays with you throughout your day.
Increase flow experiences. – Flow is a state in which it feels like time stands still. It’s when you’re so focused on what you’re doing that you become one with the task. Action and awareness are merged. You’re not hungry, sleepy, or emotional. You’re just completely engaged in the activity that you’re doing. Nothing is distracting you or competing for your focus.
Savor life’s joys. – Deep happiness cannot exist without slowing down to enjoy the joy. It’s easy in a world of wild stimuli and omnipresent movement to forget to embrace life’s enjoyable experiences. When we neglect to appreciate, we rob the moment of its magic. It’s the simple things in life that can be the most rewarding if we remember to fully experience them.
Commit to your goals. – Being wholeheartedly dedicated to doing something comes fully-equipped with an ineffable force. Magical things start happening when we commit ourselves to doing whatever it takes to get somewhere. When you’re fully committed to doing something, you have no choice but to do that thing. Counter-intuitively, having no option – where you can’t change your mind – subconsciously makes humans happier because they know part of their purpose.
Practice spirituality. – When we practice spirituality or religion, we recognize that life is bigger than us. We surrender the silly idea that we are the mightiest thing ever. It enables us to connect to the source of all creation and embrace a connectedness with everything that exists. Some of the most accomplished people I know feel that they’re here doing work they’re “called to do.”
Take care of your body. – Taking care of your body is crucial to being the happiest person you can be. If you don’t have your physical energy in good shape, then your mental energy (your focus), your emotional energy (your feelings), and your spiritual energy (your purpose) will all be negatively affected. Did you know that studies conducted on people who were clinically depressed showed that consistent exercise raises happiness levels just as much as Zoloft ( antidepressant )? Not only that, but here’s the double whammy… Six months later, the people who participated in exercise were less likely to relapse because they had a higher sense of self-accomplishment and self-worth.

Makes sense right?

forward

2012-01-12T22:20:00.005+08:00

Nice viewww from my uncle's house (36th storey)!
This was taken on the last day of 2011 at John john korkor's housewarming :D
His 2 kids, Winston and Ricky, are reallyyyy.... playful and crazy over cars?!

Can't wait to go over to his place during chinese new year! <3

Anw, TGIF for tml....

Happy Friday yeah!
Shall continue with the updates! ^^

I need a haircut soon (like tml? LOL)

Over

2012-01-02T22:28:00.003+08:00

Leaping into the new year :D
Spent the last day of 2011 and first day of 2012 with my dearest Shanting!
Hehehe, we sat outside marina square and waited for the fireworks.
Tiring but..... <3

Thanks for everything (:

Christmas

2011-12-29T21:14:00.002+08:00

(23 Dec, 2011)

Went for Youth group's Christmas BBQ at Hillview Park after work.
I didnt know that going to Hillview from Novena is SO TIRING because i followed the directions gave by my bro.
From train to a flooded bus-stop, waited 30min for a bus that didnt allow us to board, ran in the rain after 67 to the next bus stop with my friend, alighted opp dairy farm which is so far away from where I wanna go....
In the end, used GPS in my phone to navigate the way there.
Supposedly the walking distance was only 900m, but turned out otherwise due to the constructions zzzzz.

Nothing much to say abt the party, manage to catch with some friends but didnt eat enough LOL.

Group photo like this is always the best! :D

Work

2011-12-28T20:36:00.000+08:00

Work is so unpredictable.

Meaningful

2011-12-24T14:19:00.003+08:00

(10 Dec, 2011)

From Help-portrait, my brother's secondary school friends.

Help-portrait crew's group photo.

(15 Dec, 2011)

Went out with Jek and Qiu after work last Thursday.
We had dinner at Zen, drank Koi, and took lots of failed shots outside National Library.
Although we couldn't manage to get one proper and nice shot, we still had a great time laughing at the photos LOL
We even tried with Jek's camera, but still.......... HAH :D

(18 Dec, 2011)

Watched Mission Impossible with my family last Sunday.
I didnt really wanted to watch that, but after watching it, it's worth it man!
Hahaha, action-packed and its funny too!
After movie, we went Haagen-Dazs to eat Chocolate Fondue!
Everything with Chocolate is NICE :D
The best thing was that we didnt spent alot for the movie and Fondue cause we had vouchers~~~~
Teeheeee :D

long week

2011-12-18T10:45:00.007+08:00

After 1 week of work.

I wouldn't really call it work yet, since we're still under training.
And there's 1 more week of training till official work starts.
The training makes me feel like I'm back to school or studying,
but with a different environment, friends,
and where others treat you like young adults.
Work is still not that hard yet, but I better start 'studying' later before I fail for my quizzes on Tuesday and Thursday.

I don't know if time has passed too quickly or too slowly.
When I think it's alrd mid-Dec and Christmas is coming, I'm like woahh, that's so fast.
But when I think of it as only 3 weeks after A's, it's like WOAHH, time passed really slow...
I don't know :\
I guess the motion of time was messed up when we're still in school, counting down to exams!

Anyway, here are some pictures that I kope or took with some people that I went out with before work.

(8 Dec, 2011)

Bugis with bro and peizhen.
It's my first time to Haji lane(?) too. LOL
There's a stretch of cool shops but I couldn't bear to spend at that moment.
Shall go back after I got my first pay :P

(10 Dec, 2011)

This is breakthrough missions.
I went there with my bro and a group of strangers for Help-Portrait event.
We also went to SCWO!
This event is likeeee... really meaningful and for me, I learnt alot of things through interactions with many different people.
Although the event wasn't really that successful, it's still an eventful day for meee (:

Yes, and that night bro and I went back to bugis for dinner with family.

(12 Dec, 2011)

Met with peizhen and xinying at orchard.
We ate lunch at pastamania, and watched 'You're the apple of my eye' movie.
I think this movie wasn't as nice as what people commented,
and to think that pz had alrd watched 3 times and xy had watched 2 times :\
Then we walked ard orchard..........
Saw pioneers doing metro CIP at paragon,
hahaha, really reminded me of last year's ballon sculpturing! :D
Awesome maxxxxx~

Bought Starbucks, 1-for-1 christmas treat!
And ate fries, omggggggg 'growing fatter' alrd.

That's how my previous week was....
And if your pardon me, I shall take a shower and start studying (:

tired

2011-12-13T21:09:00.001+08:00

Argh, first day of work and I'm feeling tired.
Nights (:

next stop

2011-12-09T20:08:00.005+08:00

小小彬 is sooo cute :D Currently watching 下一站，幸福!

Tomorrow will be a fun day! Going to help out for the help-portrait!

Harry Potter

2011-12-07T18:35:00.002+08:00

Watched half-blood prince ystd and deathly hollows today!

clearing

2011-12-07T10:47:00.002+08:00

The picture on the right is how my cupboard looks like after clearing all the revision papers into the 4 blue plastic bags.
My study room looks so much more organised now :D

2010/2011

2011-12-06T19:49:00.004+08:00

10S17 and Chinese Orchestra

And not forgetting my dearest Shanting :D

These pictures are posted for memories sake.
Welllll, I do hope I'll still continue blogging about my life and someday read through all my past posts about the people and things I love <3

(:

2011-12-06T12:04:00.009+08:00

Well, it all started with Project Work last year and it finally ended with Chemistry Paper 1.
Hah, I really think JC is the toughest journey throughout my whole education life,
and thank God we all made it through! :D

I can't imagine how I'll be moving on to my next phase of life,
going to university, studying the course that I want,
and of course, stepping into the 'real society'.
Even now, trying to find a temp job, looking for tuition assignments,
these things did cross my mind, but I never really thought of how to go about with it.
Ahhhh~

Put that aside, I'm enjoying my life now (:
I missed those times when I could really let my hair down,
have dinner with my family, talk about random stuffs,
alsoo, behaving crazily with my siblings!

be positive

2011-11-23T14:49:00.004+08:00

Just 2 more papers and it's over (:

Borrowed a book by Rich Wood, "Be Positive".
I managed to finish reading the first chapter last night,
and can't wait to complete it

everything happens for a reason, you just don't know yet what the reason is.

sick

2011-09-23T20:14:00.003+08:00

Oh my tian, prelims really made me sick.

Having sore throat, flu, fever, aching body, migraine right after the last paper.

faith

2011-09-05T14:34:00.001+08:00

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step."

Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

who I am

2011-07-31T19:18:00.001+08:00

Sometimes
You just know
When to hold on
When to let go

I'm gonna take this moment that I'm in right now
Stop this craziness some how
Leave it all behind me
And no one's gonna find me

I got nothing to win and I got nothing to lose
Just trying to walk in my own two shoes
Gotta take the time now
It's time for me to find out
Who I Am

feeling

2011-07-26T22:07:00.001+08:00

empty...

sian

2011-07-19T22:08:00.000+08:00

I can't type in chinese :|

gone

2011-07-15T21:21:00.002+08:00

R.I.P PJCO

sad ):

rolling in the deep

2011-07-14T21:34:00.004+08:00

Check out MaddiJane and BoyceAvenue's cover of this song too! :D

sserts

2011-07-13T22:42:00.002+08:00

I guess the June hols is really an effective 'stress-reliever'.
So for now, being in a 'stress-free' situation, I shall and i hope to buck up.

Gonna turn away from all those so-called 'stress-givers'.
Thanks, I'm just letting you win, for now :l

meaning

2011-07-11T22:54:00.002+08:00

i wanna believe that there's a meaning in everything i do.
and its time that i align myself back to the original purpose of life.

how do i pull thru another ordeal?

growing old

2011-07-09T22:55:00.002+08:00

it's my grandma's 88th bday :D
tho we dont get to see each other often,
and I can't really communicate with you since you're speaking in dialect,
I still loveya <3

so we had our dinner from 8 to 10,
that's pretty long and I'm feeling so full right now.....

harry potter

2011-07-07T23:09:00.010+08:00

10years of harry potter? OMG
I was only 8 years old then.........

envy the 18,000 people who are at trafalgar square!
<3

11.25PM:
RUPERT GRINT IS OUT!
each wave he makes, everyone sreams LOL

11.35PM:
Arrival of Weasley twins and Neville LongBottom!
So sweetttttttt of them to take photos :D

11.45PM:
Draco Malfoy! without his blonde hair!

11.55PM:
Luna Lovegood's sooo pretty :D

12.00AM:
LOL, can't regconise Prof Dumbledore!
But love his accent hahaha :D

OMGGG, hate the difference in timezone.....
it's not even evening in the UK, but its alrdy past midnight here!
Goodnight to Emma and Daniel ):

#harrypotterlive IS trending right now! :D

chinese orchestra

2011-07-07T21:15:00.001+08:00

hello australian friends!

I'm so sad that i missed the jazz band but.........
the music exchange was so great! :D

love the people, love the music!
and I'm so happy that we played mononoke hime,
cause that'll be the last time i'll be playing my solo piece! ):

'enjoy the music that you play'

damn

2011-07-06T20:48:00.000+08:00

those migraines.

HATE IT

countdown

2011-06-28T20:06:00.001+08:00

to the last paper.

blur

2011-06-26T13:33:00.000+08:00

I seem to...
studyuntili'mgettingblurandmessedupwitheverything

physics

2011-06-06T21:42:00.002+08:00

quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum quantum

i cant understand it

first class

2011-06-05T23:55:00.001+08:00

First class is the first Xmen movie I had watch
Damn, its good!

again

2011-06-04T13:37:00.003+08:00

Who ever thought a day gone so wrong, could turn out so lovely

negative

2011-05-31T23:12:00.005+08:00

Stress.

Sad.

Tired.

Unnecessary thoughts.

Guilty.

Now, time to unwind.

blogging and youtubing are great ways to relieve stress

lost & found

2011-05-31T23:08:00.001+08:00

Can't stop losing my things.

If I'm unable to find my thing this time, I'm in deep shit.

preparing to

2011-05-30T23:30:00.001+08:00

fight a battle
&
endure the pain

for the 'holiday'!

aching

2011-05-29T11:59:00.001+08:00

my fingers are aching from writing.

think

2011-05-28T15:51:00.002+08:00

So many opportunities,
yet I still dont know what I want.

When will I find my aim in life?

too much

2011-05-27T23:26:00.002+08:00

I've been thinking too much these days.
I need some concentration.

insecure

2011-05-26T23:23:00.000+08:00

worrying too much again?

worrying too much.

2011-05-25T22:24:00.004+08:00

:|

deceived by it.
but I'm glad things turned out fine today..

shit

2011-05-24T22:24:00.001+08:00

tell me what I should do.

ohyeah?

2011-05-23T22:59:00.002+08:00

suay day coming to an end.

music

2011-05-22T16:59:00.003+08:00

i want to play that.

when you

2011-05-21T23:53:00.005+08:00

Can't breath.

>.<

keep in mind

2011-04-05T23:01:00.005+08:00

there's still

HOPE

?

2011-04-02T23:45:00.005+08:00

...
Changing attitude?

skip a beat.

2011-01-28T22:51:00.002+08:00