Standard Chartered Marathon 2009

so every year, i set aside three goals for myself. i completed one during the middle of the year. and i just finished another one yesterday.
honestly, i thought it was impossible. throughout my run/walk/stretches, i felt like it was impossible. sure, i wanted to give up. sure, i thought i was too weak to go on. but faith kept me alive. i finally realized that when you hit long distances,its your own race that you’re running. just keep on keeping on.
my first marathon. definitely not my last. pushing myself to the next level again come 2010!

this one’s dedicated to all those who believed in me.

work.

i havent really touched this space after i started working. now i understand why my parents dont touch the computer once they come home. they’d just do the household chores (well, my mum.) or watch tv. you’re just so drained once you come home.

the workplace has really been great. my director is a great guy. he’s always pulling his hair out because of small little things but its funny. my two account executives are a couple so its really interesting to see how they work. although its a small workplace, funny gossips do happen. therefore, my colleague/shifu Verdy needs to hold a press conference soon to clear the gossips. but come on verdy, we more or less know what’s happening. we have eyes and we know who walks in and out of the office.
but thats just the outside of my work.

inside of me, i’m lost and a little frustrated. im frustrated because whenever someone asks me what i do, they dont seem to understand what i do. to people our problems can be solved by reading more marketing books and throwing marketing tactics at them. sometimes i feel that a mundane job would get me through life. sometimes i feel very alone when i talk about my work at home and people brush it off.

but im glad i’ve got real good leaders who really show concern for me even when im not part of their cell group. thanks, to you.

of course, here’s one for those who are feeling as crappy as me. where did your emotions go? well….

Jay chou

i reallly wasnt into him until only recently.
jams was driving me back and his stereo started playing this song. i guess he does have very good songs on falling in and out of love. hey! dont ask if i know what he’s singing about. i am chinese. i can make out at least 50% to 60% of it. tsk. besides, the music arrangement is really good. emo jay songs FTW. AND, his videos usually have got eye candy in them. ok, maybe just one video.

anyways, works cool. people are nice. clients, well, its areally an experience working with different clients. its funny how people work. i think im beginning to understand the meaning of what is it like to cannot wait to go to work. david ogilvy once said, “pay your workers well, you will reap your benefits” i totally agree.

on a more serious and spiritual note, poh told us something really cool during lessons. he mentioned about musicians being too familiar with songs that they take it for granted, which actually gives God to ground to work through them during P&W and if God doesnt flow through them during P&W, how then is the congregation going to experience the presence of God. there always will be something special happening even though we keep singing the same songs. its just whether you want to let go and let God or not.

Peace out. here’s a jaychou for everyone.

curve or bold?

bold

or curve?

i like it, its nice. slim. and business like. i can update my tweets, surf the net while waiting for people who are really late when it comes to meeting me, etc etc. just that the curve’s an older version, a tad slower and less stylish looking.

but maybe i want to do games too. how?

Men VS Women

took this off one of the sites i usually visit.

Nike Running TV Commercial: "Men VS Women"

who’s going to win? duh. the answer’s so simple. who else.
this is tagged under all those who love running.

101th

first of all, let me just say its a friday and i’d like to welcome back Tim! i bet he’s got loads to share and i got loads to share too. oh, and miss koh jiayu too, welcome back from jungle confidence course in pahang.

kristy

i can never get along with the above mentioned name when it comes to certain things. yet, i like talking to her because i like to enjoy making her laugh. i don’t know why but its great making her laugh at my witty comments (yea, i know you’ll say i am not witty, but yes i am). kristy also doesn’t tell me her problems, although i would like to know. she’s a strong girl in my eyes. she’s a great friend. just be less mean with me okay.. (:

i’m attending something not many people will experience this coming saturday. its a sombre occasion. 

anyway, i’d like to touch on a bad practice in the army. its called “kena-arrowed”. arrows comes in many forms. some are inevitable, like when DY comes to you and asks you to make some changes by the end of the day, you just have to suck it up and do. but there are other times, when the its supposed to be other people who are doing the thing and then you, being a nice soul, you help him with his work, and then the responsibility suddenly falls on your shoulder. what’s up with these people? can they please, in Verdy’s words, wake up their idea?

the catching up.

Went out to have a very SAFTI haircut during lunchtime. walked past the canteen and saw someone i really wanted to see (dudes, don’t be crazy, there are no girls in SAFTI.). anyway, had a chat with him and really agreed with him in certain areas. anyways, yes! we need to catch up one day. he really looked dejected.

after catching up with him, i bumped into my NAS officers! sat down, chatted with them. really miss the officers at NAS. oh well, i guess God puts you in places meant for you to shine.

tim’s coming back tonight. yay. welcome home buddie.

“wake up your idea”

air steward?

my mum asked me to try for an air steward. i think she’s crazy. but i don’t have a filter, so i thought about it the entire night. and went to check them out.

Training

Our comprehensive 4 months training program will cover topics such as:

• Product Knowledge including Food & Beverage
• Service Procedures
• Passenger Handling
• Deportment & Grooming
• Language & Communication Skills
• Safety Equipment Procedures
• First Aid

On successful completion of training you will commence flying duties.

sounds interesting! but whoever has seen an air steward who rocks and jumps around?! and what about my design dream? what about my plans? okay, i think its time to pray.

on a more solemn note, i woke up to a rather sad morning after reading the headlines. a woman got hit by a taxi and her husband could not come to terms with it. he bit his tongue and asked the cop to hand him a gun to kill himself (its rather hilarious, that part, because, whichever cop that hands him over his gun, should shoot himself after that man shoots himself.) i guess thats how different people deal with a sudden catastrophe. “dear God, i pray you be with the man throughout this period of time, comfort him and let him feel Your love”

while i’m at it…

“Dear Heavenly Father, i pray for ah Lum right now. be with him and assure him that he can go through the rigorous training. i pray that no matter how busy he is, how tired he is, he will always remember that You are Someone whom he can draw strength from. i pray for his relationship with kerrie, even though they don’t see each other most of the time, i pray their relationship will maintain strong and their love for each other will grow deeper and stronger everyday of their lives. let them lead pure lives unto you i pray. God, empower ah Lum to be like daniel, who mingled around the babylonians but still set apart himself for You. Amen.”

and since i’m at the subject of OCS,

“God, i pray for LT Verdy right now. Empower him i pray, let him shine in his marketplace, anoint him to be the salt and light of our camp. God, even as he holds prayer meetings leads the men, you begin to give him a double portion of Your anointing to lead the men with Godly wisdom, Let him lead by the Spirit. Father, empower Verdy to be Spiritually natural and naturally spiritual. Father, i ask You to take away any tiredness he has and renew it with a supernatural cup of energy, let him draw his strength from You i pray. God, i love this commander of mine, he’s more than a commander, more than a friend, let Your hand be upon him and protect him from any harm, let no weapon of evil be form against him i pray, and even if they do, let it not prosper i pray. “  

 

okay, to end of on a lighter note- 

JANGAN CATASTROPHE

Where a Mat Roker might ask one to “jangan tension”, the Cambridge-educated metropolitan Malay of today would use this phrase to calm you down.
See also: Mat  Jangan Tension  Relac  Maintain Balan.  

JANGAN TENSION
A Mat-ism, it is an exhortation to keep one’s cool.
See also: Relac  Jangan Catastrophe  Maintain Balan  Mat.  

 

i made a new friend today and her name’s Joey!