As I was paying at Sheng Siong's cashier, I saw this quote in Chinese, which is small yet stands out prominently. It says:
"Fate is in your hands, not on some other people's mouth"
I find it so true because our future is carved by our hands, our action, our choices and not some crystal ball's prediction...
SO what do you think????
Friday, March 7, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
GRATITUDE by Melodic Beattie
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life
It turns what we have into enough, and more
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos into order,
confusion into clarity...
It turns problems into gifts,
failures into success,
the unexpected into perfect timing,
and mistakes into important events
Gratitude makes sense out of past,
brings peace for today
and creates vision for tomorrow
- Melodic Beattie
It turns what we have into enough, and more
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos into order,
confusion into clarity...
It turns problems into gifts,
failures into success,
the unexpected into perfect timing,
and mistakes into important events
Gratitude makes sense out of past,
brings peace for today
and creates vision for tomorrow
- Melodic Beattie
Friday, January 25, 2008
See Photos Of My Kids?
I have been helping my friend voluntarily to teach a dozen of kids Taekwondo.
Kids are really not easy to handle. They are unpredictable! Though I was a kid, and still am a big one, these little ones are more hyper! Realy need alot of stamina and patients.
BUT, while teaching them about kicking techniques and understanding respect and discipline, I learnt much from hem too.
I started out using punishments and shouting at them. Then I remembered that they are kids and I learn to be more patient and let them have more space to grow. I now no more punish them. I merely position them at different position so that they won't disturb each other. I do not want them to suffer low self-esteem from the punishment. I want my dojang to be loving an caring...
These little ones have too much potential and too adorable to be ruined by punishment. They are to be groomed and led to better persons and leaders.
Check out these cute guys in action here: http://www.eeoostkd.wordpress.com now!
Or go to this link for short-cut: http://flickr.com/photos/monsteree
Kids are really not easy to handle. They are unpredictable! Though I was a kid, and still am a big one, these little ones are more hyper! Realy need alot of stamina and patients.
BUT, while teaching them about kicking techniques and understanding respect and discipline, I learnt much from hem too.
I started out using punishments and shouting at them. Then I remembered that they are kids and I learn to be more patient and let them have more space to grow. I now no more punish them. I merely position them at different position so that they won't disturb each other. I do not want them to suffer low self-esteem from the punishment. I want my dojang to be loving an caring...
These little ones have too much potential and too adorable to be ruined by punishment. They are to be groomed and led to better persons and leaders.
Check out these cute guys in action here: http://www.eeoostkd.wordpress.com now!
Or go to this link for short-cut: http://flickr.com/photos/monsteree
Which School Of Thought Will You Adopt?
Hi, long time no see...I am alive and kicking (literary because I am back to Taekwondo training).
I had a profound learning yesterday after a sparring session. After sparring, JH likes to debrief and share tips to improve sparring strategies, techniques, etc.
It was Big Nic's turn and this was what he shared: His strategy is to study and analyze the opponent's habits - strengths and weaknesses of the opponent. So well he analyze the opponent that he try to mould what the opponent thinks till he is so sure of what his opponent's next move(s). Then Big Nic will devise specific stategies to either handicap the opponent's strengths and/or capitalize on the weaknesses.
In my humble opinion, this works good if the opponent is a regular sparring partner because there're lots of chance to improve on the specific strategy. Also, the person adopting this strategy must be experienced and skillful enough to analyze and devise a counter strategy to the opponent's strengths and weaknesses in a short time.
My personal motto to Taekwondo is to improve myself to be a better fighter. Improving to me is to fine tune my strengths and reduce my weaknesses. To cultivate and discipline my mind to not fear opponents, bruises, think in the middle of a sparring session and to control my emotions (though I am not master of all these yet).
If I can perfect my strengths and have minimal weakness for the opponent to capitalize, I will be able to be at the upper hand most of the time.
So which strategy will you adopt? I am curious to know. DO leave your comments :-)
And the million-dollar question is, how to adopt either strategies in life? I welcome your feedback too!
Have fun pondering...
I had a profound learning yesterday after a sparring session. After sparring, JH likes to debrief and share tips to improve sparring strategies, techniques, etc.
It was Big Nic's turn and this was what he shared: His strategy is to study and analyze the opponent's habits - strengths and weaknesses of the opponent. So well he analyze the opponent that he try to mould what the opponent thinks till he is so sure of what his opponent's next move(s). Then Big Nic will devise specific stategies to either handicap the opponent's strengths and/or capitalize on the weaknesses.
In my humble opinion, this works good if the opponent is a regular sparring partner because there're lots of chance to improve on the specific strategy. Also, the person adopting this strategy must be experienced and skillful enough to analyze and devise a counter strategy to the opponent's strengths and weaknesses in a short time.
My personal motto to Taekwondo is to improve myself to be a better fighter. Improving to me is to fine tune my strengths and reduce my weaknesses. To cultivate and discipline my mind to not fear opponents, bruises, think in the middle of a sparring session and to control my emotions (though I am not master of all these yet).
If I can perfect my strengths and have minimal weakness for the opponent to capitalize, I will be able to be at the upper hand most of the time.
So which strategy will you adopt? I am curious to know. DO leave your comments :-)
And the million-dollar question is, how to adopt either strategies in life? I welcome your feedback too!
Have fun pondering...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Teaching Kids
Wow! Have not blog for quite some time...
I am not abducted by aliens, just busy with my project. 2 projects are running full swing. On top of that, I am now on on a safety course and helping my friend to teach Taekwondo classes on Thursdays.
The Taekwondo class consist mostly of kids, aged around 7 to 13. As my friend concentrate her attention to the young teanagers, I had the opportunity to teach the litle ones...all in all about 6 of them.
Teaching the little ones reminded me when I was 11, when I first joined Taekwondo class. I was obese, so my Mom put me in the class. Anyway, I had fun and loved the class becasue I love Kungfu movies.
Today, I realised that these small kids have alot of potential in them. And they can actually understand the fine distinctions in the kicking techniques just as well as the Taekwondo members in NTU. The only difference is that they have shorter attention span and like to play around.
I also realised because of their short attention span, I have to give more activities and less explaination. No wonder last time my TKD Sir in KL and Singapore just keep giving commands and give very little explaintion. I must adjust to reduce the high C in me for this matter..Hahaha
To do this, I also need to trust that the little kids can do the kicks that I asked them to do. I experimented some complicated commads and moves today and to my surprise he little kids can follow! Only thing is that their moves are not as graceful as I want. Well, I guess just have to repeat it and let them practise.
At the end of the day, what I want to achieve is to help them to realise their potential in their physical abilitis so that they can be more confident of themselves, at the same time have fun leaning TKD.
I feel good and passionate to be ab to pass my skills and positive mindset to the little kids!
I am not abducted by aliens, just busy with my project. 2 projects are running full swing. On top of that, I am now on on a safety course and helping my friend to teach Taekwondo classes on Thursdays.
The Taekwondo class consist mostly of kids, aged around 7 to 13. As my friend concentrate her attention to the young teanagers, I had the opportunity to teach the litle ones...all in all about 6 of them.
Teaching the little ones reminded me when I was 11, when I first joined Taekwondo class. I was obese, so my Mom put me in the class. Anyway, I had fun and loved the class becasue I love Kungfu movies.
Today, I realised that these small kids have alot of potential in them. And they can actually understand the fine distinctions in the kicking techniques just as well as the Taekwondo members in NTU. The only difference is that they have shorter attention span and like to play around.
I also realised because of their short attention span, I have to give more activities and less explaination. No wonder last time my TKD Sir in KL and Singapore just keep giving commands and give very little explaintion. I must adjust to reduce the high C in me for this matter..Hahaha
To do this, I also need to trust that the little kids can do the kicks that I asked them to do. I experimented some complicated commads and moves today and to my surprise he little kids can follow! Only thing is that their moves are not as graceful as I want. Well, I guess just have to repeat it and let them practise.
At the end of the day, what I want to achieve is to help them to realise their potential in their physical abilitis so that they can be more confident of themselves, at the same time have fun leaning TKD.
I feel good and passionate to be ab to pass my skills and positive mindset to the little kids!
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Busy Busy August
A busy August following the eventful week!
The project that I am entrustred to started full swing and I worked like a bee...relentlessly working from 8.00AM to 10.00PM on every weekdays! On top of that I had signed up for the Nationals Tournament for Taekwondo! What an experience!
For a long time, I had not in the shoes of a fighter in Taekwondo. The discipline of training and bond of friendships created from the trainings has been absent for years...It was really a pleasure to re-experience all these. Thank you Soo Ee, Jianfa, Jun Hong and Cai Ling. Thank you my lovely wife, who encouraged, supported and cheered for me, MUACKS!
It's also been an experience to be in shoes of player, trusting the coach who sits in a corner watching, observing, analysing and advising what's the best move to use. Thank you Jun Ming for the time and confidence in me. Altho we did not win the match, I am sure you gained wonderful experience as well. Hope I did not let you down.
Through the preparation and the tournament, I learnt alot about myself. Games are often a reflections of behavior...And I am not quite happy with my behavior. I learnt that even though I had improved myself, being more disciplined, less procastination in making decisions and taking action, I found I only put in 99% of my effort.
Come to look back, I really do have the skill, strength, knowledge, experience to win this tournament, yet I only won the 1st round. I lack of that 1% desire and commitment to win. Probably I went into the match without setting my intention right. I just wanted to enjoy the matches and to have fun training.
I even go through the tournament with only minor bruises on my insteps. Maybe kick too hard, *Hahaha*. Hopefully my opponents had recovered blocking those kicks...Well played boyz.
Well, back to the lesson...Lacking that 1% I learnt is like playing football. It took effort to have successfully overcome obstacles and tackles from the midfielders and defenders and I am about to kick the ball into the net to score, I just had fun dribbling and pass the ball back to the goalkeeper. Maybe I had fun but the end result is still NO score!
I am glad and grateful to have the metaphysical to learn from this situation and put in the extra 1% in my life. Hope by sharing, I have inspired you to put in 1 more percent in your life!
The project that I am entrustred to started full swing and I worked like a bee...relentlessly working from 8.00AM to 10.00PM on every weekdays! On top of that I had signed up for the Nationals Tournament for Taekwondo! What an experience!
For a long time, I had not in the shoes of a fighter in Taekwondo. The discipline of training and bond of friendships created from the trainings has been absent for years...It was really a pleasure to re-experience all these. Thank you Soo Ee, Jianfa, Jun Hong and Cai Ling. Thank you my lovely wife, who encouraged, supported and cheered for me, MUACKS!
It's also been an experience to be in shoes of player, trusting the coach who sits in a corner watching, observing, analysing and advising what's the best move to use. Thank you Jun Ming for the time and confidence in me. Altho we did not win the match, I am sure you gained wonderful experience as well. Hope I did not let you down.
Through the preparation and the tournament, I learnt alot about myself. Games are often a reflections of behavior...And I am not quite happy with my behavior. I learnt that even though I had improved myself, being more disciplined, less procastination in making decisions and taking action, I found I only put in 99% of my effort.
Come to look back, I really do have the skill, strength, knowledge, experience to win this tournament, yet I only won the 1st round. I lack of that 1% desire and commitment to win. Probably I went into the match without setting my intention right. I just wanted to enjoy the matches and to have fun training.
I even go through the tournament with only minor bruises on my insteps. Maybe kick too hard, *Hahaha*. Hopefully my opponents had recovered blocking those kicks...Well played boyz.
Well, back to the lesson...Lacking that 1% I learnt is like playing football. It took effort to have successfully overcome obstacles and tackles from the midfielders and defenders and I am about to kick the ball into the net to score, I just had fun dribbling and pass the ball back to the goalkeeper. Maybe I had fun but the end result is still NO score!
I am glad and grateful to have the metaphysical to learn from this situation and put in the extra 1% in my life. Hope by sharing, I have inspired you to put in 1 more percent in your life!
Sunday, August 5, 2007
What A Week!
What a week this is!
This week started with a busy and hectic schedule at work. It was quite stressful with the client pushing me to start work while there are lots of paperwork to submit before Permit to Work can be issued. The client dragged the contract and also the construction drawing, at the same time expect me to start immediately, with no confirmation on construction drawings.
Coming to the end of the week, me together with my colleague finally get the paperwork ready for starting of work on coming Monday. Although unreasonable, I am quite pleased that things get going in work towards the end of the week.
At the same time, I am committed to training for the tournament about three week's time from now. The bout list is not out, but my match could be on 25 Aug or 26 Aug. Nonetheless, this is the last week I can train to the max before toning down for the tournament. As I had shared on my previous post, Monday's training was darn frustrating. Tuesday's training was even more frustrating because I strained my back on Tuesday!
So I decided to rest for the week for my back and other injuries to recover. Luckily, with the week's rest the injuries did recover! I am back for training next week!
When all seems going well as the weekend was near, I received a shocking e-mail on Friday. A member of the Mastermind Group that I am part of, has given up his privilege to be in this dynamic group. No reason given. I am sure the member had gained as much as he has contributed. My knee-jerk reaction was disappointment...
As I had calmed down, I respected his decision. Whatever his reason is, he had made a decision. I decided to use my energy to move forward rather then dwelling on a decision that had been made, which I have no control of. Let it go KL...
Fortunately, my other member is as strong if not stronger. We carry on with our team...We continued on with our scheduled meeting today and had renewed our commitment to excel in our lives and continue to support each other in our journey. Turned out to be a fantastic meeting with both of us having a deeper understanding of each other.
Sunday, may be start of the week or end of the week, but I am charged up for the coming week! Bring it on, Monday!!!
This week started with a busy and hectic schedule at work. It was quite stressful with the client pushing me to start work while there are lots of paperwork to submit before Permit to Work can be issued. The client dragged the contract and also the construction drawing, at the same time expect me to start immediately, with no confirmation on construction drawings.
Coming to the end of the week, me together with my colleague finally get the paperwork ready for starting of work on coming Monday. Although unreasonable, I am quite pleased that things get going in work towards the end of the week.
At the same time, I am committed to training for the tournament about three week's time from now. The bout list is not out, but my match could be on 25 Aug or 26 Aug. Nonetheless, this is the last week I can train to the max before toning down for the tournament. As I had shared on my previous post, Monday's training was darn frustrating. Tuesday's training was even more frustrating because I strained my back on Tuesday!
So I decided to rest for the week for my back and other injuries to recover. Luckily, with the week's rest the injuries did recover! I am back for training next week!
When all seems going well as the weekend was near, I received a shocking e-mail on Friday. A member of the Mastermind Group that I am part of, has given up his privilege to be in this dynamic group. No reason given. I am sure the member had gained as much as he has contributed. My knee-jerk reaction was disappointment...
As I had calmed down, I respected his decision. Whatever his reason is, he had made a decision. I decided to use my energy to move forward rather then dwelling on a decision that had been made, which I have no control of. Let it go KL...
Fortunately, my other member is as strong if not stronger. We carry on with our team...We continued on with our scheduled meeting today and had renewed our commitment to excel in our lives and continue to support each other in our journey. Turned out to be a fantastic meeting with both of us having a deeper understanding of each other.
Sunday, may be start of the week or end of the week, but I am charged up for the coming week! Bring it on, Monday!!!
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