Live with Passion !

january

2007-01-11T21:59:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Been a realy long while since i last blog.

Ok its my final sem now, a last lap to complete the modules plus my Final Year Project. taking a module called surgical assist technology which is really interesting so far! For my FYP, my supervisor is really a kind man. I salute him for that.

Been slacking on the running for sometime, ought to do something about it.

January is a superb month in terms of my insurance work. Its really heartening to hear clients referring their closest friends to you. I thank you for that.

Would be changing a new handphone soon. Conclusion is that i am not happy with M1 customer service. Being in sales and service myself, i am very sensitive to service standards.

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

2006-11-30T02:34:00.000-08:00

Hi there

For the first time in my life, i am going to run the Standard Chartered Full Marathon this coming sunday, 3rd December. Along running the full race too are some of my friends. They are

Joo Khoon, William, Arik, Mingchang, Bengwee, Teehoon, Faizal, Yongway.

Click HERE to see a flash of the race route

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Huang Junxiong

Say No to Buns

2006-11-18T03:42:00.000-08:00

Hi there

As mentioned , now is NTU exam period. The above logo says it all.

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Huang Junxiong

2006-11-17T04:30:00.000-08:00

Hi All

The following is an extract from Anthony Robbins which i felt i must share this with all of you

Giving The Gift of Hope

One Thanksgiving Day many years ago, a young family awoke not with a sense of gratitude many associate with the holiday but with a preoccupation of where its next meal would come from. Too proud to contact a local charity and too frustrated to celebrate the gift of togetherness, the parents lashed out at each other, turning the holiday into a day of devastation. The oldest son could do nothing but watch in despair.

Then, destiny intervened with an unexpected knock at the door. The family was stunned to find a man standing there, grinning broadly and carrying a huge basket brimming with Thanksgiving delights.

In that moment, this young boy’s life was forever changed. He learned with this simple act of kindness that hope is eternal and that people, even strangers, really do care. He was overwhelmed with gratitude and swore that he would someday become successful enough to give something back to others.

On Thanksgiving some years later, the boy, just 18, went with his scant earnings to begin to fulfill that promise. He bought bags and bags of groceries and delivered them to a woman with six kids whose father had abandoned them. The woman was elated, and the children shrieked with delight.

The young man was moved to tears. In that moment, he realized that his horrible day years ago was actually a gift that had brought him the fulfillment he now felt, and he knew with absolute certainty that whatever challenges came about now would be turned into valuable lessons.

The boy, as we know, was Tony Robbins, and the moment marked the birth of the Anthony Robbins Foundation’s International Basket Brigade. Inspired more than three decades ago by one simple act of generosity on the part of one caring person, the International Basket Brigade has blossomed into an astounding collective effort that now feeds more than two million people in 74 countries. Throughout the holiday season each year, Basket Brigade volunteers in all parts of the world deliver food, clothing, and hope to those who need it most.

December

2006-11-12T02:55:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Yes.. in the midst of my exams once again. Somehow, this is the 2nd last exam in my entire NTU life. Had spent the past few days revising biomechanics and design module. I am not sure whether it is a habit or what. I somehow only get down to real solid studying when nearing exams. Or does everyone in NTU do so too?

Next major highlights of myself are as follow ...

1 dec = Insurance Agency sponsered makeover photo shoot : ) .. time to look like " Andy Lau " liao.

3 dec = Standard Chartered Full Marathon 42km........ cham liao.. think i never train enough.

24 dec = jc seniors wedding

30 dec = clients wedding.

Not to mention that i will be starting a Wealth Building study group with one of my long time friend who recently became very interested in affiliate marketing. This Wealth Building group is like a group we formed between the 2 of us where we will do indepth studies of affiliate marketing and share ideas among each other.

More to be updated. Apologies as i had real packed with my work during october and early november.

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Huang Junxiong

Quite Touching

2006-10-10T05:59:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Was in the middle of something on sunday when i receive an sms from one of my insurance client. It goes something like

" Hey my best friend wan buy insurance leh. she look at prudential pdts then i tell her look at other option as well. i give u her number n u call her? she said ok :) "

Was quite surprised to receive this sms though. But this is a result of believing in happy clients and quality after sales service.

I replied something like " No prob . u send me her hp no bah. but u tell her that it is no obgliations one"

My client replied " no prob! i also want my friend 2 get a product that suits her needs and a trusting agent. You are the best i can intro liao."

Such sms really makes my day. Its also heartening to know that people appreciate what you do for them and recommend their friends over.

Live With Passion
Huang Junxiong

Updates..

2006-09-21T18:47:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Had not blogged for quite a while. The past few weeks had been extremely packed with school work and my insurance sales work. In the process, i had also come to realise something that is so true.

" When people say that they don't care, they really don't care!!! "

What does it mean? In the course of our lives, we will no doubt come across and meet friends. But what is really surprising is that some friends whom you thought you knew for some time, they actually don't care a heck about you. I had some encounters with it and as a result, i am now immune so such encounters. So the bottom line is, care for friends who genuinely care for you too. Invest your time in friends who deserve it.

On asking Empowering Questions

I recently met up and linked up with a friend on msn and in school. Had a cup of coffee with him in Canteen A and i shared with him this thing about reframing and asking empowering questions instead of disempowering questions.His MSN nick name is

" Will Robo XXX ever get a date this time round?? " This is what in NLP terms we classify as a disempowering question. By asking yourself this question, we restrict the brain to thinking that we can't get a date. The fact about that mind and brain is that, whatever you believe and ask yourself, IT BECOMES YOUR REALITY!

A more empowering question will be

" How can Robo XXX get a date in 2 weeks and have fun in the process ? " Do you see the difference? Lets start to change our lives by asking more empowering and effective questions!

On Jogging and the Standard Chartered Run

Went on monday to sentosa for an evening jog with Joo Khoon and his friend Eric. Ran a total distance of about 7km. Felt really good after the shower, the kind of refreshed feeling. Found out that they actually have a jogger's community of 10 plus people where they meet regulary to jog and etc. I guess it's good because at least for future races, i know who to look for to join together instead of having to find people. Looking forward to know more of them.

Live WIth Passion
Junxiong

Random Thoughts again

2006-08-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

Hi there

School had started and the last round of schooling in NTU had begun. As i walk around NTU these few days, it struck me more and more that i might be doing a lot of things for the last time. As the undergraduate chapter of my life draws to a close, it would be appropiate to talk a bit about what had happened so far.

I entered NTU year 1 with a notion that i marginally scrapped thru to be admitted. Through out my Army days, i was very grateful that i was given a chance to school in ntu. I decided to work as a insurance agent while i was in NTU. The main reason for doing so is that i want learn to be more indepedant and support myself though my uni days.

There is a lot of memorable events in NTU. If i have to list the top 5 events, here are the top 5 .

1 All the Mid night studying with hall friends at canteen b. I missed it a great grrreat deal..

2 Jogging around NTU with jovan and other friends at mid night.

3 All the various sponsers talks which i had done in ntu. It made me feel so good : )

4 The walk from NTu can B upstairs to LT1.. ( i walkit for 2 years... )

5 That Black out during exams periods in NTu where a few of us went for a stroll.

At times i do ponder what lies ahead after graduation. Though plans had been laid and goals had been set, there is still something missing. I realise that to live a purpose drive life is not easy. A purpose driven life means that you have something that you believed so strongly that you will dedicate your whole life to .Maybe it's something in all of us. At certain moments in our life, we always feel that we can be more of what we currently are, contribute more and be at our best.

Recently read the papers and this person called Darren was featured by PM Lee during the national day rally for giving back to society. Darren graduated from SMU and works as an investment banker. He started an trust fund whereby he doantes $4,000 of his annual pay to student in SMU. In the article, it was mentioned that his $4,000 will go to support this female undergraduate in SMU for her exchange to XXX country ( cant recall )

At the end of the article , Darren quotes something which is really worth pondering. He says and i quote. I hope this will spin off to like some form of multi -level marketing in a good way and i hope it can benefit more people in the future. He means that he hopes future batches of graduates will follow what he did and set up streams of mini " trust funds " for needy students in the future. Every drop counts , it might be just $4,000 to help one student. But a collective effort of say 1000 graduates who believes in it and contribute will result in S4 million in total.

Does this make sense to you?

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

My Birthday

2006-08-02T09:09:00.000-07:00

Hi there

YAh... today is my birthday and i celebrated the day with friends. Went for a sushi buffet with MAE friends at cini leisure and Kbox after that. Dinner was spent with guoyan, engkiat and ruihao at outback followed by kopi at suntec convention centre starbucks.

Hmm think i shall list down the people who sms/ called me happy birthday today. The list goes ( in order of time )

1 Huiling
2 Jasmine Ang
3 Ting soon
4 Yeow Koon
5 Eugene Chew
6 Quek
7 Zhongwei
8 Yingwei
9 Marcus Lim
10 Daddy
11 Yide
12 Bengwee
13 Xixin
14 Kevin
15 Ai lian
16 Jaime
17 Cheryl
18 Zhaochen
19Chunhui
20Yuwen
21 Goh Fangying
22 Wili ( if you are reading it.. you better come this saturday! :P

Thank you so much every one. I love you guys and gals

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Self Esteem Vs Pride

2006-07-22T10:20:00.000-07:00

Hi there

I know ... i might at times make myself look funny to make my friends happy.At times i go to great length to help someone or to cheer someone up. I do all these with a purpose, to make the other party happy even if it's for a short while.

Pride is what that keeps me going. Be it my insurance work, my pride of quitting and losing face keeps me going despite the tough challenges. My sense of pride keeps me going in maintaining friendship with my friends.

And there... i tried my best to do something nice and sincere for one of my friend's birthday.Because i felt that the song really depicts her current situation well....

"当故事结束之后, 心也习惯一个人寂寞"

But again... maybe she is sensitive i dunno. but i thought i knew her long enough that such kind of sensitive things could be avoided. but it happened. She might not know what exactly happened over my side.

And for now.. i think i decided to don't talk to this friend for now. No point already. Why treat people so nice when they totally dun even appreciate what i did. Angry might i be, life still goes on.

Oh yah, it might be a misunderstanding after all. Let it be bah....

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

2006-07-06T02:38:00.000-07:00

Hi there

" Will you be there to drink kopi with me even when i can't afford a cup of kopi"

Will you drink just one cup of kopi with me? Often, accepting someone for whom he/she stands for and believe in is the highest form of friendship. Do you have friends that will stand by you no matter how bad or good times are? For those in relationships, will your partners stand by you when you plunge into the lowest point of your life?

Here i am .. at home typing my blog and while my army friends are "suffering" in their in camp training at Tanjong GuL Camp. The reason why i defer is that i am having my special semester during this period of time. Sorry folks.. anyway, i call Changjie that day and below is a sample of the telephone conversation... HAHA

Me " Hallo ...Changjie.. hows your in camp training ? shiok boh "

CJ " KAOS... cpl NG.. why are you not in camp? you know 2IC is looking for you.. he asking us where is cpl NG "

CJ hands phone to someone else

BT " HALLO!!!!! cpl NG right... #$%..... why you never come in camp?"

ME " Sir... i got lessons sir.. i applied for deferment already.. sir may i know who are you.. ?"

BT " me...i am ... hmm... captain LEONG lah.. u good huh .. never come for in camp "

ME " sorry sir... "

end......

DAMN funny.... only my army friends will understand what this means..

i love you guys !!

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

piano songs

2006-06-22T11:15:00.000-07:00

Hi there

My Industrial Attachment is finally over : ) . Currently on a special semester taking " interpersonal communciations" in NTU. quite a fun module as there are no exams, to add on . Taken it with 2 good friends. Went for a hall bbq on the last day of IA, i think my closest group of friends in ntu would be my hall friends liaos. and YEs.. i am steady abt going on a graduation trip with you all . If you are reading my blog, please response.. : )

YOu are .... 1 Charles 2 Wili 3 Huiling 4 Verina 5 Xinzhan 6 Weijie

Yes... lets go for a good trip together 1 year from now.. I love you all. ( friends love )

Would be going for a Bintan getaway with my aia colleagues in a few hours time. Will take this chance to chill out and to have fun at the same time. ( looking forward to play Go Kart ) though.

Had looked at 2 piece of piano scores recently. 1 is the 简简单单 by 林俊杰场. The other is 爱很简单 by 陶ze. Currently practising this 2 pieces. Once things are good. Finally after so MANY donkey years, i can fulfil my little dream of playing david tao songs myself... so "romantic" : P

Quote of the day " The Path to Success is to take Massive Determined Action ! "

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Huang Junxiong

It has been a while since i last wrote

2006-06-10T03:14:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Been quite packed with doing bits and pieces of things here and there. Industrial Attachment is drawing to an end and i must say that i am quite happy that all these will be ending. Next week is the last week and i got to move on from there. Nevertheless, some of the best things i learnt from my period in IA are

1 Patience... i am very very patient now

2 Know your outcome ... to effectively solve problems. it is very impt that one knows what is the end product/ result that you want

Moving on ... will be the special semester that i will be taking at NTU. The module is called interpersonal communciations. Been not gg back ntu for a long time . Next year will be my last year in ntu, i have to treasure every single moment of it. And yes.. i am afraid i might not live thru it ...

Had discussed with a good friend of mine. We both agreed and proven that good guys always dun get appreciated. Both of us had personal experiences in this and we think that it is wise to not be that nice to friends of the opposite gender. Often when we tried to show more concern to certain people, it ends ups that that people dun appreciate it and even take it for granted that it is something that we should be doing them a favour

I am not saying that i will be not helpful after this. But just that i will careful when i help friends of the opposite gender next time. I must admit that i often shortchange myself to the extent that i "overhelp" certain people. yup, i learnt my lesson. I will not be that helpful after all to that few people. no point.

ps : ek , wd ... you guys know what i am talking about ... :)

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Huang Junxiong

Call reluctance

2006-05-12T01:05:00.000-07:00

Hi there

There was this young man who was in a Guards Unit during his National Service days. He had a lot of friends in his unit. He had this platoon sgt who was a regular. This platoon sgt was stern and scolded this young man' section a lot.But behind the platoon sgt harsh words was a very kind intention to train this young man and his friends into fit soldiers.

Towards to the end of his NS days, An AIA insurance company trainer came down to the camp to give a talk. This young man found that being a life insurance man was a profitable yet meaningful job and so he signed up for the necessary exams to qualify.

Eventually he got contracted on 4th august 2003. Just 2 days after turning 21 on august 2nd. The reason that he could not get contracted on 2nd august was that it was a saturday and the office were not open. When this young man finally became a life insurance man, he started to look for friends and introduce them to the wonderful product known as life insurance. However his platoon sgt was not on the list as he was afraid of his platoon sgt as he was a very stern man. This young man felt that he could wait a while before selling him a protection life insurance plan.

1 month after this young man became a life insurance man. ...September 4th 2003.

His platoon sgt Died during a qualifying run for the RANGER course.

If only that young man was a bit more aggressive and sold a policy to his platoon sgt. At least he could make some difference. HE didnt.. because he was still scared when he initially joined.

This young man is me..........

Feeling sad but who can i tell to .......

Live With Passion ! ( and do things before u got no chance to do )
Huang Junxiong

Random THoughts

2006-05-06T09:33:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Met up with a good friend yesternight for a makan, she mention that 2 of her cousins got divorced. It really struck me as to why would a married man want to file for divorce when they have a child already. Maybe i am too " conservative " thinking person? But certainly, it reflects that the marriage was not that committed at all ? i mean we dont talk abt marriage, lets say a relationship is quite in fact quite a scared and deep thing. You have to face someone and communciate deeply with that person. Hushy Puppy love here?? nah... communciation and understanding is still the most impt key in a successful relationship. But again... past experiences tells me that bad guys are still more popular.. beats me too ???? any one know why?

Had read this very good book review article on sunday times a week back about the former CEO of KPMG.. Eugene O' Kelly who was one day dignosed by one of the top neurosurgeon in New York having terminal brain cancer. A man at the top of his career, suddenly having a 6 more months to live sentence given to him. Can we all live everyday of our life as if it is the last day ? having a mindset that we might be doing things or meeting someone for the last time and doing it with passion ?

Next.. to that 2 person who had been asking me why am i still single... ok the answer is... Dont ask me.. because i dunno what i want too ? HAHA.. case closed :) zip

Had been contemplating to go to hongkong for a solo holiday. Found out that 3D2N can get it for like $295 after tax. If add one more night maybe around $340 bahs... i think its really quite good and "romantic" to walk along the streets of hongkong... eg .. lady street. or to one person go to Victoria Peak at night and admiring the night scenary and at the same time enjoying solitude by myself.. HAHA. ... yah maybe i am a loner at times.. Anybody wwant to join me in this loner holiday? : P... take plane there together but dont meet there.. oops

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Huang Junxiong

I stick by what i say

2006-04-21T08:24:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Something happened recently. I say again, i stick by what i say. I might seem harsh to say that but i know what i am doing. It is for your own good. I just want to say that i live my life according to certain set of principles and one of them is i value close friends very dearly.

You might think i am harsh or i am stupid. BUt believe me, i do this because i value you too much. YEs i am angry, angry that how come after so long knowing each other, you still mind my profession and the kind of work that i do.

Thats all i have for now. The person who is reading this, Please read and forget . Dont leave any tags please. Those who dunno what i am talkign about, please dont ask. Bear is just complaining here .

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

picture at last

2006-04-01T05:12:00.000-08:00

Hi there .. Finally .. pictures on my blog : ) heres a picture from my shanghai trip

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Huang Junxiong

My heart beated so fast..

2006-03-25T05:52:00.000-08:00

Hi there

when you run and exhaust yourself, your heart starts to beat fast. When you are in a rush to go to work , you walk fast and you heart beat fasts too. When you see the person you have a crush on, your heart beats just like when you are jogging. The feeling is subtle but it happens.

My Singapore Biathlon is tomorrow but half day through today, my heart beated so fast that it seemed like i was in the midst of the biathlon. I was not jogging, I was not in a rush. I saw my crush .... the moment was magical... a type of breathless that makes u hard to swallow. An urge to say hi to her but dont have the courage. It happened 2 times already. And yet on both occasions, i regretted badly that i didnt went forward to say hi.

And yes... she was my crush. That magical moment ... And i am so blessed that she is a friend of mine already.

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

The Empty City Ruse

2006-03-14T05:08:00.000-08:00

Hi there

During his first Northern expedition, Zhuge Liang had to call for a retreat because his
main food supply was cut of by the mistake of a foolish general. He went to Xicheng with 5000 troops to remove stores and suddenly he heard news from scouts that Simi Yi is advancing with 150,000 troops to attack Xicheng. His officers were all shocked and didnt know what to do

At that moment, Zhuge Liang gave orders for the flags of the city to be removed. He then ordered the citydoor to be opened and asked a few soldiers to be dressed as civilians to sweep the floor outside the city. Zhuge Liang himself then sit on the citywall top and played the guzheng.

When Sima Yi arrived with his troops, he saw Zhuge Liang at the city wall top looking so calm and his guzheng music was peaceful. The city seems empty and the citywall were open. After a few minutes of pondering, Sima Yi gave orders for troops to retreat.

The above is a classic scene is the 3 kingdoms era. The highest form of preparation is having no preparation and backup plans. Remember, the empty city ruse can either give you tremendous leverage or it can leave you in utter defeat. Use it wisely in your personal life. It can be applied in a way or so.

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Swim Trial Cleared... now for the real thing

2006-03-03T21:30:00.000-08:00

Hi There

Went to SAFRA mount faber for my biathlon swim on monday. Finally on a second attempt at the trial, i passed!!! My timing is 37 mins 47 secs.. ( can try buying 4d..maybe will come out : ) ). Anyway, Mount Faber SAFRA is quite a nice place. Nice deco and sofas and a good swimming pool, the gym there is not bad too.

Though the swim trial is cleared, but there's still quite a lot of preparation to be done for the actual event. This is in terms of going for progressive jogs to build up the leg power and lungs capacity. Its good to join such events to tell oneself that health and fitness is afterall the most impt asset in life.

Went for a short swim at bedok swimming pool this morning followed by a jog to east coast park mac donalds then ihad breakfast. Cool... tiring but fun to do such " close to nature " activities once a weekend.

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Huang Junxiong

Working harder

2006-03-03T21:28:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Had recently went on a mini “slump” on my own side. Been feeling really negative about working and didn’t make any calls for 3 days in a row!!! And luckily after much self reflection and self talk, I had made a decision not to be lazy again and to walk my talk of my familiar slogan “ Live With Passion”

This mini “slump” had made me realize quite a few impt things and I think its appropriate to share this with everyone.

Fact 1 = We are all lazy people who love to procrastinate, and its hard to find a person who is absolutely committed to his own life and making it the best for himself in his own definations.

Fact 2 = If that’s the case, how come “successful” people are successful and “failures” are failures? Do note that successful does not mean financially rich, it can means other things such as being happy always, doing well in your work, contributing to the needy and etc. The answer is simple and it is only a one liner.

“ Successful People have found a way to do the things that failure don’t like to do.”

By default, all of us wants to become better and more “successful”. But few people will make a decision to do the things that you have to force and discipline yourself to do in order to get there!

To walk my own talk, I decide that I will force and discipline myself to do the following.

1 Exercise 3 times a week ( 30mins jog or 1km swim )
2 Read self improvement books for 30mins a day
3 Practise my appointments every night for 30 mins
4 Practise piano for 20mins a day.
5 Make 60 prospecting phone calls a week.

Live With Passion
Huang Junxiong

2006-02-09T00:35:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Got a KAI GONG ang bao from my supervisor the first day i return to work. It’s a TOTO ticket for this Friday draw For a grand prize of $10 million sing dollars. Just ask yourself, if you had bought and really won the grand prize of $10 million dollars. What will you do with the rest of your life and with the money? I thought and came up with a few possible outcomes

1 ) Buy a BMW and condo and stay there for life. Enjoy life and quit your current job

2 ) Give all to Charity and continue to work

3 ) Put the $10 million in a very safe investment vehicle and live on the interest for the rest of your life. Quit your job

4 ) Live extravagantly. Spend a lot. Go clubs and buy big cars . KEEP spending. And quit your job

I figured out that even if i won the TOTO and have so much money, i wont be happy at all. This is unheard of but the real reason for the pursuit of wealth/rich is not wanting the money at ALL. We want to become rich because of certain feeling it is going to give us. If i have 10 million today, i wont be happy because this is a windfall and i won’t develop the kind of confidence and ability in the process. A list of example of feelings associated are

1 pride 2 achievement 3 happiness 4 being noticed

Remember that money is just a by product of doing the things that you enjoying doing. It should not be the main motivating factor though making the bread and butter is important too. Lets work hard for the $$$ but do remember that what we are after is not the stack of $$$ but rather what kind of self growth we will acquire in the process. Challenge me on that, nobody around here wants money for the sake of wanting it .

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Why must she leave???

2006-01-31T03:53:00.000-08:00

Hi there

I seldom write about my family but because of the significance of this event, i think i ought to pen it down here. A couple of weeks ago, sister ( elder ) told me that she is applying for a job in US as a quantity surveyor. I felt that it was good for her as she always complain that her current company is redundant and no more space for career advancment.

I slept at 12 last night and as i was about to fall asleep, i overheard a conversation btn sister and parents. Sister told parents that her job in US was approved and wanted to seek their approval. Thats the fix... being parents it is very understandable that there is a certain sense of " bu she de " to let your own daughter go work overseas and etc. A argument soon broke out with dad saying that a girl should not go overseas and that earning more $$$ is not that impt.

I kind of disagree with dad because i felt that he is imposing his " model of the world " upon sister and restricting her in a way. he went on to start a reasoning of why sister should not go overseas. As i heard in lying on my own bed, my eyes got wet as i just could not understand why dad is like that.It is not very nice to mention the reasons he gave and i shall not do it here. All the while when sister was growing up, dad had been treating her very nice.

A saying in love goes something like " If you love her enough, you gotta let her go". This is the same for the situation now. Sister said that she would not be going for a long period of time, just about 2 years work there and gain enough experience. I agree with that.

About 10 years ago, mum went fortune telling with sister and the fortune teller told mum that she will pass away with one of her child not by her side at her death bed... When sister first told me about her US job, i raised this to her and she gave a thought about it too. I just pray hard that 2 years will pass very fast and sister will be back and can " pei" family.

A bit on the religion side, the reason why i am a free thinker is that deep inside me i havea belief that my own thoughts and actions can help me to a great extent manage my life. My reasoning is that unless a crisis happens to me such as the pervious paragraph, then i will start to turn to religion and commit my life to believing in it. Beliving in a religion is not childs play, it is not just going to church every sunday or offering incense to the buddhist statue at home. It is more than that, when you believe in a religion, your whole life has to be tuned to it and certain aspects have to be devoted to it.

Ok if sister really goes to the states, i have to spend more time with my family. Because if sister is not around, there will be less chances for parents to see us. I MUST spend one night at home spending quality time with parents when sister is over at the states. This means not staying in my room and coming to the living room to watch tv with parents. This is basic but essential. I must also bring parents to nice places to eat, cause it has been sister doing it all the while.Lastly i also MUSt let parents know that i am doing well as a life insurance agent, cause all the while parents had not been supportive in my career choice as a life insurance agent instead of a engineer. I am still young but due to certain conditions in my life , it is good that i learn to mature much faster and think more for my own future.

Yes Mum and Dad, i love you.

Live With Passion
Huang Junxiong

3 in 1 Supercoffee Mix

2006-01-23T16:50:00.000-08:00

Hi there

A good cup of instant coffee mix has all the 3 ingredients mixed into one. Coffee, sugar and Milk. When you just open a packet of instant coffee mix and pour it with hot water, you get coffee immediately : )
I had recently started an initiative with 2 of my buddy friends, Guoyan and Engkiat. Similar to a 3 in 1 coffee mix, we are leveraging on each other. The idea is a sharing session on a regular basis on finance and investment related topic. What happens is the each of us will go and do research on a selected investment or finance topic and do a detailed presentation in eg powerpoint to all of us. This is especially good as in 3 sessions, all of us can gain "3 persons knowledge" even though we had only read up on a selected topic.

On the other side, had just fninished my 3rd piano lesson last night. I believe that in life we must have no regrets. Such that if there's things we want to do, just do it. Had been wanting to learn piano for a long time. Basically now i am learning the basics of melodies and chords. One of the main challenge is to be able to coordinate left and right hand playing of a song.My goal is that by june i will be able to at least play a proper song. HAHA if i really is able to do so, my first song will be " tian tian " by david tao. No worries, i will record it and make it available for download on my blog one. so do look forward guys : )

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Industrial Attachment at Panasonic Refrigeration

2006-01-19T23:03:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Today is the 5th day of my Industrial Attachment. Basically i am attached to Purchasing Dept of Panasonic and my job scope involves IPO ( international procurement ). Explain a bit here, the main equipment of a fridge is the compressor, and the compressor is made up of a lot of parts. At least now i can say i know roughly how a fridge works already.

My dept is full of interesting people. There is this uncle call Richard who is my direct in charge. A man in his middle 40s, he is still full of energy and has the unique ability to crack funny jokes when in the midst of a serious meeting

Another person worth mentioning is my direct IA supervisor aka Mr Phua. A tall and lanky married man in early 40s. On my 2nd day of IA, he actually gave me and my fren a half hour lecture on how to woo girls in the most subtle way .

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

melody of events

2006-01-09T05:19:00.000-08:00

Been a long time since I last updated on my blog . Yah the series of gatherings and celebrations are finally over. HAHA what a joy was it mans. Especially worth mentioning was the army Christmas eve outing to my home. 14 of us, and somehow it feels like more of a Chinese New Year dinner cause we had steamboat you see. HAHA, the night was fun with guest appearances by Mr LEONG BAN TECK with his girlfriend candy.

HAHA talking about ban teck, he’s my so called nemesis in army lah. Cause we somehow can find very small matters to “kaopei” to each other and enjoy the process. And it’s a very family setting mah, cause its not like we eat in marina square or something. And half way thru the steamboat we ran out of ice and softdrinks and I rushed down to the nearby kopi tiam to buy some. On my way back and while climbing up the stairs, I could hear the loud laughters from my house. So happening, so memorable.

A bit more .. oh yah.. recently my AIA boss Winnie had this scanning job assignment for 2 days and she asked me to go find one of my friends to help out and at the same time my friend can earn some extra bucks also. Tried asking around and finally zhi qiang said ok to take up the 2 days assignment. Cause previously he was telling me that if my AIA office got any part time assignment can tell him about it.

Till I update again, I will be starting my industrial attachment from 16jan onwards. Panasonic Refrigeration : )

Live WIth Passion
Huang Junxiong

updates......

2005-12-23T05:29:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Christmas is around the corner and the week ahead is filled with gatherings, celebrations and meeting up with friends . Here are a summary of the things that happened and the things that are going to happen. And yes, I love being with people.

1 19 Dec(Monday) = met my penpal for a mini early xmas dinner. Thai Express at Esplanade, food is not bad lah. Though I find the table a bit small though??. But a bit off leh… she didn’t buy anything for me from London… alamak ar….HAHA joking lah. Lao peng you liao..

2 22 Dec( Thursday)= Hostel outing with friends at Exelsis Hotel. We ate dim sum buffet and after that went to SUNTEC eng wah to watch “ the adventures of Narnia” The whole outing was fun as I had not seem them for a long time. Presents was exchanged and lots of catching up was done between us. And yah.. Jovan is attached!!

3 23 Dec ( Friday ) = Insurance Agency potluck celebration in office. Good food, had a chance to eat Mark’s mum cooked pineapple rice which was so nice mans. Not to mention Yvonne one year old son was there, ( Ethan ) HE is so so so cute. Got a good present here.

The above mentioned stuffs happen already lah…

( Haven happen events )

1 24 Dec ( Saturday ) = who else.. my group of “been thru shit” and 2 years of my life was spent with them. 3 Guards unit friend. Those who are coming are Changjie, Zhi Qiang, BoonKiat, Hong Shin, Ban Teck, Guohui, Shahril, Farid, Zhenye. Would be dishing up steamboat for them and great fun is expected here. There are not an ordinary group of friends I have. I treasure them a lot. HEHE. Who else can I so directly talk to and do not worry that say wrong thing right. YEAH

2 25 Dec ( Sunday) = OFF DAY… everyday outing also shag right.. OFF DAY!!!! Will be meeting my “ KOPI GANG “ bahs. Guoyan, eng kiat and ruihao here.

3 26 Dec ( Monday ) = my MAE friends will be coming over to my place for some of my own cooked food.. HAHAHA better dun vomit hor. Yah, it’s a bit sad that the whole part of them could not be here due to various reasons. But its going to be a fun lot 6 of us having fun.

4 31 Dec= My JC class will be coming to my place for potluck. Yeah, been half a year since we last met up. Its amazing that we all keep in contact after so long.

December is a tiring month. So many outing to RUN. HEHE and yes. I really love being around with people.

Live With Passion
Huang Junxiong

afterthoughts

2005-12-16T06:45:00.000-08:00

Hi there

i think theres a lot of things or factors that i can't control. But i know that if i direct my mind and focus on doing the things that should had be done! I will get there.i wont be disheartened by small setbacks or even people that should be supportive of me and they themselves even doubt i can do it. To my blog readers here, i will get this shit done by july and give those people a mental slap.

Also , can those idiots please stop saying that it cant be done!! you guys are not reading my blog i know! cause i never give u all my add. i need to manage my emotions better.

DARN IT...... i had enough. i am not going to try to do 2 things at one time and risk not being able to do the more impt thing that needs to be done! so conclusion

FOCUS ON ONE THING AT A TIME!!!!

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong ( DAMN IT )

I found the perfect girl......but...

2005-12-09T21:53:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Yes i am back from shanghai and will update a bit on my happenings over there. Anyway i heard this very good story over at shanghai from a book and here it goes.

There was once this guy who wanted to find the perfect girl to be her girlfriend. He was very sure that he could one day find her and started to find very hard from junior college. He joined the most happening eca in hall, went to lots of socialising events, joined hostel activities during uni, went to SDU for speed dating. However, hard as he tried he was still lonely and single till old age.

One day, ( this was when that guy was about 60 years old) his good friend asked him

" Hey Tom, you tried so hard all these years to find your perfect girl. I am sure you found her right"

As his friend mentioned this, tears welled up in Tom's eyes as he replied the following sentence.

" YEs... i found her during my university days.... but the thing was that.. she told me she was looking for the perfect guy too "

This story made me realise that nobody is perfect is this world. Are you constantly looking for the one and complaining that he/she had not came yet.. think ... think hard my friend.

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Living my own life according to the final analysis

2005-11-29T20:41:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Dear blog readers i will be going to shanghai for a short holidays from 2 to 10 dec with my family. For the loyal blog readers, be assured that i will get something for you guys over shanghai. Really looking forward to meeting all of you when i am back from shanghai. Meanwhile i just want to tell you guys that i love you ( as a friend , me no gay ). Life is too uncertain liao, better say i love you to friends before i can't.

Maybe another point to clarify. I live my life according to a set of rules which is known as " the final analysis " written by mother teresa quite some time back. Maybe its appropiate that i shall post part of the poem here on my blog again.

" People are often unreasonable, illogical and self- centered. Forgive them anyway"

" If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Be kind anyway"

"The good you do today. People might just forget tomorrow. do good anyway"

" You see in the final analysis, it is between you and god. It was never between you and them anyway"

Rule number one is human relations " make the other party feel very important" Recently i had never felt so insignificant to one of my friends" As a result i blew my top and went to tell my other fren about what happened.i want to say sorry about what happened as this is not the way i handle things normally. One day.. my friend will know that my name is junxiong "

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Katrina

2005-11-29T07:34:00.000-08:00

Hi All

This song is title " Katrina " written by David Tao quite some time back..... so nice .. so meaningful.. totally describe how i am feeling currently. Enjoy it my friends :)

Katrina I cant stop looking in your eyes but my words dont come out straight
I dont know what to say .
On monday I tell myself you gotta wait Dave,
Don't rush it, Don't anticipate, take it slowly.
It's ok, It's ok.

And I just want a chance to know you to know the woman deep inside,

Yeah yeah (and) I don't wanna look back on life to see this missed opportunity
Yeah yeah (to get to know you)
Even at the risk of looking like a fool to you,
On wednesday I casually walk on by to find that you're not there,
I act like I dont care.
But on Friday I catch a glimpse of you I tell myself don't hesitate,
You just walk up and say hello! say hello!

And I just want a chance to know you to know the woman deep inside,
Yeah yeah (and) I dont wanna look back on life to see this missed opportunity.
Yeah yeah (to get to know you) even at the risk of looking like a fool to you

I just want a chance to know you to know the love you have inside,
Yeah yeah (and) i dont wanna look back on life to see this missed opportunity.
Yeah yeah even at the risk of looking like a fool to you.
Katrina will I ever know your heart

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

What a sad day~~

2005-11-24T23:13:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Today is the last day of my exams and like any other typical undergraduate, i should be very happy and excited. Instead, i am sad.. infact i am extremely sad about the whole thing. Now as i am sitting in my hostel room waiting for my dad to come and drive me back cause i got lots of stuffs to bring back, i sit in a half empty room pondering over a lot of things.

My dear hall friends, i will be missing you all a lot. Hugs and kisses.. Year 4 that time i will surely come back hall to jio you all for dinner. Take care :)

This post is for you all.

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

I visit the doctor today part 2

2005-11-24T22:41:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Have you ever went to see a doctor and he said he was not ready and asked you to go and die ?? OF COURSE NOT RIGHT… my previous blog was just an analogy though quite a few of my friends really thought that I visited such a doctor. One even suggested that I could lodge a complain to the medical association or something.

You see my friends… There is no doctor in this world who will say he is not ready to TREAT YOU. GET IT??? No Doctor will say the above line too …

“ Mr XXX, I think you got a flu.. I am not sure whether you will recover but probably these pills will make you recover. You might get better, you might get worst if u take it. I am just making a guess”

In whatever you do , you have to be ready and have self confidence. For example, you have to be very ready when you take the exams. When you work, you have to make sure that you are ready to handle any things that might surface. If you want to woo a gal, you have to be ready in all aspects. ( you know lah .. : ) ) This is so real, having the opportunity to work while I study now, I realize that nothing happens by chance. You have to be prepared to the fullest. A quote goes

“ The person at the top of the mountain did not fall down there.”

If you are a “doctor” and treating patients is your “life”. Are you prepared and ready to take on patients anytime to the best of your ability. And if your life is a boardgame, are you ready to play it or it is just slipping by??? Another Quote goes …

“ Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

I went to see the doctor today

2005-11-18T00:51:00.000-08:00

Hi there

I had a fever last night and i went to see the doctor.I waited a while for my turn.When i sat down infront of the doctor and told him i had a fever, he told me the above line...

" Mr Huang .. i am not ready today to treat you. Why don't you just go and die ? "

Hearing what the doctor had said, i was utterly shocked and had no choice but to leave the clinic and went back home still having the fever i had .

Does any one knows what i am trying to convey in this post? What's the morale of the story??? think hard my friend... i will explain it in my next post

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Hostel Life Memories

2005-11-10T17:51:00.000-08:00

Hi There

15 more days and my 2.5 years of hostel life will be "officially" over. As i talk to my hall friends these days, suddenly i realise its really all drawing to a close. Just like how i strongly held my "theory" that Life is like a linear line heading towards death, Everyday we live, every things we do, we are just another step closer to death.Nobody escapes it but yet nobody wants to talk about it.

Loads of memories of my hostel life roams me now. Still remember the first day of orientation, the stupid games and my room mate ( waiseng ). Then there was the forming of the block 19 family clique which consists of characters like Laoye, Missy, Maid. Gardener, Play Boy, Play Boy right hand man and etc. So fun :) . I Spent 5 exams in hostel. during year 1 , we studied at Canteen B, then it became the south spine "infamous" study benches. I also spent singnificant part of my time at tutorial room 65, block 19 study room and presently now... Lee Wee Num library. Our clique had outings, birthday celebrations and jogging sessions all together. I miss all the chit chat sessions in hall friends room. All the gossips and crapping, it makes me feel that Life should not be so serious after all.

As year 4 and graduation draws near, deciding to not stay in in hall is what i had decided. ( only my diary knows why .. ) As i finally get out of my own " shelf " and embark on the things i should had done 1 year back, i know this decision is for a purpose greater than myself. Thats why i had choose it.

On a concluding remark, life is akin to a boat in the sea with the harbour being death. Every distance travelled is just closer to the "harbour". Sounds morbid but why not you believe in this for just one day my friend ?? trust me... it works and gives you clarity on your thoughts :) For example, if i know i am going to die tonight, i will stay in lee wee num and study like mad.. if i knpw i am going to die tonight.. i will talk to my friends during lunch with such passion and love that i will make them feel really appreciated.. if i know i am going to die tonight.. i will jog around ntu with all my might..to give my lungs a good workout. If only i know...

Live With Passion ! ( cause you never know )

Huang Junxiong

10 Days mental challenge

2005-11-07T16:45:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Unexpectably 3 papers had passed since the beginning of my exams. Had this paper called engineering design yesterday.Would say that it is a " test how fast you can write " kind of paper. Its 2 hours and whether you get a A B or C depends on how much you can translate what you learnt into the answer sheet. Well.. come to think of it, isn't all ntu engine' paper all like that ? HAHA.. Had lunch with the click of MAE friends after the paper and i went to Jurong Point to buy some fruits after that. Came back to LWN lib to mug after that but i must admit the mugging was not that productive afterall.

What is the 10days mental challenge?? Read about this from teh book "Awaken The Giant Within" by Tony Robbins quite some time back and i actually went to take part in this 10 days challenge myself. Just like you want to take part in a 10 days slimming regime where you will eat healthy food and exercise more. The 10 days mental challenge is " slimming" for the mind. Here is how it goes...

10 Days Mental Challenge

For the next consecutive days of your life,make it a point to refuse to dwell on any negative thoughts emotions or behaviour.This means that you can't complain about things, sigh, talk with friends how bad things are and etc. Nothing negative or disempowering is suppose to go into your mind.

Should you experience a negative thought, do not dwell on it for more than 5 mins and ask yourself some effective questions. Eg " whats so great about this problem?" ... "How can I solve this and even enjoy the process?". Another point is that, should your negative thought last more than 5 mins. The whole thing will reset from Day 1 again!!!

This sounds simple but it is definately not EASY at all. For example, while you are now revising for the exams and feel very lost ( this is an emotion ) . Ask yourself whats so great about this problem and how can i overcome it ( go ask fren how to do.. mug more )

If One can go through this 10 days mental challenge, we will realise that a very strong set of mental habits are formed and our mind are trained after 10 days of conditioning to solve problems and not dwell on things. Talk is cheap and i strongly recommend you go and try it out yourself : )

First Paper Down

2005-11-03T21:07:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Right now i am seated in the comfort of our dear " LEE WEE NUM " library. Just finished my second paper " Heat Transfer" and i think the paper would be ok lah, as in wont " ta bao " kind. Would be celebrating Charles birthday later.

Had been really happy recently over "something" .. HAHA as again... my devoted dear blog readers will know whats happening right ... ( ek ) Thanks to Charles, he gave me such a wonderful and workable suggestion last night when we were in our room studying hard for our heat transfer. Yeah..... ": )

Back to reality. Will be organising a few gatherings which will take place after the exams. Namely, there are ....

1 Army Unit Platoon outing ..its a group of about 14 guys of us, very good friends back in our guards days. Everytime we meet up, we have endless things to talk about : ) cheerios

2 MAE lecture click outing .. a group of good friends whom i knew this semester while having lectures. Most prob it will be a sentosa whole day kind of play at the beach outing. The hidden objective is to resolve some "issues" among "something" and i hope that i can let one of my more " gum" friend to learn to let go over it.

3 NEW HALL BBQ ... we are shifting hall and to commerate it. We will be having a BBQ at the new hall mans... hurrays..... come on everybardy!!!This will be a very important gathering for me also as i had made up my mind not to stay in hall during year 4 and this is kind of a " last "

As the AIA financial work year draws to a close, i must admit that i know i am still not giving in my best in this job yet. It sucks to know but year 2006 will be better. With the implentation of my personal brocheure and my e-newletter, year 2006 will be much better with a tried and tested prospecting system : )

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Shocking News on Channel U

2005-10-26T10:34:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Was watching the news on tv this evening and it beats me to hear this news. Unbelievable!!!

There’s a China couple whose son was diagnose with leukemia. In an attempt to save their only son life, they spent ALL of their savings for the medical costs and treatment. They were not rich people and they came to a point that their savings were all drained out from it.

The dad thought there was no way out and he spend his last $2 RMB at a town side stall buying a “ TOTO “ ticket of his son’s birthday day , month , year , hospital level, and ward number. A few days later, what was thought impossible happened!!!! That “TOTO” ticket actually struck the top prize of $1 million equivalent Singapore dollars. And the numbers are exactly the same numbers the dad BOUGHT!!!!

The news didn’t mention much onwards but I guess the $1 million came as a life savior for this small China family. That $1 million would had been able to give the song the best treatment to save his life.

Do you believe such a thing can happen in this world? Do you believe that there is a higher being up there, ready to help us when we are at our wits end?

Quote “ I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have”

Quote “ Alway expect miracles, because you are one!”

I personally believe that so long you put your best in what you want to do. Luck will just follow.

And yes! How I wish I can wake up tomorrow morning with all my semester exam papers with solutions all laid out in front of me! Hehehe… I dun want one million. Just 5 sets of exams papers can liao :)

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Lee Wee Num Library

2005-10-25T00:47:00.000-07:00

Hi there

spent almost 7 hours plus in the same seat in Lee Wee Num library. It had been a day of studying... mp3002 and completing the tutorials..This semester is unlike last semester where i had XXX to study with..( refer to my previous few posts ) and somehow this sem am on my own study kind. My plan will be to study in the morning at lee wee num or any aircon place. then will go back hall for dinner with my hall friends and hit canteen b to study at night. A bit no life i know.

Been walking around school and i hardly see any people who is totally happy excited and aplomb in his/her walking. What i see are sulken face and depressed " discussion", and it beats me that people actually want to compare how lagging they are in their school work. Its really very interesting to note that.

" ohh.. you are at past year papers.. ohh i am worse.. i am just at tutorial 2. " is a typical example of such a conversation.

Many a times, we do not realise by simply changing the way we move our body and the way we speak, we instantlly change our results.Even though we are now totally depressed about the BIG exams coming, if we sit upright and smile and walking around smiling. Its hard to be depressed anymore. Do you get it?? The brain can't tell whats real and whats not real?ok... so step one..... smile and be in a happy, excited and passioanate body posture when you are revising for the exams : )

Good luck folks :)

plus = changjie , i know you are quite stress now. dont worry.. i still own u 2 treats of fish and co leh........ haha

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Man's search for meaning

2005-10-19T00:29:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Read this book quite some time ago. Its kind of abstract but certainly there's something that we can learn in this book.The title is " Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Viktor was a phychiatrist back in the 1950s. During the world war 2, Viktor was "fortunate" enough to be imprisoned in a few Nazis concentration for 5 years.

During that 5 years, Viktor observed what was it in the 1 out of 25 people in the concentration camps that managed to live and while the other rest choose to just die.After much observation, he came up with this conclusion that all the people who survived the 5 years of torture in the concentration had something all in common.He discovered that all the people who survived the 5 years found that their life had a meaning and a purpose.Some examples would be some prisoners actually got imagine themselves hearing sounds of children playing outside the camp. This gave them a strong will to survive the torture and to make it alive out to reunite with their families.

Eventually he formed a school of thought known as logotherapy and its primary teachings was that all human beings need to find a meaning to live and purpose to serve in this world.Ironically this school of thought is in direct conflict with the works of Sigmund Freud( father of pschoanalysis) who taught that all human beings need to satisfy their unconscious desires ( sexual and urges ) to keep on living.

So how does this apply to us? For me its now the exams period and i must admit i get really lost at times. If i apply what i wrote to myself, my purpose to study is to get a degree for my parents ( as in the seeing them happy part ) So no matter how hard the papers and how rough things will be, i know that whats my purpose to be here. For my work side, my purpose is to set up the trust fund thingy and to see that something can live on. And that alone is enough for me to work my whole life towards relentlesstly and to keep myself motivated.

I have a copy of this book with me. If anybody wants to read, just drop me an sms or msg bah
Cheers....

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

A funeral setting up below my block

2005-10-14T01:33:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Today is friday and as i was walking back home from meeting a client in Tampines. I could not help by notice a funeral being set up below my block. Il am not sure who the deceased is but most probably i wont know the person.Had walked past funerals below HDB blocks and today i shall express my thoughts openly.

I am not unfilial but i know it has to come one day. ONe day my dear parents will cease to live and i want to be prepared for it ( mentally and emotionally). And one day, i will cease to live and become a thing of the past in singapore also.I know that no matter how hard i train to keep my health and fitness, i can never live long enough to witness my own funeral.

During my secondary school days, one of my teacher told me that in life " the only constant thing is change" i also believe that the only certain event in life is death. We are all going to die one day, no matter how rich , poor, handsome, clever you are. It is definately going to happen.

If i can plan, i want my funeral to be a sad event.

I heart a quote that goes " when you born you cry and everyone around you smile. when you die, you smile and everyone around you cry."I had been thinking, what if i die suddenly and how can i inform the people i want to inform???Can someone suggest a method besides putting up a obituary?

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

why all of us seem so lost at times?

2005-10-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

Hi there

The exams is just round the corner. Could feel the tension as i walk around in school. Be it design project, unfinished tutorials and attempt in chasing a ger ( you know who you are :P ) . At times all of us seemed so lost, isn't it???On my work side, i had seen colleagues feeling " kan cheong" for not being able to meet a quota or something. Suddenly it seemed that everyone around me is depressed?

Recently i had an interesting conversation with a friend who is attempting to chase a girl.We are very close friends and naturally he trusted me a lot and the rapport is there.Half way through the conversation, i asked him this question

" XXX, what does having a girl friend means to you?"

He was stuck for a moment, obviously deep in thoughts over my this question. He replied, i want someone to be with me. I asked him AGAIN...

" ohh.. so XXX why is having someone to be with you so important to you?"

He didnt realise what i was doing to him ( chunking up in NLP) and he answered something like " its a sense of pride to have a gf"

I asked one more time but in a different way" XXX so for what purpose does this pride serve?"

I continued to slowly questioned him for a while more. Different answers came out... pride... not want to be lonely..someone to talk to...feel shiok.... BUt eventually the common reason i found out was that all he wanted to have a girlfriend for was to feel more " not lonely"
It is interesting that although my that friend wanted a gf badly... but the real reason he wanted a gf was not because he wanted a girlfriend. The real reason was simply, he didnt want to feel lonely.

Do you get it??? we do not study so hard for a degree because we want that piece of paper... ( for me is to make my mum happy that her son is a uni grad, and i am not sure whats your purpose and reason for studying uni ) and all of us work so hard not really for the money. but rather what the money can give us ... its a certain kind of feeling that we are going after. ( For me .. working hard as an insurance agent means that i am independant and a certain sense of pride to work while i study).

A simple exercise here. Try asking yourself this few questions everyday when you wake up.

" What am i happy about my life right now? How can i be more happy today?"

" What am i grateful about my life right now? How can i be more grateful today

" What am i passionate about my life right now? What drives me?"

" Who do i love? who loves me? How can i show more love to the people around me today?"

Try asking yourself this questionand come up with 2 answers for each of the question for the next 5 days everyday when you wake up and before you go brush your teeth. I can GUARANTEE that you will feel totally happy. grateful, passionate and loving about your LIFE. Its so empowering, Try it mans :)

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

What a quote

2005-10-06T18:35:00.000-07:00

Hi there

went to toastmasters meeting on tuesday and this meeting was super long. It stretched till 1130pm. This means that i effectively spent 15 hours in ntu!!! ( 830am till 1130pm) and i took my breakfast, lunch and dinner all in Canteen A.. duhs~~Ok back to main topic.. one of my toastmasters friend gave a speech about " what matters most " and through out his speech, he used very beautiful quotations that really had an impact on me. So here it goes : )

" When you give someone your time, you are giving him a part of your life"

If we subscribe to buddhism thoughts, we must recognise the fact that once we are born into this world. We begin our journey towards death, which is inevitable. Every lecture we attend,people we met, movie we watched, its all just another step closer to death. IF we acknowledge this fact, then the quote above totally make sense.When i meet up with someone, i am infact giving that person a part of my life because my time is finite.This quote is just so meaningful.

" I value you enough to give you some of my time"

" All of us wants to go to Heaven. But nobody wants to get there by dying"

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

How did the Nobel Prize came about?

2005-09-29T20:28:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Been not updating for a long time. Would like to share this real story of how the Nobel Prize came about. Shared this with my hall friends at canteen b last night.Its really thought provoking and here it goes...

The Nobel prize is a world famous endowment which was used as awards for people whose work most benefited humanity. This is more well known as the Nobel Peace Prize and people like Mother Teresa had won it before.

It goes like that. This Alfred Nobel is an inventor cum business man who invented the dynamite. Before this dynamite was invented, there were not explosives around yet. So after Alfred Nobel invented it, it became possible to kill a lot of peopleby just using dynamite!!!. As a result, Alfred Nobel became extremely rich as a result.

The turning point in Alfred's life came one day when his brother passed away suddenly.And during that point of time, the news reporter made a mistake and thought that Alfred Nobel passed away instead. So one fine day when Alfred Nobel was reading the papers he read upon his own "wrong oblituary" and the heading of his oblituarygoes like this.

" The great industrialist who became very rich by helping people kill each other on a MASSIVE scale by inventing the dynamite"

Alfred was disturbed...that was a wrong ad... BUT it suddenly dawned upon him what he had been doing all these years and it shocked him that people actually remembered in THAT way...as someone who got rich by helping people kill faster!!. This was the turning point of alfreds life and he was committed to being remembered for something greater. Thus, the nobel prize was born.

Today Alfred Nobel is remembered as someone who has benefitted mankind by the implmentation of his Nobel Prize. Bringing it back to perspective, what do you want to be remembered for? Are we doing things that seemed impt but in real life it is not impt at all.. and are we conscientiously trying to make a difference to people around us?

My Darkest Secret....

2005-09-19T07:56:00.000-07:00

Hi there

I must admit.. i have this dark secret/bad habit that few of my friends are aware of. And in fact only people who had slept with me in the same room will know this. I had been doing this almost every night for as long as i am aware of it and i am ashamed of it. I can't control it as it just happens every night when i fall asleep.Can someone help me? Can i see a doctor for this???

For my that "few" friends who slept with me in the same room before. They were all shocked when they first saw me do this when i fell asleep. But over time they learnt to accept it as part of me.

My darkest secret is............

...............

I just have no guts to admit this on my blog.. Go ask those "few" people who slept with me in the same room before lah :P ( Its true and i didnt make it up by the way )

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

snow wolf lake..

2005-09-18T07:04:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Was over at snow wolf lake at its first show in Singapore indoor stadium. Was a bit kiasu and I arrived like 730pm and waited till 830pm before the musical actually started. Somehow it’s a totally different experience listening to just that music cd and watching the musical live. So romantic… so magical……..HAHA and I went with a guy.

Well, the guy I went with is non other than my long time buddy. MR YEO ENG KIAT… tata, had went with the previous 2 jacky cheung concerts with him too. I guess for such concerts must really ask people who appreciate it and both can enjoy as well mah.

Was like totally mesmerised with the music and singing through out the night and i was like kind of trying to revert back to the cantonese version and actually realise that the lyrics of the songs are very nicely worded and meaningful kinda

wolf had found his snow

bear havent found mrs bear

heck it lah!! work hard .. .. study hard.. jog hard... read hard...

" Work Study Jog Read "

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

conversations with a kid

2005-09-11T22:12:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Was over at the NATAS holiday fair doing my roadshow at our AIA booth promoting travel insurance and savings plan.At the end of the second day, i saw this about 4 year old young boy holding a aeroplane shaped balloon kind of thing. Being the type of person who displays a natural affinity towards kids, I squat down and talked to him.

" Hi my name is locus, what is your name ?"

Feeling quite surprised, i replied" Oh hi my name is junxiong"

" My best friend is kaiping, do you know him?"

At this point of time, i am really lost for words. The question he asked me was so kiddish and innocent that i was really stunned. I guess i had not heard such a question for years already. I mean which 23 year old person will tell someone who is his best friend .. HEHE..
The rest of the conversation was me trying to trick him into exchanging my balloon with his aeroplane toy, which i appraently failed :P

I love kids : )

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Huang Junxiong

Look Back No More

2005-09-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Nobody understands what i am saying here.... I am looking back no more! Nothing can change my mind once more. Lessons learnt, Never Hurt a Leo's Pride!!!

Conclusion

" Operation B H " is a success ....

It is amazing an event that used to affect me so much has no associations to me right now...

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Huang Junxiong

It is Coming !!!

2005-08-25T10:04:00.000-07:00

Hi there

I sense it coming again........ the relentless academic semester. Things are forming up. Career benefit to hit, Tutorials and projects to be done, Family to show love and concern to, Health and fitness to be maintained. It sounds daunting but i have to do this again.

BEAR will focus on the top most priority things for the next 3 months ahead.

1 FAMILY/FRIENDS 2 STUDIES/WORK 3 HEALTH

Only these 3 things, anything else spend on non related to the above are a waste of my precious time. Push on bear, the zoo can't take care of you forever !

"If you have a second chance in life, you got to play all out ! "

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

Thoughts on Human Relations

2005-08-21T08:41:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Been meeting up with some friends who are now on "industry attachment" and the common response from them is that when you work in a real company. The most important thing is not knowledge but human relations, a topic that is seldom taught in schools...

In my own views, human relations is a complicated topic. The best book i can recommend to read to learn more about this field is a book by Dale Carniege " How To Win Friends and Influence People" 50 Years of compressed knowledge all in this book. So good yet i wonder how many people actually read it?

Had been adhering to this poem which i posted some time back. Just going to extract a few more important lines from the poem.

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. "

Seems easy and simple? Is it possible for one of us to live our life like this??

Meanwhile, the weekend was well spent with swimming on friday afternoon and cycling on saturday at east coast park. Need to work out real more to get my fitness back. :)

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Huang Junxiong

Career Benefit...

2005-08-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Been a while since i last wrote here. Maybe today i will write something about my work ( as usual :P )

Ok the thing is that in AIA, there is this thing call the career benefit. Its a monthly cash amount given out to agents who fulfill certain levels of production. And this career benefit is on top of the active commissions, personal accidents plan renewals, life policies renewals, and bonus that we earn.

I have until the end of the year to hit my career benefit. The company minimum requirnment is cleared already. Next is the career benefit. I have about 16 life cases to submit more. and about $10,000 of life premiums to submit. It means i have to submit by the end of the year, 16 life cases with a total premiums of $10,000. The premiums is not a problem. But more of concern is the number of cases i have to submit. My average case size is about $2000 and roughly thats why it might be a problem considering i am studying and have limited time to prospect people. BUT enough of all these explaination, as always just like my " crisis" last october, i will find a way to clear this career quota.

After some calculation. i figured out that if i dont hit my career benefit by end of 2005. I would be missing out about $17,000 a year of career benefit to be paid out in the year 2007. A bit technical here, but career benefit is paid out 2 years after you hit it. ( can't explain it ).

Maybe you might find that i am very money minded and greedy here, but the point is........... if the career benefit is free and give by the company. WHY NOT???????

I better get back to basics. Start making the calls....

Meanwhile i need to let everyone know that i am losing my energy( in terms of physical alertness ) ...... dunno why too..................

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

My birthday

2005-08-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

Hi there

My birthday just passed : ) Its on tuesday....... 2nd August. Just a rough recap of what happenend on that day and the day before.

1st August = Had lessons till 530pm and went down to suntec convention city for the steamboat buffet with my army friends. 12 of us.... IT was great fun chit chatting and crapping as we enjoyed the food there. Not a wide selection of food but nevetheless its still not bad lah.Really enjoy the company of my army friends.. endless suaning and fun:) Also to mention is zhenye who had a make over :) .. the outing ended with a surprise cake cutting. Yeah... went back to hall after that and was really tired and went to sleep at arounr 12midnight....... a couple of minutes into my sleep, i was woke up by heavy door knocking and it turned out to be a surprise bday celebration by my hall friends... they bought a cake too....... hehe so i had 2 cakes in one night ( one mango and one chocolate ) Really surprised here cause i thought they forgot about it liao :P

2nd August= yes....... i had lessons till 530pm and went down to clementi to meet yuwen and marvin for dinner first before proceeding to the much talked about " JUE DUI SUPERSTAR" yes........ we were watching it live that day : ) .. had dinner at one of the "kopi tiam" at clementi before going down. And as i expected... marvin and yuwen actually sort of knew each other one. conclusion..... small world... the recording went on till about 11pm plus and i went back hall after that.... and yah...... i was damn hungry by that time i reach hall. Cause i thought i would be full just eating a bowl of prawn noodles for dinner.. haha i was wrong... ended up eating bread back in hall.

Thats all that happened on my birthday, simple but memorable bah.. cause who would go watching mediacorp recording on his bday one :P .......

Quote " Go as far as you can. When you get there, you can see further!"

Live WIth Passion!
Huang Junxiong

TIME TO WAKE UP

2005-07-31T09:40:00.000-07:00

Hi There

The new school semester had started.This is a warning to myself........

JUNXIONG......... you better wake up and stop lazing around !!! Haiyahs i must admit that for the past 2 years, i had not given my best shot at studying and working at the same time. So much time was spent fooling around and not having undivided focus on the things i really have to do. People might not know but i know it myself deep inside myself, I am simply a lazy lazy lazy young chap. Though the minimum company contract retention production was cleared a month ago, but i still not had gave my best. Though i didnt DA BAO any subjects last semester, i knew i still had not gave my best.

My new resolution for the coming 4 months is not to get As..... not to earn more money........ but just one thing, do my best in whatever i do.

Quote " Go as far as you can, for when you reach there, You can see further!"

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Evaluation Day

2005-07-24T00:06:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Earlier on 29th April , i listed a list of things i must do before the holidays. As today is the last day of my holiday, lets review on what has been done and what is not done yet.

Here it Goes...

1 Take my ippt and get silver ( $200 )

Outcome = took my ippt during in camp and got a pass with merit. $100 cash. Kind of half way about it. i must admit, my physical fitness dropped quite a lot.
2 Find a replaacement software for my insurance work..

Outcome = i bought fast pro. extremely good software for my work. saved me quite a lot of hassle in my database mangement :)
3 Scout for 10 sponser talks for the coming FOCs in NUS and NTU.

Outcome = SUCCESS... all in all i spoke to hall 3,7,9,12,13. hall 5 was postponed due to power trip in their canteen and raffles hall is coming up next tuesday. Well done here :) 7 out of10 is not that bad afterall
4 Get team of surveyors ready for project "july"

Outcome = MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. project " july " was a great success. due to the high confidentiality of it. I shall not comment much.
5 Get started with the internet affiliate marketing stuffs

Outcome = NOT OK. manage to read up on 2 books on internet marketing. but i didnt come up with a plan to market any product. have to work on it during my school term. and perhaps i will meet up with Alvin for a kopi session and ask him how to do it exactly.( for your info.. my friend alvin makes close to 4k monthly from his internet marketing ventures... salute him for this )
6 Catch up with friends whom i didnt meet for long time

Outcome = Yesh.......friends were met :)

7 Stick to my fruits breakfast

Outcome= BAD... didnt follow it as close as i should...... will re evaluate it again !!!

8 Buy speed reading book..

Outcome = i bought the book :P

9 Hit my second quarter quota

Outcome = I cleared it........ thanks to the people who had trusted me to help them with their insurance needs :)

10 Clear 2 toastmasters prepared speech

Outcome = FAILED......... i didnt follow through enough.

Conclusion

ALl of us can set goals to change our lives and claim that they want to be better and more rich and etc. But setting goals is not ENOUGH. Having the ability and discipline to keep evaluating your goals, changing your approach until you reach your goal is true success. And the question is............have you set any goals for the next 1 year of your life??? Step up , just get it done!

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Hall 3 freshmen orientation 2005

2005-07-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Went back to hall on thursday night. Had earlier finish my round of talks within NTU and felt that would be good and fun to go down to have some fun.

Woke up super early on friday morning for breakfast and joined my OG SHOUKEN for the amazing race.. started off at ntu playing some games at SRC...... then we went to " QIANHU " to catch fish, was followed by bukit timah hawker centre for lunch and drop down to turf city for a " mastermind" game. HAd a real hard time catching up with the freshies..... as they were super enthu to get the first place :P..... running from point to point...... its really tiring ar........ and as kenny says........ we are old men liao.... cannot anyhow run about.

The final station was a photo hunt at citylink, suntec area. Felt quite funny that most of the people were walking while we are all running like mad ...... haha ......... so fun :P. The race ended off with us going to sentosa palawan beach for the much awaited secret pal night. went back with charles after that and would say that i had real good pure fun there.....

Was caught off guard and shocked by a sms from my friend. it does something like

" Hey bro , if next time i'm able to start off my career well, i'll def try to buy an investment or saving plan with ya"

Its the kind of sms that will brigthen my day up when i receive similar sms. Being in the insurance line for close to 2 years. I had my fair share of unreplied sms, unpicked up phone calls, play out appointments, last minute suppose to buy then never buy.Its a social instigma that takes more time to change. I had long accepted the reality of it but i just want to thank the person whom sent this sms to me ( hehe you know who you are huh :P ). Thanks you , your that sms really gave me a power morale boost :)

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

PS: if u have a friend who might be interested in my blog postings, do refer him/her to my blog ok : )

running around ntu

2005-07-20T08:30:00.000-07:00

The past 3 days had been real exciting. Basically I had been running around NTU giving my insurance presentations to various halls ( 3 , 7 , 9 , 12, 13 ) with my unit manager Charles. A bit back ground about this effort of mine. Had started to approach some of my friends from various halls who are actually in the main committee of their hall FOC and some how the effort multiplied by itself and I managed to be able to sponsor about 5 halls in NTU for their FOC and in return having an air time of about 45 mins to give a presentation.

Started off on Monday with hall 9 in the afternoon and hall 13 at night. I was doing the 15 minutes part of presenting the savings/investment and accident plan for the freshies. On the other hand, my unit manager Charles shared for about 30mins about the career and to see whether is there anyone who might be interested to embark on a career in AIA.

Must admit that I felt a bit like “ Anthony Robbins” after the first two sessions. Its really fun to talk to freshmen in halls and to be able to public speak on a larger crowd. Previously in my public speaking engagement, the highest I got to be able to speak to was about 50 people. Compared to an average of 100 freshmen in the halls presentation. Its definitely a great challenge for me.

Observed that for most of the hall when the peson in charge introduced me as a 3rd year undergraduate in NTU, most of the freshmen were surprise about it too. Perhaps they have not really met an undergrad who works part time in the insurance line.

Overall the halls presentation were fun and definitely my objective were met. But it would be quite interesting to note that when I walk around in NTU compound when school reopens, they will bound to be students who will notice me as the guy who gave the talk during their orientation

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Huang Junxiong

so long........

2005-07-16T22:24:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Been a long long time since I last wrote and there’s quite a couple of things I ought to update on things that had happened

Had been pinning myself back to work ever since my reservist ended and so far the production had been quite satisfactory. Had been working on some cases and if those goes through, the year end pledge is in sight.

Had fell sick since the beginning of this week. A combination of fever flu sorethroat and cough.So much that I went to see doctor on Wednesday and missed the phonecall session.
Still had not fully recovered yet. Well on the flip side, it has been a long time since I fell sick. And perhaps this failing sick reminds me that I am not that fit after all.

I had been trying very hard to follow timothy suggestion of sleeping at 11pm and waking up at 5pm. He mentioned that the period of time from 5am to 6am is the best time for someone to think of new ideas, reflect upon things or even read. A good ideal day would be getting up at 5am. Doing serious reading till 6am. Eat a piece of bread and then go for a light jog around the neighbourhood. By the time I finish and taken a shower it would be 7am. And I am ready to kick start the day :). Well shall see if I can get this done

HAHA

And guys finally my birthday is coming soon. For the loyal blog readers who want to meet up I am sure on one. Bear treat. But better buy a decent present hor………yah turning 23 soon. Its on a Tuesday and most probably I would be at hostel. If I am at hostel, most probably would be meeting up with my hall friend and going jurong
Point for a nice makan. But again, birthday is not a day to stay at hostel. Most prob I will siam the whole Tuesday session and perhaps go around town sitting down and reflecting about things. It seems a bit crazy but I kind of enjoy doing it.

IN CAMP thoughts

2005-07-03T02:59:00.000-07:00

Hi there

I am finally back from my 11 day chalet at Tanjong Gul Camp. Darn it , its really darn shitty. Sorry but I have a lot to complain here.

1 There is only one nights out in the entire 11 day!! I mean its not that packed to the extent that we cant come out at all…. Let us off for the night when there is no training can? We are civilians leh….

2 Platoon and Company Live Firing on Saturday and Sunday!! During our active days, they say live firing is on weekends cause weekdays taken up by reservist units. AND now we come to reservist liao. THEY STILL BOOK IT ON SUNDAYS!!! I dunno what SAF is doing.

3 WE EAT TOO MUCH!!! And the food still is as lousy as during active days. Can you believe it, we had chicken meat everyday !!! enough said…… food is bad

4 OUTFIELD Training too shiong…… whole company ran out of water half way through the dawn attack at around 3am.We were told that we had to walk on open track for 5km and bash for 800 metre. It turned out totally different!!!!! Sigh….

5 Outprocess took too long. On the last day of in camp, my company was ready to get out of the camp at 1pm like that. CO didn’t gave clearance for us. We had to wait until 5pm to get out of this shit place!!!

Overall, Reservist was a piece of shit. The only thing that motivates me to go back is that I can catch up with all my army buddies at one go. All the “ dai dee “ playing, all the endless chats, forever in my heart : )

Live With Passion !

Junxiong

ADONIS 10 DAY CAMP

2005-06-19T09:34:00.000-07:00

6 more hours to my annual SAF free “chalet”. DARN… it has to happen again. This in camp training will be a high key one. BUT the thing is that we are all not booking out for 10 days!! Shitty right, I mean normally for reservist training we are allowed to go home on Saturdays to spend some time at home. But the CO of our camp says that want to let us book out ONE day earlier and that’s why he confine out weekend and let us do live firing! It just don’t make sense at all. Even full time NSF get to go home on Sunday.

On a brighter note, in camp is a time to catch up with my old friends back in the guards unit. All the happy memories shared there will always be the only thing that makes me look forward to incamp training.

Finally got my software call FASTPRO for management of my insurance clients and prospects. Its such a good software compare to the previous IWS ( integrated workflow system )It saves a lot of admin and related problems over my side. Very worth it for the $180 I paid for it. Those guys at the FASTPRO company are clever, theres an annual subscription charge of $60, this means that I have to pay them $60 every year to maintain the software with them. What a clever business move J

Whats happening next?

2005-06-11T03:53:00.000-07:00

Hi there

A bit of the things thats going to happen in the next month or so. I had officially finished with the NTU EID ( engineering innovation and design ) project. Monday is the exhibition and competition at nanyang auditorium. So glad that it is over. The whole of next week will be filled with the following events

monday = EID exhibition , appt at night
tuesday = going down to NUS to meet 2 person for insurance
wed = phonecall at night
thurs friday = coldcall
sat = very impt closing appt, briefing surveyors for project NUS
sunday = work half day. mental prep for reservist.

Well. the time of the year comes again for my "duty" to defend the country. From 20 June to 1 July. I will be in a ULU part of singapore defending the nation. bet i cant take the physical part anymore, but again, i will go through it alive. I am looking forward.

Highlights of july will be the 5 freshman orientation camps talks i am conducting in NUS and NTU. Sort of a tie up to give talks during halls FOC to promote to the students some small savings plan. A very well rehearesed presentation is needed here!

Thats all for now. More to come

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

Yes i am a salesman. please dun run away!

2005-06-06T10:58:00.000-07:00

Hi there
I shall write something by myself. YES i am a salesman. By social norms, i am call a life insurance agent. But in a more un polite term, i am a Sales man. And i sell for a living, is that scarey???I sell life insurance, something that most people don't even want to talk about. I mean who wants to talk about dying too soon, or being disabled and losing your primary source of income, or being critically ill to the extent one can't even work. I sell something intangible, which means that you dont see the benefits of what i sell unless it happens to you. And thats the reason why it makes selling life insurance such a challenge.

In this short posting, i shall share with everyone what i had been taught in selling life insurance. Selling is not just talking fast and impressing the prospects with big numbers and huge returns.It's more of a series of steps done properly and if one step is missed out. You will lose the sale.In this posting i will attempt to So to the non sales blog readers out there, i hope this serve as an eye opener of how i sell. So here are the simple steps.

Step 1 = Sell your company

The first step is to introduce/sell to your prospective client your company. You must show to the client what your company stands for and how long it has been in the market and etc.People will only buy from a company that is stable and reliable and you need to demonstrate to your client about that.

Step 2 = Sell yourself/ your expertise

The second step is to sell youself. This means that you need to have a certain level of rapport with the client.The best way is to listen carefully to what the client have to say.People will only buy from a person that they feel comfortable with and is concerned with their well being. This is the MOST important step in the sales process

Step 3 = Find out what the client need.

Simple as it sounds. Through effective questionining techniques, you will find out what the client needs. Listening is the most impt skill for a salesman.To non sales person out that, the good salesman is one who is quiet and listens a lot and speaks in a tone full of confidence.At this step, we need to find out what the client needs, NOT what you think he needs. A lot of sales are lost in this step.

Step 4 = Convert the need into a want.

This step requires the most skills. It means when you find out what the client needs, convert this into a WANT. theres a lot of ways to do this, either through a method called ( ACTION ) , ( SPIN ) and many other methods. Remember though, people don't buy what they need, they buy what they want. Sounds a bit similar here but there's a big difference.

Step 5 = Present the solution / make the sale

Final step. After finding out what the client wants, present a solution to them. When what you present can fit what they want. There is no reason why a client wont buy from you.

A summary, the 5 steps are the fundamentals in sales. Most importantly, One must believe in what he is selling. When you believe that what you sell can benefit the client some years down the road when death happens prematurely, a critical illness strikes or total permanent disability happens, only the policy you sell can help your client in this world. No other financial product in this world can do that except for life insurance. At least this is what i believe in.

Sorry for such a technical posting , had not been in a good mood recently to write about motivating stuffs.I will be back a happier bear :)

Live with Passion !
Huang Junxiong

I am tired

2005-06-05T10:02:00.000-07:00

Hi there

I am tired and i need a break. I am tired of rushing by the minutes, and the endless admin and detailed stuffs that comes up.I dunno why but i lost it all. I lost my cool, my passion... everything. I am undergoing a slump now. I lost it all.Can someone help me please.? i look ok on outside, but i am not.!

Quote " In the depths of winter i finally learned, there was in me an invincible summer"

Living with Passion
Huang Junxiong

Do you want to be a postman?

2005-06-02T10:18:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Had recently wrote to my penpal about the story of "The Postman". Originally heard this story from this person called Dr Tony Campolo at National Achievers Congress 2004. And for everyone's info, Tony Campolo is the only speaker out of the six at the congress who received a standing ovation at the end of his speech.So here's the story that i so fondly remember and had told quite a few friends too.

Here it goes...

In a particular town in UK, there are two successful businessmen called Changjie and Quek ( sorry to use your name :) ). There are university friends and had went on to start their own business upon graduation. Now in their mid 30s, they are by most standards successful. Big companies, Landed property, big cars and lots of cash.

One day Changjie met Quek for afternoon coffee at a certain cafe in town. Over the conversation, Changjie told Quek the following shocking news!

" Hey Quek I had decided, i want to quit my business and start a brand new career. I want to be a postman."

" WHAT!?!?! Are you crazy.. you are so rich and successful now. How can you just leave like that and be a stupid postman??? " said Quek

" You dont understand Quek. I want to do something i am passionate about. I want to be the best postman in the town " said Changjie

Realising that he had no way to convince Changjie to not make the decision to be a postman, he

gave up and they parted at that cafe.

Two years passed just like that and one day Quek suddenly thought about Changjie and he called up him for a catching up session at the same cafe.When Changjie arrvied, it is obvious that he looked like he is tired and didnt look too awake.Being curious, Quek asked Changjie how was his postman job for the past 2 years?

" Dont talk about it. I am a bad and lousy postman.The normal postman in town starts work at 9am and will finish work by 2pm. But for the past 2 years, i had been working 9am to 10pm every single day" sighed Changjie.

" But why are you so SLOW??? you cant be that bad right? " chided Quek

" You dont understand Quek. I am not the normal postman. The normal postman delivers a parcel to the residence and just gets it signed and moves on to the next one. We deliver about 20 parcels a day and thats why most postman finish work by 2pm.But i do things a bit differently when i deliver a parcel, i try to strike up a convesation with the home owner. Initially it was difficult because no one knew me but after a while, most of them know me and would invite me into their home for a cup of coffee or tea. And we would chat about anything under the sun. A typical conversation lasts about half an hour. Thats why i work so late everyday" told Changjie.

" Oh no wonder you work so late everyday" replied Quek. But at the back of his mind, he was thinking how stupid was it for Changjie to give up his business and to be in a job that he didnt really like.

" but thats not worst.. for the past 2 years, i cant get sleep everynight." said Changjie.

" Why???" asked Quek

" QUek... can you even try to fall asleep when you drink about 20 cups of coffee or tea everyday? its just not possible you see. Thats why i am such a bad postman. I work late and i cant get to sleep.: said Changjie

Realising that since Changjie got invited into 20 homes everyday for coffee or tea, it became apparent that his inability to sleep was real. Feeling that Changjie was a real fool to make such a stupid career change, he nonetheless wished him the best in his postman job. Quek left the gathering feeling happy, cause he thought Changjie was in a real bad state now and he was so glad that he didnt make the decision to be a postman after all.

But what Quek failed to realise was that Changjie was not the ordinary postman. He was the ONLY postman in the whole town that everyone knew and so loved to talk to. He was the only postman that has the unique ability to talk and relate to people and remembers everyone's birthday. And Changjie is the only postman in the town that when his birthday came, the whole town would organise a birthday party for him. Not even the mayor of the town received such treatment.

All these were what Quek didnt knew. Changjie was happy being the kind of postman he wanted to be.

Had been lately hearing from friends about how they want to drive ferraris, start business, be a tai tai, invest in unit trust, attend investing seminars.Its good to desire for certain levels of financial success in life. But lets all remember that when we finally breathe our last, nobody is going to remember us for how many ferraris we drive, how many millions we make, but more of how much positive influence we had upon people and how many lives had we touched. For me at least, i choose to be the postman of my life. Cheers

Live With Pasison!

Huang Junxiong

Am i a boring person?

2005-06-01T09:12:00.000-07:00

Hi there.....

Had never felt so free before.. Apparently i didnt had any appointments on monday and tuesday. Spent the day doing my EID project and at night was rest at relax at hostel room with weiming, talking crap and etc.Its a wonderful feeling to feel like theres nothing for you to do. But i know i can't feel this for long

My results are out. I cleared all. and this would mean that i can finally have a 4 day week in the next semester. This is quite a feat for a MAE student in NTU. Finally i can have my life for studying hard for monday, tuesday, wednesday... can finally go HOME on a thursday night and have the long weekend off from friday to sunday. This would mean that i can have more quality time with family and time to work more also. Most probably Thursday night would be a family night. and the full saturday and sunday could be spent working. I have to really balance it well this time.

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

I had enough !!!!

2005-05-28T23:16:00.000-07:00

Hi there

I had enough... for the past 4 months, i had enough. I must never do these things again!!

1 I will never focus on the problem instead of the solutions
2 I will start to believe that the goals i set out could be achieve if i set my mind to it
3 I will prepare thoroughly for every call and appointment that i have
4 I will read self improvment books everynight for 30 minutes.
5 I will write down my goals on my slim diary everyday and don't miss a day
6 I will wake up and ask my 5 morning questions before i even go brush my teeth
7 I will get my admin and work software sorted out.
8 I will exercise everyday. alternating between jogging and weights.
9 I will have a meal everyday that is purely fruits and vegetables
10 I will make it a point to help my friends whenever i can.
11 I will visualise 2 times a day achieving my goals.
12 I will reflect about life 10 minutes a day
13 I will think of how i can add value to someone's life everyday.

JUNXIONG PLEASE WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your time is running out already

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

National Achievers Congress

2005-05-28T05:40:00.000-07:00

Hi there
The past 2 days was spent attending the National Achievers Congress at the Singapore Expo. Though this year's speakers were not as outstanding as previous years. Nevertheless, it is very worth it to pay about $200 to have an opportunity to listen and learn from people who are the best at their fields.

Just a summary of the six speakers

Jay Abraham - World number 1 Marketing Genius.
Dr John Demartini - more of a pump up and inspirational speaker.
Ken McElroy - Real Estate Guru
Deborah Torres Patel - Fitness and communciation expert.
Ron White- Memory Expert, holds guiness world record by memorising a
28 digit number in 1 minute 15 seconds.
Peter Ho - Cashflow and accounting

Would comment that of the 6 speakers. Jay abraham is someone is the more famous one. Though his presentation was monotonous, his words of advice is really useful. Picked up a few good pointers to him which could be applied to my own area of work. Other than that, Dr John is good but somehow listening to him reminds me of Dr Tony Campolo ( NAC 2004 speaker ) Till today, i am still very inspired by his speech. For those guys who had been to NAC 2004, you sure will understand why.The last speaker which struck me was Ron White which he asked 20 volunteers to give him each 2 digit number from 10 to 99 and asked them to line up and read it all out. Within a minute, he memorised it all out. Amazing !!!...

Conclusion would be that NAC is an event where people gather for one purpose. To learn from speakers who are the very best at their fields. I highly recommend anyone who wants to have a feel of how one can learn so many great ideas in a short period of two days to attend the seminar.Definately different from traditional classroom learning

Other highlights would be i finally met up with my penpal of 7 years ?? Went to this buffet place called the line to chomp it out!!! nice Ambience, friendly staffs, and good food. What else can one expect. Yup got a bit "kan cheong" initially when i met up. I mean anyone will mah... meet someone who u told quite a number of your happenings and secrets to.She's a very nice and beautiful gal, as tall as me i guess though she mention that she is 1.65m but i felt that she's 1.7m plus.

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

Doing it to save your life?

2005-05-17T03:25:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Had been reading this book " multiple streams of internet income" by robert allen and theres something that strikes me. Robert Allen is recognised as one of the most influential financial advisors of all time.When he wrote his first book "Nothing Down"( the book teaches how to buy real estate using none of your own money)He threw a challenge which goes something like

" Send me to any city. Take away my wallet. Give me $100 for living expenses. And in 72 hours, i will buy an excellent piece of property using none of my own money."

The Los Angeles Times challenged him to live up to his claim and they flew Robert Allen to San Franciso with a LA Times reporterby his side. In 57 hours, Robert bought 7 properties worth over $700,000 plus using none of his own money and even returned $20 of the $100 to the reporter.How did he do it? Amazing.

Listened to him once at National Achievers Congress 2004 and he mentioned something about intensity. He gave such an example which really made a point

" Suppose you have a goal to make a million dollars in income next year. Suppose it is more than a goal- suppose your life is on the line. If you succeed, you get to live. If you fail, you will be dragged to the carpark and shot!How will you do it?"

The goal here could be anything.. for the above it is making a million dollars. It could be any of you goal.

A ) Getting All As for your semester exam
B ) Getting a gold for your IPPT
C ) qualifying for the MDRT ( for insurance agents )
D ) buying your dream car

Take one of your goals that you have and apply it to the example. If achieving your goal is to such an intensity of life and death. How will you get to achieve it?

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

My Mum's Story

2005-05-16T08:46:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Well, my mum like to tell me a story. In fact she repeated her same old story last weekend.It goes...

" Boy ar, next time graduate liao must find a job leh. You know sister hor, one year CPF got about 10K going into her account. Next time can buy house with it. It is more stable lah.. Your AIA do part time can already, next time just sell to your colleagues lah.you know hor.. upstair that uncle right, when he turn 55 right, his cpf got over 200K plus leh. SO rich."

My dear mum would at times repeat her typical advice to me here and there with changes in characters. She is very concerned about my future i know and i love her more than anyone else in this world. But i had decided to do things the uncommon way because i choose to be not common. In a fast changing world where there is no more job security, The worst thing is to expect that getting a degree would ensure you a smooth life ahead.

Some good news over my side, i am finally meeting up with my penpal of 7 years. since sec 4 1998 till now ntu year 2 2005. Though we agreed not to meet until necessary, but we are both a bit worried that if one of us pass away suddenly. It won't be too fair to the other party to attend the wake where we had not talked to each other also.Next next friday is the day, just nice after National Achievers Congress where i will drop to town to meet up for a makan. Looking forward to that. Cheers

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

I Found the Secret of Success

2005-05-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hi all

Pretty good article i found at one website.. read it... it makes sense

The Secret Of Success

There was once a boy who wanted to seek the secret of success. One day, he approached a wise man living up in the mountain. When he found the wise man at the hut, he asked, “Wise man, can you tell me the secret to becoming successful in life?” The wise man was silent for a while. After a moment of silence, the wise man led the young lad to a nearby river. They kept walking into the river until the boy’s head was fully submerged in the water. The boy struggled to keep his head above the water. To his astonishment, the wise man did not help him. Instead, the wise man held the boy’s head in the water. After a few minutes, the wise man pulled the boy out of the water and they proceeded to walk back to the hut. At the hut, the wise man asked the young boy what he desired most when his head was submerged in water.To this, the young boy quickly responded, “Of course, I wanted to breathe, you old fool!” To which the wise man replied, “Son, if you desire success as much as you wanted to breathe, then you would have found the true secret of success.”

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Huang Junxiong

What a Eulogy...

2005-05-07T01:22:00.000-07:00

Hi there
Thanks to a friend of mine.. i was reminded to watch the telecast of our ex President, Dr Wee Kim Wee funeral. Expected it to be ordinary but the part that struck me was the eulogy delivered by her grand daughter.

It surprised me that Dr Wee invited ordinary folks from all walks of life to the Istana for lunch and how nice and kind he was to people that he dont really know too well. He even wrote over 600 letters to his grand daughter, yah i don't think i had written over 60 letters to my penpal of about 7 years... What a remarkable man, small actions that made a huge difference in other people's life.It also sets my pondering about my own life. Have i really did the things that are really important, and things that would make someone's life better.

My friend who reminded me to watch the telecast commented that since i am not going to be around when i die, why care so much on what other people going to say. It is true, why care? But my point is that, It is not that much i desire for praises from friends when i pass away, but it's more of how much difference i had made to them. And another point to my friend's comment, If i dun care about it... what else is there to do in life?

" When you are kind and honest, people accuse you of ulterior motives" so said Mother Teresa. I personally experienced that with one of my encounters with my hall friend.We are talking and somehow the topic drifted to which i mentioned that if they needed my help in insurance advice next time, i will be there. At the moment, she had such a HUGE reaction that really affected me a bit back then. Mentioning something like.. " oh actually you had a motive for the treats ar... jx.. you are too much" Is it wrong to be too kind to someone, It is not from my own point of view. I will be kind anyway.But this experience had made me understand the difference between a friend and acquaintaine.

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

Post Exam Syndrome

2005-05-05T08:25:00.000-07:00

Hi there
I know i should not be feeling this way... but somehow the drastic change from mugging crazy for the exams to having totally nothing much to do. Feels a bit empty and strange..... gotta work on this feeling though........ as usual... will be busy with the EID and starting to work to get back the momentum.Heard from my boss that 4 more new agents will be joining our agency this month... looking forward to seeing some new faces around.

Not sure whether any of you here heard this before..... its about setting goals.Here it goes.A study was done on the graduating class of Yale University in 1952. All the students were asked whether they had clear goals about what they wanted to achieve after graduation.To everyone's surprise, ONLY 3% of the entire cohort had their goals written down and were very clear about what they wanted to achieve in the next 15 to 20 years. The remaining of the 97% had no goals and left everything to chance and wanted to take things one step at a time.

20 years later in 1972, a follow up study was done on the surviving members of this group of students.The finding were astonishing. One of the key findings was that the combined income of the 3% of those who had goals were 3 times greater than the combined income of the 97%!!!

Those students were all of the same level of intelligience.. what accounted for the difference is simply... the power of goals...And one more example.. i read Bill Clinton's biography before and there was one part that talked about his college days, it was said that during his college he had already set his sight on becoming the President of USA one day and he was known for always mentioning to people he met the first time that he will become the President one day. Thats how we make goals empowered!

Cheers.

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

The Story of the Coke

2005-05-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

Hi there...

suddenly thought of a story that i heard ages back at a seminar... quite a thought provoking one.. and want to share with my "loyal" readers of my blog... quek.. changjie...weida... etc.. you guys know who you are and i am thankful about it

Had you ever drank a can of coke before?? How much will one can cost at lets say a " KOPI TIAM" ... around a dollar i guess?.. and if you decide to go the NTUC fairprice to buy a can... it costs about 60cents i guess..... and if one fine day you happen to meet up with an old friend at chatting up at starbucks..... a can of the SAME coke will cost you around two dollars.... and perhaps another day when you dating the dream girl of your life... and you bring her to One Fullerton for a nice dinner.... a can of the SAME coke will cost 4 dollars..... To this point..... don't you find that its a bit weird??? The same can of coke... can cost differently at different places... 50 cents, $1, $2 and $4...... why is that so?? ever thought about that ?

We are all just like cans of coke.. and for my case... the university is the Coke Factory....... its a bit interesting to note that perhaps 5 years after graduation from NTU... you will find that some of your peers are still struggling financially......... changing from job to job and while someone on the other hand might be making it big in the working world ... earning tons of money........ The point here is not about how rich we can be........... but more of the provoking thought that since we all GRADUATED from the same university.... we are just like the same cans of coke........ how come...... we ended up "costing" differently???

Given a choice........ which can of coke do you want to be??? and are you doing anything to make this a reality??? Knowing is not enough... deciding and acting upon it then is true power ......

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

The books i need to read

2005-04-30T09:47:00.001-07:00

Hi there
Went to David tao mini concert today.. quite a good one i would say...did some shopping at orchard today... bought a goldlion shirt ... dark base with white lines... and two books from kinokuniya and the bookfair at expo respectively

Had realised that i GOT a lot of books to read up this holidays... The titles are....

1 The One Minute Millionaire - Mark Victor Hansen, Robert Allen
2 Speed Reading Book - Tony Buzan
3 The Diamond Cutter -Micheal Roach
4 Advanced Selling Techniques - Brian Tracy

Do i sound like a nerd???? HAHAha...

Live With Passion!
Huang Junxiong

The books i need to read

2005-04-30T09:47:00.000-07:00

Exams Finish

2005-04-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

Hi there
The much dreaded exams are finally over..what a relief... would say that this semester is quite ok.... all subjects are clearable except thermodynamics which is a bit in the midst of it...Now that my freedom is given back to me....i am grateful for it.. The exams had been a good period... mananged to stick to the fruits breakfast for the past 3 weeks... lost 3kg as a result... a bit surprised when i weigh myself.. nevertheless .. it is some improvment.

Now i shall outline what are the things that i MUST do this holiday till july

1 Take my ippt and get silver ( $200 )
2 Find a replaacement software for my insurance work..
3 Scout for 10 sponser talks for the coming FOCs in NUS and NTU.
4 Get team of surveyors ready for project "july"
5 Get started with the internet affiliate marketing stuffs
6 Catch up with friends whom i didnt meet for long time
7 Stick to my fruits breakfast
8 Buy speed reading book..
9 Hit my second quarter quota
10 Clear 2 toastmasters prepared speech

Seems a lot i know....when all these things are done... things are much in more perspective when school reopens....There is one more... hall chalet on the 20th of organised by huiling .. she got a discount cause shes a civilservant.... really look forward to that night of fun food and laughter....

Another major thing that is going to happen is the up coming IN CAMP TRAINING from 21 June to 1 July........... Its a high key in camp... with 2 live firings... and one batallion....cant imagine myself doing all those shit again... haha will pull thru it and have fun in the process : )

Thats all for now my friends : ) see you guys around man : )

Live With Passion !
Huang Junxiong

The Champions Creed

2005-04-21T03:55:00.000-07:00

Dear All.....
Good stuffs extracted from Tom Hopkins book

I am not judged by the number of times i fail

But by the number of times i succeed

And the number of times i succeed

Is in direct proportion to the number of times

I can fail and keep trying

Live Firing on Sunday

2005-04-15T00:26:00.000-07:00

Hi there

Had just finisehd my first paper yesterday... machine elements design... didnt manage to finish last question last part but i would say that it is a sure pass... quite a good start.....got an email from changjie about the in camp trainng schedule!!! MY GOD... those guys are having platoon and company live firing on saturday and sunday.... and the batallion mission is the following tuesday and wedesday... alamak... active time also not so shiong one leh..... i mean come on.... we are old soldiers already..... treat us better can or not?

On the flip side............ in camp training is a good time to catch up with my army buddies......... all the bunk side chatting........ complaining and talking about good times....... love it man.............somehow.......... its hard to find uni friends that i can relate to as well as me army buddies....... somehow.. being through all the "shit"... we truely understand each other .......... Well who knows how it feels to rush to the canteen in the brunei camp after a 5 day outfield and who understands the joy of sharing a packet of dry maggie with your buddy.......... there are things that they just dont understand no matter how hard i try to illustrate it

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Huang Junxiong

$20 for $50???

2005-04-08T22:43:00.000-07:00

Hi there
Been quite some time since i wrote in... the past few days had been hard work doing my best to revise my upcoming exams... somehow... had managed to keep up with my exercise routine despite limited time. The insurance part is to a temporary halt.I guess after all i will be attending the national achievers congress 2005 this coming may. jim rohn might not be there but its worth to listen to jay abraham for the $250 i will be paying

Suddenly recalled this incident i came across at a seminar preview.. would like to share with everyone.

I once went for this "anthony robbins seminar preview" by success resources. As usual the preview is a short 2 hour session with the CEO of success( richard tan) resources giving us a perview of the world famous seminar. There's this particular question he ask during the preview that clearly illusatrates the power of beliefs

Halfway through the seminar, Mr Richard Tan will suddenly flash u a $50 note and ask the crowd... " who wants to change $20 for $50? " He then goes on to repeat the question over and over again ... while standing at the stage.

Being the part of the crowd.. we were obviously stunned by this gesture... i mean come on.. where on earth will there be such a good deal...( you give him $20 and he gives u the $50 note). Naturally none of us dare to run forward and do it... after a few minutes... one guy out of no where runs towards him and happpily changes $20 for $50....... and it left all of us surprised and not knowing what Mr Richard Tan is up to?

He then goes on to ask us this question..." my friends.... what did those people who did not ran forward to change the money get???" To which he will shout very loudly....." NOTHING!!!! NOTHING!!!!! " He then asked us whether it is that we dont believe that the exchange was real??...Most of us still dont at that point...

His purpose of this exercise is to show us that.......... in our lives..... we have a lot of limiting beliefs that stops us from doing a lot of things ( such as not believing that the $20 for $50 was real ) ... And because of all these limiting beliefs that engulfed us ... we live a very limited life and thus we have limited results...........

Are your beliefs limiting you or empowering you ????

Live With Passion!

The Monkey Trap

2005-04-04T04:16:00.000-07:00

There is a kind of monkey trap is asia used to catch monkeys. A coconut is silted at the side of it so that an opened palm can reach inside and in order to slide your hand out of the silted coconut, you can't close your palm.This monkey trap works by placing a sweet smelling honey inside it.

One fine day.. there was this monkey walking along the forest... From the distance he smelled the aroma of the sweet honey... Feeling the urge... he ran towards the coconut and stretched his hand into the coconut' silted opening....

At this moment.. the monkey hears the sounds of the hunters coming from afar.... He wants to escape from the hunter... but he refuses to let go of the sweet smelling honey inside the coconut. All the monkey has to go is to let go of the honey.. .. open his palm... and get his hands off the coconut trap and he will be free..........but his sense of attachment to the sweet honey is strong that he refuses to let go.... and eventually he was killed by the hunters.

Is there something in your life... that you are so unwilling to let go??? It can be old habit.... certain ways of thinking..a failed relationship??? All we have to do is to be able to let go... and we will be free

Live With Passion !

Christmas 2005

2005-04-02T08:45:00.000-08:00

Hi there
Can you bear to part with 10% of your earned income every year for the rest of your life? For example... if you earn 50K last year.. the 10% is 5K... I once heard this very good idea from this guy call Jim Rohn... he mentioned sth like to become wealthy.. you must first learn how to give ... freely and with no conditions... and he mentioned that one would be surprised at the kind of income jump when you commit yourself to donating 10% of your income to charities and the needy...
I have this dream... and its becoming a reality soon... i plan to find either an old folks home or orphange and at the end of this year... i will organise a christmas party cum buffet for the folks there.. at my own cost... ... i envision myself standing at the home.. with the people there happily having fun and good food. Though this had not happened yet, but i must keep my discipline to saving up for this.....
So whats my point in driving this across?? ...So what if you made an automatic commitment to buy a flag from a student everytime u pass by a mrt? so what if you made it a point to write little thank you notes to people who had done things for you?.. ... and so what if you consciously made an effort to find out how to add value to someone's life on a daily basis???
The point is....... try to practise giving freely...... remember the rule..... earn 100% ..... give 10% to charity or the needy.... life is too short for us to spend 100% on ourselves... theres always someone out there who needs it more than you do ......let go..

Live With Passion !

Crazy over seminars~~

2005-03-31T00:58:00.000-08:00

Hi there

I have a strange hobby... attending self help seminars or any course that can improve myself. There was once when i paid around 1.5K to attend the much well known Anthony Robbins..." Unleash the Power Within 04" seminar in Singapore... Happy and excited i was... upon signing up for the seminar, i went to share this good news with some of my good friends...guess their reactions?

" BB siao boh... spend 1.5K on a stupid 4 days seminar.. give the money to me lah.."

" BB.... you should had saved the money for your own university expenses"

Perhaps we live in a different world....in their eyes... spending a huge chunk of cash on a seemingly "motivation" seminar is not worth it at all!!! On my side... my belief is that all i have to do is to learn something... maybe just one idea... from the seminar ... that can change me for the better.. is well worth the cost..

Its hard to change their perception and i am not giving up yet.... In the course of our working life... we earn money and we spend it no things like... buying a car... buying nice clothes... luxuries... buying a home and etc etc... All these are external spending... which means you spend your money on "outside" stuffs.........

Ask yourself... if i have this investment plan for you that can guarantee you 10% returns nett at the end one year. Will you take up this offer...... OF COURSE... its such a good deal considering that banks interest rates are low. On the flip side...attending a self help seminar... or even reading a self help book, its an investment on yourself....... you will grow being more directed towards your goals... more passionate about life and etc

I had a emotional setback recently... and in the midst of that i did some pattern interrupts and time line therapy to get myself back on track faster. See if i had not learned this tools in my previous seminars... i guess i will now still be spiraling at that emotional setback...

So when will i find a friend who share the same "interest" as me... duhs... its hard but i still had not give up hope yet .. cheers

Live with Passion

Being accountable to myself

2005-03-30T21:42:00.000-08:00

Hi there

Started this blog in the middle of no where last night.... reason being that there is a need to be accountable to myself, things that i do...goals that i chase...differences i hope to make.. is needed to be recorded down somewhere. Other than my own diary, this will be a avenue for me to share with everyone about my life.

Currently i am undergoing my degree course in NTU. Other than that, i am also working as a insurance agent with AIA. Guess that serves as a good introduction ... till we meet again.....

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