How small are you in the real world?!

Many of us would really feel miniature compared to our own colleagues,given their strength,their scores,their income and many other things.
Nevertheless,it is not a matter of how many things they win you,but what actually matters is how you can be better at the things you are good in.I've encountered so many things in this kind of situation and this really changes me a lot.
Previously i was a study freak who is unwilling to open myself to the outside world,but now i am going to step outside of my safe zone.Although i realized that i am left behind in terms of everything,i will still strive and thrive throughout my life!!
A piece of advice to everyone out there!DOn't waste your life away feeling unsecured.Change the feelings into something productive!!!GOod luck to you!

SORRY for the inconvenience!

Due to exam week ,the blog is put on hold for the next two weeks.Thank you.

HOW do Hernan Cortes define commitment?!

In 1519,under the sponsorship of Cuba's Governor Velaquez, Cortes sailed from Cuba to the Mexican mainland with the goal of gaining riches for Spain and fame for himself.Though only thirty-four years old, the young Spanish captain had prepared his whole life for such a chance.
But the soldiers under his command were not as dedicated as he.After he landed,there was talk that the men might mutiny and return to Cuba with his ships.
What was his solution?
He burned the ships.
How dedicated are you to your team?
Are you really committed, or do you have an "out",just in case things dont work out?
If so,maybe you need to burn the ships.Remember,there is no such thing as hallhhearted champion.

committment!!!how to flesh it out?!

COMMITMENT is usually discovered in the MIDST of adversity!
the harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
-vince lombardi

commitment does not depend on gifts or abilities!

commitment comes as the result of choice, not conditions!

commitment lasts when it's based on values.
anytime you make choices based on solid life values, then you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment!

Committed teammates?

The moment one definitely commits oneself,
than Providence moves too.All sorts of things occur
to help one that would never otherwise have occured.
A whole stream of events issue from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents
and meetings and material assistance which
no man could have dreamed come his way.
-William H.Murray

Ordinary people with commitment can make extraordinary impact on their world.
-john c.Maxwell

Daily take away!!COLLABORATION

Some boys were hiking in the woods one day when they came across part of an old abandoned railroad track stretching off through the trees.One of the boys jumped up onto a rail and tried walking on it.After a few steps, he lost his balance.
Another boy soon tried the same thing,and he also fell.The others laughed.
"I bet you can't do it either,"he barked at the others.One by one, the boys tried it, but they all failed.Even the best athlete of the bunch couldn't go more than a dozen steps without stumbling.
Then two of the boys began whispering to each other, and one of them challenged to each other:"I can walk on the rail all the wy to the end, and so can he."He pointed to his buddy.
"No, you can't"said one of the boys who had tried and failed.
"Bet you a candy bar each we can!"he answered, and the other boys accepted.
Then each of the two boys who had issued the challenge hopped onto a rail,reached out an arm,locked hands with the other, and carefully walked the whole distance.
As individuals, they could not meet the challenge.But working together,they easily won.The power of collaboration is multiplication.

Collaboration!!!

1.to collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.

2.True progress in any field is a relay race and not a single event.
-CAVETT ROBERTS

3.Usually when you collaborate with others, you win, they win, and the team wins.

The moral of the story is this world is not you alone.Try to work together with the people around you.Work as a team and win as a team.They will eb happy and you will be happy too.

New quotes!About collaborative.

Working together precedes winning together!!

All your strength is in union,
all your danger is in discord.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Collaboration is multiplication.
-john C.Maxwell

Special story !!NAPOLEON!

One of the greatest generals in military history was Napoleon Bonaparte.Made a full general at the age of twenty-six, he utilized shrewd strategy, bold cunning, and lightning speed to his advantage to win many victories.
The Duke of WEllington,one of the general's most formidable enemies,sais, "I consider Napoleon's presence in the field equals to forty thousand men in the balance."
"I will tell you the mistake you are always making,"Napoleon said,addressing an opponent he had defeated."You draw up your plans the day before battle,when you do not yet know your adversary's movements."
Napoleon recognized in his losing opponent a weakness that he himself did not have:lack of adaptability.If you are willing to change and adapt for the sake of your team, you always have a chance to win.

Bring adaptability home!

1.get into the habit of learning
never stop learning something new as this process will keep on fueling itself.

2.reevaluate your role on your team
discover what roles you can perform best in your team and then see what other roles you can perform as well.be versatile

3.think outside the lines
be more of "what can be done" and not "it cant be done".
change your mindset if you want.be optimistic and be thinker

Quincy jones

A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with new idea.
UNTEACHABLE people have a difficult time with changes and as a result they never adapt well.

more ADAPTABILITY!

Inflexibility is one of the worst human failings.
You can learn to check impetuosity,overcome fear with confidence and laziness with discipline.
But for rigidity of mind there is no antidote.
It carries the seeds of its own destruction.
-Anonymmous

QUotes!

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

You defines what you are.Don't be pessimistic,but be optimistic.
You are only miserable if you allow yourself to be one.
So dont be the miserable one to do so.

PICTURES

CAREFREE LIVING

Enjoy your today to the fullest.
Dont live for tomorrow because the future is vague.
Live for today.

ADAPTABILITY!!!

If you wont change for the team,
the team may change you!

Blessed are the flexible,
for they shall not be bent out of shape.
By Michael McGriff

Exam week!!

This week is the exam week,a week when you can see everyone studying like mad-just to pass a measuring stick used to gauge our learning process-everywhere.I am trying my best to be in middle,not top ,not bottom,just middle.
What a difficult situation.Surviving just to be in the middle.Haih...

How do you chase after what you do not know existed?

This case is in what i studied in NUS,Reasons and persuasion.
The case discusses about whether virtue is teachable or is it not.The story goes like this.
Learning is a recollection of what you studied in your previous life,as in when you are in hell or the life before this life.
Like what is in the book,

Persephone will accept requital for ancient sin from those
Whose souls she will restore again to the sun above in the ninth year,
And from thse seeds men will grow,
Noble kings ,mighty in strength and greatest in wisdom,
And for the rest of time men will call them sacred heroes.

WHat it means are soul is immortal,gets reborn from time to time,after death,after life.So there is no wonder a soul can recollect all it has studied previously in life.
If you are smart in previous life,then you are smart this life.
I dont really agree with this philosophy if that's the case.If everyone can recollect all everyone has studied in previous life,then there will be no 'not that smart people' in this world.How can the book state something which is so out of the world?If the author has recollected what he has learned ,then he shouldnt write these things down.AM i right?

HOW LAW CAN BE UNLAWFUL

Recently i have read on a news reporting on MALAYSIA regarding an INDONESIAN muslim got sentenced for drinking alcoholic drinks after the women?
How come there is only one case in a blue moon?there are so many muslims in our country.How come only one INDONESIAN muslim take the heat?
IF our country is really determined to rid alcohols from all the muslims in our country ,I think they need to work harder.Well,if they really do work harder,there would be thousands of cases involving local muslims drinking alcohol.

HEAD EGG!!!

Haze in Singapore.
I never expected that it would be so thick.
Gallons of water passed through my stomach.
Torrential sweat coming from my whole body.
Loads of work stacking up like a mountain.
THATS HOW A LIFE IN UNIVERSITY!!
ARGHH!!!HEAD EGG!!!

Tables have turned!!!

I must study harder...
to get the the five 5s'
5.0 CAP
5 digit salary
5houses
5family members
5 billion dollars.
LOL!!!evryone wants that too.

INVENTIONS!HOW NICE I I CAN DREAM OF ONE!

I went to this lecture recently.It is all about Innovations and Crativity.
Sort of fascinating i suppose.According to the lecture,inventions come from dreams.
Although i don't really agree with that statement, the fact that most of our daily items are invented by accidents intrigued me.Cereals like Kellog Frosties are accidentally made when they tested with stale food in hospital.Firecrackers are synthesized by a china chef when he cleverly added sulfur and charcoal into his cooking(either to kill someone or what).
Well i think everyone should have more accidents everyday with stuffs so newer inventions can appear more often in the market.

English education system not good enough

I have learned new things here.Things i never expected to learn.
What is that thing?It is BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR....I NEVER KNEW I MISSED OUT SO MUCH IN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY SCHOOL..WHAT THE HELL!!!Well this reflects on how bad Malaysian education system is.Focusing more on the national language and less on the international language.The action is comparatively same as throwing a person who cannot swim into a sea dwelling with sharks,expecting them to learn how to swim in the few seconds before sleeping with the sharks..
Even the China education system is better in the grammar side.some of the China people can explain to me what,why and how the sentence is wrong....Oh crap!!!No use regretting..

Leadership for dummies

One thing i learned today.Let's get the ball rolling ,shall we?This is what i learned today.
Everyone,i believe you all know there is this book about "something for dummies" right?
Okay.My philosophy lecture told us this joke regarding books with the title of 'Leadership for dummies'.Why do we need this book?If we are dummies, shouldn't we let somebody else who is not a dummy to be a leader?This is not right,am I right?The author should have published a book on 'Followership for dummies".Let's contemplate on this issue and post some comments.Thank you.

fast lane in NUS

Singapore is truly in the fast lane-from economies to the daily lives of the citizens.Let me just share my experience in Singapore.To be exact,in one of the world famous in its cleanliness,toilet.
Well,being a Malaysian,i tend to savour the moment in the toilet,slowly enjoying the process of pass motion.
One day,I was in this toilet in NUS and doing some pass motion.After that,i heard someone went inside the toilet.Shockingly,the guy did his pass motion with such a great velocity that i was left behind for minutes.The moment the guy shuts the door."Thum!Hmmmm!!Plop PLop Plop(the sound of his bombs dropping into the bowl)!!!"That sums up the speed of this action-the action of pass motion.
OMG!!!

NUS peer pressure

Now I'm now feeling the pressure in NUS;although i'm still enjoying the life here.Nevertheless it's never good to just study and not play.Well, all work and no play will make me dull.(adapted from somewhere i dont know)LOL!!
NUS is fun,however the pressure here is enormous.This place is so different from my home town where everyone enjoys the process.On the contrary,here,you can see people studying wherever you glance through.(or what they call studying is marking).Next,the cost of living allowance (COLA)is so high;but one thing good is i can diet.

Wooooo..Lympic

Hello everyone...
There is an upcoming events on 4th OCt 2009.
It is called Wooooo...Lympic.
An event for Malaysian and those interested in sports and mind games.
Time :8am to 8pm.
Fees:$3 for lunch.
Games:
Badminton
Volleyball
Captainball
Basketball
Last but least,BIG TWO(chor tai ti)
If you are interested in buying the t shirt, please voice your interest and make your order to wooolympic@gmail.com.. order quick to get your desire size to avoid disappointment!

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=boey+Woo&init=quick#/event.php?eid=125599981057&ref=ts

JOKES

One day there was this robbery.A pregnant women was caught in between the robbery.Stupidly enough,the robber fired 2 bullets at the lady.The bullets hit her stomach but she didnt die.
When giving birth,doctors said THE BULLETS WERE FOUND IN THE BABIES-ONE GUY ONE GIRL.The doctor told the lady"It's safe .They wont die.When they reach puberty,the bullts will come out."So the lady ignore problem and forgot about it.
When the baby girl reach puberty,she Ran to her mom and said'MOM.Mom.I found a bullet in mt pad."Shocked,the mom told her not to worry.
Suddenly the boy ran to mom and said,"MOM mom.I was doing 'it' and i killed the dog.

MALAYSIAN NATIONAL DAY

Malaysian National Night coming up.To all Malaysians out there,be patriotic and be happy,while you can.This is a day where all of us remember the day we gain independence,from other powers of the world.Remember to sing a song on that day ,guys and girls.NEGARAKU.

FRIENDS!That is what everyone needs.Nobody wants to feel neglected because that feeling is painful to the heart.So i want to ask all my friends in Malaysia-when is the Man VS Wild 4?I want to join..Remember to include me ok?thanks.

Life in NUS is quite fun.From the day I stepped my foot in this place,i never felt unwanted.All my friends here,although newly met,it feels like i know them long time ago.What was fun is I can laugh most of the time because of few jokers and perverted girls in my group.LOL!As well as nice and easily bullied group leaders.

NUS ..A place to slim down...

Is it possible to slim down?I think this is a question on everyone's mind.Well personally for me,i have experienced it and i can say yes .Life in Singapore is not easy.Everywhere you want to go,you have to work for it-ranging from walking to driving.If you want an experience of slimming down,tyr coming to Singapore.I lost few kgs since i got here last month..

Can USM still retain the APEX status after the big blunder?

On Saturday,30th May 2009,many are pleased with the outcome from USM.Thousands of people jumped with joy at home,knowing they have been accepted into USM-a university with APEX status.So am I.
On that day itself,i hastened myself to check the USM website,bulldozing all the hurdles in front of me.To my amaze,i managed to get hold of a place in Chemical Eng. course.However,one of the requirements is to be present in USM on the following day.It might be a move to see how much we wanted to join this university,but then what about those staying far from Penang?What about those from Johor?Or those from Sarawak?
Next,a sudden change in the course given-from chemical eng.to pembuatan dan pengurusan-which i didnt apply from what i remember.
The heart breaking moments are on Sunday,the following day.After thousands of students thrive to register inside the university,little to know that more than 4000 names were mistakenly uploaded.Cries can be seen everywhere.Tanthrums were released but what can we do?People does mistakes.
THE ONLY QUESTION NOW IS WILL USM STILL RETAIN THE APEX STATUS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED ?WILL IT BE REVOKED OR WILL THEY BE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE?

LIFE IS A NEVERENDING PROCESS!!!

How many would agree with me?Our whole life is burdened by an unstoppable process,which all of us call 'learning'.Can we stop and say"I don't want to learn anymore"?
NO!Whether we like it or not,in this era where knowledge triumphs,in this era where millions of graduates race against each other to hopefully land on a wonderful job,we must force ourselves to learn.
There are so much to learn that no one can ever finish learning throughout his entire life.Computer programming,Engineering,Psychology-those are a fraction of the whole process.
However,i have read an article before which is quite interesting and i'm just gonna write it down.
THE MORE WE STUDY,THE MORE WE KNOW.
THE MORE WE KNOW,THE MORE WE NEED TO REMEMBER.
THE MORE WE NEED TO REMEMBER,THE MORE WE FORGET.
SO THE MORE WE STUDY,THE MORE WE FORGET.
WHY STUDY?
HAHA!!just joking...never stop studying....sometimes we need to force ourselves before we can really study.