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Short and Fat - Note to self

Note to self regarding height and weight...
The short and fat of it all...




Reminder to self:

"You can be short....

But you cannot be fat...

Coz you can't choose your height...

But you can choose your weight!!" 

You may be interested in the following entries:

My Weight Loss Secret Revealed - How to lose weight in an instant!

My wifey and I - one dark and stormy night...

URBAN HOMME - Urban Icon Challenge

--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Work it out...

Inspirational Beyond Words

Probably the most inspirational and motivational person in 2010?


It is simply amazing!!! You really have to see it to believe it...

Live Spectacularly

Check out The Best of 2010 Blog Entries


--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Countdown to 2011

The Importance of English

Remember the naggy English teacher in school who nagged at you to: 

brush up on your English...

learn your grammar....

check your spelling...

and RE-CHECK your spelling...

(Remember the Customer Service Rep for my Gym Membership?)

As though it could destroy you life if you didn't do as told?...

THAT teacher may be right after all...

Carelessness in life unlike in exams.. can cost you more than a few marks...

One spelling mistake can destroy your life.

Words of Wisdom - What Life has Taught Me

"Be simple, 

be caring 

and be honest.

That's what a person is remembered for after death,

not how rich he was 

and how much he had"

- Mr I. Ponnampalam, 83

As read on A fighter carries on  in The Straits Times, Nov 28 2010

written by Wong Kim Hoh, Senior Writer

--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Get High on Life!

The Lie about Lifelong Learning?

A speech that tells you that it is a big lie that "Learning is a lifelong process"... and goes on to give you an insight...


"You know the sort of people who tell you that? Teachers. Don’t you think there is some measure of conflict of interest? They are in the business of learning, after all. Where would they be without you? They need you to be repeat customers."


In the speech.. Marriage was also mentioned...


"Marriage is considered one milestone of life. Some of you may already be married. Some of you may never be married. Some of you will be married. Some of you will enjoy the experience so much, you will be married many, many times. Good for you."


A great speech full of interesting and funny insights...
More importantly.. 
It gives you great advice on choosing a career and living your life...


Read about the whole speech


http://www.mywealthmodel.com/2010/10/life-coaching-courses.html




--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Get High on Life!

Lauren Zalaznick

Read about this power woman and the advice that helped shaped her life and career...

We all need such great advice as reminder from time to time...

http://www.mywealthmodel.com/2010/10/best-advice-i-ever-got-lauren-zalaznick.html

Lauren Zalaznick - Pic from broadway.com

--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Always listening, Always understanding

US$200 million contract.. The man behind the record breaking contract...

The man behind record breaking multi-million-dollar contracts in sports...

Founder and President of Boras Corporation

Scott Boras

Read about the advice that shaped his life and career at...


The best advice I ever got - Scott Boras

--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Live it!

The Best advice he ever gotten...

Advice from a retired four-star general and in the past...

one of the most powerful man on earth!

Check out the advice that shaped Colin Powell's life!

--Ginseng Tonic Maker--

The Advice that could be worth US$1.5 billion

The advice that could be worth US$1.5billion

That's how much Mort Zuckerman 

the 147th richest man in America got out of it..

Mort Zuckerman pic from nymag.com

Check out his best advice ever gotten...

--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- 

Love and War - Married Life 101

Wifey and I attended our first marriage lesson last Friday. Before you get a shock and wonder what is wrong in such a short period of time. Well, there isn’t anything amiss. We are not attending the lessons because we are having problems; we are just hoping that attending it can help us avoid most of the problems that is common among married couples.

I was invited by a “big sister” in office to attend these lessons which were organized by her church. The lessons were meant for married couples or even couples who were going to be married. Although I am not a Christian, I readily agreed. Luckily Wifey feels that it is important too. 

I mean, people learnt how to count in school, learnt about science in school, shouldn’t we attend lessons on marriage which is one of the most important things in life?

It is one of those read, watch short video and discuss formats. The material that we will be using for the next few weeks is Love & War: Finding the marriage you've dreamed of by John and Staci Eldredge

The key points that stuck in my head after the session?

 Love is making a choice to stay together. You need to fight and work at keeping your marriage. The key is that whatever obstacles or difficulties which may arise, remember that Love is making a choice to stay together when it seems much easier to give up and run away.

I would like to share with all couples The MOST important point that was highlighted by the pastor.

“The secret to a happy marriage requires 

love, 

patience, 

understanding, 

communication… 

and 

lots of lingerie.”

                                                                                  

I’m kidding. The pastor DID NOT say that!

But he should! Hahaha...

That was said by Singer-songwriter Robin Thicke that I read in the papers. 

Do you know who he is? I don’t. 

Think he’s in the wrong career, he should be a philosopher!

--Ginseng Tonic Maker—Bliss…

Life's Lessons from a World Cup Game - Diego Forlan

Lesson: Failure is an event, not the person.


In case you didn't know.... South Africa World Cup 2010

South Africa 0 - 3 Uruguay

The 2-goal hero? Diego Forlan

For those of you who have been watching soccer.. You will remember... That in 2002, Diego Forlan was at a wonderful club looking like this:

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Diego Forlan

I think hardly anybody will argue if his stay in Manchester United is considered a failure.

It took him 8 months to score his first goal for Man Utd. 

It is ok if you are a defender... bearable if you are a midfielder... TERRIBLE if you are a striker..

Most of us can remember watching in agony, some of the goal scoring opportunities he missed.. 

Swearing that "even my Grandmother" can score that!! (or its variations)

However, despite his poor goal scoring rate, he was still a firm fan favorite (scoring 2 goals against Liverpool to win the game certainly goes a long way).

The fans were in love with his never-give-up attitude. If you give your best, people can tell.

Lesson: Do your utmost best!

Before long, despite his efforts and the love shown by fans, he was sold. What a sad story right?

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EXCEPT

Now he looks like this

Diego Forlan

Because he went on to win the

Pichichi Trophy - The top-scorer award for Spanish League

European Golden Shoe - The top-scorer award for WHOLE of Europe's Top Divisions

Which shows that

Lesson: Even if you fail in one place (or chosen area), you can still succeed in another place (or chosen area).

--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- That's why I love sports.. Life's lessons in 90minutes.

Happily After.. Or Hell Forever?

Of all the promotions and marketing materials I receive periodically to persuade me to spend more on my credit cards..

I've always been most impressed by those sent by the American Express Platinum Reserve card...

The quality of the materials and the promotions gives me the most temptations.. But luckily.. I usually just dump them into the bin...

Good luck to those who succumb to temptations...

A week or two back.. Received another from them...

Though it's too late for me... Or LUCKILY it's too late for me..

Happily Ever After Begins Here...

Then their marketing of Happiness is earning 10+10 Times Membership Rewards points at our Wedding Platinum Partners..
Followed by flyers of the different promotions and offers from Rings to Hotels to Gowns etc...


Is that how happiness is measured?


For anybody who has talked to me and asked for my advice on wedding dinners, wedding shoots etc.. 
My personal view is (and thankfully my wifey is with me on this)..
Keep things simple... DON'T get into debt!


But of course.. This is my personal view (perhaps being a Financial Consultant resulted in this?).. It's perfectly fine I think.. For some people if they can afford it to throw lavish celebrations.. Or even for those who are willing to spend $XXXX on their weddings.. 


Maybe I don't care so much about face.. Coz to me, after a while people forget who held weddings where... and no matter how much you spend on your wedding shoots or pre-shoots.. most married couples will tell you.. It hardly sees the light of day.. (ours is in the storeroom!)...


Happily ever after does not just come after the wedding.. It's the learning to accommodate each other that will be the key..


Don't let the Happily ever after.. turn into Hell forever.. If you sink too deep into debt and start your wedding on the wrong foot...


--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Don't care too much about what others think of you.. They don't think of you that much anyway...

Comment as left by Penny...

"Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad... but it' s the middle that counts."

--Ginseng Tonic Maker-- Pls let the middle continue forever..