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INTJ

I just did a personality test and i can't believe after about 5 years, i'm still an INTJ. *Hurray!!*

Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted
Intuitive
Thinking
Judging

Strength of the preferences %
78; 62; 12; 22;

You are:

* very expressed introvert
* distinctively expressed intuitive personality
* slightly expressed thinking personality
* slightly expressed judging personality

Tennis

Just got back from a tennis session. Boy it sure feels good after not playing tennis for sometime. What i need to do before my next session is to get a new pair of tennis shoes, get my racquet restrung and also change the overgrip. A new set of strings cost about 30 buckaroos! Can you believe it?? And i paid 50 for my racquet! I just think the strings are overpriced. Oh well, luckily i'm earning money so next month would be another time of "splurging" and another time of feeling rich again... WooHoo!!!

BTW, my mom brought home a set of DVDs by Professor Walter Veigh. The series is called Total Onslaught. A church friend from Aussie actually gave us those DVDs. Isn't that nice. And his lectures are so good! Think there are video samples on his website. Check it out!

Adventists featured on ABC News

I knew about this from Hannah.

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There was also an interview on Good Morning America based on the National Geographic study on longevity. The ABC News video clip can be found at:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex

This should take you to a video window. Find the heading “Health” and scroll down to find “The Three Places in the World People Live the Longest”. This is the link to the video.

Livin on a prayer - Bon Jovi

Once upon a time
Not so long ago

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union’s been on strike
He’s down on his luck...it’s tough, so tough
Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For love - for love

She says we’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got
’cause it doesn’t make a difference
If we make it or not
We’ve got each other and that’s a lot
For love - we’ll give it a shot

Chorus:
Whooah, we’re half way there
Livin’ on a prayer
Take my hand and we’ll make it - I swear
Livin’ on a prayer

Tommy’s got his six string in hock
Now he’s holding in what he used
To make it talk - so tough, it’s tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers baby it’s okay, someday

We’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got
’cause it doesn’t make a difference
If we make it or not
We’ve got each other and that’s a lot
For love - we’ll give it a shot

Chorus

We’ve got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it’s all that you’ve got

Chorus

Northern Highlander, Neo, Napolean

Posing with the Northern Highlander

These photos were taken 2 months back. Over here i'm dressed up as Napolean while John dressed up as Woody from Toy Story

Went to sweelee to get the church guitar adjusted. Now the action's lower and playing is more comfortable.
Shucks..many thoughts are running through my mind now..gotta sign off.

The Kids aren't alright.
By The Offspring

When we were young the future was so bright (whoa)
the whole neighborhood was so alive (whoa)
and every kid on the whole damn street (whoa)
was gonna make it big and not be beat.

now the neighborhood's cracked and torn (whoa)
the kids are grown up but their lives are worn (whoa)
how can one little street
spoil so many lives

Chorus:
Chances blown
nothing's free
longing for
what used to be
still it's hard
hard to see
fragile lives,
shattered dreams

Jennie had a chance, well she really did
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

jay commited suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on?
The cruellest dream, reality

Chorus(x2)

early retirement at 27?

ok this morning i finally got down to plan my retirement. All this talk about me going to retire in 2007 has to be justified. And what i found made me a little disappointed. I realised that retirement requires a HUGE sum of money. Say i retire at 27, i'll need money for the next 50 or 60 yrs. Let's say i draw out 40k a year. I need up to 2.4million for the next 60 yrs! And that's excluding money for the children, house, donations and other items. And furthermore, i'll be taking a huge risk if i retire so early since i aren't certain my income streams would last that long. So the conclusion of the matter is that i'll take one step at a time. I've had a number of insurance agents after me and wealth management agents too. Just last week i met up with one and it's difficult for her to help me come up with a wealth management plan coz my income streams may fluctuate vastly and secondly, retiring at that age is totally unheard of so she doesn't have a "template". Even this morning while searching for retirement calculators, i found all of them applicable to people in their 40s or 50s and not for the kind of situation that i'm in. For eg, they assume that when you retire you stop earning money which isn't the case for me. So i guess i'll be having to manage my own finances which i prefer actually. My dad told me a couple of times that he'll make me a millionaire in my early 30s. At that time, i thought it was impossible for me to be a millionaire at that age but now there is a slight possibility.

Adventists featured on NatGeo

Ok, Seventh-day Adventists were featured on one of National Geographic's multimedia presentation. I guess it's just a matter of time before "big" names like NatGeo took notice of us and our healthier lifestyles.

Just for interest sake, there were 2 studies done on Californian Adventists involving 24,000 and 34,000 people over the last 40 yrs. And the good news is that there's going to be a third study done involving 125,000 Adventists! What's the big deal about it? It will further answer or reinforce the link between health and diet and other issues too. And as said, if the study is done right, the results will not only be of national importance but of international significance.




i got the NatGeo news from faith's blog.

Hard to wait

There are a couple of things i want to get:

- CPU with high-end graphics card. I just saw the next need for speed series which is Need for Speed Most Wanted. The graphics are just SO REALISTIC! I want to see that on my monitor!

- Tennis shoes, Office shoes, Sports shoes

- DVD Player/Recorder

I hope to get them in the next 2 months. It's just so hard to wait for money to come in...

what you need to be spiritually mature

Yesterday afternoon we had a meeting and one of the things that i picked up was, to be a spiritually mature person, it's dependent on integrity, character and knowledge.

First, spiritual knowledge is necessary for a christian. You get to know who God is and what God would like you to do. ALOT of christians have a thing about the law. I think it's just a huge misunderstanding. Think of it this way. Since love is the fulfillment of the law, it goes like this.


Love
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towards God towards man
| |
1st 4 last 6 (ten commandments)


Love IS the fulfillment of the law because it emcompasses all that you do. That's what many christians agree. However, when you tell them in a "different" way that we should strive to obey the 10 commandments, their defenses go up. Why is this the case when from the chart that i've just drawn, it's merely a more specific representation of love? I guess they were taught by their pastors not to be a legalist. And so when they see this word "law" in any phrase, it becomes sensitive. In fact, in my own church, our pastor emphasizes that too. The question every christian should ask is, how do i demonstrate love? Not because you want to be a legalist and gain salvation as a result of it but because you want to follow God. If you love your wife, you would want to know what she wants you to do for her happiness and you would happily obey it. Same thing with us Christians. How we can demonstrate love is split into 2.
Love towards God and love towards man which is further split into the 10 commandments. One reason why Adventists like to emphasize the 10 commandments is because it not only tells us what sin is but also what love is. If you love your wife, you would want to know what she likes or dislikes. If you love that person, you wouldn't kill, steal or take his wife away. If you love God, you wouldn't worship other gods or create an idol or use his name in vain(btw, this will be another topic). ok i sidetracked abit there.

Secondly, with knowledge, you hopefully would develop character if you apply that knowledge. Your belief system, your values and your behaviour will be shaped by what you want to accept.

Thirdly, integrity is the steadfast adherence to character. You might believe in not stealing and accept it as so, but when you are the one that sees a million dollar cheque on the ground addressed to no one, what are you going to do?


Integrity and character can't be trained. Only knowledge can be imparted to a person. And that's what i see as a challenge.

i got back a while ago from roller blading at East Coast. First time i tried and it was not as difficult as expected but still i fell down a number of times. In fact, out of the 5 of us that roller bladed, 4 of us weren't familiar which is good in a sense. So i won't be the only one falling..lol. Elaine fell, Shuqin fell and for me i fell backwards almost all the time with my palms supporting me(thankfully the palm pads protected me). The good thing is i fell without being too dramatic but when i was returning home, my right arm started to hurt and is still hurting when i carry stuff with it.
Roller blading was a good experience. Should i go next sunday again? Or should i play tennis?...i'm getting tennis withdrawal symptoms....i need my tennis fix....

2 jokes

I got these 2 jokes from Jeremy's blog. I thought it was worth posting it here too.


About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Chinese had to leave Italy.

Naturally there was a big uproar from the Chinese community. So the Pope made a deal.

He would have a religious debate with a member of the Chinese community. If the Chinese win, they could stay. If the Pope wins, the Chinese would leave.

The Chinese realized that they had no other choice. So they picked a middle-aged man named Ah Peh to represent them. Ah Peh asked for one condition to be added to the debate.

"To make it more interesting", he said, "neither side would be allowed to talk".

The Pope agreed.

The day of the great debate came.

Ah Peh and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute.

Then the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.

Ah Peh looked back at him and raised one finger.

The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Ah Peh pointed to the ground at where he sat.

The Pope pulled out a loaf and a glass of wine.

Ah Peh pull out an apple.

The Pope stood up and said: "I give up. This man is too good. The Chinese can stay."

An hour later, the cardinals were all around The Pope asking him what had happened?

The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the holy trinity.

He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions.

Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us.

He responded by pointing to the ground and showing that God was also right here with us.

I pulled out the wine and loaf to show that God absolves all sin.

He showed me an apple to remind us of the original sin.

He had an answer for everything. What could I do?"

Meanwhile, the Chinese community had crowded around Ah Peh. "What happened?" they asked.

"Well," said Ah Peh, "First he indicated to me that all Chinese had 3 days to get out of here. I replied to him not one of us was leaving.

Then he pointed that this whole city would be cleared of Chinese. I showed him that we are staying right here."

"Yes, and then???" asked the crowd.

"I don't know", said Ah Peh, "He took out his lunch, and I took out mine!!!"

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I don't know whether this will ever be possible with all the privacy concerns. But it sure is cool.


Operator : "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut . May I have your..."

Customer: "Heloo, can I order.."

Operator : "Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?"

Customer: "It's eh..., hold..........on......889861356102049998-45-
54610"

Operator : "OK... you're... Mr Singh and you're calling from 17 Jalan
Kayu. Your home number is 4094! 2366, your office 76452302 and your
mobile is 0142662566.

Customer: "How did you get all my phone numbers?

Operator : "We are connected to the system Sir"

Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza..."

Operator : "That's not a good idea Sir"

Customer: "How come?"

Operator : "According to your medical records, you have high blood
pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir"

Customer: "What?... What do you recommend then?"

Operator : "Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza. You'll like it"

Customer: "How do you know for sure?"

Operator : "You borrowed a book entitled "Popular Hokkien Dishes" from
the National Library last week Sir"

Customer: "OK I give up... Give me three family size ones then, how
much will that cost?"

Operator : "That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The
total is $49.99"

Customer: "Can I pay by! credit card?"

Operator : "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir.
Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank $3,720.55
since October last year.
That's not including the late payment charges on your housing loan,
Sir."

Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood ATM and withdraw
some cash before your guy arrives"

Operator : "You can't Sir. Based on the records, you've reached your
daily limit on machine withdrawal today"

Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready.
How long is it gonna take anyway?"

Operator : "About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always
come and collect it on your Scooter..."

Customer: " What!"

Operator : "According to the details in system ,you own a Scooter,
...registration number 1123..."

Customer: " ????"

Operator : "Is there anything else Sir?"

Customer: "Nothing... by the way... aren't you giving me that 3 free
bottles of cola as advertised?"

Operator : "We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're
also diabetic....... "

Customer: #$$^%&$@$%^

Operator "Better watch your language Sir. Remember on 15th July 1987
you were convicted of using abusive language on a policeman...?"

Customer: [Faints]

In the city

It's a fact! I haven't been blogging much lately. Don't even know what to write. And blogging just to appease my fans' incessant calls to update my blog. Ok ok so here i am again.

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to work near the city or in the city? I used to think about that before i started working. Smart, Professional and Diginified were the words that came to mind. We see photos and videos of how Manhattan or Tokyo looks like and you had people brisk walking to destination who-knows-where. Those people seem to have a purpose in life. However, add in the audio and you'll hear only the sound of vehicles and footsteps. Where are the voices of people?

You don't need to look so far to take in such an experience. The Singapore MRT is a good example. In the MRT, packed with people around the peak hours of 8-9, some are sitting. Imagine a row of people where some are reading the newspaper or reading a book. Some others are trying to catch some more minutes into their sleep while the rest are staring blankly, patiently waiting to arrive at their destination. Now that's just a row of people. Multiply that with the many rows of seats an MRT train has. As with the people standing, they're doing the same thing, just that they're standing and occasionally have to "move-in" to give more space. To me, it takes about 20 minutes to get to Tanjong Pagar and i feel it's a waste of time if you don't do anything useful. So sometimes if i'm alone, i grab out a book to read once i'm on the train but at other times, situations just make it impossible to hold a book in front of me. Another thing i could do is listen to audio mp3s but not music coz it's under the category of time-wasting-on-the-train. Besides, i can listen to music in the office the whole day. In fact, that's what i'm doing now. Ok back to the topic. Once you exit the train at Tanjong Pagar, you have hordes of people queuing to go up the escalator or stair case and you wonder where did all these people come from. Once up, it's another queuing session at the gantry and the loudest noise you hear are the sound of footsteps. Once you reach ground level, it's the same thing as Manhattan and Tokyo, just less people.

That's what's like to be in the city. You see and hear but don't really communicate.

In our old office. My place used to be at the corner near the bookshelf. It was near the door too. In the new office, i'm still nearest to the door and that means when someone comes in, they'll approach me first..grr..

Group shot.

This was taken about 2 months ago with my colleagues.

more space!!

What an amazing sunday. I love sundays because that's the time of the week where i really can do what i want at home. Yes i do stay at home on sundays so i can catch up on "my stuff". Usually others would go out with friends or with their mates but for me i guess i'm not with the norm. This is what i call pampering myself or having a date with myself. Now what do i do at home? Take today as an example, in the morning, i played need for speed underground 2. In the afternoon, i had a conference call with boon and jeff to discuss some business venture. I was made to do the research since i'm the most free among them. I then had a good afternoon nap. When i awoke, i spent almost 2.5 hours packing a part of my room. With a pail of water and a rag handy, i wiped, packed and threw away some stuff. Seeing my room in such a mess ever since i came back from my trip to Bangkok always makes me uneasy. I don't like cluttered areas but somehow i just tolerate them because of procrastination to clean it. And the best part of the spring cleaning was the throwing away of 'O' and 'A' level textbooks and ten year series! Not that i kept all of them until now, but they were the so called "good ones" that i thought i should keep but now i felt i wouldn't need it anymore. I think i could stack them up to the length of my arm. That meant i had more space! And it means i don't have my luggage bag on the floor anymore. So with some rearranging, i mananged to clear my floor of items that's not supposed to be there. Unfortunately the graduation gown is still on the floor coz i've no where to keep it. I think i need a bigger wardrobe.

Another thing is my dad got rid of the long sofa in the living room and that meant more space!!! And with that, i told him i didn't need the reclining chair in my room and so it's going to fill up the space of the discarded sofa. And again, that means more space in my room!!muahahahhhahaha!!

After the cleaning, i did some housework and exercised. After dinner had to do some work for YWC and now i'm blogging away after a long absence of not writing and merely posting pictures. Sometimes i just don't have much to write or i don't feel like writing. Oh well..the main reason is i haven't really got a hold of my life in those times.let's hope things will continue to improve..if you don't understand, then nevermind. :p

Ok. There are a couple of things my house needs. They are:
- DVD Recorder/Player
- Shoe Rack
- TV
- more space

Here are my wants which i hope to fulfill by the end of the year or early next year:
- New multimedia desktop
- Notebook computer
- Handphone


And yes the common relation in all these is money. Where am i going to get all that money?? I guess i'll have to wait a couple of months..:(

Lastly, my office timing got pushed forward a half hour so now i'll be working from 830am to 530pm. Good thing if you ask me coz i can get home with more time to "do my own thing"..lol. Well the main thing that is good is i can exercise half an hour earlier and have dinner after that. Also, on fridays before cell, i can go to the library to hang out...what a wonderful life. :)

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you. You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy. You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please. Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage something you've always wanted... though you haven't really thought about it. In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

er...not quite true though.