I painted a part of my garden on a fine Saturday morning. Some time in Feb 2012 (Sounds like a long time ago? No?.. )
There will be roses, yellow & pink, in delicious baby green leaves. Clovers appear somewhere on the grassy ground. A tall tree that gives shade to the princessy white bench in floral pattern, where I lie down with my book on a nice summer day… There r birds, small and beautiful ones. Not to mention they are actually naughty, very naughty.
Success is like opening a combination lock…
You need the correct numbers in the right sequence.
Here are the 10 rules
Rule No.1: Be Decisive
You define yourself by the decisions you make. The direction of your life changes the instant you decide which goals to pursue.
Rule No.2: Stay focused
The moment you focus on a goal, it becomes a magnet, pulling you and your resources toward it.
Rule No.3: Write down your goal
Be specific, measurable, and have a deadline.
Written goals are catalysts, transforming agents for success and achievement.
Rule No.4: Plan thoroughly
Planning allows you to carefully orchestrate all the steps on the way to achieving a goal.
Rule No.5: Involve others
Surround yourself with good people who possess solid experiences.
Rule No.6: Welcome failure
Failure has an ulterior motive. It stops you long enough to learn, re-strategize, and re-launch again. You will be more prepared for success.
Rule No.7: Take purposeful action
A good plan will almost always get you in the door. But it is action that seals the deal.
Rule No.8: Inspect what you expect
Attention increases productivity and tells you how you are doing against your goal.
Rule No.9 Reward yoursef
A goal, once achieved, deserves to be rewarded.
Rule No.10 Maintain personal integrity.
Maintain a commitment to your commitment. Personal integrity is about setting a goal and keeping your promise to achieve it.
Embrace these 10 rules of goal-setting and witness the powerful transition in your life.
From simpletruths.com
You go home and all you wanna do is say hello to the bed.
Am gonna get my energy back tomorrow. Promise.
is what happens when you look at the taxi disappearing into the traffic flow, bringing that guy far away from you. In a few hours, you guys will be miles apart again.
3 full days together, 72 hours together.. the peaceful weekend we had, with movies and meals and laughter and cuddling.
when will it be all over?
My last day as a student. The last lectures, the last project meeting, the last in-a-hurry lunch before lecture. Everything turns out to be not bad as I always thought, I mean, student life.
Still remember 4 years ago when I 1st entered university, cry like a baby feeling inconfident and homesick. Then need extra time to read 1 chapter of book, like 1 hour for 1 chapter while everyone took 15 minutes… It’s not nice memory, but it shows how hard I try to get to where I am today. Not bad, Duong.
A friend, a sister. long live friendship 
With our favourite lecturer, the one who got voted as the most energetic lecturer :p
Right now, at this freaking point in time of every semester in NUS, my mind just keeps wandering to the wrong places. Wrong, yet desired.
What kind of wife will I make?
I love food, I love cooking in special days. Since I moved into this new residence with such a dirty kitchen, cooking has really been missed. So i guess I will be a cooking-loving wife. My husband-to-be ‘d better be happy!
I love colours. If you ask me, I can’t tell you which colour I love most, simply because I love colours. Even though I do find myself attracted by green and yellow at the moments, I’m sure at some point in time my taste will change. Well, that’s not the point I’m trying to make. The point is, our family is gonna live in a lively house with different rooms decorated with different colour’s tone. Tada! My kid ‘d better be happy.
I love cleanliness and I always wish for discipline. So somehow my kids and my dear husband ‘d better be careful. =p
I love travelling hence I’d better make sure our family earn sufficient income to support at least one trip per year. And remember, one is not the final number that I wish for. 3, perhaps? Summer, Winter and Chinese New Year, each will encompass one. yup! So my husband’d better be working hard. :p
(to be continued…)
Such a fine day like this, when looking out of the window, seeing the trees, the leaves waving nicely in the wind, my heart feel so lifted. Wish he is here.. taking a nice stroll out, enjoy the weather..
Silly me watching a Korean Drama and keep thinking about our first kiss, it was so sweet and so shocking.. :p arggg
A little chat with mum and dad this morning and I couldn’t help being nostalgic.
Those was the times… I was still a little girl wrapped in my parents’ arms. Easy to get excited, easy to get hurt, easy to laugh silly at my parents’ joke… and easy to cry. Even when I was in high school I still can cry all night long about my exam result, about the fact that I just need a little more of caution then I would have gotten into the specialized team for National English Contest. Silly me.
Those were the last days in high school when my parents decided to ride me to school and pick me up everyday, so that I would not be worn out at the end of the day…
We talked about it this morning. After I told dad I had a dream last night about him riding me to somewhere I cannot recall. ”It was a good time fetching you to school and back home everyday”. Dad said. ” It was a daily task yet it brought joy to both of us”
And i was speechless.
I still remember how dad used to fetch me to school, back home, to exams venue… In my 3rd day of high school graduation exam, when I finished chemistry paper, when dad came to fetch me I was standing there and my eyes r filled with tears. It was a shock to him, I guess. It was all about one silly mistake that I made during the paper that make me think I was gonna get only 6 or 7, over the 10 point scale. That was scary. And silly me just keep crying all the way home.
Daddy was such a gentleman. He was bewildered, he was confused. And guess what he did to console me? promise a monetary reward if my graduation result got 9 in average. haha. Come to think of it, dad was such a man, what else can he do to make me feel better? I still remember I told him ” Dad, 9 is too difficult, I already did very badly for this paper, can it be just 8.5 average instead? Dad, please?” He just smiled.
Finally, I got the graduation exam result in one fine summer day. And dad, at that point in time, is in another city for his political study. Now that when he reminded me of the fact that he was away that day, it should have been so exciting calling him ” Daddyyyyy, I got above 9 average for exams!!!Yayyyy!!!!”.
Tears come to me suddenly, when I ask why he cal still remember things that happened 5 years ago…
“Because I only have one daughter”
I will live my life to the fullest, daddy. And make you proud of your daughter.
Love you much much.
for him to be different than who he is now?
I just want our relationship to get to a new stage, a chance or both of us to find our relationship better days by days, not just sitting here and looking at our own things. Has he learnt how to think during his study? why is it so hard for him to realise what Im trying to tell? Do I need to say what I want so that i will get it? I don’t care, I don’t care. Can you please use your brain a little bit more. Can you?
