Quarter life crisis....

These are the longest hang-out friends i've ever have in my life... Best (and also worst) parts of my life spent with them...
Photo taken at Daniel's place, reunion dinner during CNY 2008.
Front (from left to right): Jeremy, Kumar, Mitchell, Me of course!
Back: Daniel, Neil and Anthony

Last time we used to hang out at Lot1 Mac, and now that everything there is changing, we relocated to...Wang Cafe!!! (just outside Lot1)

Alot has happened recently... quarter life crisis hitting me with dramatic career changes. All happened as quite a shocker. Alot of disappointments felt, seen through alot of faces, realities of life... And i thank God i still have these fellow friends around...

10 years we've known each other..they still do the same old gathering thingy. Nostalgia...

With the crisis hitting me non-stop, i seek peace and comfort with them. They don't have to say anything..but just be there and crack jokes, i felt 1000 times at ease and peace. Went over to Mitchell's place overnight for a few rounds of Mahjong, before heading to Penang later in the evening. Won $12!!! Alot came from Anthony...ahhaAHaha~~~* 13 "fans" i think? Treat him drink next time..haha~~

This is the photo of the sky i took while walking back home from Mitchell's place at 7am in the morning... Damn cool... reminds me of the days when i was still 18 years old and doing the same thing. Felt kinda different already, as this time ard, we've grown up, working in the society now, facing different challenges in life.

Hope this time, with the trip to Penang, my thoughts will be able to clear further, and when i come back, i will have decided how to move on with the directions best to be taken. Really Thank God for these friends, else i wouldn't have survived the mental stresses... (plus April's and Carine's pressence as well! Few of the greatest gal friends ever had =) Happy Birthday to April!!~~*~*~~*`` )

Display Band Competition 2008 (12 April, Saturday)

This was taken during the Band Competition 2008 actual day on 12 April, saturday. Just after Kumar had finished tuning the snare drums. Wow...my first ever Display Marching Band Competition was in 1998. And now its 2008. Once in 2 years, it is the 6th Band comp i've attended. It all feels like i have never left this Band..right at Teck Whye Lane.. So nostalgic...

Got a silver, but we went with pride and honour! Alot felt unfair, even other bands mentioned that we should have gotten at least a gold. However, i sincerely think that if our show was in 1998, a Gold is surely not a problem. We just didn't evolve with times... the formations, music pieces choosen, no climax...but it was a great showmanship of a TRUE BLUE singapore marching band! And we were complimented for being the only band still maintaining the singapore stylo, unlike others which are taking up an American drumcore-line (dcl) style.

2010, we'll be back with a vegence, and other bands will be taken aback by how we're gonna improve 1000times with the new generals (Dan and Kumar), who will take the lead! This is quoted ok? Not me who said this!

I'll be taking up Music Theory test this coming Nov, so as to path my way to becoming a band instructor. I realised that, one big roung i went and now, i want to be a Band instructor with the Band, and my life ends with it (if all else goes well.. ahahaa`~) Its all because of Kumar and Daniel lah....haiyo...i'll still be managing my Franchise trading biz (That's what i've been alive for). My Goals starts with Trading, and once financial freedom is attained, i'll move on towards My life-long vision and my life just ends with Band coaching. Both careers, is all about nuturing people. People development. Satisfaction is there... ;) I really admired Dan and Kumar for doing what they loved to do.. I'll be joining soon! 2010...

Romania here i come!!!

Great news today!! Trader alert!!!

Interested party from Romania!! Romania here i come!!! Entry with Mior facial spa bar!!

After several hiccups here and there from trading online, i began to know how to identify genuine buyers and traders (Thanks to the experience working in Citibank ;P)

A small India company is also interested, but i'm hesitating whether to send over the samples, worried that they aren't good at marketing it. hmm...will check them out first..

EU nation!!! My world conquer starts now! With Arthur, Jet, Serene and Pin!! God bless... ;)

Teck whye field...i'll own it one day...

This is my favourite place since sec sch....a place full of nostalgia, memories, the good, the bad, the happiest moments of my life....ALL here... @ Teck whye ...
This place has now changed to a temporary boarding area for schools undergoing renovation. After Teck whye sec left this premise, a few sec schools were here temporarily. Now, Bukit Panjang Govt. High resides here. GReat that we can have our Band Practices back here!!
That's the place where i always stand, overlooking the entire field. A good place to catch the sunrise as well. Bukit Panjang Govt. High (BPGHS) used to have a combine band with Teck whye sec (TW) and we are known as The BT Band. The GREAT BT BAND!!!! Ever Forceful Ever Graceful!! (sounds contradicting, but it's been a slogan since i dunno when....ahaa~~* The Band separated into individual bands since 2002 (and i was quite sad back then...), so now only the Bukit Panjang band (BP band) are having the Marching Display band competition. =) And we're back at the field!!!!
This field...full of memories... We used to spend ALOT of time at this place, MORE than my time back at BPGHS!! Although I'm from BPGHS, i'm more like a Teck whyian!! Not BPian..haha~~ That period was a time where i felt MOST committed to anything in life- BAND BAND BAND!!!
I go to this place as early as 5.30am each sat morning for band practices, and enjoy the morning sunrise. During vacations, my bunch of band "ka kias" (VERY good friends) will come in the morning, go nearby kopitiam to have breakfast, play bball, play soccer, play "alipom" (a type of catching game), play catching in the rain, anything and everything, till night time. There was a period of time we go back to this place EVERYDAY for a month!

That's nostalgia.... Oh i miss those days... Having band practices from morning 8.30am starting, but sectional leaders will want us to start early practice at 7am!!! That's shittish...but we still do it, because we enjoyed it! Totally awesome when u see 150over people marching early in the morning... I seriously miss those days..

I was back sch today. Seeing the younger generations doing their formation marchings. Hmm...10 years already!! Ever since my 1st Band Competition in 1998!! I couldn't believe it, and it felt like yesterday when we finished marching. It didn't feel like 10years... wow..

You know what...i couldn't believe when i saw this...my heart sank to the bottom...LOOK AT WHAT THE SCH DID TO THE TREES!!!! DAMN F**KING!!! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO THE TREES!!!

After leaving this place today, i went with Kumar to CCK to catch up with Anthony and Daniel. Had a good time chatting, recalling old times, and i really wanna spend good times back with these old guys. Meeting them these days really perks me up to work even harder in biz.

I set myself a target. Seems impossible. But that'll be what i'll be striving for.
"I want to buy this piece of land, this Teck whye land."
Sounds really kinda impossible, because firstly, its government-owned and second, i need to be darn freaking RICH!!!

It does help that i'm in the World Billionaire's Group (WBG). ahaaHAa~~ kidding..but i need to really work very hard to get there. And i will get there with Arthur, Jet, Serene and Pin.

I'm very lazy....i'm so lazy that i wanna work my a** off for at least the next 2 years to get there and enjoy a slackers life for the rest of my life. Jia you!!!

Blessed =)

Engines started.

MiOR's starting to hit countries under my network.
Managed to get some networks running towards Phillipines, and recently was referred to a exporter who got connections to India, China and Dubai! My subconscious is working!!!

Recently just had an event to promote the MiOR bars. Incredible...
Got a contact to Thailand, an official from Ministry of Thailand and he got many samples bar to pass to his fellow friends who owns clinics and skin health companies in Thailand!!

Gonna export these MiOR bars, these GOLD bars all over the World!!! Recently an American, who controls 90% of the Internet usage in USA, having connections to President Bush, got so impressed with the results of MiOR, that he's planning to get 6 superstars to do an infomerical across the whole of America!!! And what's it gonna do with me? Either i work hard now, OR i work EVEN harder, cos i'm one of the pioneers!! Darn right thing i quit Citibank at the right time!!! Franchise Trading ROckSSs!!~ I'm blessed with a good life with good people mentoring, coaching me like Ee Pin (Gwen), Jet and Serene, and Arthur Yap. Love them all... =)

Tiring, but all worthwhile..just 1-2 years of solid hardwork i wanna put in, and i'll wanna retire financially. Go ard the World to do Charity, Third World nations especially and live a life of abundance. Visit places i've never been, travel ard and find a life partner whose got a vision similar to mine. Really hope one will appear this year...finding myself old now..haha~~ 24 now!!! Found someone rather interesting, scary and special recently all at the same time... yup, anyway, i've got a new belief recently:

"What's mine, will be mine. Destined to be mine. What's not mine, will fade and go away, and i will not feel pain or sadness when it goes."

100th posting! A Brand New Life!!!

This is the 100th posting for my blog!!!

hmm...And also my first day as a fulltime Franchise Trader! Gonna meet lotsa pple later, do up biz proposal for a company in India interested in importing our pdts and they'll send down their pple for samplings and discussions! A good first step into Fulltime biz.

Jet gave me a great birthday gift.
"CHANGE" is the word...shan't explain too much, cos its too profound...

i din like to be a leader, because of what happened during my sec sch days..where pple hated me for being too commanding, choleric and demanding, when all i wanted is for the better good of the group. I pretended to be ignorant, naive, a sheep, blur silly girl ever since,... And i realised that i am not happy at all doing that. All this while, i'm not happy pretending.

I decide to make a change. To change people, i have to change myself. I feel happier this way. Afterall, what's my job scope about? Its all about changing people! Aid them towards what they want in life, And that's it! Remove all mental obstacles in my mind, no matter hard it is, how impossible it is, i must work towards it. I'm beginning to realise what Pin's and Jet's been trying to do all these while....the perseverance to never give up on pple, really impresses me...

Make a Change. Act, Dress, Talk, Think like a Presidential!

16 March 1984 - 2008

Yeah!! Happy Birthday to me!! =) Now 24 years old!!!
God pls bless me with a great guy....
as usual. ahhaaAHA~~*
ANyway, i'm delighted that i got one of my biggest cheque in WBG franchise trading system, just 4 months into the biz. Stress level has been all time HIGH as well, but this round was a SHIOK one... hoping for more to come, which stretch my mind to climb higher and higher. The income just goes up and never falls below. I nearly hit bottom, but good thing that God bless me with a great leader, Pin. i will make you proud dear! *i know you look at my blogs!* =P
Going into Full time franchise trading, i realised that there's so much to be done. I see Arthur, i see Jet, i see myself. We are all doing the same biz, isn't it? But what the difference between you, me and him?

Ask me why...ask me why.....
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GOOD QUESTION!

Its all about How we see the business,
How we build the business,
and How much we BELIEVE in the business. AS simple as that.

Ambassardor level this coming March running. And go for Disneyland HK!!!
And....... last but not least....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! a gift from my beloved colleagues, Lihui, Joyce and Lynn from CitiBank N.A (millenia towers)

Thank GOD...

Today i woke up feeling shitty....

Wanted to go jogging and meet new friends, jogging mates in the weekends, but i failed.. woke up abt 10plus... damn..
Didn't get to meet Serene as she needs to chiong her work for Andrew...damn....
Didn't manage to get Jet to meet up with Wati....sian..

But, i decided to make a change! I decided to send an sms to GOD.
I shan't say what i asked of GOD. but, He seemed to have responded!

I went to office and met Wati myself. She told me how fantastic she felt after consuming Indinine for a period of time, her tennis-ball sized cyst in her womb shrinked!!!! Last time she used to feel "balls" rolling inside her whenever she rolls in her bed when she sleeps, now she dun feel it anymore!! She feels lighter, as if her cyst disappeared!! And just a few hours ago, she msged me to tell me HOw the mior bar helped her eczema legs which never healed for years!!! JUST 3 WASHES and its healing!!! FAST, SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE!!! i feel i can take over the World with mior!!!!

Here's her msg:" OMG, d bar works on my eczema leg. Amazing Annie I suffered for years! show you my leg on monday. Oh God thank you WBG!"

I felt so touched and blessed.. Thank GOD for helping Wati. The doctor wanted to remove her womb, because the cyst was too big and causing very bad ladies problems for her... Now, her dad who is having neck cancer, is also taking Indinine. I sincerely pray to God that Indinine helps faster for her dad as well...

I met up with a couple who are interested to know Arthur and the Franchise Trading biz as well. They got the tickets now to the biz function this coming tues @ Singapore Power Building. Hope thr exporting the pdts, it will help their financial health. =)

Also met a guy from PJC today! Its been at least 4 years since the last i saw him. Not even close to him, but i just met him off the streets @ Adelphi area! Pin wanted to go IT fair to buy thumb drive, and he wanted to get a laptop, so we went together. Along the way, we chatted heartily, like close friends! It was quite a meet up. Had fun chatting while we walked all the way from funan, fight the crowd in citylink, the bridge across to suntec and up to the IT fair at conventional hall. As we chatted and get to more about him, we realised that he's an amazing guy, Quite choleric (good leadership skills to start off!), and he really enjoys helping youngsters! Too early to tell, but we were thinking, if he can helps us with growing the youth team, he'll be a great partner. =)

Went dinner @ cafe cartel and dessert @ Spinelli at Raffles City, realised that actually he's a quite rich guy, but no airs.. and sort of...i think he's feeling empty inside. Pin also feels that too. Wow, perhaps the biz's gonna really help him and find meaning in life! ;) Whah.....somemore ah..although he's kinda failed my height criteria (i set it at least 1.75m), he's very handsome!! hahahaAAH~ i'm dreaming i'm dreaming... :P He's a good brother to have. :)

Going rock climbing with him later! See whether there are chances to explore partnership. A great guy as a brother ;) Really thank God for blessing me... :)

Arthur! MORE STRESS pls!!

Wow!!!

Its been a long time since i've suffered from so much pressure!!! WORST than SPS!!

A Long run for the 2 months running of mior bars...and i don't think i've worked hard enough.

Yes i didn't work hard enough, although i may seemed to have done alot of hits and runs, bang here and there and achieving not much results. Sad, but alot of experience gained. Hope that helps in the long run. Man!!!! I'm itching for more!!! MORE STRESS!! PEAK!! CLIMAX!!! (that doesn't sound right, whatever..haha!~*)

Yesterday session from Arthur was really great. Never before i experienced this kind of stress, not even exams!! Its a Wonderful stress...stretch our minds to think BIG!!! Never this stress which i ever felt in my whole life in WBG...never did we experience such kind of stress from any leaders from the team.. NEVER! We are really growing this time...

I never liked stress, but THIS stress i have been experiencing every single day from jan til now, i tried ALL kinds of ways to handle it. Run away, turn to korea dramas, watch movies, go out with old friends, goggle at handsome guys, pretend to do work but very less....ALL kinds of ways to run away!!! But IN THE END, i still have to face the music Because i desire the results that Arthur has been producing @ the weekly business functions. His review with us at every end of the session is amazing. Never fails to perk us up. More stress!! MORE STRESS!!!

Reach out to more people, daily. That's what i'm gonna make it as a habit. STRESS me more Arthur!!! Gimme more STRESS!!!!

Moments of my life early march

I think i'm falling for this collegeaue of mine... for the last 16days in Citibank...how can i have missed noticing him for the past 7 months at work?

It seems sweet, seeing him daily now...
But, yah....still other stuffs to do, like, preparing for full time Franchise trading! Gonna get chased by Jet for timetable! hahaAH~~*

Recently went to church service. 1st time ever. Got the shock of my life. I think i will prefer the quiet Catholic style..guess i'm getting old to enjoy the hype and all the sing songs of churches... The one thing that impacted me was "Faith". Faith is, to Attack. not to abuse, torture those kinda bad stuffs. But to stand true to what i believe and have a firm hold. When people try to sway me, stand firm on my faith and defend it. Actually i dun like that word, attack, but it what i needed most. I didn't stand true to my faith when i get attacked. I shall fight back and attack...what am i saying here... haha dun try to understand now cos its getting late...my mind is just saying.."stand firm and be in control, hold on to faith".

I have respect for all religions, just that my most fundamental of beliefs is, There is only 1 God, and his name is God. He takes on the form of any religion's worshipped character, may it be Allah, Jesus, Buhhda, Mother Mary, any good spiritual beings...There's only one. And he'll bless kind people. Fullstop. Very simple. My mind's not complicated, and i don't intend to complicate my mind with all history of religions. Live in the present, learn from the past (don't dwell in the past). Anyway, life's busy, with weekly functions which is stressing me up every week, i just feel like...finding a soulmate. I wonder how the last 16 days will work out... God, my friend, do Bless me. I Love you. =)

Public Declaration

I will declare myself Full time Franchise Trader by 31 March 2008.

I have been thinking too long these past few days....
and Today's Arthur's session made me the POWER to make this decision.

I will take the MOOR Indinine Spa bar to all corners of Singapore...
I will infiltrate schools, polys, universities, ITEs, households, condominiums, HDB flats, private estates, beauty salons, ALL OVER SINGAPORE and other countries to be exported, with this BAR...

A HUGE RISK to take...and i will make it.

Idealistic vs. Down to Earth

I wanted an ideal man to ....

1. Be in WBG biz with me
2. Be Tall (At least 1.75m)
3. Have vision about the future, like going around the World, third world nations to do charity works.
4. Really enjoy my dearest friend's company. To be with my group of close friends (That is why i always fall for guys in my close clique of friends)
5. To have lots of drive and passion for his career.
6. Be filial. Best if he really loves his mum and dad, and communicates with them well.
7. Be a leader. Be it in biz or any career. (Still preferably WBG trading biz)
8. No bad habits, like smoking, drinking, clubbing.
9. Be a vegetarian, like me.
10. Be clear of his goals and directions in life. Very specific, so he can guide me as well.

Now, what i want in a down-to-earth guy to...

1. Have passion for life.
2. Be there to adore and care for me. Be there whenever i need him. Really love me for who i am.
3. Friendly guy to know, so my close friend can generally accept.
4. Willing to change for the better. Not stubborn. Good EQ.
5. Be investment savvy. Knows how to manage finance.
6. A determined guy. Once he sets to start something, he will not give up and pursues to the end.
7. Healthy guy without much bad habits.( I can tolerate drinking, but not smoking and clubbing.)
8. Loves to hear me talk, appreciates whatever i do for him.
9. Understands his priorities in life, values and beliefs.
10. Have faith and hope for life.

These are generally the list... it will get longer.. ;) Will update this posting again.

I'm grateful to be.........ME

I am grateful to visit a great friend, love consultant, Beth @ her place, The Dating Loft.

Finally, someone is able to tell me what i have been suffering from the past 8 years.

I am a typical pisces, a perfectionist, who dreamt about the perfect prince charming, my knight in shinning armour. I dreamt of having my first guy as my lifetime partner. That was when i was still 16 years old. I really believed i could.

I made a wrong decision back then, to be with a man who doesn't know how to love, and made himself a miserable man desperate for love. I fell into the loveless trap and my dreams shattered.

An impactful sentence Beth told me, "I've never seen you happy all the times in WBG.. why?"

I know, i remember when was the last time i am happy. I was the happiest in B.T Band, in sec sch days. It was before my first relationship back in secondary 4. It was heart-breaking. Deep down, i knew i never got really happy after that.

I never forgived myself for my wrong decision. I was never truly happy since then. A choice to never forgive myself for my wrong move. I knew i was gonna suffer but i followed that wrong path. Even more undeserving of forgiveness. That was what i reaffirmed myself back then.

Today, i decide that i want to forgive myself and be truly happy again, like old times. Old people like Kumar, daniel, jason, they all missed the smily annie (haha, dun laugh ah, u guys!) . I am always better able to laugh and smile when i'm with them.

Beth gave me 3 homework.
1) To spend time with myself, and forgive myself for my wrong decision 8 years ago.
2) To list out what i used to like in an idealistic guy, compare with a list i have to also make, about having a down-to-earth guy instead. (Because i have to stop living in a perfect world and come back down to earth)
3) To really treat myself to something good. That i have always wanted and i have deprived myself of.

I did the 3rd first. Met up with Daniel and Kumar...really loved being with them. Makes me so relaxed and at ease. Kumar told me tat his mum's feeling much better taking Indinine while having chemotherapy. I feel so relieved and blessed. =)

My next blog will be on my list of comparison between having a ideal guy, vs. a down-to-earth guy. ;) (paused on franchise trading for a while!)

Hmm....what a day..

Hmm... waking up at 11am sucks. Suddenly i feel sad waking up so late these past few days of new year celebration..

First, went to Sinji's place to for new year lunch. Only see xiaoyin and huiting. haiZ i was kinda expecting a crowd of old sch mates, but its alright. ;)

Second, went shopping with Cyn for our mentor Longsheng's bday present. Tmr gonna give him! ;) But ...it didn't feel good to shop for the whole day afterall.... tired and sleepy, and alot of my franchise trading stuffs to do, haven't finish!!!

Third, went to watch Jay Chou's Kung Fu Dunk! Its an awesome movie. ;) Very funny too!!

Fourth, is what i regret most. Going to St james power station with KL, Cyn, pin, weijie, mingjian, tammy and some of KL and Cyn's taiwan friends who really wanna party. Damn, going to the clubs everytime reaffirmed that it's not the place for me to be in, BUT i still went...arGHhhHH!~!~!Not gonna step into it anymore for the next 1 year at least, until i forget the unpleasant experience of waiting for pple, getting squashed in the clubs, and drunk pple making a fool out of themselves...

Anyway, i left with pin halfway to catch another movie at cineleisure, CJ7. That's mad of us to wanna do that, but.....can u imagine? After you start to work, there's NO TIME to watch movies! Especially with our franchise trading biz, where got time?

A not so delightful day afterall, but, we're gonna celebrate Longsheng's birthday tmr anyway! So hope for the best! Sunday ends and Monday blues is coming....office hrs again... haizZZz... gonna quit soon!! Full time Trading and Franchise!!! =D

Faith kept me alive and going....

I seriously dunno what made me strong after these few days of mental torture... i supposed its FAITH.

Today we have a very fortunate session, to be invited to Nicholas Chia's place again, this time to bai nian. =) We sat ard at his european style living room and chat, and we started talking about Faith. He once told us there are 3 things man can't live without (The other 2 is left for you to think.. ) THe 3rd is, Faith. Without faith and hope, people live a hopeless life.

I guess this was what made me go Nicholas Chia's place. This is what i needed.
I've been thrown into a situation, which if i am the annie 4 years back, i would have cried on the spot and run away back home. I thank god for WBG, for making me a stronger person than ever before.

Within a short span of 4 days, i'm made to digest what i called "huge chunks of MEAT" (i am a vegetarian). I am now like, a vegetarian , trying to accept the fact the vege is not ard in my world anymore, and force to BITE MEAT, EAT MEAT, TASTE MEAT, every single day!!! And the portion gets bigger.. TOday is the biggest...

I met the lady for the first time today. I was in shock, but i kept my cool. She was suddenly brought down by him for KTV session. I couldn't bring myself to really talk to her, although i did. Just 4 days i smacked right into my face that she's there, quite pleasant looking, motherly feel...

I've got my faith to hold on to, Music is a good faith that i wanna pick it back up. I used to survive on music(band practices) during JC times, else i couldn't have made it.
For the past 6 hours just now, if not because of my strong hope to things will eventually turn out well.. else i would have broken down..
i really feel strong now...

I really feel good for him, just sad for myself for being pathetic.
I need to carry my faith with me and move through this tough lonely times.
I need to carry out my mission in life, so that my faith falls in place and gets maximised.
I need to move on to find the right guy of my life...

And i really loved him.