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Do you give up just because others are ahead of you? Or do you take it as a motivation to surpass them and do better? It is not about making comparison with others on who has bigger houses, faster cars or more money? It is doing a check and balance on ourselves. How far away are we from our own goals and dreams? What do you do to get closer to them? There are people who eventually stop making goals or having dreams, because they already tell themselves, "I would never get there, I do not have that kind of destiny." We create our own destinies. Not everyone is born with a golden spoon in our mouths. However, it doesn't mean we would never be able to make big goals and dreams and achieve them. It merely mean we may have to put in more time and effort than those who has a head start before us. Yet, I do know of friends who were born into not just rich, but super duper rich families and yet they own their current success to themselves. They did it with thei...

Compassion, Wisdom, Pure Heart, Sincerity, Trust, Character, Courage When I first got to know of the campaign to contribute Vitamin D to our healthcare professionals, I merely wanted to just contribute 1 bottle on my own. However, it later turns out to be a total of 72 bottles my friends and I managed to contribute to the NCID staff. I reflected on the whole process and asked myself, "What works for me such that I can garner the support of so many people?" That's when I realized it was because of the 7 words above. With the COMPASSION thought of merely wanted to do something for our front line healthcare professionals, it triggers me to seek my friends' contribution. WISDOM  of being able to draft a message that speaks to my friends and touch their compassion department as well to want to contribute. I did it with a PURE HEART with the sole intention of wanting to do my little part in paying back to society. Throughout the messagin...

15/05/2020 - Date like how you want your daughter to be dated. 以你想要你女兒被追求的方式來交往。 Today would be my Dad's 65th Birthday if he is alive. I have been wanting to write this post, so I decide today is a good day to do so. Everyone has their own ways in courtship. As for mine, the basis is imagining the girl you are dating now to be your own daughter in future. How do you like her to be dated? Do you want her to return late at home? Do you like her to be on the phone most of the times? Do you want her personal time with her family and friends to be affected? Do you like that her priorities are mixed up or disrupted? The list goes on... If this is not what you want to see of your daughter, do not let this happens to the girl you are dating now. Simple because, she is also somebody's daughter now. -------------------------------------------------------------------- After being a private hire driver for 10 months, I have heard countless interesting as wel...

Picture Credit : Dearest Sister, Shannon 圖片歸功於 : 親愛的妹妹，慧瑜 FB Page -> https://bit.ly/3889EZH <- 面子書 06/12/19 -  Stay Firm, Trust Your Intentions, Be Committed, Never Give Up! 保持堅定，相信自己的意圖， 做出承諾，永不放棄！ It has been a long time, I am tired. Physically, mentally and mostly emotionally. I an not a rational person, I act upon emotions. Ended up with injuries and bruises all over. Though I know I have to brush up on my communication, it takes time for improvement to take place. Feedback I've received and as the results showed, "Ivan, you are always/easily misunderstood." Yes, it gets frustrating and eventually hurting when others not only do not get what you meant and went to the other extreme. I shared my business, my products and the course I've attended. I shared my business to prep others for their Plan B and the very bad job market that's coming up. I shared my products hoping to improve and maintain people's health. I shared the c...

We had FUN! We filled our tummies!  We sing our hearts out! Have you found the safest place to share your darkest secret? Do you get unconditional support from people around you who always have your back? Are there anyone who cares about your win probably more than you do? Have you found a family outside your blood related one? 你找到了分享你最內心秘密的安全基地嗎？ 你是否有一群毫無條件給予你支持的人總是挺著你？ 有沒有人或許比你更在乎你的勝利？ 你可找到在血緣關係以外的家人？ ********************************************************************** 3 months ago, I do not know what to get out of this. I have always thought I know it all. I was wrong.  Asking for support used to look like a failure to me. I have learnt that it is perfectly fine to do so. Many things in life, we cannot complete them all by ourselves. Why are we depriving others the chance to help us? It was definitely not the easiest journey. However, this has got to be one of the best decisions I have made for my...

22/09/19 :- BE AUTHENTIC! 做真實的自己！ Do you actually have AUTHENTIC and RISKTAKING friends who are willing to be TRUTHFUL and OPEN with you, put TRUST in you that you know whatever they do or say is a way of CARING for you? I am proud to say I have a lot of best friends whom I can pour my hearts to. These friends are those I truly care and hold closely to my heart. However, being a perfectionist in the past and trying very hard to be the Mr Nice Guy, I never had the courage to tell them how I have felt even if I know it is going to help them. My image was at stake and I was not willing to risk it. I am glad after attending a course which I would say is a turning point in my life, I now find the courage to speak truly and openly on what is on my mind such that I can help those around me grow. Tonight (21Sep19), there was a fire burning in me and I have this strong desire to meet a close friend at 2350 and share how I felt about the situation my friend is in. From the bo...

21/05/19 :- In a world where you can be anything, BE KIND! 在一個你甚麼都可以成為的世界裡，選擇善良！ Guys may have strong ego, but we have feelings too. Not all guys are wolves, who are only after your bodies. When we give you our hearts, please treat them with care. You may not want to be the owners, but do not go around breaking them. Many have came to show their care and concern, I'm truly grateful and appreciate your kind words. I am sorry, I couldn't share much on the details. I can only say, I am not ok, but don't worry, I would be fine as time goes by. Whatever that has happened, was just a case of a silly guy misinterpreting all the wrong signals sent. Falling in too fast and too deep. The girl was playing with fire and when she realized the fire was near, the most logical thing to do was to let go and not get her fingers burnt. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, except the guy is left to pick up the broken pieces of his fragile heart which he has given out too so...

Tattoos - A sign of rebelliousness, gangsters, evil, etc. However, is that the truth? Every tattoo tells a story and I know this is not where it would stop. I can only say, if you judge me by my past or from what you think you see, you may not be able to truly appreciate my present nor enjoy the fruits which my future may bring. Are you ready to leave my past behind, walk with me till we reach the end of this journey? 刺青 - 象徵著叛逆，流氓與邪惡，等等。 不過，真是如此嗎？ 每一個刺青都述說一個故事，而我也知道故事不會停在這裡。 我只能說，你若以我的過去或你認為你眼前所看到的來對我下判斷，你就無法真正欣賞我的現在更不用說享用我的未來有可能帶來的果實。 你是否準備好拋開我的過去，與我同行直到旅程的終點？

28/03/19 :- Take the leap, make the change! Do something different! 跨出去，做改變！ 做些不一樣的事！ My command of Chinese has always been better than that of English. I have wrote a couple short stories and more songs than I did for poems. Never have I read poems books and got hooked on them. Now that I have been introduced and got addicted, miracles happened. In a little more than 2 days, I've composed 2 English poems which took me less than 2 hours each to get them pen down. In the past, I used to write better after downing at last a glass of red wine. I reached a plateau when I decided to quit on alcohol. It took me around 6 months to get used to finding inspiration without the aid of alcohol. I used to think and always put myself in an extreme state of sadness to find great inspiration to pen down my thoughts into my stories or songs. Never have I expect the power of absolute happiness gave me more inspiration than I got when I was at the lowest point of sadness. Someti...

Do you know between 30-50% of all cancer cases are preventable? I'm not some cancer research specialist, but merely sharing what I've heard and learnt from others. Valuable knowledge needs to be shared to be useful. Check out WHO website on cancer prevention here ! Recently heard that a high cancer marker friend has started taking these 3 products and her cancer market dropped significantly when she went back for her doc review. Initially, she was supposed to go for womb removal surgery and now she can be spared of it. I got interested to know more about these 3 products because my dad passed away because of cancer and we all know cancer is one of the top killers in Singapore. I have a lot of dreams and many people to take care of and definitely is not willing to be hit by cancer, thus prevention is always better than cure. Ever since I've heard what my friend mentioned and through my own research on what individual product can do to help, I've been takin...

Youth Summit as been over for a few days and I finally managed to settle down to blog about my feelings and thoughts. Over the past 3-4 months of training, I have learnt and definitely gained a lot. Through the discussion meetings, I have learnt more about this religion - Soka and it helps to build my faith in practicing, at the same time shares about this religion. With the absolute victory of this Youth Summit, there are a lot of people I have to thank. Firstly, it is my family who gave me both the emotional and physical support. They accommodated my training hours by planning meal times around them and also came down on 22nd Aug 18 for the full dress rehearsal. Half way through the show, it started raining heavily and they were drenched. However, instead of complaining, they told me our performance was great! Of course, not forgetting these friends who came to support me on 26th Aug 18. Ariel, Tricia, Jade, Xinhui, Jaylce, Cindy and Yvaine. Th...

25/08/18 :- When you pray for others, you find no excuse to skip! 當你為了他人 唱題 ，你沒有藉口不施行！ Was having a dialogue with a young lady recently. In terms of age, she's 12 years my junior. However, when we talk about being a Soka member, she has definitely more than 12 years of Buddha's wisdom, courage and compassion as compared to me. We had an interesting dialogue. She mentioned that she was grateful that throughout her growing up years, other than having to chant for good results and passing all her exams  smoothly,  she has not encountered personal issues which required her to chant to resolve them. It is definitely a good thing. She shared that she believes you do not need to wait for things to happen before you start chanting, you can always accumulate blessings as you chant daily. These accumulated blessings may just help you in future when you needed them most. Throughout the years of chanting, she has also been chanting for her friends to come ...

28/06/18 :- Strawberry generation, have a strong mind and take positive actions! 草莓族，思維要強並採取正面行動！ A little incident happened this afternoon and I cannot help wondering. Decided to blog a little thought so as to remind myself how to raise a strong kid in future. Entrepreneurship is never easy, everyone knows that. I respect all start-up business as well, which is why I will attend any business presentations people ask me to evaluate. "We do not know what we do not know." is something I strongly believe in. Not till you give somebody a chance to show you what you may not know or something you thought you know it all, do not assumed. There is always something to learn from people around us. Even if what they showed you is not something you are interested in, I believe you will have some takeaway from the whole event. Have an open mind and most importantly, play fair. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, it is not friendly to use your power or authorit...

08/04/18 :- 有捨才有得。 Give before you take. 這句話是如此的簡單但如此地難以做到。 最近在身邊發生了不少事情，也遇到了不少人，讓我有所感觸。 有一部分的人在某種場合，考量某個決定，對待某些人時，腦海第一件事就是問，“這對我有甚麼好處？” 為甚麼會是捨得而不是得捨就是因為在我們能夠割捨後才有可能得到。 本身帶有點 “多管閒事” 的自己總是學不會對別人的求助說不。 在一年多前接觸了這個從台灣來的遊戲卡後，開始找身邊的朋友來個一對一的交流。 續之前完成的 #project1983eagleivan 之後，今年 2018 也給了自己一個新的挑戰就是要再次與83個人玩這副遊戲卡。 因為之前3個月忙著工作與其它瑣碎的事，進展的幅度不大，所以至今只玩了4 場。 當我開始想要邀約朋友一起玩這遊戲卡時，遇到的問題就是，“你為甚麼要找我玩？有甚麼目的/理由？” 我相信施比受更有福，之前友人第一次跟我玩了之後，我獲益良多，所以想讓更多人從中受益。 每一個人從這遊戲得到的收穫都不一樣，我也沒有辦法很詳細地讓你知道又或者保證你一定會得到些什麼。 而遇到那些堅信我一定是想從他們身上獲益的朋友，我唯一的理由或許也只是希望從你們的故事裡取得靈感。 當我有時間能夠報名上小寒老師的專業歌詞班的課時，我能夠從回憶資料庫裡拿出你們的故事當作題材，希望寫出一些感人的歌。。。 你願意與我玩一場遊戲牌嗎？ =) This is such a simple statement yet so hard to achieve. I had several encounters and also met some people recently which gave me this thought. There are people where in certain occasions, making certain decisions or when dealing with certain people, the first thing which comes to mind is, "How is this going to benefit me?" I believe, there's ...

14/02/18 :- Single ought to have a choice too.  單身也該有選擇。 It's the day of the year once more... Ivan's target of getting married has been shifted from 30 to 35. In a blink of an eye... I am turning 35 this year. Friends around me started asking and even "push" me to take whoever happens to come into my life. Same goes for other single friends of me receiving the same treatment from their friends as well. As much as we appreciate your sweet and kind thoughts, please note that we are happy you found the one and has someone to spend today with. HOWEVER, JUST BECAUSE WE ARE STILL SINGLE, IT DEFINITELY DOESN'T MEAN WE OUGHT TO SIMPLY TAKE WHOEVER COMES ALONG, WE OUGHT TO HAVE A CHOICE TO CHOOSE RIGHT? We would rather wait (in your eyes, wasting time) for the right one than having to mend our broken hearts over the wrong ones. So, while you are busy searching for ideas on the most romantic and worthwhile dinner dates, allow us to enjoy peaceful sin...

02/01/18 :- Life is unpredictable, treasure the moment! 生命無常，珍惜當下！ I have seen a similar photo being forwarded in social media sometime ago. Since then, it has made me think a lot about life and I have wanted to blog about it. However, time never seem enough for me to sit down and pen my thoughts down. So much has happened within a short span of time to people around me, I think it is high time I sit down to blog my feelings and thoughts. At the same time, hopefully it serves as a gentle reminder to the  readers of this blog. I bet most of us have always hold this thought in our minds, "I still have tons of time left, I can do this later (tomorrow, next week, month, year, etc)." It may be true today, tomorrow or next week. But, how long more can this sentence of "I still have time" stay true? Even if we say the average lifespan of a person is 75 years old. What makes us think we really can do so? Have we truly give a thought on this? When our mo...

This took longer than targeted. It was definitely not easy to hang on when the odds are against you. Giving up was easy; but I already know what would happened if I give up, I want to know what would happen if I don't! 2 long years have passed since I started this entrepreneur path. Honestly, I didn't know what to expect when I decided to start. All I know is I can see this business is an upcoming trend and I have always know working for others would never bring us far. We are either working for our dreams or we are busy working to fulfill our bosses' dreams. Do you remember the first time you got your promotion or a pay raise? When I opened up the letter and saw the pin, the feelings I had was far more than how I have felt for my first promotion or pay raise. All because I know this is a small milestone towards a bigger and brighter future ahead. Through the tears and sweat, we have survived and persisted so far. There were people who doubt...

13/12/17 :- 50% chances of winning, will you take it?  50% 獲勝的機率，你會把握嗎？ If my parents have given up the 50%-50% chances operations back then, I would not be here today. Thus, I would always hold onto the slightest chance or hope I have. There are times where you may not succeed in the things you tried, however if you have never set yourself free to try it for once, you would definitely fail! I rather regret after I have tried and failed than having to keep thinking how things would have been if I have done that in the past. 如果當初我的父母決定放棄那個只有50%-50%機會的手術，就不會有現在的我。 所以我會把握任何一個渺小的機會與希望。 有些事嘗試了不一定會成功，但是不去放手一搏，絕對會失敗！ 我寧可有嘗試了失敗後的後悔，也不想有沒去嘗試之後一直想如果當年我這樣做結果會是怎樣。 To have 2 different friends buying the same plaque with the wordings - "Believe in your own decision, pursue your own dreams" for you at the same time is definitely not a coincidence. I believe in my friends' eyes, I'm someone who would go all out to achieve what I set out for. Never will I give up...

Do you take a close look at your shit? 你是否有仔細看過自己的糞便？ If you do not have a sausage-shaped, smooth and soft poo, or at least soft blobs with clear-cut edges poo, your health may be terribly wrong. Why is your poo not perfect? Your digestive tract may not be healthy and that could lead to an increased risk of several chronic diseases and thus you may not have a healthy immune system. If you have not known, enzymes are important for the body's proper absorption and utilization of food. Digestive enzymes can even help to maintain healthy cholesterol levels and ease occasional stomach upset. Take a look at your poo and stop to think if you may need to start taking action in improving your health RIGHT NOW! Check out the best performing digestive enzyme supplement on the market today! 如果你沒有猶如香腸形狀，光滑柔軟的 糞便 ，或你的 糞便 至少是軟性並邊緣清澈，你的健康可能已經很糟糕了。 為甚麼你的糞便不完美？ 你的腸胃道也許不是很健康而這可能引發各種疾病的產生，而你可能沒有一個健康的免疫系統。 如果你還不知道，酵素對人體吸收食物中的養分非常之重要。消化酵素甚至可以幫助維持健康的膽固醇水平，緩解腸胃不適。 看看你的糞便，並想一想你是否...