Primary School Gathering

Always nice to catch up and have a good laugh over the silliest things. haha

Merry Christmas everyone!

Bye Bye Mediocrity

Hmm almost 2 months since I last blogged.. Time passes too fast!

The next blood donation drive is like in 2 weeks' time, so I thought I better write something before I show you another entry of needles and blood bags.

I've been kept somewhat busy with my ecommerce sites recently, and I think that is not the way to go.

There is only so much time I can have, and if I continue to do what I've been doing (i.e. idling and being unproductive), I will be forever trapped in the vicious cycle of making time for the little things which don't yield much returns.

To give myself a little credit, I have already been outsourcing quite a few things to others, and around 2 weeks ago, I just hired a Virtual Assitant (VA) from the Philippines!

And she has a really noble task --

To replace me!

Okay not entirely replace, because she doesn't have such a big head..

But at least to replace me in the things that I loathe doing, and are not part of the big picture.

It was a step in the right direction, but not a step entrenched deep enough.

So when your mind is stuck and you need fresh ideas, what do you do?

You go for a jog duh!

And jog I did (sorry drew for not jioing you), and my brain cells started running as well. So many thoughts run past my mind when I'm jogging, I really should have like a voice recorder next time so I can record down everything.

P.S. Before I end, here's a penny cookie for your thoughts..

"Time without attention is worthless, so value attention over time"

Giving Blood

So after what has been the longest time, I finally got down to donating blood last weekend.

And after that session, I think I want to be a regular blood donor from now on.



Well, I get to save lives + apparently it's good for myself too, so why not?

And if you are healthy, and eligible for blood donation, you should go too!

One bag of blood saves up to 3 lives, and I'm glad I'm an official life-saver now. :)

25th Birthday

Thanks JL for the birthday celebration + gift + dinner+ cake.
:)

25 soon...

In a matter of days, it will be my Silver Jubilee!

25 is a magical number.

It means I have been alive for 25 years, not 24, and not 23, so its really magical.
:-)

Okay it has been a really fastttt year.

In terms of my business, it hasn't been really fruitful. Time passes so fast when you are in the doldrums... When you are on top of the world, you are always afraid that it wouldn't last.. I

Weird isn't it?

But I will learn to embrace good things soon.

Here's to a better year ahead for all of us!

The Beauty of Outsourcing

Hell hath no fury like an Australian scorned.


First, he scolded me "theaf'.
Now, he's saying I'm not a fair man and should be not trusted.

You get to meet all sorts of people when you outsource.

Trust me, its fun!

I quote Seth Godin...

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Splitting wood

When using an axe to split logs, it's awfully tempting to aim at the top of the log.

After all, if you miss the log entirely, it's dangerous or at the very least, ineffective. One can argue that if you don't split the top, it's pointless—nothing else will happen.

The problem with aiming at the top is that the axe loses momentum before its work is done and you end up with a stuck axe and half a split log.

No, the best approach is to focus on splitting the bottom of the log. Split the bottom and the top takes care of itself.

Amplification: some of my smartest and fastest-reading readers (and some with experience in log splitting) missed the point of the post above. I'm not Gary Larson, so I guess I should clarify.

I'm not talking about turning the log upside down or some other semantic trick. I'm pointing out that if you aim at the top (at getting started), then you don't split the wood. If you aim at the bottom (by way of the top) then you do.

Hitting the top of the log isn't, the point, it's merely the beginning of the stroke.

In other words, don't focus so much on starting something. It's the follow through that will get you there, so the beginning must be with the end in mind. And yes, this actually makes wood chopping far easier.

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Just when I am starting to feel overwhelmed by the massive tasks I have ahead of me, I came upon this entry.

Note to self: Don't focus on being perfect!