10,000 hours
Monday, November 30, 2009
As per what was preached last week, or rather from the book "Outliers", I believe we are all into this 10,000 hours thingy!
I totally believe in hard work! But I also believe in our God Who doesn't just limit Himself to "1+1=2" kind of mathematical formula. For He will do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think!
Nevertheless, with the 10,000 hours theory.. I am also praying and believing God for open doors, new opportunitities, meeting those key people who will lead to new endeavours.. in other words, the kairos time! Infact in chapter one of "Outliers", the author did mention that successful people like Steve Jobs were given that ONE opportunity which opened up their lives into a new dimension! And I am truly believing God to do likewise for me as I am chasing donkeys while clocking in those 10,000 hours!
Some areas that I would really want to revive by clocking in those hours:
1) PIANO
Yeah when I posted this on facebook, some comments were like "play to the cows?" blah blah blah..
But I am serious, not joking for I was actually about to complete my grade 8 of piano when I pleaded with my mum to let me off as I was having my A levels.. As usual, I promised her I would resume but of course that didnt happen at all! hahaha If I were my mum, I will be sooooo SIAN!
Anyway, music has always been a part of me. It is a channel for me to unleash and to zoom into another zone.. So I have decided that when I am settled into my new place, I will get myself a piano and take some refresher course once again. At least Javier is also learning piano now so that will spur me to get started too!
2) Exercise
THis is so cliche but YES, I am really in need of it. Not so much of weight loss (though that is a HUGE motivation) but also to ensure my health is in a tip top state. Mmmmm, Juslin's blog on her weight loss regime really inspired me.. but I think I will just start on simple exercise like jogging and perhaps resume my Yoga sessions again!
3) Recruitment
Yeah have not been recruiting much this year. So I have decided to clock in the 10,000 hours worth of recruitment from next year onwards! With the hard work plough in, God is going to do the rest and create that miracle for me!
4) Media Exposure
Hahaha what's this all about? Well, Did I mention that more than 10 years ago I was actually involved in a Mac TVC while waiting for my A level results? Well, recently there were some opportunities opened for casting for some TVCs as well. In fact in the last 10 years, I have rejected a lot of these opportunities as the money is not really fantastic and the casting sessions can be quite cumbersome. Nevertheless, I feel that these exposures will do good for me as it will force me to face new people and new things and I will also need to put back that confidence in me. So I am actually "forcing" myself to do these stuff.. So don't be surprised if you do see me appearing in your TV box one of these days! LOL!
The list goes on, but think that will be all for now.. will add on as I zoom into Dec and plan for next year!:)
Excited!
Toodles!
Sign off, ♥ Eve
4:43 PM
Self Talk
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
It's the time of the year again! THis year, it seems like the weather is colder and has a more christmasy feel:) I like it! But yet again, does it also mean that the earth is falling sick?
Anyway, well, I had an interesting talk with my hubby recently.. rather a "discipleship" session! Hahaha.. Guess discipleship is hard for him cos I am a tough disciple.. difficult lah!
As usual, we were talking.. and recently I was reflecting on my life for the past few years.. realised that my personality has changed. My hubby said that I was not as confident as I used to be (at least not like 10 years ago when he first knew me)...
Guess I need to learn how to manage my emotions bah.. for the last few years, I have been disappointed by people.. I mean, who doesn't? But somehow, I got so disaapointed that I became a person who is very "compliant". At least this was what the personality test concluded and I took it just last week..
I became a person who is fearful of other people's opinions, who wants others to be happy even at the expense of myself.. And honestly, I realised I became even more vulnerable inside.
My dear hubby told me straight in the face: Stop being fearful of what others think! Have faith that God loves you!
Hahaha, of course I couldnt digest it at first. So, I refused to talk to him! LOL! But upon calming down, I realised its true! No matter how I try to accomodate and please others, there will still be people who will find fault with me and be displease with me. So why make things so difficult for myself? Seriously I am not happy with who I am right now? Where is the zesty Eve? Think it's true that Jewel's personality takes after me.. The "dao dao", know what she wants and do it herself style. So when I see this little princess daily, I feel God is also telling me to just be myself! Not that I take pride in being DAO, but at least don;t be too bothered about trying to make everyone else happy. I mean, I got to be happy and God must be happy with me:)That's what matters!
Well, I am still breaking forth... THis is a good pitstop for me. Many people may think that I am not doing well in my career blah blah blah.. But rather I feel this is a good time for me to reflect and have a pitstop! Like what I have said in the earlier post, I got to be secure to have a pitstop!
Actually I am rather excited for the things that are to come next year! hehehehe... A year of NEW beginnings:) So I am declaring: NEW HOUSE, NEW SEASON, NEW FRUITS, NEW TEAM! Exciting!!!
As for now, I will be looking forward to my 21st birthday celebration with my girlfriends eating my favourite Jap food! Yummie:)
And of course, the leaders retreat which I believe is going to be so fun (cos my parents are going too!), of course Christmas, New year... And Ja's new start in his primary school!
Thank You Jesus:) I love you! Muack!
Toodles:)
Labels: Reflections, self talk
Sign off, ♥ Eve
7:25 PM
Pitstops in life!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Someone actually asked me what are some pitstops in my life? That makes me ponder..
Guess I didn't really purposefully, deliberately go for pitstops.. That has got to be a way of life..
I mean, we don't actually schedule pitstop dates on our diary.. as in when to go Esso station, for car wash etc..
Like today.. I just drove into an Esso station to pump petrol cos the fuel tank is at the LOW side and to wash my car cos my nose is sneezing and I just don't feel my car is clean!
Yesterday, I was watching the movie "CARS" with Ja... (yes for the umpteen time again!)
Lightning McQueen (the red car) was actually trying to finish the last lap and he purposefully skipped the pitstop cos he wanted to "chiong" and be HERO!
Guess what happened? His wheels came off and though he was just a tiny bit to the finishing line, he just couldnt touch it as his wheels were coming off...
So i learnt some key lessons:
1) A good pitstop involves a good TEAM! You see that every F1 racing car has a team at the pitstop ready to pump the car up befoore it sets off again!
2) We need to be secure to allow ourselves to stop at pitstops while some other cars are racing pass you.
3) We need to have longevity in mind... to run for the long haul rather than chiong for the NOW. Jesus has Eternity in mind, not just your 5, 8 or even 10 years of ministry on earth.
4) Your engine doesn't stop completely at a pitstop. Cos when the tyres are changed and the car is refueled, it zooms off immediately rather than hav ing to restart the engines again! Vrroom!!
So what's a good pitstop?
That depends on individuals.. For me, I have my seasons as well and though it may be hard, I have to be secure when I am not taking the frontline.. even when my "title" as a P's wife may sometimes creates unneccessary pressure on me to do so..
Take time to evaluate to recharge, to refuel.. most importantly, it's our walk with Jesus that matters.
Jesus loves me YES I know:)
Toodles!
Sign off, ♥ Eve
2:56 PM
Plank in your own eyes!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Alright this blog is not about my family or kiddos..
But I just came out of a meeting.. can't help but want to blog my feelings right now!
Have you ever come accross a leader, a boss, or just anyone who can blame everyone and anyone for certain things that happened.. yeah all but himself??!
I can't help but Matt 7:1-5 began to spring out ..
Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.
God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them.
You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye.
How can you say, "My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye," when you don't see the log in your own eye?
You're nothing but showoffs! First, take the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye. I especially like this version from the Contemporary English Version..
That's the word exactly.. "SHOW-OFFs"!!
And that also explains why some people love to keep saying that they are always being tested, pass test and kana tested again before we know it, and then pass the test again! Oh Gosh! Think God would love to spend more time with you, to love you rather than always thinking of test scenarios to test you and put you in wilderness!
Everything rise and fall on the leadership.. So I guess, I cant stay too long with the leader that has a BIG LOG in his eyes.. Mmmmmm...
Labels: Thoughts and Feelings Manifestations
Sign off, ♥ Eve
2:51 PM
THIS IS IT!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Hahaha perhaps to some the title may shock u, is Evelyn manifesting again??
It's actually the late Michael Jackson's movie "THIS IS IT".
Me and Ck brought Ja to watch it yesterday afternoon.. for some reason, that boy started to love MJ's songs after his death.. or rather, he started to know who MJ is after his death!
And Ja's favourites are " BEAT IT, Heal the world, Black or White, Billy Jeans"!
I must say I am not considered a fan of MJ.. always felt that he was a person with lots of scandals and controversy.
But after watching the clips of his rehearsal for his concert, I must really salute him for his passion, enthusiasm for music, his professionalism and his love for people!
I was especially impacted when he was telling a female bassist to hold on to her high note after all music stops and said "This is your time to shine!"
WOW! This man is willing to share his stage with his team! And he was secure enough to give others a platform to shine!
You must really watch it to know what I am saying..
Life is so fragile.. it's such a shame that he has to go so soon.. I was thinking if time could go back, I would definitely buy myself a ticket to watch him LIVE! (of course provided there was one in S'pore!)
Go with friends to watch the movie cos you will feel like clapping and waving your hands after every song cos its just so phenomenal!!!
Me, Ck and Ja clapped and Ja even sang along his favourite songs! Too bad we watched at Jurong Point where the cinema was only half filled and the audience was not spontaneous at all. So that makes the 3 of us look like enthusiastic fans!! Hahahaha...
p.s. btw, is there anyone who can dance MJ's signature moves well?? Especially the one that he has to like touch his front??
Erm cos Ja loves his dance moves and tries to imitate MJ and you know la, if that move is not properly done, it just look GROSS! :) So pls help me anyone??!
Toodles!
Labels: King of POP, MJ
Sign off, ♥ Eve
1:56 AM
Crossed Over!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Hi Ya!
Has been back for a week already! But think it's a matter of momentum.. when you start blogging, the flow comes and once you stopped for a while, there will be an inertia to start:)
Anyway, this Bangkok trip is a very different one from the last few trips I went. THis is my 4th or 5th time to Bangkok already and I must say their standard of living has definitely increased. Things are no longer as cheap as a few years back. We felt that the masseurs have all been head hunted to overseas like JB (lol) cos we don't feel the shiokness as much as the last time we did massages in THailand!
Basically I didn't shop much cos this was a trip to attend an engagement ceremony. And with kids around, we had to spend a day at a theme park! Can you imagine going to a theme park that is one hour's drive away from Bangkok City??!!
Well, here is a snapshot of our itinery in Bangkok:
Day 1: Arrived at 7:50am in the morning! Yeah me and Ck didnt sleep at all and
hence we all zzzzz at the hotel till about 3pm.
Went to Central World (liken to Vivo?)for a good but expensive Thai food.
Expensive cos we went to a restaurant)
Spent the rest of the night there at their Toys "R" Us and Kiddy World
After getting the kids to sleep, we sneaked off to enjoy a massage.. but it
was.... BAD! THe masseurs had attitude with a capital "A"!! And their skills
were lusy.. like kneading flour
Day 2: Had breakfast at Central World and went to Platinum Fashion Mall for a whole
day of shopping!!! We ended at 7pm and had foot massage followed by dinner..
Day 3: Set off at 9am for DREAM WORLD.. left there around 3 plus and went for a 2
hour massage before heading to Central World to have dinner and meet up with
the couple to catch up!
We can't even zip up this bag! We specially bought this at the mall to contain our shopping bags!
Ja knocked out already!
Jew's favourite pastime now is to push her "baby" in a stroller:)
I love this pic! We have perfect figures here! Lol! Tempted to print this out and show CK everyday to inspire him! Hahaha
This is a warning to us if we continue to have late night makan!
Day 4: Checked out of hotel and went to the engagement ceremony followed by an 8-course lunch at a Chineses Restaurant. Visited the family at their home too.. so cosy!
Went for another 2 hour massage and then straight to the airport to "stone" till our flight home.
So as you can see, this is indeed a very different Bangkok trip! Nobody will have such an itinery in Bangkok! Hahaha! But nevertheless, it was an enjoyable one cos for the first time, our helper Jona came along and we were able to be relieved of taking care of the kids and tiring ourselves out! It was a good balance of Family Time and some Couple Time..
Think for Jona it was fruitful as well cos she bought so many things back to sell to her friends! Sometimes I think it's not a bad idea to be my helper too! Hahahaha!
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Had an enjoyable dinner at Karen's place last Wed! It was fun cooking together.. alright, I just cooked the rice, cut the vege and posed for pictures while stir frying the vegetables ok! I must say that Daniel is very fortunate wor!
It was funny cos during dinner, I made a statement saying " Mmmmm! THis dish is nice! How did you cook it"...... I must get Jona to do it too!"
Derrick was amused cos he expected me to say " I must try it at home too!"
Hahahaha I don't cook one... But I must say my theory in cooking is good. I can verbalised a few dishes and even taught Jona how to cook certain Cantonese dishes.. VERBALLY! But I really can't do the practiculum! Think my fingers are just not created for cooking! Hahahaha..
We ended the night playing "Who's the boss!" IT's a very "rough" game... at least VERBALLY! Derrick and Ruxin literally QUARELLED during the game and hurled "verbal abuses" at one another! Think I spent more time laughing than thinking!
Thanks Karen for cooking for us!
Mmmmm... must pray that I can get my own home soon.. so that I can invite you all over to enjoy a good meal..... by my helper, of course!!!
Toodles!
Oh ya.. why is this titled "Crossed Over"? Did I mention that Jewel has crossed over???!! She is now into the Terrible Two stage!!! She will pretend to cry and will spread herself flat on the floor when she doesn't get what she wants. And the funny thing is my MIL will say "Get Ck to pray over her..." Hahaha! Think it's just plain naughtiness!
Sign off, ♥ Eve
5:19 PM
Like Father Like Son, Like Mother Like Daughter!!!
Monday, October 19, 2009
And how true that statement is!
As Jew turns 18 months, we all realised that though she looks like her daddy, her internal make up is very much like her Mum.. MOI!!
God is fair! Lol!
Let me do some analysis of these 2 teams:
Father (CK) Son (JA)
1) CK: DISC: S/I (Are you surprised???!)
Ja: S/I (We concluded after 6 yrs of observation)
2) CK: Street Smart, Witty
Ja: You would have seen these traits from Ja too!
3) CK: Creative
Ja: CREATIVE!(In coming up with reasons too!)
4) CK: Jovial, easy-going
Ja: Just like his dad, Ja's laughter is contagious
5) CK: Soft-hearted
Ja: A Very sensitive boy, heart breaks easily
6) CK: Not very structured!
Ja: He is like that too! Creative people!!!
7) CK: Likes Berms and T shirts
Ja: He loves this combi too! Plus Slippers!!
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Mother (MOI) Daughter (JEW)
1) Eve: DISC: I/D, but appears to be S (Lol!)
Jew: Appears gentle, but I think she is a D/C!!
2) Eve: Needs to do things STRUCTURED!
Jew is V Structured! More than Me even!
3) Eve: Not so creative, but good in executing!
Jew: Yet to discover...:)
4) Eve: Vain! Loves to look good!
Jew: Needless to say!!!
5) Eve: Well known to be ICY!! (DAO)
Jew: She is real DAO! Only Ja has seen the Rugged Jew when she is tickled by her
Gorgor's funny acts!
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Well, Jew is still young so she may change as she grows! Just like how I think I have changed to be more S!! (LOL!)
Anyway, some of her actions really surprised us... Like we were in Jurong Point shopping... Jew saw a Barney water bottle and was holding on to it. When I found another cuter version, I showed her and asked her to take mine instead. To our astonishment, she actually went back to the shelf that she took the bottle from and put the bottle back to its original position before taking what I had to offer!!! Wow! Talking about Structured.. Hope she doesnt turn out to be a Miss 'C' as what CK is calling her now!
There was another time when she was asked to throw away her soiled diaper.. she actually wanted to roll the diaper into a bundle like what Jona usually does before bringing it to the bin!! Gosh! I see a great housekeeper in the making!::)))
Recently, she has been mimicking Jona cooking in the kitchen... Mmmmmm Perhaps she is preparing herself to be a great cook for her husband too! Hahahaha, making up for what her mum can't do! Lol! Karen and Ruxin, help me train her ya??
Okie, this is a long post... I am getting ready to fly off to Bangkok on Tues with family and Jona.. So this will last you guys till we are back!
Toodles!
p.s. Jewel is getting more VAIN! See these pics and you will know..
Labels: Mother Talk again
Sign off, ♥ Eve
12:49 AM
