Let's Go Ahead And Dream..Then Go Get It!

Here's my next car:


A white Audi A4 2.0. Such a pretty picture isn't it? The beauty of the car set against a dark gloomy background. It could well represent the beauty of my dream at the center of my life amidst the dark surrounding me.

I know I can do this. Because I know believing is a powerful tool to achieving.

..when you doubt your success, you're as good as having failed.

So what do you want in life? And more importantly, have you believed in it?

Your Goals, And The Wonders Of Multiplication

It's 1am, but I felt inspired to write to you regarding a subject that may be dear to you. It's about all of the dreams you have, the goals you wish to achieve. But let's take it a step further. How about we talk about your dreams that WILL come true, and the goals you WILL achieve.

Don't get into that apprehensive state of mind. It's all too easy to think of the obstacles you may face in the pursuit of your wants. It's too easy to say to yourself "Nah, I won't be able to achieve that." What you may not know, is when you do that, you've effectively denied yourself a destiny which involves whatever you dream of having.

Are you still with me here? I know you have your dreams which you may be shy of revealing to others. You may be keeping it in your little black box in your heart. But a brilliant idea is but a nonsense thought if you do not express it. Don't be afraid - shout out to yourself what you really want. Out loud. Then repeat a few times, everyday.

Let's take a look at a scenario, of me targeting sales each month. I just had the thought of achieving a $9,000 pay cheque each month. Sounds huge doesn't it? Unachievable? Far-fetched? Yea.. I know all those comments will ring around me. Of course that amount looks big if you look at it from a single point of view. Let us widen the horizon this way:

Step 1: To achieve $9,000 a month, I will create 3 separate sales campaigns. Split that $9k, and I am looking at a $3,000 a month target per sales campaign.

Step 2: To achieve $3,000 in a 30-day month, it effectively means targeting $100 a day. Not necessarily consistently, but on average a zone between $70-$140.

Step 3: How do I get the $100 a day? Commissions can run high in Internet Marketing. Promoting products with a sales commission of $35 means 3 sales to getting a $100 day.

3 sales a day.. Reasonable ain't it? :)

Do you see the magic of multiplication at work there? From a hugely optimistic goal, we dissect it and mince up the work into smaller goals. They will then automatically multiply into the original huge goal we have.

I urge you to go back to your dreams and goals, and visualize how you will get there AND how you WILL BE when you are there. The latter is important in that it is the key to the former :)

Alright, I'm sorry if I sound a little preachy at this hour, but I truly hope this has been some substance for you in your course of life.

Right now, I have a cheque for $10,000 which I will stare at, visualize how I will get and use it, right till the moment I fall asleep.

Done With Race Day. On With My Personal Race.

And so the Singapore GP has ended. 3 tiring but extremely exciting nights. It was a first experience for me, and coupled with the fact that I bought the tickets from my sales proceeds, it was daaaammmnnnn rewarding.

And yes! Renault and Alonso won! For the first time this year, and in front of my own eyes!! Not many were supporting them. I didn't have my Renault shirt, but dressed in yellow for the qualifiers and the race, I distinguished myself as a loyal fan haha. A triumphant fan.

2 more days to go till festivities. Spring cleaning is the order for the day, followed by some last minute groceries. Not shopping.. groceries. I'm advocating a minimalist celebration this year to my family.

I've just heard from a childhood buddy of mine that his business is booming. He's just gone full-time with his wedding photography business, and boy is he over the moon with his monthly sales. Much better than when he's working.

Many people fear the insecurities of working on their own. Many people still depend on others to give them jobs and pay them monthly. This is how it should be, anyway. I'm not saying everyone should stop working their jobs and work on their own - the world will just not turn that way.

But if you want more than what you are getting now, don't simply be contented. If you want your dreams and goals to appear before you, work towards your one moment in time and you'll eventually get there.

The Fast And The Furiously Deafening

It was deafening. It was heart pounding. It went past me like a blizzard. It was funtastically exciting!

The past 2 nights of watching the F1 night street races have left me anticipating for more action tonight - the race day! There has not been any tremendous accidents, but the qualifying action last night really was an experience.

I've always watched the qualifying stage on tv, and cheering on my favorite Renault team silently on my own. But watching it live.. you can hear the cheers, the whistles, the jeers, the disappointments. I was mostly disappointed with my Renault team but hey, the rest of the action made up for it.

People of different countries are there. I saw a Finnish guy walking around with a huge Finland flag (until another guy shouted "Hey! I'm Finnished with you!"). They really are passionate about the sport.

The cars zoomed past loudly and quickly. Fauzi who was at Cathay told me he could hear the roar of the F1 engines. Heh, he should have been at Marina.

My camera couldn't catch a proper picture of the cars. So I waited for the post-race track invasion and took pictures of the surrounding scenery and the track itself using my Sony Ericsson K810i camera.

Enjoy!

The Esplanade

The Fullerton Hotel

Esplanade Bridge

The Corner Leading To Esplanade Bridge

Corner From Anderson Bridge

Busy Weekend Ahead!

The busy weekend is here! A combo of festive preparations and 3 nights at the tracks. Good thing I applied leave from tomorrow to festive eve.

Yes! Yes! I'm going to the races this weekend, starting from tonight. It's one way of rewarding myself for the work I've put in my Internet Marketing biz. Yes, the money came from the biz, not from my day job.

I bought the cheapest walkabout tickets ($168 though) for this year. Maybe I'll be better off next year. Maybe watch it from the grandstand or hotel. Maybe.

I'll be posting pictures from the races using my crappy camera (a better one will come my way soon). But for now, bear with me.

As for the festivities, I'll be keeping it mellow. No outlandish decorations, no splurging on clothes, no soul food cooking. That's my Hari Raya for 2008. It's not been such a healthy year for the family, so we'll just keep it simple at that.

And oh yeah, my dad is back from hospital after spending more than a month there. At least that's some consolation :)

Take care guys!

Resignation Plans

It's very clear that I hate my job - more so my company. And I'm making my plans to resign. Not so soon, but I have set the date as the last day of June 2009.

If I hate the job so much, why do I have to delay my resignation? Well.. I don't plan on looking for another job. I can jump over to another company right now, but that is not what I want. So you can say that my planned resignation next year is somewhat a semi-retirement for me.

I'm looking forward to leaving next year. And I'm putting aside any other commitments for now, and putting my focus on building my business. You can say that I'm slowly leading an anti-social life these days.

Right now, all I'm working towards are:

1) Working on my business from home;
2) Taking care of my dear parents;
3) Building my wealth and realizing my dream lifestyle.

I know if I pray and work hard enough, and prepare to receive the rewards, I will win.

I'll Walk In Sunshine Again

Is that the best that you can do?
Do you think that I won't make it through?
You don't know where I come from
You don't know what I'm made of

And you won't haunt me anymore
I stand proud and I stand tall
And there will come a day my friend
I'll walk in sunshine...again

So come on bring on all your rain
It's only water it won't stain
You turn to ashes on the ground
My sun burns through your black cloud

And you won't haunt me anymore
I stand proud and I stand tall
And there will come a day my friend
I'll walk in sunshine again

Look What He's Done Again

And so my boss played his funny game on me again. And it isn't a pleasant one. Here's the story:

My company is planning a restructuring which puts me into a 9-6 lifekilling job. I hate that. Not eversince I started working on shifts that gave me ample time and freedom during weekdays.

So the deal is this: move up to the 9-6 job, get more responsibilities and headaches with no additional pay. OR.. stick with my shift job and take a $150 cut from my pay. (link)

A few months back when I was still working on shift hours, the office persuaded me to work on office hours instead. I didn't want to. I wanted the extra off days so I could do whatever I want, including minding my business. But the boss came up with all sorts of reasons WHY I should be doing office hours instead.

He told me, if I remain in shift work, I will lose my $150 transport allowance. And I specifically asked him "does that mean if I work office hours I will get $150 for working on Saturdays AND still get my transport allowance?" He said YES. Fine, I did some thinking and decided I needed the $150 each month to survive.

To date he hasn't paid my Saturday allowance. So I voiced out, and guess what he said. He will backpay the Saturday allowance that he owes me, but I shouldn't be getting the $150 transport allowance since I do not use the car for work. What? Let me get this straight.

Does he mean I could have stayed doing shift work and my pay would remain the same? When I told him that he promised me otherwise, he denied it. How convenient.

It's illogical isn't it? Why would I have moved from working shift (which I loved) to office hours if the pay is the same? Someone should throw a shoe at him.. seriously.

What goes around comes around. We'll see what happens next year. I'm just as cunning and witty as he is.

Hit Below The Belt, But I'm Still Standing

It's been a while since I wrote, and here's why. My dad was admitted to hospital again for his heart. This time, he had to go under the knife, and has been in hospital for the past few weeks. He's currently recuperating from a heart bypass surgery, and he's doing great so far.

Thanks to all who wished well for me and my family. I wish the same to you.

It appears to me that life has a lot of challenges in store for me. While dealing with the trauma of seeing your loved dad suffering in hospital, my online business got hit too...presumably by some low-life no-future-in-mind cheap hacker.

See, my website got hacked by some mutant. And because I was busy dealing with my family situation, I didn't realize it until today. God knows how long it has been, and how many potential sales I lost. Good job, my mutant friend.

So what did I do? Simple. Just upload a copy of my website. No point brooding over the lost anyway. As for the irresponsible prick? He'll get his share of life's surprises :)

Anyway, I wanted to show you a few pics of my latest earnings. Bear in mind, this all happened before my dad got into hospital, and I was looking forward to repeat or even improve this achievement. Take a look..



That's US$549.52 for half a month of sales. Not bad huh? :) I got excited and decided to reward myself with these...



A 3-day ticket package for the local F1 race to be held later this year. That's the joy of working online.

This may sound like an endorsement or advertisement, but take a look at Wealthy Affiliate. That's where I learned to make all this happen. So if you're interested, come join the "school" :)

Remember to take care of your health guys. Talk to you soon.