When The Door Of Opportunity Opens...

I received the following article 2 days ago in my mailbox.

Anybody can achieve anything. Do you believe that? I do.

But there is a caveat that must be made. Those who succeed are those who walk through the door of opportunity when it swings open. That we know. But what is the secret to getting through the door of opportunity?

Being outside the door when it swings open.

As the story goes, Frank Sinatra got his big break while working as a waiter. One day, as he was waiting tables, who does he see sitting in the restaurant, but one of the biggest names in the music industry. Old Blue Eyes did the unbelievable: He cleared off a table next to the gentleman and got up on it and sang! He knew he was done at the restaurant for doing so, but how many times would this door of opportunity open up? Needless to say, the rest is history.

You may remember my article about the stagehand for Kenny G who one day was in the auditorium with Kenny, just the two of them, when he started to play every song for him on the piano that was set up. Kenny didn't even know the guy could play the piano. Guess who is now the lead keyboardist for Kenny G? You got it!
You see, you never know when the door of opportunity is going to open wide. For some, the big break comes early in life and for others later on. But for all of those who become successful, there is one key similarity: They were ready. And for every one of those who were ready, there were thousands more who weren't.
So, the principle for us is: Be ready!

Are you ready? Here are some thoughts for you to consider. Are your skills as sharp as they could be? Are they enough so when your shot comes you can perform? Is your character deep enough to handle success? Let's face it; you don't want big success if your character won't be able to handle it.

Are you working hard to position yourself now? The job to do while waiting for the door to open is to develop your skills and your character, so as to position yourself to get through that door before it closes. Your door will open someday. It opens for everyone. It may only open once or it may open many times. It is different for everyone and life just isn't fair that way. But everybody gets a shot. Will you be ready? When that huge door of opportunity opens up, will you be able to walk boldly through it?

Do everything you can to be ready. Don't just sit and wish and dream. Be proactive and make sure that you are the most qualified when the door opens. Make sure that you are the hardest worker. Make sure you are the closest to the door.

When it opens – Be Ready!

Shhh. Do you hear that? Hinges creaking! It is the sound of the door opening. Your door of opportunity! Are you ready?

The door of opportunities were opened for me couple of times but I did not grasp it.... perhaps I was too young at that time and lack the maturity & self confidence.

To be a singer is my dream from young. I’ve started singing even before I could talk (that’s what my mom told me) and I’ve joined many singing contests since primary school till college. And I was once a part time wedding singer during my secondary & college days. I was once approached by a local producer but guess I took things too easy. Coz how many people got the chance to be approached by a producer and yet I did not do what others might have done. I didn’t show much interest and enthusiasm wanting to be a recording artist…. Well, the rest is history.

Oh, you might be wondering why I’ve stopped being a part time singer since I love singing so much. 2 reasons, I started work after college plus I was sexually harassed by my then manager. So I quit.

I’ve always thought that the reason why I didn’t end up to be a singer was because I’m not as lucky as others or I did not try hard enough to achieve my dream. But looking back, the truth is, I did ‘Nothing’ at all. I was waiting…and waiting….and waiting…. Seriously I didn’t know what was I waiting for, coz I’ve missed the opportunity when it came knocked on my door. I could have been more aggressive and took the initiative to look for the opportunity. But, I did nothing.

I know I must do something. It is never too late to try to achieve my dream because singing is a timeless thing. It has no age limits. One can be as young as 2 or as old as 80, as long as the passion is there, one can sing until he/she swallow the last breath.

I’m not afraid to fail after trying, what scares me the most is not even trying and spend the rest of my life wondering what could have happen if I try and succeed. I believe I can do it and in the end if things don’t work out as planned, at least I know I’ve done my best and I’ll have no regrets.

I’ve started taking vocal class to further improve my skill and will slowly get myself involve in live performances. I want to be the one who is up the stage singing & performing instead dreaming & wishing that I’m the one singing every time I see any live band performance. :D

Opporunity doesn't come knock on everyone's door all the time, sometimes, we need to create our own door(s)...

So, wish me luck!!!

Japlish... OMG!!!

These are hilarious. Just want to share with all... :D

1. Very difficult to make up what it is about ?

2. Maybe in Japan, there are Males who are not 'Man'

3. Bring ur own tissue....I think

4. Cheese Fair or 'Afraid of Cheese'

5. They can construct their own WATER.....

6. U jump on the Elevator = Jail ?

7. Japlish 'L' is substituted with 'R' ... and this is what happens!!!

8. They even have a room for this...

9. U will need a smoke after reading this...

10. The best so far....

11. They even advertise their price hike...

12. Their mags need refrigeration....

13. Appears to be 'SOLD OUT'....

14. Pray while listening to MP3...

17. Shud consider doing business with this Co.

Catching Up...

After years of separations with most of my ex-schoolmates and ex-colleagues, I think it is really time to gather every one for some reunion sessions.

I've been sitting on it for months and people keep asking me whether the reunion will be materialised. Frankly, I so want to meet up with my old friends but was too busy, lazy & procrastinate till now.

Gosh..must really look into the calendar and set a date and send out a mass-invitation to all in FB. This is the beauty of FB. I actually found back most of my ex-colleagues, ex-schoolmates & even my long lost best friend. :)

Wait a minute...how does one losses his/her BEST FRIEND in the first place, you call that best friend?!? I don't know (don't ask me). it just happened somehow. :P

My Attire

Most of the days, my dressing would attract a lot of comments from my colleagues and other people from different business units sharing the same floor.

This is my working attire today.

Most people commented that I look cute, pretty (handsome) and stylish.

One of my colleague came to me, staring at me & smiling cheekily.... I hardly see this colleague in office as he always travel around, but he usually addresses me as 'pretty' (most of the time) or 'princess' (if I wear dress), lets call him Q,
Q:"Your attire today don't suits this place" (as in office)
Me:"Don't suit this place? Then, where?" (in my heart I thought he was going to say 'school')

But then he continued...

Q:"You know there are these kind of bar with a pole at the center where you can do pole dancing? You look like a striptease pole dancer."

Immediately I burst out in laughter coz I really thought he would say I look like either a teacher or student, but a pole dancer?!?!??!

So I joked, "Ya, don't you know I do striptease & pole dancing at night?", then he asked me the where about coz he wants to go and watch.... crazy fella... >Blush< ... I felt so shy after that...hmmmm...

But seriously, I don't think I'm that fashionable or a trend setter, but I always get many compliments abt my dressing and mind you people seems to paying a lot of attention on what I wear everyday and people say I always change style (hope it's a good thing though).

But I guess it's about knowing ourselves and wear what is right ( in terms of cuttings & colours) according to our body type & the overall to bring out the best features.

Another colleague of mine asked me the other day if I studied Fashion Design coz he said I really know how to dress well. Well, I never like to follow any trend, I just wear what's nice on me. To follow any trend blindly can be a fashion disaster.

And sometimes I wonder if some people check themselves in the mirror before they leave the house coz some individuals really have no fashion sense but then again, they have the rights to put on whatever they like. so I better hold my tongue and not comment anything further. :P

Faith

Received this article from my ex-boss. It is both touching and inspirational. This is really beautiful, I hope you enjoy it, I did !

This is called 'Faith.' His name is Faith!
This dog was born on Christmas Eve in 2002. He was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which need to be amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him.

His first owner also did not think that he could survive. Therefore, he was thinking of putting him to sleep. At this time, his present owner Jude Stringfellow met him and wanted to take care of him. She was determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself. Therefore she named him 'Faith.'

In the beginning, she put Faith on a surf board to let him feel the movements of the water. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and to reward him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dogs at home helped to encourage him to walk. Amazingly, after only 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on his 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward. After further training in the snow, he can now walk like a human being.

Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where he goes, he just attracts all the people around him. He is now becoming famous on the international scene. He has appeared in various newspapers and TV shows. There is even one book entitled 'With a little faith' being published about him. He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.

His present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching job and plans to take him around the world to preach, that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul.

In life there are always undesirable things. Perhaps one will feel better if one changes the point of view from another direction.

I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone can appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day that follows.

I believe there is always this inner strength and survival instincts existing in all of us, perhaps more in animals as they have less worldly distractions than humans, to live the best we can, the way we are individually created. Right??????

Life is the continual demonstration of the Strength of Life!!

Cheers and be Strong always.

And I'm Not Complaining...

After more than a week long of holidays, most of us are going back to work tomorrow and for those who work in KL will be on Tuesday.

And I see many people are complaining about having to go back to work tomorrow and hope that the holiday can be longer.

Honestly, I'm not complaining at all. In fact, I am thankful that at least I still have a job at this point of time.

So for you people out there, stop complaining. Always think positive and be grateful with what you have.

God bless you all... :)

Shallow Hal

Just saw a rerun of Shallow Hal in Astro this afternoon. It is one of my favourite movies simply because, it reminds me of how shallow we can be most of the time with the perspective we have about true beauty.

We are being influence by all the worldly standard set by a few individuals simply to sell their products & services and let them decide for us what is and what’s not beautiful.

True beauty is not measure merely by the appearance. I don’t deny that I am always being attracted to (outer) beautiful people & things, which is only natural, but what I’m trying to say is sometimes, if we really put aside the conventional way and really get to know a person from within, we might discover that kind of beauty is even more mesmerizing than Aishwarya Rai or Jessica Alba.

Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way. Even if one do not have the typical big eyes, sharp nose, sharp chin & trim figure, we each have our beautiful side. No, I’m serious. I’ve once saw a girl sitting at a bus stop while I was in a bus many years ago. By the first glance, she was what we would call ‘ugly’ coz she has small eyes, flat nose, big face with a thick glasses, but somehow for a split second before the bus I was in moving away, she suddenly tilted her face in an angle and she look so sweet for that instance and suddenly I saw a beautiful girl in front of me and it really touched my heart.

There was nothing significant or extraordinary about that incident but what I realized was if I did not gave her a 2nd look, I would never discovered the beautiful side of that girl. What I’m really trying to say is if only we could put away our shallow view and to give a 2nd look on people and things sometimes, we might be able to discover something great out of it. Something that we wouldn’t get to see coz we are so blinded by all the things we were made to believe.

Because I always believe true beauty is the reflection of who we really are deep down. If you have a beautiful soul, good attitude and kind heart, you will look beautiful no matter what. In the contrary, if for example Jessica Alba is a nasty person and do not care about others, sooner or later people will find her ugly and she is nothing but just a pretty face. But thank God she is a true beauty inside out. I really like her. J

Somebody once told me if a person is kind, he/she is beautiful and I totally agree with that person.

I am still learning. I’m learning to accept things & people the way they are and not judge people by their looks coz pretty face does not necessary equal to kind heart. In fact, some pretty girls are manipulative and unkind as they know they could use their looks to get what they want. To me, that is ugly.

So let us all open our eyes & hearts to view the people around us differently and you might be surprise what good things you have been missing out all these while.