Putting it to a Pause

I've been so busy focusing on work and businesses, that I sorted forgotten about it. No, it's not because of any devastating event; it's just that life moves on, and plans come to action.

But I'm putting all updates here to a pause to focus on something more important. Right now I'm working on a new site, so that I can post up updates and share information that is able to give others some form of ideas or knowledge with hopes that they can use to it to their advantage and make a change (however big or small it may be) in their lives.

I've been doing in FB, so it might be about time to put up officially on a blog / site so that the whole world can see it =) After all, what better thing to do than to be able to inspire someone else to do what they want =D

What Can You Do If You Can't Cry It Out?

A friend of mine shared with me, that he is unable to cry out his despair and stress, unlike so many others. All he knew and was ever taught is just to "put a sock in it", "suck it in", and "man up". At his pit-moments, he wants to cry his heart and scream his lungs out, but he never had a place he could do so. So what he always did instead was to pile up with more work to rid himself of the misery. Days, months and eventually years passed by and without realizing, he had shield away his emotions. By the time he realizes it, he had actually distanced himself from many around him, including his family. Today, he struggles to work to open up to others. But from time to time, he has been put to a lot of challenges - financial, career, relationship, and self belief. Solving one after another, it almost seems endless to him. He feels pressured, and almost very tensed all the time. He just doesn't know how to go about it. He's been troubled by it and everything just seems "foggy".

I don't know how to help him, but just to be around him - like a shadow, not uttering a word but present around the subject. Many times have I suggested ways to relax, to be laid back, to not expect too highly of himself, but nothing has gone through. I could only watch him go on day by day. I'm happy for each time he gets back up on his two feet, but my worries grow each time he falls back down, because it seems harder and deeper in he falls. I really hope I could help him, but I don't know how. All I can do, is just to stand by him.

Do you have a friend in similar situation? What can I do to help my friend out? How can I help, other than just being there?

Have You Decided What Needs to Be Done?

This morning I stumbled upon an anonymous brilliant quote (after much searching found out who wrote it), which made me think quite a fair bit on my personal stuffs as well as office work. I believe that everyone has a decision to make at any given moment, and that many (including myself) have hesitated a while (some even longer) to decide on some things - it could be something as simple as "Should I take shower this morning?" (and yes, I did shower this morning, thank you. Smell me if you don't believe! *laughs*) to something as difficult as "Which road should I take to office today?" (it used to be my usual morning question, pathetic I know). I'm just pulling your leg, but the real tough question is yet to come - "Am I going to do what it takes to [fill in the blanks]?"

Apparently, I find that question to be left unanswered most of the time. I'm taking a daring guess that 90% of the world's population are caught up in this cycle of LifeQuestionGiven-Ignore-LifeQuestionGiven-Ignore. I made a number of pretty big decisions over the years (and even recently) - Some tough ones, some simple ones; and they have changed my life for the better (that much I know). I was once told by a wise person that "There are no bad or good decisions - every decision we make will lead us forward. But the question is do you want to move forward with hopes, or with regrets?" I find that pretty powerful, don't you?

Recently, I've been reminded by some friends that "Action speaks louder than words", and the action in the context simply refers to decision with commitment. Not just deciding (making a statement of choice) on a matter but also put in commitment (put in effort & work it out). If I want to see the results for any matter at all, that's all I have to do. They told me that "Anything's possible, if you know what you want, willing to work it out, and believe in yourself; Don't give up, don't let anybody steal your dreams, constantly remember what you want, and don't forget that"

I don't know about you, but don't 'cha love the support and encouragement shown there? I know I do! <3 

 

Anyhoo, here is the quote which came about earlier this morning:

It doesn't matter what you are thinking or what fear u have, if you juz do it! Action is the only thing that matters. I can see at the end of my life, im not going to look back & say "Gosh, I wish I had taken more action" - Diana Von Welanetz Wentworth

Coming Back Afresh!

It's been a while since I step forth in my own blog. I've got much to write or even talk about, particularly in the things that I've learnt over the couple of weeks to months.

Not only with new looks and new attitude, but I'm coming back with new goals! Same person, clearer vision, sharper thinking and steadfast in my beliefs and principles.

"Hey, you look totally different!" ,
"You look great!" ,
"What happened to you?!"

These were some of the comments I had received over the couple of weeks *grins*

Well, that's all for now, meanwhile, as I'm instilling a habit of reading, I'd reckon you to read some of the following books too:

• Copycat Marketing 101:  How to Copycat Your Way to Wealth by Burke Hedges
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen F. Covey's
• The Business of the 21st Century by Robert Kiyosaki
• The Art of Dealing with People by Leslie T. Giblin
• The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Fantastic books and authors! Well, until the next time, I'm sure these books will do a lot more than just being an eye-opener for you people =)

In-Training

The reason as to why I haven't been updating anything is that I'm currently undergoing fitness training. "Fitness only ma, how can you not have time?" Well, given the fact I work from 8.30am to 6.00pm on weekdays, and I go gym during lunch and workout at home after dinner, any other tasks are actually pushed to weekends (like car wash, errands, family time, car maintenance, side jobs, etc.). There goes my time for blogging.

Fret not, it's not like I stop or anything, it's just that I've put on hold some posts. Yes, I still remember I've to post something about Melaka trip, Penang trip, Office times, and so forth.

As of this moment, my main target is to build my fitness and shape up. I'm giving myself about two months, and so far I'm about half way through. You can check out the results so far! (Click here and here) Of course, it's nothing impressive to as 6-packs and overly-sized biceps and triceps. I'm not even aiming for that, I just want to be in shape so that I look good and feel good.

Also, I'm training for my first marathon ever! You'll never guess what this out-of-shape-and-haven't-played-sports-in-over-3-years is registering himself for! Hint: It's Double-digit distance, and it's 75 minutes cut-off-time! =D I'm a little worried, but at the same time excited about it!

So yea, I'm hoping I'll be able to slot in a few post here and there, but until then I'll be busy working out! =D This is Jeffro, over and out!

Unboxing of Lumix LX5

I'm officially an Lumixian! Well, not in a geeky manner, just another user of Panasonic's Lumix series *grins*. Without further or due, I welcome the latest member of the family, Baby Luxian (yes I name my gadgets)!

 

Unboxing of my Christmas present!

 

Check out the package!!

Premium Cleaning Kit + Planner + Original (Normal) Camera Case

+ Original (Premium) Camera Case + 2x8GB SDHC Memory Cards

+ The Camera package itself!!

Holy Moly! This is superb!!

What a gift!

 

Baby Luxian (don't judge me!! *pfft*) is out of the box!

Guess what? I even know the price tag! *acts terrified* ... Surprised?? *lame* Well, of course I know what are the figures behind this gorgeous tech... 'Cause I bought it! =P But what about... why is there.. how the heck.. are you out of your mind??!! I guess so! Heck, who cares? All I know is that I'm super happy about it! =D A reward to myself, for surviving the year 2011 of hardship *grins*


p.s: yes I did get them wrapped up for FREE, just for the sake of pleasing myself =P random, no?

Happy 2012!

It's a few days past the new year, but the hype isn't over yet! At least not for me! It's been amazing so far on my end. Here's some highlight or you can say, spoiler:

• Started off the new year in Genting with an awesome bunch of good friends! (there'll be a post on this later on)
• After the new year celebration, Started my new job in Klang (a place rather distance away from where I live)
• New plans for the year, new style to live with, and new goals!
• Got something new & cool for myself! - NEW Compact Camera & NEW Phone!
• Last but not least, NEW DOMAIN! Check the above address and you'll know!

As I've been busy with work and enjoying myself, I hadn't had much time to work on the post. But I'll get it started as soon as I can =D Am very excited!

Back to work now! Will be back! =P

Xmas Present: Sneak Preview!

Gotten quite the Christmas gift!

In fact, I would say this is the grandest gift I had ever received =D

But I'll only show you what's in them during the new year =)

A Day at The Mines

Went there in search of a location to reload my Touch 'N' Go card with Amex, however, to my disappointment, they did not have the service to even begin with - They only accept cash! =(


So, I went walking around since I was already in the mall itself. Didn't want to waste my trip there, I decide to see what's happening in the mall. I saw a bookshop had its book on sale, but to my very surprise, it was a very unexpected atmosphere there...

80% Discount!
The shelves look so messy! (@_@")

Check out the place yo! Nearly racked out!

I'm not sure if the above is something good or bad, but my best guess would be that they're gonna close down. Anyways, let's  take a look at something more cheerful, shall we?

I saw a bunch of carollers walking / pacing around...

I followed them, and then I saw this!! (O_O")  

They sang in a large congregation!
It was amazing!!

Quickly, I grab myself a box of cheesy wedges,

and enjoyed the show!

#LikeABoss

=P

And that's my day at Mines..

(it was a few days back actually)

I Broke My Lens Filter *sobs*

Of all the things that I could have broken, it had to be the lens filter! =( Well, I guess it's a good thing it was the filter, rather than the lens itself *phew* Was unpacking my stuffs, then suddenly my lens out of no where just came tumbling-ever-after, and the next thing I know, I heard glass shattering sound. I panicked, no kidding! My heart was racing so fast, that I was stunned for a couple of seconds before I had the guts to actually check the lens! It happened sometime 3am this morning...

Scared me half to death!

It was a rather expensive filter too =(

Dental Surgery: After-Effects!!

Though I posted previously about my dental surgery I had last Tuesday, on Blog, Facebook, and Twitter, there are some people who still don’t believe that dental surgery would cause bad swelling on the jaw and it can last for days. So, I’d figured it’s best to SHOW that it’s indeed a fact and not a made-up story. It’s a #truestory!

This is how I look like at the 4th day after the surgery.

hahaha kidding!
That’s actually how I look like when someone I told about my swelling,
and yet that someone ask me to go PARTY and MAKAN…
DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?!
Y U NO UNDERSTAND?!

This is how I actually look like AFTER the SURGERY…
Taken on the 4th day…
Those who knows me, well I ain’t that chubby on the cheeks..
(Nope, did not photoshop the swelling~ =.=”)

Went out to do usual grocery shopping, errand-running, delivery and yumcha..
And I can find people staring at me… because when I talk I had to slur a little...

I don’t mind the intention, if I were in a normal condition..
but c’mon people! give me a break!

So that’s the AFTER-EFFECTS of dental surgery.
(oh, actually it’s a rather good thing, I kinda slim down a little – lost weight
and I know how I looked like if I were a little chubby on the cheeks, LOL)

Dental Surgery… Better Now than Later!

So, 13 Dec 2011 (13/12/11) marks a special day. It’s a day where I’ve got a mix of feelings running through my mind, body and especially on my mouth – Pain, Relief, Sore, Numbness, Swelling, Unease, Happy, Satisfied, etc.

Stepped into the dental clinic first thing in the morning, prepared myself mentally, told myself to be brave (yea, so I’m afraid of the dentist… Don’t judge me!) but it didn’t turn out quite as plan. Didn’t know the after effects / post-surgery would be so darn uncomfortable!

I had to extract 2 wisdom teeth, because both are impacting the others and causing my inconveniences during my meals. Oh, let’s not forget the occasional ulcer caused by the grinding of abnormal wisdom teeth against the inner cheek flesh. I requested for sedation (knock out gas/shot) but was told that it can only be done at hospital; At the clinic, I can only get anesthetic shots to my mouth. I’ve got no other choice, so I braved up and went ahead with it.

The first tooth was extracted and boy, it felt easy at first. Then, slowly came in the pain crawling into the lower part of my jaws. But thanks for the shots earlier, I could only feel 10% or lesser. Good? Well, think again… My second tooth was the one that gave most problem. In fact, the dental surgeon took longer time at the second one. Apparently, I had be to be given numerous shots, as they weren’t really that effective against the actual pain… Or I just happen to have inconveniently darn good nerves… Hahaha..

This is the first wisdom tooth out; See the curvy root?
Didn’t get the shot of the 2nd one, cause my mind was clouded with numbness
from my lower jaw, at the same time, pain was slowly kicking in…

Throughout the whole process, I only shed 2 tears!
And I slot in some jokes with the surgeon and nurse in between, #likeaboss

I got back, and immediately take a nap..
The surgery is really tiring..
[Left] That’s me with an ice pack on the more swollen cheek
[Right] Hours later, the swell worsen! I look chubby!! (>_<”)

So, here’s the 2 extracted wisdom teeth…
They are huge! And to think they were 70% buried in my gums previously…
*shivers*

Well, my dental surgery sorta went well. I’m on pain killers right now, I stop using the gauze ‘cause they were very uncomfortable. Plus, the bleeding kinda slowed down, so it’s alright =D Anyways, the damager to my wallet was exactly RM2,000 (my hard earned money just went to my tooth, I hope tooth fairy will compensate me well for the good looking teeth there =P). Dental care don’t come cheap!

So lesson learnt very, very well!
Freaking take care of your teeth now,
Else, pain will come in various ways..
(Wallet, Teeth, Jaw, Mind, etc.)

Retiring… I’m Changing Profession

Well, I guess this is a rather backdated post. Yeah, I’ve resigned from the company and I’m retiring as a Business Analyst only to go into what suits me better, which is Sales & Marketing. Though I’ve some basic exposure to Sales, but Marketing doesn’t appear all that foreign to me. I’m pretty enthusiastic about my new career… or should I say careers?

I’m changing profession is one thing, but I’m not just job hopping. I’m gonna be exploring the better side of me with hopes to solidify the strengths in the area I’m more comfortable with – Meeting people, making, negotiating and closing deals.

Just to share a little, I’ll be doing my best in simultaneously running several works – Insurance, Lifestyle Consultancy, Photography, eTrader and last but not least as a Sales person.

A little about Sales:

• It’s the only job that allows one to earn more than his basic; it is known as commission.
• Some of the big players in the world, came from sales background.
• Sales is something everyone has been doing since they were born.
• It allows one to learn how to be adaptive and responsive in a shorter amount of time.
• Not to forget, one will be able to familiarize and study the different types of people around.

As you see, most of the works I stated earlier has something to do with Sales, but not much on Marketing. I’m hoping to learn more from my new job which starts next year!

It seems good things are on a streak! I've gotten more great deals, in which I'm very lucky to have budget for - It's my version of investment =) Check out the previous "New, new, new" post, if you're curious what had happened *winks*

So what's new this time around? Haha, well it's another 3 things to mark off my list!

1. New Laptop - Asus K43U
   One of the latest ones in the market, highly recommended by a friend of mine. It's using one of the latest APU, AMD Brazos Dual Core E-450 processor and is equipped with AMD 6320 discreet GPU. It's so new that it's not even fully updated on Asus's site itself by the time I bought it! Cool eh?!
   
   I got it upgraded to 6GB of RAM (from it's original 2GB). Many wouldn't believe me if I'd say I got it for less than RM1,300, but I did! Keep in mind that it's 14.1" laptop =P Well, before I got this, I did consider getting the MSI CR650 (15.6" version of this) but I prefer this Asus model because of its battery life span - it can last me more than 5 hours (whilst Internet and document works)! What can I say, it's a good bargain! *winks*
   
   If you're interested, let me know, I know someone who can get you a good price as he did for me *grins* =D
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. New Graphic Card for Desktop - ATi Radeon HD 5830
   Not a particular new one in the market, but it's an upgrade in which I can afford. Performing at an average 50% in many areas, this 5830 out performs my previous 4850. Not to forget it comes with a better cooling system and an HDMI support.
   
   I saw the proven difference in scoring with I tested it with Furmark. What seems to be lagging when tested with the 4850, was so much smoother with the 5830.
   
   I know, I know.. Many asked the same question too - "Why not 5850 or better? It's not that expensive you know.." But what can I say more, when I was offered less than RM300 for the HD5830? A darn good bargain if you ask me =)
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Voltage Stabilizer! for my car...
   Sweet! Finally, I've gotten a DIY voltage stabilizer (VS) that's better than the Zaptor Fusion for a fraction of the price! I got this from an Lowyat Forumer who produces the voltage stabilizers and ground cables for cars as a hobby.
   
   So what's this VS about? Well, I'll just share what I know about it (I've only done a little research about it, and asked some friends whom had it installed in their cars) The significance of the VS are:
   
   • Smoother gear shifts (for auto car)
   • Brighter lights and less dim when air-cond compressor kicks in
   • Increases battery life span - stable voltage production through VS
   • Improve fuel consumption
   • Increases engine performance
   • Increase life span of car's electrical and electronic components
   • Etc.
   
   Except for the fuel consumption (because I had just installed it), the rest are obviously apparent after installation. I'd gotten the VS installed for less than RM200 (yes, another great bargain! *smiles from left ear to the right ear*)
   
   
   
   

Student Engagement Center (SEC)

Last Tuesday, I attended a session, SPARC Series 2, conducted by SEC. Well, initially my reasons are to meet Zlwin (aka The Magician), who was the guest start during the session, and also to catch up with ChrisTock (aka Spinzer). But I came to find out that there was more to the whole engagement – It is the idea I’m hoping to realize it one day!
So what’s SEC about? Here’s some info for you:

The Student Engagement Center (SEC) aims to be a coalition or an umbrella body for interest and hobbies-based societies across Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. The organization serves as a common platform of interaction for college and university students across the region, fostering greater synergy between students in different locations and of different tertiary education system by placing emphasis on community building through interests, leadership development and a more effective method of communication with the advent of the internet age.

The Student Engagement Center (SEC) Malaysia aims to be the umbrella body of all clubs & societies in Universities all over Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah & Sarawak. For more detail information, please visit www.sec.org.my.

How cool is that? I can actually see my vision come true, and it doesn’t have to be years from now. IT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! And that is what SEC is all about! *excited!*

This is SPARC Series 2…
The guy there,that’s ChrisTock One heck of a chap! and an inspiration he is!

There’ll be another SPARC Series, The 3rd [EYE]Con coming up! *points to poster*
See Joel Neoh, CEO of Groupon live in person..
and get to know and learn from Joel, Malaysian Youth Entrepreneur

Click here to RSVP now!

New, New and New

What is new? Well, quite a few to mention. I finally gotten some stuffs done. After months of planning and waiting, it finally turned into a reality!

So what are the new stuffs?

• New setup for my home desktop – New installation of Windows 7 64-bit Operating System (and yes it is original *support genuine stuffs* =P)

Took me a while to get everything sorted..
Including backup, installation and restoring, it totaled up to 16 hours worth of work!
*wipes sweat* Weeew..

• New Internet connection – Unifi 5Mbps alas!

After months of waiting, calling, checking and waiting again, it finally came true!
I’m officially running Unifi here!
SAY BYE BYE TO LAGGY GAMES, SLOW DOWNLOAD & STRESSFUL MOMENTS OF LOADING A WEBSITE

• New face – Facial do?!

How do I look now?
Like the new face?

Too bad I missed Halloween party, otherwise this would be what you see walking down the streets

Listen to Your Dentist!

I had learned a great lesson as I stepped out of the dentist clinic earlier today. To be honest, I've not visited the clinic in a long while, or more specifically in years. Dentist tells me to be regular, but I guess the fright of the screeching sounds from the tools kept me away. But not today, as I gathered my courage *takes a deep breath* and walked into the room. It wasn't all pleasant for me, after all, it had been years since I was last there (and no I didn't go anywhere else). So, I got my check up, my cleaning and patching for some minor cavities *yikes!* Okay I didn't do a great job at dental care, so sue me! (Noooo, I'm kidding! Don't sue me, I'm broke... and you'll know why in a bit)

The price to pay for the time I've missed is great (somewhat RM500) but considered rather small if you calculate it based on the years. Nevertheless, there's still traces of burning in my wallet as I "speak" this. "Why so expensive?" Well, I guess I missed out the part on the x-ray? "What x-ray?" Yeah I got some abnormal wisdom tooth (molar) growth, and according to the dentist, whom by the way is very good, I've got to undergo a dental surgery soon, otherwise I'll be potentially losing more teeth. (See the illustration below for better understanding)

Impacted Molar

You see, in the recent years I've somewhat grown extra wisdom teeth (molar) on bothleft and right ends of my jaws. Well, that's normal, but what's not normal is the position they grew in. Though not normal, this kind of scenario happens rather frequently amongst people, but they are usually taken care of when found. In my case, I only thought they were broken tooth, since I could only see a portion of it. Little did I know, after the x-ray was done, they were full grown teeth with good, strong and long nerves with it *facepalm*. The risk is here that if left there for long, I may lose out my front molars, and eventually have nothing to chew my food. I may have to wear denture!!! *OMGosh!!!*

So lesson learned well - Visit the dentist often, and keep your teeth in good care. Otherwise, you'll soon regret it!

P.s: But I guess it's a good thing for me, if I had waited until next year, I might be in real trouble. Hehe, so for now, I've gotta plan for the right time and plan financially how to take care of this - It's a surgery after all, big time money investment in dental care!

Magical Night!

Today, I woke up to a blue sky and my heart skipped a beat! It was breathtaking! or maybe perhaps it's just an exciting moment because it's been quite a while since I last saw such a clear blue sky... For those who don't know, it's been pretty hazy lately (probably due to the bushfire from Indonesia, not sure) and boy I could not differentiation clouds from the sky. At that moment, I'm very sure that today's gonna be a great day!

Took my family out to Sunway Pyramid, had good meals, and got some really cool and nice pictures of cats from a Cat Exhibition (MCFA Cat Exhibition 2011) =)

And alas, tonight, when told by my Sis about the moon, I witnessed something truly amazing! I saw a clear full moon, with its moonbeam radiance (halo) SO HUGE like you've never seen anything like it before! What's more if it's directly above MY HOUSE! Yes, I had to strain my neck look directly up! To top that experience, I saw the slow motion of the cloud curtain moving from one point of the radiance to the other... IT WAS SO COOL! (Update: this phenomenon is known as the Moon Dog, now I can't wait for Sun Dog to appear!)

Sorry, I stood at different angles to take the picture, but you could see motion of the line there (except for the last 2 pictures which were taken for fun, after the cloud curtain disappeared) =)