Updates 2015

Updates from my side! I think the picture above is the best representation of what is happening right now haha. Elections 2015! 

My GRC MP Ms Low Yen Ling came to my flat to visit this morning (and asked for votes of course). I found her a very nice friendly lady and things in Bukit Gombak seem to be improving. My dad is however a critic of PAP. 

To quickly update, I am currently down with chicken pox and hence am free to update here on my life! Haha time has passed and I had graduated last year! I must thank my parents, lovely friends and the Nanyang Scholarship that supported me through uni.Thank you thank you.

Currently I am running We Sell Hope, We Sell Toy(carousell and shopee) and giving private tuitions. I did not really expect that but it did give me the kind of freedom to work and spend my time as I wanted.

The chicken pox has really humbled me, forcing me to stop taking my health for granted and chionging all the nights for work. It had also made me realised that Family is really what I am fighting for as during down times, my family members are the ones that supported me. Btw having chicken pox as an adult is really no fun, do get vaccinated if you haven had yours.

Was looking at all the past photos and realised that my family members had really aged, especially my grandma. I need to quickly bring her to Taiwan man, december 2016 will be the time, period.

This is a photo in 2006! Back when Xavier tian was still 9 years old! So cute! haha my grandma was still quite plump and fit. 

Steve Jobs - One Last Thing (Documentary)

I was watching one of Steve Jobs's documentary - One Last Thing (yes you can find it on youtube too :) )



and was deeply inspired by one of his quotes


“When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.” - Steve Jobs


How true! Was talking to Ron and he mentioned "giving yourself permission to dream and that will in turn give others permission to dream too"



I believe we can change the world and make it a even better place :)

Goals Draft

Top Goal of 2014

Family
To save up $5,000 by June to treat family to a short trip.
To understand my family better by asking and listening to their life experiences

Health
Continue exercising 3 times a week and be at 55kg healthily
To continue getting my silver for IPPT
To obtain brown belt for Karate

Wealth
To be a brand new gold producer with ultimate eagle structure by december 2014
To have an average total income of $4000/month in the year of 2014
To start saving $1,000 per month after June 2014
To start giving family $500 every month after June 2014
To work on something that gives me $3000/mth income and opportunities to learn and meet people during the daytime outside business time.

Mentally
To be able to hold what I want to achieve closely in front of me

Spiritually
To always be applying faith in every aspects of my life, trusting that things will turn out well and the dots will connect when I look back.

Socially
To be a wise person that adds value without effort to people around me (Finish a new book every month)

Leisure
To have my 1st cover on youtube (need to somehow get a nice mic)
Start taking proper singing lessons, once a week

We Sell Hope

I have recently finalized my company name. It shall be We Sell Hope. Every business sells something and mine will be Hope.

How many people in the world did not realize their true potential merely because they are unaware that they have the power and capability within them to achieve whatever they want to achieve? I believe there are many. How many people in the world did not start their first step of their journey of thousand miles because they did not have that someone to encourage them? I believe there are many. How many people ran out of hope halfway when they were merely three feet from gold? I believe there are many.

A close friend of mine once have a dream of studying at Peking University. She worked hard and obtained great results to get there. Her family had some financial difficulties and she worked even harder in interviews to be awarded an overseas scholarship. I was thrilled when I heard that news from her! One day, she started talking to me about her concerns of studying abroad for four years. She was worried if she could cope with a foreign environment, being away from close friends and family etc. I felt kinda weird as she had always been the positive person (in fact, she was definitely more positive than I was by then). I gave her my usual "Just go for it! I believe you can overcome it!" advice and I asked her why was she so different that day. I was shocked when I heard her reply! Apparently, before talking to me, she had talked to 19 different people about her decision to study abroad. Yet, I was the only one who had encouraged her to go chase her dreams while her other close friends and relatives had casted her their doubts of her not coping.

A few months later, she changed her overseas scholarship to a local one and studied in a local university instead.

I was frustrated man! Just because you do not have the guts to do so, doesn't mean you can tell others that and steal their dream! However, there was nothing much that I could have done. The negativity had swallowed her dream alive. That was one of the few times I felt quite helpless.

What if there were a few more positive people who had encouraged her? Would the decision be different? I do not know. However, I do believe that somewhere somehow, some lives may be changed forever by that added positivity.

I am blessed that a friend of mine introduced me to an association of successful dreamers, who opened up the world of possibilities for me. They taught me that if God had given me a dream, he had also given me the capability within me to achieve it. They taught me how to build strong genuine relationships with my friends and family. They taught me how I can be the master of my thoughts and not be enslaved by them. They taught me that a candle does not lose its light by lighting up other candles and how I, by being successful myself, can inspire others.

I truly think that while I have my own strengths, I am definitely not someone who is more talented than any other people. I am just an ordinary person willing to do extraordinary things. I dream of being extremely successful myself and giving others permission and showing them that if I can do it, they definitely can do it. They are able to do what I do and if they are hardworking and have a dream, they can be as successful as I am or even surpass me. Like a pebble falling into calm water, I do not know where will the ripples reach, but I do hope mine will reach and change some people's lives.

Hence We Sell Hope. We Sell Hope sells hope to people who are looking and willing. We Sell Hope to people who hope they or their family can have better health. We Sell Hope to people who have low self image due to their complexion. We Sell Hope to dreamers who just cannot find a vehicle to achieve their dreams and goals. We Sell Hope to the frightened, lonely, helpless who just wish for someone to guide them to better their lives.

We Sell Hope

Vision - Empowering people around the world 

Mission - Empowering dreamers around the world in achieving their dreams

Friendship

"There's something about writing things that makes you look at them differently and think about them in a new way."

Had AC2401 exam today. I must admit it was one of the most unprepared exams ever. This has largely got to due to the decreasing motivation towards studying throughout the years. I know that successful people seek excellence in everything that they do, but somehow just cant get the motivation to work hard for it haha. Afterall, academic excellence doesn't equate to much in terms of life success? Had a small talk with Fang Ting on the way back home. I must say that somehow I really think highly of her, not just because she was the former chairperson of the Audit CCA, but the way she carries herself and the aura she has. Huge potential she has I will say. Anyway, had a fun chat with her on a TED Talk about a north korean escaping and other random stuff heh.

Had a afternoon nap and dreamed something about friendship. I woke up with the song 那些年 in my head. I used to wake up with different songs starting my day but haven had this feeling since entering NTU. It was pretty cool as it feel like a internal jukebox in my head haha. Maybe I were meant to be involved in the music industry heh. The song reminded me of the different friendships that I have/had and made me wonder how they evolve/change throughout the years.

I used to have a very close female friend (whom I call my mei). She was a perfect example for the quote "God send you people into your life for a purpose". I must say that she was a major turning point of my life. She came into my life when I was depressed in JC and we started knowing each other ever since she gave me a handmade birthday card during CCA. To an acquaintance, can you imagine that! :) She was a catalyst for me to come out of feeling depressed and taught me several lessons that I will never forget. 每一天都有微笑的理由！She taught me that to get people interested in you, be interested in them first. She taught me how to love others (in terms of friendship and general love). After which, both of us became busy with our individual stuff and coupled with some of the interpersonal skills lessons that I needed to learn, we grew further and further apart.

I have a very close buddy who had been my brother since secondary 4. We were perfect complements for each other in terms of work as we have perfectly complementary strengths. He was there for me to grow in certain areas and after which, we experienced the 道不同, 不相為謀. We have different values and we grew further apart too. I forgive him and I accept him for that difference. I will say that I still treat him as my brother and will go all out for him still, its just that we have different paths to go.

I realised that everyone came into my life for a purpose and as a lesson for me to learn. It may be for me to borrow their strength in the meantime while I grow internally. It may be for me to learn the attitude of gratitude with them being the example. It may be for me to learn how to love and be loved. It may be for me to see the contrast and know what I truly desire in life. After the lesson is learnt, they may slowly drift away to seek their other purposes in life.

I have learnt from my female friend that "Don't cry because it ended, smile because it happened!" While I want the different friendships to stay exactly the same as before, I decided to treat these as important experiences in my life and be glad that they happened! 10,20 years down the road when we meet again, I hope that we will make time to have coffee with each other and we will still laugh together at the silly times we had with each other. :)

-Off to read Jim Stovall's The Ultimate Journey!
PS: Sometimes I wonder, how many of my friends still blog nowadays? haha. Well, Im blogging for myself so it's ok heh. Just wondering.

Interesting quote that I have recently come across.

"Don't allow your wounds to turn you into a person you are not" by Paulo Coelho

-Ruihong
(In the midst of chionging projects and quizes~~)

"Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary." - Bible