That's Life

Every day is different. Some days you wake up full of energy and ready to take on the world. Other days you just don’t want to get out of bed. You feel life has no meaning, and everything you do is a waste of time. We all have days like that. That's life.

Life consists of both kinds of days. Rejoice when you are feeling good. When you are not, or when you are having ‘one of those days’, learn to motivate yourself. Otherwise, understand that life has its ups and downs and everything is temporary. In a day or two, this lacklustre, lethargic feeling will go away and all will be well again.

Just as they say – The sun will shine again after the storm.

Ah! this beautiful world ... Indeed, I know not what to think of it. Sometimes it is all gladness and sunshine, and heaven itself lies not far off. And then it changes suddenly, and is dark and sorrowful, and clouds shut out the sky. In the lives of the saddest of us, there are bright days like this, when we feel as if we could take the great world in our arms. Then come the gloomy hours, when the fire will neither burn on our hearths nor in our hearts; and all without and within is dismal, cold, and dark. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that! - Rocky Balboa

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Murals

While having a wander in Chinatown recently, I came across these murals in the side streets and alleys. These murals depict the life of the locals in the 70s and 80s. Some of them are very detailed. They sure bring back memories as well as liven up the alley ways.

Some photos of the murals.

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Making Plans

A plan is a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something; an intention or decision about what one is going to do. It is crucial that we plan before we embark on a project – especially when it is a big, complicated project. Planning helps to break down the project into smaller parts. The blueprint will help you progress each step of the way. When the plan is well thought out, the chances of success are better.

The purpose of planning is to reduce the uncertainty of the future. It is not meant to eliminate it. As you put your plan into action, you may come across obstacles you haven’t anticipated. Or you may find flaws in the plan. This is when you have to alter your plans a bit. Therefore, let your plans be flexible. Let there be room for change. It is a bad plan that cannot be changed.

No one plans to fail, but many fail to plan. If you do not plan, it is all right – just as long as you are not surprised when you fail. Make it a habit to have plans, and let your plans be flexible. If plan A doesn’t work, there is plan B, or plan C or more.

Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small. - Lao-tzu

Every well-built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints. - Napoleon Hill

A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow. - George Patton

Plan for tomorrow but live for today. - Unknown

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. - Peter Drucker

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. - Alan Lakein

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action. - Napoleon Hill

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Fuchsia Plants

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. There are over 100s of species and thousands of varieties of Fuchsia flowers – a majority of them native to central and South America. - Wikipedia

Fuchsia like cool temperatures and moist air, are adaptable to all kinds of soil as long as the soil drains well. They like filtered light but not heat. They have tear drop flower heads, and pendant-shaped flowers, and they look good on hanging baskets.

The flowers are very pretty – rich and sweet coloured, and look like pairs of earrings. They look very decorative.

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Laughter - The Best medicine

Life is short and transient. Like the passing cloud, we are here one moment, gone the next. The most wasted of all days is that one which one has not laughed. When possible, where possible, laugh. It may not add years to your life but it will surely add life to your years.

May your days be filled with laughter.

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Truisms

We might not have a manual, or an instruction booklet to teach us how to live our lives, but Life – happening, unfolding around us is itself a ‘Manuel on Life’ for us. If we pay more attention to what is going on in life, and learn the lessons, we will be doing all right.

And the wonderful thing is, all these life instructions were being recorded. They are called Aphorisms. Take an interest in Aphorisms. Learn from the wisdom of others.

People speak sometimes about the ‘bestial’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts. No animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel. - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. - Chief Seattle

A child is going to remember who was there, not what you spent on them. Kids outgrow toys and outfits, but they never outgrow time and love. - Unknown

We need to rediscover how to be sustainable, to move from being apart from nature to becoming a part of nature once again. - David Attenborough

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. - Aristotle

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated. - Thomas More

You can beat forty scholars with one fact, but you cannot beat one idiot with forty facts. - Rumi

When nobody around you measures up, it is time to check your yardstick. - Bill Lemly

To safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Words differently arranged have a different meaning and meanings differently arranged have a different effect. - Blaise Pascal

You can talk about an idea forever, but only those with courage and determination will make it materialize for the world to benefit. - Unknown

A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it is accepted by majority. - Booker T Washington

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Dinner in Chinatown

I met up with a friend for dinner at the hawker center in Chinatown last week.

After the meal, we had a walk around the area to see what was new. Quite a few shops had changed hands. A couple of tailor shops and gift shops were gone. Not surprising really. The rentals are a killer in this kind of touristy location. In their places are more Chinese Restaurants.

Some photos of Chinatown from the visit.

A simple meal of stir fried beef, stir fried vegetables, some pork satay and we shared a litre of beer. Satays are chunks of meat grilled on a skewer, and served with peanut sauce. There are also beef, chicken and lamb satays.

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