40 tips for a better life

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.'

5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.

7. Make time to pray. Prayers provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more food that grows on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in 'plants'.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.

14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you
learn will last a lifetime.


16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.

18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In 5 years, will this matter?"

26. Forgive everyone for everything.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. GOD heals almost everything.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick
Your friends will. Stay in touch.

31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

33. The best is yet to come.

34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

35. Do the right thing!

36. Call your family often.

37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for __________.
Today I accomplished ___________________.

38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

40. Man GETS and FORGETS; GOD GIVES AND FORGIVES.

Source: From Email

Singapore the FINE city

This printed T-shirt drew my attention when I passed by Pagoda Street, Chinatown.

The words are kinda small in the picture:
No smoking - $500
No chewing gum $1000
No littering $1000
No Urinating $1000
No flower-picking $500
No Flushing - $500
No Bird-feeding - $1000
No water wasting - $500
No Spitting - $1000

Everything fine.
There are more:
No parking coupon, fine.
Jay walking, fine.
Misuse of monthly travel pass, fine
...
...
...

One more... not fine, but jail.
About a year ago a jobless man wanted to commit suicide.
So, he jumped down from his HDB flats.
Unfortunately, he fell on a little girl, and broke the girl's leg.
He wanted to die, but failed, ended up being sent to the jail, sad case...

Marble Cake

The ingredients: Flour, butter, baking powder, cocoa powder, eggs, cake mold, sugar, vanilla essence


After beating sugar and butter, add in egg


Deng Deng! The output!



Ingredients:
Butter - 250g
flour - 250g
Fine sugar - 200g
cocoa powder - 2 teaspoons
eggs - 4 nos
vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

Steps:
1) Mix butter and sugar
2) Add in egg one by one
3) Add in Vanilla essence
4) Add in flour and baking powder
5) Bake for 50 minutes, under 180C

Ever since I started working in Singapore, I stopped baking cake. I really got no time to do it.
But yesterday I was craving for butter cake. So, I baked one.

Online magazines

I like to read magazines...
Due to my KiamSiapness, I only buy one or two monthly (CLEO and Ifeel).
But sometimes, I browse the contents online before I buy them.
Here are some of the links...

CLEO
Ifeel
FEMALE
MARIE CLAIRE

My bus is coming! I got to go!

I always say my bus is coming in 10 minutes time, i got to leave now. How do I know? Hehehe. I use This link to check when is my bus reaching the bus stop near my office. If let's say I am not in the office, no internet connection, I can still check it by sending a SMS. Now even better. They have put this Digital bus arrival time board at the bus stop. The first column from the left indicates the bus service number, second and third columns are the next bus arrival time, and the subsequent bus arrival time. The wheelchair sign indicates that the bus is a double decker, and is a wheelchair-accessible bus.

No more 20-days interest-free period for credit card users

Banks to remove the 20-day interest-free period for new retail transactions for credit card holders who settle a partial or minimum payment of their outstanding amount. Does it affected you? What benefits for those who settle the full amount on time (lol, so glad that I am one of them)?
After July, only those who make full payments before the due date will be entitled to the interest-free days. For those who make only partial or minimum payment will be charged interest on the day the new purchases are posted to the card's account.
Those who use their card for convenience or to earn points are advised to pay close attention to the outstanding amount, if you continue to pay in full diligently, you will not be affected. But for those who intent to pay in round numbers or pay the wrong amount will be severely impacted if he makes a big purchase on his card, as he will be charged interest on this purchase from the date of the transaction.
Good Luck!

Singapore Trends...

Noticed that Singaporeans like to follow trend. If someone starts using something new, the next few weeks, you can see a lot of people using the same thing especially in the bus or MRT.

Two years back, saw lots of students and working Adults put on their MP3 players or Ipods while taking MRT or bus. For those who do not have MP3 player or Ipod, i noticed their headphones are actually Sony Ericsson or Nokia headsets (which means they were listening songs thru their mobiles). Other than MP3 players or ipods trend, there was a CROCS trend, and now is PSP trend.

lol, pai seh to say this, but I was also a MP3 trend follower months ago, and I am now a PSP trend follower.

What is next? Reading E-Book on MRT?