Bring It On !

What is problem ?

I prefer to address problem as challenge

Challenge for what you said

Challenge to be creative, to be patient, to control situation not the other way around, to learn from different perspective, and finally to overcome yourself in other word to humble you and to be a mature person. 

Here are a few things to do when challenge arrive:

Cool, calm, collected, and confident and you’ll be able to solve it 

There will be a way provided for you when you’re surrender and learn from it.

If you fail in the first challenge like any other subject you learn from school you just have to repeat it again and again oh well at least until you pass the test. 

If you pass the test the similar test will be given to you again in a little more complicated way. So that next time you’ll be more familiar even in trickiest situation. 

Research shows that satisfaction thrives on a challenge. The moments where life gets difficult are when the brain produces the most dopamine (a neurotransmitter that governs reward and learning in the brain). The pleasure center of the brain is active when its almost too challenged to succeed, rather than just loving life when everything is incredibly easy.

It’s as if we need to experience failures in order to enjoy our successes. 

You see problem you’re facing right now prepare you not to look dumb in the next situation, to make you look like a pro, a person who knows exactly what to do when everybody else clueless.

Experiencing challenges help you become a bigger better person which necessary for the world nowadays. 

We don’t have to get out safely from it, some people come out wounded, some even have scars for them to remember the lesson.

It doesn’t matter the point is we learn something, we change, act on it and finally move on. From where we said. From our tedious old self ! What else ?

That’s the point from all the lesson we get from challenges we have.

We are not good enough and God is interesting to change us from good to great and challenge is one of the best way He ever intended.

Cheers guys !

Choose Love

 As one grows along came options 

And with those 

Choices have to be made

Life gives us freedom 

And choice

I don't have to work

Sixteen hours a day

But I love working

Sixteen hours a day

I love what I do

It's always up

To us 

To make 

A difference 

Learn As You Go

“ Schedule pressure and fatigue rob us of courage and creativity,,

That is exactly what I’ve experienced  this past few months, haven’t got a spare time. Normally I have at least one day to catch up with friends but now with my mental schedule I hardly can do that unless my friend wants to join my "ride" than it's still possible to squeeze them for coffee or a bite. 

Lately I don't even have time for a lunch break, so I had to bring lunch from home and eat it on my way.

By the time I'm home and want to list everything down, I'm already beat. So in the midst of my busyness I add another work which is finding a structure for everything to run properly and fall into its place.
With everything going on at the same time and each task compete to grab my attention I found the importance of wisdom is substantial.

Despite of the serious schedule pressure, I learn about priority, which one is urgent, which one is important but not urgent.
I learn the importance of  relationship, how crucial it is to learn how to communicate well, how to treat other right.
I also learn that the bottom line of any business is BALANCE SHEET.

You might laugh at me now but the truth is numbers can say a whole lot about your business, mistakes you have made or you're about to make, moreover it speaks about who we really are aka CHARACTER.
And for that reason I took a short course study about accounting to make sure my "balance sheet" is right. In fact we spent our Saturday night learning MYOB, I guess that makes us an official geek...

As I adapt with some changes the way I perceive life has also changed for example I used to hold on tight to my motto in life, one of them is "Why work hard if you can work smart ?"
I used to compare my method of work with my sister's. I don't see some point of her working method that can't be changed with the way I do it. Although some of my ways are right but no matter how smart I think of something, work hard  can't be replaced by anything. That if you want to succeed.

I learn a lot from my sister, she may not be as sophisticated as I am but through her simplicity you can see an eager and willing soul to work hard and make her dreams come true.
Her curiosity and intuition gives her insight that this is not enough, there must be a better way or a better source thus motivate her to seek more, and understand that there is a price to pay.

One can always learn from anything and that's including learning even from the dullest moment in life.
In my case it's my schedule now, I may not have time to over think it but I certainly have time to contemplate at least before I go to bed.

Don't miss a thing, learn as you go...

Jean(ius)

 

I've been digging on jeans lately

My sister and I, we just couldn't get our hands off

of any jeans material we came across 

It's so comfortable and lightweight 

I can wear it in almost any occasion

Enjoy some of our outfit 

collaborating with the genius jeans

High Tea Equals Sugar High

I feel like Alice in the wonderland with
its royal tea party
It truly is a wonderland or
at least a candy land
They spoil us with banquet of cakes,
delicious cotton candy, sweet candy apple,
exquisite chocolate, and yummy marshmallow
fly me directly to the moon
Such a perfect way to spend
Sunday afternoon...

Flying Kites

These photos are taken by my sister camera phone,
she's such an expert at taking good photos.
The beautiful backgrounds are from annual kite festival
in the island.

Fallback Down

Photographed by Valerie; shirt by Vintage Treasure

The ability to engage and communicate with

real people is so rare nowadays

People are more comfortable talking through the third party 

(technology, gadget, etc)

The comfort they found is similar to the comfort you get in reading chick lit

or watching romantic and happy ending movie

The same pleasant feeling you get when eating marshmallow 

while embracing your mellow moment

Its so comfortable cause its so easy

They become bolder, talkative, initiative when they talk through their third party 

Not afraid to show their feelings, more of a risk taker. 

Its so effortless for them when they have all the gadgets protecting them 

They hide from reality and use gadgets as their defense

 

Wait till you meet them in person

Suddenly they are the most reserved person you ever met

Stammer who's always running out of words 

Awkward like a total geek

Mind-numbing like an exhausted granny

Their mind is diluted because 

They refuse to face the truth 

They refuse to grow up

Some people couldn't see the thin line 

between real life and illusion 

Technology and all its advanced gadgets is 

definitely a wonder of invention

But it gets ugly when one attach to it

especially when you're around with others 

and you can't control yourself by keep checking on your gadget

Real life is not in the box, its outside

Its found when you talk face to face

connect one and another

when you brave enough to show your true colors 

Real life is found when you're able to make peace with 

all your shortcomings and the shortcomings of others

while freely flaunting your flair and 

humbly accepting the strength of others