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3/19/2019

I hope you can understand Chinese to better relate to what I am writing here. I find this video very suitable to share my inner thoughts about our goals in life. In this video, it is about this girl from Beijing coming on a Singles show to find a partner. Each female participant is to arrange a scene of sort to declare their love/affection to the male participant. In this case, she arranged a singles party for the guy she likes.

If you think logically, much like a bachelor party, it is a celebration of the end of your bachelorhood and welcoming you to your marriage. A new beginning. I like the theme because it gives this guy who has been on the show for quite a while a good closure to his singlehood. She is declaring the end of his single life and from now on, she would be his girlfriend and he would thus not be attending this show anymore.

Very logical yet she is one of the first female participants to be able to fast forward the process, journey of goal seeking (relationship) and make the guy she likes see what their future would be like. This future pacing scenario makes him think of the future that they would spend time together, this construction of a future event, if it syncs well with what he is looking for will be a strong pull.

Internally, the guy would be fighting hard, resisting and convincing himself why it cannot be done. We can see that he was interrogating her with a barrage of questions, trying to make sense of the whole matter. The innocent and optimistic girl was able to answer his questions without much thought because in a relationship , other than logic, lies a more important component - the desire to love someone. She expressed this so beautifully in this episode and was able to touch the heart of her beloved guy.

Naturally, it ended nicely with them holding hands and agreed to seeing each other and of course, this is the last party that he would be attending, a testament to the importance of a strong desire and positive outlook of their future winning over the possible volatility in their journey.

My running trail

3/10/2019

This is my 2nd attempt in running this route and I decided to take some pictures to motivate myself for future run. Today run starts at around 1053am, weather is sunny and nice. After warm up, I started running down the block to KTPH direction, crossing my first traffic light.

This is the 2nd traffic light, still a breeze as it is 3/4 under shade as you can see from picture. These familiar landmarks serve as a milestone in my running, knowing how far I have completed and how much more to go.

Please note that it is not easy to run and take pictures as I am using a mobile phone and it is wrapped in my towel. As I like to listen to sermon when I am running, taking pictures would mean I have to pause, take out the phone , snap the picture and return to youtube to on the music, wrap it back into towel and continue the run. This is near to the Yishun Public Swimming pool and I am at the cross junction. Nice and easy.

Further up, you can see the indian temple , nicely painted in Gold and Khatib Camp is on the opposite side of it. Weather is getting hot and I am perspiring.

A little up slope and I am at another traffic light before heading to the start of my long journey on Sembawang Road.

This is Dieppe Barracks, a easy landmark for identification before the next available traffic light junction. Yup, is me and the sun, the heat reflected on the road and heart pounding. I would slow down where there is some shade to wipe off the excess sweat trickling down from my forehead and regain my composure and catch my breadth before continuing. It is not the speed but the completion of the journey that I am after. Slow and steady, man.

Before this zebra crossing, on my right is the Sembawang Country Club, a 30 degree gradient slope up. So, I am panting and huffing for breadth. WTF. Come on, I can do this , I have done this a million times, that is the message that I feed myself.

The next traffic light is quite far down, so I took this warehouse on the right as another milestone. This route is first down then up, so I have to conserve my energy. Phew, no sweat !

Still along Sembawang Road, the next landmark is this property showroom on the opposite side. I am beginning to feel the intensity of the heat but I am still going strong. Not giving up at all.

This is one of my favourite landmark as you can see on the right is the popular Mandai Zoo. I am sweating a lot , a little thirsty and slowing down a little on my pace so as not to overheat the engine. Can't imagine those guys who run in the desert, how do they do it ?

Pushing on, gaining a bit momentum and feeling elated, I am reaching the halfway mark now. I would run across the road and head towards the Springleaf Nature Park route.

Beside the people who comes here to fish or the cleaners at the lake, you hardly see any souls on this path. But it is nice as there is a lot of greeneries and an instant calm and peaceful feeling overtake my pounding heart, eager to complete.

This is a bend not the end so I gotta preserere and increase my pace as there is not much shade as you can see from the pictures.

A little while more, after running past the tunnel, I am now into the Lower Seletar Reservoir Park. Nice shade and my first water point. Oh, how sweet the water taste. Damn shiok. Ah, rubbery legs , can't stop now, Too close to give up, another short distance and I am done. Come on, you can do it man !

I stopped several times to catch my breadth and had short bouts of giving up. On the other side, my willpower is running low and I pray to God to give me strength, relive my reasons to do this run, think of the end point and the rewards I will be getting and I push on once more. This is the last few traffic junction but I am too tired to stop and snap the picture , focusing on conserving my last bar of energy to complete as fast as I could.

I think I took about 1 hour and 15-20 mins to complete this whole journey. It was simply fantastic and I love it and would gladly do it again. So, what is the best way to recover from muscle ache ? Ice pack and drinks lot of water thereafter to hydrate my body. Praise the Lord, now I am thinking of a new route for my next run. I am excited as I am heading to get my new sunshades tomorrow, haha. Till then ,stay healthy and stay fit .

SEA of RED

3/7/2019

If you are a trader or investor, then this chart is not new to you. This is a summary of the global indices which is now a sea of red. Congratulations if you have caught on the right side and have shorted the market, you made money , just how much more from each index. However, if you are like me that bought into the market, panic and fret not. You see, I have been praying for my portfolio to turn blue , meaning profits and sunny days ahead. I know the day is here and I continue to hold on to the belief, especially in all the China related indices.

When does the panic comes in ? 1. From constantly watching the monitor, the numbers keep going down, the percentage keeps getting bigger and the heart starts pounding faster. How about taking a break and ask a fundamental question - Why did you buy in the first place ? Because you believe in the China story like I do and if that is true, is it going to materialise immediately ? If not, then wouldn't this drop in price be a huge discount to buy even more ? I believe so and would be adding more.

Stay calm and not let the media nor the sea of red frighten you and do things that are not right. Trust in the Lord and he will guide you to the right path

Confidence and Competence

3/7/2019

Son, Dad is really proud of you! After practising your Chinese spelling every day, you were able to get all the answers spelled out correctly yesterday! I asked you to share with your mother and I heard you say, I got all correct but this is just a practice.

Well, Son, life is really nothing but a series of practice. What appears to us as mere practices are the real life experiences we get as well if we follow through whole-heartedly. What do I mean ?

If you continue to believe you will get full marks (confidence) and also continue to be diligent in practising daily till the day of the test (building your competence over time), then the results you get will not just be a practice but a real life event !
This also serves as a reminder to myself that the things Dad do, trading, exercising, family peace and harmony, etc are also a form of practices that I do daily as well. I must continue to sharpen my skills (competence) and my confidence will grow over time. Not by willpower but by the Glory of God whom I believe he is constantly watching over us, blessing us in all areas of our lives !

Right Lane

3/3/2019

I have no idea why I have not thought of swimming on the right lane in the pool. Could it be because I am left handed so naturally, I would go to the left side ? But this evening, my son decided to join me for a swim. And there and then, I decided to try the right lane. I managed to swim pretty fast, 10 laps in 11 mins . I promised my son to spend time with him so I had to cut short my usual 20 laps. Wow, 11 mins was pretty fast and I felt great thereafter. I like the speed, thrill and achievement. Most important, I make a change and this new environment stimulate my body to adjust accordingly.

Thank you God for this new move, totally unexpected. I remembered when I was working out in the gym, I constantly change my training methods to stimulate new growth to my muscles. This physical change of environment too can jolt my mental strength to adapt and be alert as well.

Feeling great and thankful.

Exponential wealth coming

3/1/2019

I sometimes get into this conversation with myself :

Me : Ah, the reason people are not getting their prayers answered is because they do not know how to pray. I am truly surprised.......

Others (me 2) : What do you mean they do not know how to pray ? And how do you pray ?

Me : Well, for a start. I can be praying when I am going for my 5km run. Beside hearing my own heartbeat, this is the best thing to do and communicate with God. I talk to him about anything that is on my mind. But once I am clear what I want, I send off my wish list to him. It goes like this : God, thank you for blessing me with a healthy and fit body , that I could continue to run this distance easily and enjoying it. I am thankful that I will have many more years to be doing this activity that I enjoy.

Others(me 2) :Oh, sounds like a conversation with God. And it is pretty casual.

Me : Yes, it is. It is my relationship with God and I like it this way rather than those I have heard from others like
Father, forgive me, in the name of Jesus, blah blah blah..................... Nothing wrong with that but it is too serious for me and put me in a victim mode or some kind of prisoner that is crying out to God for help.

Others (me 2 ) : Hmmm, I see where you are coming from. You do not subscribe to the domain of the church practice , right ?

Me : In a way yes! You see, the whole point of me being a Christian is to change for the better. I want more money, better health, a loving family, contribute more, great kids, etc. And people tend to think that is selfish, I disagree. We must first become self reliant , prosperous and healthy so to speak before we are in a good state to help others. How can you be truly generous when you are living on a tight budget yourself ?

Others (me 2 ) : So what do you ask God for in this specific instance ?

Me : Simple. This is my daily prayers : Money is coming freely, abundantly and copiously to me. Then, I would close my eyes and imagine all the profits in blue appearing on my trades. Immediately, I felt a sense of joy, excitement and gratitude. I would go about my day as it is . And miraculously, I would either pick up some money, a particular forex pair would spike up giving me a great profit. I have increased my daily profit target to 10 fold from $50 to $500, placing my 100% faith with God. It is a giant step for me as I know to make this amount requires the same discipline, strategy and even faith. Thus far, I have hit 6 out of 10 days to this amount , on occasions where I exceeded. Thank you God.

Ordinary and natural

2/27/2019

So, I picked 0.10 coin yesterday and another 0.10 in the drain today. It feels good to have such free money coming to me. I am elated that the feeling is becoming more ordinary and natural as I come to expect it somehow after a few days. Now, I start to see the pattern that NG is talking about. The inner feeling must become so natural and then the out picturing of the scene will be play out in the external world.

This has thus far work for my healing prayers. I see my daughter dancing and singing and playing merrily at home yesterday while she was having a fever. In fact, I chose my words carefully when I need to announce the reasons why I need to be home. I did not say, my daughter is sick, thus I need to stay at home to look after her.

I said, she is at home (leaving the recipient of the message to interpret the meaning themselves) and for some others, I told them she is recovered at home. I also see in my mind clearly that she will goes to school today as per normal, just like her ordinary school days. And it played out nicely with no disruptions.

Thank you God for the healing !

Thank you God for the abundance in my finance.

A small ripple of change

2/24/2019

This morning, as usual I sent the kids to school. The same route, taking the same bus. What has changed? I put on a grin today. My kids noticed it. My son who came back from school a while ago caught it again and said, I was surprised you are still grinning , Dad. It is a big change.

I was surprised he said that. That means I was at most time put on a neutral look or overly serious face for them. That was not too pleasant. But all these is going to change from today onwards. A new thinking will offer a new choice and this new choice will drive my new action (ie. the grin) and it gives me a more friendly and approachable feeling inside. I felt more of a "good guy" inside of me though I do not know how it impact on others. But , I am thankful and grateful to God for showing me the way.

A small ripple of change in me can have a huge impact on my kids. That itself, is worth it. May the strength of the Lord be with me throughout the day and guide me and persist me to hold on to that smile. Amen.

My 1 R + 1 S new routine

2/22/2019

To get my mind off the usual exercise routine, I did a 1.5km run followed by 1km swim. My best record for the 20laps swim has been 22mins + so this morning I was expecting it to take me much longer. I had to consider I had a run already yesterday so the muscles are still recovering. I was surprised to see my timing for the swim sits at 23 mins +. It was a different feel of the muscles from run to swim compared to swim then run.

Thank you God for motivating me and not giving up when my muscles was too tired.

Be a good financial manager

2/21/2019

I chanced upon the sermon of late Dr Myles Munroe and he quoted this verse above. He said that it is due to bad management that people suffer from poverty due to greed. People likes to take short cut , expect miracles from God without working for it. It is the management of money problems that we have to take care of in order to put things in order. Spending less than you earn, saving money, investing ,etc are good money management habits.

God did not allow anything to grow as there was no MAN sent to work on the ground. God created man to have dominion over all creatures on earth which means he need MAN to manage the resources efficiently and effectively.

God wants us to be an economist, to maximise from the minimised. This is humbling from a trader perspective, to gain the most reward out of the least risks. Tithing is God's management training program for mankind. God needs nothing from us since he created the entire universe. He wants human to learn how to manage money efficiently.

Can you consistently put aside 10% for my purposes, God said in the bible. Hmm, but of course the people who manage God's money - i.e. the pastors and team be better money managers! It is about discipline! Then, he can trust you with the remaining money (90%).

From this verse above, it shows that a good manager will manage his wealth well will be able to hand down inheritance to his unborn grandchildren. Abundance , that is what God is assuring the men who have the discipline and have self control over their money.

Money remains a topic that remains a mystery to many people. It is so important yet it is not taught as a subject in school. 40 years ago and fast forward today, it is still the system , the education system has barely move on this area. I wonder why ?

God, help me to understand better on this topic, draw the right people and resources that I need and bless me abundantly that I have no worries that I could use this skills to benefit more people out there . Thank you God.