Something New A Week #43 - Happy Birthday, Malaysia!

We normally do not celebrate Merdeka day. But today we did and we dressed up in our national flag's colours - White, Blue, Red, Yellow.

Ironically we went to Departure Lounge, and was looking forward to travel out of Malaysia. LoL.

What's new to me:

Opening up a box filled with travel stuffs and just fiddling through everything~

3 Things I Walked Away From

I guessed it's always hard to walk away. It's even harder if you were to walk away from your dreams, from the people you love, from hope. There are countless times I walked away from people who needs help just because I'm shy, times I walked away from reaching higher grounds just because I'm afraid of failing, times I walked away from my family just because I want to join my friends; times I walked away from God just to enjoy what the world can offer me. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone. I do not punish myself for all these, in fact I'm grateful that from every walkaways, I learned something, I repented, and I grew wiser from all the timidity I had inside of me.

Now, I know when and when not to walk away. Out of all these walkaways, the best walkaways I did, and am still doing are these:

WALKAWAY #1: Walking away from negativity and towards living life in abundance and joy.
It's OK to feel bad, sorry, guilty etc but it's never OK to dwell in it. Many of us dwell in it for too long and it became a blackhole that pulls us into the darkness of negativity. Those who acknowledged what is wrong and made the decision to move on fast and take the positive outlook always have a step ahead in life. It's always good to mix with people who channels out positive energy, happy emotions, and inspiring moments. There are always givers and receivers.

"I always believe you can only give what you have, just like the one who never had love within will never know how to love."

So if we would like to give more happiness; we have to have happiness within; same goes to optimism, fun, love etc everything! If we don't have it within us then we need to get it from people who have it so we can spread the the joy of living life to the fullest!

WALKAWAY #2: Walking away from my comfort zone and to do the things I really want to do.
Some people used to get comfortable with what they have but still there's like a void inside of them, it's like that's not really what they want. But when they realised that what they want needs some courage, hardwork, and perseverance; they give up.

"My thoughts are, the things you really want to have, things you really want to do - are never ever easy coming your way." 

It seemed easy for others but if you hear their stories you'll realise what a long way they've came. I searched 2 years and equipped myself to finally land on my dream short stint at Korea; I got out there to mix with people to finally got an appearance on TV for our Korean stuff; I persevered through since I joined a new startup company to see how it flourish a year more later now and how much have I grown; I always wanted to grow in leadership and management and I took up bigger responsibilities which needs lot of perseverance and wisdom and am still learning. My stories aren't super amazing, but I really know, that what you really really want deep down in your heart - it's never easy to attain - you need to get out of your comfort zone to get hold of it. You'll fail, not just once but more - but if you never fail, you never succeed.

WALKAWAY #3: Walking away from being mindful of the norm's perception of me and towards being myself
Why didn't you take up this course? Why are you behaving like this? Why don't you want something stable? Why you don't want to start work after graduating? Why aren't you finding job now? List goes on and on. Questions that your parents, your friends, your relatives, or even facebook friends will ask you.

"I personally think jobs can wait, youth can never wait, adventures when you are young can never wait." 

I'm outspoken, opinionated to certain extend, and I have my own say. I like to spend time alone, I don't mind sitting in a cafe, having a cup of tea and observing people alone. I don't mind I'm single at the age of 26 you can say all you want. I don't get pressured with my friends all getting married. I think it's fine to do hiphop when you are 35. I don't think carry a LV, Coach, Prada, YSL is showing off. Most importantly, I know that this is my life and no one is in control of how I am living it.

Ever since I started walking away, life have been so much more beautiful. There are tough times, but the journey of continuously learning, growing and breaking boundaries is amazing.

Something New A Week #42 - Yike Bike!

What's a Yike Bike? It's the world's first smallest folding electric bike which can travel at 23km/hr! Bro got home a Yike Bike from his boss, they are in the green industry anyway so they have stuffs like this :)

Setting up the Yike Bike, within 15 seconds!

Specs

Trying out..IN THE HOUSE! :p

One day I'll ask bro to allow me to bring it out to open space to practise! It's not easy for a first try, quite wobbly. But I guessed yike bikes are great for the environment, convenient for short distance travelling and economical; or to meet a hot guy across the street!

Read more on yike bikes here!

What's new to me:

THE YIKE BIKE OF COURSE!

Something New A Week #41 - Flowers On My Birthday!

It's not a new thing receiving flowers. But it's new that I received when I'm working! I've been working for a year plus and I'm single, so I don't have boyfriends or husbands to send me flowers. Yet this lovely friend of mine surprised me with a pretty bouquet at office. His message was even surprising and I like it when I guessed the sender right, even when he didn't leave a name....Playing mysterious konon.. :D

Thanks pal, you're as sweet as always!

Happy Birthday To Me

What's new to me:

Purple roses. I've received only red, pink and blue roses before. :)

Something New A Week #40 - New Korean Friends + I'm (felt like) On Talkshow!

Meeting new friends is really a pleasure, a joy! I find it interesting, getting to know new people, hearing their stories and sharing mine. Above all, ending up with laughter and smiles :) Previously Jung Won brought his friend to Malaysia and we went out and it was fun, especially at Yoko's where I had my first Salsa dance! 

Today was somewhat special. Cousin got to know this new Korean friend named Seock Hyun who was sent by Samsung Korea to Malaysia for a year. Guessed what, his job is to do nothing other than understanding the culture and picking up our national language! What an amazing job! I must say he really speaks fluent Bahasa Melayu and I felt challenged!

We helped him on an assignment which was to "Record a video of Malaysians describing Malaysia". It was totally impromptu and I felt like I and my cousin sis were on a talkshow! I guessed, I have that natural ability when it comes to talking, plus there's just so much to talk about our beautiful country (self praise mode on)!

Can't wait for more catch ups again!

Yoon, Ming, Me, Seock Hyun

What's new to me:

Samsung Korea has awesome programes for employees, way too awesome!

Something New A Week #39 - First Audition Ever

Since young I was always on stage. It's either singing or dancing or story-telling; or choral-speaking. It's funny how the more you grow up, the more you forget to hold to these things that once built up your confidence; that once keep you being creative.

Stepping into university and now working life; I'm very grateful for all the learning and experience I've picked up; and for the so many achievements that I've had. But there's this one small corner in my heart, back in my head still reminding me of how I used to take control of the stage to present a message to the mass.

How amazing God's timing was that my church opened an audition for their Performing Arts program. I decided to try it out and I gave it a shot on that very Sunday afternoon.

It was really fun! I sang in front of Juwita Suwito and Michael; acted in front of them and we all danced to a choreography together. I'm thankful for the comments they gave, and for the simple things I learned in performing arts throughout that session.

Even if I fail, I'm glad I had my first real audition ever :)

The script that we need to remember 

Something New A Week #38 - Bloom Women Conference

Bloom. A beautiful word to describe a woman's destiny in life. Her destiny in life is to bloom beautifully like a flower, in everything she does, in the plans that God has for her. So Bloom was the conference name and I must say the conference venue theme is really very "Bloomy"! There are flower decos, pretty photobooth, and a sweet candy bar for sweet dear lovely ladies like us to savour!

Participants

There are few key messages I took away from Bloom :)

Be Fruitful:

Always search for the hero inside yourself - the holy spirit. God says persevere, because you are going to bear many great fruits. Your confidence shall not come from just yourself of your abilities or your skills. Your confidence should come from the Lord, and when this happens - you will be the most confident person than any skillful person. Think like David.

Emotions are your servants, not your master:

Detach from negative emotions and attach to the promise of God. Or for non-Christians I think it's always nature's law to know that we should always deal with negative emotions as soon as possible and always look at the positive outlook in life! There are many things we have to deal within ourselves first, before we question anything.

You always have a choice:

We are all given a choice. We have the choice and we make the choice to progress. After all, Life is all about choices so think through your choices. Never let yourself come to a point where circumstances make the choice for you - the moment when you say you have "no choice".

Since it's a women conference, the men shall serve us :)

Was a great conference to just remind me of important things in life :)

Thoughts I Had #10: Learning VS Doing

From Forbes: "Learning is good, Doing is better."

Good reminder for all of us. We often love to read and learn; but what happens after a good book read was put back onto the shelf?

So put your learning into action. Turn knowledge into wisdom. To do all these, it comes from one person and it's you. It comes from within yourself, it is your choice to make, not anyone else.

I've heard from many people at work, at Facebook, at gatherings, at random chats saying that they need extra learning, training, inspiration, motivation, development, opportunities etc. My first curiosity was always "What did you do for yourself?". I'm curious to know have they ever taken any first step to get to what they need, have they ever tried all means to improve themselves.

What I learn from people, especially those who didn't even hold a degree but are great entrepreneurs is that - If they want something, they tried every way to make things work, to get to where they want. They do not hold anyone accountable for their lives, but themselves.