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Here is an inspirational story about a young man named Patrick Henry Hughes who was born blind and without limbs. He’s fitted with artificial eyes and placed in wheelchair since childhood. 

In spite of his disabilities, Patrick Henry Hughes plays the piano beautifully as well as “marches” in the Louisville marching band. 

You might wonder how he manage to do that. Well, his father named Patrick John Hughes is his guiding angel who pushes him around in the wheelchair for him to march across the field and perform in the band at the University of Louisville.

Patrick Henry Hughes is a very optimistic young man who says that :

Disabilities are in fact Abilities.

It doesn’t matter what kind of disability you might have 

Or what kind of problem you might face on a day-to-day basis.

If you set your mind to achieve a goal, you can do it.

How inspiring it is! What Patrick Henry Hughes says and does just touches people’s heart. 

Click on the video to find out how he turns his disabilities into abilities :

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One day after the Valentine’s Day is one of my sisters’ birthday. It is easy to remember her birthday since hers falls on 15 February.

We have actually had a celebration for my sister last Sunday when our family had been to a Chinese Shark’s Fin restaurant to have our Chinese New Year feast. So, we just have a very simple birthday celebration today by buying soya sauce crabs and satay for her.

Soya Sauce Crabs :

Satay (Pork) :

Satay Rice and Cucumber :

Satay Sauce :

One of the reasons for buying crabs is because my chubby nephew loves to eat crabs very much. We had been going round and hunting for crabs yesterday’s afternoon but was to no avail because most of the seafood restaurants only started their business in the evening.

So, I think today is a good day to buy soya sauce crabs for my nephew as well as for my sister to celebrate her post Valentine’s Birthday 😉

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Today is Valentine’s Day. It is a great occasion to express your deepest feelings and love to your loved ones. St Valentines Day falls on the 14 Feb and it is a day not only for lovers, it is also meant for family members and friends to give or exchange Valentine gifts as tokens of love.

Valentine’s Day is a wonderful day for couples to plan out romantic get-away or Valentine parties to celebrate 14 Feb romantically.

Hereby, I would like to wish all couples, family and friends in the world to have a romantic, memorable and enjoyable day on Valentine’s Day.

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Friday the 13th is believed to be a bad luck day for the superstitious people. The superstition surrounding Friday the 13th is also believed to be a combination of two separate fears, ie. the fear of the number 13 and the fear of Fridays.

There is a very long and hard to spell or pronounce name given to the fear of Friday the 13th and this name is called paraskevidekatriaphobia. It is pronounced as “pair.uh.skee.vee.dek.uh.tree.uh.foh.bee.uh”.

In fact, paraskevidekatriaphobia is a term based on the Greek words :

Paraskevi — means Friday

Dekatria — means Thirteen

Phobia — indicates Fear

As for Fridays, they have been considered an unlucky day since the medieval times. Superstitious people consider it as bad luck to start anything on a Friday. Things like starting a new job, new journey, giving birth, moving house, marriage, business project and so on.

However, Friday the 13th is considered a lucky day for my family. Reason being that my mom had got a little windfall on Friday the 13th and won $500 SG by betting her luck on the Chap Ji Kee (12-digit lottery) in 1987.

She was so happy and bought us a pet dog from an aquarium shop when the shop owner had decided to sell away his pug dog. In the past, we used to rear fish, tortoise, chicken, guinea pig and rabbit but never had a dog before. You can tell how happy my mom was at that time to have had won the lottery on Friday the 13th.

Thirteen is pronounced as “Surp Sum” in Cantonese and it means “sure alive“. So, 13 is in fact a good and lucky number to our family. Coincidently, our pet dog was born on 13 Jan 1987. This chubby pug dog was so lovely and it brought a lot of happiness, fun and love to our family.

My mom was in deed very lucky to have won the lottery on the Friday the 13th and brought the pug dog home to shover us with lots of love. So, 13 is actually a lucky number.

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Conveyor is vastly being used for transporting items from one location to another. It is also being used in many places such as supermarket, airport, cashier counter, production floor, Sushi bar and so on.

If you have been to a Sushi bar or Japanese restaurant, you will notice that the conveyor belt is moving all the time to transport plates and plates of Sushi around for the customers to select.

It is interesting to set your eyes on the train of Sushi plates moving along the conveyor belt while sitting in front of the conveyor. However, you might feel bored by looking at the Sushi plates turning round and round after some time. Perhaps you ought to do something different in order to chase away your boredom. 

Have you ever wondered how thing would look like if you were the Sushi sitting on the conveyor belt? How would you see your surrounding with a different perspective?

Well, I have just found a YouTube video clip showing a Caucasian couple who have had placed a camera on a conveyor belt to do some video taking. The video shot was quite well taken and it makes me feel as if I am seeing a Japanese movie. 

I find that the video taking on a Sushi conveyor belt is interesting and it gives people a different perspective on the experience.

Enjoy the video-taking on a Sushi conveyor belt :

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I have just downloaded a 30-day trial version of the vector graphic software from the internet today. I’m full of enthusiasm the whole day and eager to try out the software. I have created a few graphics immediately after practising.

I have also created a 3D logo for my Laingan.com Blog and the graphic effect looks pretty cool. Below is the red 3D logo of Laingan.com Blog :

The logo was created in vector graphic format and I exported it to the bitmap format (JPG) for uploading it to my Laingan.com Blog.

I will try out the vector graphic software further by creating more graphics and exploring more into other features during my free time. Then, I will make a decision whether or not it is worthwhile to buy the vector graphic software to do some graphic design after the 30-day trial period.

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The 15th day of the 1st month of the Chinese New Year has finally arrived. This is the last day of celebrating Chinese New Year in the Year of the OX. We have to wait for another year for the Year of the Tiger to arrive before celebrating Chinese New Year again.

A day before this day, my family and I went to the Chinatown’s restaurant to have our Chinese New Year feast during lunch time. We booked our table one week in advance at the Tam Kah Shark’s Fin restaurant.

The waitress was very polite and well-trained. She greeted us when we reached there and ushered us to our table at the second storey. Shortly, she started to serve the dishes sequentially. The dishes were Yu Sheng, Peng Cai, tray of 5 lucky stars, shark fin soup, fish of abundant luck, abalone with vegetables, roast chicken, desserts and so on.

Yu Sheng (Raw Fish ) :

Tray of 5 Lucky Stars :

Peng Cai or Poon Choi (Pot of Vegetables) :

Abundant Luck Fish :

Abalone with Vegetables :

Fried Rice :

When we were about to finish our lunch, we heard a very loud drum sound coming from downstairs. Apparently, the lion dance troupe was invited in to bring good luck, auspiciousness and prosperity to the restaurant.

Lion Dance Pic1 :

Lion Dance Pic2 :

We enjoyed the Chinese New Year feast very much. We have to wait for another new year to come before we can enjoy the festive season good food again.

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It had been quite a busy week for me this week after office hours and during my rest days. I was not busy at work so I would have the time to attend seminars after work.

I attended two seminars this week at AKLTG on Wednesday and Thursday. One of seminars was prepared for graduates of the Wealth Academy program and the topic was to teach us on how to invest in real estate. The business workshop was really an eye-opener for me as I always wanted to learn something about real estate. It was a knowledge-packed workshop.

Then, I also attended a semimar preview on personal developement on Thursday. The title of the preview was called “Patterns of Excellence“. Again, this was also a great and entertaining seminar. I learnt that you have to break away the habit or pattern of doing something that hinders you from moving forward in order to get a breakthrough in life.

Next, I joined my friend to go for a walk at the national park at Changi area on Friday. We walked almost everywhere to enjoy the nature, smell the sea and exchange our thoughts. We found a place for us to rest and chit chat when we were feeling tired. Then, we went to a nearby foodcourt to have our lunch. It was indeed a very fun and enjoyable outing.

My family and I went to a shark fin restaurant on Sunday. I think I will elaborate it further in my upcoming post as I have taken a few pictures during the meal. Stay Tuned. 

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I believe each and everyone of us do experience we feel at certain moments that we don’t have the drive to do something. We seem to have lost our motivation at times.

I think one of the challenging things for most people to do is to keep your level of motivation at a peak level before you can achieve the results that you are looking for. This is important because it keeps you going to achieving whatever it is that you want. 

You shall be much closer to getting the results that you desire when you are inspired enough to keep going even when there are obstacles in the way.

But the question is : “What are the factors that keep yourself going even when it seems like the odds may be against you?“.

PASSION :

Well, having the Passion is one of the key elements to get yourself motivated. Yes, you have to be passionate about the results you are after. Otherwise, you tend to give up easily when you face problems. 

Another thing is that you have to set reasonable goals that you can be passionate about so that you would motivate yourself and you would put in all your effort to make things happen.

BELIEF :

Belief is another key element to get yourself motivated. You must have the belief that you can do it. Your strong belief in yourself and your ability to break through any barriers will help you overcome any obstacles along the way. This will keep yourself inspired and keep moving forward towards achieving what you want. 

Therefore, you must have the passion and belief in order to stay motivated, and keep moving forward in your life to achieving anything that you want.

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Here is another video clip featuring the childhood days of Nick Vujicic.

Enjoy watching and get inspired.

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