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I have already conducted the technical training on Monday so I can say that I’m free now and would have the time to do some other things that I like to do.

I received an email last week from a subscriber site pertaining to forex and option trading. It was an invitation for the subscribers to attend a free seminar which would be held on 24 Feb (which is today). Since the seminar is free, I don’t see it will cost me anything by signing up so I just filled up the form and sent it.

I set the alarm in my handphone to remind me of the appointment. It then rang at 5:30pm to alert me so I settled my work and knocked off on the dot this evening. Then, I drove off to the destination.

I went to a food court to have my dinner but I didn’t order my favourite coffee as I felt that my stomach might be too full after drinking the hot soup. But it really felt good to drink hot stuff on a raining day.

After I had taken my dinner, I went to the washroom to wash my face in case I fall sleep during the seminar especially after a hard day on the job.

Then, I took a lift and went up to the registeration counter to collect my freebies. I got a metallic pen, a casual backpack bag and some bronchures as free gifts. Then, I went in to the auditorium and chose a seat at the third row so that I can see the screen clearer.

The seminar didn’t start at 7pm sharp but I think this is quite normal especially on a raining day. The speaker was late by 20 minutes as he was caught in the rain. But I don’t think anybody would mind that since it was a free seminar.

The speaker got settle down and started his presentation on forex immediately. I can tell that this guy is an experienced speaker since he managed to start his speech immediately although he was rushing his way to the auditorium earlier on.

But I found that his presentation was quite boring and I was dozing off shortly. I regretted that I didn’t order strong coffee when I was having my dinner.

So, I must really remind myself to drink coffee before attending any evening seminar next time. Otherwise, I will be falling asleep easily while listening to the monotonous talk.

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I didn’t go anywhere else but working at home last Saturday and Sunday. I was really serious about the training that I would be conducting on Monday afternoon and was spending a lot of time sitting in front of my laptop to work on my PowerPoint slides.

I did a lot of touch-ups to the PowerPoint for myself to do a good presentation. I spent time working at home and I didn’t even go out for shopping at all. In fact, I was spending all my time gathering the information and inserting the relevant pictures to make the PowerPoint slides less boring.

This is the first time that I was doing a formal training to a group of 10 over persons in a meeting room so I wanted to make it a successful and impressive one. I worked on the PowerPoint and polished it till it was ready for me to present it to my audience on Monday.

I think the opening speech is very important as this is the first impression that you will give to other people. It will either make it or break it. So I had spent some times preparing my opening speech by jotting it down on a piece of paper and rehearsing it when nobody was around.

However, I fumbled a few times when I was rehearsing. Anyway, I was not discouraged by this and I was thinking that I could do better on the actual day which is today.

I even did the rehearsal in my car when I was driving to work this morning. I repeated my opening speech several times and I think other drivers might think that I was insane 🙂

Fortunately, the training went smoothly this afternoon and I have finally conducted the technical training for the skilled workers today. What a relief!

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I drove my chubby nephew to Downtown East to play bowling yesterday. He told me that he was hungry so we went to Pastamania to have our spaghetti meal while waiting for my family to arrive.

He ordered his Chicken Bolognese Spaghetti and I ordered my Creamy Chicken Spaghetti. I like to eat spaghetti with creamy sauce and don’t quite like tomato sauce probably because I don’t like sour-tasted food.

Creamy Chicken Spaghetti :

Hmm….the creamy chicken spaghetti really tasted good when it was still hot.

Both my nephew and I really enjoyed our spaghetti meals. I also like to have meal wth my chubby nephew because he is so cute and funny. We really have had a great Saturday afternoon yesterday.

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I received a short notice from my superior who has given me a task to come out with a training session for the skilled workers in February in view of the low activities that we are having at the work place.

In fact, this is a good time for us to conduct trainings for the skilled workers and upgrade their skillset. Besides this, I feel that this is an opportunity for us to do some research on specific topic, polish our presentation and public-speaking skills.

Although today is my rest day, I’m busy working at home to prepare the training material for the coming Monday. In fact, I was staying back late in the office to work on the training material yesterday. Everybody was gone by 7pm and I was the only one left in the office working on the PowerPoint.

Actually, I wanted to leave the office early but I didn’t because I was running short of time to do the preparation for the training. I need to gather all the information so as to help myself to do a good job to deliver the necessary information to my audience.

It was getting late and I was feeling tired so I got no choice but to pack my stuff and bring my work home on Thursday evening.

This is the reason why I’m busy working at home although today is my rest day. What needs to be done has to be done whether or not it is a rest day or a working day.

My goal is to give a good presentation to my audience during the training session on Monday. I have to put in significant effort to achieve my goal. Perhaps I need to sacrifice a bit by working at home on my rest day and weekends 🙂

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My collegaue has the intention to explore business opportunities online as he finds that it is getting insecure to work in a corporation.

One of the reasons is that many companies are down-sizing and retrenching employees nowadays due to the global economic downtown. Nobody can boldly say that he or she is able to keep his/her job for now or a few months down the road.

It is even harder to get a new job outside if you plan to switch job. Furthermore, there are so many people are getting retrenched almost every few weeks if not everyday. A few hundreds of people could be fighting for the same job as you do at job fairs.

So, one of the options to get out of the rat race is to find business opportunities online. This is precisely what my colleague is targeting at right now.

He knows that I have my own Blog and have some internet knowledge so he is thinking maybe I can help him out in this area so as to shorten the learning curve. Well, I will see what I can do to assist him in his online venture.

I think it is always good to think outside the box and envision what we are going to achieve in the near future. The path is lying ahead and we have to make some plans to realise our dreams.

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I have been writing a few Blog posts about inspirational and motivational stories recently. 

There are in fact many unusual and inspiring stories that touched people’s heart if you know the hardships that these extraordinary people have gone through.

Now, take a lighter side of life by listening to a great motivational song. Watch the video clip of an animated version of the song entitled “I Can See Clearly Now“.

I believe you will like the cute animated Gecko besides listening to the cute animated song. Enjoy it.

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In this inspiring video, you can see how the people were touched by Patrick Henry Hughes‘ singing while he was playing the piano.

Patrick Henry Hughes‘ parents and siblings were standing behind him too. Although this young man is blind and crippled, Patrick Henry Hughes believes he is more abled than disabled. 

Besides hearing what he was singing, please pay attention to what Patrick Henry Hughes was saying in the video too. You will get inspired by his optimism.

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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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