答案。。。

“明知山有虎，偏向虎山行；明知没有结果，却有所期待”。
三天两夜之旅，结束了；一个星期的假期也到了终点。明天，也将是我2011年的真正开始。
知道了答案，心中当然会有所沉重；心情也难免不了低落。可是，还会满理智的面对，毕竟没有开始过，只是没有了希望。
明天，2011 的开始，反而有所期待。想在这一年里，让自己繁忙，让自己的生活更充实。那么就不会放时间和心情在不重要的地方！好好加油了

Tik Lin's 2010 Year-End Message + 2011 Resolution

Oh gosh! Today will be my last day in Chandler, tomorrow 12/31/2010 5:30am will leave my lovely apartment (forever?) to PHX airport, then will celebrate my 2011 New Year inside SQ0011 Business Class Cabin with pretty stewardess and steward! Let’s review what had happen in 2010.
Jan to Mar: Family season, busying for CNY, then follow by cousin wedding, QING MING, relatives visiting. May be, I’m getting older, I love hanging out with family than last time. Just too bad, we do not have a place for us to unite like old time. Or I should say someone family value already buried after grandma gone?

Apr to May: Challenge my status quo! Thanks to William for organizing this KK trip! When he asked in late 2009, due to little time to think, I agreed to it, else it will not happen. Unfortunately, started 2009 I lost my shape! I spent more times in dining table than gym. I was so worry to become ‘rat shit’; thus I put time to train up my stamina. Whatever I trained got pay back! I wasn’t the rat shit, but also better than average. Ahead of schedule and wasn’t struggled with pain after the hike. The most difficult part for me was the last midnight hike to low peak. If I plan to do it again, I’ll skip this part! Due to oxygen level was low, easily felt tired and hardly breathe. Every < 10 steps, I had to stop for rest. Besides, it wasn’t that amazing to experience sunrise from low peak. It damn cold and uncomfortable with wearing wet sweat T shirt inside the winter jacket! It wasn’t fun at all. However, we had great experiences, I love the services (sent my hiking shoes back to me ONTIME), the itinerary, peoples are friendly. As for now, this trip is one of my top 3 favorite trips!
May (mid) to June: After personal fun time, switch to work side. It was cool; I had a business trip to ChengDu. I love the Shangri la hotel very much! I have been missing the inner swimming pool, breakfast, gym, the shower. But outside Shangri La was totally mess! I had to arm up, so won’t get cheated; won’t step on people’s phlegm; won’t get hit by car, etc. Sorry, if this word too strong, ‘hate’ it! The following business trip was to KL for L1 visa application. In my memory, I do not have good impression about KL’s peoples and traffic. But, after ChengDu trip, KL is much better! Malaysia BOLEH!
July to Dec: Thanks to Intel for giving me another relocation opportunity! So, I can come back to my second home- Chandler! I know the streets here than Penang. Once I got my car from the airport, without GPS or mapquest; I knew which direction to go and how to come ‘home’! This trip wasn’t fun if compare to previous one, but is good for me temporary stayed away from ‘mess’. At least here, I learnt new stuffs everyday, able to save money, can hang out with my old buddy and met new friends. So thank you-> BP!
Before to have new resolutions, let’s me recap my 2010 resolution:
1。 爱佳倍- 从一月开始，从新开始建立新的组织，让六月前能有稳定的收入（>RM10k/month).然后，下半年为另一个高峰突破！也让自己组织的伙伴，能有稳定收入！
2。 回报- 带妈妈出国散散心。九月- 奥门； 十一月/十二月-曼谷。继续每月慈济捐款-RM100; 四月加薪后，再提升。
3。 自己- 生日前-体重下直85kg；然后，五月前，下直80kg。 从爱佳倍赚取LCD screen TV, 从新布置房间。
4。 旅游- 五月爬 Mount KK; 六月/七月潜水！(Pulau Redang)
5。 伴侣- 可遇不可求！让自己专心在爱佳倍发展！
6。 每月消费，不要拖欠卡债！
Item 1- failed. After a while, I have to be honest to myself, MLM isn’t the career path that I can sustain. I do not have the passion, discipline and that kind of mindset. Sorry, but I learnt and had good time. Thank you for whoever helped me before.
Item 2: almost failed due to my second half assignment that I had to reschedule my BKK trip. Monthly donation, I lost track after Chaih Hsia on maternity leave.
Item 3: FAILED.
Item 4: When come to the fun part, it won’t fail completely! Do not have time for diving trip, because of the second half assignment.
Item 5: Too far away!
Item 6: ON TRACK especially second half! Thanks to Intel.
Anyway, it was a great year! Thank GOD for his blessing, I’m alive and good shape. Thanks to everyone who mad my 2010 ended wonderfully. Especially to friends who helped me look after my parents when I was not around. I’ll remember your kindness and keep inside my heart! Thank you!
It is going to be very good starting of year 2011. Let’s list my 2011 resolution!
1. Be thankful! Everyday is a wonderful present from GOD, embrace every moment! Stop complaining, suck it up and move on!
2. Be healthy and stay back IN SHAPE. Continue on my 2010 resolution (Item 3).
3. Spend more time with my parents, especially my mom. Full fill my 2010 resolution (Item 2).
4. Better financial planning, debt free! Stop signing any new saving fund!
5. Work smart and get as many rewards as possible!
6. Involving in more charity events, besides the monthly donation. (Target RM150/month).
7. Finding someone who worth to love? Or waiting for someone? Haha… will see!

Looking forward to live happily and successfully in this coming 2011! Ganbateh!

Put The Glass Down!

This morning, I received a forwarded story names, "Put the glass down" from a old friend. But, as usual morning is short and have so many task that need to accomplish between this short period of time. Until now, when waiting for the data returns, open it!
I read this type of story more than 2 at least! But today, after reading it, I smiled. How come everytime, i fall into the same situation again and again? After started my job assignment in Chandler AZ. Work life is different that what i was doing in the past. So, i work harder, then i can pick up the task faster and comparable to the employees here. The more i put my efforts in, then i was hoping more in return. I took the initiative which i wish i can impress my factory with my proactive apporaches. But, what i got the impression was in other way. No matter how well i tried to do, neither they shutdown my idea nor they continue to demand more. So, i was pissed and stressed up! I was in the bad emotional for days, even i couldn't sleep well at night!
I know, i shouldn't have such negative feeling, i know i should let go. Just, hard to let go.
After reading this article, i remember last time Dato told me, when we see problem, we have to accept it, then face it, then solve it, then put it down! Just.... everytime i keep repeating the silly cycle! Gosh! hate it!
I should read this article everyday and everytime when i stress up myself!

Life's problems are something like this.
Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK.
Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.
Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you.
You will not be able to do anything.

Fireproof- Never Leave Your Partner Behind!

I got number of DVDs from Ernest, because i love movies! I saw this Fireproof and i chose it to watch this afternoon because I thought this is the action movie about the fireman to save lifes just like other fireman's movie! When the show began and few mins later, I started to realize that I was wrong. This isn't the action movie, this is Christian show. Anyhow, since is not the bad show, I just continued on.
The actor, fireman captain- Caleb still saving life in the movie, but more on saving his marriage! He was just typical GUY's thinking man. Never tried to help on house hold and plus the pressure that he got from his work life, he started react so different and less communication with his wife. He became so ego, selfish and lost the feeling of love to his wife and god. He started no beliving in love. Resulted, his marriage was about to go up in smoke! His parents never giving up on Caleb, and they helped him to save his marriage and more important his value toward love. The process was tough is just like how we been through our real life. We can't change the world in a day or wk, it will take times that nobody know. During the process, we can't expect any reward, we just have to continue to believe. Of course, good modal story always ended up in good ending. But, it is the meaningful ending! At least, for me... I got triggered!
A lot of times, when we are facing a lot of difficulties in our life, we started to change to be different character of person, at least I'm. The character that does not benefit anyone, but in other way destroying our life, especially relationship. We are hurting peoples who love us! I always think, I'm so important in the family, because without me, my parents cant have place to stay, food to eat or whatever. So, I have to get number 1 priority and respect! Then, I will started forget to respect or care about what my parents need. Lucky, I'm not that bad situation if compare to Caled, at least I'm still believing in God and always have some checkpoint for myself! Just, the failure of the relationship that happen last year, really ruin my life. I always think I'm the victim, and turning everything into so negative! Sigh! I believe this is not the 1st time that I want to let go it! But, I can't truly let go. That's resulted i no motivation and can't keep on my plan. Oh God! I should not continue on it! At least, started for today onward! I do not know this round, how long it will take it... but, i will always do a checkpoint on myself! That's the reason, I want to put it in my blog! I will get my own fireproof DVD! When I started to forget today feeling, I'll watch this movie again and again!
Thank god for not giving up on me! I know, everytime when I started to lost, you are trying to send some hints to me! Thank you! I can't be perfect person, but I'll do my best to be good person! Thank you- "fireproof", for bringing me back on the track! Thanks!

Lunch Box Preparation- Meal 11

Connecting into Facebook, almost like connecting to the world. We get news and sharing from every where. Today, got to know a friend's graddy passed away. All friends left 'His granddy rest in peace'. I got a triggered, why we only said rest in peace when someone is leaving the world? But, we never send such wishes to a new born baby to tell it live in peace? Shouldn't we suppose to live in peace, should we? But, when we are living, we non stop work for living, fight for living, argue for living, resulting mad, sad, hopeless. If we can live in peace, will bring us more benefits than we die in peace! Why we have to always torturing ourselves? Eddy, thanks for the 《大悲咒》 sharing. I should listen to it daily and everytime when I have negative thoguhts! Jia you!!
Anyway, we need food for living too! haha... This is another lunch box preparation. Honestly, starting to feel bored, almost run out of idea what to prepare. Lucky yesterday, I found Carol's blog, damn she is so pro! Is good reference when everytime i have no idea what to cook. :D
Meal 11- fried brocolli with chicken, fried carrot eggs and brown rice
Ingredients:
1 bunch brocolli
1 chicken breast
5 chilis padi
1 carrot
2 eggs
Some gralic and ginger
Directions:
1. I started with fried eggs with carrot 1st, because i can reuse the pan later for second dish. As usual heat up the pan and add in the oil. Then, started fried the carrots. Put in the eggs at last. Made it ommelet, then cut it to pieces so that can fit in my lunch bowl.
2. Follow by heat up the oil again to fry garlic and ginger. Then put in the chicken, add some water, rice wine, salt, black pepper, little sugar.
3. When the chicken almost cooked, then put brocolli and chili padi, added some water, so it wont be that dry.
That's meal 11 presentation. :)

My last wkend....

After Friday Volleyball game with Malaysia pals, nothing special happen on Sat and Sunday. As usual, Saturday morning did grocery shopping in Mekong Plaza, I prefer that place than Lee Lee, because newer, cleaner and laughing buddha. I believe everytime after I rub his tummy, I'll get luck and $$. :)
I love vietnamese Pho, almost will have it once a wk! I should learn how to cook it!
Saturday night, thinking to make something western. Since I have ground beef, so let's make meatloaf!

Dish 5- Tomato Beef Loaf with spinach and Celerry side dishes:
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 egg white
1/4 Onion
1/3 tomato sauce
little salt, pepper, parsely leaf, sugar
numbers of corn strach
Direction:
1. Combined the corn strach and tomato sauce in a bowl, then added in egg white, parsey leaf, onion and ground beef, mixed until combine.
2. Shape mixture into loaf shape.
3. Heat up the oven 350F, then bake it almost 1 hour.
Is Saturday night, of course beers up! :D

Sunday was my busy day, woke up early morning went to swim. But, no fun, the pool too small. Sigh, I really miss the Shangri La indoor swimming pool! After that, I started busy preparing my lunch, I planned to cook 2 dishes and one 1 soup. :)


Dish 6: Fried Squash with eggs and shrimp:
Ingredients:
5/6 shrimps
1 chinese squash (edge melon)
1 tomato
1 eggs
Direction:
1. Heat up the pan and fried garlic.
2. Once garlic turned into golden colour, fried eggs and shrimp.
3. Then out int he squash and added some water, salt.


Dish 7: Fried bean sprouts with pork
Ingredients:
1/4 lb pork
1/3 lb bean sprout
5-6 chili padi
1 tbs cincaluk
1/2 onion
Direction:
1. Heat up pan and fried garlic. Then follow by onion and chili padi.
2. Then put in pork with cincaluk, fried till it cooked. Only put in bean sprouts. Mixed bean sprout to other stuffs.


Soup 2- Water cress soup (西洋菜）:
Ingredients:
1 bunch of water cress
2 honey dates
10 red dates
1 tbs Lycium fruit (Goji berries)
1/2 lb lean pork meat
Direction:
1. Boil the water together with honey dates, red dates and goji berries. Once the water boil, added in teh pork meat.
2. Then, only put in the water cress after the pork meat cooked. Turned the fire to small and cook for 2 hours.

After 3 hours hard work, the lunch was prepared! :)


But it did not make sense, busy whole morning, just cooked for one person and one meal. Better keep some for Monday lunch box, so Monday i do not need wake up early! :D

July 2010 Financial Report

This return assignment, I have a mission to accomplish, save RMxxk! I had enough funs in my last long assignment, I travelled most of the places and spent enoough money! So, since this is short assignment, I want to control and have some cash in hand, when return home.
July was lucky month, thanks to ECBP bonus, it was much more than I expected. So, I have to encourage ppls buy more netbook than ipad. :D At the end, we got great return and looking forward for Jan/Feb 2011, another record ECBP :D. Resulted, July I able to save more than I planned. Kudos!

I was overspent in July, mainly due to settle down. However, if removed the settledown, i still overspending... i hv to cut down the spending on dining out, grocery and misc. I have to control my spending < $600.

So, this month, what i have to do:
Settle down- removed
Dine out- 10% cut down ($180/ month; ~$45/wk)
Grocery- 15% cut down ($200 / month; ~$50/wk)
Gas- $40 / month
Misc + Entertainment- $100 / month; $25/wk

Then, hv extra $30 as buffer / emergency usage! Is doable, what I need is discipline! Jia you!!!