Finally readjusted my body clock

I feel a sense of euphoria, as I awoke to see glistening rays of the morning sun streaming through the window this morning at 7am. I made it! Finally readjusted my body clock to what I would call normal... Mum has cooked a fab breakfast and I simply gobbled them down, hungry from the 7h of 'fasting'...

Just so coincidentally, on the zen habits blog, there is a post about being a late riser. The blogger talked about, how like me, he equated rising early to being productive-- exactly how I thought! But he realized that it's not really relevant, the link between rising early and being productive, cos you can wake up late and sleep late rite? But I just like the smell and coolness of the morning air, cos it's really uplifting to my spirits... and I have to stop all the sleeping at 4am routine, which is taking a toll on my eyebags( they're bad enough)

And being going to bed and rising early, I am going to blog either online or in my book regularly, all through my summer term... It'll be great to reflect daily and hopefully I'll come out as a better person! To think I used to submit a weekly report to my boss last year, I should be more disciplined now! It really helped in thinking through what I have done for the week, allowing myself to quickly rein in on the 'bad habits' and congratulate myself for the new breakthrough I have made in life.

And you might ask, isn't this your reading week? Time to study! Why are you blogging... But I only have 2 exams to mug for, both 3 MCs, so it's like just a 1.5 regular module. Yup, I still prefer to do things last min to keep my productivity high haha... oh I remembered that I dreamt that I was late in handing in a report... gosh... all the reports writing must be getting to me haha

I realize that my blog has been pictureless so far... let me add some recent photos like those my friends and i took at the Pump Room, clarke Quay-- it's certainly a night of harvoc!

New resoltutions

I need to...

Stop caring about things that don’t matter. This advice seems so simple, but it bears repeating. It’s easy to get caught up in obsessing about little tasks and trivialities that aren’t really important. The best way to overcome this habit is to start thinking in terms of long term impact. Every time you start obsessing over the little details, ask yourself how long the results of those tasks will last. If you’re always spending the majority of your time doing tasks that will have little impact after a week or month, you’re always going to be stuck in the same position. Be ruthless about not caring about all the stuff that’s not important. Your life depends on it.

from http://zenhabits.net/2009/04/seven-productivity-tips-for-people-that-hate-gtd/#more-2999

Ready to close a chapter in life

In a few months' time, I will be closing an important chapter in life -- my education and embarking on a new journey of adulthood. No more concessions, no more forgiveness for mistakes, no more fun! But I won't go for further studies at the moment, I need a breather from my 16 years of studying...

I feel like a spinning compass sometimes, its needle has found its true north. Hope I will be shown the way soon before I get lost for good...

Back in Sunny Singapore!

Finally I could confess that I am back in Singapore, after my friend's birthday celebration, as my friend and I are supposed to give her a surprise by coming back earlier than she expected.

So besides the horribly hot and humid weather and the reverse cultural shock, I am adapting well back in Singapore. Not too well I hope, as I don't hope to lose what I have learnt in the States. Will explain about it more in another post. In fact, I will probably put some photos up here as picture speaks a thousand words. And update my new year resolutions =)

67 days to departure...

It's almost just 2 months to the end of NOC and my time in USA... I dunno how many times I had said this but times flies. I remembered myself wondering if I will make it to the USA at all about 2 years ago, when I first received the offer from NOC as I had to wait till the next semester then to obtain enough modular credits before I could leave for NOC. And the next semester came and passed by yet I was still in Singapore as I decided to postpone the departure to the following semester due to changes in the Chem engineering modules. Suddenly, I'm here and ten months had passed me by... *shudder*

Besides being able to immerse myself in an entrepreneurial environment, one of the other key takeaways I had was the realization of my weaknesses. I think I subconsciously knew I had those weaknesses but it is only when I am here that I started making an effort to do something about them. It also helped that friends are there to support this personal development that I would like to see in myself.

In the next two months, I would concentrate on putting my best foot forward (yes nothing but the best), build up more networks of contacts, travel more (should be the west coast) and improve the structure of my online 'business'. Support me by linking http://us-shopaholic.livejournal.com to your website (blogs etc)... Thanks in advance!