#25 Appreciation: Love

Love, something everyone could relates to, it is a strong feeling of affection.

Love is abstract, and the only way to 'detect' it, is to feel it, or witness through the actions drive by love.

Love is priceless. None of us is obliged to love someone, so never take one's love for granted. Instead, be grateful that they have show such affection to you, they concern and care.

Because they love you, they continue to do something that against your likes, just because they thought what they did is the best for you. Even though you dont like what have been done, be rationale and understand the reasoning behind, rather than blindly fighting back.

Because they love you, they have been extremely patience and show such high endurance, but please dont be such extreme and overstep the border, just because they extended it for you.

Feel the love, Treasure the love, and Share the love.

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#24 Appreciation: Perseverance

Determination and perseverance, attributes that worth for me to further improve in. I am not as strong-will in certain aspect but I believe I will gradually improve as long as I desired it so badly. I am a person that prefer certainty, so I always want to get things laid out properly and being planned in advance. I cant wait, which makes me wanted to know the end result as quickly as possible, although I do procrastinate a little especially during the stress out/burn out period, and I tend to get distracted a lil.

That is the time my will is being challenged, to focus or to relax. I also discover that when I am nervous or fear, I will be distracted and to do some other items. Focus, focus, focus! The more I want, it seems further apart. It stroke me so badly when I watched the movie "The Green Lantern" (I am quite a late adopter).

"Fear is the enemy of will. Will is what makes you take action; fear is what stops you, and makes you weak... makes your constructs feeble."

"You must ignore your fear. When you're afraid, you can't act - you can't act, you can't defend - you can't defend, you die!"

Such beautiful quotes just continuously echoing inside my head and it made me realized that my will is not strong enough because I afraid I fail. I cant maintain my diet/exe, because I afraid that even though I tried I still dont get obvious result. I start to doubt about all my actions and efforts and I fear to not live up to expectation. I self analysed about my past and I found that my failure in my Standard 3 (Year 6) had made fear of failure to live up to one's expectation. That could be the reason that the further I go, the possibility for me to stop and not completing it (avoidance?). Now that I realized, I want to step out of it, train myself to be more strong willed, and challenge myself to be confident and succeed in it.

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#23 Appreciation: Bed

My favourite part of the house is none other than my room's bed! I love to flip and roll around the bed, and being the only daughter in the loving family, my parents granted my wish of having a queen size bed all by myself :) Awesome!

I am grateful that I am sleeping on a bed with a good mattress, a place where I can curl up in my blanket and  warm myself in the rainy days. Being able to sleep on a comfy bed ease the problem of backache and discomfort of sleeping on the floor. The bed may seem insignificant, but it is a luxury furniture to have to some people as they sleep on a wooden plank floor with a matt, or even just a spring-less mattress. Having a  proper rest is important as it will affect my performance (and me being emotional) if I dont get a proper rest. So, to my bed (+ mattress and blanket)...

Lots of hugs and kisses!! Please do continue to provide your full support and replenish my energy for the next day with a good night sleep :)

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#22 Appreciation: Colours

Do I have a favourite colour? I used to say BLUE... As I grow older, I realized that I dont really have a specific colour that I indulge in, rather, I prefer colour tone that comes in harmony in colour. I love the colour palettes! So many colour harmoniously blend together and giving you a different dimension, even it is white to grey then black!

I enjoyed the vibrant colour, there are so alive, filled with grace and hope. This is how I view colours. Others also mentioned that colours can be your tool to express your emotions! Even though I dont really think it is effective, besides the jinx of wearing a certain colour that will be luck XD.

I am still into colouring although I am long away from my primary school years! I couldnt imagine what can our life be if everything is monotonous, dull and colourless.

Literately, colours also symbolized what we did! I remembered that there is a quote or a metaphor stating that life started of as a piece of white paper/ newly born baby is as innocent as a piece of white paper (well, it depends of how good the manufacturer bleach it *joking*), and it all depends on us, who will be the one painting the white paper with colours that we desire. Thus, I dont single colour can content me any more, I want my life to be as multi colour as possible!

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#21 Appreciation: Inspiration

Inspiration, something that strikes you and stimulate your chain of thoughts to generate heaps of ideas. There is no need for fancy settings to get inspired. As long as you are in a calm state of mind where you ready to receive and accept what you are seeing, hearing and sensing. A simple walk, a quick glance, and even an empty mind can inspired you.

A quote from the role Mr Han (acted by Jackie Chan) in Karate Kid, "Kung Fu lives in everything we do". Same as inspiration. It will come naturally to you when you are literally ready to expose to new thing although it could be in part of your daily routine.

The greatness about inspiration is the motivation that urge you to be better, to achieve more, to be more enthusiastic on what we are doing, to push you off your limit, to understand your potential and lots more. It is like a hidden hand that made you move forward, finding the passion and the drive to do what you do. :)

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#20 Appreciation: Volunteers

UNICEF, Breast Cancer Council, Red Cross and more...
These are the NGOs that we are familiar with. At times, you know them not through any events, but merely because of the volunteers that have been pro-actively approaching people to persuade them to help out in the cause that they deeply believed in.

All volunteering act is worth appreciating, but I like to dedicate this utmost respect to those volunteers who not only physically present to help out in events and fundraising, but also on the street to create awareness and to get more people on board. Despite all the cold shoulder that they have been getting, they still take up the courage to continue approach people, talk to them, to relate to the public and hopefully influence them to join and support the noble cause.

I used to be in university society and responsible for members recruitment. I am required to constantly talk to a by-passer, who usually end up saying "No, Thank You.". It is more easier to do that compare with those NGOs, as we can promote the opportunities the society offer, rather than asking them to provide financial support. I understand the difficulties of doing, hence, hats off to these NGOs' volunteers for their perseverance and courages.

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#19 Appreciation: Value of Family

I am brought up in a culture where "family" is one of the most important aspects in life. I am glad that I am not born before 50s as those are the time where distinction of treatment between different genders are very apparent. In my culture, respect towards the elders and the family-hood are the obvious practices.

Unlike the West, where everyone deem to be equal regardless your age and status which leads to lesser bureaucracy in the individualistic community. However, to me it seems that everyone is some sort of lone rangers. For once, a friend of my shares his experience about having a family dinner with  his extended family members. In the restaurant, his cousin (who has been brought up in the Western culture), actually asked his parents, who flew in and visit him, to pay their share on the spot. It could be a common practice in his country, but coming from a different background, I feel that it is a ridiculous act. I dont feel the 'warmth' in the family and it is a calculative behaviour.

Due to the difference in upbringing and the family value, I dont seem to feel the depth of the family relationship. Although I did expect such individualistic attribute to be present based on what I have studied, yet when I was there to experience it, there is quite an impact. That's the reason why I somewhat feel empty when I am in a Western country.

There is no one culture that is better than the rest as each of them is unique in nature. I just appreciate such value that I had (well, since I have been 'drilled' in since I was born), because it is something that I perceived as an important element in my life and my family has always be there with me and be my utmost solid support in any of my endeavours.

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#18 Appreciation: Sincerity

Have you met someone that treat you more than you have expected to? To those who did more than what you expected, that touches your heart (eg: without specific intention or purpose, and it is also depending on the relationship), I would regard them as a person who sincerely concern about you and view your relationship seriously. It doesnt mean that those dont do more doesnt appreciate your presence, but rather, those who did more, made you value this relationship much more.

For instance, when I am in a foreign land, although I am sort of familiar with the transport system, I am still new given that I only been there for about few months. After the meet up in the city, it was quite late and everyone was tired. Due to the transport network, I will be taking bus back alone whereas the rest will be taking train since it is faster, more comfortable and more convenience. However, this friend that I met few months back was worried about me and volunteered to accompany me back via bus. She forgo the comfortable mode of transport and decide to go on a bumpy journey with me, despite that I told her I will be OK if I head back alone. 

If you ask me to list more examples of what she had done for me, honestly, I cant recall, because subconsciously, I remembered she treats me much more than I had hope for and I will just do the same regardless of frequency. In this term, this is a sincere friendship, but is not limit to that. Even a financial planner, who valued his or her customer, will willingly follow up the portfolio and provide professional advice rather than feeling forceful when doing it as they are acting out of responsibility.

I might not be actively doing the extra miles to everyone that I know, but for those those who treat me beyond one should have done, I often do the same if not more towards them. Because I realized that 

once one treat me more than I have expected, I will do the same or even more to him/her. As per the Chinese old saying "滴水之恩，当涌泉相报"。(Direct translate: A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring; Meaning: Even if it was just a little help from others, one shall return the favour with all you can when others are in need). There is no rules that require us to treat other wholeheartedly although we suppose to. Yet given these days with rapid growth of network, commitments that people have and the fast-paced environment, it is hard (not impossible) to have people that value the time spent for you.

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#17 Appreciation: Multilingual

Being born in a multicultural country, rich with ethnicity, languages and religion, it really do feel great when I am able to converse in a few languages compare to my peers from different country, even though I dont master all language from my country.

Blessed with the opportunity to study in a school that taught in my mother tongue, and learning science and maths in English, I am well verse in at least those two language. Unfortunately, due to the infrequent use of the national language my proficiency is not as good as my secondary school years, but with the chance to mix  with those ethnic friends, I do use the language on and off.

With globalization and increase in expectation from graduates abroad, there is an urge for many people to learn more languages. My ability to converse in different languages might not be as advantageous as it used to be since many people are capable to do so, yet it has been an enjoyable journey as I start to appreciate the language, have better understanding of my various ethnicity friends, thus better relationship :)

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#16 Appreciation: Health

I used to be a healthy person. I dont fall sick easily (excellent immune system) and I am strong (literally), despite of my plumpness. Ever since I started my diet, I did lose weight, but I am not in good shape as before. Both hands and legs begin to feel cold easily in spite that I have wear 2 layers of woollen socks.

Other than that, generally, everything seems still ok. No asthma, no severe disorders etc. Although daily diet  do play a role in regards to health, good systematic lifestyle is essential as well. My mom always say "Now you are still young and you dont feel the side effect of it. You will regret when you grow older as your body system is not going to function that well like during your young age. So you should start look after yourself and be responsible for your body and health".

I know about this and I bet many of us know this fact as well. But do we practise it? Research shows that it is the best to sleep before 11pm as our body will start to detox at 11pm, yet most of us still rather hang on to computer until dawn.

Honestly, I start to worry about my heath in future, given all these technology (distraction) and my stubborn habits (For all the addictions and really bad lifestyle). Arghhhh!!!

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#15 Appreciation: Allergies

Rashes! Euw!!

I am lucky that I dont (really) have any specific allergy that I can recall. Although I got my first rashes after 21 year, the cause of it is still not identifiable. One of my friends is allergic to seafood. Thank God I am not. I couldnt imagine my life without my favourite mussels, oysters, prawns, lobsters etc, is such a torture. I told him that he have miss out the most delicious type of food on Earth! But this is not something he can do about it.

So yeah, lucky me :))

*Finger cross!*

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#14 Appreciation: Education

The right to attend formal education is not available for everyone in the world, especially in the regional area of the third world country. With globalization, technology advancement and human mentality, the importance of education has been amplified, and there is a saying that 'life can be improved through education'.

Knowledge can be gained without formal education, but I do believed that education definitely able to enhance the knowledge that I gained somewhere-else. It is undeniable that formal education is useless without application, as per highlighted in one of the famous Chinese proverbs  "读万卷书不如行万里路" (meaning: Practical experience is more useful than theory). Nonetheless, education is an initial exposure that serve as an introduction to the world, yet it is also depends on how a person will proceed thereafter.

I am glad that I have given the opportunity to continue to study, without facing a 'force' drop-out situation (due to financial issue or poor performance). I have been to kindergarten, completed my primary and secondary school years (Year 4-12), entered into university and still able (and thanks to dad) and afford to further study. I feel blessed.

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#13 Appreciation: Options

Living in a condition where there are many resources and alternatives, it is something to appreciate.

For instance, living in a country with infertile land, drinking water is hardly accessible while me/us who able to chose what to drink (coffee, tea, carbonated drinks etc). Same goes to which school to study, what to wear, where to go etc. With options, we can fulfil our 'wants' rather than solely meeting the 'needs'.

As long as there are choices available and I have the right to choose, it should be something to be happy about.

P/s: Well, being a typical Libra, we always have tough time to choose... (It took me 5-10 mins just to select which brand of cereal to get. Imagine the time taken for my grocery....) At times, I have this unreasonable thought of "why not have only one path/plan so I can just save the trouble of thinking and over-analysing all the available options".

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#12 Appreciation: God

Everyone somehow has been linked with the God, despite he/she has regarded him/herself as a freethinker.

Why so? "OMG!!" Haha.

I do have a religion and I do appreciate Their presence, although I am not as strong (religious person) as most of them. There is no definite scientific prove about their physical form or origin, somehow They exist and playing quite a significant role in everyone's life. Well, at least psychologist can identifies that Their presence do impact on oneself.

They give me strength and confidence, especially when I am worried, helpless, uncertain and in danger. When there is no one I can rely on, I pray with my heart (nervously) and hoping that everything can goes well. Does it works all time? To me (from my memory), it does. The situation might not be as bad as I thought, but praying to Them does calm me down and it gives me some faith in what I will be facing. Is some sort of spiritual reliance as well as a kind of relief.

"Oh, Thank God!"

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#11 Appreciation: Mom

How can I miss out my mum after my dad post?

Here it goes...

My mother came from a poor family background, yet she is the only child among the 7 kids, who worked all her way through to the city and start her life even though it was tough back in the early 80's. She was outgoing, daring, take action/implementer, hard-working, learner, independent, just...

My mother sacrificed her careers for the me and my brother. She took care of us, she prepared lunch box for us, she drove us to school and has became a full time housewife ever since. Now, both of us have grown up, and she has not been engaging to the work force for nearly 14 years. Due to such long absence, she is now not who she used to be. She become worries and thinks too much and her heath deteriorate due to the over-work at her young age. I feel bad for her at the same time I really do appreciate what she has done for us and the family. Without her sacrifices, I am unsure who I am today or how the family relationship will be.

Today, she can be quite 'weird'/random, and kiddish (?), the act that is regarded as inappropriate for her age in the eye of society/public. But this is her way in revitalising herself as an adorable, young mum :). I can feel the inner child beneath her, as an adult mature mum, which such identify has been structured throughout her life experience and the rough reality. I am glad that she can relax more now, and regain her young self.

I used to tell her that I dont wish to grow up, because being an adult means forgoing lots of fun and my true self as we are wary about how people perceive us and what people expect from us. This is life. Is always easy advice people to ignore others, yet hard to do so. Somehow I can foresee that I will be like her in the next 20 years.

She has such high tolerance (to me) more than anyone else. I know I shouldn't and I can feel my guilt, but at times, I just couldn't control my tone and voice. Immediately after that, I apologise to her... She is nag-gy, but whose mum doesnt nag :) Is just her way of showing she cares...

My mom is not a role mother either, but she definitely is a superwoman in my heart. Love ya~

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#10 Appreciation: Dad

In conjunction with Father's Day, I would like to dedicate my utmost appreciation, with loves and lots of hugs, to my dearest dad.

Do I have the greatest dad on Earth? Nah! He is not. He is not flawless, neither a perfect father nor an ideal husband. He is a baby boomer, stubborn, short and only listen to his friends' advice (not the family's). He is hard to communicate with, since he 'is always right', and he dislike me to touch him, ever since I entered secondary school. He always scold us when we did something wrong or being careless, but is always "OK, reasonable and understandable" when same things happened on him rather than us.

In spite of all these driving-the-family-nuts-attributes, he is still my beloved dad. He does not show his affection obviously but in his own way. He never spent more than RM50 on his apparels (unless forced to), yet he willing to spend much more than that on the family. He usually pick out all the things we love to eat from his plate to us and he himself will eat that dish that ended up with just plain noodles and some chives. To get an original cassette 11 years ago, cost a bomb and he say he dont allow us to waste such money (family condition is not that well back then). Over the weekends, I found that wish list item on my desk. He cares about our education and has been planning all the financials years ago and repeatedly tell us not to worry to much, although he start off the conversation with a worrying tone and constantly threaten us on currency and interest rate. He acted as if everything just fine when I am leaving but I heard from my aunt that he used to sigh about how quickly time passed and I have been away for couple of months.

I am thankful to have him as my dad, despite some of his characters are so annoying and irritating. This is my dad, the one who express his love in a hidden way.

Love ya dad!

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#9 Appreciation: Life

Sometime I think too much, some random thoughts with weirdest 'if'...

I dont know any of the languages of other species, besides Homo sapiens, and I dont know how is it like to be living in other form.

Being able to wake up from bed, do what I suppose to do, enjoy little things that occurred, annoyed over some issues, disappointed by failures etc... The fact that I am living in this world just feels great!

None of us can predict what is going to happen next, what is anyone's faith like, and being alive with all other living creatures here, this itself is already a luxury.

p/s: So never ever attempt to deliberately harm oneself. Live life, love life.

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#8 Appreciation: Friendship

Friendship that last.

This is what I hope for since I was young. Is not something unachievable, is more about the "subconscious" commitment that we have for each other. At a young age, I have lots of friends, and among them there are a few that I classified as best-friend-forever! We admitted into the same secondary school, different class but we still spent time together, have meals together etc. Things started to change after a few months. While I still perceived her as one of my besties, she announced that hers is someone other than me. At that moment, I felt so disappointed and betrayed. It might sound silly..."who will take a primary kid word so seriously?" Unfortunately, this is the impact of that incident and even until today, I could still remember all the names. No hard feelings between us or the group, we still contact each other and we head towards our own life. 

To me, the realization from the incident is about maintaining relationship, esp friendship. I guess ever since that incident, I dont reveal much about my true self until a time where I think both parties are ready for a better relationship, which is friendship. I start to value the depth in a relationship rather than the breadth of it. Well, although at times I still admire people who knows lots of people (and seems to be famous).

I also finally understand why people always say that uni friends are usually who are going to be the life-time friends. Too much uncertainties for a young kid, but in uni, when everyone is relatively grown up and closer to the "real life", we tend to appreciate each other more. As of today, there is a group of girls that I really appreciate their presence, and the four of us are not even close until the final year of uni. Lots of happening ever since, and I really enjoyed the final moments of my undergraduate. We have graduated 1.5 years till date. Even though I am thousand miles away from them, we still continue texting each other. Even though my current priorities differ from theirs, we still can have random, brainless topics over our conversation, that bring us together, cheer and support each other. This is what 'friendship' means to me :)

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#7 Appreciation: Free

According to Oxford Dictionary:
Free (as adjectives)

1. able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another 
2. [often as complement] not or no longer confined or imprisoned 
3. not subject to engagements or obligations 
4. (free of/from) not subject to or affected by (something undesirable) 
5. given or available without charge 
6. using or expending something without restraint; lavish 
7. (of literature or music) not observing the normal conventions of style or form
8. Sailing (of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction to the side or aft of a vessel. 

Interpreting 'Free' in my case...

1. I can opt for my life path most of the time
2. A grown up 'me'
3. I dont have debt (besides FAMA - Father And Mother Association)
4. I have no physical restrain
5. Filled with family love
6. Used to be growing vertically, now horizontally ^.^"
7. I plan the way I live - p.s. life is an art 
8. NA

Like a wise man once said, the most valuable things in life is free. And I am glad that I have those for free...*hugsssss*

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#6 Appreciation: WWW & Search Engines

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I admit, I am one of the dummies in IT-related stuff. IT is aliens to me, that's why I admire the intellectual and analytical mind that the programmers have. This post, I would like to dedicate my appreciation to the creator of WWW (aka internet? - I apologise if I got this wrong... I just clumping terms that I know)  as well as the search engines programmers. 

With these two, we can easily get answer from the other community, access to e-dictionary, have brief understanding through wiki, retrieve information from all around the world. They have created such a  complacent environment  for us today and have save sooooooo much hassle in getting information. They are like... genius portal! 

Yet I believe that all these IT stuff wont remain stagnant. They are definitely improving the system to get more accurate data in the shortest time. Still, this is something that I didnt think of when I was young... I thought everything have to be in encyclopaedia XD

P/s: Well, one of the down side is that people today dont treasure human contact or make an effort to do real research, since everything can be Googled. I guess it boils down to how we manage ourself when using it :)

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#5 Appreciation: Wright Brothers and Successors

Pic cr to www.wired.com

I will give most of the credit to Wright Brother, than the rest who continuously innovate and improvise the initial ideas and frameworks. I bet with their name appearing in my post, it wont be hard to guess why do I appreciate and thankful to them.

This is it, aeroplane. We might not have teleportation happening now, to me, travelling through aeroplane is consider teleporting from a place to another. I always amazed by the time taken to travel from one place to the other regardless the distance that I have travelled. It seems that couple of hours ago, I was travelling in a country and hours later I am 2000 miles away and on the way home.

It is fascinating! I couldn't imagine what long will it take to travel 100 years ago and wonder how they even survive throughout the journey...

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#4 Appreciation: Those Who Remember My Name

As time pass, we go through different stage of life and the further we go, we discover more and meet more people. As we make new friends, partners, colleagues and so, how frequent are we keeping in touch with those we met in the past?

Six degrees of separation. This is how 'complicated' our network is. Thanks to FB and other social media, reconnection seems so easy. But the maintenance of relationship is the hard part. While you have easily thousands of friends, how many of them are the one can remember your name? Your full name, and have it spelled correctly. Off course vice versa.

People might think that I am making a fuss in wanting people to remember and spell my name correctly, but I am not. I am just amaze and grateful that they could spell my name correctly! To me, it indicates that we used to share something together or have gone through certain part of our life events that it is so remarkable that we can't forget deep down in the heart/memory.

Thanks for having me in part of your life and thanks for being in part of my journey :)

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#3 Appreciation: 90's

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After industrialisations and wars ... Here comes the 90's.

 realized that we are the generation that have experienced and enjoyed the two different world. We have witnessed the evolution of technology, the transformation of human life. It may sound sort of exaggerate, but as I reflected what I have been through, my surrounding and upbringing, I noticed that I have done so much more than the Gen X and Gen 'Z'. 

Let's think about it, WWW aka internet was innovated in late 80's to early 90's. We might not be the first user of internet, but we surfed when internet was more stable and better at a young age. Kid's learning ability  is always the strongest, and we have taken the advantage on that. On the other end, while the 'adults' were busy working and continuously innovating new gadgets, we have the luxury of time to cultivate some hobbies that are literally "extinguished"/die out in the modern world. We used to play with pinballs, skipping rope made with elastic band, hopscotch and more, which kids today hardly play.

We witnessed the changes in computer peripherals from the bulky monitor (and the protector scree), CPU to today's sleek and ultralight netbook and even tablets. From Floppy A  drive (diskette), CD, CD-RW, to external hard disk and USB. From cassette, CD, LD, VCD, DVD to Blue-ray etc

Those are the visible change. I am thankful that to be part of the awesome 90's that have gone through a journey that witnessed the history!

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#2 Appreciation: Comedians & Variety Shows & Their Fans

I can not stop laughing... Because of them...

Pic cr to Running Man

If you are part of the K-fever, you wouldn't miss this variety show. Well, most of them... (I am bias I guess? Haha).  I have not addicted to any of the variety shows and I dont understand why it is worth addicted to. Not until I was introduced to this Korean variety show back in 2010 by one of my best friends. Although I cant understand Korean, through the English subtitle, I still laugh until my stomach cramp. 

What I would like to dedicate here is not limited to them, rather comedians and production crew for variety shows or even lately, YouTube-r. To create laughter, comedians might need to act dumb, do comical expression, act bizarre etc and they their image usually will link with what they had done and their talent might be ignored or doubted. For instance, there are news and articles that criticised the actress act after her long presence in variety shows. Fortunately the production team has faith in her and justified that her act is fine, and the cause to this chaos is due to the image she portrayed in the variety show does not aligns with the role she is currently acting in the drama. 

As for the production crew, they need constantly generating new ideas and set up to keep the shows going. I often amazed by their thoughts and the audio and visual effect added on to the shows.

People told me that they are in this industry because they enjoyed it, there is nothing so great about this career. But for me, their ability of creating laughters is worth to appreciate. With their hard work and boundless creativity, the shows or videos that they presented often cheer up the audience. Also not to forget their fans' hard work (for foreign language variety shows), because of all the fans-sub, that enable me to continue watching and laughing all day round. 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, a laugh a day keeps your stress away *winks* 

#1 Appreciation: 100 Days Project

To start of anything, it requires vast determination - a treasure I think I used to have.

I used to have a strong will do keep myself occupied and attempted whatever that comes around. With the strong desire of developing myself for a better future, I often pushed myself to do something against my will. Phrase it in a positive manner, I kicked myself out of my comfort zone to do more versus the opposite way of saying, stressing myself all way long.

Things started to change since the encounter in 2009, where it alter my view and wants for life - to a rather relax and tranquil peaceful life. I have to admit that there are ample of ups and downs due to this change. On the good side, I did enjoyed myself, doing something crazy that I have not thought about after dropping most of the roles on hand. Another end, I realized I became less aggressive and drop in determination...

I glad I came across 100 Days Project through a TEDxAuckland talk through YouTube. To continuously do something in 100 days is not a project that hard to initiate. It is something simple and anyone can do it on their own leisure time. But I am still grateful that I came across this 100 Days Project. Yes, it is something easy to start off, is the continuity that matters. With this Project, I know that there are lots of them undergoing the same Project within the same period of time. By knowing this, I hope it motivates me more while I am witnessing the other's effort in keeping the 100 days journey, thus regaining my passion.