Sunday, April 8, 2018

The Slow Clap

I'll remember this day forever.
It is like a scratch on a sheet of glass.
You can't remove it.
You'll see it all the time whenever you look at the glass.
You could perhaps cover it up but you'd know it's there, right underneath those covers...

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Light at the End of the Tunnel

What a joy it is to be able to get up everyday and work on things you love.

What a joy it is to have the opportunity to meet new and empowering individuals who are strangers at first and later, a helping hand.

What a joy it is to work with a partner who is complementary in their role with yours.

What a joy it is to see the impact we can have on the lives of our customers, clients, our suppliers, our partners, our friends, and our family.

What a joy it is to self-develop, grow, flourish, encounter setbacks, and persevere.

What a joy it is to embark on this life journey.

What a joy it is to accomplish milestones no matter how small or how big.

What a joy it is to encounter difficulty for through difficulty, realization, reflection, you begin to understand more and take the necessary measures.

What a joy it is to be grateful for everyday even when you least feel like it.

What a joy it is to display tenacity and to prove to yourself that you can make it happen.

What a joy it is to experience uncertainty and to learn to adapt.

What a joy it is to be uncomfortable.

What a joy it is to strive for a great future.

What a joy it is to have imagination.

What a joy it is to have supportive family and friends.

What a joy it is to find new ways to connect dots previously not connected.

What a joy it is to learn.

What a joy it is to have control and responsibility over your life path.

What a joy it is to surrender to things beyond your control.

What a joy it is to live. (:

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Goals: 6 Months From Today

By 31 March 2017, I will achieve this.


1. Most improved skill and stamina woman defence ice hockey player at WCCOA
2. Best Defence MVP at WCCOA
3. Business to have broken even
4. 5-6 figure MRR
5. Self-sustaining
6. Daily healthy diet locked down

Update: Well shit. Missed some of these targets. This is not ideal and will need to learn how to get this right, reset and try again.

Friday, January 6, 2017

Stay The Course

Everyday that I choose to veer away from temptation gets me a day closer to my life goals.

Thursday, January 5, 2017

2017: Unstoppable

Compete with you I will not but, compete with me you must.

What works for others has worked for them up until now but what will work for them in the future has yet to be determined.

Focus and do you.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Learnings

The past week has taught me an important lesson about entrepreneurship and co-founders/partners. It has opened up my eyes to the fact that two people can see and interpret situations incredibly differently and how that can lead to nasty disagreements.

The takeaway?

Once it's over, it is paramount that both take time to self-reflect on what transpired, sit down and discuss it, effectively communicate, and move forward together as a stronger and better team.

It is no secret that individuals take pride in having an opinion, in having a stance; however, what's more important is ensuring that stance is qualified and defensible; otherwise, one ought not to be afraid to admit that they've been mistaken and to reassess their beliefs and/or arguments.

To keep an open mind and be willing to let your (core) beliefs or worldview be challenge is not easy but it is absolutely necessary. I am grateful to have found a co-founder who believes in this mantra too.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

A Tad Sad.

While I've been fortunate that I've not had to move from country to country, to make new friends all over again and to keep finding a new home; I've been fortunate to meet some amazing people who've brought just so much happiness into my life who've had such a life.

It's sad that these people end up flying away and leaving to other countries be it in pursuit of further studies or simply better opportunities that lie beyond the borders of Malaysia.

I do wish all these rays of light the best for their future but I also hope I'll be able to see them all soon again.

To all you wonderful people who are spread across the lands of Sweden, Scotland, United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark, United States, I'll see you all soon.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Reminder: Don't Waste Precious Time

Get up, get dress, and show up on time.
Do this for yourself.
The window is small, seize it or lose is.
Only you can choose what you can achieve.
Push through and keep reaching for it.
Lest, you'd be fine with watching your goals slip away.

NO.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Everyday Quotes

"Go deep and it will serve you when you make your choices about where you want to leave your mark." - Samantha Power

Monday, June 20, 2016

Yesterday was Father's Day

And we had a splendid lunch with the family. It was a small gathering as most of the family were unable to attend but despite the lower turn out, it was just as special and maybe more.

It came as a realization that every year this day comes and goes, as does Mother's Day, Parent's Day and all the other days that seem to have a higher significance than ordinary days.

Truth is, these days are not more special, they're only made to seem so - to play into capitalism, to play into the need to display appreciation more outwardly, more generously and so on.

This shouldn't be the case and it really isn't. What makes those morning dim sum times with dad any less special or those lunches with mom any less special. Every moment accumulates to form the beautiful life that we have been given and blessed with.

The only distinction lies where there's a flood of Facebook posts, pictures of happy families that mask the real daily stories and rough patches that fill the pages of their book.

I've just gained clarity that the real internal reason I've started this new chapter is not to build something solely for users or for me, it's to build the life that I want to give to the two most important people who have sacrificed so damn much for me to that I can be here in the position that I'm in, right here, right now.

It's to give them what I've always wanted to before it's too late.

It has never been more clear - I'm doing all of this for you both to give you what you couldn't award yourself so that I could have invaluable experiences to propel me that much further.

I've found my why.