The Life of Your Dreams

"What exactly does it take to live the life of your dreams? Perfect timing? Fortunate opportunities? A million dollars in the bank? Not even close. It takes a decision; A simple decision that will ultimately test the strength of your commitment and the depth of your faith."
~ from "The Sequoia Seed" by Karen Wright

No one has ever said living the life of your dreams is easy. It takes drive and determination, persistence and patience, faith in ourselves and trust in powers greater than ourselves. And there's always that chance that if we go for it, we won't even t make it. We could lose everything.
The greater risk, however, comes in doing nothing at all. For then not only do we condemn our dream to certain doom, we condemn ourselves to spending the rest of our lives thinking of what we might have done.

Right now, the timing is perfect, opportunity is knocking and everything you need is at hand. Why not make the decision, today, to go for your dream? Commit yourself to it. Pursue it with excellence. Grab hold of it with all your heart and do not let go. Both you and your dream are worth it.
Tags: Inspiration, Dream, Karen Wright, Sequoia Seed

33 Killed In University Compound

*Latest update - The gunman has been identified as Cho Seung-Hui — a 23-year-old senior majoring in English. He came to USA in 1992 with his parents. Read more about him.

A tragedy has occured in an university compound yesterday. The place, Virginia Tech, located at southwestern of Virginia state. A gunman, aged 19, shot dead 2 students in a dorm and proceeded to Norris Hall at the other side of the university campus. There, he padlocked the doors and proceeded to shoot a professor first before shooting students randomly. 30 were killed.

This tragic incident would trigger the sad memory of the Columbine High that happened on 20 April 1999 where 2 teenagers killed 13 people.

Where did they get those guns? I understood that it's easy to obtain a weapon's permit in USA and thus, it could be easier to obtain a weapon if the price was right too. It could be parents' negligence in not keeping their weapons safely. The question goes back to the legality on the sale of arms in USA.

I'm glad that Malaysia does not practice having shops selling weapons all over the country. Otherwise, such incident is bound to happen here as well.

My condolence and prayers to the victims' family. Regular updates on the tragedy by the university are being posted here and the university's President, Charles W. Steger, has made a statement with podcast available too.

Reading: Gunman kills 32 in Virginia Tech rampage - Yahoo News!
Reading: 33 killed in U.S. college massacre - The Star
Reading: Witness survives by pretending to be dead -CNN

Tags: Virginia Tech, Virginia, Columbine High, University, Dorm, Charles W Steger, Massacre, Cho Seung-Hui, South Korea

Ducks

Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, "We only have one rule here in heaven. Don't step on the ducks."

So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. It is impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on one. Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw. St. Peter chains them together and says, "Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity with this ugly man!"

The next day, the second woman accidentally steps on a duck, and along comes St. Peter, who doesn't miss a thing, and with him is another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same punishment as the first woman.

The third woman has observed all this and, not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps. She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on... very tall, tan, muscular, and with good hair. St. Peter chains them together without saying a word. The woman remarks, "I wonder what I did to deserve being with you for all of eternity?" And the guy says, "Well, I don't know what you did, but I stepped on a duck."

Moral of the story: B4 u comment on others, please take a good look at yourself first!!!
Tags: Women, St Peter, Jokes, Funny, Humour, Duck

Why Need A Truck?

Vietnam really has its uniqueness. This guy must have gotten news on a cheap sale somewhere in town and managed to grab as many as he can.
Local authority confiscating illegal fencing.

One kind of a rear mirror for a motorcycle.
I have seen the maximum of 4 persons at the rural village in Malaysia but that too 2 adults and 2 young kids. This is superb.

That's how fast bird flu will spread. The flu would have flew all over the town.
One hoola-hoop was not enough to keep him fit.

A tip for truck manufacturers, don't waste your time in Vietnam.

Tags: Vietnam, Motorcycle, Truck, Unique

Easter Drama

Me and 4 other guys put up a short skit during our church's Easter Dinner celebration that was held at Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Club. It was entitled "Two Brothers". Obviously, I'm one of the 2 and a good elder brother too. Came out from the rural village in search for better life and love, both of us ventured out to the metropolitan city.

Upon arriving at the city, both brothers were totally in awe of the high and lows. Mini-skirts that were high up; Blouses with low cuttings. And also high .......... heels this time.
Unsatisfied with the slow progress of life, Ah Loong, the younger brother (in red) took his chances with gambling. Got to know a bookie (in blue) who has every kind of gambling ideas. And a guaranteed SURE WIN!

Even the F1 was fixed by his higher ranked bookies.
Ah Loong had gotten a credit earlier from the bookie and placed a heavy bet. Unfortunately, the bet on Kimi Raikkonen to win was dashed as he crashed (just before the line). In the process of getting the money back, the bookie got into a fight with Ah Loong. With all the kung fu and boxing styles displayed, he was stabbed by Ah Loong without even lifting a finger.

Ah Seng, the elder brother, (that's me) so happened passed by the area and saw the incident.

As both were very lost, Ah Seng demanded the brother to exchange the shirt they were wearing.
He was shirtless.....hehehehehehee and to the bewilderment of the crowd ....hahahaha. Was wondering any ladies fainted during this point of time.
As blood was found on Ah Seng's body, the police arrested the elder brother and brought him to court where he was sentenced to death "Gantung Sampai Mati".
Next scene, Ah Seng appeared hanging, swaying a bit here and there (notice that I was on my toes to have that swaying effect).
Ah Loong found out that Ah Seng was hanged due to him and pleaded to the judge to have him arrested. The judge said that his place has been taken over by the elder brother and Ah Loong was free to go.

Moral of the story: Jesus Christ has died on the cross and the blood that flowed out signified that it has washed away our sins. Jesus Christ died to fulfil the God's plan so that all who believes in Him shall not perish but shall have eternal life (John 3:16).
Tags: Easter, Bookie, Jesus Christ, Sin, Eternal Life, Skit, Two Brothers

Beard Papa

Was at Mid Valley Megamall and saw this new fast food chain called Beard Papa. Their cream puff looked real nice and we saw the counter guy pumping the cream into the cream puff.

Bought 5 pieces and got 1 free. Not cheap at all at RM16.50 (RM3.46 = US$1.00). Like to eat and might as well try it out. The cream puff was soft enough and the cream in it was quite tasty. To some people it may be too fattening. To me, EAT FIRST!

Beard Papa is a franchise business that comes from USA. Click here for more franchise information.
Tags: Beard Papa, Food, Franchise, USA, Cream Puff, Mid Valley

Facts About Formula 1 Car

Formula One or F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it were assembled 99.9% correctly; it would still start the race with 80 things wrong! When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300 kph!!!

F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds!!!!!!! F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we expect our engines to last us for a decent 20 years on an average and they quite faithfully DO....that's the extent to which the engines r pushed to perform...
An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour (yeah that's right!!!). At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.
To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added down force can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track. Without aerodynamic down force, high-performance racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race at over 300 kph.
In a street course race like the Monaco grand prix, the down force provides enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!

The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 liters of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 liter family car. They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.
Top F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. It took me 8 sec to read above point During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.

Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km. A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip) when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C (water boils boils at 100C remember). At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.

Tags: Sports, Formula One, F1, Motor Racing, G Force, Temperature, Tyres