I don't need to wait til X'mas and New Year to know that it's been an awesome year for me!
I reconnected with childhood friends that I have lost touch for more than 20 years!
I played a small part in getting friends to contribute to those effected by tsunami in Japan.
I am more aware that everything happens for a reason and it's not about me. It's about how I can make a different in this world. Big or small.
I played a part in creating a functional beverage that will help improving people's health.
I gave up buying myself X'mas presents and gave the money to children's homes instead.
I played a small part in contributing to presents for less privileged children.
I got involved in creating a new retail concept to a brand I like.
I helped to connect and put people together just because I know they can help each other.
This sense of achievements and being at ease with myself, no one can take that away from me!
I love being able to do this and I am hoping that I can continue to do it year after year, bigger and better every year.
Here's looking forward to a better health so I can start travel to see and experience the world again.
To reconnect with old friends and make new friends all over the world!
Thank you Heavenly Father for this new found insight!
I want to relive this life of mine differently this time!
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Is Money Everything?
Oh yeah!
That's my answer if you were to ask me this up til about 2 years ago!
Last year, I went through a mindset change.
This year, I will look into your eyes and tell you this:
1. Money isn't everything.
2. Health is everything. Not only to you. But more so to the ones you love!
3. Accept this fact and you will see a positive change in your life!
Not easy reaching that stage.
Along the way, I was constantly bombarded by opportunities, items, scenarios to put my believe to test.
Took me a year to finally embrace my new philosophy. At times, I still been challenged by circumstances.
But hey, it's only when you made up your mind things started to get tough. You can excel and be a better person or you can go back to the old ways.
Why not? Before that, your life appear to be smooth and easy. Right?
NOT!
It's only when you treat money right that the money grows for you. Otherwise, you are slave to it and it will be a constant struggle to keep it!
Been there. Done that.
What I have learnt over the years are:
1. Treat people with dignity.
2. It's better to keep to your values than trade them for monetary rewards.
3. Be true to yourself, find your passion and stay with it.
Also:
1. Believe that if you are doing things with your heart, success will follow.
2. Success is more than monetary rewards.
3. If you believed what you do can make positive change to people's life instead of just yours, you are well on the way to achieve true Health, Wealth, Peace and Happiness.
Never lose track!
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That's my answer if you were to ask me this up til about 2 years ago!
Last year, I went through a mindset change.
This year, I will look into your eyes and tell you this:
1. Money isn't everything.
2. Health is everything. Not only to you. But more so to the ones you love!
3. Accept this fact and you will see a positive change in your life!
Not easy reaching that stage.
Along the way, I was constantly bombarded by opportunities, items, scenarios to put my believe to test.
Took me a year to finally embrace my new philosophy. At times, I still been challenged by circumstances.
But hey, it's only when you made up your mind things started to get tough. You can excel and be a better person or you can go back to the old ways.
Why not? Before that, your life appear to be smooth and easy. Right?
NOT!
It's only when you treat money right that the money grows for you. Otherwise, you are slave to it and it will be a constant struggle to keep it!
Been there. Done that.
What I have learnt over the years are:
1. Treat people with dignity.
2. It's better to keep to your values than trade them for monetary rewards.
3. Be true to yourself, find your passion and stay with it.
Also:
1. Believe that if you are doing things with your heart, success will follow.
2. Success is more than monetary rewards.
3. If you believed what you do can make positive change to people's life instead of just yours, you are well on the way to achieve true Health, Wealth, Peace and Happiness.
Never lose track!
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Gout!
Hmm...
I'm trying to keep an open mind but at times, I am rather agitated with comments like I'm living a decadent lifestyle that's why I have gout!
Food may play an important part of gout attack, but not entirely true.
Likewise, alcohol does not give you gout, it triggers gout attack!
But hey, I got gout when I was in my early twenties not because I was a rich SOB!
I got it because I was so poor as a university student pursuing my dreams in UK studying design!
I had to choose between buying decent food or investing the money in art equipment to create better artwork, design and/or presentation work.
I chose work almost every time without hesitant!
So I got creative with my cheap canned tuna! Spaghetti, pizza, fried rice, noodle, rice noodle, salad, spud... All with tuna!
Excessive protein in tuna turned into purin, purin in turned, became uric acid and when the liver got flooded with it, it got into my blood and slowly but surely, GOUT!
I wouldn't wish my greatest enemy to have gout as it is such a painful experience.
New sufferer of gout, you better believe me when I say if you got it on your thumb, finger, elbow, ankle or knee and it (when it started, only one of your joints will be affected) is sensitive to even the graze of the blanket, it's nothing!
Seriously nothing!
Things like Rheumox, Voltaren, etc, COX2 painkiller can address it and after 3 to 5 days, it goes away.
You probably get it twice a year. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year. No big deal huh?
Wait...
Truth is the moment you get it, it won't go away and if there's no change in lifestyle (red meat, shell fish, etc), it will definitely get worse...
There's also this thing called colchicine that you think is a miracle drug as after taking 3 to 4 times a day for one to three days, you think it flushes out the excess uric acid... Better start Google it as now there are more research done on gout as compared to 20+ years ago when I started having it.
Based on my experience (of course I do not have clinical studies but only look at myself, experience with food intake, medical check up, etc), things will get worse until it start to attack your muscles!
It doesn't happen overnight, but slowly and surely over the years... Without knowing it, one day I realized not only my joints are all stiff and I couldn't even squat down, I lost my calf muscles, thigh muscles and forearm muscles.
I can't play tennis, cycle, swim, etc as every time I do it, it trigger another gout attack!
I only have myself to blame as I truly neglected my health!
Even taking supplement with the hope that antioxidant can help to flush out the uric acid ended in pain!
Simply because any fluctuation in uric acid level in blood (up or down), it triggers another attack!
The years of pain killer also taken it's toll on my liver. So your body starts to get weak!
What can you do?
Well, first, don't get to this stage!
Now that I'm at this stage, everyday for the last 2 years, I wake up with stiff legs, numb feet on a good day.
On a not too good day, in pain. Over the years, it's become bearable pain!
When I have less pain, I am thankful! Imagine!
Taking med to control and lower the uric acid is one way to surely but slowly get back a less painful life, but long term side effect is the one I donno of as yet. But there must be, just like taking med for my blood sugar.
Is there a supplement to help? I donno as supplement is something not enough clinical studies to established the efficacies.
I am taking traditional herbs with the hope that it addresses not the symptoms but the cause. But hey, I abused my body for well over twenty years, I only started this the last 6 months.
I need months further down the road to see the effect... Simply because after trying a few miracle drugs, I finally have to accept the fact that the ones given me instant results have side effects. The faster the results, the worse the side effects!
I hope:
1. You can pass this on to your loved ones and people you care about just so they know.
2. Don't think by eating right, you won't get gout as it got to do with your liver's health. Beans and vegetable can trigger and/or cause gout too.
3. No one in their right mind wants to have this if they know what I know at early stages!
I'm thankful for the tips and traditional cures that people shared with me over the years. I believe them when they say either they or their friends tried and worked.
Probably it's because theirs are not as chronic as mine.
For me, I have to accept it will take time but I believe I can overcome this one day. Address the cause and not the symptoms.
Until then, I just found out I can't eat duck from now.
That, is another item on my long list...
If you're curious, stay away from red meat, shell fish and vegetable protein mainly.
When gout attacks, diary products will prolong it and at times, make it worse.
I notice chicken, turkey, fish (mainly with white flesh) and pork are safe for me.
Hope you will only know of gout but never have to live through it!
Stay well, stay healthy.
Health is wealth!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
I'm trying to keep an open mind but at times, I am rather agitated with comments like I'm living a decadent lifestyle that's why I have gout!
Food may play an important part of gout attack, but not entirely true.
Likewise, alcohol does not give you gout, it triggers gout attack!
But hey, I got gout when I was in my early twenties not because I was a rich SOB!
I got it because I was so poor as a university student pursuing my dreams in UK studying design!
I had to choose between buying decent food or investing the money in art equipment to create better artwork, design and/or presentation work.
I chose work almost every time without hesitant!
So I got creative with my cheap canned tuna! Spaghetti, pizza, fried rice, noodle, rice noodle, salad, spud... All with tuna!
Excessive protein in tuna turned into purin, purin in turned, became uric acid and when the liver got flooded with it, it got into my blood and slowly but surely, GOUT!
I wouldn't wish my greatest enemy to have gout as it is such a painful experience.
New sufferer of gout, you better believe me when I say if you got it on your thumb, finger, elbow, ankle or knee and it (when it started, only one of your joints will be affected) is sensitive to even the graze of the blanket, it's nothing!
Seriously nothing!
Things like Rheumox, Voltaren, etc, COX2 painkiller can address it and after 3 to 5 days, it goes away.
You probably get it twice a year. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year. No big deal huh?
Wait...
Truth is the moment you get it, it won't go away and if there's no change in lifestyle (red meat, shell fish, etc), it will definitely get worse...
There's also this thing called colchicine that you think is a miracle drug as after taking 3 to 4 times a day for one to three days, you think it flushes out the excess uric acid... Better start Google it as now there are more research done on gout as compared to 20+ years ago when I started having it.
Based on my experience (of course I do not have clinical studies but only look at myself, experience with food intake, medical check up, etc), things will get worse until it start to attack your muscles!
It doesn't happen overnight, but slowly and surely over the years... Without knowing it, one day I realized not only my joints are all stiff and I couldn't even squat down, I lost my calf muscles, thigh muscles and forearm muscles.
I can't play tennis, cycle, swim, etc as every time I do it, it trigger another gout attack!
I only have myself to blame as I truly neglected my health!
Even taking supplement with the hope that antioxidant can help to flush out the uric acid ended in pain!
Simply because any fluctuation in uric acid level in blood (up or down), it triggers another attack!
The years of pain killer also taken it's toll on my liver. So your body starts to get weak!
What can you do?
Well, first, don't get to this stage!
Now that I'm at this stage, everyday for the last 2 years, I wake up with stiff legs, numb feet on a good day.
On a not too good day, in pain. Over the years, it's become bearable pain!
When I have less pain, I am thankful! Imagine!
Taking med to control and lower the uric acid is one way to surely but slowly get back a less painful life, but long term side effect is the one I donno of as yet. But there must be, just like taking med for my blood sugar.
Is there a supplement to help? I donno as supplement is something not enough clinical studies to established the efficacies.
I am taking traditional herbs with the hope that it addresses not the symptoms but the cause. But hey, I abused my body for well over twenty years, I only started this the last 6 months.
I need months further down the road to see the effect... Simply because after trying a few miracle drugs, I finally have to accept the fact that the ones given me instant results have side effects. The faster the results, the worse the side effects!
I hope:
1. You can pass this on to your loved ones and people you care about just so they know.
2. Don't think by eating right, you won't get gout as it got to do with your liver's health. Beans and vegetable can trigger and/or cause gout too.
3. No one in their right mind wants to have this if they know what I know at early stages!
I'm thankful for the tips and traditional cures that people shared with me over the years. I believe them when they say either they or their friends tried and worked.
Probably it's because theirs are not as chronic as mine.
For me, I have to accept it will take time but I believe I can overcome this one day. Address the cause and not the symptoms.
Until then, I just found out I can't eat duck from now.
That, is another item on my long list...
If you're curious, stay away from red meat, shell fish and vegetable protein mainly.
When gout attacks, diary products will prolong it and at times, make it worse.
I notice chicken, turkey, fish (mainly with white flesh) and pork are safe for me.
Hope you will only know of gout but never have to live through it!
Stay well, stay healthy.
Health is wealth!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
A Balanced Life
Even a simple personal objective of mine can be read differently by different people!
I am flabbergasted when I found out to some, a balanced life means doing the least or taking the easier route just so there's less stress!
My definition of A Balance Life is:
1. Doing the best that I can, sometimes even trying harder than my previous attempts just so I know I have done my utter best.
2. Thing beyond my control, learn to accept it.
3. When in doubt, revisit point 1.
I found out the last 2 years if I could successfully achieve point 1 to 3, I'm a happier person. I get to truly use my free time to "not think" and purely enjoy the moment!
This has also lead to having better time spent with family and love ones.
In brief, purely enjoy the NOW time.
I guess one thing I missed out is, have a positive mindset to know that if I have done my very best and if it's the right thing I am going for, all will be just fine!
Everything happens for a reason. The most important thing is, do your best and there must be passion in what you do!
So, here's to my childhood friends, old friends, buddies, family and loved ones, leading a balanced life comes with a positive mindset!
For those that I have been pushing hard for you to challenge yourselves, it's because I see the potential in you.
For those that I haven't and/or don't... I'm sorry... The mind gap is so pronounced that I donno where to start...
I hope one day we can meet in the middle and explore further...
With this, I hope I can rest my mind and don't feel frustrated that I can't help more people in my life.
After all, I need to have the Serenity to Accept Things I Can't Change to lead a more Balanced Life!
Last but not least, I thank Heavenly Father for being my guiding light.
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I am flabbergasted when I found out to some, a balanced life means doing the least or taking the easier route just so there's less stress!
My definition of A Balance Life is:
1. Doing the best that I can, sometimes even trying harder than my previous attempts just so I know I have done my utter best.
2. Thing beyond my control, learn to accept it.
3. When in doubt, revisit point 1.
I found out the last 2 years if I could successfully achieve point 1 to 3, I'm a happier person. I get to truly use my free time to "not think" and purely enjoy the moment!
This has also lead to having better time spent with family and love ones.
In brief, purely enjoy the NOW time.
I guess one thing I missed out is, have a positive mindset to know that if I have done my very best and if it's the right thing I am going for, all will be just fine!
Everything happens for a reason. The most important thing is, do your best and there must be passion in what you do!
So, here's to my childhood friends, old friends, buddies, family and loved ones, leading a balanced life comes with a positive mindset!
For those that I have been pushing hard for you to challenge yourselves, it's because I see the potential in you.
For those that I haven't and/or don't... I'm sorry... The mind gap is so pronounced that I donno where to start...
I hope one day we can meet in the middle and explore further...
With this, I hope I can rest my mind and don't feel frustrated that I can't help more people in my life.
After all, I need to have the Serenity to Accept Things I Can't Change to lead a more Balanced Life!
Last but not least, I thank Heavenly Father for being my guiding light.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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