For you!
Self loving can be very expressive.

The secret of the two powerful ways to handle money.
The first powerful way is to spend less than you earn. If you have treid this and it hasn't worked, the second one is definitely for you.
The second powerful way is to earn more money than you spend. Use only one of these powerful principles and you have handled money successfully.

And of course this is not written by me. But I really think that this is a good way to handle money. But wait....
On the other extreme are misers who can't spend. They can't enjoy their money regardless of how much they have. If you are one of these people, you are suffering a disease. You must accept that tehre is only one reason for having money; the ultimate purpose for money is to spend it. The ability to enjoy your prosperity is essential for fulfillment from what money has to offer. Dream up some fun and creative ways to spend your money.

hmmmmm

glad to know ur nephew loves the caterpillar thingie that i bought for him =)

If you need to feel like a kid again...
go to the Original Tote shop, level 3 Raffles City shopping centre.

Their toys are soo good and creative that you'd want one too. I bought one caterpillar for my nephew and just in case the other kids got jealous, bought them a bubble blower each. Remember playing that? It bring back memories when I played it at the office just now. And judging from the way some colleagues blow, we know who don't have a childhood. Hah!

Someone is going places.

One of my fav topics covered in the book...
To Be A Yuppie Is To Be A Successful Failure.
Yuppies in their madness, made the work ethic trendy. With hard work was supposed to come incredible success and the good life. Being a yuppie meant it was easier and better to be recognised for what one owned than for whom one was.

The world yuppiies inhabited, and to which many aspire to be, isn't all it'scracked up to be. Due to their wealth-warped mentalities and addictions to overwork, yuppies in great numbers suffered from hypertension, ulcers, heart disease, alcohol abuse and drug dependence.

Despite their abundance salaries, yuppies found leisure time the hardest thing to buy. And this is my favourite part. Many children in yuppie families missed their childhood because their parents were too busy chasing money, material goods and status. Other yuppies were training their children from an early age to be "successful" like them. Some yuppies arranged to meet their children sometime during the week by making appointments with them. Their children's schedules were so filled up with activities that they never learned what it is like to just relax and "do nothing",

In light of all these complications, people who choose a yuppie lifestyle and are still trying to maintain it at all costs certainly don't appear to be rational people brimming over with sensible thoughts. Although they boasted with how hard they worked, they don't appear to have had many overworked brain cells.

"This generation has a screw loose. They don't understand taht a condo in Collingwood or a BMW is not going to bring them satisfaction." Pamela Emmis, an industrail psychlogist quoted in a magazine.

Wow....though I don't consider myself a yuppie (bleah..I hate that word!) I think for me I feel I that I don't even have time to meet up with friends or just do nothing or cultivate something which I love doing.

Look at the ads promoting computer products or anything that promises to save time. Keywords in the copy would be "busy lifestyle", "digital world", "executives". And I find that the worst free magazine ever published is Upload. Their reveiws of new technology is done with great distaste. What is a digital lifestyle. Only the editors at Upload would have the answer. My fav free magazine is IS. It's full of interesting events happeing in the city plus a great review of places to go and things to buy.

This Stowaway keyboard is sooo good at writing my ramblings.

17 Principles of creativity.
Choose to be creative
Look for many solutions
Write your ideas down
Fully analyze your ideas
Define your goal(s)
See problems as opportunities
Look for the obvious
Take risks
Dare to be different
Be unreasonable
Have fun and be foolish
Be spontaneous
Be in the now
Practice divergent thinking
Challenge rules and assumptions
Delay your decision
Be persistent.

Whether you want to be more creative at writing, painting, dancing, finding a new route home, or meeting a new person, you don't require special talent. What is necessary is your willingness to be imaginative.

by Ernie J. Zelsinki
author of The Joy Of Not Working

Just bought a new book
....titled The Joy Of Not Working. It's by this writer who took a 2 month vacation, and got fired immediately when he came back, despite his high performance evaluations and 3 yrs of service without vacation.

This book explains how to enjoy and use your free time. I think I got to pick a new hooby soon.

no probs, bates!! ...the pleasure's all mine :p

Wherever I may be...
in a cafe sipping coffee, in a bus, a park, shopping mall, I can write my own blog. I'm in a cab now, (unfortunately TIBS!). Just got a Stowaway keyboard for my birthday! It's the coolest gift I've got so far! On top of that I got an optical mouse to replace my spoilt one. Thanks Hot Saucy for the wonderful gifts!

MasterBates live from TIBS taxi sigining off.

...and Harvey Norman....har har har!!

Here are Google's search results when I typed "Norman" and hit enter:
Norman is one of the world's leading companies within the field of data security. With products for virus control personal firewall, risk analysis, encryption, data recovery and certified data erasure, the company plays an important role in the data industry.

Their logo is set in white text and black background. hmmmm..seems like my kind of colours. And then theres a City of Norman! And of course there's Norman the entrepenuer, Norman the sportsman, Norman Camera Shop, and Norman the interactive designer.

David Ogilvy's quotes; a sample:
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga.

uuuuu, just read Ron's blog, and I quote "it felt good to put everyhing aside and jus have some
time...."

Irony can be amusing. How the heck are you Ron?

sWorking in the net industry is wearing me down. Whatever happened to simple pleasures like reading, cycling, Even sitting at coffee splaces kinda suck nowadays with all the posers around. The best place I like to go now is Spinellis at Novena. And whatever happened to time? All these tools and websites at our disposal are supposed to save time..or provide this or that....but do you really think it is really beneficial in your life? And why is building a website an arduous process?

What happened to time?
Everything moves so fast now and everything and everyone seemed busy. Is it only me or do you guys feel the same way?

HOW COME YOU GOT INVITED.
Quote taken from previous blog: "It was packed with pple....mostly his customers and friends."
Well, I guess I fall in either category. Heh

M Nasir...the nasi padang stall has just reopened at Liang Seah Street....near Bugis, along C.A.N Cafe to be exact. Got invited to his opening just now and his new place is really really nice....a far cry from the place at Erskine Rd. It has this Zen feeling, you'll feel more at home rather than feeling arty. It was packed with pple....mostly his customers and friends.

Opening hours are 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. Mondays thru Saturdays.

*****
Violent Ummpf
Singapore Where, What, Who magazine.

Had a meeting and I can't believe it that when one of the participants starts to get sucky (as in licking and sucking ass), it can get out of hand. We spend abt half an hour discussing an issue about pop-up window! How the heck can us developers customise how the user is going to react when they click this button or see and click another butt. And the most sicko thing is that the participant is the back-end engineering manager and the particular issue doesnt apply much on her end. What a &#*^^ing *#*!h!!!

Interesting trivia
Otto Titzling invented the brassiere but never took a patent on it. Philippe de Brassiere did.
Now imagine if the first guy took a patent for his invention. "What tit size ure wearing?" Sorry ladies....just can't help it.