Michael Liew's Blog

Well, recently I learn that a lesson. There is a chinese proverb, "You need parents when you are at home, you need friends when you are at society." Now I really know the power of that proverb.

What are the benefits when you have a lot of different kinds of friends?

Firstly, you'll able to get help when you told them your situation. Take for my example, I just moved to a new home recently. My friends know about this. They provided the information which I feel is valuable for me and secondly, they try to offer me good thing with good price or just give me for free! I cannot imagine how much I need to pay if I want to get them all by myself!

Secondly, you'll able to gain knowledge from different kinds of people or professionals. There are so many people in the society you can learn from them. As long as you talk with them, they could provide you the information which you don't know when you need but is very valuable to you in one day.

Make more friends and ask! You'll gain a lot of different knowledges!

Now is nearly 3am in Singapore... Just moved all my stuff to my new home...
There are too many things happened around my network circle, including myself. Some people not doing good in business, some people working very hard but the process is not in their wish, some people's stuff has broken down, etc.

I'm just thought that sometimes we have to be realistic when we want to deal with someone or we want to settle somethings. Compare them one by one, figure out which is the best to solve your problem before you make any decision.

Think yourself first, Michael! If not you are wasting your time!

A lot of people (or nearly all of them) know how to protect themselves but not you. Think which is the best way to achieve your target. Network with more people and learn from them. You can make it!

Thanks for those who help me move to my new home. Especially the one who know who I am talking to. Again, many thanks! :-)

Today there is a thought come into my mind. I can understand why this will come into my mind. I'm someone who has ex-post regret mindset. Sometimes I would think if I never do this, if I never do that, then I'll become better for my life. But at the same time, I would say this to myself: "If I never do this, I'll never learn the lesson and I'll regret if I never do anything. At least, I have done it." Quite confusing right?

Ok, come back to the thought. The thought is quite simple. I just imagine I can go back to the past. Go back to find "me" who are talking to an ugly, dirty, disgusting and whatever-dirty-words-you-can-think-on-him person at Starbucks Coffee Shop. I'm transparent and fly to "my" back and whispered to "me", "Leave him now! He is a bad guy. You are wasting your time and money, because......!"

Then suddenly, there is something in my mind stopped me from imagined this. It is simple. Everything happened on me is because of... ME! My characteristics have put myself into the situation I have now. No one in the world force me to do if I refuse to do them. Then I remember a movie - Bufferfly Effect. In the movie, the leading actor has the ability to change what he did in the past by reading his diary. He kept going back to his past to change what he has done and he thought these could help his and his friends' lifes become better. But no matter how many times he changed, there would be someone been hurt, including his loves one. End of the movie? He choose to burn his diary so that he cannot change anything anymore. Leave everything back to nature. Leave everything to himself.

There is a chinese proverb - "Not to worry about slowing, but standing". Simple but truth. If I keep thinking about the negative side, I'll never improve and I'm wasting my time. I still have a lot possibilites. I can choose to have a better path and working hard to change my life. I feel fortunate to know what I have known today.

My feeling now? These are them:
I feel thankful I have a healthy body.
I feel thankful my parents are still with me.
I feel thankful for my parents because they provide my education.
I feel thankful that I have the ability to work.
I feel thankful what I have learnt from the valuable books.

Thank You!