Parents always have the best intention!! =D

I just had a little chat with my parents and I enjoyed it. =)
The problem with me is, after all the inspirations and better feelings that i get from advices and open-up conversations, i tend to forget the feeling after awhile and go back to my old self. However, I'm constantly trying to improve myself, so that i can be a better daughter and a better person as well.
I know my pros and cons. I'm not so good at understanding people or advicing but i'm good at being patient and compromising. My cons are usually related to confidence, that leads to charisma, ahving a stand, self-esteem, occasional negative thoughts and indecisiveness. ahaha..But i'm changing one step at a time.

My father told me that it was important to be humble. And i totally agree with that.
Nobody wants to talk with people who are arrogant because they know that they won't listen.
Thus, he told us to always remember that there are people out there who are smarter than us, better than us, and with this in thought, it will keep us humble.
When you know that there are people who are more successful, you would want to know how they think, and what can you learn from them. Therefore, you're opening up your learning scope.
If you're arrogant, you won't listen and this will cause you to lose the opportunity to learn more, in other words, you're limiting or missing your chance to learn.

Life is too short to make your own mistake and learn from it. It is better to learn from others mistake. Its like a shortcut to your goal. Only 1% of the population are successful and brilliant people. The remaining 99% are the average people. Thus, if you want to be that 1%, you have to think like a 1%. Their thinking pattern will definitaly be different and i think i'll be reading some biographies pretty soon. ahaha

So i have another new goal now which is:
- To strengthen our family bonding and understnading
- To strengthen my sisterhood with my sisters
- Operation family health

I love my family and i should start making it my priority! ^^

Reader's Digest Dec 2010 ^^

I've not been writing for so long that i've lost the flow in writing. But i'm going to keep practicing and i will get back the momentum! ^^
Anyway, I'M BACK!!!
My 1 year (actually 10 months) journey in Korea was wonderful! I did the things that i wanted. I've gained lots of new experience. I've learned a thing or two about myself. But i also feel like i've wasted some time there! I could have discovered more if i weren't getting lazier as time passed.
If "fear" and "lazy" do not exist in this world, everyone would be successful. ahaha
ooo..i think i found myself a new goal!
-To be fearless
-To be active at all times. Active in all the things i do. Active in studying. Active in having fun. Even being active in shopping.
^^
Because i do get lazy when it comes to shopping.

When i think back to the moment i saw my name in the "result email", I felt very uncomfortable.

I cried on the spot because I was happy that I'm finally getting the opportunity to study or to be in Korea for a year. I've always wanted to go overseas to study. To know how it feels like to be in a different environment. And even though i'm not there to study for my degree, i still felt like this dream came true.

I cried on the spot because I was sad that Grace wasn't going with me. In reality, I was afraid of going alone. I knew that i had to be independent and get out of my comfort zone. I didn't want to face those changes althoug I knew that we should embrace changes because that's what makes us grow. I didn't want to leave my friends and study my degree without them when i'm back. I got too comfortable in my foundation year that i hoped everything will stay the same for my degree. But the encouragement from my parents pushed me and I adapted really fast when i went to Korea. ahaha. My mindset changed as well. It was nice to make new friends because there's so many interesting people out there to meet. I know getting the right kind of friends may take awhile but I'm sure I'll be able to make good friends in my degree course. ^^

Ahaha.. I just realized that i used the word "dream". Such a simple thing can also be considered as a dream but i always have this perception that a dream should be something big. XD When someone asks me what is my dream, i do not know how to answer them. Without realizing, I also have all these small dreams that i want to achieve. =) Alrigt, let's continue.

Now, to the topic i want to share. =)

ARE YOU A CHEAPSKATE OR A THRIFTY PERSON?

ahaha..I think i'm a bit of a both. XD

"tightwads feel guilty spending money- frugal folk have fun saving"- From reader's digest dec 2010

I also like this sentence:

"we work for the future without ever being able to live for the day"- by Karl Rabeder, an Austrian Millionaire who unloaded all his worldly possessions to help others.

Well, that's all for now. Its time for me to start and finish my report..XD..