Let's welcome the Goat Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Good afternoon peeps! 

It has been a long while since I posted anything on my blog. So I will be sticking to the tradition of sharing about my life! That is also the main purpose of writing a blog – to stay connected with my old and current friends.  

Before I go on writing, I will like to wish all my Chinese friends a Happy Chinese New Year and may all spend time to catch up and show concern for their loved ones in this joyous festive season. To my non-Chinese friends, I wish all of you happy holidays and may this be a time for you and your loved ones to catch up after a hectic year.

I hope everyone will prosper in the Year of the Goat. I wish your family be filled with bountiful happiness and a smooth-sailing year for all.

I do not know if anyone still follows up on my blog, so I apologize for not being able to update for the past several months. As my commitments in both school work and personal had left me with not much time to write up a post. But fret not; I am finally over with my polytechnic studies and I am back! 

So what’s next up for me? I am in the midst of applying into local universities as well as government and institutes scholarships. Not to forget, I will be entering National Service to serve the nation very soon. I will say that year 2015 will be one of the most exciting years, as there will be plenty of surprises – good or/and bad ones. It's also a year whereby I decide where and what I do for the next 10 years. I will keep the tradition alive to update everyone on where I go in the near future. Meanwhile, I like to take this chance to wish everyone that they get what and where they dream to go! Don't be too discouraged by unpleasant outcomes. It's perfectly okay to feel upset and disappointed for just a short period. As it has been said, "Failure is hard, but it is worse to have never experienced it". There will always be ways to find out the real purpose in you. I sincerely hope everyone is able to reach their goals! 

I guess I have more or less summed up the recent events in my life to everyone. I know it's a little short but I swear any more details will certainly bore you. So I hope being short and sweet will be nice for you. (I hope so!) Hmm oh ya, I am now in the midst of generating new topic ideas to write for my blog. It can be similar to the ones I previously wrote on. (i.e. 10 things your partner never says, but you need to know it, 7 bitter life truths you have to know) if you want me to write something that you will be interested to see, you can tell me here and I will be likely to select the ones which I am most prepared to write on: 

http://goo.gl/forms/EXkbRGmBgU

I wish everyone a blessed and purposeful year ahead! 

The Special One

Hello dear friends!! 

Finally, I have found the time to write up a post about my life! Hopefully what I am going to say in this post will be of interest and will not bore you. Hahaha. Well, after a long one month break of not posting anything, I decided not to be lazy anymore and at the same time, I think it is time to write a sequel to one of my old blog topics. To be honest with all of you, I feel sincerely happy and blessed that I am able to do up this post today! 

On the 14th June 2014:

Okay! Before I start to write up on what I have intended to, I would love to take this opportunity to wish all my dear Muslims friends a joyous Hari Raya, Selemat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! May this special occasion bring joy to your heart, family and beloved friends! 

The thing that I am going to talk about can be said to hold the greatest significance and of high importance in my life. Never have I thought that I would made this decision. I believe some of you may already have an idea on what I am going to share today. Hmm, I guess I should not keep everyone in suspense anymore. So the topic that I wish to write a sequel on it is “Two and a Final one” which dated all the way back to eight months ago.

With that, I shall start my writing or penning down my thoughts into this post. I shall name the title of this post to be, “The special person in my life”. During the period of April to June, I think I have left out many details which I think my friends should know. So here it goes! :D

Everything started on the 1^st of April 2014. Yes my friends, I know it’s the April Fools’ Day but rest assured, I am not kidding with you in here. Hahaha, I was also amazed and astonished to find out that day was the first time me and her conversed via messages. As some of you, perhaps my close friends were probably aware on how reluctant was I to enter a relationship because of academic reasons, as it requires continuous commitment and effort to maintain and sustain a healthy relationship. However, at the same time, I would not deny that I was on a look-out for a partner. I am always really keen on knowing and meeting new people in my life, but was never keen on getting into a relationship. I would admit that I am someone who can be rather sentimental and really cautious when it comes to love matters. As I am aware of the stakes and consequences that were involved in a relationship, it isn’t a game whereby you can take feelings of people for granted and mistreat the trust given wholeheartedly by the person to you.

Deep down my heart, I know some of the concerns that you may have for me may be, “From April till July is only a short period of time … and for someone to fully understand the other party will certainly require a much longer period of time”. I do share the similar concern with you because it is perfectly logical, as you will need more time to understand someone in most cases. However, there will always be exceptions in life and I don't know if I am in the sphere of exceptions. Nonetheless, I believe that we have to seize our own opportunities and take risks when necessary at some point in our lives. That’s just life. Nothing is going to have it in your way, unless you make the effort to go for it first. And honestly, I am still perplexed with how my heart has managed to convince me go for it because it is rare to confess and commit to someone whom you only have knew for two and a half months.

This brings me to my next point, before my trip to Denmark, my thoughts were, “I shall decide my next step after the trip”. This explained why I said I really hope that I could write a sequel to one of my old blog topics once I return back to Singapore. Indeed how blissful I am feeling right now because I am actually penning down my thoughts on this matter. :D

Maybe something about myself? Hahaha. I live my life with the principle to commit fully once I have given my word, because that is what makes you as a credible and responsible individual. Based on this principle, I have never once thought of trying out a relationship, but only commit fully once certain. I know It may be foolish to have this belief or thinking in a relationship but that would be just my most sincere and best way of sustaining a healthy relationship with my partner. And of course, there are many ways to uphold a healthy relationship but so long you have chosen one that makes you live a fulfilling and comfortable life, that’s that.

I also thank fate for bringing the two of us together, and I am glad that our efforts have brought us here today. Before I end off, I would have some mushy words to my special girl. I hope you guys won't mind and can bear with it. Hahaha :P 

Dear Kit Yee,

I want you to know that I will always be there for you so long my health does not forbid me to ... and I promise to love you for who you are and to work hard for our future. I may have known you for only three months but I believe that quality beats quantity. The quality times we had had indeed instilled both strong trust and faith in the both of us. I, hereby give you my word, to love you and to take good care of you forever ... ... 

Happy 1st Month Anniversary. 

With Love,

Ben

Okay, sorry for the mushy words! :P I shall stop there. Heh! :D Last but not least, one last final shout out to all my Muslim friends, SELAMAT HARI RAYA! Enjoy your festive day, friends!

Away! Bye!

Hi friends! 

I’ll be flying to Denmark tonight for the entire June vacation! If you’re thinking that this trip is going to be my holidays … sadly it’s not! Hahaha. I will be going there to study!! I suddenly recalled what my friends always tell me, "You can't stop studying one ah? Haiyo!" To my dear friends: I also wish I can stop la, but I guess deep down in me there's a dream that I need to pursue in my life! And you all should know! heh :) 

Also, I really would like to thank and express my gratitude towards my friends who have expressed their best wishes for me over in Denmark. I am glad to receive those text messages and phone calls. It's the thoughts that you guys have for me made me feel how fortunate and blessed I am! 

I will try to upload daily taken photos on my blog to share my life in Denmark with you all! I will promise to enjoy as much as I can over there, even though the chances of it are quite low! :P 

Lastly, I also hope that I will be able to write a sequel to one of my old blog topics after my trip! I hope that I am really able to though. (: 

To end off, I like to sincerely wish you guys a happy June vacation too! :) Enjoy it to the fullest!! 

I WILL MISS YOU ALL! :D

For My Friends.

Hello friends!! :D

I just felt that it’s time to revive my blog with a new post & as well as, to take a break from all the studying! I don’t know how many equations I have already written the past few days! Hahahaha. Before I write my topic, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone the best in preparing for their tests and for those who have completed their tests, to enjoy your holidays to the fullest! ^^. Oh and here's a fun fact about myself, it’s a month away before I mark my first year in blogging. Haha, time really flies. 

With that, I guess a post on my thoughts and feelings to why I have decided to start a blog will bring about sentimental value to me and to all my friends. Initially, I wanted to leave this post to next month but since I foresee that I'd be really busy starting from July onward, so here's the post today! Hope that you guys will looking forward to reading it! ^^

8 July 2013 - 8 June 2014,

I was thinking of ways to stay connected with as many friends as possible, especially those who have parted ways to pursue higher education at different institutions after the PSLE and O's levels. Accepting that this is part and parcel of life, and I have to move on. I have never given in to the belief that that was the last chapter of my life with them.  As much as I believed fate has brought two people together, I also believed that the efforts will very well determine how lasting they could be. 

This probably ignited a spark in me to start blogging so that my friends can read and find out more about my life. To this point of my thoughts, I asked myself, "How do I justify that I have stayed connected with my friends when they are the only ones that can know more about my life but I don't know theirs?" As you can see it was so one-sided to start with. So I sat down and told myself back then, " So long as I felt that I have placed my best effort on my part to maintain all of the friendships I had, that's enough." I knew it was impossible to involve everyone with my blog. That's life ... and is fair. 

With that, I continued blogging into the next few months, keeping it as active as possible. To be honest with you, it wasn't easy to keep my blog active because it requires time, energy and commitment to write up a post. At the same time, I also wanted to keep my posts relevant to my friends. I tried writing up on issues pertaining to around our lives, posts about my own life and as well as, posts that motivates or gives inspirations to people. And I am aware that my posts weren't the best written, the thoughts and ideas may be on the superficial level. But I promise to continue improving on my ideas and posts and most importantly, to write to my best effort. Nevertheless, I will still continue my style in ensuring that clarity of ideas are easily put across to many. And I will strive to improve on my English.

In the midst of blogging, I have also encountered the conundrum of to blog for my readers or to blog for myself? I guess you could see that I tried a range of genres for my topics from time to time. Haha. And finally today, I decided that blogging for my readers will be the best direction to head towards. So you may be questioning me on how exactly am I sure that my posts are going to be for you? Well, I will just write about my life and is for you because it may hopefully intrigue you to find out more. :) 

All in all, I just hope to maintain the friendships. 

Love you all,

Ben 

10 Quotes For When Times Are Difficult

Difficult moments are just part and parcel of our lives which everyone has to go through from time to time. There is no running away from it. No one likes it when it happens to them. However, we should not be too disheartened about it. As Matthew Henry once said, “After a storm comes the calm”. 

I got to admit that I am really guilty of seeking motivation quotes when times are hard for me. Simply because when everything is wrong, the quotes tend to lose its meaning and purpose for me. Nevertheless, these quotes indeed do have a meaningful and purposeful message to be sent across to you and it does helps to ease your hard times to a certain extent. 

Today, I’ll be sharing 10 motivational quotes with everyone and hope that you will find it meaningful.

      1.    Accept Your Hardships

You can say that hardship is a test to figure out our own limits. Every struggle in life makes us realize our own strengths and weaknesses. And it carries multiple lessons to be learnt at the end of it. We should strengthen our strengths and improve upon on our weaknesses. Don’t be afraid to deal with hardships because tough times are only temporary yet the valuable lessons in there to be learnt will stay permanent in our heart. It is a good exchange.

    2.     Forget about your past

The simplest way that I can convince you to forget about your past is that life is neither created nor meant to be travelled backwards. The past is definitely worth remembering, but not when it takes up your energy and happiness away. The only things that you should remember from your past are the lessons that were once learnt.  

     3.     Always hope for the better

We should hold on to the hopes that everything will be better eventually. It is just a matter of time. As Matthew Henry once said, “After a storm comes the calm”. Our hopes are often crushed because many things do not appear to be in our favor, but things won't stay the way it is forever. We must not give up in critical moments.

     4.     Keep moving forward

You wonder why some of your friends have left you without any spoken reasons. And you are all set to seek for logical explanations. Their departure has made your life bitter and tough. I hope this quote will be of help to you in times like this. Just leave it to fate sometimes.

     5.    At least you have identified your true friends

Hardships have at least provided you with true friends. After all, friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest but it’s about who came and never left your side. These are the friends that you have got to treasure and love for your entire life time. 

     6.    Never allow yourself to be one of the many Obstacles

No matter how bad things or situations are, you can always make it worse. Don’t think of the negative things which will only worsen the situation you’re in. Instead, think of the positive things so that it will give you the strength required to overcome your struggles and to carry on in life.

     7.    It’s never the end

It’s definitely not the-end when times are tough. No matter how rough the storm may be, there is always a little piece of you that says, “NO, you’re not done yet! Get back up!” Always remember, tough situations don’t last but tough people do! Stay strong! 

     8.    Be forward looking

There are many things to look forward to and to be treasured in life. Never allow yourself to stay in the stormy situations for a too long duration because you may be missing many beautiful things that are happening around you all the time. Step out of the stormy weather and see what is in store for you. 

     9.   It nurtures you to be a better person

See that hardships make us understand life better through a bitter way. No matter how much hatred we have for difficult times, we should always remember the lessons learnt at the end of it because it makes us become better people. 

     10.   Love the life you live

Spend your time doing your favorite hobby, with your friends or anything else that will make you feel happy. Be positive and look at what life has got to offer you. No matter how dim things might be, there is always a light at the end of a tunnel. Occupy your mind with the good and learn to love the life you’re living. 

That's all I have got to share with you! Hope that you will find it meaningful. Share the post. Spread the joy! :)