落日

遠方　晚霞的餘暉　染滿了嫣紅的天際

那一抹夕陽紅　倒映在潮起潮落間

我曾細數多少日落黃昏　望盡秋去　冬又來

也曾心如潮水　餘波盪漾

我喚著風　等待風平等待浪靜

卻喚不回　地平線上消失的雲彩

回來了

今天總算是回到此處。 一個能讓我任由發表自己的感想，並且能讓我毫無束縛地對發表對人生的啓蒙。

剛從企業家的演講會獲得了人生不少的啓發。其實我們只要是多觀察，多聆聽，而從問題中不停的針對要點而找出解決問題的方法你就能找到下一個生意的念頭了。有一位企業家和我們分享了這幾句話：

“我們的世界不是完美的。但這就呈現了許多好機會因爲世界中的不完美就是要有人肯站出來而糾正這些的不完美，這個人就是個贏家了。”

“別畏懼外來投資商所帶來的威脅。從中去與他們學習，並且重新發明自己，脫胎換骨變成一個比他們更上一個階級的生意。”

或許這就是我對人生所嚮往的：每天都從不一樣的人學到不一樣的東西。我有好多好多個經驗想一一筆錄下來。哪怕有一天我忘了，我還能回來這裡重溫這些寶貴的經驗。或許因爲就是這點使爲我今天能再次站出來，好好的繼續寫這部落。

隔著這半年沒寫部落的日子時我遇見我人生中所謂的貴人：那些前輩給我在課本上所學不到的知識 – 金玉良言。希望能從這部落能散播這些訊息。來觀望這個部落的朋友們，我想說雖然我的國語不太好但我希望你能從‘人文本子’裏獲到一些人生的啓發，並為自己，家人，愛人，朋友創造一個更好的明天和人生觀。

A reading list for every occasion

When sitting comfortably on your bus seat: Textbook & notes – Goes to show your concientiouness. Even better if you fall asleep as it goes to show how hardworking you are. Wear school uniform for maximum effect.

When waiting in the clinic for your turn to consult the doctor – Definitely not the ‘I got a STD so what do I do about it’ pamphlet: You won’t want to send out the wrong signals do ya?

When in the toilet doing big business – Lianhe Wanbao: It is a relaxing read so it will help you to relax literally.

When you are in the MRT – Business times: So that commuters will think you are some ATAS kia/Trader wannabe/Some executive whose car broke down and can’t get a cab during after work peak hour. They won’t shove you around because they know you are a gentleman. Be in formal wear for maximum effect.

When it is bedtime – FRS 39: Try going through a few pages of it and you will know why. (At this point of writing I have only cleared paragraphs 85 – 89 and I am trudging to bed)

I start writing after a long hiatus in week 15

Oh yeah i’m so raring to write this after a long hiatus. Well instead of making this such an emo nemo place to vent out frustrations I have decided to revamp this place into a satirical humour where the lamest of observations around me all fall into one.

It is week 15 of the normal school term and I happened to pop by school for a meeting today. The sight of student furiously studying away the last few minutes prior to the paper was a sight to behold indeed. Please la, the next thing you know after your exam ends is that your book will appear on SMU links ready for sale so no point spending a few more minutes with it la ok..

All the talk about running into a GPA deficit into your senior year has set me thinking about tax planning. In line with the personal tax filing deadline of 15 April, I have decided to do a short writeup and give tips on how to save on tax:

Please note that certain words of the treatment stated below may seem familiar from the ITA. The writer hereby writes a disclaimer stating that the use of such words are merely coincidental and by pure chance with no intent to infringe copyright. (Luckily I hang out with my lawyer-to-be friend long enough so I can roughly construe a disclaimer)

How to carry forward GPA losses

This is actually a very simple treatment which does not require much administering. All you need to do is to qualify for a job that acutally pays you and you deduct your GPA loss x $10,000 against it.  To put it simply, your future taxable income will be offset by your GPA losses so you pay less tax. Not withstanding changes in SMU registrar’s regulations, there is still a need to record such GPA changes in your academic transcript to qualify for tax decduction purposes.

How to pay lower taxes without incurring GPA losses

Apply to the Big 4 accounting firms when you graduate. Starting pay is $2,400 so it works out to be $28,800 per year(bonus not included since it varies across different firms). In calculating your tax payable, the 1st $20,000 of your employment income is not subject to tax and the next $10,000 is subject to a tax rate of 3.5%.

If you are a guy, good. You did NS so can claim NSman relief. If you were officer, even better because you can claim more NSMan relief. Who says that go to OCS no use one?

If you are a girl don’t worry. Just go give birth by this year and the government got the parenthood relief that has no time limit to utilize it. It pays to have kids in Singapore.

As fillial children, we should all get our parents to stay with us and it is our duty to look after them. With them having worked so hard for more than half of their lives putting us through school, it is a good time for them to keow kar, sit back relac and lim kopi. Now you can safely put a tick against the box ‘Parent relief’.

Over the next few days I will try to help answer any tax related questions so keep them coming in guys yeah?

給我的寶貝

This is my wish for you:

Smileys to come when sadness intrudes,

Rainbows to follow the clouds,

Sunset to warm your heart,

Laughter to kiss your lips,

Hugs when spirits sag,

Faith so that you can believe,

Confidence for your doubts,

Courage to know yourself

And my love to complete your life.

And I think

damage that I had caused was done. Can do nothing but just to await what lies ahead of me.

Very often I think of myself as being the rash one and taking it out on any possible avenue but this time, I certainly had not done the wisest of things. Reflection had been taking place these past few days, as I reminisce of the good times.

I can say that things had not been going pretty well of late, and that I’ve been trying to smile more in hope of washing away the undesirable experiences and feelings. I am trying very hard to embrace my current situation now and words that I hear prick me real hard every time. Things that I do are just so undesirable to people.

I apologise to all whom I have hurt in the process lately. I am trying to get out of this so just give me some time yups.

最後還是要說這句話 – 請你不要不理睬我好嗎。我已經很難受了而今晚又不盡落淚了。我真的很懷念那個暑假。我們再回到那個時光好嗎？真的很想你。

期待

我期待 有一天美好的我們會回來

回到我們最初的愛 回到那夏天的精彩

 

我期待 縂有一天你會明白

明白我對你的摯愛 明白我們原本在一起的原因

 

我願意 當你的靠岸 讓你能開心停泊的地方

我情願 與你共享著 喜怒哀樂的現在和未來

 

Waiting for you，for now and always

反反復復 不停歇息的呵護

Now let the good times roll back

望回頭看  一絲不留的遺憾

On a tired Saturday night

It’s only 2 weeks away from the end of internship and I am feeling kind of burnt out at the moment already. Perhaps I really need that longbreak as what my friends had always said. Just to take sometime off to chill and take things a bit more easily.

All I need is a bit more encouragement in the things that I have no been doing well in. Where thou’ can this encouragement come from?

Feels bad

Now usually I don’t do this but hell yeah when I write it means that I’m really feeling bad:-

Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so outright direct and be insensitive to how you feel.

- I should have remembered about the wine and reminded you.

- I should have paid more attention to the little details on the things about you.

Hands are trembling and numb after a long day at training and totally worn out but I can’t help but feel what I could have done better. The series of events that took place this week leading up to the festive season has set my spirits low, with all the disregard for the upcoming new year. This is no good, but it just seems that I haven’t done a good job as a bf and this is really depressing.

I am so so sorry for what I have inadequately performed in and I really hope that you can give me the chance to care for you and make up for the wrong that I did. I want to be there to give you encouragement and be the one for you..

SMU Archery 100109

I feel that I’m more in c0ntrol of the click now. Now I need to work on sustaining the peak form for a prolonged period to give me the necessary scores that I need to do well for the upcoming competitions.

Have reached a stage where I am able to obtain the full turn, observe the clicker coming in, re aim, then go for the bow arm shoulder push for the shot to land where I want it to hit. Not withstanding any error in sight adjustments and pressure point deviations, the shot shot travel in a beautiful trajectory into the gold.

The result? While trying out for my FITA 900 today I managed to place my shots mainly with the red and gold at 60m which is an improving result week by week. The need for good form is back again, and it has come at the right time.