Source for original Photo and some words: Straits Times
The Straits Times is the most popular and powerful published paid newspaper in Singapore and it has a circulation of around 400,000 with a reach of more than 1 million. That is almost half the country’s population. It was a privilege to interviewed and featured in one of the main section in the papers. This time, it is about Twitter and how I came about to be the 2nd most followed person in Singapore.
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We must realize that each of us is made uniquely different, there is no one size fits all or suits all. Then we must recongized that even when we are all different, there will still be similarities. Once we acknowledge that all are different yet the same, instead of all are the same, some are different. We can then be …set free of some degree of judging others using our own understanding, it is not enough.
I have, for most of my life, lived a lukewarm life so far. Only at moments does the intensity fuel the fire and passion. I have sometimes also been blinded by the awards and prizes which I have gained when the moments of intensity begun… sometimes I was proud, perhaps too proud of the prizes which I have won during my times in University, I may at one time have bagged the top prize among 6 Universities… and awards in the previous parts of my life…
but so what…
I have come to realized that these are ego boosters which sometimes blinded me from what really matters, a life of purpose. Silly enough to fool myself before that I felt these awards and prizes would make me a better person…in some ways it did…but the reason of getting these awards and prizes were wrong… I had wanted glory for myself and hopefully in some ways do the people who support me proud…
I could not be more wrong…
I have spent 5 years of my life studying Engineering, being one of the top in it, getting the awards and prizes that come with it, but what happens then? I am not an Engineer now, nor likely to be again in the future.
But was it a wrongful decision? No.
It was a ground that had demonstrated my abilities to others who needed to know that this person was someone who was capable and determined. If we go too deep and compare genetics to refer to IQ and stuff like that to reason out why a certain person excels at something, everything will seem logical right?
No.
I was first in my class when I was 10 years old,
I was near the very bottom of my school when I was 15,
I was in the top few when I was 18,
I assembled a full soccer team from scratch, convincing each person one by one until we reached 14 players, everyone of them were unwilling at first and have self doubts, in the hope of boosting all our confidence in ourselves.
I was one of the top five soldiers in my platoon when I was first recruited into the army,
I was the top physical trainee in my section of the air force.
I dropped from being the best physical trainee to a sergeant who have been injured and no longer combat fit. Humiliation as the eyes of many had turned. The fall from the top hurts like *.
I left for Australia.
I became the top few in University, bagged almost every award and prizes available, was invited to teach as a mentor and tutor in University, got into the Dean’s List, name in the honors board.
I became a PR of Australia.
I was rejected from a top company with the reason stating I was too good.
I was recruited into a good company as an Engineer with a manager who was grooming me to great heights.
I was ready to marry my girlfriend of 3 years, we lived together for 2 years plus.
It was a relationship never to be, things happened, she is now with a ex-friend whom I introduced.
I humiliated myself at trying to win her back.
I applied for a transfer to Singapore in the company where great prospects await.
I came back to Singapore.
I left the Engineering position and company.
I was devastated.
I tried to build back my life again by anticipating the future and do what I love to do instead of the normal ladder climbing corporate path.
I almost started a new business as I thought I was ready to shine again. But my heart was still broken.
Then life changed.
More people started to come into my life.
They became very important to me as they taught me many things, life, business and much more.
So much so much…
I joined a cause which I knew was right and truly believe in.
I made many mistakes but I learnt alot what I wasn’t capable of and what I could excel in.
Then I met even more people, very positive people who begun to truly make a big difference in my life…
And here I am now…
What is ahead I know will be truly amazing and beyond what I can ever anticipate beforehand,
But I know it will be great…
Why?
Because after all the above, I have realized one thing.
I was lukewarm.
I did not truly believe.
But now.
I have Faith.
Faith in the Heavens.
Faith in the journey.
I was not punished, I realized, I was being shown the right way through pain.
I was spiteful, that “Why me?” when bad things happened to me.
I was forgetful, that when good things happened to me, I did not ask “Why me?”
Lukewarm in belief, lukewarm in faith, blinded by ego, made silly by pride…
Everything will be gone if I died today or in the future, it was silly to think that what I have achieved will live forever. It will not and was never meant to be. To want to be remembered for the sake of ego is meaningless.
Everything has its reason,
The lessons I have to learn in this life through joy or pain.
Everything has its reasons,
For if a person in the middle of a desert dying of thirst did not drop into the hole which someone pushed him into hoping he will just disappear, he may not have found out that there is water in it, in which saved his life.
My life has been saved by the angel the heavens have sent to enlighten me.
Faith.
The tests of life, overcome them one by one.
Through Faith, all shalt be done.
The journey of life continues…
Thank you for reading, my courteous readers.
Much appreciated.
Eric @MaynasEric
Thank you my friends for joining the journey and living it together with me :)
Like many days in life, some are meant to be special and most are meant to be ordinary. Now here’s the question, does the days which are special make the ordinary days worth it? Or do the ordinary days make the special ones worth it.
There should be a definite yes to either of the choices above and that kind of defines who we are as a person.
Do you cherish the wow moments more? Or do you cherish the day to day living more?
We don’t win prizes everyday but the days when we win prizes, that is how people who will not know us too well, roughly defines us. The day to day living, that’s how people close to us define us. How about ourselves? How do we define ourselves? This is up to ourselves to answer.
Sometimes, there is no answer.
There are always things that need to get done, and things that do not need to get done. Then there are things you can do to get to your destination and things that you can do that prevents you from getting to your destination.
If you are to do your own thing to create a whole new world, no one is going to tell you how to do it. That is the challenge.
Aim to be great, and go be great.
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Most of us humans tend to live life day to day, roughly knowing where to go into the future as long as today is taken care of, few other things matter. But have you really thought about becoming the future you?
Knowing what the end results are and working backwards, tracing back the steps one by one to today. Do you do that?
No, it’s not about becoming a great docter in the future, it’s not about being a great cook with 5 restaurants in the future, it’s not even about becoming a philanthropist who helps people in the future…all these are hardly goals… It’s more of a fuzzy fizzy picture of the future self…
Ask yourself, is life worth living if you knew from a very young age that you were going to become a great chef? Maybe to some… But we have to be more specific, much more specific about the future we want to become.
What does a target future roughly look like, one may ask at this point.
To become an author with 1000 true readers, building groups of 150 people with 5000 limits per community. In a year’s time, to become a published author globally reaching top #10 in amazon.com … Eg eg
These are the steps to take which will lead to the one goal in future…and the answer should be in numbers… How many people you wish to help by this age, how many books you want to have written, how many communities built, how much money will you have by this age… Specific numbers.
Becoming the future? My answer is 76. :)
So when do you change your specs? When it’s broken. Yesterday, my half frame specs broke at the side just after I came out of the bath. It had been already flimsy for some time now, when it finally broke, I take it as a sign that my 3 year old specs has come to the end of it’s journey.
I went to make a replacement pair of specs early this afternoon, which was quite pleasant because the staff were really friendly. Tested my eyesight, relieved to know that my degree has not increased since 3 years ago. What happned next made my day.
I was given a 30% discount for BOTH frame and glasses, which was most excellent. They gave me the express service option and I got my new specs within half an hour!! ( I went to the library during that half an hour but didn’t find any books I like to read. Was there using iPhone, tempted to check the reviews of all the books that interested me. Now I’m back home, very satisfied with my new specs with new glasses. Full framed and battle ready.
When is the best time to change your specs? When the glasses are scratched, frames are loose and when you are not in the best mood. :)
Not being taken seriously is sometimes like a slap on the face when enthusiasm is uncalled for. It is like someone hinting us to mind our own business. Have you ever done something which took much effort for some people, only to be kind of brushed off wtth a very short reply almost totally unrelated to the message, indicating that it wasn’t held in high regards. Recently it happened again to me, 3 times in 2 days.
It is a very very bad feeling indeed for normally, such quick reactions are reserved for people who do not hold in high regards or want to pay attention to. Remember that person who tried giving you the flyers when you were out in the streets? That kind of person we want to be not.
Now imagine that someone fell into the waters, almost drowning and you dived right in to save his life. When he was saved, he just stood up, said a one word ‘thanks’ and walked off leaving a stunned you behind. That’s the kind of feeling that kind of hurts but no complains, they said thanks right? What more do we want?
It’s all about the context sometimes…not what was said…the context that helping them somehow irriates them even when not. It’s a bad feeling. A strange way to start the week, a warning perhaps to mind my own business.
Treat people better. It goes vice versa too, treat yourself better from the kind of silent abuse.
Laying on my bed now at 4.40am with a sense of accomplishment, satisfied that I managed to finally squeeze my months of thoughts and days of more in depth research into 3 pages of pure power. The formula to the future has been created a few hours ago. Onwards to a better future!!
Have you felt this way lately? When was the last time you felt excited and joy after finishing a task? Not the kind that we feel relieved and glad it’s over, we have that far too often right? My friend, it’s been some time since I felt this joy too and am sharing some of it here with you as I have just experienced it. Do drop by sometimes to let me know when you have this sense of accomplishment after a long period of time :) it’s worth sharing and encourages others who know such things still happen!!
Take care my friend and may you have a most lovely week ahead!
