Give Love A Chance!

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said 'I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.' 'Is the man of the house home?', they asked.  'No', she replied. 'He's out.'  'Then we cannot come in', they replied.  In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.  'Go tell them I am home and invite them in!'  The woman went out and invited the men in'  'We do not go into a House together,' they replied.  'Why is that?' she asked.  One of the old men explained: 'His name is Wealth,' he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, 'He is Success, and I am Love.' Then he added, 'Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.'  The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. 'How nice!!', he said. 'Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!'  His wife disagreed. 'My dear, why don't we invite Success?'  Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: 'Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!'  'Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice,' said the husband to his wife.  'Go out and invite Love to be our guest.'  The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, 'Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.'  Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: 'I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?'  The old men replied together: 'If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!'  MY WISH FOR YOU... -Where there is pain, I wish you peace and mercy.  -Where there is self-doubting, I wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through it.  -Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding, patience, and renewed strength.  -Where there is fear, I wish you love, and courage.

British English vs Malaysian or Singaporean English.

Who says our English is teruk? Just read below - Ours is simple, short, concise, straight-to-the-point, effective etc. 

WHEN GIVING A CUSTOMER BAD NEWS

Britains: I'm sorry, sir, but we don't seem to have the sweater you want in your size, but if you give me a moment, I can call the other outlets for you.

Malaysians: No stock.

RETURNING A CALL
Britains: Hello, this is John Smith. Did anyone call for me a few moments ago?

Malaysians: Hello, who call?

ASKING SOMEONE TO MAKE WAY
Britains: Excuse me, I would like to get by. Would you please make way?

Malaysians: S-kew me.

WHEN SOMEONE OFFERS TO PAY 
Britains: Hey! Put your wallet away, this drink is on me.

Malaysians: No need lah.

WHEN ASKING FOR PERMISSION
Britains: Excuse me, but do you think it would be possible for me to enter through this door?

Malaysians: (pointing at the door) Can ah?

WHEN ENTERTAINING
Britains: Please make yourself right at home.

Malaysians: No need shy shy one lah!

WHEN DOUBTING SOMEONE 
Britains: I don't recall you giving me the money.

Malaysians: Where got?

WHEN DECLINING AN OFFER
Britains: I would prefer not to do that, if you don't mind.

Malaysians: Don't want lah. 

IN DISAGREEING ON A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
Britains: Err...Tom, I have to stop you there. I understand where you're coming from, but I really have to disagree with what you said about the issue. 

Malaysians: You mad ah?

WHEN ASKING SOMEONE TO LOWER THEIR VOICE.
Britains: Excuse me, but could you please lower your voice? I'm trying to concentrate over here.

Malaysians: Shut up lah! 

WHEN ASKING SOMEONE IF HE/SHE KNOWS YOU..
Britains: Excuse me, but I noticed you staring at me for sometime. Do I know you?

Malaysians: See what, see what?

WHEN ASSESSING A TIGHT SITUATION. 
Britains: We seem to be in a bit of a predicament at the moment..

Malaysians: Die lah!!

WHEN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED
Britains: Will someone tell me what has just happened? 

Malaysians: What happened ah? Why like that one lah?

WHEN SOMEONE DID SOMETHING WRONG
Britains: This isn't the way to do it. Here, let me show you.

Malaysians: Like that also don't know how to do!

WHEN ONE IS ANGRY
Britains: Would you mind not disturbing me?

Malaysians: Celaka you!


So which would you prefer? haha....

Be Flexible!

Just share an e-mail that I had received yesterday with you! Enjoy with your reading!

From Andrew Matthews:

Hi zzhen,

BE FLEXIBLE!

Here's a recipe for permanent misery ...

Decide how you think the world SHOULD be.

Then, when life doesn't obey your rules, get angry!
That's what miserable people do!

Let's say you expect that:
* People SHOULD appreciate you.
* Planes SHOULD arrive on time.
* Your husband SHOULD remember your birthday.

Sounds reasonable ...
but often, these things won't happen!
So you end up frustrated.

Happy people make fewer DEMANDS on life.
Instead, they have PREFERENCES!

They say:
"I would prefer "A", but if "B" happens, it's OK too!"

I PREFER the neighbours to be quiet -
but if they make a noise, I can handle it.

I PREFER people to see my point of view - but when they disagree, it is OK.

You have preferences about the outcome of your plans, but you accept WHATEVER happens.

So your mission today?
Instead of making DEMANDS on life and people, have PREFERENCES.

There are two ways to become happier:
a) change the world, or
b) change your thinking.

It is easier to change your thinking!

*****

zzhen, here's what FOLLOW YOUR HEART readers
say about the book that changed their lives:

"Absolutely fabulous! FOLLOW YOUR HEART has changed our lives. It is such cracking and simple advice that everyone should use."
Jonathan Wootton, UK

"FOLLOW YOUR HEART turned my life around. I literally felt a different person. Thank you for such a wonderful book".
Debbie Perske, Proserpine, Australia

"FOLLOW YOUR HEART is a real gem. I love it. It changed my life."
Michael Abildgren, Denmark

Cikgu vs. Murid

Murid : Selamat pagi, cikgu. 

Cikgu : (Menengking) Mengapa selamat pagi sahaja? Petang dan malam awak doakan saya tak selamat?

 

Murid : Selamat pagi, petang dan malam cikgu!
 

Cikgu : Panjang sangat! Tak pernah dibuat oleh orang! Kata selamat sejahtera! Senang dan penuh bermakna. Lagipun ucapan ini meliputi semua masa dan keadaan.
 

Murid : Selamat sejahtera cikgu!

Cikgu : Sama-sama, duduk! Dengar sini baik-baik. Hari ini cikgu nak uji kamu semua tentang perkataan berlawan. Bila cikgu sebutkan perkataannya, kamu semua mesti menjawab dengan cepat, lawan bagi perkataan-perkataan itu, faham?

 

Murid : Faham, cikgu!

Cikgu : Saya tak mahu ada apa-apa gangguan.

 

Murid : (senyap)
 

Cikgu : Pandai!
 

Murid : Bodoh!
 

Cikgu : Tinggi!
 

Murid : Rendah!
 

Cikgu : Jauh!
 

Murid : Dekat!
 

Cikgu : Keadilan!
 

Murid : UMNO!
 

Cikgu : Salah!
 

Murid : Betul!
 

Cikgu : Bodoh!
 

Murid : Pandai!
 

Cikgu : Bukan!
 

Murid : Ya!
 

Cikgu : Oh Tuhan!
 

Murid : Oh Hamba!
 

Cikgu : Dengar ini!
 

Murid : Dengar itu!
 

Cikgu : Diam!
 

Murid : Bising!
 

Cikgu : Itu bukan pertanyaan, bodoh!
 

Murid : Ini ialah jawapan, pandai!
 

Cikgu : Mati aku!
 

Murid : Hidup kami!

 

Cikgu : Rotan baru tau!
 

Murid : Akar lama tak tau!
 

Cikgu : Malas aku ajar kamu!
 

Murid : Rajin kami belajar cikgu!
 

Cikgu : Kamu gila!
  

Murid : Kami siuman!

 

Cikgu : Cukup! Cukup!

 

Murid : Kurang! Kurang!
 

Cikgu : Sudah! Sudah!
 

Murid : Belum! Belum!
 

Cikgu : Mengapa kamu semua bodoh sangat?
 

Murid : Sebab saya seorang pandai!
 

Cikgu : Oh! Melawan!
 

Murid : Oh! Mengalah!

 

Cikgu : Kurang ajar!

 

Murid : Cukup ajar!
 

Cikgu : Habis aku!
 

Murid : Kekal kami!
 

Cikgu : O.K. Pelajaran sudah habis!
 

Murid : K.O. Pelajaran belum bermula!
 

Cikgu : Sudah, bodoh!
 

Murid : Belum, pandai!

 

Cikgu : Berdiri!
 

Murid : Duduk!
 

Cikgu : Saya kata UMNO salah!
 

Murid : Kami dengar KeADILan betul!
 

Cikgu : Bangang kamu ni!
 

Murid : Cerdik kami tu!
 

Cikgu : Rosak!
 

Murid : Baik!
 

Cikgu : Kamu semua ditahan tengah hari ini!
 

Murid : Dilepaskan tengah malam itu!
 

Cikgu : (Senyap dan mengambil buku-bukunya keluar.)


*I'm sorry if you can't understand Malay language.

World Largest Flower.

These flowers are very rare lifetime each person may only watch it twice!

The largest flower in the world was born in Reo Blanco , Veracruz , Mexico. Two meters high and weighing 75 kilos, it has the peculiarity of blooming only during three days every 40 years. 

Amorphophallus titanum, also called cadaverous flower has the pecularity of blooming only during three days every 40 years, a privilege that Mother Nature bestowed on this town in Veracruz.

Can you tell the difference between a horse and a frog?

Watch closely....

Compliments.

From Andrew Matthews:

Hi zzhen,

COMPLIMENTS

Some people notice the BEAUTIFUL view.
Some people notice only the DIRTY window!

Your happiness depends on what you DECIDE to notice.

So here's today's exercise:
Step 1: Look for ONE QUALITY in every person you meet.
Step 2: Give them a COMPLIMENT ...

"That is a stunning outfit!"
"You are an inspiring teacher."
"You have a beautiful smile!"

Remember, a compliment is NOT flattery!
Flattery is insincere.
A compliment is SINCERE RECOGNITION of someone's qualities.

Most people feel UNDER-APPRECIATED!
When you give them compliments, you light up their day.

And here's the bonus:

To pay compliments, you have to focus on the positive.
So it makes YOU happier!

*****

Are you an unhappy teenager?

Andrew's book BEING A HAPPY TEEN has helped thousands.

It's funny, it's full of cartoons and it talks to kids in their language.


Cherryn Yap of Singapore emailed:

"BEING A HAPPY TEEN is amazing!

I started reading the first line and couldn't stop.

It really changed my thoughts and my life."

Whitney Houston vocal problems.

Oh my gosh.... what happen to your great voices? Anyways, you still the best for me! Don't give up!!!


LONDON — Hundreds in the audience walked out of Whitney Houston's comeback concert here Sunday as the singer once dubbed "The Voice" missed high notes, cut short her songs and apologized for her shortcomings.

"She don't want to come, my soprano friend," Houston crooned after stumbling through a gravelly version of signature song I Will Always Love You. She blamed the air conditioning in The O2 arena, whose 20,000 seats had sold out for her first London performance since 1999.

"Sometimes the old girl sings, but not tonight," she said of her voice. "I want to do it, but she doesn't want to. ... She's getting a little ... temperamental, even."

Houston sang just one or two verses of hits such as Greatest Love of All. She paused during songs to catch her breath and panted heavily in between. In many songs, her backup singers carried the melody, Houston chiming in with lines here and there.

The star was onstage for most of the two-hour concert, her first of three at the venue, taking only two breaks to change clothes. Those three outfits — form-fitting black leather pants, a clingy black gown and tight jeans — and the stuffy arena may have contributed to the sweat streaming down her face.

The concert "is rubbish," said Mark Higgins of Hampshire. "She can't even complete a song." He said he'd asked for a refund and was told to contact the concert promoter. His daughter had given the tickets to him and his wife for Christmas. "She's going to be heartbroken, because she saved up all her money for this."

"I remember her 20 years ago," Dave Law, of Plymouth, said of Houston. "She's not a patch on what she was."

Law's wife, Caroline, a longtime fan, disagreed. "There were moments I absolutely loved. You have to take the bad with the good."

Houston's London show was the latest troubled performance in her Nothing But Love world tour, which was supposed to mark a comeback for a singer of outsized talent and outsized troubles. She was a no-show for her first three concerts in Great Britain this month and blamed her absence on a respiratory infection.

*** THE CONTENT ABOVE IS FROM USA TODAY ***

Forgiving People!

Forth e-mail send by Andrew Matthews today!

From Andrew Matthews:

Hi zzhen,

FORGIVING PEOPLE

Where do we get the idea that if WE don't forgive people, THEY suffer?
It's nuts!

Let's say:
a) You are my boss and you give me the sack, or
b) You are my girl and you run off with my best friend.

So I say, "I'll NEVER forgive you!"
Who suffers?

NOT YOU!
I get the knot in my stomach.
I lose the sleep.
You are probably out partying!

While I resent you, I SUFFER!
Meanwhile I tell myself, "I'm right!"
But being "RIGHT" doesn't guarantee happiness.

Here's the point ...
To forgive someone, you don't have to AGREE with what they did.
You just have to want your life to work.

You don't forgive people for THEIR benefit.
You do it for YOUR benefit.

So this is your mission for the next 24 hours:

Think of someone that has hurt you.
Just today, practise letting go of all resentment toward them.

Gather all your ANGRY thoughts -
those "I am right and they are wrong" thoughts, and let them go.

You may like to use your creative imagination ...
.. put all that resentment into an imaginary balloon, and let it float away.

Throughout the day, repeat the process.
You will feel better.

Forgiving people may be tough, but is possible.
You forgive people for YOUR benefit.
It makes YOU happier.

*****

Tran Thi Minh Ha, of Vietnam talks about
Andrew Matthews' bestseller, FOLLOW YOUR HEART:

"I was sad and depressed. I felt as if I had died.

Then I found FOLLOW YOUR HEART.

It changed my thoughts and I found happiness."

Shakira - Waka Waka

Most of you would have watched the famous Shakira - Waka Waka, right?



But watch this Waka Waka!!!

Donate Blood Save Life!

Our college have a Blood Donation Campaign on 20th to 22nd July 2010. So, i have an opportunity and decide to donate blood with my friends today only after seeing that poster in our college since i'm very scare to see blood. Of course i force myself to do so. Wow... it's also my first time to donate blood too! Feel happy because donate blood can help people who need blood and also save life! 

Be a HERO to donate blood. So, what you waiting for? 

Many people don't have an idea to donate blood because they scare donate blood give pain! Actually i scare too but after experience it, it's just like an ant bit my hand only, really! So, you all no need to worry.

If you watch this video then you also will donate blood.

Actually while you donate blood you save a life and also yours. People may ask a question like its ok that I save a life but how about the other part? That’s also mine??

Kick The Worry Habit!

I had received the 3th e-mail from Andrew Matthews. Today one will tell you how you can handle worry easily. Enjoy reading... Stay tuned!

From Andrew Matthews:

Hi Zzhen,

KICK THE WORRY HABIT

Most of us WORRY.
Some people will even tell you that you SHOULD worry!
But worrying is worse than USELESS!

Firstly, it attracts misfortune.
Secondly, it is bad for your health!

So what should you do about worry?
POSTPONE it!

TAKE ACTION first - and postpone worry indefinitely.
That's what effective people do.

Here is your mission for the next 24 hours:
Whenever you want to worry, ask yourself, "What is the problem RIGHT NOW?"

Guess what you'll find ...
Unless you are in a life threatening situation, you DON'T have a problem.

Look at your life.
Has there ever been a situation you didn't survive?
There hasn't!

You can HANDLE the present.
It is just the FUTURE that gives you trouble!
So your mission is to focus on the present.

Your mind will want to drift into the future.
Your mind will want to ask questions like: "What happens if ...?"

Drag it back to the PRESENT.

Tell yourself:
"If there is SOMETHING I can do now, I will do it."
"If there is NOTHING I can do right now, I refuse to worry."

Make this your motto:
"I take whatever action I can now - and I postpone worry!"
"I deal with problems MOMENT BY MOMENT."

*****

Feeling desperate?

Here's what Rosanna Monaco of Baden, Switzerland
said about Andrew Matthews' books:

"I 'found' your books about five years ago when I was in a desperate situation:
* my father had a heart attack.
* my husband had a bad accident.
* my mum was diagnosed with cancer.
* I lost my job - all within 3 months.

Reading your books was like a helping hand.

One moment I was drowning and then suddenly I felt safe.

Thank you so very much!"

A Moment Like This.

Love this song so....... much!!!

What if I told you it was all meant to be? 
Would you believe me, would you agree? 
Its almost that feeling that we've met before so tell me that you dont think Im crazy when I tell your love is here and now. 

A Moment like this. 
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this. 
Some people search forever for that one special kiss. 
I cant believe its happening to me. 
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this. 

Everything changes, but beauty remains. 
Something so tender I cant explain. 
Well I may be dreaming but til I awake..Can we make the dream last forever? 
And I'll cherish all the love we share for a moment like this. 

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this. 
Some people search forever for that one special kiss. 
I cant believe its happening to me. 
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this. 

Could this be the greatest love of all. 
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall. 
So let me tell you this. 
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this... 

Some people search a lifetime for a moment like this. 
Some people search forever for that one special kiss. 
I cant believe its happening to me. 
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this.