Sunday, March 30, 2014

Song Sharing Sunday #268 - Happy Birthday ~ Minions

Its my younger one's birthday today!
Happy Birthday boy!



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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Song Sharing Sunday #267 - Timber ~ Pitbull feat. Kesha

Love the beat and rhythm....
Love how I first came to know this song....
Through the lips of my elder one.......



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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Goal Setting

I saw a number of goal setting quotes today, but the 3 that struck me were:

People Don't Plan to Fail.
They Simply Fail To Plan.

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The Clearer The WHY,
The Harder You Will Try.

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If You Aim At Nothing,
You Are Probably Going To Hit Nothing.


 Is your goal "SMART" enough?
S pecific
M easurable
A ttainable
R realistic
T imely

When was the last time you set a goal and did not stick to it?
When was the last time you set a goal and it was way out of reach?

To me, 'R' is the most important : Realistic.
Do I need to bend too much till it hurts?

A little push, a little challenge, a little beyond my usual self is fine.
Only then, will I stick to it.
Only then, will I see success.
Only then, will my goal be achieved.

If I need to bend too much till it hurts, I probably will not persevere for long.
Knowing my own limits help me to be on track and reach the destination in the end.

When we were young, we Dream.
Even the Biggest, Wildest Dream.
As we grow older, its not that we have no more dreams.......... 
we Dare NOT Dream anymore....
because along the way, too many dreams were crushed.

Don't lose hope....
Only when we dare to dream, will we have purpose in life, or we would just be doing the daily routine....till the day we die.

So chin up, get a pen and paper, write down your 'SMART' goal and paste it on your mirror. Look at it every day and work towards it.

Be it big or small.....
To our Dreams...
CHEERS!









Sunday, March 16, 2014

Song Sharing Sunday #266 - Everybody Do The Flop

This has been playing non-stop over the past hour in my house....
*eyes rolled*
Thanks (but no thanks) to my elder one.......



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Monday, March 10, 2014

Vietnam Pho in Johor Bahru

Since our visit to Vietnam, almost a year ago, we had missed Vietnam Pho till this day.
Yet, our cravings were somewhat satisfied when we chance upon Ana Vietnam Cafe in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

 The cafe is located OPPOSITE THE STORE at Taman Sentosa. The shop is facing the entrance which leads to the multi-storey carpark of THE STORE.









This is run by a group of Vietnamese.
Thus they speak Vietnamese or Chinese with Vietnamese accent only, no English please.
First experience was really good.
The soup was really savoury and the meat was tender!
Each bowl cost RM10.

As it is their culture to eat lots of vegetables, my bowl of Vietnamese Beef Pho was almost completely covered with greens!
*laugh*

After that experience, I would request for ZERO vegetables on my bowl of pho.
This was how it looked like (without the vegetables) when we first discovered this place in October last year.




I have lost count how many times hubby and I went there for brunch after that first visit and were rather surprise that the taste and presentation differs slightly on each visit, as the chef is different every time.

Seriously, this place makes me feel like a family business, and their mentally makes me feel like they were cooking for family members, instead of running a business.

Whoever is free at that time, will do the cooking.

So if you are thinking of checking this place, do not expect restaurant type of service.
It really feels more homely.
Like how you would feel when your relative or mother cooks for you.

The photo below was taken before February 2014 ended.


Is the difference obvious?!
You bet!
And so is the taste too!

Somehow, no matter how different the tastes may change each time, it still feels CLOSER to the taste we remembered when we were in Ho Chin Minh city last year, as compared to the long-queued Vietnamese restaurants, which we had tried in Singapore.

We are so in loved with Vietnam Beef Pho that we even asked our good friend to bring some INSTANT ones back from Vietnam, whenever he comes back to Singapore.
*laugh*




Sunday, March 9, 2014

Song Sharing Sunday #265 - I'm So Excited ~ The Pointer Sisters

Discovered something very down-to-earth, yet at the same time a very lucrative method, which will propel us to yet another level of financial freedom in two to three years time.
Still learning and understanding more....
The best part of it all is.........both hubby and I are in it together!
YEAH!
We are best partners!
*wink*
Both of us are Soooooooo Excited!!!


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Monday, March 3, 2014

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Song Sharing Sunday #264 - Hall of Fame ~ The Script

Its so cool to know that my boys' school teachers TEACH the kids to sing Pop Songs and this is one of the many they have learned.....
The most inspiring one thus far!





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Hall of Fame ~ The Script







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