For the month of April and May 2006

Wow, It been really somewhile since i last wrote in here back three mth ago.
OK Here the update,
Had quite a few wonder ups n downs in life for the pass few mth.
Such as attending shirley 21st bday celebration at east coast park. Finally had a chance to see her bf. keke.



Well bside attending friends bday celebration and catching up with old friend from poly. I am also keepin my self occupite with studies and event scuh as now i am trying to finish off my final year project reports.
On top of tat running my club event which i am goin to hold a 3 days kids fiesta as this is my third times attending and running the events with my volunteers from NJC and club members and also some very gd buddies from my secondary sch and poly mates who have attended this event b4.
Now everything is running quite smoothly with the coming up volunteer training which me and the center goin to conduct for all the volunteers on how to handle with kids and wat the objective of service learning.
Bside running and junggling with sch and club events, my RAC MC is going to have a upcoming event which is the installation for the new coming yr of 06/07. What is all this about some of you may be wondering, this is a event whrby the old Board for hte yr 05/06 has come to an end and will be handing over to the next batch of leaders to carry on the lineage to brong RAC MC up to a higher lvl. As for me will be from a community service director of yr 05/06 will be taking over the position of Vice-President for the new yr 06/07.
Haha some of you maybe wondering how come Guoxing is so enthu n passionate abt his club n why is he nt made as a president. haha
To me, President is a person who is making most of the deicision and presiding a meeting and also to guide the members n BODs to bring gd image to the club and keepin the club healthy. As for y am i in this position as vice, it for you to guess and for me to know the outcome of ur answer. haha. But in short to say, weather who is the president of the club it not really a matter as it stil voice down to the person itself as in is he/she enthu and passionate about being a rotaractor and want to help the community at large.
Below is a picture of me and the next president.



Below is another Photo with the new board of directors for the coming yr of 06/07
with absent of apologies who was unable to turn up is our dear lilian who is our incoming international director and also the district scretary of yr 06/07

Hiaz...Life is so meaningless.......

Well, it already the month of April.. wow time really fly real fast. But to me is like time is passing very slow..
How i wish School start next week. But will need to wait for another week b4 sch start..Arghhh..Been so boring at hm. Lazing at home n doing final year prooject and also club proj planning. At least while in sch, I am still be able to chat with my classmate while doing thing or perhap while doing fyp i can switch on my radar to scan and ogle at pretty girls in sch.
Can't wait to do all this again haha, but well i can only be able to do that in sch for the last time. Why, because this is my final semester in Singapore Poly.
Ok enuff of my lame remark above.

Just an update of What i been doing during the pass one mth since holiday both in sch and my club.

As for sch; been doing fyp almost everyday non stop. with a few hr of brk in between while doing. During every brk time i'll spent abt 2hr to see a chinese serial show which i am currently chasing. This serial movie is my cousin borrowed me, it all abt 7 guys and 7 sword that came down to save a particular clan and also preventing the evil from doing bad / harm to the clan n love story. As for now my fyp is i can say we are really on the way to completing it as it a lready more or less about 3/4 of the job.
Oh yesh been also helping out with sch of eee in the preparation of the FOP which gointo start on the 10th April till 13th April. This is my 2nd time involvement in this kinda event whrby we'll meet up all the freshy then try to bond them together so as to prepare them on what is poly life goin to be while they are goin to enbark thier 3yr of studies in poly. For me the main job scope is to get the current yr 1 who going on to yr 2 to supervise them on how to carry out the action plan and to look out for potetial leadership among the freshy and recomment to their new classes and appointing them to be the class representative. As they them self were also a classrep. Alot of student ie the new student have the kind of impression that being a classrep he/she will have a lot of duties or burden to carry on their shoulder. That is the wrong concept as in poly the classrep won;t have any burden at all, jus to basically carry out simple duties even a primary sch kids can do it also. he/she wun be ask to help lecturer carry heavy stuff or collect workbk all this is redundence as you are now a poly student and no longer a secondary or ite student. In poly we treat everyone like a young adult. Of cus being a classrep, at the every end of the semester the classrep will be awarded 4 caa point. some even classrep even get 4 cca by jus doing nutting. and on top of that classrep get the top priority to go to oversea country whras other student dun even get the chance to go. Jus like for my self, for the pass three yr as a classrep, hehe, i been on to cruise, thailand n batam trip to further enhance the leadership skill of all classrep. So Isn;t it good to be a classrep. As you all can see in my blog the video clip of the lastest trip to batam.

On top of jus doing FYP and FOP, I am also planning a proj organinse by Rotaract club of marina city which will take place in this coming june. It quite a big proj that i am embarking on, but my organinsing team and me have some experience in it as this is our 3rd time doing this kinda event and of cus getting the help from National Junior College and some very good friend of my who is willing to sacrifice their time to come join in this meaningful proj. As for now the progress it still going well smoothly with the total number of volunteers is abt more then 60 excluding the organising comm. As for my vision for this proj, my partner n me who is going to embark on the next new rotarct yr 06/07, we going to take this proj to bring it up to the district level for rotaract district 3310 in singapore to go for the district award under community service. But then again it still just a award to be recognise, the main purpose of this proj is to foster the relationship between members and making new networking of friend from other area and to learn from each other and benifit ourself thru this proj with the mind set of wanting to help the community at large with our open mind and our compassionate heart to the community at large. Had attended a Youth-in-action seminar orgainise by the Rotary district for all rotaractors and interactors. More detail of the event can refer to Rotaract Club of Marina City which has the link at the bottom of the page on the left hand colunm bar.

Yup think will write up till here.

Went to buy cny clothes

Today finally went out to get my new cny clothing. Went to suntac city to shop and shopping for clothing i finally stop at one shop and brough two pant n two shirt all from the same shop. Cause I can currently only afford these at the moment as still studying not enuff enuff money to buy branded.
Shop from 2 plus till abt 6plus then came hm for dinner.. Haha must be wondering am i shopping along or with someone or with friend?
Hahaa I shall let you guys go pondor over it.

Just a little bored

Hmm, this week a little relex as there no classes for all the 3rd year student in sch of eee as this week is also the week of all the poly open hse. Except for Republic poly which had their open hse in the new campus in woodland had already ended on Tuesday. Everyone who is in the engineering course in SP will be displaying their Final year proj to the public. Not all proj. will be display in the Spnovex as proj that had went thru several rdns selection before these proj is being selected will be highlighted in the open hse. I would like to congratulate those friends of which proj is being highlighted.
As for those whose proj not highlighted, dun be dispair. Take this as a week of hoilday to brk ourselve from sch work or take this time to work on our miniproj which is accounted for in our modules and continue to improve on our FYP..

24SA Reunion gathering 2006

It was a faithful Saturday, I was at home sprinng cleaning my humble little room. My room was in a big mess with 3 to 4 big bag full of rubbish. I din know my room so full of rubbish for just a year since I last spring cleaning in jan 2005. After I about to spring cleaning finish my room, a call from my old buddy in national service asking me why i have not come to meet up as they are all waiting for me. Arghh.... I have actually got mix up with the date that i suppose to have a gathering ever since our ORD three years back.
So i hurriely complete my stuff and took a quick bath and rush down to meet them up. HAHA it like a long time I nv been rushing about to get to a place from home to suntec city. I just remenbered it back while serving my NS i was rushing about to get thing done or get thing to be done as soon as possible. HAHA.

The pioneer batch of 24SA Sergents from Radar Battery.
All 10 Sergents present.

The pioneer batch of 24SA Mens from Radar Battery.
Absent with reason about 4 more mens.

The pioneer batch of 24SA Sergents and mens from Radar Battery.

What Busy Week!!

HEY TO ALL, WISH ALL OF YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAVE A GREAT AND WONDERFULL YEAR AHEAD.

Well, today thursday and I am still working hard on my MST for tomorrow last paper. This still considered not that bad as things still the same except for preparing exam. Well this the usual life of a typical students of all singaporean. Right?

Anyway tml is my final paper, must jiayou then after that go join with my usual gang for dinner then go sentosa. Which is still the tentative plan for now. I'm praying hard tml if can drive out tml or nt, if nt no choice loh. Cus I presume tml there might be lot of ppl then our usual gang which consist of Yongsheng, Desmond, Terence n me.

Well, shall write up to here as for a fresh new beginning of 2006.

Hope this year will bring me luck n thing will goes on smoothly.

Why: People have a reason for their behaviour

while reading an email, I came across this article that is really intresting and dharma inspriation.

Why?People have a reason for their behaviour

Why do people do what they do? Because they have reasons, that's why. But when their reasons are misunderstood or not understood, problems can arise. And often the problems are serious. Relationships may be torn apart, family members may squabble, violence may break out, and countries may go to war - all because of misunderstandings. But why are the intentions of others so difficult to decipher?

To answer this question, all we have to do is examine our own actions. Then, we will discover, as Aristotle (384 ~ 322 BC) has said, "All that we do is done with an eye to something else." That is, we often hide our true motives. For example, Betty visits Aunt Emma, not because there's nothing else she would rather do, but because she feels obligated. Francis may go to work 30 minutes early every day, not because he wants to, but because his manager does, and he feels pressured to do the same. If we wish to avoid misunderstandings, we need to stop looking AT the actions of others and start looking FOR the reasons behind their behaviour. Let's look at an example in greater detail.

Whenever Joanne speaks with her friend Lorraine, she always manages to slip a sentence into the conversation that goes like this, "Lorraine, you need to lose weight!" Why does Joanne do that? What's her motive? If you could read Joanne's heart, you would realize she is not saying, "Lorraine, you are fat!" What she is really saying is, "Lorraine, look at me; I'm so slim and beautiful!" Joanne wasn't trying to encourage Lorraine to lose weight, but was hoping Lorraine would compliment her for being so slim. You see, Joanne suffers from low self-esteem and is desperately seeking the approval of others. She is starving for recognition, approval, and love.

If we were to judge Joanne's words by their appearance, we could mistakenly assume that she is deliberately hurtful. Such a conclusion may cause us to grow angry, defensive, and vindictive. And those feelings may spur us to act rashly and end a relationship. Yet, if we were to see beyond the words, if we were to comprehend with our hearts instead of our minds, our feelings and conduct would be completely different. For once we realized that she wasn't really insulting us but crying out for help and pleading for approval, we would feel pity, not anger, and we would become compassionate, not vindictive. This change of view makes a big difference, doesn't it? For when we are compassionate, we contribute to the world, but when we take offense, we add more tension to the world. So, when people say cruel things, don't be hurt, be reasonable. Don't look AT their actions, but FOR their motives.

How do we probe into the root causes and find the reasons behind the conduct of others? One thing we can do is borrow a very useful tool from Japanese business management practices. When faced with a problem, rather than asking WHY once, they ask at least five times. Each time they ask WHY, they arrive at a deeper understanding and closer to the solution. Let's look at an example.

Nineteen-year-old Joey stabbed a man and stole his money. WHY did he do so? The answer in many quarters of the United States would be, "Because he is evil. He is a wicked person." What is the solution? "Lock him up! Put him in prison!" The first WHY we ask merely scratches the surface and offers superficial solutions.

Let's move on to the second WHY: "Why is Joey 'evil'? Why does he lack a conscience?" After probing deeper, we learn that Joey, unlike most children, did not receive any guidance while growing up. Now we come to WHY #3: "Why didn't Joey get any guidance as a child?" The answer is, we learn, because his father was an alcoholic and his mother was more concerned with her needs than those of her son.

Perhaps Joey didn't get any guidance at home, but why (WHY #4) wasn't he helped at school? Because a damaged (cracked) cup doesn't hold water. That is, constantly scolded by his parents, Joey believed he was incapable of learning at school. And failure to receive help from adults led to a build up of rage. "If no one cares about me," he thought, "I don't care about anyone."

But WHY (#5) didn't schools provide satisfactory counseling and set Joey straight? How could they with overcrowded classrooms, burned-out or unfit teachers, and government cuts that are draining schools of necessary resources?

When faced with the problem of Joey, what happens when we stop with WHY #1 and lock him up? Well, Joey loses his freedom, the world loses his potential contribution, his friends and family lose his company, and as soon as he is taken off the streets, he is replaced by another Joey. The 'solution,' it turns out, is not a solution, but a process that perpetuates the problem. Yet, if we were to dig deeper, and correct root causes like poverty, child abuse, and inadequate education, we could stop the endless parade of Joeys marching into prison. Yes, if were to take the time and make the effort to be thoughtful, we could make the world a safer and happier place.

We cannot make others greater by diminishing them and telling them they are criminals. Shall we lock up the blind because they refuse to see, the deaf because they won't listen, and the mute who won't answer? Why is it we don't hesitate to lock up the deprived? Of course, society needs protection, but let's not forget 'criminals' need HELP. Those who help the least among us become the greatest among us. By empowering others, they strengthen society.

It is not only criminals that need help. Almost everyone is in need. Stop for a moment and think of the pain you feel when someone criticizes you. Criticism can ruin your day, your week, or even your life. Now reverse this equation and try to imagine the power of a kind word or gentle touch. No wonder Dr. Leo(nardo) Felice Buscaglia (1924 ~ 1998) said, "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

Yes, understanding the reasons behind the apparent rude behaviour of others can make us more compassionate. But that is just the beginning, for as we grow more spiritually aware we come to realize that all reasons, motives, and intentions are the same. Each person in their own way is seeking happiness. So, how can we find fault with them? If they occasionally stumble and step on our toes, can't we forgive them? At the highest spiritual level, we no longer look for or think about the motives of others. Instead, we accept them, love them, and see them for what they are in all their splendor. Let's accept the individuality of all and allow others to lead their lives as exclamations, not explanations.