scolding

Mum is scolding everyone in the house now. I hate this. She complains too much in her life. I think she's going mad. Picked up on random things to scold about and then repeating those things she had scolded for countless times. What should i do?
Now i only know what brother must be feeling all this while. She keeps saying, " There's really no hope in this family dy". And then continue scolding. Then she'll say, " I dunno what kind of family is this! Gone dy, no more dy this family, gone!" How can she keep uttering these kind of words, it will truly bring down the family then, destroy the mental of children, me. I went away from that scolding spot. Now brother is being scolded now.
I need to forgive her no matter what. Forgive her for behaving like this. I need God's grace so much to do this.
I need to enter to university. Man, this is coming on hard on me, great burden. Mum is expecting that i enter, if i can't enter, i think she even can denounce me as her daughter. She likes face a lot. Comparing other children with her children. How can she live like this? Comparing?
Spoil the mood before camp now. Or maybe it's good i go camp later. Take a break from everything.

Pretty face

Today i browsed through A's pictures. She posted all sorts of sexy appealing pictures. I really wonder, what will she be if she's born ugly at the start? What if all the pretty girls in this world are born ugly?
That makes me think, what if i'm born ugly? I don't mean that i'm really that beautiful but i think i have a decent look and an approachable one. I was thinking, what if im ugly? Will i still have confidence? Am i relying too much on my face to make me confident?=S
Last friday, i observed my friend, J and another friend, M, who are much prettier than the first one. I saw a difference in fact. J was feeling more insecure while M felt more secure in her position. I really feel that it's because of M's face, she gained more attention and acceptance by the people around her. And that time, i thought, what if M is borned ugly? Will she still be like this?
I felt that sometimes we paid too much attention on the appearance than the innerself. One's appearance can really affect people a lot. On how the person will behave in later life.
I don't want to be a slave to this.
I know God created me in this body. And i should not place my security in this face and body of mine. Because it won't last long.
I should place my security and my full confidence of myself because of Him.
He shall be my confidence.
Not anything else.
And i hope other people especially all the girls will know about this and fully grasp it.

Quotes from Bruce Lee

1. Goals

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

2. Flexibility

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

3. Time

“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

4. Service

“Real living is living for others.”

5. Acceptance

“Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.”

6. Single-mindedness

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

7. Creativity

“Using no way as way, using no limitation as limitation.”

8. Simplicity







“Simplicity is the key to brilliance.”








9. Find Your Path

"Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own."

10. Take action

"Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do."

11. Ego

"The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups."

[taken from: http://www.dumblittleman.com/2010/06/11-inspiring-life-lessons-from-bruce.html]

Strict Timetable

I've made a very strict timetable for myself. Hopefully i can make it till the end. Second day also like so shaky ady but i know the first few days will be hard so do the last of the days. But good fruits will come out from this i know. Ugh! have to stop talking but put in more effort into this. Regretted not sleeping today, i felt so dead and lifeless now. Christine, buck up!

Yesterday spent quiet time with God. Such a long time i didn't do this, to just be still and pray my heart out for almost one hour. I've pledged one hour for each day to just spend time alone and another one hour for bible reading. With God's grace, i shall grow in Him more. I need to grow! Not to stay the same. Yesterday's quiet time indeed made this morning a meaningful as in i was able to be more spirited and light in mood. Transparently communicating with people and be lively. I am meant to be extrovert. Or rather internally extrovert because i treasure my personal time too.

Anyway, i want to study hard even after exam.
So, all the best to me! :)

7 Lessons from Donald Trump

1. Focus on the Present

“I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.”

Yesterday is buried, and tomorrow is not yet born; the only progress that can be made toward success has to be done in the present moment, so I recommend that you focus all of your energies into making the present moment as productive as possible. If you don’t, your past will duplicate itself into your future.




2. Fail Forward

“Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.”

Never fear failure, failure is the path to success. If at first you don’t succeed, then … that makes sense. Success takes time and it requires failure, through the process of failing you will discover how to succeed. Don’t fear failing, fear not giving your all.






3. Think Big

“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.”

It takes no more time to think big as it does to think small. Plan for big things in your life, there’s always room at the top for the person who’s willing to think bigger. Leave "little thinking" for people who want to accomplish little things, but not you. Success begins with thinking big.








4. Do What You Love

“If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.”

I saw a billboard the other day that said, “Life is too short to eat oatmeal,” I don’t know about that, but I do know that life is too short to do work that you despise. Trump said, “I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it, to do it.” Whatever you do, you must do it, to do it, because you will only have success doing what you love!









5. Stay Positive

“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate."

Nothing is more constant then “change.” What worked for someone else will not necessarily work for you on your path to success. Challenges that others did not have, you may have. What separates the winners from the losers is that winners react positively to unforeseen challenges. Winners go over the hurdles that stop others.






6. Passion is Power

“Without passion you don’t have energy; without energy you have nothing.”

The main ingredient for success is energy. Nothing great can ever be accomplished with out “amazing” levels of energy, and energy comes from passion, so what’s the lesson? Always follow your passion, and you will always have the energy to accomplish your dreams.








7. Experience Is Priceless

“Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.”

You need experience; there are things that experience will teach you that you can’t learn in any other way. Never underestimate the value of getting your hands dirty. With experience come priceless lessons that will position you for success.

Lessons from Distinguished Billionaires

1. Look For Opportunities

“It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.” – Michael Dell, Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Dell Inc.

If you never look for an opportunity, you will never find one. The Wright Brothers were looking to see if it was possible for man to fly, they didn’t stumble upon it, they were looking for it. What are you looking for? The Scripture says seek and ye shall find, knock and the door will be open to you.




2. Empower Others

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates, Co-founder and Former CEO of Microsoft, currently the 2nd richest man in the world behind Carlos Slim.

Who are you empowering, who are you helping, who needs you. You can’t go forward without helping others go forward. Instead of being concerned about how you’re going to get ahead, find a way to help others get ahead, and you will get ahead in the process. Empower others and you will empower yourself.







3. Focus

“In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.” – Donald Trump, Real Estate Investor/Developer, TV Personality

Don’t be a “jack of all trades” and master of none. Don’t bite-off more than you can chew. Decide what you want to accomplish in your life, and spend your time accomplishing it. Work hard, take breaks, and in the end, if your focus is single, you will have accomplished it.








4. Learn From Your Mistakes

“I'm the type that thinks if you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it.” – Mark Cuban, Internet Entrepreneur and NBA Team Owner

It sounds simple, but many people live a life of repeating the same mistakes over and over again.
The “cow in the ditch” example below gives us a pattern for how we should deal with our mistakes.
Here are the three steps you should follow whenever a "cow ends up in your ditch:"

Step 1: Get Cow Out of Ditch
Step 2: Find Out How Cow Got in Ditch
Step 3: Make Sure Cow Does Not Get in Ditch Again








5. Only Go Forward

“We will go forward, ... We will never go back.” –Michael Bloomberg, current New York City Mayor and Founder of Bloomberg LP

You can’t make much progress forward if you keep on taking steps backwards.

Make a decision to go forward, never settle, never stagnate, life is about growth, it’s about development. You are supposed to grow, you’re supposed to become all that you are capable of becoming, so go forward and never look back!

The 7 most motivational Quotes

1. Our deepest fear

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do” -- Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love

If not you, then who? We are taught as children that others are great, and that we are not, so I ask the question, “Where do the “great” come from?”

I submit to you that the great arise from the most mundane of places; the great are those who refuse to remain as they are; the great are those who believe in their greatness.




2. You Will Become What You Think About

“The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart, this you will build your life by, and this you will become.” -- James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

The thoughts that you harbor in your mind, the ones that you continually give your attention to, those thoughts will eventually become your life.

If you see yourself as a success, then you will become a success; whatever you consistently ponder, you will become.

3. Your Life Should Be an Adventure

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”--Helen Keller

Whatever your dream, go after it; never settle for a life of quiet desperation, never become a realist. John Eliot said, “As soon as anyone starts telling you to be “realistic,” cross that person off your invitation list.” Your life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

4. You Should Never Overestimate the Competition

“The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals. If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”-- Timothy Ferris, The Four Hour Work Week

Someone has to be successful, someone has to write the next bestseller, someone has to be number one, someone has to be on the best, why not you! As the famous poem goes, “You have all that the greatest of men have had, two hands, and two feet.”







5. Just Keep On Working

“I do not have superior intelligence or faultless looks. I do not captivate a room or run a mile under six minutes. I only succeeded because I was still working after everyone else went to sleep.”-- Greg Evans

Keep working, and keep working, and keep working towards your goal, eventually you will get there. The key is to remain focused on your goal! I like what J.C. Penny said, he said, “Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk.”





6. If You Want It, Go Get It

“You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you, you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.”--Will Smith in the Movie: Pursuit of Happiness

There will always be “little men” telling you “how you can’t, why you can’t, and how you’re going to fail when you try.” But if you have a dream, go after it; never let someone tell you what you can’t do. You can do whatever you believe you can do.







7. Remember: Success Always Starts Small

“The greatest achievement was at first, and for a time, but a dream.” --Napoleon Hill

The largest tree was once a tiny seed. There was a time when Microsoft wasn't on any computers; there was a time when Michael Jordan had never scored in a basketball game. Never despise small beginnings, every success starts small. So stay focused, if your focus is steady, you will succeed!



[taken from: http://www.dumblittleman.com/2010/03/7-most-motivational-quotes-ever-spoken.html]