Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Somebody is proud of you


This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though the son was always on the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn't want to. But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there. He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he'd get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game, but remained a bench. His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him.

When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a "walk-on." Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did. The coach admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with the spirit and hustle they badly needed.

The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in the game. It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto the practice field shortly before the big play off game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, "My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?" The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son. And don't even plan to come back to the game on Saturday.

In the third quarter, when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon. "Coach, please let me play. I've just go to play today," said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close. Feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. "All right," he said. "You can go in." Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, he passed, blocked and tackled like a star. His team began to triumph. The score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. The fans broke loose. His teammates hoisted him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you've never heard! Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had showered and left the locker room, the coach noticed that the young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, "Kid, I can't believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?" He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"
What is Happiness?

Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.



The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.

Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

"Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room .... just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged, it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away, just for this time in my life."

She went on to explain, "Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing."

And with a smile, she said:

"Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less."
Inspiring and Motivating Story About Dreams




The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that that lit up her entire being.

She said, "Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?" I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!" and she gave me a giant squeeze.

"Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked.

She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel."

"No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and share a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, "I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know."

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began: "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. "You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it!"

"There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change."

"Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."

She concluded her speech by courageously singing The Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the years end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

Lessons:

1. You are never too old to learn
2. Laugh and find humor everyday .
3.Don't let change overwhelm you, let change help you find opportunities you may have never seen!

Advice

Do you have a dream, a wish, then turn it into a goal today - break it down, take one step, then another and accomplish your dream. -- Catherine Pulsifer
A Motivational story about Positive Thinking




Read this, and let it really sink in... Then, choose how you start your day tomorrow...


Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant.

The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.

I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gun point by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. “The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.'

I knew I needed to take action." " What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'"

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.


Positive thinking the the first step towards a happy life.

Attitude is everything

If everyone applies just these, the whole world will live in happiness.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Motivation Starts With You!


As you aspire to be more successful in life, your attitude towards yourself and others will play a huge role. Positive people learn how to handle life's challenges differently and use these opportunities to grow. So can you!

Everyone wants a better life and if you are constantly working on self improvement, you will develop more self-confidence, better self-esteem and greater internal motivation to be the best. When you learn the secrets of teamwork and leadership, interpersonal communication skills and service, you can apply them to all aspects of your daily life.


Get Motivated! Believe in Yourself - Believe in Others

LOTS OF LUV,

FARRAZSWIFT

:)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Here comes my 2nd year in AIKOL
Hello3…assalamualaikum(Islamic sket)..haha..3 ari x on9..sbb apa??sbb busy yg teramat..bru je msuk sem bru dh meeting bagai…meeting society under kuliyyah la..meeting society under UIA la…oh noooo…tersgt3 busy…bkn tkat meeting je…jga booth lg…nk sruh org dtg tgok legal theatre bkn sng…mka kna tebal la.. “bro,legal theatre…sis.legal theatre…come n join us”…dorg dgn slumber je jln buat xtau..adoih…sakit hati..but dat’s normal la..dlm idop kna la blaja trma rejection..kalau nk sng je,mmg x remaja la..haha…idop xdak challenge mmg sgt3 x bes…idop yg plg memboringkan…btol!!!!x tpu…
N now,I’m 2nd year oready..here in iium..the gate of garden knowledge and virtue.haha..got juniors to be bullied…hehehehehehehe…tp juniors suma mcm baek2 ja..x sggup nk buli…haha….bla msuk 2nd year,work load sgt la gla2….but Alhamdulillah sy da ambik satu core course ni tym short sem..so tggl lg 4 core courses plus two university requirement subjects…tp still busy…I’m taking criminal law, family law, constitutional law, Islamic criminal law, islam,knowledge,civilization , and bm perundangan(haha..jgn la pelik kalau sem ni yg terjadi skema tym ckp..ckp baku)…haha…bm dh jd truk..haha..bkn nk belagak or whatever..tp btol….rsany mmg all uia students pny BM agak hancus sbb keja dok blaja in english..but dun worry,ktorg blaja BM…lps ni x hancus dh..n to ibu,I’m so sorry as my BM oready hancus..but I know dat u never mind rite..haha..coz u r da one who ask me to be excellent in English..so,don’t u ever try to blame me okay..haha..kidding ibu,luv u(iklan jap..haha)....semua subject sy tkut tp ada satu sbjct ni aku plg takut…subject apa lg kalau bkn CRIMINAL….sy suka sgt3 criminal…tp sy sgt tkut nk ambk sbjk ni..why??dun ask me why plisss….try to find it by ur own…haha..kidding…the reason is because of my lecturer,Dr baharuddin..we used to call him Dr Bahar…seniors suma ckp Dr Bahar ni killer lecturer ..sgt ssh nk pass kn org…but for me,there’s da reason la why Dr Bahar buat mcm 2…msa assembly dgn Dr Bahar,dia ckp,dy bkn ska fail kan org..dy syg smua students dia..but,apa faedah yg dia akan dpt kalau dia bg students yg x ptut pass tu pass then nty bla dh krja,he or she can’t even becomes gud lawyers..btol jugak tu…sgt stuju!!!!!so,da moral of da story is,sy tidak boleh MALAS sem ni n smpi bla2 pn!!!kwn2 yg terbaca ni,tolg la tgur sy kalau sy malas…sy xnk repeat paper ni..sy xnk repeat lgsg..insyaAllah….Dr Bahar ckp, “u get what u deserve for”..btol 2 Dr Bahar..sy stuju!!!Dr Bahar mmg sgt tegas bab2 ni tp ilmu yg beliau bg sgt bguna smpi mati…lecturer sy yg laen sdri yg ckp…beliau xnk students dy jd lawyer yg x berilmu…tp sy tkut….PLISS3…SY NK PASS PAPER NI..BKN PASS JE..TP DPT AT LEAST B+…waah…kuat berangan,.tp xpe..berangan 2 penting okay!!!msa 1sy tym msuk class criminal,sy pelik jugak why la rmi sgt dlm class ni…tp bkn blaja dlm class….dlm moot court..besar mcm dewan kuliah jugak la…total students yg ambik criminal sem ni 179 org..wow!!!!kalau ikutkn,bdk batch sy yg ptut ambik criminal ni dlm 100 up to 120 je kot…mksdny,59 students are repeaters…masyaAllah..tkutny….T_T….ada jugak stdnt yg dh 4th year tp still repeat…tkut bangat!!!!xpe…sy kna try hard jugak….kwn2,tolg ye….
Ok ttup crita pasal criminal..gerun sgt dh..haha….klmrn ada kulliyyah assembly…dean ckp,pas 2 rmi lg la yg ckp…sy pelik jugak..b4 dis,kalau ada assembly mcm ni,sy akn ngntuk n maen2 kt blkg..haha..besa la 2…tp klmrn,x ngntuk lgsg..mata bulat je..then sgt pay attention..mybe sbb bsmgt sbb rmi law lecturers from AIKOL dtg…happy bla tgok lecturer2 yg dtg…smua hebat2…tp x tpu..uia pny lecturer mmg semua yg top2…majority penulis buku n slalu kluar kt tv…n sy sgt kagum dgn pengasas kulliyyah undg2…Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Ahmad Ibrahim..sbb 2 nma kulliyyah tu AIKOL…Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws…sgt3 kagum dgn beliau…because of law lecturers yg sgt hebat,dorg suma dpt kluarkn product2 yg hebat2…hope me too….dean kulliyyah ckp,iium law students sgt sng nk dpt kerja..lps grad je,smua law firms n AG Chamber brebut2 nk sruh kerja dgn dorg…alhamdulillah la kalau mcm 2…xleh bygkn msa dpn sy..hope mcm apa yg dean ckp la…sy nk jd lawyer jugak!!!sy nk jd legal advisor dekat MAS kalau boleh..insyaAllah..sbb kalau keja dgn MAS,every year boley fly free..hahahaha…then dean ada ckp jugak yg UIA number 1 now…but I’m not sure la…hope so..whether uia number 1 or kulliyyah undg2 number 1 in msia…I’m not so sure…x ksh la..number 1 ke,apa ka,yg pntg dri sdri..The world best mooter from AIKOL pnah ckp dekat sy…tym 2 we were chatting…i told her dat I wish I could be there in Harvard university just like her….she graduated from uia…then continue her master in harvard..kalau x slp la..further my master in harvard pn one of my dreams…I told her I wish to be there bcoz Harvard is in da 1st rank in da world..da best law school in da world…I just made some research..mmg Harvard number 1…then she advised me..dia ckp,jgn plih mcm 2..jgn sbb Harvard number 1 sy nk pegi harvard..sy ptutny pilih stu specialize field in law then search which university yg bgus utk field tu..mcm 2 bru btol…ok sis…sorry for da wrong way of thinking..sy nk smbung in medical law,land law or corporate law..but I guess I much prefer corporate and law kot..tkut jugak kalau ambik medical law..mna tau kalau2 dpt husband doctor..haha…xmau la…ibu x bg..ibu ckp doctor x slalu ada kt umah..mcm2…haha…
Ok la..dats all for today…sy tertekan sgt2..sbb 2 tulis pasal ni..tension sbb stdy n society..nk kna balance both…ok fine..mlm ni got two meetings t be attended…bertembung plak 2…lg tertekan....kwn2,ingt tau..jgn asyk stdy je tp x pntgkn cocurriculum..pntg 2 utk msa dpn..employers skrg nk employees yg actve..x tpu…sy pn x la actve sgt..but at least u guys kna join jugak apa2 society..gud for ur future..trust me....jgn jd passive je okay…sama2 kta bjaya okay……






p/s: sem ni duet bnyk abes kot beli bku….:-(


Lots of luv,
FARRAZSWIFT
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Monday, July 12, 2010

SHOPPAHOLIC



lma sudey x update blog ni...rndu pulak...haha...n now sy mau ckp pasal da bad habit of mine iaitu shoppaholic....kalau ada org bg 10k,dlm satu jam pn duet tu dh boley abes....yesterday i went to JJ Wgsa Maju...dekat je pn..tp duet beratus2 abes...dlm masa sehari abes 200 plus2..bkn beli apa sgt pn...mula2 mcm besa lah..bru2 stat sem mesti la pegi kdi bku...beli note books n pen2 bagai...abes bnyk gak la duet kt stu...then kalau boley nk beli english novel written by dorothy..mekni my sis yg suggest...tp xdak plak kt stu...then da new arrival books pn xbest..xpa la..selamat duet..kalau x mesti beratus lg abes kt novel ja..tp english novel...it's ok la kalau beratus pn..sbb baek utk kshtn..eh slp2..utk mind...haha...

next pegi vincci....rambang mata jugak la kt stu...mla2 nk beli kasut ni...cun abes lah...ala2 sneakers..tp mcm wedges pn ada....pas 2 ada tali2...cun woooooo..tp las2 x jd....sbb bru ja beli kasut...xleh membazir...haha...tp tgok la..dlm mggu depan msti kasut 2 jd milik sy...bhahahhahahahah....then yna plak hasut suh beli sunglasses sbb dis week ktorg sume gang2 memerang nk pegi genting....so kononny panas la kt sna..haha...sory yna...i got mine already...xpyh beli dh..kalau yna bca ni mati la..hahah...yna,jgn mrh....i syg u tau..bhahahahahhahaha...gelimatttt..........

ok...then pegi kt tmpt bju2 pulak...naseb baik ati ckp,jgn boros frh...kau bru je beli 2 baju..xkn nk beli lg...haha..monolog dlmn...dh pgg dh bju mcm2..tp las2 x amek sbb xnk bazir la konon..tunggu la nk dekat rya nty..sure beli bju bru...why la sy ni mcm ni??tp xpa..saving ttp ada...duet utk saving dh tolak dh...so duet lbey la utk nk shopping2...nk pegi genting pn pakai duet lg...aiyaaaa..kn best kalau dlm dunia ni suma bnda dpt free...tp org slalu ckp,"dik,masuk toilet pn kna byr"..haha..lawak jugak 2...mmg la kn...xdak bnda free dlm dunia ni...ok..lepas 2 tnampak kwn sy ni beli accessories kt sinma..adoi...beli lagiii...then bru tringt yg birthday hanaa' my cuzzie bru ja lps..beli present kt dy pulak..abes duet lagi...xpa2..iklas2...then ingtkn dh abes la shopping....alyaa plak msuk dlm body shop..beli perfume....sy pn geleng2 kpala ckp xnk beli apa2 dh...dh beratus abes utk klmrn saja...then pegi smyg..

lps je smyg,monolog dlmn kmbli..."ish..nk beli ke x perfume 2..yg body shop yg lma 2 mcm dh boring..tp ada bnyk lg..td bru ja beli cologne baby gohnson..xkn nk beli lg perfume"....xlma pas 2,kaki ni tergatal plak msuk dlm body shop...dok test perfume satu2..dekat 15 jnis sy try...smua bau x bes..bau buah sy sgt x suka..bau bunga ok jugak la..tp yg xthn skali bau yg mcm bau mayat 2..haha...then mcm xnk beli sbb busuk..tp kang mnyesal plak....promoter 2 pn mcm smgt smcm je nk sruh beli..mka toya plak 2...kang xbeli kesian plak..haha...kalau sbotol 5 inggit xpe.hahaha..tp kra ok la perfume kt stu...brg2 natural..murah la 2 kalau nk bndgkn ngn yg laen2 mcm CK,HUGO BOSS n others..lg mahal kot...sbotol smpi dua tiga raatus..ni sbotol 70 je..kra ok sgt la 2..then ada satu perfume ni..bau dia kra ok la jugak...the latest one...bau sweet sgt...rugi klau x beli...mla2 budget nk beli yg sbotol 45 ja..then las2 bli yg mahal sket 2...tertekan jugak...abes duet..=(....japanese blossom...wangi dow!!!!dh try dh td...kebetulan,perfume 2 sma sbijik mcm alyaa..mmg ktorh g class bau sma la sbb pfume sma...tp xleh la pki bnyk2 sbb ktorg kn pmpn..mna leh pki perfume over2..berdosaa.....

then lps beli perfume 2,sy n yna jln2 dlm kdi adidas..nmpk jam adidas plak dh colour pink..bkn nk sgt pink 2 tp nk wat cmna..colour 2 je yg cntik...monolog dlmn stat lg.."nk beli ke x...nk beli ke x...cun kot..."..murah jugak la...kalau jam adidas 2 standard la hrga dua tiga ratus..tp yg sy jmp 2 rm150 je...kra murah sgt la 2..tp duet x bnyk kn...so ati pn ckp better xyah..ibu bru je belikn jam...xkn nk beli la...adoi....why la sy mcm ni..tgok brg lawa2 sket,mesti nk beli...kalau duet bnyk mcm anak jutawan xpe la...aish...tertekan....then x beli pn sbb sy mmpu lwn nafsu ni..haha...hari 2 msa pegi hatyai pn dh beli bag n purse bru...mmg nk kna mrh dgn ibu la kn kalau beli lg...bag kt JJ pn lawa2 jugak..kt adidas pn bas lawa2...tension..money3..pliss come to me..nearer n nearer n nearer...haha...ok stkt 2 jelah utk kali ni....so kwn2,tolg jgn jd shoppaholic mcm sy..workaholic boley..boley sgt2....haha...loveholic xtau nk ckp..tp rsanya better xyah..buang masa n nty xpsl2 sakit hati...stdy btol2 ye kwn2...ok menyimpang sudey...haha...

next week bakal beli kasut bru..insyaAllah..haha..x sedar dri pny bdk..mcm la duit kau bnyk sgt...kutuk dri sdri...bhahahhahahahahha








lots of luv,

FARRAZSWIFT,

big hugs from me...for female only..haha