Dream big..

Happy New Year Blog.. Come September this year, this blog will be 5 years old! Niceee

Countdown this year was interesting.. We went to Vivo for a ridiculously early dinner, walked around for a few hours before going to citylink and eating at BK again. Grabbed drinks at 7-11 before ending up at the outside of Marina Square, sitting and waiting for fireworks. It din turn out as well as we thought it would cos, our view of the fireworks were blocked by this huge exhaust pipe like thingy.. So we saw, half of the fireworks.. But it was still nice.. Went on the bras besah MacD before deciding on playing pool down the road at Pool Fusion.. But it was gan pua expensive.. $15 per hour.. No joke.. Next alternative, playing Starcraft at Park Lane.. It was quite fun, cos we were all noobs to the games less Amos.. So it started with a 4v2.. And after awhile when we got the hang of it, 3v3.. Close fight all the way.. That was what made it nice..

I cant say for the rest though, cos i know most of them think is ultimate fail to the max.. But if we never try we never know as I said.. At least we know it's not as fun as we thought to just wait for fireworks in a crowded area.. I din think ending up at a lup sup bar 2 years back was any better, but if we never try, we never know.. It was interesting as well.. But truth be told, there were no other solid plans as well, so no point crying over spilt milk.. Plus as they say, it's not about the place, it's about the company..

2 days past the new year.. So far, it's been kind to me.. Sat soccer, scored a goal! Not something that happens every week.. And then today marks the start of my sunday soccer team's league.. And we won.. 2-1.. Definitely not the best performance, but I'll take it anyday.. A win is a win..

Tml also marks the restart of school.. Ohhh how I dread it.. Not even prepared for it this year.. Last 2 semesters, I had my files bought and notes printed days before school started.. But not this semester.. Somehow dreading to study again.. Hope my results dun suffer the same fate as my enthusiasm towards studies..

Yesterday, Pastor preached a good message as well.. Though i heard it before, I felt challenged to dream big.. I dun believe it's coincidence that in a span of a few days, these two words kept repeating in my face.. "Dream Big" First, I was doing audit of provision shops for redbull fridges for my company. As the company is changing distrubutor to Pokka, thus you can see Redbull soon in the Pokka vending machines, I was teamed up with a sales guy from our former distributor to check the fridges in the shops to handover to Pokka.

The driver/sales rep was a man prob in his late 40s? 50s? He claimed he was a former millionaire. He did alot of businesses but his specialty was the tire buisiness cos he learnt that from young. According to him, he was a fearless guy, which helped propelled him to become rich, cos he said Failure, isnt in his dictionary. But at the same time, becos of this attitude, it brought his downfall, cos he too chiong.. He said he wanted to commit sucide after going bankrupt but thought of his family.. But he kept telling me he tells his son, who is a little younger than me, to dream big.. Dun ever put off anything or give yourself any excuse to not try, JUST TRY!

And he told me alot of his "sayings". A waste that my phone was low on batt that day, if not i would have facebook-ed most of his "sayings". So, I can only remember one, cos I facebook-ed it.. "don't be afraid that success comes late.. Be afraid if you don't have a chance to be successful" Which when you think of it, it's quite true.. Some times success isnt instant.. Sometimes we must be "blind" to our common sense before success happens, cos you cannot expect extraordinary results from ordinary effort. And also opportunities are not always there, and when it appears, and you dun grab it with your life, it may slip away..

Then Pastor talked about dreaming big, having God's dream inside.. Not just a dream of having a family,car,house,retirement, etc.. So I'm really thinking, what dream can I have.. I know I dun wanna be a Pastor.. I know a realistic dream of mine is probably be a football coach.. But then again, I'm not going in the right direction for that.. Then I thought about accounting, what dreams can be realised in accounting? Setup accounting/audit firms all around the world? Being a testimony for God this way? I mean being an accounting/manager is not really a big dream as well.. Can you imagine, Jerry & Someone, since most accounting/firms are partnerships like one of the big 4, Ernst and Young.. Then the world will have a new Jerry combination that people can speak of instead of just Tom & Jerry or Ben & Jerry.. It will be Jerry and someone since Jerry is always the 2nd name to pronounce, for whatever reason.. Cool ah..

But bringing it down to the year alone, I guess my resolutions last year was a failure cos I did not lose weight, neither did I did QT at all nor did i get a B/Distinction for my results.. Same resolutions this year, but I prob will have an action plan soon at least on how to lose weight.. Really need to change my diet.. :)

Dream big, Be a Billionaire!