Brainwashing.....

 Today I got brainwashed by 3 of my colleagues. Not scientifically though, but if you are listening to the same things for 4 times in a row, I guess it could be named "brainwashing".

Why and how? For example, if you first listen to a new song on the radio, yoyou might not really like it. Soon, everytime your switch on the radio, the same song will at least be played once or twice. The more you hear, the more you like it. Unless it is a song type  that you really don't like listening too like heavy metal, you will  find yourself loving it or even able to hum along.

In my case today, I have been selected to play the role of a customer  ( Why? Coz I am not in the line of sales, so I should play it well) and listen to 4 of my colleagues sell a product's benefits and features to me. After listening, I was able to feedback to them the pros and cons their ways of presentation. At the same time, after 4 times listening to the same things though presented differently, I feel that even I can sell the product ! I feel that this is a good way to coach one another and also to brainstorm ways to sell better and ALSO to practice the selling skills. Like that say, if you hone your sword well enough everyday, it will serve you well one day ~!

Another fulfilling day for me !

Making a decision

Seven months ago, I helped my daughter made a decision. The question then was : to take her BM paper in SK ( harder but lower passing mark ) or SJK (easier but higher passing mark). In the first place, her school teaches BM in SK format and she has been studying it for 6 years. Earlier this year, the teacher asked them to decide which to take during the exams. Although she was ask to choose, the teacher had actually told them to take the SJK paper.

So when I heard the news, I went round asking a few people. One was her tuition teacher ( also a teacher in the same school) and her question to me was, are u really "keen" for your daughter to get an "A" for her paper? Issit really important to you?. At that point, I told her "Nope, I just want her to give her best for what she has studied in the past 6 years." She answered me " If so, u can encourage her to take the SK paper. If you are determined for her to get an A, then SJK would be the most secured way as it's standard is lower by SK by one year. Means the test would be what was taught to her for the last five years excluding the current year."Upon hearing that, I told my girl " Take the SK paper. Give it your best shot. This will gauge what are your learning standards. "

NOW, today, she told me " Mom, the teachers have compared the answers and I only got 22 correct answers out of 40, which means my marks would be around 55. I would probably get a C. If I took the SJK paper, I would have gotten an A" Then she cried.  At that moment, I asked myself, " Did I make the wrong decision for her? Would it have been different if she took SJK?"

I had to admit I was just as disappointed as she was, BUT I also told myself this was she studied and this is the level she is at. She is taking this test to gauge what she learned and not just for the purpose of getting an A. If she gets an A, it means she learned well. If not, then it shows she is weak in that subject. So, as a mom, I should encourage her to learn more and make extra effort to work harder on that subject.

There are times in our lives that we have to make certain decisions. Big or small, these decisions are the crossroads where our lives changes, depending on the decisions we have made.The decisions made not only affects but also the others around us.  There are also times when we have to decide for others. Making a decision can be easy or hard but regretting on what that was decided is definitely hard for us. Make decisions well and if it's wrong, don't dwell on the past. Look forward and make up for it and not to decide wrongly for the second time.Some decisions doesn't give us a second chance, so DECIDE WISELY !!!!





 

I will write again......

When I first started this blog, I was actually under the influence of others. Not that it's a bad one, it's just that I thought it was cool that bloggers are able to earn money by writing blogs. Naively, I thought I can be one of them. As a result, I wrote with the idea of making money from blogging. THAT itself was the wrong way to start my blog. AND then, I ended up having a writer's block because I couldn't find the time to really write what I feel and instead I wrote things trying to be commercialised, hoping to attract readers. I guease it's the same thing that happen to the music industry, where some singers are singing songs that many will like and some are singing songs that really mean to them.Now, I'm going to start anew. My resolution is to blog about everything I see or feel and not care about making money.

I have never kept a diary during my schooldays even though I like to read a lot of books. I used to dream of being a writer and I even took a course for home writing. But, alas, I lack the resolution to finish the whole thing and ended paying for the whole thing and not even finishing it. That's naivevity during the younger days. I suppose almost everyone has daydreams of the same kind. Of course, there are those who really make it to their dreams and I really admire them. It takes willpower, determination, focused mind plus a little bit of luck ( and money, of course) and a few of this and that to make it. These are the people who make it great in life.

So from now on., I will use this blog as my diary, for the past memories, present feelings and future hopes. Well, signing off for now... Adios dear dia-blog !