Archive for October 19, 2014

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After reading an early version of a new book, I decided to do a quick survey during a speaking engagement. I asked the audience, “How many of you feel overworked and overwhelmed?”

As far as I could tell, every hand was raised.

That’s what I expected. We all feel overworked. We all feel overwhelmed, at least some of the time. (Even if by other people’s standards we have it easy, we still feel overworked.)

Effectively managing our professional and personal lives is a problem we all struggle with. Maybe that’s because we look outside ourselves for solutions: software, apps, devices, time management systems, etc.

All of those can help, but as Scott Eblin, author of Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative

1. The moment we wake up in the morning.

That moment when you open your eyes and breathe in a new day — it in itself is a wonderful blessing to live and see the world another day.

2. The pale blue sky, the summer rays and deep blue ocean.

Nothing feels more ‘alive’ than sitting on the beach and just taking in everything around you — that fresh and liberating feeling of admiring Nature as Time gives you halted seconds of beauty.

3. The love, care and support from our parents.

Parents are our most crucial lifelines. They are there from kids until we grow old, and will never stop supporting us until we reach our dreams. You can call them a nagger, but they will always be your greatest source of strength.

4. The high school friends who were there throughout the years.

These guys remind…

Beef noodles is a very interesting food item since it has so many different sources and variations, there is the Taiwanese version (the kind you see with cup noodles), the Vietnamese version (like the one in So Pho), the Chinese Hui and Tang versions etc. In Singapore there is the Hainanese version.

There is also the Seremban version. Seremban is the capital of Negri Sembilan state in Malaysia. A certain Mr Wong brought the Seremban flavour to Singapore and has a popular outlet at the Marine Parade Food Centre.

We had just left East Coast Park and decided to have an early dinner. The store was manned by two Chinese staff, I reckon the owner doesn’t cook everyday, but no matter. If the boss confident enough in them then the standard should be comparable.

At the side of the store are plastered many reports attesting to the uniqueness of…