40 tips for "better life"

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day... Buy a lock if you have to.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement,
'My purpose is to___ today.'
5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy .
6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of warm water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree..
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. GOD heals almost everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.. Your friends will.Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often, sms or email them.
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for _____. Today I accomplished _____.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed..
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
40. Please Forward this to everyone you care enough to share.

May your troubles be less, May your blessings be more, May nothing but happiness come through your door!

Molecular Cloning

"The main idea of molecular cloning is to insert a DNA segment of interest into an autonomously replicating DNA molecule, a so-called cloning vector or vehicle, so that the DNA segment is replicated with the vector.
Cloning such a chimeric vector in a suitable host organism such as E.coli or yeast results in the production of large amounts of the inserted DNA segment.
If a cloned gene is flanked by the properly positioned control sequences for transcription and translation, the host may also produce large quantities of the RNA and protein specified by that gene." - Voet D. & Voet J.G., (2004) Chapter 5, Biochemistry 3rd edition, Wiley.

It'll all get better in time....

Leona - Better In Time

Leona Lewis - Better In Time

It's been the longest winter without you
I didn't know where to turn to
See somehow I can't forget you
After all that we've been through

Go in, come in, thought I heard a knock
Who's there? No one, thinking that I deserved it
Now I realize that I really didn't know
You didn't notice, you mean everything
Quickly I'm learning to love again
All I know is, I'ma be okay

Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too, oh yeah
(It'll all get better in time)
Even though I really loved you
I'm gonna smile 'cause I deserve to
(It'll all get better in time)

How could I turn on the TV
Without something there to remind me?
Was it all that easy
To just put aside your feelings?

If I'm dreaming, don't wanna let, hurt my feelings
But that's the path, I believe in
And I know that, time will heal it
You didn't notice, you mean everything
Quickly I'm learning to love again
All I know is, I'ma be okay

Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too, oh yeah
(It'll all get better in time)
Even though I really loved you
I'm gonna smile 'cause I deserve to
(It'll all get better in time)

Since there's no more you and me
It's time I let you go so I can be free
And live my life how it should be
No matter how hard it is, I'll be fine without you
Yes, I will

Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too, oh
(It'll all get better in time)
Even though I really loved you
I'm gonna smile 'cause I deserve to, yes, I do
(It'll all get better in time)

Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too, yeah
(It'll all get better in time)
And even though I really loved you
I'm gonna smile 'cause I deserve to

Finally~!

P.S. I drove to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) for the first time today~!!!!!
*_*

YaYNesss~

Friendship

Gratitude.................

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." ~ Epictetus ~

There are many people in my life whom I do appreciate from the bottom of my heart, in which I haven't put into words or action before, that I think is sage to voice them now rather than later.....or never.

I have my once completed wonderful happy family to feel extremely grateful for.
Yet, I am still blessed to have my current beloved family to love, care and be there for.

I considered myself most lucky to have a few wonderful friends, whom I regard as those who really stood me up when I fell. Those,
Who believed in me when I have ceased to believe in myself.
Who was there for me when she could have been in somewhere else.
Who knows all about me more than myself, and still accept me for who I am anyway.

Shu-Yin,
Thanks for being my best friend and having me as your best friend. The love, the trust and the loyalty of our friendship really meant alot to me. One, which I will hold on to till the end of my life. Best friends are never apart, maybe in distance but not in heart. All that you've done for me, I appreciate them from the bottom of my heart. I miss you and I love you very much.

Soo Huey,
I want you to know how amazing you are. Although I may not fully understand you, but I will always love you for who you are and care for what you do. You are one of a kind who would rush to the friend in need regardless of the work load and any excuses. Thanks for being there for me in melbourne when I was really lost, driving me around to settle my work stuff and making me yummy dimsum early in the morning. I really do appreciate and you know I'm always here for you whenever. Your friendship is a special gift, generously given, happily accepted, deeply appreciated.

Mei Ying,
There's always the memory of when we were sitting together in form 4 & form 5, where we shared all our favourite song lirics and movies..."Keigo" and as we age, there's no more such thing as "Li Hom". Singing together when Puan Chen was busy chalking about addmaths......Essential is the annual catch up, for all-in-one updates. Beautiful friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eye.

Peen Peen, Phaik See, Karen,
A friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word. Once a good friend, forever a good friend. Just want you guys to know that you always have a place in my heart, and I'll be here for you whenever or wherever just as you would for me.

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart" - Elizabeth Foley

A Shoulder To Cry On

"The best antiques are old friends"

"We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry."

"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend."

"True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had."

"Make new friends and keep the old, one is silver and the other gold"

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

"I count myselt in nothing else so happy
As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends." - William Shakespeare

I miss her....

Finally,
I managed to face my broken heart,
And blog about her, thinking about her,
Her beautiful face, her perfect feature and gesture,
To reminisce how we used to laugh and cry,
Gossip and make fun of each other.

Realizing there's only a one-way comunication with her now,
Truth that she'll no longer reply my emails,
Listening to my excitement or disappointment,
Get excited with me, be sympathetic for me,
Or rather present me a few wise and cheer-up words.

How much I wanna tell her,
Things that I've never told her before,
How gorgeous she is,
How smart and strong she is,
How much influence she has on me,
How proud I am of her,
How much I took her for granted,
How much I was looking forward for her coming to Melbourne so that we can build a cosy house together,
How much have yet we shared,
How heart-breaking to see her email address and yet not being able to forward her funny mails,
How unexpected I was to not be able to see her again after Chinese New Year......

Words are just not enough......never is sufficient.

Got sucked...

I'm a sucker to many things...
Rather, I'm easily influenced.
Influenced by who?
Influenced to what?
Influence from where?

I am a sucker to heart-breaking love songs.
I get sucked by sales person who's trying to sell their products.
I tend to suck-in whatever people say and forget my own principle right on the spot.

Damn...

Ba bei shang liu gei ji zi...

The Original Me..."Yuan Lai de Wo"

Words just can't...

There's so much to express and phrase and cry about,
Yet words just can't describe all in one,
Sometimes its just wise to cry aloud,
As tis' as good as Nurofen to ease migraine.

What's happened's happened,
What's meant to be's meant to be,
What else can be done if not to continue to endure,
One of the few optimistic approaches to cure.

Wise man says with wealth and health we obtain happiness,
Yet life's indeed nothing as such as smoothness,
Not until we refrain from all pleasures,
Not until we cultivate pureness.

Good Luck