Life

"Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be.
Each of us has the power to give life meaning,
to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope."
~Tom Head

Quality

“Quality, quality, quality...
never waver from it,
even when you don’t see
how you can afford to keep it up.
When you compromise,
you become a commodity,
and then you die.”
~Gary Hirshberg

The journey....

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step" ~Lao Tzu

Quality

“Quality begins on the inside…and then works its way out.” ~Bob Moawad

Health

"The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body.
The more efficient your body,
the better you feel and
the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results."
~ Anthony Robbins

Pessimist and Optimist..

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty"
~Winston Churchill

Positive thinker

"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible."~Anonymous

"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know.
It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't."
~ Anatole France

Life without love...

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."

~Kahlil Gibran

Love

"A day without love is a day without life."
~ George Van Valkenburg

Expenses

"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship."

~Benjamin Franklin

Life

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players"
~Shakespeare
Meaning:Life is like a play - we merely go through the stages of our life acting it out.

A rolling stone.....

"A rolling stone gathers no moss".~English proverb.
Meaning: Someone who does not settle in one place rarely prospers.

Think positive...

"Every cloud has a silver lining"~English Proverb.
Meaning: Every bad situation has some good aspect to it.
It is usually said as an encouragement to a person who is overcome by some difficulty and
is unable to see any positive way forward.

Decision

"Look before you leap"~English Proverb.
Meaning: Check that you are clear what is ahead of you before making a decision that you cannot go back on.

Child care

"Ora na azu nwa" "It takes a village (community) to raise a child"~African proverb.

Group..

"The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group,
the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group,
and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals."
~Rensis Likert.

Gain and Lose

"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else;
and for everything you gain, you lose something else"
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome".~Booker T. Washington

Worry..

"It is not work that kills men, it is worry. 

Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. 

But worry is rust upon the blade.

It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction."

~Henry Ward Beecher

Successful person

"The difference between a successful person and others is

not a lack of strength,

not a lack of knowledge,

but rather in a lack of will."

~Vince Lombardi

Have the courage...

"Have the courage to say no.
Have the courage to face the truth.
Do the right thing because it is right.
These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity".
~W. Clement Stone

Character, Commitment and Discipline

"It was character that got us out of bed,
commitment that moved us into action, and
discipline that enabled us to follow through."
~Zig Ziglar

Enthusiasm...

"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars.
Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait.
The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas."
~Henry Ford

Change your thoughts..

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
~Norman Vincent Peale

Different roads

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."
~Dalai Lama

Trying..

"Anyone who has never made a mistake
has never tried anything new."
~Albert Einstein

Keep away from...

"Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. 

Small people always do that, 

but the really great make you believe that you too can become great."

~Mark Twain.

Decision Making

"It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes.
What matters most is getting off.
You cannot make progress without making decisions."
~Jim Rohn.

Four steps to achievement

"Four steps to achievement:
Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently."
~William A.Ward

Decision Making

"Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for
- because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."
~Peter Marshall

Decision

"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."

~Napoleon Bonaparte

4Cs

"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably."
~Walt Disney

Follow your dreams

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
~Henry David Thoreau

Beauty

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

~Kahlil Gibran

People

"People are like stained-glass windows.

They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,

but when the darkness sets in,

their true beauty is revealed only if there's a light from within."

~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

True friends..

"True friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget."

~Amanda Kunkle

It doesn't matter..

"It doesn’t matter how many times you fail.
It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right.
No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you.
All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because...
All that matters in business is that you get it right once.
Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are."
~Mark Cuban

A leader

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
~Ralph Lauren

Life is a building

"Life is a building. It rises slowly, day by day, through the years..
Every new lesson we learn lays a block on the edifice which is rising silently within us..
Every experience, every touch of another life on ours, every influence that impresses us, every book we read, every conversation we have, every act of our commonest days adds to the invisible building."
~ J.R.Miller

Creativity and Innovation

CREATIVITY is thinking up new things.
INNOVATION is doing new things.
~Theodore Levitt

Innovation

Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs,

the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service.

It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced.

Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation.

And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation.

~Peter F.Drucker

Success

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have.
Success is the doing, not the getting;
in the trying, not the triumph.
Success is a personal standard,
reaching for the highest that is in us,
becoming all that we can be.”
~ Zig Ziglar.

Poems for dads

"Though we may not shower him with praise
Nor mention his name in song,
Though sometimes it seems that we forget
The joy he spreads as he goes along,
It doesn't mean that we don't know
The wonderful role that he has had.
And away down deep in every heart
There's a place that is just for Dad....."
~Anonymous

It is not the hours..

"It's not the hours you put in your work that count, it's the work you put in the hours.
~Sam Ewing

Life: Love

"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. 

You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or

just think it's going to get on by itself. 

You've got to keep watering it. 

You've got to really look after it and nurture it".

~John Lennon

Life: To love and Being loved

"To love someone deeply gives you strength.
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage".
~Lao Tzu

Success: Think positive

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible".
~Vince Lombardi

Life: Are you bored with life?

“Are you bored with life?
Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart,
live for it,
die for it,
and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.”
~Dale Carnegie

Life: What counts..

"It's not the hours you put in your work that count,
it's the work you put in the hours.
~Sam Ewing

Life: If we keep doing....

“If we keep doing what we're doing,
we're going to keep getting what we're getting.”
~Stephan R.Covey

Life: Beauty

"Some people, no matter how old they get, 

never lose their beauty
- they merely move it from their faces into their hearts."
~Martin Buxbaum

Leadership: Effective leadership, effective management

“Effective leadership is putting first things first.
Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
~Stephan R.Covey

Leadership

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; 

leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. ”
~Stephan R.Covey

Leadership: Good Business Leaders

"Good business leaders
create a vision,
articulate the vision,
passionately own the vision,
and relentlessly drive it to completion".
~John Welch

Ayam Serama

Ayam Serama are the lightest chicken in the world. The Serama are characterized by their vertical tail feathers, near-vertical wings, full breast, and short legs.

Bird

Picture taken: May 2010

Motivational: Believe

"Don’t limit yourself.
Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do.
You can go as far as your mind lets you.
What you believe, remember, you can achieve".
~Mary Kay Ash

Motivational: Go as far as you can see..

“Go as far as you can see;
when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.”
~Thomas Carlyle

Cute!

Ayam Serama are the lightest chicken in the world. The Serama are characterized by their vertical tail feathers, near-vertical wings, full breast, and short legs.

Cute pumpkin..

Big collections: Big vegetables

Petola `sarang'..panjangnya..

 `sarang'nya boleh digunakan sebagai skrub untuk badan...

Rare ones!!

 Turkeys become extinct in Asia..

Deer..in Kelantan, Malaysia.

Black tortoise..now rarely found.

Life: Laughing

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old;

you grow old because you stop laughing."

~Maurice Chevalier

Poem: The beauty of a women..

"The beauty of a woman
Is not in the clothes she wears,
The figure that she carries,
Or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman
must be seen from in her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman
is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman
Is reflected in her soul.

It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
The passion that she shows,
And the beauty of a woman
With passing years-only grows!"
~Sam Levenson

Beauty Tips..

"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;

Never throw out anybody.

Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

~Audrey Hepburn

Motivational: Move on

“To help yourself, you must be yourself.

Be the best that you can be.

When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.”

~Dave Pelzer

Poem:You can be whatever you want to be!

"There is inside you
All of the potential
To be whatever you want to be;
All of the energy
To do whatever you want to do.
Imagine yourself as you would like to be,
Doing what you want to do,
And each day, take one step
Towards your dream.
And though at times it may seem too
difficult to continue,
Hold on to your dream.
One morning you will awake to find
That you are the person you dreamed of,
Doing what you wanted to do,
Simply because you had the courage
To believe in your potential
And to hold on to your dream."
~Donna Levine

Poem: Follow Your Dream.

"Follow your dream.
Take one step at a time and don't settle for less,
Just continue to climb.
Follow your dream.
If you stumble, don't stop and lose sight of your goal
Press to the top.
For only on top can we see the whole view,
Can we see what we've done and what we can do;
Can we then have the vision to seek something new,
Press on.
Follow your dream."
~Amanda Bradley

The value of a smile :)

"It cost nothing, but creates much.

It enriches those who receive,
without impoverishing those who give.

It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.

None are so rich they can get along without it,
and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.

It creates happiness in the home,
fosters good will in a business, and
is the countersign of friends.

It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and Nature's best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is not earthly good to anyone untill it is given away.

And if in the course of the day, some of your friends should be too tired to give you a smile, why don't you give them one of yours?

For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give!"
~Anonymous

Smile!! :)

Poem: Mother's are the sweetest..

"Our mother is the sweetest and

Most delicate of all.

She knows more of paradise

Than angels can recall.

She's not only beautiful

But passionately young,

Playful as a kid, yet wise

As one who has lived long.

Her love is like the rush of life,

A bubbling, laughing spring

That runs through all like liquid light

And makes the mountains sing.

And makes the meadows turn to flower

And trees to choicest fruit.

She is at once the field and bower

In which our hearts take root.

She is at once the sea and shore,

Our freedom and our past.

With her we launch our daring ships

Yet keep the things that last."

~Nick Gordon.

Big collections: Big flowers!!

Bunga ubi sarek..big one but very smelly when it rots!

Big collections: Big fruits!!

Big manggo!

length 11 inch x diameter 15 inch

King of fruits...Very big durian!!

Big jackfruit!

Poem: A teacher for all seasons

"A teacher is like Spring,

Who nurtures new green sprouts,

Encourages and leads them,

Whenever they have doubts.

A teacher is like Summer,

Whose sunny temperament

Makes studying a pleasure,

Preventing discontent.

A teacher is like Fall,

With methods crisp and clear,

Lessons of bright colors

And a happy atmosphere.

A teacher is like Winter,

While it’s snowing hard outside,

Keeping students comfortable,

As a warm and helpful guide.

Teacher, you do all these things,

With a pleasant attitude;

You’re a teacher for all seasons,

And you have my gratitude!"

By Joanna Fuchs

Poem: Another chance..

"How often we wish for another chance
to make a fresh beginning
A chance to blot out our mistakes
And change failure into winning.
It does not take a new day
To make a brand new start,
It only takes a deep desire
To try with all our heart.
To live a little better
And to always be forgiving
And to add a little sunshine
To the world in which we're living.
So never give up in despair
And think that you are through,
For there's always a tomorrow
And the hope of starting new."
~Helen Steiner Rice.

Poem: The Victor..

"If you think you are beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not, you don't.

If you like to win but think you can't,

It's almost a cinch you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost.

For out in the world we find

Success begins with a fellow's will.

It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are out classed, you are.

You've got to think high to rise.

You've got to be sure of your-self before

You can ever win the prize.

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster man.

But sooner or later, the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can."

~C.W.Longenecker

Motivational

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail".
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivational: Move on

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right". 

Start where you stand, 

and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, 

and better tools will be found as you go along."
~Napoleon Hill

Al Baqarah: 153

"Hai orang-orang yang beriman, jadikanlah sabar dan solat sebagai penolongmu. Sesungguhnya Allah beserta orang-orang yang sabar."

Al Baqarah: 155-157

"Dan sungguh akan Kami berikan cubaan kepadamu, dengan sedikit ketakutan, kelaparan, kekurangan harta, jiwa dan buah-buahan. Dan berikanlah berita gembira kepada orang-orang yang sabar. (iaitu) orang-orang yang apabila ditimpa musibah, mereka mengucapkan "Innaalillahi wa innaa ilaihi raaji'uun". Mereka itulah yang mendapat keberkatan yang sempurna dan rahmat dari Tuhannya, dan mereka itulah orang-orang yang mendapat petunjuk."

Motivational: Giving up

"Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak...sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go".
~Anonymous.

Success: Willpower

"Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear".
~Dan Millman

Success: Desire

Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.
~Napoleon Hill

Motivational: Failure

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently".
~Henry Ford

Life

"When you come to the edge of all the light you know, 

and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, 

faith is knowing one of two things will happen: 

There will be something solid to stand on, or 

you will be taught how to fly".
~Barbara J. Winter

The Ant Philosophy (Jim Rohn).

"1. Ants NEVER QUIT.
 
If they're headed somewhere and you try to stop them; they'll look for another way.
They'll climb over, they'll climb under, and they'll climb around. They keep looking for another way.
 
(Lesson: Never quit looking for a way to get where you're supposed to go).
 
2. Ants think winter all summer.
 
You can't be so naive as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer.
 
An ancient story says, "Don't build your house on the sand in the summer." Why do we need that advice? Because it is important to be realistic. In the summer, you've got to think storm. You've got to think rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun.
 
(Lesson: Think ahead).
 
3. Ants think summer all winter.
 
During the winter, ants remind themselves, "This won't last long; we'll soon be out of here." And the first warm day, the ants are out. If it turns cold again, they'll dive back down, but then they come out the first warm day. They can't wait to get out.
 
(Lesson: Stay positive).
 
4. All you possibly can.
 
How much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All he possibly can.
 
(Lesson: Do all you possibly can)."
 
In a nut shell...
 
NEVER GIVE UP, LOOK AHEAD, STAY POSITIVE and DO ALL U CAN..
 
Work as a team like the ants...Together we can..

Events: Nurses Day

"Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep, and energy... nurses are rarely short on caring." ~Sharon Hudacek

Events: Nurses Day

"Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon".
~Dag Hammarskjold

Poem: A Mother

"A mother is the truest friend we have,

when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us;

when adversity takes the place of prosperity;

when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us;

when trouble thickens around us,

still will she cling to us,

and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness,

and cause peace to return to our hearts."

~Washington Irving