Quote for the day

If you are called to be a street sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.' By Martin Luther King

I came across this quote in the book I'm reading by Robin Sharm. Find it to be quite meaningful for those who thinks that their jobs are meaningless and insignificant. Ponder about this quote... nobody or no one's job is insignificant. :)

Lazy Sunday afternoon at Coffee Bean

What can be better than spending a relax afternoon with a good book and a good cup of cappuccino?

Everywhere is crowded with people and children at Causeway Point shopping centre.

Every cafe in the area is crowded with people, including the one in Woodlands regional library and Starbuck in same building.

Lastly, I managed to find a less crowded cafe in Causeway Point Shopping centre, the Coffee Bean cafe. I suppose it's because they have implemented the 'no studying' policy through the cafe.

Korean Movie - Hello Ghost

Don't be mistaken that this is a re-make of the Hong Kong comedy movie by Raymond Huang. It's a completely different movie.

It's a movie about a guy who feels life is meaningless and attempts to commit suicide. However, his suicide attempts all failed and he ended up being about to see ghosts. Knowing that the guy was about to see spirits, 4 ghosts decide to haunt this guy and persuaded him to help them to finish some unfinished business.

P/S: The unfinished businesses that these 4 ghosts have are related to this guy.

This is a very touching movie which teaches us to not take life easily. So moving that it makes me teary.

Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) - Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy

24 Jun 2011 - 16 Oct 2011
@ Special Exhibitions Gallery, ACM Empress Place

One of ACM newest special galleries is The Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy.

My family and I went to ACM on a Sunday afternoon and most of the crowd to ACM was found at the special gallery for the Terracotta Warriors. Surprising, there was groups of kindergarten kids running around. It turns out that schools have been organising school trips to the ACM for little school children.

Actually the special gallery is only a small part of the exhibitions that ACM has. It has an extensive collection on artifacts on the civilizations of China, Southeast Asia, South Asia and West Asia/ Islamic.

For those who are interested in taking photos in ACM, you will be reminded constantly by the security guards that no flash are allowed for photo-taking. This will posed some problem as the permanent galleries are quite dimly lighted.

Please visit http://www.acm.org.sg/home/home.asp for more information

For those interested in visiting ACM, please note that the following event is coming up.

The Terracotta Warriors Weekend Festival
13 Aug 2011 - 14 Aug 2011
Sat & Sun | 1 - 6pm | @ Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Place

Book Review: Who will cry when you die? By Robin Sharma - How to be a better person

Robin Sharma is one of my favourite authors for self-enrichment books. Actually the first books I read by Robin Sharma is “The monk who drove the Ferrari”. I would say for most of his books are mostly on improvement in self-efficiency, self-improvement in work etc.

I has been hesitating to read this particular book “Who will cry when you die”, most probably due to its unique title. Well…being an Asian, I tend to be a bit superstitious due to my culture.

This fine day, I decide to plunge in and flip through few of the pages and found out that it’s actually a book that write on how to be a better person.

It wrote about how to become a better person. One of the many points I like about Robin Sharma’s books is that he is precise on the things that he wants his reader to know. Every knowledge that is being written, is short and sweet. Everything is straight to the point with one or two illustrations.

His books have the ‘punching’ effect, even if one just merely browses through the first few pages.

Recommended for someone who thinks he or she is becoming more and more cynical :)

Those interested could look into Robin Sharma's website http://www.robinsharma.com

Coral Flower Earrings

Coral Flower Cabochons Earring
Width: Approx 1 cm
Price : S$5.00
Suitable for all occasions