MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Note this: April 2 - 5, 2009. This is the date for Tenggol dive trip.

This is a long overdue trip (should have gone last year) and here are some of the reasons you should get away:-

1. The world is already screwed. Take a break to rejuvenate and come back twice stronger.

2. Traveling to any other place won't do the trick, you're still on land. And on land, you still get to hear bad news. Imagine if you're in Mars, economic crisis seems to be the least of your problems.

3. Obama seems to be doing something intelligent about the situation but whatever it is, it is not something we're going to like. And it won't be easy. And it won't be rosy. And the whole world seems to be resting their hope on ONE man to solve their decades old problem. Poor Obama! From nobody straight to the electric chair. So get away from all the bitchy news and when i say get away, i mean REALLY get away..

4. Have you watch the movie 'Independence Day'? It is only through a major crisis that humans will put aside all their differences to challenge a common enemy. And the common enemy here is the economic turmoil. Let's hope that through this crisis, at least, we learn to live with each other in unity and concern instead of killing each other for money that have the value of a banana leaf.

5. Live as if your days are the last. Yes, this is the last days mentality usually used by motivators to jolt you into realization to live your life to the fullest. You are no longer a doormat but a flying carpet. No longer living a mediocre life doing nothing but a life that is full of achievements and purpose. No longer a loser but a winner. You don't grow old with regrets and ponder on the 'ifs' in your life. Like a survivor of Titanic, go and be whatever makes you happy. Follow your heart. If diving is on your list, do it. Now. What are you waiting for?

6. Doing things differently. That is my theme for this year. Why? Because the usual ways of doing business no longer apply. Because when the economic crisis hits, all the financial books in the bookstores ended up in the bin. All the writers or financial gurus who thought they have figured out formulas and ways to make fast dough don't apply anymore. They have all been obsolete. Why? Because the very system which we used to thrive in collapsed! So now we need to re-evaluate our business system, our financial plans, our business continuity plans. Now we need to take a different approach. Think out the box is 'outdated'. We need to stretch and 'think out of space'.

7. Don't Jive, Just Dive. Enter a new world of peaceful natural wonders where fishes don't talk back, no TV and the only sound you hear is your own breathing. You can watch National Geographic at the comfort of your living room and thought you knew what it's all about but you can never take away the real experience of being there yourself. It's really like making love versus watching a porn. What fun can it be if you're just a spectator.

Enough talk here or else i'm really tempted to pack my gears and go. So for those who are still contemplating if you should go or not, a word of advice. Your work will always be here, but the call of adventure comes perhaps once in a long, long time. You make the choice. I've already made mine.