EXCITING TIMES IN TENGGOL!

The countdown begins!

12 more days to go.. but it seems like 12 months of wait.

Someone in my office was asking me - why are you going holiday in this times? Don't you know down time is coming? Good question.

Does that mean i should stop eating in decent restaurants and start mamak diet? Does that mean i should take a bus ride to work and sell my car? Does that mean I should cut down on my lifestyle and stop drinking with my buddies and make myself a cup of milo and watch TV to conserve? Or does it mean i should stop using handphone and cut back to pager instead? Yes, i can't deny the fact that some not-so-good-times are coming but it's your attitude towards it that makes the difference.

There are 2 ways to go about it. You can either have the river mentality or the lake mentality. The river mentality means you don't stop giving, you don't stop living, you don't worry about what's happening around you coz it doesn't matter. What matters is you DO your part and good things will happen your way. Believe in God (if you have one) that He will provide and it shall be so. Worries only happen to people who don't believe, or believe in themselves. All the self-help books won't help you change the situation coz they are not in control. The One who created heaven and earth is. Why river? Coz the water is ever flowing, ever giving, ever moving towards something, ever regenerating, ever refreshing, ever in action, they don't stop and worry if the mountain will change their slope angle and they don't flow anymore or worry if there is enough water. They just do their part, nature provides the rest.

However, if you have the lake mentality, if means you shut off, prepare for the economic crisis. And what you prepare, it will come true for you. Ever heard of preparing for rainy days and rainy days appear? It means you live in fear daily, you worry about this and that, you give excuses for every situation and that immobilize you. So when you are stuck in doubt and confusion, you stop taking action and do your part, and the worst thing you fear will happen. lake mentality means nothing goes in, nothing comes out. And the water stinks. I heard some negative colleagues say - oh bad times, sure got retrenchment. Funnily he is the only who got retrenched in the whole office. What you declare will happen, that's the power of your words. That's why motivators keep emphasizing - speak positively and you will change for the good. Speak negatively and you will deteriorate unconsciously.

OK, back to countdown. I'm looking forward to enjoy myself in 12 days time. I like the movie James Bond, not for its special effects and storyline. But rather the character James Bond himself. In spite of facing world extinction/domination by the bad guys, getting blown up, shot at from every corner, betrayed by his allies, sabotaged by his girlfriends, cut off from all known help, he still keep his cool, can still joke at times, always in top form and man, he don't get discourage. He seems to have his answer ahead of him, traveling across borders effortlessly, speaking in 7 languages. In spite of danger, nearly losing his life on many occasions, he still find time to entertain women and fine dine. Man, this is the life i want to live, perhaps not as glamourous, but being stress-free is a lifestyle. And Tenggol is a good place to begin. See you there, if you dare.