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Life and How to Survive It

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Holankia| Leave a comment

Ok.  Currently busy at the moment, so no time to write up on something. Lol.  Anyway, a friend of mine suggested that I should read this article, and boy was I amused by it. Lol.  It’s a good laugh actually, so here you go.

Below is a speech to the graduating class of 2008 at NTU convocation ceremony last week by Adrian Tan, a litigation lawyer and the author of The Teenage Textbook. Read it! It’s hilarious but very meaningful.

I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give your convocation address. It’s a wonderful honour and a privilege for me to speak here for ten minutes without fear of contradiction, defamation or retaliation. I say this as a Singaporean and more so as a husband.

My wife is a wonderful person and perfect in every way except one. She is the editor of a magazine. She corrects people for a living. She has honed her expert skills over a quarter of a century, mostly by practising at home during conversations between her and me.

On the other hand, I am a litigator. Essentially, I spend my day telling people how wrong they are. I make my living being disagreeable.

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So Long 2010, Welcome 2011

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Holankia| Leave a comment

 

Esther & Me in Januaray 2010

I can’t believe it that it is the last day of the year already.  Time passed by so quickly for 2010, compared to the previous years.  Don’t know why, but I felt that I don’t have really much time to do anything much.  And maybe I’ve been doing way a lot of things, and time just pass by without me noticing it.  Never the less, this year have been a good year despite of all the set backs I face through.  But I thank God that He was able to pull me through another year.  And I’m looking forward to see what he has in store for me the up coming new year.

 

Deluxe & Esther @ Toys R Us Grand Opening

This year in January, I was given another opportunity to witness the grand opening of Toys R Us at the Hills Shopping Mall.  As this was an event whereby other bloggers attended and pretty much blogged about it.  Never the less, it was a good experience for Esther as the last time I did something like this was at Poppies.  Anyway, we didn’t get anything that day but did walk off with some goodies bag including a RM20 voucher which we ended up using 9 months after that day.

 

Esther and her Tai Pak

During this time, Esther tends to recognise people.  She  pretty much don’t let people carry her as they seem scary to her I suppose.  But not her Tai Pak, because she seen her quite a number of times before heading back to Miri to celebrate Chinese New Year.  But even before that, she was afraid of him then.  So I guess during that time children tend to wonder who strangers are and still wondering if it’s ok to hang out with them or not.

 

Ah Kung's Birthday

 

Mommy's Birthday

Daddy's Birthday

Esther's Birthday

There were indeed a lot of time of celebration, especially birthdays when practically everyone was around.  So you could imagine how lau jiet it was especially when everyone birthday falls at a different date.  Never the less, it was a fun moment for everyone to come together and celebrate.

My New Makeover

And of course, there was this time I decided to have a make over.  As I was pretty much tired of having long hair already.  So hence the short hair came along and decided my new fate in life.  No one pretty much notice it until it started to grow long and messy, hence everyone thought what was wrong with me.  Life’s good anyway :)

 

Holankia Talkshow

Well, this year has been a surprising year for me as I started out the Holankia Talkshow.  Back then we had a variety of shows, where The Vertical Connection was me and Larry, The Lost ARK was when Kevin, Ru and myself, Mohawk Madness was Kevin and I. and the latest edition is Good Morning Kuching Show is where both Dennis and I rock Kuching every Monday and Thursday morning.  This was due to the fact that Larry, Kevin and Ru was packed with their lives hence the rest had to temporary stop for now.  So the only current active one is Good Morning Kuching Show, which seems to be a big hit for many.  Didn’t know why I wanted to start a podcast back then, or what got me started doing it in the beginning.  But never the less, it has been one wild ride and I’m now even starting to vlog on youtube.  Go figure.

 

Venice, Esther & Nathan In Singapore

Apart from going to Miri, 3 of us actually ventured back to Jakarta for a week and another stop at Singapore.  And Esther got to meet the rest of her cousins.  Despite she is still learning on how to mingle and take turns, I guess that’s what you get for having one child.  But never the less, it’s good exposure for her.  So it’s all good.

 

Esther at Waterfront

So that’s pretty much about it in 2010.  So many things passed just like that.  No doubt there were good times and bad times which I didn’t really state here as I don’t think I want to recall it when I look back at this blog.  But never the less, let the good time roll as they say.  And I can’t imagine how much I achieve especially during Christmas which was planned since last year. Lol.  But it’s a satisfaction I suppose, when you really want something to be done. You go find ways to do it.  Next year, I’ve already set myself a goal, and at the same time did something which I never I ever thought of doing.  Hopefully everything will work out smoothly.  And also I’m going back to scripting again, as my partner in crime Dennis some how managed to get me back into doing it. Hehehe.

So what’s in store for 2011?  Apart from my resolution next to my side bar.  I will continue to love my family even more, and stay closer to God even more.  As at times I tend to wander off for a while. Lol.  Never the less, God is good.  And I shall step into the New Year this time by holding this hand.  On behalf of me and my family, I would like to wish all of you a Blessed New Year.

Two videos I would like to leave behind for this last day. To pretty much remind myself that I am so fortunate on how God has blessed me with a loving wife. And that may our marriage will continue to grow strong for the coming years.

 

 

 

 

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Milestone for 2010 Reached

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Holankia| Leave a comment

Job Vacancy
Web Designer
Requirements:

  • minimum : Diploma in IT / Multimedia
  • Fresh graduate (Diploma) are encourage to apply.
  • Able to work independently.
  • Aggressive, self motivated , possess good interpersonal skills and hard working.

Interested contact Dennis at com.dennis [at] gmail [dot] com

So here we are again coming to the year end.  So many things I wanted to do, eventually didn’t actually materialized.  Maybe it’s because I set my goals too high, or maybe I didn’t work hard enough to do something about it.  But never the less, I managed to at least strike out one thing from my to do list.

I guess it’s all about getting something at the right time and the right moment.  Maybe it’s not too bad after all.  As everything seems to fall into places just for you that very moment.  For the other goals that have not been reached, well..  There’s always next year.

Looking for Web Designer
Requirements:
- minimum : Diploma in IT / Multimedia
- Fresh graduate (Diploma) are encourage to apply.
- Able to work independently.
…- Aggressive, self motivated , possess good interpersonal skills and hard working.

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Preparing For Tomorrow

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Holankia| Leave a comment

For those of you who are currently using Ubuntu, and uses the IM pidgin.  You would notice that there is always a notification for those who comes online or goes offline, or even receiving new messages.  You can check out the post here on Disable Online User Notification in Pidgin, which really helps a lot.  So you won’t be disturbed all the time unnecessary.

And as you know, each time whenever Ubuntu upgrades itself it will add a new boot menu item in your boot menu.  Especially for those who are running dual boot, it’s really a pain by selecting the item you wish to boot into.  You can go to this post “Clean Up the New Ubuntu Grub2 Boot Menu” to pretty much clean up your boot menu.

So today is 1st December 2010.  And it has reach the final month of 2010.  How times flies, especially when you’re busy or don’t really take time to stop and smell the roses.  And as you all notice, after I changed the template for this website 3 weeks ago.  I have been trying very hard to be consistent in doing a post everyday, and so far I have yet to miss one apart from Sunday.  It helped especially when someone who have been supporting me all these years, kept on encouraging me to write and be consistent.   So at least, whenever I start to do anything in the future, I will keep on doing it and don’t fall back halfway like I always used to.

Fisheye on DUN

If you noticed on my side bar, I have already put a list for my 2011 resolutions on what I want to achieve next year.  I didn’t do one this year, because I don’t know what I wanted unlike my previous years.  I’m still thinking on what I plan to put on that list, as I still have another 31 more days to finalise it and start working on it to achieve my target.  Another thing I’m working on is also pretty much plan out on how am I going to achieve my goals, especially goal #1.  It may not seem much, but I shall try to give it a shot.

I was a bit emo today as how Dennis would put it as, I feel that this year went by so quickly compared to previous years.  I don’t know why, but somehow I felt that I didn’t achieve anything much.  Whereby I still saw myself last year sitting at the same position and pretty much living the years as it is.  One good reason for that was that, I didn’t set myself a target on what I wanted to do or needed to do.  Maybe that’s why nothing happened, and I was so excited when 2010 came.  But I didn’t do anything, when it came.

Holankia Talkshow

But looking on the bright side of 2010, I feel that God has been preparing me in a lot of ways.  And at times, I really feel that being hopeless He is always there to watch over me.  And no doubt, that life goes on He remains the same.  And not to forget that The Holankia Talkshow has been started, where I actually had big plans for it.  But apparently died slowly due to lack of ideas on what I want to talk about.  But it was fun while it lasted, and it sort of gave me the courage to pretty much do a video log after that.  So I think it’s a good start, and will try to plan to talk about something as well starting next year.

Plus since I’m planning to head back into song writings again, hopefully I would have enough time to do something about it.  As I’ve put that talent away for a very long time already, and it’s kinda hard to get inspired to write something.  But never the less, I know it will come back if I keep on working on it.  Maybe that’s why I started the podcasting series, which actually got me to figure out on how to record stuff onto my laptop. So hopefully by end of next year I might have something to show already.  Hehehe.

Christmas is around the corner

So since Christmas is around the corner, I may as well start doing something about it as well.  So this the time to be busy, and I have been seriously slacking off.  But will go back to top gear starting tomorrow, as I need to sort out a few more things again.  Hopefully by then, things will pick up before the year ends.  And it’s kinda exciting when you draw out your plans and being able to work on it.

Family First

But one thing I learn this year is that, above all things I need to do everyday.  I have to make sure family is always first.  Been pretty much neglecting in a way, whereby been so busy with activities but don’t really spend time with the family.  Things really brighten up, when I decided to stop from other things to spend time with the two important people in my life.  And positive things do came out from all that, so I guess it’s a good sign.  Anyway, going to close up now.  You guys have a good one.

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Loving life

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Holankia| Leave a comment

Ok, I just finished doing a video log, and will most likely post it up tomorrow.  It seems weird, but I guess it’s going to get better as it only takes a matter of time before I get use to it.  Will definitely have a lot of programs for you guys to see later.  So most likely if I’m not podcasting then I’ll be doing a video log instead.

Me and my family on my birthday

One thing I love about life right now is that I have a family to love.  Being the man of the house is kinda tough and also very stressful at times.  Especially when business is not doing well, and bills are beginning to pile up as if it is going to be a tower or something.  But never the less, God has been good to see us through all of it.  And we’re not really that bad off either, if you get what I mean.

But I guess that’s life, where we try to strive for a better life compared to the one we’re having now.  And how can we even rate our life is a good one or not?  The world may use possession or material things, to sort of judge our life if it’s a good one or not.  That’s why we have the top 50 list of the richest person in the world, so that people like us may envy them.  Hehehehe.

But for me, I know I’m rich is not because of the figures inside my bank account.  I’m rich because I have a family who loves me and supports me whenever I need them.  I’m rich because I have friends whom I can trust, and have been true to me even when people may think otherwise about me.

So instead of trying to compare yourself to someone else who is better off, you should take a break and enjoy the view from where you are right now.  Our else you may even lose the one you love, because your sight has been focus on something else.  There’s nothing wrong wanting a better life, but make sure you don’t neglect the ones you have now or else everything will be meaningless.

From experience, what Deluxe say is true.  She was brought up where money wasn’t everything.  And she’s not really well off either, but she notice that God always takes care of His loved ones.  The more you try to chase after money, the further it will get away from you.  But once you stop chasing it, somehow at the end of the day it is there for you to take.

Somehow I felt God has been knocking on my head for a very long time already.  And His message is pure simple, love my family and leave the rest to Him.  Here’s a verse that I always refer to, when sometimes things doesn’t really go my way.

Do Not Worry

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

- Matthew 6:25-34

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