Thursday, July 30, 2009

Battle at Kruger .

Good Morning La Famille !!!!!!!
Now some of you might be readin this post in the Afternoon so Good Afternoon !!
To those who happen to see this post in the Evening Good Evening !!!
and well some of you may be readin it at night sOoOoo ... well you get my Drift .

In the early hours of this morning the 30thJuly2009 , La Famille members such as Uncle Samson , Wing and Kristy went in search of a new , widely untapped and as such , potentially Lucrative market . I shan't name it lest others who read our websites venture there as with so many of the things we do these days , there're those who TRY to copy our ideas wholesale ... even our appearances . That's when you know you're on the right path , our Beloved sisters and Brothers !

Suffice to say that our Elite Recce team ventured out at around .. 10pm on the night of the 29TH and didn't return till say 4 am the next day . Even a young , attractive lady like Kristy so i do apologise here to her Fiance .

Now just in case all of you are wonderin if Bro-Ken has Finally lost it in the sense what's THE " Battle @ Kruger " got to do with all of this ?

Enter Battle At Kruger possibly on YOUTUBE and you will see the Harsh reality of life , and while it may be visually disturbing to the meek .. i pray that you all can finish the footage and read some of the comments afterwards .. It is potentially the Biggest event in the world of Nature Documentary . As with ALL Miracles , everyone will inevitably take a different view .

The people who're feelin down and out will probably play it down , as with all the other minuscule Miracles already existent in their lives !
Those who're constantly in search of Beauty and Joy though , may watch it and weep tears of Bewilderment afterwards ...

whatever it is you take from the footage ... Enjoy !!!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Actions speak louder than words .

"Very well said Kid . Proud of you .You've worked very smart till now and last year in the month of december i stood testimony to your Brilliant hard work ... and again sometime this year in March or April ... problem is ... you *fizzle* out ..."

The above is my entry on Esther's Blog .

Here's some takes i have on yesterdays events .
Esther ,
you need to maintain that internal Drive and motivation . Which you're not gonna have if you CONTINUOUSLY and INCESSANTLY give reasons to yourself why you're not great YET when you're working amidst such Greats as Cara Liu and Lam Yi lee .

Put Lauren , Danny , Kristy or John with them [ so named here because these are the "i want to be number one " members of our Famille ] and i Guarantee you they'll try to match [ initially ] then attempt to beSt these legends [eventually ].Perhaps it's time to switch your single spot out and request permission for one of these 4 to start joining them for activities instead .
It especially frightens me when you seem to not just settle with the mindset of being second best but Third even as was demonstrated by your comments and questions recently such as " ... will you be ok with it if i'm ok with Lauren being Number 1 , Kor ? "

Go read Lauren and Kristy's exchange .See with your own eyes how Kristy , a newcomer then , aspires , DARES ... to be the BEST and how Graciously , and out of so much concern and LOVE Lauren in return welcomes Kristy's Lofty aspirations and says , in not so many words ..." bring it on "


Reasons and comments such as "they have done it before " , "i have still so much to learn" , "EVENTUALLY i'll be like them " or "they're there already " are some No-Nos that i hope i never hear you say . You make them sound like they're so distant .


Or like some of the words we heard in your APS speech earlier this year " i'm young ", " just graduated " , " dunno how i did it even tho i'm all alone and no one to run with me "
**cries on stage**.


When you requested one day after you returned from FASTTRACK to speak to zinc , you cried and said you envied teams like ALvis Thor's , Grace Kong's cos they go for trips together , work together but here , it was just you .Ask zinc NOW , how she feels in hindsight ?

Oh how you wished you had what they had , a team that works and plays ,LAUGHS and CRIES , suffers and celebrates together . EVERYTHING ... TOGETHER .

While this Famille is bonding , starting to form .. we're still growing ... still in our infancy , still fragile ... and in need of each and everyone we can get , every iota of strength we MUST muster to help keep it together and strong ... WHERE have you been , Dear Esther ? WHERE ARE you still ?

You who seemed so much to have wanted a family of your own .Seemed to have dreamt the same dreams Lisa , Zinc , Wing , Lauren , Alan , Kristy , Danny , Kristen , Phyllis Dreamt .
YOU as part of the pioneers who are tryin everything they can to grow US ... WHERE were you ? Where ARE you still ?

i don't see you joining the activities your famille is running ... do you ?


Should you miss your goals at the end of this year again , just like you did last year ... you Don't need a THOUSAND reasons so Stop Lying to yourself , victimising yourself , Esther . Stop Giving Excuses , Stop with the Reasons , Stop with the Leeway to yourself so that incidents like
[I am sorry that I forgot to prepare the survey forms that caused a delay in the start of the project. We only got to start at close to 8.30am. ] can Stop happening .


If you're truly grateful for our efforts and care , would you forget ? it hints , like so many things you do .. of lip service ... nothing more , nothing less .


IF you truly want to succeed , you just need that ONE reason ... no need for external reminders , reasons , factors etc etc ....


Remember this ?
" if i fail to hit STARCLUB by end of this year ... i'll leave . "
** looks around room staring straight into everyone's eyes in a display of sheer Grit and/or determination** "
cos to this day , i remember my moment .

"i will have ...." . "i will attain ......." or " they can only hope to contain me , they cannot stop me " . These are what are known as moments of Brilliance by the entertainment industry , moments worth an oscar nomination ... Difference is .. in life ... whether you get the OSCAR or not depends on your performance thereafter ... First class ? Lacklustre ? or worst still ... simply Amateur acting , OVERacting at times ... and missing the "feel of the moment "


Your comrades' weak smiles yesterday didn't mean [ MY what a bestest day in the whole wide world !!! ] , they meant as long as some of us get something outta this , this day and my personal sacrifices have NOT been in vain . i seriously doubt one mirrors those expressions with
[ Yo!!! how's everything man ? cool !!! Let's hang out on Friday !!! ONs ?!?! ] ~ Classic lack of SQ , EQ , empathy , sympathy . Some of us would even suspect you did that on purpose , if we didn't know you better .


They who're TRULY sad lets few know they are .

They who're TRULY adamant about success focus on mirroring the successful .Not on how successful/clever they already are themselves .

They who're TRULY kind wish to reach out to all with their kindness but yet inevitably always seem to play down what they do or try to hide said acts of kindness .

HOWEVER ...They who WANT everyone around them to think ... THINK !... that they're Stressed and Sad , wear it on their faces and actions , in the hopes someone asks them why ,so that they may begin their stories and Fables . Legends even , of how Great they once WERE , just as so many taxi drivers do .


They who demonstrate wisdom often seek to share love , joy and concern with ALL or lessons and means in their attainment ... falls , woes and worries ...Those are their selfishly Guarded PERSONAL realities .

Tomorrow's OUR small little meeting ... make your own choices ... and pay for their consequences like an adult would . Should .

Respect has to be EARNED , it cannot be demanded .
There's NO seniority here in this Famille .

The ones who constantly try to lift this Famille to Greater heights and increase overall or individual Productivity with their efforts and ideas would UNdoubtedly draw respect and appreciation , admiration from the rest who're striving , fighting for that same dream .

Similarly if there was anyone who Betrays , sabotages our efforts or constantly try to show they're better than the rest of us by only working with other's who seem to be more familiar with the path to success yet brings nothing back to help their peers ... well let's just say we aren't blind to that either .

Life's a show , an act , a play or Drama and the world it's stage , like so many greats have said .

It's sad when so many aspiring actors OVERACT ... becomes UNnatural and sometimes even ... spoils the whole damn movie .

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Abuse ? Alterations and Understanding .

Finished Project [ STEP UP ] surprisingly early , back in office and Bloggin at 1345 hrs . just goes to show a concentrated and well orchestrated effort can produce insane results . 10 names each , quality ones , and for wing , this number means 30 .

Today i witnessed MANY things in that few hours at Raffles place ...
i've seen how the sky lights up in the CBD area .
i've seen how members in the family try to egg/urge each other on towards success .
i've seen how , for a cause greater than themselves , La Famille's members accomplish Breakthroughs Unknowingly.
i've seen how much it must mean to feel wanted , needed , belonged .. what a strong motivating force it can be .
i've also seen what i foresee to be a danger in misinterpretation , or to some , denial .

Let's address the last point first as i wish to see what the rest of La Famille has to say before i add anything .

Now , not unlike Paedophiles , Soothsayers and Distorters of Truth , the False Prophets , some might add ... and we're REALLY talkin about any Great Beliefs , Great religions here ... The initial Doctrines , Teachings , bestowed on by enlightened masters , teachers alike face this same problem ... When the Taught or students here reproduce or worst still , propagate the wisdom of these teachings or knowledge in their daily lives ... They inevitably change it to suit THEIR purpose at that moment they wish to use said teachings , inevitably with their own emotions thrown in .

I too , not unlike the Rest of everyone else there at project [Step up ] today , attended Mr Bernard Ho's Guerrila sales intensive training sessions . So i too recall , as i'm sure everyone does ... His empowerment which gave rise to reminders such as " i'm not obligated to anyone " or things like " i don't have to blame myself " even things such as "there's no need for me to feel sorry/ inadequate " .

I'm gonna go in for a longshot here and assume , as i will need to consult and clarify with him later , whether these sentences are to ReLEASE us from our personal shackles , our INCAPACITATING balls and chains . It's my guess that it's not to Release us TOTALLY from ANY guilt whatsoever in life when we suspect or half suspect that we've done wrong to someone or when that someone comes up to us and tells us how much our actions have hurt them .

No doubt that ttheir above-mentioned actions are ONLY a reflection of their emotions and themselves and i don't have to feel sad or troubled over it but maybe and just maybe Guilt , sorrow and Conscience protects us from repeating future actions that give rise to similar , if not exactly same scenarios .

Because ... so does Pain , Literally speakin .. Through our Natural self preservation impulsive response , we shy away from pain . Otherwise , whats to stop anyone from depriving a person of sleep , work , pay just because he's in a position to do so? What can we use in our Arsenal to stop a man from killing an innocent ? To dissuade him from pulling a trigger or jumping to his death with his hostage in a hostage situation ?

Not feeling Guilty and Not feeling any remorse can be argued by some , to be a gift embedded in the few , yet coveted by THE many ... perhaps THE all . Society and Psychologists have a name for these blessed people who feel absolutely nothing in cutting up a human being ? child ? or other cruel acts of torture meant to inflict as much pain as possible to their victims ... any guesses what they call all these gifted people ?

While this is a Reflection of just my feelings , no one needs to agree or Disagree with it .
Now let's presume i was in a position of influence , and i would like to call myself an influencer .
I'd like to think that my actions / inputs / behavior is important to someone and because of the fact that Lately , i've fallen into a Ditch in my work or life and i wear a frown consistently and someone comes up to me and asks out of concern is anything wrong ? well i can choose to do or say 2 things :

1) Mind your own biznez and Flick them off .
2) I'm troubled and i need help .

And presuming again and this is my take on the matter ... if lets say everyone REALLY did want to help ME out , help me realise why i couldn't do certain things that i used to or i think should be able to .
They set out , in all earnesty to show me their own methods for accomplishing the same thing i set out to do .

In this case , canvassing at 730 and missing my Famille's meeting because i feel i didn't do a good enough job so i wish to continue ... that's MY reason anyways .

They repeat same scenario for me , try to be in my shoes and all i need to do in return , is that i observe , best i can , their individual mannerisms , styles and effort .
Put simply They work i just eye power for the next 5 hours !

While these same , helpful family members of mine slog in the rain/sun tryin to prove to me that this career isn't that tough actually ... Maybe all i can repay them with is understanding and empathy ? a silent acknowledgement , a sombre realisation that my family is tryin to help me and show me that i can do this ?
i KNOW for a fact however , that all they want , is to see me happy and stop draggin that frown around ... and see me bring in the numbers that can make me proud and happy yet again in my work .

Maybe , in Retrospect , Esther could've tried to pretend to be "remorseful" , "feel a li'l bad" , " a li'l guilty " ... dare i ask ... " a wee bit Grateful " for everyone's concerted effort to push me , nudge me on ? Not answerin the phone like she's just had the very , very Bestest day in her life ? Full of energy , excitement and zeal ?
While the rest are tryin to cope with sickness , fatigue ?


But oh well , That's just me , and our job DOES requires us to answer like everything's peachy ... So the True question is would you have done things differently if you were in those same shoes ? or the same ? i wouldn't know about you guys ... but i know what i'd do .... I'd answer the phone later or " i'll call you later " ... even if i had to demonstrate the same gusto cos my job requires me to and "what a WONDERFUL day this has been !" mannerisms . i'd prbably wait till these tired guys and girl are no longer there for me to ... consciously or not ... rub their faces in it .
[ put bluntly ].

Perhaps we should all try this , "Guiltless cos it rewards nothing , no remorse cos it's counterproductive routine ? We'll have a lot of " why you wasting time here when your time has come and gone ??" , "you're a hasbeen " or "you're less productive than me , this family needs all the positivity it can get now so why don't you leave your frown at home ?or yourself for that matter ? you're spoiling my mood ."

Guilt , Remorse , Tears serves NO purpose ..... perhaps IF and ONLY IF someone repeats , reproduces said actions time after time , repeats frustrated looks and or complains time after time without an INTERNAL agreement to Fix and/or change standard , Quality of life .

Ask Bernard if he's got any Regrets , Felt any Guilt , entertained ANY Doubt over these past two years for ANYTHING , ANYTHING at all even if not related to work and i'm PRETTY sure ... The answer could be a ... " yes" ? After all , it's widely Believed that Tears are a Gift from a higher source ... It lets not just us ... But others Know ... that we're hurting .

STill ... Also can be exploited and used as weapon . kekekekeke !

Early Day , Makes sense .

Excerpts from my post this morning as i prepare to go for the games .

If it's not Bro-Ken , don't fix it .I want to take this opportunity too to suggest something , Dear Esther .


As a close friend has so kindly pointed out ... ANYONE .. can lead . just depends on the size of the group you wish to lead .And the manner in which you'd like to lead them . Bloggin , like snoggin , allows the rest of the famille insight to YOUR emotional wellbeing , keeps everyone else healthy as well ... Balanced .


Wing has been leading discipline , never coming late ONCE for anything called for by La Famille in the 8 months he's been here .


Lauren ? Dreams .

[ REALLY Livin this DREAM btw !!! ] She doesn't forget what she's in this career for ... She REAAAAALLY Stretches our imaginations, even mine own ... as to what one can accomplish in this career , shameful to say i have heard many times , scary productions and awe-inspiring ACtivities .. BUT i've yet to see it first hand .. History in the making is what we're witnessing here .


How can one forget if day AND night , that's all that she can think of ?... more or less .How truly , does one forget dreams and aspirations ?? you might ask ? when it doesn't come from within .
Your mind lends power to what your attention gives focus on .


If it's pain you're lookin out for , EXPECTING , it's INEVITABLY pain that you'll find .[ works well with betrayal , disappointments , fights , Discomfort , AILMENTS , aFFLICTIONS , quarrels etc etc ... ]


If it's a CERTAIN amount of success you're obsessed with Day and NIGHT , guess what ? That's what you'll get , the speed in it's attainment only , and i stress , ONLY depends on how much feeling you give to your emotions .


When one sees something or has been suggested something He/She might like to have ...it's EXTERNAL . When , however , the same situations makes that someone think " without attaining this ... i'd be better off dead" . or " My life has been for naught " or " i JUST KNOW i'd be miserable if all i amounted to was_________ "


Therein , a Leader is born . Truth then , i suppose to the myth that true leaders are " born ".


Not strange then , some find the greatest will to act or are soonest to act and BEST of all !! and this is classic ! Spares NO Effort and GO THRU the GREATEST lengths in the pursuit of " love" or what one perceives to be " love "~ how many people you know fold a thousand cranes to woo their Girlfriends , Boyfriends back in the school days ? Do you still think they're losers ? ... Anyone ? They're OBSESSED with the Dream of havin the target as partner . Takes lots of Discipline man ... even if you pay someone to do it ... it required wanting planning , dinnit ?


As an individual operating in a bigger field though... It's our duty to , well , as My dear Friend Lena Goh has so wisely pointed out :


" Stretch Peoples' visions , Don't choke their Dreams "


AS i prepare myself to leave the office NOW for the games .. i notice it's raining .. What wonderful weather for a get together !!


People view rain differently too , don't they ?


AAAAHAHHAhahahahahHHAHAhaHAAHahAHaahahaha !!!!

Today Marks a TOTAL eclipse of the sun . Longest Duration and Magnitude in RECORDED history ? Today Leaders shall be born ... and the once mighty and certain shall crumble ... Heads up everyone ... This is a phenomenom that happens .... DAILY . Even the sun rises and sets .

Now then , is Success truly a Destiny ? Or a Discipline ? Or perhaps ... just perhaps .... a DREAM .

They who know the hows and whats will always work for they who know WHY .
Everyone , when you return to the office later today ask yourselves ... WHY .
WHY WHAT ?? you may ask ? Why Everything . ohhhhh ho ho ho ho ho !

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Replica from Little bird's blog

This was such a long winded BLOG [ if you guys have ever seen me type you'd know why ] that it just wouldn't make sense not to post it here . It was initially intended for Little Bird but i've since decided why not share with the rest ?

hope you don't mind , my li'l baby sis !

Young Lady , i feel for you truly .. and understand this is not the best understood [ no pun intended ] career choice in the world , all the more reason for you to not just " don't give up " .. so cliche ... but Do EXTREMELY WELL !


Doing well would give em the headsup that this is not just a career that " if you can then very good " this is the career where " you must force yourself to can then UNBELIEVABLE !"


My mommy used to say to me , back in 2003 " well , better than nothin " and or " just gain some experience , i'll eventually open a 7/11 for you , i guess " and most recently "how come other people manager , you also manager but you like so poor ?" when i took a loan from her .
Hahahahaha !!! To which point i replied "i quit now restart my Garang kuni [ rag and bones ] k mommy ? " then she stopped and " sayanged" me later that night with soup .
Gotta understand there's a flaw in the teachings aquired from our parents' own parents .. not nagging/sniding/ being sarcastic/injecting negative remarks/ running my child's face into the mud equals me not doing a good job by keeping my child down to earth and/or REALISTIC ?
But parents dearest ... What if i'm SICK of being REALISTiC , average or ACTUALLY NOT BAD ? [ What the HELL does that phrase mean anyways ??!! NOT bad doesn't mean GOOD... or am i missin somethin here ?]

What if MEDIOCRE terrifies me ? What if earning just enough or EVEN slightly more than enough keeps me awake at night ?What if i feel i should , i could , be worthy of so much more ?
What if i don't wanna be down to earth no mo' ?
What if all i've ever wanted since i was a child was to soar ?

Just as Icarius did ? and if soarin too close to the sun might melt my filmsy wings made of candlewax and i'd quite possibly crash and burn ? But even if that was my Destiny so be it .
At least for that moment in time i'd have tasted Heaven .


however brief and foolish it might seem to some ... it would have lasted an eternity for me and was what my Life's work has been towards .. Right from the very moment i smiled at the toddler in the same play pen sitting next to me and offered her a handfull of sand to which she made her mission to eat ... Having yet to acquire the powers of speech that these days allows me to save/help my loved ones [ that's you tWo , btw ! ... then wing 3 , alan10 and so on and so forth ... ] ...


In actual fact all i wanted to say at that tender age to her was , hey baby , this is sand , DON'T eat k ? [ UNorthodox pickup line i know , but hadta start someplace and sometime right ?...... RIGHT???] and look on eyes wide open , jaws dropped to ground .. salivating , no less .. in Bewilderment , Disbelief as she decided to makan sutra .


Were you even listening ???!!


With age and wisdom comes the revelation that MOST if not all the people we come across often hear us ... but don't listen . Look at the work we do , but SEE NOTHING .
WE can take it on ourselves then , to OPEN their eyes ... UNCOVER those tightly clasped ears for them .. EVEN if they're our parents .
But there's a song however , titled [ in the living years ] i think ... and in it there's an especially meaningful verse .. see if you can find it ... old song ... they SELDOM write songs like these anymo' . Whoever finds it gets a one to one lunch with me , contest open to all ' cept wing , alan , john , boss , samsambutdifferent , kristy,stephen ,wingy, hector , phyllis , esther lauren phew ! what a mouthful !! and oh ya !
li'l bOird too . O_o


Esther IS pretty impressive almost all the time ... ALMOST because sometimes ... i half suspect she chooses not to be .. All about choices , i guess .


hor E E ? he he he he he ... ~^


YAY NOW LETS GO WATCH THE HAIRY POTTY PARIAH PRINCE !!!!

p.s.when i REread then discovered there's a brand name here !!! see if u guys can spot it . i didn't purposely leave out a comma but it was spot on !!! AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
need another clue ? think Fashion houses of new york !Have a great day , my preciousssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss .

Monday, July 20, 2009

IN anticipation !

Later today , monday 20july2009 , i'll be joinin in for the first activity moderator or activity log as the rest know it ... was very unfortunate that i missed the start due to my hospitalisation but i'm just glad i still get to join in at it's infancy .

May we have the courage , determination , discipline to see it thru ... as well as the foresight that in the long run it's ultimately to our benefit .

i was talkin about this career everyone .

hahahahahahahaa ! you guys thought it was the mod right ? it HAS to work , cos it's concieved by us ! and executed by us ! that is why by US , it will succeed ! Let's do this . simply cos we rock if for nothin else .

i wonder .... how DID my siblings spend their weekends ? ........................................

Monday, July 6, 2009

What a Great Feeling !

For those of you wonderin what i'm talkin about ... i'm talkin about La Famille Members being in the top 5 in the weekly updates as received by my mobile on 30th June 2009 , 11.35a.m. Just so Everyone knows .. it goes something like this :

1st Lauren Ling $36,586/4 nol ,
2nd Alan Chin $21,970/8 nol ,
3rd John Huang $16,346 /1 nol ,
4th Wing Leong $8,103/4 nol ,
5th Stephen Lim $7,357/6 nol .

Gladys even commented : Lauren's case is 3,000 plus issit ? is there a mistake ?


Outstanding ! Now you guys ALL know what the next step is right ? ... ... ... ... ... Beating this !!!


Paula Abdul couldn't haven't said it better herself in this season of
American Idol [ season 8 , methinks ] it went somethin like
" True Geniuses don't meet expectations ... they smash 'em . "

Our very own Kristy said it wonderfully apt ... and Twice in office mighty loudly too , i might add !!

" Of course i saw la ! all top 5 our Familly members what !!!! "

Over the weekend , after all the dust has settled , and as i set body and mind to rest each night ... i reflect on the past month , how The majority of the Famille went after their individual goals with all their might . Alan , Danny , Wing , Stephen , John , Kristy , Kristen , Esther and Lauren fought really hard and spared no effort in their pursuit of happiness and their goals .

It now gives me Great pleasure and Honor to announce that to date we have 4 fast track qualifiers and our very own QC qualifier at the mid year point . BIG entourage going for The fast track trip this year ... how nice ...



Noteworthy :

Alan had a Statistics Paper on 30th June , His Toughest subject in his final year and for which he wants/ needs to hit an A !!!

Danny was busy preparing for his wedding when he would wed the Lovely Evon on 4th July and still submitted approximately 24k Api in June alone !!!

Wing was due to attend the First Asian Youth Games on 3oth June , for which he was featured on National TV twice as the official Referee for Basketball !!!!

Stephen had a BIG case go bye bye on him just 1 week before the Fast track deadline but still Grit his teeth and pulled thru !!!

JohnJohn was Facing Big personal problems at home but still brought in impressive amounts of Api !!! He's now Only second to Lauren on the overall BOARD . That's approx 80 agents , just so everyone knows .

Kristy's exams starts on 13th July and she's only been contracted in June but that hasn't stopped her for tryin for Fast track and to date she has close to 20k Api , workin to tears on at least 3 occasions [ that i know of ! ] in this past month alone !!! She wants nothing less than to maintain her current average of A's in her studies . Admirable !

Kristen Finally allowed to close her first case as her Training with The GREAT MR bernard HO Sir has finally seen it's first week . OOoOoOooH the Nectar .. sweet Ambrosia !!!!

Last but Definitely not least .. Lauren brought in a whopping $56,000 Api in June alone !!!! yet still meets up with me and zinc night after night in the first few nights on July cos she's stressed and wants to " UP " her business and speed further ... We've been strategisin and Role playin no end !!!!





Here's the thing . i always recall a quote i see on Boss' Board , it says
" If you GROW because of someone , Let someone GROW because of you "

Now whether we like it or not , or care to admit it or not ... La Famille allows us a vehicle for our thoughts , ideas , emotions and most importantly , ENERGY to be transferred to and from each other ... please and i urge everyone ... give congratulations where it is due BUT MORE SO , voice your concerns when you think your comrade in arms might be falling behind .

We're all captains of our own ships , sailing towards our own destinations , some further than others , some towards nearer shores ... some towards unknown and UNfamiliar waters ... some towards what they deem to be safer waters but we all have one thing in common ..you and i ... No one can sail our vessels for us .

Here's an excerpt i noted down , havin read it on a maritime magazine on my honeymoon in paris in '08 , was one of the seafarers' towns by the coastal areas in Europe that we visited , methinks .

"Captains are not defined by the smoothest sailing times in our journeys .. BUT by the Rockiest , most tumultuous , most hazardous oceans we've crossed and the most life threatening trials we've faced in OUR Epic Adventure . "

At the end of this , the year of the widely acclaimed Greatest Financial Upheaval and or slash , Turmoil in recorded history ... there'll be many different groups of people but amongst the masses in our industry or immediate vicinity ... amongst those who've had dreams and who've fought bravely for those dreams , there'll be two groups ... the group that heaves a sigh , shrugs their shoulders and say " oh well , better LUCK next year " and then there's this group ... your group , people ... who join hands , Laughin and shakin your head in Disbelief , TEARS of pride , joy and amazement ... For just how far you've travelled on this , your personal Pilgrimage .. ONLY you know . and June , July .. EVEN this year ... would only be a distant memory .. Gone too soon .

It's been an Honor and pleasure my Dearest Siblings , accompanying you on THIS , your Great Voyage .

Be the Captains of your own Destinies ... Brave all storms and when you need a harbour in which to rest , take refuge from when the seas are simply too tough or simply to stock up on supplies for that next trip ... La Famille'll always be your Port of call .

















So Pay Da DAMNED TAX and BLOG , Ya scurvy land lubbers !!!!!!!!!!