The Ripple Effect

So, I woke up one morning and I find all the most littlest things ticking me off. Like literally getting into my nerves.

'Just yesterday, things were fine. What is going on today?', I thought to myself.

Going on and off with my mode swings as if I have PMS, I tried to get myself together.

As I was getting a little calmer, things just had to pop up to stir my emotions once again.

Someone text me asking if I can help her out with something. It's actually basic simple stuffs that I know I can do.

But I was feeling sleepy at that moment, which in turned became cranky and because the way she asked for my help was something I was not happy with, I turned into full rage.

I replied her,

"Ur annoying me... I want to sleep for a while... is it possible to ask some1 else?"

After I replied her that, I felt better. I felt so proud of myself because my mentor said we need to express ourselves and be truthful. So, it felt great to be truthful.

Until I spoke to my mentor that very same day and bang! I was soooo wrong.

It is true that I should express myself at the moment and be truthful but I forgot to use something very important before doing both of that - which is to use SIEP.

According to him, if I had used SIEP, my reply would be totally different. I would have replied something like this for an instance,

"To be truthful, I'm not very happy in helping you as that is part of your job. But I will help out this time. Hopefully, this will not happen again."

Huge difference from my previous reply, right?

That's when guiltiness came by as I realise, I am not so wise with my words... yet. And to make things worst, that person's mood was horrible that day, it just added more to my guiltiness.

And something else hit me too. It became more apparent to me about my mentor's explanation in his book - THE SEVEN BASIC LAWS OF NATURE about the Law of Cause and Effect where every thoughts, words and actions produce a ripple effect to you and everyone else thoughts, words and actions. And it just continues from that one single thing.

Isn't this a very familiar scenario that occurs in most of our lives? We say something because we are clouded with certain emotions and the next thing we know - relationships are broken, friends stop talking to each other and people say they're moving on without clearing things out between them.

If you're asking for a solution, there's one I can give - SIEP. But the truth is, all of us already know what we can do to make things better.

By the way, here's what I did after sending out my negative ripple effect. At that very same day, an hour later when that person was a bit calm, I called her to a corner intending to speak to her.

The very first thing I told her was, "Can I hug you?"

As I hugged her, I apologised for reacting to her words instead of responding. I explained to her what my mentor explained to me about the whole scenario. And apologised a few more times and told her, "It was a lesson for me for not using SIEP".

I'm not perfect which means I may not get everything right. But sometimes, these kind of lessons come by to knock your head and say, 'Hey! You better be practising whatever you learn... Or Nature is gonna come and kick your butt!' LOL !!!

Seeking Attention?

It often occurs to me, 'What does it feels like to get all the attention that was once focused on me, slowly drifting away and being focused on someone else instead?'

How would that actually make you feel?

Well, I experienced a tiny bit of it a few days ago. Being guided by my mentor from scratch tends to make me depend on him for almost every thing. I get the attention from my mentor regarding my business and how I can make my things better.

But it felt a little bit different when the attention was thrown to another person  who was new and needed my mentor's guidance. It felt like I was ignored and not needed in their conversation. And... the attention to me was reduced.

So... what do I do? Do I throw tantrums like a kid? Or do I do all it takes to get back the attention which I've lost for just... a few minutes ago?

You see, even my above questions doesn't make any sense. That's what I got out of doing SIEP continuously - that my thoughts makes no sense at all!

*A quick one on SIEP. In any situation, whether good or bad, SIEP should be practiced.

S - Accept the situation with the understanding that Nature is trying to teach us something

I - Asking, 'What am I supposed to learn from this?', humbly

E - Emotions would be calmer as lessons matter more than anything else

P - Instead of looking at other people's mistake, you would rather want to correct yourself

After doing SIEP, I did what I could do best at that moment. Being happy that another person is having the chance to grow as how I was given the chance to grow before (and still am growing).

It also reminded me of the Law of Energy Returns Back To Source from The Seven Basic Laws Of Nature book that speaks about 'what goes around comes around'.

And though it has only been a few days, I can already see a lot of changes from the person through the guidance of my mentor. With all this happening, how can I even think about jealously and wanting attention.

Instead, I'd rather repeat my goals and continue with my work while feeling happy that there's someone else who's also growing in terms of Spirit, Intellect, Emotion and Physical.

The Fallen Wardrobe (Part 2)

Ever heard of the term, "Ask and you shall receive"? That is so damn true!

Remember that I asked this question, 'What am I supposed to learn from this?' from the whole fallen wardrobe situation?

I actually got the answer!

You see, different parts of the wardrobe needs to combine in order to form a complete wardrobe. But when it falls, everything just separates from one another. 

Let's start with the hanger railing in the wardrobe. The hanger railing was so confident that it could carry so much weight, that it became the main reason the wardrobe fell.

That is because of EGO! In the point of human being, when think that WE made things happen without appreciating the people who taught us (like a leader or mentor) or the base that gave us stability (Nature), we would definitely fall. 

The base of the wardrobe represents the base of everything. To think that we are mightier than Nature when everything is the workings of Nature, is just ego. And that's why we fall.

Also I find that the topper part of the wardrobe was detached too. And I realised it represented the person who guides us. For an example, when we fall and no longer focus on the lessons to be learnt, the person who guides us will eventually move away too.

But... realising this is no point if we can't find ways to put things back to how it was. 

So, as long as we respect Nature and go with its flow, we can build our self up and someone will be there to guide us.

And that actually starts with 

1. Setting a GOAL,

2. Repeating your GOAL, and

3. Working on your GOAL

Just to mention, the other lesson that I learnt from the fallen wardrobe scenario was to NEVER, I mean NEVER leave your Identity Card and driver's license in your jeans pocket, in your wardrobe and leave home. 

And what does that lead you to - A Fallen Wardrobe!

The Fallen Wardrobe (Part 1)

I'm going to make this into 2 Parts of the story cause it can be too long for a single post.

So, this is what happened.

A week back, my wardrobe toppled over my bed. It's not a wooden wardrobe. It's literally like the below picture of a wardrobe.

It used to be a fine wardrobe. But because I moved it around, something happened to its stability and it keeps toppling down. However, after a period of time, it was so stable, I thought things would forever remain that way.

Until, it toppled over AGAIN and I got super frustrated. 

It toppled over and I stared at the situation blankly, not knowing what to do. After a while, I moved on to do my other stuffs without bothering to fix it or put my clothes back. 

But I did do something else for sure. I did SIEP. 

*A quick one on SIEP. In any situation, whether good or bad, we should do SIEP (something that I learnt and still am learning from my mentor).

S - Accept the situation with understanding that Nature is trying to teach us something

I - Asking, 'What am I supposed to learn from this?', humbly

E - Emotions would be calmer as lessons matter more than anything else

P - Instead of looking at people's mistake, you would rather want to correct yourself

So, coming back to my story, though I asked the question, 'What am I supposed to learn from this?', I still took time to get my emotions calm. And when I was calmer and able to think straight, something magical happened!

Enjoyment of Self-Made Delicacies

If savouring chocolates is already soooo irresistible, guess what can top that?

Heavenly, devilishly good, melt-in-your-mouth, hand-made CHOCOLATES!!!

About a month back, I attended a Chocolate Workshop by the chocolatiers, Sushan Innocreation. I find it interesting because I guess, there’s plenty of stores out there selling chocolates but there aren't many that gives us the opportunity to make one ourselves. 

That's me there! Excited to start the Chocolate Workshop.

Curious of the chocolate making process, I step foot to the workshop only to be amazed by the outcome of my very own chocolate making skills.

Melting the chocolates!

Piping some milk chocolate.

As I expected, it had a huge impact on me.

I was very happy to learn and make chocolates as it made me appreciate all the chocolate makers out there for their incredible job! However, it also took another criteria to be head-over-heels with this Chocolate Workshop.

Learning from the pro - Priya, the chocolatier of Sushan Innocreation.

It was the part where it turned me into a kid! A very excited one, I would have to add.

I even skipped the lunch break just to complete the designs on my chocolates. It was a wonderful feeling of wanting the very best for what I was currently doing at that moment - even if that thing was making chocolates!

Time to showcase my creativity!

I guess, we adults, have too much multitasking to do that we forgot to appreciate the very thing that we are doing at that moment. The constant urge to switch the mind from one matter to the other can be tiring at times.  

Anyway, this kid in me was having so much fun and it made me feel different about art and creativity. Different in a good way, of course! 

We all came out with so many creative designs for our chocolates that we didn't even notice it was almost the end of the workshop. 

And this was the amazing part! Everyone just focused on doing their best. Nobody had expectation of one another because it was the FIRST TIME we were making chocolates.

Creativity was seen in a total different level even when some chocolates did not turn out well. Some of us named our chocolates after movie characters while some had a long story after their not-so-good-attempt of designing their chocolates. 

My designed chocolates! After lots of patience and hardwork.

Cute shell-shaped chocolate done in different sizes.

And here’s the thing that hit me recently. I had a chat with a bunch of friends and I was asked, “So what if you now know how to make chocolates?”
 

That got me blank. 

Then, it came to me. Two things came to me.

1. I now have a new title. Being able to make chocolates makes me a CHOCOLATIER!

2. However much you buy chocolates out there and enjoy the sweet delicacies, nothing, I mean, nothing can ever replace the feeling of making your very own chocolates and giving it to your loved ones. I think the simple feedback of “Nice” or “Delicious” from them is simply out of this world.

And guess what, as I’m typing this right now, I’m enjoying my deliciously self-made chocolate! 

So, if you want to be a chocolatier too, check out the details of Sushan Innocreation’s Chocolate Workshop below and reserve your seats NOW!

THE DEEPER MEANING

Recently, someone showed me an interesting poem.

It seemed like ages since I last read one and understood it completely. To be exact, it was during my schooling days and when I talk about poem, my old time literature text book comes to my mind. 

Poems like ‘Life Brief Candle’ by William Shakespeare, ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost and there’s also another one that I remember - ‘There’s Been A Death, In The Opposite House’ by Emily Dickinson. 

I guess it’s really interesting how few short stanzas (that’s what they call paragraphs in poems) can give very deep meanings. And I think it is also based on an individual’s understanding as its interpretation can be different from one to the other. 

So... as I was saying earlier, someone showed me a poem lately and asked me to figure it out myself. I tried (not that I didn't at all), I definitely tried and did my own research to understand it. Google was so helpful that I got an interpretation for the poem. 

But not too sure why, I wasn't really satisfied with the interpretation. So, I asked the person who introduced me to the poem to give his understanding of it. 

And here goes the poem and a brief explanation about it. 

The Cage – by Martin Armstrong 

Man, afraid to be alive 

Shuts his soul in senses five 

Human are so afraid to live life that he would rather be dead and shuts himself into the world of senses without knowing he has greater abilities. 

From fields of uncreated light 

Into the crystal tower of sight,

From the ability to discover this universe where anything can be created, he limits himself to only see using the sense of sight.

And from the roaring songs of space 

Into the small flesh carven place 

Of the ear whose cave impounds 

Only small and broken sounds, 

From the ability to hear the sounds of space, he limits himself to only hear small and broken sounds through the ears. 

And to his narrow sense of touch 

From strength that held the stars in clutch, 

Instead of the strength which had held stars, human use the limited ability confined by the sense of touch. 

And from the warm ambrosial spice 

Of flowers and fruits of paradise, 

Into the frail and fitful power 

Of scent and tasting sweet and sour; 

From the many unique and amazing things to taste and smell, he limits himself using his senses to only taste sweet and sour. 

And toiling for a sordid wage 

There in his self created cage 

Ah, how safely barred is he 

From menace of Eternity 

And to earn a certain amount of money in a cage human created himself, he assumes he is safer from the outside world, not knowing there is eternity if not bounded by the senses. 

P.S. Feel free to comment your understanding of the poem. Let’s not be judgy. ;)

THE VERY FIRST TIME

Have you ever been for a photo shoot before? 

Nah... I’m not talking about pictures that you pose during weddings with family or vacations with friends. 

I'm talking about pictures that’s plainly about you, you and you! 

Something like a modeling shoot. 

Most of the time when I look at photo shoot pictures of my friends, I always have this thought in my mind - ‘How nice would it be if my friends were photographers?’.

It would feel like I have my very own personal paparazzi. How cool is that?! 

And I know I’m not the only one who feels that way. There are many girls out there who also wants to experience a few minutes of fame either the way celebrities pose at red carpet or just a simple modeling pose outdoor. 

But there’s a catch to this. It’s the PRICE. 

Modeling shoots are pricey and because of that, most people just settle for the simple shots taken by their friends and families. 

No offence to photographers. We appreciate your skills and talents and your wonderful pictures. It’s just we can’t seem to afford it. (yet)

But here’s where my regular ‘Say Cheese’ pictures turn a little different when I attended the MIX MATCH MADNESS - DRESS FOR SUCCESS workshop organised by D’Chic Events.

Feeling excited to join the MIX MATCH MADNESS workshop!

For the very first time, I got the opportunity to struck a pose (the so-called model pose) and got it captured. It was really fun! No kidding. Really really fun!

At this very interesting workshop is where a personal stylist, Kim Grace from Kim Galaxious, taught us about the various ways we can mix and match our clothes - putting a full stop to the dialogue “I have nothing to wear!” whenever we go out or attend any event.

With loads of exciting practical sessions that reveals about our body shape, face shape and accessories that suits us to simple make-up tips that change from the day to night look, this workshop has everything a women needs.

Some accessories to create a statement to my outfit. 

The best part of all is putting our knowledge of the workshop into practice when we mix and match from head to toe and got ready for our individual photo shoots. Of course, our personal stylist was there at all times, guiding us and giving a green-light to proceed only when she was satisfied with our style.

'What would suit me best?', I wonder.

The workshop solved all styling problems in a go. Tips and tricks about fashion as well as mix and match in dressing and individual photo shoots - all under one roof with a reasonable price.

Being a ruler body shape, I settled for a turtle neck casual outfit with a long necklace paired with light-colored jeans and a pair of yellow heels to highlight my slim legs. 

My choice of heel that flatters my leg.

And the outcome?

Check it out for yourself!

Ta-da!!!

With personal stylist, Kim Grace.

Excitedly posing in front of the camera.

Posing with the beauties.

For more pictures of the event, click here!