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juzcold http://juzcold.multiply.com/ I stood by the belief that “The greatest challenge is to challenge oneself.” Just like most of my peers, I was inspired to look for a job after I completed my National Service in year 2003. I was given the opportunity to work with my seniors on their start-up business. The main reason I joined them is because of my passion to touch lives. It’s the intrinsic motivation that allows me to go beyond my limits towards my own version of excellence. I benefited from talking to people with different backgrounds. With the exposure I’ve gained, I branded myself as a character developmental specialist in my field. I would like our company to be one of the top service providers in the area of character development for our young in Singapore. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:14:56 -0000 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:03:37 -0000 juzcold http://images.juzcold.multiply.com/logo http://juzcold.multiply.com 100 100 Do you have a fruitful day? Even a rotten apple can make your day fruitful. I encountered a couple of teenagers yesterday on a bus with 3/4 filled with people. Noises made by these bunch of guys woke me up. They were making hell lot of noises with vulgarities and music. Once in a while they will shout at each other. I tried to endure their nonsense but gave up on it. I turned around and gave a hard stare at them for the first time in my life. Some of them saw me and dare not look into my eyes. Approaching my bus stop, I stood up and moved towards the door of the bus. I heard some of them cursing on me but I didn't want to care. After alighting, one of them pointed middle finger at me. It urged me to do something in the spur of a moment. I walked back to base and remained hot-tempered for the next one hour. I was thinking how can I make these guys learnt? Maybe I should take up Muay Thai and start punching some guys.   http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/183/Do_you_have_a_fruitful_day Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:03:37 -0000 CCI - a learning culture Looking at my personal growth over the years, I give the credits to CCI for developing me into who I am today. The development does not consist of the rise in appointment, but in terms of soft skills and character. I set myself a role model for many others to develop themselves into a better person. Then again, the word "better" here doesn't mean literally a better person, but in terms of upgrading themselves, a better leader, a better trainer, a better teacher etc. Wherever the base is, so long as there's Cheerios, it's a learning culture. When Martin and I carried on to develop CCI into what it is today, we had an end in mind, and that is to touch more lives. "Lives" here doesn't mean just our students, but also means our Cheerios. In fact, by spreading the goodness of this learning culture to our Cheerios will automatically spread to our students accordingly. There's a few things that we did to facilitate this learning culture: 1)   No vulgarities 2)   No s... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/182/CCI_-_a_learning_culture Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:46:39 -0000 Training with special athletics Something close to my heart, touching lives. This time I'm being touched. Due to my busy working schedule, or rather, I choose to be busy, I set other priorities aside. I've made a decision to train with the special athletics last week and attended the first training yesterday. You never know how these people manage to come this far and impress you. I was asked by Miaozhen to run with one of the athletic from the some sort of Special Olympics (Still can't get the name right) Organisation. I'm attached to a 20 year old guy to race the 21km Standard Chartered Marathon this year end. I thought this will be even more interesting to do something like this than running alone for a 42km, which I did for the past 6 years. The training was fun. For the first time I didn't really feel the pressure and I thought it was fun training with them. The same way I run, the same way I motivate, and the same way I cheer for them as if I'm running with other normal people. This time I can feel their dete... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/181/Training_with_special_athletics Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:31:51 -0000 Life at new base is wonderful!!! I'm truly excited at the 3rd base CCI is having. This is its 4th year and we are gonna be at new base for the next 2 years. Somehow all the 3 bases have similar facts. They are all at level 2, they housed us for 2 years, and ya, they are a home for me and the Cheerios. Let me review on my first week in base to show you how forward looking I am towards it... I wake up 7.00am everyday and get out of my house around 7.30am. I took 1hr to reach base at 8.30am and I started to run a 2.4km short distance until 9 plus. I headed for breakfast and bath at the RC itself before I officially start work at 10.00am. I can effectively work from 10.00am to 6.00pm without really feel tired. I will normally put my laptop in base so that I forced myself not to work at home. Now, this is LIFE without laptop!!! I can choose to settle my dinner anywhere, but I'm already sick of having dinner alone. Some stuffs that I will be doing at home is watching TV, reading of books, disturb my brother... haha, an... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/180/Life_at_new_base_is_wonderful Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:22:48 -0000 Laws Of Leadership - Part IV My last entry for leadership laws. Finally finishing reading my 21 laws.       16)              Law of The Big Mo – Momentum is a Leader’s Best Friend   Even a sail needs to catch the wind to carry on the sailing. I remembered my recruit days. From the beginning, I told myself that either I be the best, or be the worst. Therefore, I pushed myself to be the best. Weekends are the most precious moments, even though I sometimes have less than 24hours book out time. When book in on Sunday, you can see trainers tekaning recruits already. Well, my unit gives us hell. I must admit that I have thought of giving up because I have thoughts of being the worst. Everything that you do constitutes a performance factor towards being an officer. I feel good after each week and eventually I ride on a momentum to becoming a leader. I was the Song IC, I volunteered myself to do shit work, I do ... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/179/Laws_Of_Leadership_-_Part_IV Mon, 3 Sep 2007 03:39:45 -0000 Laws Of Leadership - Part III I'm into my part III of my laws. All thanks to John who keep his analogy interesting and relevant. If not, I don't know how am I going to carry on these laws for so long. Here, presenting you the next 5 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell 11)     Law of the Inner Circle - A Leader's Potential is determined by those closest to him Challenging as it is, we need to admit that we all work better with people who we know. As the saying goes, "It's lonely at the top, so you better take someone with you." And it's true. Therefore people within the circle will be brought, or you can call it dragged, along. A person can stretch to his full potential when he has best people around him. Success doesn't come from what you know, but from who you know how you present yourself to each of those people. 12)     Law of Empowerment - Only secure leaders give power to others I recalled my poly days when I assumed command as a Chief Instructor when ... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/178/Laws_Of_Leadership_-_Part_III Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:23:54 -0000 Laws Of Leadership - Part II  This is a wet and sunny Monday morning. I'm still reading John C. Maxwell book I have some articles to share with you once again.     6)    Law of Solid Ground - Trust is the foundation of leadership   When it comes to leadership, you just can't take shortcuts, no matter how long you've been leading your people. There's no way you can break trust, not even once. You have to keep on working on it and people expect you to keep influencing them. John says that you can fool your boss, but you can never fool your subordinates. Programs that spread over 3 long days are effectively the best examples to talk about trust. I remembered a St. John's Island camp where we took charge of 60 student leaders. These students were put through rough and tough situation. We created opportunities for them to suffer together as a team. They had troubles among themselves back at school. They have an inspirational leader among themselves. Everyone of them trust him. H... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/177/Laws_Of_Leadership_-_Part_II Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:33:46 -0000 Laws Of Leadership My directions towards personal development is a boring one. Now that my leg is injured, I may not be able to do strenuous run for the next few months. I have to force myself to improve on my other aspects eg. reading a book. I just bought a super thick book by John C. Maxwell. Can you imagine Justin reading a normal book which takes him 1 month to finish it and when will he finish a book that consists of 720 pages? This book drew my attention when I was walking in Popular alone. Some of you may have heard of 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by him. I'm going to share this anyway. The first 5 laws... 1) Law of the lid - Leadership Ability Determines a Person's Level of Effectiveness Effectiveness is never greater than leadership. In order to increase your effectiveness, you have to increase your leadership. It's like a lid that seals a bottle. Just like a can of coke.  Your effectiveness is only 330ml in that can of coke. But if you choose to increase the lid to become a... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/176/Laws_Of_Leadership Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:59:02 -0000 a special month Not b'coz my birthday was yesterday, but this month was really busy, with the dissolution of the core team. When Angie and Evelyn started school, they seldom come back to base. Sometimes they don't come back for a week plus.Both "Longs" helped me a lot with programs and manpower. I feel like I'm back to my helpless self again after so long. This month is nothing less than busy. I flooded myself with work and hardly find time for leisure. Along with my savings plan, I have to work harder. CCI is always at its breaking point. Whenever I felt helpless, there's always something to push me forward. I think my motivation for this month is my brother, surprisingly. I didn't really meet up with friends that frequently, so I communicated more with him. Life seems better after talking to him. We did a lot of stupid things together. Something that both of us will know and it's just among the 2 of us. God bless my mom to give birth to this young chap. http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/175/a_special_month Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:12:31 -0000 excellence reflection session - BTC Standing in the badminton hall and getting scolded 9 years ago was where I began my life as a Rover. Today the same mode of conduct remains unchanged. Truly speaking, I'm not a person who goes for corporate ladder. However, there's this instinct that builds in me, telling me to keep moving on in whatever I'm doing. Other than playing warcraft, I made good use of my time reflecting many things at BTC. If you are from SP Rovers, please read on... Time has indeed changed. As a full-grown Rover, I went through every single bit of Rovering during my poly days. It was sweet experience when I looked back. When we grow older, we always complain that the current Rovers has dropped its standard as compared to the past. And what have I learnt from this? We always look at the past and seldom people focus on the present. Standards are set by human beings. Others' expectations are as such b'cos they have been there done that. So if we set our own standards and call it RSS standard, no... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/174/excellence_reflection_session_-_BTC Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:05:31 -0000 a new friend found Interestingly, I work as a trainer and for the very first time, I came to know a person deep enough for me to call friend. His name is James and I knew him by being an EFI, external freelance instructor. There were many common interest we have and we managed to hit off quite well. This guy is 6 years older than me. He is a commando sgt and due to injures and academic qualifications, he cannot go to OCS. However, his passion in outdoor adventure really inspire me in pursuing my dreams. He started off as a group instructor. He also took the role of camp chief in his earlier days. As compared to him in terms of experiences, I have much more to learn. He is now a kayaking instructor and an EFI. He survived by training participants in these 2 areas.As the same time, he is doing full-time psyhcology degree. He is a weird guy. Probably commandos people tend to be serious at work. He told me he has split personality when serving programs. He used to scold his people b'cos he ha... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/173/a_new_friend_found Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:32:04 -0000 Ops MAYhem...sweet battle This is a special note to all my Cheerios for contributing their efforts in the success of Ops MAYhem. So for you people who don't understand what I meant, just read and know what was I busying with in the month of May la... With people working through the night and until the sun rises, we Cheerios are doing the right thing. Ops MAYhem is the most awesome battle we've fought so far in CCI. A few stunning things we've done and happened during the battle. Let's review... - an incident report submitted to a school for a girl who banged her head on a tree brunch - a morning with 7 cheerios seated in a school canteen, only to find out that the program has been cancelled due to thunderstorm - chaotic morning during the P6 camp at CRC - cheerios complaining about the professionalism of EFIs and yet getting so much money - teacher singing praises about Clemence's facilitation - the lady who was crushed by a tree at Bukit Batok Nature Park affected 2 of our programs - aaron koh vomitted at woodlands s... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/172/Ops_MAYhem...sweet_battle Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:28:29 -0000 A journey of happiness God has given what I should have and I shouldn't have asked for more b'cos I lead a journey of happiness today. You probably wun understand what do I meant when I say I'm happy until you see Thomas...  My aunt is in a counselling course and she introduced a course mate of hers to me. This lady, Shau Ching, has a client named Thomas. She wanted to extend her help to his family by plotting him a more stable career path. That's why I'm rope into the picture. Last week she arranged me to meet Thomas. Before I met him, I was painted the scenario that he was a wheelchair-bound personnel, with only chest level and above mobility. I didn't really come this close to someone like him until that day I went up to his house and saw him laying on his wheelchair. Thomas was a typical Singaporean guy like us. He likes to watch soccer, tease girls in his younger days, went through the MOE educational system until he reached his poly life, Temasek Poly. He was 18 that year when he went... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/171/A_journey_of_happiness Tue, 8 May 2007 03:29:02 -0000 Home http://juzcold.multiply.com/music/item/48/Home Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:06:53 -0000 lend me a helping hand As a passionate person I am, I'm reflecting myself whether have I lived my day to the fullest. And I'm glad to say that I have. Every single day I'm doing something for myself, for my family, for my colleagues, for my friends, for the society and for god, whoever you are. As I lived on striving towards excellence, I became very tired at the end of the day. I reflected my day by penning down all my To Do List at the end of the day to remind myself not to miss out anything important. My purpose in life is very simple, and that is to touch lives. Yes, it's that simple. Sometimes it is that simple that this complicated part of the whole wide world makes it hard for us to achieve simple things. Honestly speaking, how many of us really help people around you everyday? One day as I was climbing up the stairway near my block, I saw 2 kids playing with stones throwing at each other near a walkway. One uncle and aunty walked pass and they began to reprimand them. As I walked pass a performer al... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/170/lend_me_a_helping_hand Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:29:05 -0000 Life's short. Focus on The Present, not The Past or The Future Recently I have been inclined to reading. I admit that I'm a slow reader but I'm at my 4th book this year. Do you know of Johnson Spencer who wrote the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" Yes, I'm reading his book called "The Present" Present can be meant as a gift or now, depend on how you look at it. But when you put them together, there's another meaning to it. "If you take today as a gift and enjoy your day now, right now, you will find more happiness in life" Most people don't enjoy their life b'cos they don't focus on The Present. Many people live in The Past, still pondering things that they might have regretted, or live in The Future always striving so hard in wanting to achieve this and that. In the nutshell, living in the past and future will not give you the ultimate happiness. Some will argue, "Isn't it true that we have to set goals so that there's more meaning and motivation in life?" Forget about motivation to achieve your goals. Try this. "If you fail to achieve your... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/169/Lifes_short._Focus_on_The_Present_not_The_Past_or_The_Future Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:14:28 -0000 Have you failed enough in order to be successful? I've learnt not to be emotional over trivial matters that occur in my life but it's just my nature. A couple of bad news, good news and updates to share... - back from a short holiday trip to Genting but somehow don't really feel relax at all. I missed my Cheers. I think I'm really a fanatic workaholic idiot. - ate a lot recently and was forcing myself to run. Now that I'm clocking good timing, but the doctor told me to rest for months. My chest muscles and my kneecap is haunting onto me. I wasn't running a lot and yet my doctor told me not to run?? Someone please kill me - Met people of similar interest and found out a lot more things which I do not know. - Reaping fruits from a client. Closed a deal without much persuasion and was even offer to have an office space in the school, and sub-out all their programs to us. - Been disappointed with my HR girl for not accomplishing up to expectations. - A couple of teachers like us to open new cases on their own will. Repeat biz are co... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/168/Have_you_failed_enough_in_order_to_be_successful Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:34:19 -0000 Learn from others I'm acting like a tortoise, It's been a while that I've been in my own shell. I need to come out and see more things. Recently has been an eye opener while talking to people and attending courses.Basically I'm only a small fry out there, but I DO HAVE the power to develop and expand my biz further. Surprisingly, these people are my energy. Something that I thought I will never find out there. Actually all I need is people who has the same frequency as me. Opportunities are out there. It's up to individual how one can seize it and develop it into a profit making system. Recently when I was doing EFI, I was analysing how did these facilitators serving the company become muddled to do this as a living when they are paid only 160 for a 3D2N camp. And guess what? Not as if they have camps everyday. My qn is "What is their future prospect?" As I reflect myself on CCI, I somehow had this sense of responsibility over every single Cheerios whom served with us before. As mu... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/167/Learn_from_others Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:42:11 -0000 Moving on... The worst is over. Along with the company, I have moved on to another phase of life. It is inevitable that challenges are everywhere. I believe I can take up more challenges and live life to the fullest. At least I have swing away from working as an office lad to a biz owner. I've never imagine myself into entrepreneuring.I'm still struggling to meet sales quota everyday but I'm always motivated to do more. This is nothing as compared to those lonely days. All thanks to Neil and Martin for giving me such an opportunity. I'm fortunate to have known both of you. What lies ahead will be an exciting journey. My job scope begins to evolve from a ground person to a managerial position. Having said that, my value as a facilitator has not been undermined. I'm happy about it but I will not want to be a facilitator for the rest of my life. What I need to do now is to maintain an excellent team of core members, motivated team of sales personnel and a pool of passionate Cheerios who are our reas... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/166/Moving_on... Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:26:18 -0000 Mental strength Career The worst is finally over. My cashflow in January and February was the worst. Now I finally understand how difficult it is to be an entrepreneur. I've never took out a single cent for CCI even though everybody thought that it's my biz. Now that the company has turned PL. I now announced that this company is now MY company b'cos I chip in money for it. More sense of ownership, more pain in personal financial at the same time. Really thank those who borrowed money to me and returned to me. Now that I'm fully responsible for the company's sales. I need to work doubly hard to meet the mark.   Physical Have been training with an extremely motivated person. Doing at least a biathlon training once a week for me, but 4 for her. Her run has definitely improved a lot. I really learnt a lot on self-discipline from her. Today I just went to support her for the NUS Biathlon 2007. I think I'm more and more interested to take part in these races. I guess ... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/165/Mental_strength Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:02:30 -0000 how to turn a boring cny to an interesting one - part II Day 1 of cny This year is unusually different in atmosphere. Our first stop was grandma's place. With mom around this time, we took another family photo with grandma. My malay aunt showed up this time. My mom was engrossed chatting away with her. The last time we saw her first years ago when we visited her at her house at marina. Everything was good at grandma's house. Next stop was my godmother's house. We were the first to arrive even though this is our second stop. Straight after my 3rd brother and 1st brother arrived with their cute little ones. My 3rd brother's sons were wearing orange. They looked as if 2 oranges were walking around and it was really cute. My godma had her cheek swollen when she had a fall few weeks ago. i think I need to go to her house and see her often. Last stop was my mom's family. This place supposed to be the most atmospheric but guess what? most of them are out of town for holidays. So this year's new year at my mom's family's house was quiet. We... http://juzcold.multiply.com/journal/item/164/how_to_turn_a_boring_cny_to_an_interesting_one_-_part_II Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:34:34 -0000 CFA IV http://juzcold.multiply.com/photos/album/10/CFA_IV Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:00:38 -0000 New Album http://juzcold.multiply.com/photos/album/9/New_Album Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:10:35 -0000 Kukup on 10 and 11 Dec 2005 http://juzcold.multiply.com/photos/album/8/Kukup_on_10_and_11_Dec_2005 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:26:09 -0000 CFA II - Cheers from the CCI Ah Bang Ah Lian United http://juzcold.multiply.com/video/item/3/CFA_II_-_Cheers_from_the_CCI_Ah_Bang_Ah_Lian_United Mon, 7 Nov 2005 02:27:30 -0000 CFA II - Cheers from Falcon http://juzcold.multiply.com/video/item/2/CFA_II_-_Cheers_from_Falcon Mon, 7 Nov 2005 02:21:59 -0000