In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca recording Company. The executives were not impressed. While turning down this group of musicians, one executive said,"We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." The group was called The BEATLES.

In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modelling Agency,told modelling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married." She went on and became MARILYN MONROE.

In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, Fired a singer after one performance. He told him, "You ain't goin' nowhere....son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck." He went on to become the most popular singer in America named ELVIS PRESLEY.

When ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, "That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?"

When THOMAS EDISON invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process."

In the 1940s, another you ng inventor named CHESTER CARLSON took his idea to 20 corporations, including some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down.
In 1947 - after seven long years of rejections! He finally got a tiny company in Rochester, New York, the Haloid company, to purchase the rights to his invention an electrostatic paper-copying process. Haloid became Xerox Corporation we know today.

WILMA RUDOLPH was the 20th of 22 children. She was born prematurely and her survival was doubtful. When she was 4 years old, she contacted double pneumonia and scarlet fever, which left her with a paralysed left leg.
At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had been dependent on and began to walk without it. By 13 she had developed rythmic walk, which doctors said was a miracle.
That same year she decided to become a runner. She entered a race and came in last. For the next few years every race she entered, she came in last. Everyone told her to quit, but she kept on running. One day she actually won a race. And then another. From then on she won every race she entered. Eventually this little girl, who was told she would never walk again, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.

The Moral of the above Stories : Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you cannot do. And remember, the finest steel gets sent through the hottest furnace. A winner is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS!

- an email from angel low date july 22nd 2002 -


Never Quit.

Love

I wanna blog about love.

I hit my dad's car today. And the rear light casing broke. And i had to tell my mom and dad. You know, i imagined how badly I would be scolded but they were pretty understanding bout it, haha thank God.

And word got out that my car was hit. The messages came pouring in. And you know what. I really felt loved.

I remembered when I first stepped into W171. I was told, this is a cell group that loves. It wasnt a Dreams and visions and lets go to war and kill the devil cell group. It was a love cell grp.

Loving God is only half of the great commandment. You can love God to the greatest and best you can. But if you dont love the people around you, regardless of how they are.

Whats the point? No matter how much u love God, it'll only be at fifty percent max.


Jun yu- your actions really speak louder then words could, your enthusiasm, your passion, it stirs me up. And the way you showed your concern for me really shows how much u care.

Kelly, junyu, seow chean, bing, colin and anyone else who messaged me that i might have forgotten. Thanks.

" Noone cares how much you know. Until they know how much you care. "


I happened to read through getting started. And one point jumped out, " you need encouragement to grow. "

Here's mine

refresh

I woke up today, and for the first time in days. I felt Light hearted.

I remember the skies being cloudy, and it was a cold morning. I was asleep on the massage chair. ( YES I slept there). And i had a pillow and it served as a blanket as well.

I remember telling myself its so dark, it must be early. And I looked at the time, and it was 9 plus!
Late! For my standards of waking up anyway.

I remember groggily walking to the bathroom and brushing my teeth before leashing my dog and bringing her for a walk.

And as most people know, i love walks. The past few days when I was heavy hearted, I just walked hastily and once my dog did her poop , I would go home. But today, for some reason, I was looking at my dog once again, and how energetic she was, how excited! And I was thinking to myself, its the SAME OLD PLACE! The same old grass, the same old area. But somehow aphro would never get tired or bored or sick of it.

And there were some birds, and i unleashed her and look at aphro run and chase them. So happy.

And I thought of how my life changed, I thought of how so many close close friends were so far. I thought of the close close frens who were still so near. I thought of E444, E345, and of course W171.

Things change, people change, circumstances changed, dreams changed, my world changed.

I looked into the sky.

And you know what? The sky was the same.

The sky's the same.

And I dont know why, my heart was light once again. It doesnt make sense I know. I mean, the sky's the same? Whats up with that?

But I dont know. The sky's still the same, and I'm happy.


If all else fades, if all things fail, if everyone leaves. Would you still love me the same?
When the dark clouds come, when the thunder roars, when the rain drenches you spirits
When you heart is heavy, your spirit is lowly, your soul is lonely.
Would you still love me the same?
Would you?

I looked at the sky, and its still the same.
I looked at my heart.
My heart shall be like the sky.
It'll remain the same.

Then clouds would come, and weigh down your heart. The thunders would roar and the rain would drench your spirits.
But through your heart, your sky, the earth shall be watered.

The Sun would scorch your heart like how it heats up the sky. Burning.
But through your heart, your sky, the earth shall once again be bright, shone up by the sun.

The winds would ravage and confuse you. Tearing and tossing. Laughing and mocking.
But through your heart, your sky, the earth swept by a mighty wind.

someone special

" Make him smile again... "

I really thought that was the sweetest thing in the world.

And its things like these, that makes the difference between the normal and the special ones.

Seems like I lost a huge chunk of of my heart that night.
The shape of a star.

hai

I wonder when the joy has left
When the joy began
I wonder when the whispers started
when the whispers end

sorrowful.
sorrowful.
sorrowful.

I beseeched the heavens to take me away
far away so far away
To a time once was.
To a time will be.

sorrowful.
sorrowful.
sorrowful.

A perfect time
A perfect place
to learn a perfect lesson
at a perfect pace

but i dont see it now
how it makes me tall
how it makes me bigger
cause it makes me feel so small

Break away.

My Freedom
My Love
My fustrations
My fear

Jasmine

I talked to Jasmine on the phone just now for 45mins.

Hahahaha, there u go jas. Something to read in ur spare time.