the day of liberation has come! they are finally freed from the bondage of exams! they now have a whale of time to do whatever they want to "de-stress" themselves for all their mugging these past few weeks! the heavy burden from their back is finally off-loaded! doesn't it feel great after exams!? I loved it when i was a student! long for it so much during the exams that I look forward to it as if it the day i will be meeting my Lord face to face!

but the irony is this: when it comes, i suddenly don't know what to do! i suddenly feel so bored and just feel like going home to have a good sleep! all of a sudden, there seem to be a loss of purpose... :P exams give purpose in life!?

oh well, now that i am a teacher, the feeling is kinda different!! when my students mug, i worry for them and try my best to prepare them for their big day! when their exams are over, i am stuck here with a big pile of exam scripts all ready for me to mark in the shortest deadline! suddenly, the red pen becomes the most powerful thing on earth! it determines the fate of my students! with it, a tick and a cross means heaven or hell! with it, 0 is a sacred number that they hope they would never see in their scripts! no wonder the pen is mightier than the sword! RED pen, especially!! LOL! :P

alright... it's time to end my break and get back to the "leaning tower of pisa" that is waiting for me at my desk! :( teachers "have no life after exams"! they mark after 'they' mug!

from the scripts i have marked so far, i felt like i am the captain of the Titanic ship.. the ship was cruising smoothly on course (the classes i am teaching were doing well for physix) but now, it ran into the ice berg (the final year exam) and it is sinking... I am trying my best to save as many people as possible but there are quite a number who may not survive...

to the tune of My Heart Will Go On,
pass, fail whatever you are, i believe that your heart will go on... and on... :D

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There was a strong sense of inertia (physix!) that I had to overcome when I quit my stable job as a teacher and deciding to go into this sales-based job of meeting people and informing them about this good investment opportunity in development banking.

The fear of asking, the fear of rejection, the fear of meeting strangers overwhelmed me at the beginning...

But as I gained more confidence of the investment product through research and questioning, the fear diminished tremendously since I now sincerely see it as a way of helping people to grow their money safely and wisely without having much risks and constant monitoring.

my WHY factors for going into this new career is also a driving force for me when the going gets tough. There must be reason(s) why you are working (or studying so hard) for. Money (or good grades) is never the reason. Its just a way to achieving an end. The more meaningful/selfless your reason(s) are, the stronger will be your desire and the higher will be your chance of achieving your goals. Here's some of my WHY factors:

1. To achieve financial freedom so that I can spend MORE time with my family and NO time worrying about not having enough money to support my family and my aging parents.
2. To help others to grow their money safely and wisely without having much risks so that they can use their money for their childrens' education or retirement.

At a slightly later stage,
3. To help others to achieve financial freedom by recruiting some of my friends to achieve what I have achieved.
4. To educate my students (or teenagers) about financial wisdom and how they can achieve what I have achieved through mentorship and publishing a book about my life's lessons.
5. To set up a home-schooling fund to help families who desire to give the best form of education to their children but find it financially difficult to do so.

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