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Alvaro's 18th Birthday outside Zouk. Accompanied by Travis, Justin, Donghui and Edwin.   There would come a point of time in life when we would feel like lost sheep and have no aims. Though we might already have set big goals and targets but things might not have been going well and we easily gave up. Sometimes, the goals we set don't seem to be that attractive and appealing anymore. However, we forget what was the real purpose of setting a goal from the start. The purpose of goals is to give us direction, give us motivation so that there would be something for us to work towards. When our current goals do not give us enough motivation... When our  planned paths get diverted and we can't just go straight ahead... We feel tired and take the easy way out; We stop there and give ourselves the excuse to not move. This should never be the case. When we found out that our goals no longer appeal to us, we will find new goals. When we realized that our paths have been screwed

It has always been a usual practice for students to be working during the school holidays to earn some extra bucks. During working, we experienced that money is hard to earn. The pay we received the entire day is about an hour's pay of an average adults which feels really pathetic. Anyway, I just received a call from work telling me that my shift has been changed to 8am this Friday's morning which means it will be another day of working 17 hours at least again. Well, more hours mean more pay right? The only form of motivation of working; Money. Indeed, working for just the money sounds really stupid. The money I have earned from working this holiday will be spent on my car license after my 18th birthday which is coming less than 20 days. I am really looking forward to it. Lessons will resume next week and I'm making use of this week to earn as much money as I can. Initially I planned to go at full-throttle on my studies, however the manager at work just told me that

I have been working like crazy these few weeks and earned myself a few hundred bucks. That was when I thought that the few hundred bucks are so "big" and I felt like a rich guy. Yes, I know that was really stupid. Anyway, I just bought a Nintendo DS Lite to play Pokemon.   My new Nintendo DS Lite Crimson/Black Export Set from Korea. I have already pre-ordered the latest Pokemon White 2 from a games shop in Jurong Point which I would be getting it this Friday. I'm really looking forward to it! Imagine playing Pokemon on the Nintendo DS in class, during lectures to train and become the strongest Pokemon trainer. That's kinda kiddish yet fun. I have to be honest though, I usually play the Pokemon game to complete the game and I wouldn't care if my Pokedex was completed. That being said, I am lucky as I have friends who just started playing Pokemon too. Maybe, I could actually be a serious and strong Pokemon trainer this time round. I'

                                                                    Alright, I know it has been a really long time since I last updated my blog. Well I have been really busy with a lot of stuff and as you know it's my holidays, so I'm pretty much enjoying myself; by making as much money as I can.. *Period* And I spent them all on a Xbox Kinect console... Well, that explains why I'm busy all over again earning back all those money which I have spent. I was quite an emotional person who would get worked up at almost anything, you know. However after some time working, I noticed this significant change in myself; I started to not give any fuck. The thing is whenever you don't care about the things around you, they would not affect your mood in any way. So nothing could stand in my way because I put nothing in my eyes. However, later I realized that I could turn into some cold-blooded monster if that continued. This Saturday morning, I had to perform a song based on the

In wave-boarding, the key thing is to ride the wave instead of drowning in the waves. If the entire journey was smooth-sailing, we wouldn't appreciate the calm sea at all. There must be a storm first, then we would see the rainbow after the storm. So bear with the ups and downs of my life! Anyway, Check out my latest short romance film. "What More Can I Say" What more can words say? What more can one do when put in a situation where love expresses more than speech? Love is able to transcends all bounds and ride over the physical disabilities of life. Many of the times, we would wonder what love is and the power of love. In this short film, it shows the magic of love and what it is able to do; overcoming physical disabilities. So, check it out and remember to subscribe to my channel! :) There will be more upcoming skits! :) Stay tune people.

If you happened to be a new reader of my blog, what would be the first impression that my writings give you? Most of the time people would say that I always get pretty emotional while blogging. Well, I guess that's the main purpose of blogging, isn't it? A blog is merely a web version of our own personal diary. Though others may see and read our thoughts, we blog just to hope that someone would feel that same way as we do and make us feel that we might not that alone afterall. Anyway, today's post will be another post which I would just pour my heart out. There are always a lot of unsolved issues and problems in my heart which makes me a person who is hard to be understood. The first issue I would talk about today is a pressing issue which has been bothering me since young. People with issues of not replying messages promptly. There are 2 genres of  text message.  1) The type which is just a casual conversation which we would have with some of our friends. 2) The type which

Hey, what's happening guys? I have no idea what's happening to me. However, I feel that I am changing. Even all my friends tell me that. " Hey Alvaro, you have changed.", yet none of them has told me how I have changed. Yet I know that it's a pretty negative change. What happened to those tiny conversations that I used to have which seem to be going on forever? Is this a sign of change in maturity or simply just me becoming someone who is not good with his words. Even after a few weeks, I have yet to find the answer. The answers that we often seek are the ones that we do not really want to know. #AhBoysToMen. Recently I have been slowly progressing into one of my childhood dreams; Acting. As a kid, I always thought of myself having the stage or people acknowledging my efforts. Even though I missed the auditions of an upcoming local movie, I managed to get in as one of the platoon soldiers. This movie, #AhBoysToMen is directed by our local famous director, Jack Ne

Good news. My efforts previously have not gone down the drain. It was actually helpful to the test. Finally, I have a paper that I'm confident about. Anyway, tomorrow's paper would be about Principles of Management which is more of understanding and I have not read much of it. Hence, I shall be using the exact same method to remember and speed things up.. So bear with me.. Module No: BE 6105 Principles of Management ~~~START OF TOPIC 1~~~ Management seems like an easy word however we need to remember the definition of it. DEFINITION: Process of WORKING WITH and THROUGH OTHERS to ACHIEVE ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES in a CHANGING ENVIRONMENT. It involves the COORDINATION and OVERALL SEEING of WORK ACTIVITIES of others so that these activities are completed EFFICIENTLY and EFFECTIVELY. In addition, we also need to know what efficiency and effectiveness is. Efficiency : MOST OUTPUT from LEAST inputs. Effectiveness: "Doing the right things" will help the organ

Hey there. I have been reading my notes and realized that nothing could really get into my head. I'm on the verge of breaking down, but oh well, I have got to pull myself together and bring out of it. Hence, I have decided to do a blog post on the topics that I'm going to study tomorrow. Bear with me, guys. The module that I would be tested on tomorrow would be Introduction to Hotel & Leisure Facilities Management. ~~~ START OF TOPIC 3 ~~~ Topic Three: Profile of Hotel Guest Here in topic three, we would be talking about the profile of hotel guests. I have heard from some classmates that this topic is the toughest to get in. But you know what? With the awesome Alvaro, you would understand everything immediately even without taking this course. Let's ask you guys a question. What's a profile? Let me give you a hint. It's basically just some chunk of guest information stored ( in the computer ) for use by relevant departments like the front office personn

This post is dedicated to all lovely people who love their mother and beautiful mothers/fathers out there, I wish you all a  Happy Mother's Day! Our mothers have brought us into this world and gave us life. Suffering that excruciating pain, she gave birth to us without a word of complain. Just a single smile on our faces could give our mothers the littlest bit of happiness. As long as we are happy, she would be happy. It is really not easy to bring up a child. I have once thought of how I would bring up my child when I have one in the future. After pondering on this question for some time, I still could not figure out the perfect way of bringing up a child. Therefore I conclude that there is really no perfect way of bringing up a child. Every mother has their own special way of bringing up their own and this resulted in many different personalities in everyone. I could not possibly imagine the children of the entire world being brought up in a sin

Hey readers, Ever have that feeling of not being able to sleep because you just couldn't sort of your thoughts? I'm sure that many of us have that feeling, at least once. To be honest, I could have just gone to bed without blogging and I know that I would be able to sleep well. However what's the point of holding something back and pretend that the problem doesn't exist? Though I might be able to sleep tonight and wake up tomorrow as though nothing happened, the problem would still come back some other day. Tonight, this blog post would be rather different as I wouldn't be caring much about my grammar or the way I phrase my post. Instead, I would just go along typing what's on my mind and rant. This is going to be a long rant. So, please bear with me. Badminton Yesterday was the badminton trials and I went for it. Initially, I was afraid and just simply did my best for the trials. However after getting word that both of m

Today, I would be doing a post on my view of friendships. Friendships; This simple relationship with our friends holds many different meanings to different people. For me, it could easily be concluded by simply wanting the best for our friends. Yet again, many hold different conceptions on this. For some, it would mean going along with the friend's wishes and demands in order to have him/her happy. However, that would be entirely opposite in my stand. Though I might sometimes follow their demands and say things that make them happy, I still put on a strong stand on doing the right thing. The first thing I would do would be to analyse the entire situation before making a move. Let me give you an example which we would come across in our everyday lives... EXAMPLE A: Say, I have this friend whom I have known for quite some time and I know most of his flaws; often getting pissed off by them. I do not hide the flaws from him. I would let him know it in his face

Today was the official opening of school. As you all know, I have moved onto another chapter of my life. I am currently pursuing my diploma in Hotel & Leisure Facilities Management (DHLFM) in Singapore Polytechnic. Though it might be one of my top few choice, I told myself that I am going to make the best out of what I have gotten. From what I have observed, the students in polyclinics are much different from secondary schools; The way they behave, the way they see things. Before I entered the school, I have already heard much about the friends that I would be mixing with. You know, the usual stuff.. "Two-sided friends"; Those friends whom you would be talking to a lot and think that they are really nice yet they could be completely different behind your back. "Hi-bye to. Well, initially, I never thought of such stereotypes to be true. However, I have been seeing these, those friends whom you would bump into in school but never really have any chance to talk uch peop