The Dream Team Alliance

GOOD MORNING!

Went jogging yesterday evening. It was the same route that I used to jog with Gys on Saturday mornings. This is the second time I went back since he left us.

Well, it's not the same when you are jogging alone. I still remember the crap we used to talk about while jogging on Saturday mornings. We will talk about our dreams and how we are going to succeed in the future. And sometimes he will talk about the girls he is currently chasing, those usual crap. Ha.

There was once i think he slept at about 4am because he was chatting online with this girl. But he still came jogging with me at 8.30am. Though he was mostly walking lah cos he said that he was very sleepy. Ha.

But at least he came. That showed his commitment. Of course there was also one time he overslept and did not turn up at all. Ha. Then he messaged me in the late morning and apologised. I ignored him. He called me later that night and apologised again, thinking I was angry with him. Ha. I wasn't at all lah. :)

When Gys and me decided to work together on the game project, he told me that we were a team now. A Dream Team Alliance as he called it. The purpose of a Dream Team Alliance was to motivate one another in the team. He told me that if ever I were to feel down or dis motivated, he will shout at me, ask me to get my ass up and never give up.

Likewise, if he were ever feeling the same, I will have permission to kick his ass too. Ha.

Yes, sometimes in life you really need such an alliance. Because there will definitely be downs in life. Sometimes you just wake up feeling like shit for no apparent reason. For the girls, maybe it's the monthly thingy. For guys though, maybe your favorite soccer team just lost the league to the Red Devils. Ha.

But sometimes, you just wake up and feel lousy. Then u start asking yourself questions and feel sorry for yourself. It is at this point that your dream team alliance comes in and shouts at you to WAKE UP YOUR IDEA! and that YOU CAN DO IT! and NEVER GIVE UP! or HANG IN THERE MAN! Ha.

It's not a silly idea. It does work, really. When gys and me were working on the game project, we made it a point to schedule our daily meetings at 8am in the morning. I live quite near Gys so it was okay, but I still have to wake up at about 7am because I walked over to his house.

Gys would also wake up at 7am and then bring his parents for breakfast. There were times when I woke up and felt darn tired. But when I thought that Gys will also be waking up at this time, I "forced" myself to wake up too. Because I could not let him and myself down.

There was one time when I was really veri tired and I wanted to postpone the meeting to 9am. But Gys wouldn't let me. He told me, "Come on! So fast already want to slack liao ah! 8am means 8am!"

That message gave me a sudden burst of energy. Ha. And we started our meeting promptly at 8am that day.

Now that Gys is gone, I'm really missing my Dream Team Alliance. Nowadays I wake up at 8.30am because I want to make full use of the day. The earliest bird catches the worm right? But the earliest worm get eaten up by the earliest bird? Ha.

Gys feels that Sleep is a waste of time and it's all in the mind. I only agree with him partly on that. Sleep is NOT a waste of time because we need it to recharge ourselves. But too much sleep is a waste of time. Sleeping is actually a habit. Most of us really just need about 6 hours of sleep, not 8 as widely known.

Furthermore, it's the quality rather than the quantity of the sleep that is important.

I have started my new habit of waking up at 8.30am for about 2 weeks liao. So far so good but these few days, I'm starting to wake up at 8.45am instead. Starting to feel my will power decreasing! This is the time I need someone to shout at me and ask me to get my lazy bum off the bed!

Any takers to sign up as siukai's dream team alliance? Ha.

Gys and me really shared a lot in common, our way of thinking towards life and our strict standards towards achieving success and perfection. Yah, both of us are staunch perfectionist. Now it's only me left and sometimes it's quite difficult to keep the mood up when there's no one beside you to give you a push and shout motivating words into your ear.

The temptation is really there to just give up the dreams and follow the "stable" and conventional route to life. I mean it's really so easy right. Why bother to purse your dreams? You can't feed yourself on your dreams right? Especially in Singapore. Come on Siu Kai! Join the crowd! Run the race with us. Put on your jogging shoes. Ha.

I can't. A gecko died there. (see previous post)

I think Gys will come and find me in my dreams if I really just give up like tat. I can't let him down and most importantly i can't let the people who still (I hope) believe in me down.

When I think of dar dar, siukai Junior and our dreams together, I tell myself that I MUST SUCCEED! Oh wait a minute, that sentence might be a bit misleading. siukai JR does not exist yet. It's part of our 10 years plan. But no, he's still not physical. Ha. Don't think otherwise. :P

And dar dar has been so nice and patient with me. :) I CANNOT LET HER DOWN!

Here's an experiment you can try now. It will prove something veri interesting. Close your eyes for a moment and think of a color. Say Yellow. Concentrate on that color and then open your eyes. Scan the place you are at now and you will suddenly see that all things that are yellow seems to be more obvious to you.

Close your eyes again and think of another color. Then open your eyes and repeat. Did the objects of the color of your choice seem more prominent now? Amazing right?

This experiment actually proves that whatever the mind concentrates on, the things will become obvious. So we can use this effect to our advantage. If we concentrate on say business opportunities, our brain will become more sensitive if one comes along. Or we concentrate on how to make money, then suddenly all those opportunities will suddenly seem to pop up from nowhere.

Similarly, if we think of negative stuffs, our brain will concentrate on those too. That's why it's so important to think positive. One very interesting stuff I read about professional F1 drivers is that because they know about this function of the brain, whenever their cars skid off the track, they DO NOT look at the wall but rather concentrate on the track.

Because they know that if they concentrate on how to avoid hitting the wall by looking at the wall, they will HIT the wall. That's the power of the brain.

Ha. siu kai likes to talk a lot of crap right? Ha. Actually siu kai just wants to inspire people who read his blog and brighten up their day. Because I know how sometimes the stress of life gets to you. So I hope that when you are unhappy or feeling down, reading some siukai crap will cheer you up.

Yah, because sometimes when I feel down I also hope that someone can cheer me up too. :)

I'll close with another "heartless quotes" Yah. Kok always like to give me his nonsensical but most of them time meaningful quotes. Ha. How can something be nonsensical and meaningful at the same time? Can. At siukai world loh. Ha.

"If there's something tat you wanna do tat makes u happy, go ahead and do it." The next line I added myself. "Life is too short to be sad. Don't worry. Be happy. Make Babies:) Live life to the max!" Ha.

GOOD AFTERNOON! and HAVE A NICE REST OF THE DAY! :)