Here’s the little video surprise for you It’s especially for 3 very special people who have been with me during my highest and lowest point of life and whom I loved them with my heart.

*Winks* J, C and M (Winks* You know who you are .hehe)

There’s a little story behind this video:

PART 1 of the Video:

In the beginning are some pictures of Singapore I have taken while I went to the Farris Wheel (Singapore Flyer) a little past last week. I stored it in the Flickr account and thought it would be nice to share it with you for those who haven’t visited Singapore.

Wanted to make more of them into a video but the file will get too big to upload.

Here’s the two sets of collections :

Pictures Taken around the Esplanade and Clarke Quay ( HERE )

Pictures Taken at the Singapore Flyer ( HERE )

Hope you will enjoy them!

PART 2 of the Video:

I pondered over whether to make a video of something nice and meaningful or of myself but the choice was made easy when I incidentally came across this little angel who danced along to the music near the Esplanade.

It was special to me because she danced to the music and cared little for the people around, it was a precious moment of freedom, or some call it social freedom, when the eyes of others do not matter to the self. How many times have we forgotten or willing to do that ?

It reminds me of Cathy’s words, to stop and smell the roses…I did this time, Cathy, this time It’s a really good and natural feeling, thank you Cathy for the reminder I much needed. *HUGS*

It also reminded me of an event which Maryanne once told me…the bird which could be heard amongst the traffic….you are right Maryanne, the precious little things are out there, we just have to look

Jeanie once told me too that there will be times when we need to recover and many times, the period of time is needed. It is true Jeanie, thank you Now that I have seen another perspective of life which has told me that whatever happens in all in our mind. Even the little girl knew that, what we knew once when we were little. We might have learnt too much in life to let go of certain events in life that clinged to us, perhaps it would be better for us to unlearn those things for a while and just let go… don’t think

What would Life be without you, Jeanie, Cathy and Maryanne

This is a short video but hope that you will like it!

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Hi my Friends,

Thanks for waiting for me to come out of the "Cave" again, it has been a most fruitful stay this time and much has been done. I really missed many of you but have to struggle and resist the temptation of coming back here. Yup, besides concentrating on work, it’s also another experiment on focus. ( Turns out that Benjamin Franklin has been carrying out life experiments in the past which mine are similar to! )

A few updates of what has been done during the stay away.

1. Modified and Created new themes for my blogs and websites, you can find one of the latest designs at my personal blog www.maynaschua.com , a more fun yet still professional kinda feeling. Being too professional doesn’t stand out, inspired by several sites.
2. Decided to turn my personal blog at www.maynaschua.com into a hub where I will direct both friends and contacts to.
3. Re-tweaked the business plan and took down some projects and sites down which have been put up for experimental purposes
4. Found out and learnt more skills in programming, essential when manpower is not enough or when just small changes are needed.
5. Engaged in the first phase of several product creations for new developments.
6. Set up a studio to take more professional looking photos
7. Tested and bookmark several Youtube videos for reference
8. Compiled a list of all the tools I need to speed up doing everything!
9. Planned out the next steps to take for the next few weeks.
10. Experimenting with mobile, video and podcasts functions ( abandoned mobile version of some websites as the functions haven’t been great)
11. Helped some friends who needed some assistance and morale support

It’s now time to clear some emails and reply to some messages which have been waiting for the past week! Be back later!

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The update’s are almost done!

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Hi there, this site will be going for the 5th and hopefully final major revamp before the army of sites finally show their faces out

Finally have the skills to solve most of the problems encountered by users.

Some improvements includes:

1. Loading time would be reduced by heaps!
2. Mobile edition to be up! Yupz, anywhere everywhere!
3. ….much much more!

This blog would change it’s theme too!

So keep in sight the changes. Gonna be beautiful!

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The Dream of an Awakening Lion

…and there he lays, emotionless and still,
as if life never happened and never will do,
yet he once was awake and the feeling was real,
and he knew how to hunt, he was no fool.

His pride was his group and his group was his pride,
And he led them to victories, from the little rabbits to the elusive deers,
but it brought some of his group no loyalty, for the jungle was cruel,
for there were some who hunted beside him, who have smiles of sharpen teeth.

Then came the day, the hunter was hunted,
He was asleep and soundly so, he heard a rustle but let it go,
and the paws came down on him, swiftly without mercy, heavy without fear,
with a peek of his bleeding eyes of red, he saw them whom he hunted with, terrible hunters.

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Yesterday was the best Birthday I ever had in my 26 years of living, my 25th Birthday was the worst, so yup, this one rocks to the core

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Manz,it has been a really really emotional 25th year from the year 2007 till mid 2008. I think that the latter half of 2007 has got to be the worst of the worst period of time in my life. But thankfully, Glen, Cathy, Jeanie, Maryanne, Jacky, Hanrey, many of my friends and my family really gave me moral support,care and concern to pick me up again in a time when I have lost much of my pride,confidence and instinct.

Thank you everyone, you know I love you all and really appreciate each of you very very much.

Without you, I might not have recovered…and I believe that I have now become a much stronger,better and daring person who will shine in this world because I feel that I have a much better understanding of what truly matters in this world and I am determined to live and create a life that matters.

Dinner

Yesterday’s 26th birthday dinner was just nice old pizza, not any fancy or expensive restaurant putting the head on the chopping board price. Total of 35 bucks instead of the usual one or two hundred dinner for the whole family on such occasions. Thoughts have changed. I thought that the best decision was to have home delivery pizza so no one has to rush home or to rush out to have dinner.

What matters is that we are all relaxed and happy.that’s what I wanted. It’s my bday so it’s my choice anyway, haha. We had a great time celebrating the birthday cake cutting after that. I think this is the best birthday EVER. Hehe considering I had the worst one last year. I feel that my 26th birthday,the first day of my new year will be the year where I can and will become great and show the world what Maynas Chua is all about.I want to shine because of my capabilities, not just my potential.

More on my birthday and thoughts tomorrow. It’s 5.25am now and my thumb is going numb typing this on my mobile phone. haha. Good night my friends!

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Thank you my friends for visiting my personal blog on my birthday. hehe.

I always believed that the more birthday wishes one gets for his or her birthday, the luckier and more blessings he will get for that new year of their lives. So I am creating this post to collect the well wishes and blessings! *Winks*

I’m hoping to collect 100 well wishes in the comments below. If you see this, please do leave one, it will definitely make my birthday a much happier one! Thanks in advance!

Want to make this work? Spread it around in Twitter, Digg, Stumble Upon and to your friends. WOW. That would break a world record too. hehe 

A Mini Birthday Present

Want to make me really happy?

One of my birthday wishes is to get a Yahoo Flickr Pro account.

Some of my friends from Singapore have already ordered MOO mini namecard holders as presents for my birthday so this Flickr account will really come in handy as I will be able to print my first set of namecards for my business that I want to set up soon and also do lots of fantastic stuff like publishing books, posters and many many wonderful things….including VIDEOS

Haha, hey how about this? I will make a Special Birthday Video as thanks to you when this Mini Birthday Present wish gets fulfilled. And lots of cool stuff to come too resulting from this mini-birthday present How cool is that ?

THANKS! My birthday is over and thank you for (you know who *smiles*) who contributed to the mini birthday present! HUGSSSS!!! This is really a very special birthday!

Please note that this event has ended and is a major success!

Gosh, it went over more than required! THANKS!

Thank you my friends, let’s make it work now, shall we? (Big Smiles) 

IT WORKED!

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