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CLIFF YOUNG'S LEGEND - MARATHON

NEVER SAY NEVER

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I was born at only 2.5 kgs. But my nickname is Tua Tow in Hokkein, meaning BIG HEAD because my head was relatively bigger than my body size Tua Tow Tua Tow, sounds cute right?  But you can even call me Tua Tow Kay (big boss).


I began to work at 12 and discovered that Education is the only viable way for me to break off from poverty chain. Since then I strived to follow the foot steps of those successful people and noticed that some of their backgrounds are even worse than mine. If they can achieve success, why can't I?

I began by choosing to play the winning game like chess. I was the Captain who led my primary school in participating at the Majlis Sukan  Sekolah-sekolah Pulau Pinang under 12 Chess competitions in 1973. I achieved an excellent track record for the entire tournament event.

However, due to some unfortunate and unforeseen event, I could not progress further and since then I seldom play the game as it really hurts me.

I also needed to help my mum to sells lottery tickets to supplement our house's income . After my mother’s serious accident, I took over and maintained the business till a few months before my M.C.E. examination, which is SPM now.

I then painfully discontinued this small business to focus on my study, which she disagreed with in view of our tight financial situation, which I could understand. Luckily, many years later, she understood that I made the right decision.

Another blessing came when I obtained a Grade One in my M.C.E. But my joy was short lived because I could not obtain placing in Form 6 at government (public) school, despite many rounds of appeals. I even went to see our Penang Chief Minister, late Tun Lim Chong Eu, but he did not have time for me.

But I didn't despair nor give up. Through my good grades, I got a job as Laboratory Assistant assigned to World Health Organisation and Sumitomo projects. The late Professor from the Biology School, Universiti Sains Malaysia encouraged me immensely which sparked my desire to pursue my dream further.

At that time, I took LCCI intermediate book-keeping classes. Again, due to dire financial constraints, I opted to do self study and not attending night classes, which the teacher assured me that I would FAIL . But I passed the examination with my hard work and fortitude . I began to aspire to become an Accountant.

Anyone here love tiger prawns? Interestingly, prior to my LCCI exam, I also have another project of rearing tiger prawns with a friend. “So who says man can’t multitask ?”

From the professor's encouragement, I then persevered  to pursue my Form 6 in Private School with my earnings from my part time job.

But another battle began because all subjects were in Bahasa Malaysia and my year was the last batch for MCE where Science and Mathematics were in English . Determination and Staying focus helped me to overcome this challenges apart from having to give tuition to 4 school students 2-3 hours Everyday except Sunday. The fees I earned just barely covered all my school expenses and my monthly bike instalment. 

Without any income for about 3 months prior to my examination as I stopped giving tuition,  my only option was attending classes without paying school fees and being prepared to face whatsoever consequence.

Fortunately, my STPM result got me into a local university that we could only afford. I was so exultant because I made it at last after all the hassles and obstacles. 

From  my turbulent life history, I learnt that we dictate the path, nothing can stop us so long we don't give in and give up.We just need to be accountable, decisive, committed, audacious and stay focus as we stride along our life journey.

HOW TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS GROWTH

A very warm welcome to this talk.

How many of you have difficulties in sustaining your business? Pause.

Everyone knows how easy it is to start a business. The REAL Challenge is to sustain it and making big profits.

Today I am going to share with you 4 Proven Tips on how to sustain business growth and make real profits.

To proceed further, I like to use this UNIQUE tea port to illustrate the following 4 points.

a) Design
b) Message
c) Trade Mark
d) Something New

 

Point 1. It is obviously clear that this tea pot was created for far more than its intended functions and features. Because its design is so Amazingly Beautiful, it makes it suitable to be as a decorative item after use.

This illustrates the point that we can't afford to ignore Design should we desire to sustain this business growth.

Again, Apple is using this Proven tip to create an ultra thin and wide screen for its iPhone to get its product noticed. Thus, it has successfully created and added value in the users' perspective.

Point 2. By incorporating a popular quotation at the surface of this pot, the people may connect it with the creator whenever they see the tea pot and hence have a high tendency to form a long lasting memory of the creator in their minds.

Therefore, the purpose of crafting a satisfying narrative is to get the message in sustaining this business.

In this connection, Apple is sending a clear message of simplicity as its identity seen consistently throughout all its products.

Point 3. The trade mark at the bottom of this pot, not only reflects the creator's identity in term of its specialty, uniqueness, and other talents, but also serves as an attractive power for people to unearth its underlying story.

Similar concept also has been employed by all the long successful corporations. Apple for instance, has been successful in creating an Impression of high quality for its products, apart from its simplicity as its identity.

Point 4. With the above smart strategies, its creator has indirectly enhance its new usage. This tea port is also used as a hedging tool against inflation amongst its collectors. Hence, it stays significantly relevant at all times and continuously enjoy long and lasting business growth over many centuries. In short, it is obviously creating not only new demand but remains a significant contributor in the global economy.

Such strategies employed by Apple for the introduction of its new products such as iPad, which is far more superior than iPhone and Laptop. Hence, it delivers SOMETHING that we do  NOT EVEN KNOW THAT we ARE MISSING by Combining email, internet browser and social network into something new.

With this, a new product is born by combining 3 devices into 1 device. I repeat, it is not 3 separate devices, but 1 device.

With the above 4 points, I am very sure that you will find them useful when you plan your future business to ensure that it can sustain the business and make REAL profit.

In conclusion, it is critically important to remember that starting business is very easy, the real challenge is how  we can sustain the business for the real long term profit.


With my 4 points explained earlier, you can use it wisely and diligently to ensure your success in sustaining any business of your choice. With this, I wish you all the best of luck.

James Oh

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PHILIPPIANS 4:8

Whatever is true,
whatever is noble,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
Whatever is admirable-
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-
think about such things. - Philippians 4:8

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RESULT OF THE BUS STOP CONTEST

Very welcome to this Uplifting Blog,

We are very pleased with the response received from our recently held MISS BUS STOP contest at this blog. In this connection, we write to record our sincere special thanks to the sponsors who have been so generous to sponsor prizes for this memorable event. Here, we also like to record our sincere thanks to the readers and visitors for your kind support and participation which made this event so exciting and fun.

From the feedback, we realised that it is a very tough decision to decide which bus stops to choose. They are all uniquely designed according to culture, preference and climate. All of them have their own beauty in their own way. As a result, it had very highly likely deterred many for not proceeding to vote at the end of the day. This has caused the prizes to be won to be more than the participants.

As the long awaited day finally arrived and after  due considerate thought, we decided to declare the following two participants to be winners for this event.

1. Foxydeltan, will receive the book of Maths Magic and Craft from Teoh Poh Yew.

2. Teoh Poh Yew will receive an Ecopy of Miss Delphine's thriller "ETA-Estimated Time of Arrest" to the winner!

Big congratulation to the above mentioned winners. In this connection, we urge the winner to leave down your contact details so that we shall inform the sponsors would contact you and make the necessary arrangement to send you the prizes accordingly. Please remember to forward us a copy of your photo with your prize for our record purpose and to complete our memorable event.


With this, we are pleased to let you know that we will organise such an event in the near future. So stay tuned and look forward to seeing you again.

James Oh

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MAY PEACE BE INSIDE YOU AND AROUND YOU

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DYNAMIC VIEW OPTION

Dear Valued Readers and Subscribers,

Lovely welcome to this Uplifting Blog and as usual we have got some news for you and hope this news will not only inspire you, and spark off your spirit throughout the end of the day.

In our pursuit of serving you better and be more effective, we have been constantly reevaluating and exploring some of the new features that Google has offered us.

Upon taking a closer look at the “Dynamic view” option for our web layout for a trial, our initial feel of this feature is relatively more impressive and more impactful . That does make a lot of sense for us to do so.

As such, we have put it on a try for several days with the above mentioned intent and the outcome turns out to be more than favourable. Hence, we decided to leave it as it is, unless we hear otherwise from you. This is because we want to focus on other features that will bring more benefits to you. Having say so, we also like to know of your interests and preferences. Serving you better is always our top priority.

Meanwhile, we like to express our heartfelt thanks to you for your continuous support and may like to remind you that it is a good idea to subscribe to the blogs you like reading. That way you will always receive their new updates as soon as they are published. In the same token, do visit our blogs and click Subscribe. Many thanks for your kind action.

We, at Lift You Up, are always open to your ideas and suggestions. Feel free to contact us with any questions or ideas. Alternatively you may furnish us via comment provided just below the content.

Thanks and look forward to hearing from you,

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REAL GIANTS IN GREECE

Real Giants in Greece (發現巨人骸骨)

The giants mentioned in the Bible have been discovered in Greece. These astounding photos are from a recent archaeological discovery in Greece ; This totally unexpected find furnishes proof of the existence of "Nephilim". Nephilim is the word used to describe the giants spoken of in biblical times by Enoch as well as the giant David fought against (Goliath). Note the incredible size of the skull... Gen 6:4 There were giants on earth in those days; Num 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. Just to show that the Bible is true with history lessons that are applicable both then and today and it is not just a spiritual book. !

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IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO DEFINE YOUR'S LIFE PURPOSE

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To live life meaningfully and reap its greatest potential possible, we need to have a definite purpose that guides our ambitions, vision, and goals. Otherwise, we are just like the sailing boat without compass and do not know where we are heading to. Please give it a serious thought and define your life soonest possible.

What was the past is not important and what matters now is that each of us has specific talents and gifts that are uniquely built within us. For those who have truly discovered their REAL purpose, then we write to take this opportunity to congratulate you. In this connection, greatly appreciate if you could enlighten us on how you discover it. Thank you in advance for your kind action.

We strongly believe that we do not just pick up things we like doing by chance along our lives. What we are trying to say here is that we discovered what you are good at because we were meant to discover it. There is no coincidence, but rather that your legs are meant to walk instead of your hands. This is because it is created with that intent in the first place.

Therefore, it is appropriately right to say that your unique gifts are hardwired into your system just like the rest of your organs are assigned to function that particular blueprint integrated with the rest and function as a whole, so to speak.

Through these specific talents and gifts, you are able to define and determine your definite purpose as to why you are here, which you have been created for in the first place. What is in you that is distinctly different from another living human being. In fact, it is rarely possible that what you bring to the table has been duplicated since time began.

That is right! This “purpose” is a very serious business and that's why we bring this topic into today's discussion with the intention that you discover your real purpose if you have not done so. Otherwise, sad to say that everything else is wrong. We say so because it is just like working with a broken compass when you think you are heading North, but actually you are not. In short, if you are unsure which direction you are heading, you are just wandering aimlessly.

Without our purpose identified firmly in our mind, we will wander through life. We will not feel that we are “in the real flow, the way it supposed to be.” As such, it is imperative we recognize what it is that we are good at and what we really love and enjoy doing.

Our real purpose in this lifetime is to do the thing that we truly love, and not just to fulfill other's purpose which is not ours. As such, you are not to let non important issues distract your attention at all when you are sorting out your real purpose.

The truth is that you can earn money at anything through Resources, Ideas, Capital and Expertise. Once you have determined your purpose, you would not even have to think hard on how to earn money. This is because once you are doing what you love, you will be guided, as if, by an unseen hand, heading to the right direction and everything will just falls into place - Real and not imagined.

Therefore you must be cautious not to be mislead by the "truth" that the key to your life is to settle for the “safe” thing that will bring in money. But the real secured key, in fact, is to do what you really love. Fall in love with an idea or activity is begin to live actively. That is the breath of  life! That is the purpose of life.

Thanks and please direct your circle of friends to read this article should you find it useful to you. Thanks for your time and efforts.


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LIVING WITH LIFE PURPOSE

A HEART TOUCHING STORY THAT COULD MAKE YOUR HEART CRY

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IT IS GOOD THAT YOU FIND OUT

GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS!!!.........

♣ When you obey the Words of God ------------------------♣ God makes you unshakably strong and better*

♣ When you live by the Words of God -------------------- ♣ your love shines through out both rains and shines*

♣ When you are led by the Holy Spirit of God ----------- ♣ you are tireless and amazingly peaceful*

♣ When you stay focus on God ------------------------------ ♣ you are attentively un-distracted no matter what*

♣ When you are about to spread the Words of God ------♣ you will receive courage from your inner strength to do it anyway*

♣ When you are stay connected with God ---------------- ♣ you are fearless and set free from everything*

♣ When you see everything from God's perspective ------- ♣ you are able to see everything vividly clear and loud*  

Your Chief Servant

James Oh

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AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL ISLAND

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The above photo vividly illustrated the beauty of this island with a huge building at the peak, believe to be a tourist area, which we have no clue to its location. As such, we write to invite those who are familiar with this place to come forward to share with us more information on this island. The building appears inclined to the oriental type and more likely to be in the Asia Pacific.

Before I forget, please tell us the first thought that comes to your mind when you first see this picture. Are you willing to spend a couple of days to venture into this Island? The view looks like windows just below the building, there appears to be a huge resort with a magnificent view of the sea side. Sounds interesting and challenging, right? Tell us more what you can see from the above photo.

The island seems to have one huge building at the peak and may have some access roads from its bottom, which is very far above the sea level. It should be keep its dwellers safe from flooding. More information pending from the comments provided below, which we believe could bring the island to be more lively.

What we are not sure is how the access road is being monitored should the sea level rises above it. Or may be it is very unlikely event to happen. As such, we should rule out such possibilities. Currently, we do not have much information on the island and no clue about it and urge someone who has such information to step forward and share with us. Thanks for your kind action.

The island is served by the cable car from the other island situated next to it. This may strongly suggest that it is of a popular tourist area where it well connected with cable car to another island. This may not be surprise that it may not be far from the mainland. This is just our wild guess.

Look forward to receiving information from you and have a fruitful day.

James Oh

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SOME CRITICAL GEORGRAPHICAL FACTS II

Antarctica

Ninety  percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert.  The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches  Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an  absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

 Brazil

Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

 Canada

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

Canada  is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village.'
 
 Chicago

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the  world.

 Detroit

Woodward Avenue in Detroit,  Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere.
   
Damascus, Syria

Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

 Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.

 Los Angeles

Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.  
  
New York City

The  term 'The Big Apple' was  coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's  who used  the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.

There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin , Ireland ; more Italians  in New York  City than in Rome, Italy ; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel .

 Ohio

There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , every one is man made.
 
Pitcairn Island

The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just  1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.

 Rome

The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was  Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

 Siberia

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.
 
S.M.O.M.

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. 

(S.M.O.M). It is located in the  city of Rome, Italy,  has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican.  It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is. 

Sahara Desert

In the Sahara Desert, there is a  town named Tidikelt, Algeria, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.
 
Technically  though, the driest  place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

Spain

Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.' 

 St. Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul, Minnesota , was  originally called Pig's Eye after a man named  Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there.

 Roads
  
Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A : 1%,  in Canada : 75%  

Russia

The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Super deep Borehole, in Russia. It reached a depth of 12,261 meters  (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). It was drilled for scientific research and gave up some unexpected discoveries, one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen - so   massive that the mud coming from the hole was �boiling� with it.

United States

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must  be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

 Waterfalls
 
The water of Angel Falls (the  World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet  (979  meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.

I  have always said , you  should learn something new every day. Unfortunately, many of us are at that age where what we learn today, we forget  tomorrow. But,  give it a shot anyway.

If you find this article is helpful, please share it with your circle of friends. This is because we believe that sharing is caring. Thanks for your kind action.


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