Just tot some of you might be interested in my VPess final. Its actually printed on 4 A3 paper and mounted on mounting board. When put together, it looks like this. All the layout is actually done all within 2 and a half hours. Include looking for all the images and stuff….
Also this might be 1 of last few time Im posting on this blog. I will inform you moved to my personal website 5amuelchan.com As Im writing this post, Im already setting a wordpress blog there. Dun worry, changing to self hosted domain won’t make me sound more pro. Still the same old me posting, same self-obsessive posts, same lame, senseless, rantz…
Its actually easier for me to manage since I can also do my business in sync with blog posting (will be all manage in the same admin area) and also I have plugin to download the whole blog as a backup
something blogger or any free services can’t really do at this time.
So hopefully, that blog will be permanent. Archiving my next… 20 years or so?(dunno by then is blog still popular. haha) There will be more of me, more of samuel, more of samuel poor grammer(ehhhh…) and more of the feelings I have towards my path of being a designer cum entreprenuer
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Just came back home. Rest a while, write this blog, take some stuff and off to another place soon
These few days, or rather weeks… Im living a very fulfilling and productive(not the type of productive, the government is encouraging =P) life. And I think God has not let me down. Well, not in the sense of transaction or I need something back from God to do His work. What Im trying to say is that we need to use whatever “talent” God has given us. It might be money or ability. If we use it wisely, He will increase it so that out lives will glorify Him.
I just received my “leaked” copy of the church 50th Anniversary yearBook that I have being doing for the past months yesterday… so excited I brought it to school to show my frens n lecturer the fruits of my labour. It isn’t showing off. I know maybe some people can do a better job than me, but Im rather proud of my achievement this time round.
I can’t show any church member the book itself now. You will have to wait till…. Sunday~! Which is 3 days later So patient
I forget if this is coincident or on purpose. While designing the backcover, my face take out the best position in the cover. Not covered by anything or being cut off.
While doing all this free/voluntary work which seem to be waste of time to most people, God blessed me with good health and blessed my internet business. Time are bad yet my totally-ignored internet business is doing pretty well. Yes, they are all in US dollar.
Btw, after all my church stuff… Im going to start managing my internet business again. Im looking for more income stream that is like this, fully automated, and doesn’t drained out my bank account like this one did. I actually paid US$997 with US$97 recurring each month for a video course and a whole suite of web automation apps. Im investing in gaining knowledge and in the mean time, paying $$ so I can automate things and freeing my time.
The course Im into will teach how to generate FREE traffic (im using PAID traffic now) and to quickly setup tonnes of high quality micro niche site quickly…. cool huh. ron, interested =P?
This is already quite old news… i ‘revamped’ my room layout.
Of course now is abit neater, I’ve packed but see… my room have more space now =D
Some random stuff I made with mac. Cool huh… at the very end of the seemlessly never-ending printscreen is a picture of me. Told’ya i always have cam-whore pic in my posts XD lol
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How To Increase Productivity
Value isn’t what you say it is, its what the customer says it is.
Use your time and knowledge to create things customers think are valuable.
BAD things:
1. Multitasking hurts you, it makes you inefficient. It lowers your IQ!
2. Distraction and Interaction. If your distracted it takes about 20mins to get back to the point you were at before you were distracted.
3. Friction. Something not supporting you. E.g. uncomfortable work environment, mind thinking about other things. Eliminate all friction to get more done.
4. Monkey Mind and Emotions. When your mind runs away on other topics.
GOOD things:
1. Clean Focus, work in long chunks of focused uninterrupted time of a minimum of 2 hours. Work on one thing with no distraction or multitasking.
-Customer Pillar, go out and get customers, advertising, social marketing etc. (40% of time)
-Conversion Pillar, what to do after prospects show up on your site, your offer, headline, guarantee etc. (20% of time)
-Content Pillar, products and services you create (10% of time)
-Management Pillar, time, people and business management, keeping your books up to date, customer service, managing your time and outsourcing etc. (30% of time)
2. Clean Breaks - Pulse, after working chunks take complete rest and then work solid again and then take another complete rest and repeat.
3. Create Routines for Everything you need to get done, do the important things at the same time each day.
4. Renew Yourself, when we work a lot we become overworked and lose touch with ourselves. Take time to do fun, enjoyable things.
“Time management is a misnomer the challenge is to manage ourselves”
Priority 1 - Make Yourself Healthy - The 1st meal you eat sets the context for the other meals the rest of the day. Exercise early on sets you up for the rest of the day.
Drink a glass of fresh water in the morning each day and take some exercise to set you up for the rest of the day. Do 5 mins of meditation, calm deep breathing and then have a great meal.
1. Make a list of all the things that create distraction, interruption and friction for you and put a plan to eliminate the distraction, interruption and friction.
2. Make a list of the 3 activities that create the most value for your business. Spend a minimum of 1 hour a day clean focus on each of the 3 activities.
3. Create a morning routine where you spend an hour each day to make yourself strong and emotionally good. Exercise, water, meditation, read a book, healthy meal.
source: my notes after learning Eben Pagan’s method
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time now is 4:54am. sleeping soon. jus wanna show you guys what i spend whole nite doing =D
its for my Visual Presentation module and we were supposed to redesign in our own interpretation of our favorite movie. Mine is ‘a beautiful mind’ starring russel crowe =D
*****EDIT*****
after consultation tis morning, i edited and submitted this.
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I always knew my obsession of the web will lead me somewhere =D
from the article “15 Ways to Hack Your Brain For A Better Life”:
“Surf the Net: Net-addicts unite! We’ve known it all along, and now we’ve been proven right. A recent study at the University of California Los Angeles found that searching the web stimulated centers in the brain that controlled decision-making and complex reasoning. A simple task like searching the web appears to enhance brain circuitry. Brain scans showed that much more of the brain was activated by internet use than by simply reading a book. Not to mention, there are all sorts of lovely online brain teasers and games on the web, just waiting to make you smarter. And here’s the clincher: the more you surf, the more your brain works.”
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haiz… I shldn’t had complain about being bz…. coz its a honor to be part of God’s ministry.
This is the poster I’ve created for the Christmas play Im a part in. See the little boy is actually me. Movie poster and ticket
Anyone interested beside the ones I’ve already invited pls contact me to get the tickets Joel, i noe u wan. Jus remind me again and I will pass u ticket one of these dazes
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Recently, Im really under too much stress but have no way to relieve it. I do not know who else to speak to so Im blogging all these down. It all started during SIP. SIP itself is tiring but its all part of life… working, gotta get used to it sooner or later. Then came my church 50th anniversary yearbook design. 128 pages in total. Although Im not the one who did the whole thing, the design aspect were all thru me. Printer side help alot or else by now, Im dead.
While doing SIP n yearbook, I am selected as 1 of the male lead for the church play. Yeaaaa… however the bad part is… the practise n rehersal which is super tiring…. Sometime, I had 2 practise a week (for my part).
Let’s take a look at school side of life… I had model making elective, and VPess. Luckily Im quite skilful in hand work. I think i cope with it pretty well. But dun forget I have the FINAL YEAR PROJECT! The MAJOREST project of all the projects. The most important PROJECT for my 3 years of poly life and it has past 1 mth and seriously, to be dead honest, I never done anything. Yes…. HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING except for the proposal presentation. Its not like I have no idea or change of idea. I KNEW wat I want to do but I JUST HAVE NOOOOO TIME. OMG~!!!
My FYP is suppose to be used for Diploma Show 2009 which is quite a big thing. Nope, done nothing. And sometime during Jan, I need to setup my project 4 installation bike for OPEN HOUSE and I need to reshoot some video. Production most likely need 1 week. Fair enough.
before i proceed to more personal stress, let’s take a look back at church stuff. While doing yearbook i was asked to also do the Christmas play’s poster and the play’s entrance ticket. I was like….. ok…. ok…. (if u noe me well, u would haf known me as a person who do not refuse any asking for help) so i agree to take up the project too. Which is due… like…. TODAY!? After writing tis blog i need to rush to finish it. I also had to create a flash flipbook version of the church yearbook which i finally completed yesterday… like finally can breathe well abit.
also on sunday, Im in charge of multimedia…. and I had to come out with the powerpoint slides for this Sunday’s service….
Hmmm… VPess need to submit on monday, so tt give me Sunday, after service to do. Fair enuff…
Abit personal stress. Grandma’s memory is a little failing rite nw and if you seen “Money Not enuff 2″ you would understand…. keep asking the same question o’er n o’er again… I can’t really concentrate on my work for a full 1 hour. Today she asked me to eat for about 7 times? From the time I reached home which is abt 3 pm…. all the way to 7 pm which is my usual dinner time. Why would she ask me if I wan to eat at 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm and anytime in between??? I have noooooo idea.
If you are a follower of my blog, you would have noe I had a little quarrel with my gf a while ago. Good/Bad news…. she promoted to become my ex alr. whooo… but tooooo stress to even feel sad about it which is pretty sad. Ha. haven updated my facebook status as I dun wan my parents to know. My mom is on facebook every nite so if i update it, it will be very obvious.
Im stressed enuff, dun wan dem to give me stress. Oh well… my mom read blog too so its jus a matter of time be4 she spot tis.
Another personal stress is quite time sensitive and critical and … need to be resolve fast. My cashflow is literally dying~!!!!! I have only 400 plus in my bank acct nw n my tis mth bill is almost up (which is about 600 plus) Once again, follower of this blog will noe im into internet marketing…. and i received thousands and thousands of dollar of cash… I have already received 3 check amounting to about $2600 by only spending abt $1000. So ROI is 150% but the problem isssss… even the first check, which is $1500 has not cleared yet. US check take eons to clear n im now worrying if it is goin to be cleared or not. Once the first check is in. My cashflow will not be this tight….
Another problem is since now I have no time to even look at my internet marketing stuff… I haven really went in there and tweak and maintain…. so sales dropped by ALOT while daily advertising fee remain the SAME. I need time to go in to optimize the campaign… like seriously… and look for more ways to automate the whole process. TIME is of the essence. (not brand essence)
I also need to read my bible, QT, very important…. need to exercise for NAPFA which I set every monday, wednesday n friday (i have postponed today training to tomorrow). Everyday after lesson I will go straight home to either sleep or start work. No time to hang out with Joshua, dey all sit there, do nothing, play games, watch videos, chat. Im taking my work very seriously and I dun wan to scare dem n stress dem by doing my work in school =P
Recently, I also bought an iPod Touch which I really loved it. My first mp3 player actually. I need music to bring my stress level down. And I used it when exercising which is really effective in motivating and keeping my energy level high. Im into all kinda ‘brain hacking’… im able to control my emotion very well… which is why when i break up with my ex, the whole world never crash down on me. I am able to keep happy and use put in heart into everything I do. And God is also out there looking out for me. Making sure I was not stressed sooo much I couldn’t handle.
Some random tots to end tis post off…. I want to be illustrator! I want iCat (cousin of iDog) for Christmas! Stress sucked but I enjoyed it! I seriously need a life! I already got a life! I wish a pill is all the food I need for a day! I want to stop time like Hiro and finish all my work in a 0 second! Being a speedster also not bad (finish work in a milisecond)! I loved my new room layout! I want to draw! I want a kitten (that makes 2 cats. iCat and a real cat! I am handsome! I am thickskin! I am better than YOU! Ok la, dun sad la, u r good too! YT is spec club president! I am spec club VP! PHY is cute (oops)! Sam is not equal Samuel! Samuel’s chinese name is SPECIAL!
I love being me…
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i spend a whole afternoon doing VPess… 
In the end, this is wat I’ve achieve =)
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Yes, I just cut my hair. Gone with the emo look again.
Recently, I’ve lost my ‘motivation’ to do work. However, I kinda found another source of ‘motivation’ kinda kinda kinda… yah. It wasn’t intentional, it just came naturally. I realize it in the most stupid way.
However, this ‘motivation’ is not stable yet. I feel like Im playing the game ‘Topple’ (ipod touch game)
feels like it will topple anytime =( but heck… i reallie do…**** *** so go for it. and have no regrets =|
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If you guys rmb my last few posts. I wrote about Nokia N78 advertisement having problem. Some comment to me that since they have printed it out, they can’t change already. So don’t blame them. Yah I agree… but tis morning, I saw the advertisement again then i feel like looking at the web version. Web can be change easily (after I had experience in my company) so if they spot the mistake, they shld quickly change it rite?
But look at this
the mistake is still there~!
if you can’t see it clearly. here is it again…
I have nothing against Nokia, im not biased. If Apple made mistake, I will also point it out. Nokia see tis also nvm. Quickly get your designer, amend it. We will appreciate if you show your information/visual correctly
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Anyone interested beside the ones I’ve already invited pls contact me to get the tickets