Success

Time is running very fast, I wrote my first post on 14-10-2007. Today 14-10-2008 is my happiest day because I am going to complete my first year of blogging.
I believe that I have hit my first year goal.
1. Persistence-Although I never write it every day, but I have managed to write post once a week or more.
2. Visit blog site-In between, I find time to visit other blogger site reading their great posts.
3. Interaction-I have learned many new things through interaction with all kinds of blogger including all of you.
4. Friendly bloggers-I observed so many friendly bloggers in this blog sphere.
5. Motivation-It is really fun to motivate others. I really appreciate all of you constantly motivate me by encouraging me to keep on moving.
6. Happiness-I feel happy that I have the chances to share my little thought.
7. Lot more..
Before ending this post, let's look at the last post [ get extra mile]of my 1st year of blogging.
Comments
Richard Onebamoi said...
Hey Coolingstar9, thanks for dropping over at my blog and for your kind words. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story, I particular like the aspect were you noticed the books that these rich men read. It reminds me of what Charlie "Tremendous" Jones often said, "You will be the same in five years except for the books you read and the people you meet." Your story has confirmed that wisdom. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing you around.
October 9, 2008 1:17 PM
Hazel said...
from your post, i can know that u r really a hardworking people..keep it up..
October 9, 2008 9:31 PM
Mariuca said...
Hola Coolingstar! Thanks so much for stopping by MPG and I hope u enjoyed ur stay there. Here to wish u a great weekend, what are ur plans? :):):)
October 9, 2008 9:44 PM
Gina said...
this is a wonderful story
October 10, 2008 1:12 AM
Kroaky said...
Cool. I was inspired. May he inspire more people. =)
October 11, 2008 12:57 AM
bonoriau said...
Interesting story thank you for sharing. I 1000% agree with you. We really have to go EXTRA MILES in what ever we DO. After working hard and smart then we leave to GOD to help us.
October 11, 2008 4:41 AM
bonoriau said...
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October 11, 2008 4:43 AM
bluecrystaldude said...
Thank you Coolingstar for share this. I am sure more motivated to do more about my life and make the most from it :)
October 11, 2008 4:44 AM
rizal said...
Olla,Thanks for sharing with us a great story. I love what Richard has commented here. : )Now, this has motivated me to go an extra mile too.. :)
October 11, 2008 8:19 AM
mousewords said...
That is a very inspiring story, and the comments are encouraging, too! The books we read are so important. Thank you for sharing this!
October 11, 2008 1:58 PM
blessedmom said...
that is truly an inspiration...thanks for sharing that story...thank you for constantly dropping at my blog and leaving good comments..surely appreciate it!take care coolingstar!Sheila
October 12, 2008 10:25 AM
Our Love Story said...
well said, coolingstar! you did your part in motivating me and other readers by sharing this story of ur friend, Mr. A! nice post! i like it! let's all go for extra mile! take care always!
October 13, 2008 1:03 AM
Scotty's Princess said...
Hi Coolingstar! This is very inspirational! Thanks for always taking that extra-mile in touching people's live by your posts and your comments. You have definitely left a mark and I truly appreciated the kind and motivational words you have spoken. You have touched my life in more ways than one. It means a lot to me.All the Very Best,LAINY a.k.a. Scotty's Princess
October 13, 2008 7:32 AM
My friends, I will pause for while and keep on moving

Go extra mile

My friend has just told me a real story. I can not wait any longer but share it with all of you now. This was a long story but I cut it short because I know you have less time to read long story.
Mr.A, the famous USA motivational speaker told the audiences his early life as follow:
" Have you seen some African black children who are thinner with big Tommy on T.V screen? I was like them when I was a child. I had no enough food to eat and felt very weak. When the wind was blowing, I had to hug the tree tightly. If not, I would be blown away. Please do not laugh, I am here to motivate you. I can do it, why cant your?
I had managed to go to America illegally. I worked as labourer, toilet cleaner and many lowest graded jobs. I learned Spanish and English while working. One day, I looked for a new job- filing clerk . My boss like me very much. Whatever things he instructed me, I would do it properly. When my boss was hospitalised, nobody took care of him except me. The boss hold my hand tightly before leaving this world. My boss's son Mr.B was touched by my good deed and said:" Brother, I will help you to find any job you want."
I told him that I wanted to be hotel attendant. During the work, I observed rich men always had some books on the car boot. I found out the book titles. During weekend, I went to buy the books with same titles. A book-go extra mile changed my life completely.
After that, I experienced many type of job, I kept on learning, had attended seminar, liked to interact with people. That's why I am here to motivate you. Even a black child can make it, you have no reason can not make it."
My friend, Mr.A can, you also can. Believe me, you and I need to go extra mile.

Sharing

I look at myself, I am healthy and have a perfect body. I have a sound mind, I have a full time job.
The more joyful thing is that I still have time to motivate people to go extra miles on this blog site.
I can write anything I like. I find that I have all the freedom here. Of course, I have to responsible for whatever I say. I will be happy if my little thoughts can make your think further.
As you know, my friends always like to share with me some inspiring stories. I find it guilty if I just keep it to myself, so I am going to sharing with all of you.
See you on my next post.

Recycling

Yesterday, my reader Johnmatthew told me that he had a way to make money. He is a high school student, 13 years old. Currently he has a school project. He requested me to put his project to share with your. please this his project as below.
Environmentalism sounds great but there is the sticky question of what to do with all the rubbish. It may not be the most glamorous of industries but it is one of vital importance and one which carries special significant in a region known for it’s pristine forests and natural beauty. In this week’s Industry Insider we look at the main players in recycling, those who want to preserve and those just doing business.
RIGA - The best way to recycle a glass bottle in Tallinn is to leave it beside (but not in!) a public trash can. An enterprising local is sure to pick it up within a few minutes and find some use for it. In downtown Riga meanwhile, getting rid of garbage is pretty difficult. You won’t find any plastic containers neatly lining the alley, waiting to be emptied by garbage crews. Rigans urbanites have to greet the vans personally. If they are late, a sad walk back upstairs to the apartment with the same load is guaranteed.
Outside of the city center the situation is a bit better. There you can dump the garbage to one of several containers pretty much any time. But of course you have got to hope and pray that the garbage van shows up at all. Someone needs to find a better way to dispose of and recycle the Baltic’s garbage.The Riga city council begun reforming the the waste disposal system this year. The city is being divided into five areas with a specific operating company assigned to every district. The thrust of the new concept is to make the garbage disposal operators directly responsible for the actually collected waste, while citizens will be encouraged to sort their household garbage just like it is done in Germany.
Private operators in Riga fear reform would harm competition. This is nothing new according toRiga vice-mayor Janis Dinevitch who asserts the viability of the new model. “In the past, there was no true competition in the garbage disposal business in Riga, because 75% of the garbage was collected by one firm (L&T),” he said.Before 2009, 12 new dump facilities must be built in Latvia in accordance with the European regulations.At the moment there is only one “Getlini” garbage dump facility outside of Riga and no one wants another huge dump built close to the city. Despite its unpopularity in some quarters the Getlini facility is fully supported by EU standards.
The industry in Lithuania is fairly fragmented. In this country 76 specialist firms operate. One of the oldest players in municipal solid waste re-processing is VSA which specializes in hosting garbage containers near housing developments, on industrial sites, and in public areas. A strict sorting approach is applied by VSA to paper, plastic, and metal, with bulk and demolition waste management being two additional areas of expertise.Another company making waves in the industry is UAB “Monmarkas” They have been in the game 7 years. Apart from traditional waste collection, sorting, and re-cycling, this company is keen on technological innovation and working within the Strategic Waste Management Plan of Lithuania. The company offers a complete cycle for packaging products: from wholesale trading in imported polymeric raw materials and packaging to re-cycling at the end of the cycle.
Lithuania also boasts specialized niche companies. “UAB EMP Recycling” was established in 1999 with focus on re-cycling electronic equipment, cable, and wire and catalyst waste with the idea to bring certain types of materials back to the manufacturing industry. In Lithuanian at least it may be all rubbish but the players are sophisticated, highly competitive and have a certain cosmopolitan flair.
Estonia is attempting to develop an advanced recycling system similar to what you would find in Scandinavia. In November 2008, Tallinn will be hosting Environmental Projects and Technologies Exhibition dedicated to wastewater treatment, incinerator systems, liquid waste re-cycling, and specialized areas such as nationwide lamp, ballast, battery, and electronics re-cycling services. 24 countries are expected to attend the forum, including 16 EU nations, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Moldova, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.

Quality control

I have received many valuable comments from my last post-Life is precious.
They are very concerned about their health and qualities of products because they all want longer lives.
I had been working in the medical company in the past. I had to keep proper record for all poison and non-poison medicines. My in charge would counter check it regularly.
Every few months, the health authority would come to the factory for spot check, so as to ensure no abuse use of poison medicine.
I hope all business men not only take care of their own health but also others' health.
Love yourself and love others also.

life is precious

My friends, how are you today? I believe that you are fine and breathing the oxygen smoothly. You are now staying here-coolingstar9's garden to view my new tree, hope you like it.
Today, I am going to imagine how some parents' great pain. I hope all of you can spend just few minutes to think what went wrong.
This is my imagination.
Imagine If I have a young kid or baby, what is my expectation of him or her? First of all, I want him to be healthy and it is my duty to educate him well. I want to instill some good values to him so as he has the foundation to face the new challenges in future.
I will give him more love. If I have more money, I will buy some branded milk for him, so that he can grow up faster and stronger.
But now, my hope is shattered, he has " stones " in his kidney. I am worried for his life because some babies had already died for drinking branded milk with poison.
Who add poison? Why they want to put poison? Something wrong on quality control?
I continue worry for him. Can he continue his life journey longer?
My imagination is over.

On line chatting

On the last post--Let's bin it, Beth posted a comment there. I was wondering what is her life now. On the next day, I saw a message on my messager: Hi, coolingstar9: are you there? I am beth.
Seeing this, I was really excited and I immediately replied: I am fine and you?
beth: I am wonderful, It is hot here but ok, nothing unusual, how is the weather there?
coolingstar9: that's good, cooling weather today. what are you doing now?beth: I am at a friend's house checking my email and blogging.
coolingstar9: ok, can I read and comment you posts?
beth: yes, of course, you are always welcome, This new entry has a lot of " Kriol " in it so it might be hard for you to understand,but you are always welcome.
coolingstar9: thanks, I will do my best to understand it. How is your teaching job?
beth: great, I mean I am not teaching the class that I want, but I am making the most of it.
coolingstar9: I see, I know you are a good teacher.
beth: I hope so, I try to be, this present class is a challenge to me because they are little kids and they are still babyish about following directions.
coolingstar9: Sure, you can do it. Do your student blogging?
beth: My student's? They don't blog but I do.
coolingstar9: long time I never see you on my blog site.
beth: yeah, I have been busy over the summer and I haven't been diligent to blog. sometimes I write on mine but don't comment on others. Oh, we don't have school from June to September.
coolingstar9: Great, you have more time during school holiday. I am thinking to give you an award, can I?
beth: why?
coolingstar9: This is the friendship award given by a blogging friend.
beth: ok, what would I get an award for?
coolingstar9: you can pass it to your blogging friend.
beth: ok, I have you on my blog roll.
coolingstar9: Is it this blog site on your blog roll? I am active on http://coolingstar9.blogspot.com/
beth: yes, that is the one that I have on my blog roll.
beth: how did you come up with the name coolingstar9?
coolingstar9: wow, just want to be cool in all 9 planets.
beth: I see, great.
coolingstar9: Thanks for your comment on my last post. I always welcome you. I have to go out now, take care always.
beth: ok , you take care too.
coolingstar9: bye bye.
beth: bye bye.
This was really an exciting moment for me, the new experience chatting with the blogger. Do you chat on line before?

Let's bin it

Many years ago, I went to subordinate court just to know about the procedure of court hearing. I could see so many lawyers, police officers, offenders, etc. I passed by court no.13, I could see many people queuing up, I asked a man why so many were here. He told me they were to answer the offence--littering.
In this city, if we caught littering by enforcement officers, we will be fined $200. If we do the same offence again, we will be fined more or need to clean up the designated area.
$200 is not a small amount for low income family, so please do not spend the hard earned money just to pay for that fine, you will feel " great pain "
Why people still want to litter here and there? I believe this is a bad habit from young.
This is the time that we need to respect " rubbish " also, if we do not respect it, then we are likely to pay $200 or more.
I hope all of you treat " rubbishes " as money, let's put them into the bank[ bin ].
Let's bin it, do not let enforcement officers have the chance to catch us. Am I right?

Do the right thing

Yesterday, I saw a paper pasted inside the lift. The paper had few words as follow: " You can see the flowers, please do not take it away. If you take the flowers away, you feel happy but the flower lover { owner } will feel sad. "
After seeing this, I believe someone might had stolen the flower pot from others. This is really a bad deed. I know there are many flower lovers who put the flower pot outside their house. If anyone really loves the flowers, he should ask permission from the owner, he should not steal.
Do you encounter something like that?

Award for all of you

This is my most happiest moment because I am going to give away one of the four awards. That means I still have three awards to give. This special friendship award is given by nisha who had just commented on my last post-Give vs Get, She is one of my best friends , She wrote : "I Swear, this post { Give vs Get } has bought tears to my eyes.. its such a beautiful thought you have in your heart coolingstar:)Thank you for leaving comments on my posts that you missed out. I really love hearing the words you put down as comments dear and will always cherish the friendship we share:)
September 2, 2008 5:11 AM ] .
Nisha, thanks for giving this special friendship award to me. Nisha, I am still learning it and I want to put it into action because action worth thousand words. This special award , I have to pass it to all my readers, I believe all of you surely have special friends, why not you receive it and then you pass it to your readers. They will feel joyful and appreciate your kindness, am I right?
Who can take the award. The answer: the following commentators [A blessed life Hazel , Junior , Flodawn , bonoriau , iWalk , bluedreamer27 , "Hanging on a Hyphen" ...,WoW , Lynn , Our Love Story , Allure , kaushal , AngelBaby , Irtiza , Doreen , emjei , Faisal Admar , Liza , bluecrystaldude , WeblogLearner , neomesuff , waliz , lilyruth , Nessa , rizal , neferiti , Ingrid , speak in doodles , HEALTH NUT WANNABEE MOM , schmopper , eastcoastlife , Dori , Bernie , Toni , Joy , Silver Canyons , TrishaRitchieNC , The Mommy and Me Boutique , sho ]
and all of you.
That means
past readers,
present readers,
future readers,
nobody is excluded.
Happy blogging, please take the award and smile.

Give VS Get

Last month, I spent most of my free time watching Olympic games on T.V. I was really enjoying it, I had less time to visit your blog site. I am now seeking your understanding for that.
Recently I have received four award from four great blogger. I am going to give away all these awards to those who posts a comment on this post- Give VS Get-
Trust can be earned in the long run--As a blogger, I believe that I should be a giver. I need to focus on give. I want to inspire those who are depressed, in the darkness. I want them to always think of the bright side. This is my purpose of blogging, I hope my sincere sharing of my little pieces of talk can help some one to overcome obstacles in life. I hope my little talk can give you some smile. I want to taste the incredible power of Give.
It's my hope that we can build long term relationship.
Do you have anything to share about this short talk? see you on my next post-award giving. Let's cheer up.

Fighting spirit

Beijing Olympic was over, I have learnt something from it.
1. Planning- In order to make Olympic games successful, China had planned carefully in every aspects long before Olympic like building world-class stadiums,etc.
2. Environmental control- China had implemented several measures to reduce pollution.This created a pollution-free environment to ensure no health hazard for athletes and tourists.
3. Learn English diligently- Service personnel needed to attend English courses, so that they could communicate with athletes and tourists well. 4. Tough training for all athletes- China got the most gold medal in their Olympic history, their athletes went through very tough training behind the scene.
5. Fighting spirit- I could see many countries' athletes did their very best during competitions.
Of course, We should congratulate those who got gold, silver, bronze medal. We should also salute all athletes for their fighting spirit because they dare to challenge, dare to dream big even they never get any medal.
My friend, we need to plan carefully what we want to do in our life. Let's learn from them-fighting spirit. It is so nice to enjoy the process. Let's keep on moving.

Let's hug Liu xiang

I have been watching Beijing Olympic game since 08-08-2008. I really enjoy it as I can see so many outstanding performances daily. I also read newspaper to keep track all Olympic events every day. That's why I have less time to visit your, sorry for that.
Life is unpredictable even for athletes. Do you know how much efforts they have put in behind scene? They went through a lot of tough training from young. With the strong will power, they had cleared so many obstacles. It is really a nice thing to compete with others in Beijing Olympic to achieve their goal, the best one will get the gold, silver or bronze medal.
The journey is not easy for athletes, some of them were injured during the training session or in the race, Liu xiang is one of the examples.
I felt sad for Liu xiang's withdrawal from the heats for the 100m hurdles[ Beijing Olympic ] due to unbearable pain on his legs. After the incident, I saw two types of comments from fans, some encouraged him to try again next time, some laughed at him by voicing out their anger.
Liu xiang made comments during his interview on Television. He said: " I knew I couldn't make it when I was warming up and I couldn't even jog, I feel very sorry. But there's really nothing I could do. If I had finished the race, I would have risked my tendon. I could not describe my feeling at that moment. I never quit easily. I am not that type of person. " He also wrote something on his blog site. Liu wrote: " Please believe me that the hurt and sadness in my heart cannot be less than yours. At the same time, please believe I am the same Liu xiang as before."
Liu xiang will run again after the recovery, let's hug him .We should hug him even he fell. I salute him for his fighting spirit and he had made the history in year2004- the first Asian who got the gold medal in track and field in Olympic game.

He was promoted to manager

Steven is a financial consultant, he was promoted to manager from associate manager last month, he told us his story.
In the beginning of year2007, he was thinking of running marathon, he wrote down this goal. Steven also told all his friends, colleagues, relatives that he wanted to participate the marathon race. Ironically, he just said only but no action.
One month later, Steven was involved in the car accident and his left arm was injured, he needed help from colleagues to write reports for him because he was left -handed. At that time, he thought he could use this as an excuse, but after some deep thought, he felt embarrassed not to run marathon.
Luckily, he met a marathon group, the group leader encouraged him to start running marathon, he finally made it .
He feel motivated whenever he see motivated words on other participants' shirts. Since then, he run regularly and build up his confidence level. Because of the positive mindset, it helped him hit the sales target and was promoted to manager.
He now encouraging people to run marathon.It can test your endurance.
Note:
The Marathon is a long, grueling race which traditionally closes the Olympic events. It is taken from the amazing achievement of the Greek runner Pheidippides, who ran over twenty-six miles in for hours, taking news to Athens of the Persians’ defeat at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.

My direct sales experiences

Direct sales is a challenging job. Patience and persistence are the main factors that lead to success in direct sales. I was doing direct sales, promoting children educational materials for few years, the experiences helped me in my present job. Due to inexperience, I needed to follow my team supervisor on the job training. After one week, I had to do it on my own.Initially, I was very nervous when talking to clients. I was unable to close any sales because of poor presentation skills and inadequate product knowledge.Luckily, my team manager Mr. Tony kept on motivating me, telling me that I was capable. He told me that he could not close any sales in the first week. With passion and undaunted spirit, he finally closed six sales in the third week. He told me that success needed persistence and determination. He gave me few motivation books to read.After that, I kept on learning the product knowledge and improving my selling skills. I finally closed four sales in the third week, it boosted my confidence.Since then, I worked extremely hard and was promoted to sales supervisor after few months. I started to lead the new team and taught them whatever I had learned about direct sales. I remembered that I had won a camera during the team competition and a free trip to Bali as well.This was indeed a wonderful direct sales experiences for me. Please do not give up if you are in direct sales.

Do your best

On 08-08-2008 at 2008 hrs, about 4 billions people worldwide watching the opening ceremony on 29Th Olympic game.
I had watched the event on live on the TV for few hour. I was enjoying it very much as I could see so many joyful faces in the stadium. This Olympic game is an very important international event, it promotes friendship, cultural exchange amongst all countries. Through this, we can understand each other better.
I wish all athletes do their best to win the competitions. It is meaningless to win the title if the athlete consume banned drugs. I really salute those athletes who had qualified for the games as they had put in lots of efforts.
Do you want to become Olympic champion? Yes, but within yourself. As long as you do your best in whatever fields you do, then you can become Olympic champion within yourself.
Are you an Olympic champion within yourself this year?

Blogger award

A friend, Billy's Mom have tagged me on this beautiful Blogger Award. Thank you Billy's mom :-) It has been done according to the following rules: 1. The winner may put the logo on her blog.

2. Put a link to the person you got the award from.

3. Nominate 5 blogs.

4. Put links to the blogs.

5. Leave a message for your nominees.Hmmmm.....now I am passing this beautiful Blogger Award to;
1. Gina
2. Bikran
3. kaushal
4. Faisal Admar
5. iWalk Have a great week and happy blogging,