Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

I want to thank God for letting me to embark on business opportunity once again. It is my three day roadshow at Suntec. (last week) I would call it sheer luck or hard work because I managed to have three walk ins for this road show!! Wow and they are ready buyers! Ha. And from this roadshow, it made me to have a volume to $20000. This is really thanking god! Also, want to thank my mum and my mother in law for helping us to take good care of Josh during the three days because I'm not around at home and that made them work longer at home. Find that in life, we must hedge onto opportunities and if they are knocking at your door, grab it! Because you never know whether next time, there will be another round of this opportunity laid down for you once again. I'm also very happy that this year, I am able to pen down my thoughts in a book as a Senior Financial consultant and to keep it as a memoir for myself! Yeah! Can't wait for it to be published and given to my clients!

Hi! I am very thankful that my mother in law and Eve takes good care of Josh when I'm doing IT fair. And that all of us have to work till 9pm. Ah! And really push me to work even harder during roadshow. Yesterday, I went back home and thankful Eve bought for my supper and also in cooked for her jn return, I cooked for her fried egg with mushroom. Ha. I miss home cooked food too. Ha. We made baked seafood rice two days back and this together effort is paid off!! See the result.. This is seafood with morserellla cheese and it is put in the oven. But the rice not so Q. Prob should make the rice drier. Must Jiayou today!!

Happy! Well on 15th Dec, it's my mum birthday and we ate lunch at home. And they all enjoyed it as we baked salmon and the small Japanese fishes. Then for the dinner, suppose to eat at the dinner place that my golden rooster has eaten at 134 Telok Ayer street. But happened that day they didn't open that day. We went to another teochew restaurant that is quite not worth it :( Ate roast pig and everything totaled up to $400+. Cant believe it because it's quite salty and oily. And every person averaged out o be $70! Mind as well go to THE LINE to have seafood buffet! Ah...

Well yesterday, went to my collegues' wedding lunch and it is very well done! Really love the cartoon video movie that amazed me because it really portrayed how they met and how things worked out for them in summary. Quite touching and that made me to think if it will be good to have me and Eve's one done in a movie clip and can be kept. Then next time when my children wants to know, or even my grandchildren, they will get to know. Isn't that cool? Also, for my friend, he even pain stakingly played piano! That is the stunner and even his wife was moved to tears!! Wow... Josh was there too and I am very happy that he sat on the baby chair because frankly, he doesn't like to sit on it. Ha. And that made the feeding easier and we are also much lighter on our side! Ha...

Hi Everyone Yesterday is a great day for socializing because coincidentally, it is a day for material science and for my community service club friends. I heard from my friend Viknesh that for my material science outing, my fellow friends took leave for the afternoon amazing race planned by Shufen. I am really amazed and I told myself that I must go for it! Seriously, I have never heard that of a group of people taking leave for gathering! A wedding event,yes. But friends outing, wow! I went and met them and then they were waiting for me at the food republic at wisma. They straight away kicked off the event the moment I reached!! My team has Kelvin, Wengsoon, Zhihong and I. And Shufen is really very clever as she posted the pictures on facebook so that we can log on to see. The aim is to find the exact pictures and take with ourselves inside!! It is challenging because we have no idea where are the displays but the clue is that they are all in sequence.. Thank god we manage to find ...

Hey everyone!! I am really very excited and awaiting for very good news in my work. I am looking forward to this year's bonus!! Ha.. And have never gotten that amount before.. Ha. And yes, this year is the year that enables me to achieve results better than the years before!! I am really thankful that Eve actually brought me into this career of mine and that I enjoy what I do, and most importantly, we are able to plan time everyday for our usage too. Now, I'm reading on parenting books that can increase my knowledge towards parenting because now, Josh is growing very fast and discipline him at times is required. And really thankful that Eve now still breastfeeds him, giving him the better milk and also thank my mother in law who takes good care of Josh everyday, except Sunday! Update you good news on saturday evening!!!! Some pictures of us at the park. And he really loves nature, just like his parents!! And we played with the small stones and fallen leaves...:)

Well on Saturday, I went for my IPPT test because it is due before my birthday. Still can remember that last year this time, I also took my test at Khatib camp. This time is better, chose 4pm slot and I'm amazed that there are so many people there. Here are my results Pull up: 11 Sit up: 36 Standing broad jump:221cm Shuttle run:10.0sec 2.4km rum:12min10sec My my!! My static stations are silver and I just need to hit my running before 12 mins I will get a silver for my physical fitness test!! I am shocked actually when my timing was 12min10sec!! Coz on my fifth round, my timing was 9min59sec. Because towards the last round, I had a stitch and didn't expect I took more than 2mins for my last round.. Making me to have a result of Bronze. Ah!! That goes my $200... I only have $100 for this test... Ha. But thank god that I passed because my fear station is actually the standing broad jump.. Was thankful that with my height, I can jump to 221cm!! Last year, I can still remember that ...

Well all of us have to keep finding ways to stay positive and one of the ways is with the support of family members. It's true that we should put our family first then our selves second then work. Support from family members work both ways and it's good to initiate first. Then it is then reciprocated. And when other members felt it, they feel happy and the spirit of happiness spreads. Do you know that children are most sensitive towards the feelings of their parents? So gotta keep making yourself feel positive!! And they in turn will be. Now we are slowly introducing toothbrush to Josh because he has more and more teeth growing out from his gums! And oral hygiene has to be met!! Ha.. Sometimes at night, Josh and us will actually go to our nearby Dome to chill!! Of course not too late, till about 1045pm. Yesterday he is a so happy. And he loves to be a postman too, taking postcards from the Dome entrance and pass it to mum. Ha! We all love him...

I am really confused. This week Cellgroup it really makes me feel immature to even be in a church and that I feel I got judged by what I didn't do, and not commented that what I have done. I know that it is good to attend church, as you can feel God. But in Cellgroup, somehow I don't. I am really shocked and disappointed to be typing this post now because all along, I do not feel this way. Maybe I have, but I do not really care much? Church has really blessed me a lot. Really. But when come to relationship building, that made me want to think about it, that is it worth it? Are we friends or that administrative work really covers the friendship? Come to think of it, I have a few good friends, and many are very good ONLY in times together. And when we moved on, no more. Example I have a few good secondary school friends and army friends. But when we left secondary and army units respectively, somehow we lost contact or don't even bother to carry on... This is really very true...

I really wonder what happen to most of the y2k singers in the music scene. Because when I searched the Internet, there used to be alot of great music from year 2000 to 2004.. One example is Kavana. He has great voice and his songs like 'MFEO' and 'Special kind o something' is so wow! And really wonder what happened to him. His music contract ended in 2000. And he never continue... Find that they should have a come back and pop groups like '911', Backstreet boys and Spice Girls should have a come back!!!! My my..

Well I'm really very thankful for everyone and God who have been supporting me through my hardwork these few months in 2010. Of course, this year haven't end but honestly speaking, I'm really amazed that I can achieve much better results as compared to my previous years!! Woohoo.. Last year, I manage to hit my gross volume of $135000. But now, I have $222000. Wow right? And I am setting a higher goal for December. See can reach it? Ha!! I'm really very happy for my friends in the civil service, getting two months of their salary as bonus. *congratulations* Amazing race @ Botanic gardens yesterday Yesterday was the first time for my Cellgroup to organize a picnic and I also planned for the Amazing race around botanic gardens too. Love to plan these events and get people to execute it.. Created tasks like roadblocks, detour, pit stop and so happy to see them rushing for their lives towards the end, when they spotted a brown ball water feature!! Below are s...

Well, today is the first day of IT fair and I tell you, it is also a day of experience. The crowd is not as much as the previous IT fair which I did in April, but the contacts I have gotten is quite potential ones. Even met a lady who works in Singtel for 36 years, who happen to know my aunt who also works that long in the same company! Amazing stuff eh? This time we are located not so near the noisy sound system, so it is better, I find. Tmr will be a better day!! God I really want to thank God for his never ending blessings because today, it happened that my $150k investment is approved and guess what happened? They just launched an incentive that raises my commission to additional 1.5%! I am so thrilled when I saw this email because that would mean that I have additional income of $2250 by doing nothing!! I tell you, when you favor God, He shall favor you even more and he will work around you so that we will benefit from our surroundings! I am amazed by this!! iPhon...

Well this morning is quite shag for me as when I woke up, it was 8.14 am and I was supposed to meet my secretary at my place. I haven't prepared the stuff I have for her. But she was punctual and she waited for us to get the stuff. Within 5 minutes, it was done. Today is a new experience for us because our neighbor above us are doing major renovation today, tomorrow and 22nd. And I tell you it us very very noisy! Due to that we have to go to Eve's mum place for shelter. We took cab and went there. And there came an impatient lady driver who kept honing us as we are trying to get the cab who is in front of her. It is very obvious that we have a child and we take awhile to get into the cab. Yet, she kept honing. So ridiculous lady. Should have taken her car plate number! Irritating lo. Went to have lunch at her place and bought duck rice and I'm amazed that there are so many people getting the duck rice!! It tasted so yummy and the owner took out the fatty portion of i...

Well last night, it was supposed to be a fine night for all of us. We brought Josh for a night walk at 1030pm and he slept inside the baby carrier at 1100pm. We were so happy. At 1130pm, we brought him back and I tried to remove him tactfully from the baby sling. And he moved slightly so we carefully took him out (he is still in sleep mode) and brought him near Eve. He woke up slightly and started to have his normal night breast feed. We thought it was the end and we can sleep. Guess what?? After the short feed, there came an awake child sitting on our bed!!! I was shocked. The two big eyes are looking at us!!! My my. Josh is awake!! And the time was 1215am!!! In the end, I decided to bring him down for walkies with the carrier(my style of bringing him to sleep). Guess what I saw when I was downstairs? So many joggers. And I think they may find me crazy to be spotted with a baby at such wee hours. He began to make more noises and he is even more awake when he saw the stair...

Hi everyone! Last Saturday, I get to know that my testimony was shared in church. Can you believe it?? What I typed days before about my financial blessing was shared on both days (Saturday and Sunday). When I personally heard it in church, I am really very amazed because I was prompted by God to give, he blessed me and now it is spread to so many people in church!!! Wow... It is so powerful. More Testimonies On Tuesday, I closed a $4000 case and today, I closed a $3350 case. Wow.. This really brings about power of attraction. What my boss taught me is true. You have to believe in your own achievement and somehow things will just come. And I am very very sure about it that I will achieve what I have set out to achieve. Happy!!!

Every morning, Josh will be the first to wake up and Eve will prepare breakfast. I will make his food then we will go down to the park for morning walk.. Can you see that he actually place his small fingers in the holes for more support? And coincidentally, we happen to meet a couple who was at the park last morning too!! He knows how to see the iPhone 4 screen and I was amazed that he did the funny look! I quickly took with him! Ha! So humorous! Well, I'm excited because I'm edging closer to my year end target and of course, I will work hard to achieve it!! Need you guys support!!

Today I went early in the morning because I was invited to give sharing to my juniors and I'm actually more than happy to share! I was on time and I learned from them about their year end targets. I shared with them about the scripts I use, and how I keep myself motivated and keep moving on. Really hope they can use my experience to cut short their success journey. Later did another sharing to my office collegues about opening single premium products. And how I manage my clients. Really feel that I enjoy training and that people can hear me talk! Ha. Probably I should go and build myself into the training education field. I really felt a sense of fulfilment!! Went back immediately because our kitchen sink pipe leaks and the repairman is very efficient and i thought it will be around $150. But no.. It'd just $50. So good right?? Exciting part of the day. I went to my appointment to meet a prospect at tanjong pagar. And I closed the biggest case in my career!! It...

Went to church this morning and really want to thank the Lord for providing us the new knowledge that we can apply in our lives. Whether you are a believer or not, this is somehow true. We are like a lamp, using a wick to light up and oil as fuel. At times, when we overwork, our oil depletes and if we do not have enough rest, our oil is used up and we will burn our own wick = burnt out. We must try to seek other ways so as to fill up our oil. This can be in the form of rest, exercise and for believers, to have faith in god. This not only builds up oil in us, god will help us in ways that we do not burnt out. However if we keep relying on our flesh ( or ourselves), after a while, we will eventually dry up. So in our lives, try our best to keep our oil overflowing and may our wicks keep on burning to keep our lives alive! Another message is about tithing. Well, there will always bound to have 'vultures' eating away our money everytime or that we are tempted to spend on ...

My friends. We have to be thankful of what we have actually. Met up with my friend today and I learned that he had left his marriage and leading a life as a single now. Come to think of it, I was shocked the very moment I heard of it. I even said that is it a joke?! Marriage is not a dinner held at a hotel or just merely exchanging of rings. It involves more commitment and trust among both parties. Well, they have tried alot of ways such as going overseas, talking to counsellors.. But things didn't seem to have much improvements. Hence they have decided to use the 'D' word. I really hope things will be better for them and yes, only time will tell about it.

Hi everyone!! Want to remind you guys that now it's November!! What have you done this year that is impactful in your life or in others? This year has been an exciting year for me, meeting new people and to have new clients whom I can help. Yea! Sunday 31st October 2010 Well went to Help out at Eve's grandma side in preparation of food. Learnt alot in making popiah, as well as chicken curry. Find that it is fun to engage as many people in preparation of food for over 30 over people. If you haven't, you should try it. A meal on the table is easy to eat, but remember that it takes time to buy, wash, prepare and cook to form the meal. Apparently, it takes a week for her grandma to plan the ingredients for this event and she is now 85. Later, I went for appointment and rushed to meet my university friends at Marina barrage for kite flying. It is a joyous scene to see my friends once again and that it's time to catch up too. Then, we even had a picnic there. This ...

Well, find that after having Iphone4, it has made me easier to contact my clients and I have to transfer my diary and schedule to it. And read on yahoo that next year June, they will launch iPhone 5! Wow.. It is certainly very good news because Apple challenges itself not only to be ahead of competitors, but also compete for itself. IT fair Thus time, I didn't really fair very well, as compared to my very first one. But I made three new clients and they are very good hearted to have met me. I actually feel comfortable to talk to them and I certainly will do my best to service them. Upcoming, I will also be doing but not at Expo.. It will be at Suntec!! Can't wait for it because I find generally the crowd there is office crowd.. The people there has more budget for endowment and guess there has more family crowds to target at!! Josh He has been growing fine and that he now knows how to wave goodbye and giving flying kisses to people. His appetite for solid food has impr...

Hi!! I have been doing IT fair at expo for consecutive 2 days already. Well, have acquired two clients and feel thankful about it. Find that there are a lot of people coming to the fair, hoping to get good deals. Some of them even queued up from 7 am to get low price gadgets! Today is the final and best day for me and I know it! Josh He suddenly not feeling well from 6 pm yesterday. I wonder is it the haze or probably something he has ate wrongly. Feeling slightly feverish but has no diahoerra or anything. Really want to hope that he will be fine soon.

Wow!! Three days back, finally got my gadget that I have been waiting for!! Iphone4... Why do I really need this device? One important reason is that it can provide me with useful directional information and maps. And can navigate around when looking for my client's or prospect's house. Usually I would google for streetdirectory.com for it. Also, it can contain an app that has the buses arrival timing.. So that I can gauge successfully what is the rough timing to reach another location.. This has indeed saved a lot of time for me. And my wife has it too..making us to have constant free and instant communication too.. One phone, so many benefits.. Woohoo...

Look at this!! Ha. Josh has started to eat vegetables (fresh)! And not only that, he loves to have close contact with us too! Ha... Recently, we also found out that he is able to feed us with bread! And we just mention to him 'Give Daddy' or 'Give Mummy' and he will give us happily. Really amazing and I am really very touched for the first time he fed me! Today is his 1year1month and time certainly passes by very fast. Now, he wants us to bring him down for his bicycle rides too.  More learning and teaching is required as now he is also trying to stand and walk too.. Well, we also went to MacRitchie Reservoir on a Sunday and it is a pleasant experience there as its been a long time eversince we have seen a reservoir. And it is also our first time there with Josh..  Love these pictures! Find that all of us look so good!! Ha... (Self praise) But anyway, we actually aim to go to one place every week so that we can expose to ourselves the nature part of Singa...

Well Just read an article about Michelle Chong, that she has made alot of mistakes to where she is here today. She loves hosting and she is really very frank with her. I personally like her personality because she is very versatile and loves her sense of humor! Ha. Find that a celebrity should be like that.  For me, I actually love hosting alot too... and of course, I'm learning if given the opportunity.  Still can remember that time in NUS, I was one of the hosts for the Rag and Flag and I even invited SR Nathan, our President to be on the stage. I was so nervous then. But it was fine. Guess what? Michelle also had similar experiences with me... I announced the wrong winner at the Rag and Flag! Ha... this is so embarassing and certainly, it is not good. But come to think of it, it is really an experience though. HA! Haven't been posting alot these days but there are alot of thoughts in my head actually! From family, to work and even to caring the environment. B...

Woohoo.... Look what is this??? Ha. Josh is bleeding!! Click closer to see.... Actually it is cherries' juice.  We didn't think that cherries are that juicy! Gave Josh to eat and didn't expect it to touch his lower lips.... and that added the line. So cute eh? Ha

Well, today did Dhoby Ghaut roadshow and my intention is to teach my junior, Sun Feng, how to do prospecting. But somehow, I just find that teaching is one thing. It must be a two way thing. The questions he ask me is near to zero. And it is actually quite tiring to keep thinking of approaches for him that may not be of his concern. But I'll see how to improve my teaching with him... Ha... we are all learning anyways. Throughout the long day of standing, I just closed a shield. However, managed to open a few potential prospects. Hope that I can close them. Met 2 prospects and they finally got plans from his uncle from Great Eastern. I have been trying to meet them all these while but they are busy, and I just find that these people are better not your clients because they just have no respect for me and other people. I mean, I follow up with them, trying to suit plans for them and yet, they keep postponing and needed me to book with them one or two months in advance. And now, fin...

Picture of him helping to wash vegetables Oh yes.. We are trying to let him know that we cook our meals. So I would wear him and let him see that I'm washing vegetables. And the amazing thing is that he will try and reach for the vegetables!! Ha... See what a great son, to help me wash vegetables... Well, this evening, we both went to Kovan for supper and this is actually quite an impromptu event because tomorrow, I will be doing Dhoby Ghaut roadshow and that I feel we should go out as a family. We have decided to wear him more often, so that he feels more secure outside.  Really he is much more calmer outside... :) We went to Cold storage and Eve managed to find a brand of nuts that are so good. Eventually, she bought the healthy nuts and vegetables for salad. We also munched at a hainanese bread eatery where we had loaves of bread smeared with butter and kaya. Find that the food is normal but apparently, Singaporeans are night birds and whichever food stall is opened, ma...

Well well, on Josh's birthday, we organised kite flying and get together at Marina Barrage and it is such a beautiful place.  It is our first time there and its wow!! We will patronise there more often... Eve, Josh, Charlotte and Fangrui (Eve's cousin) The two babies are just 3 months apart! Aren't they cute??? Group picture, promoting MBS too... Ha. Had dinner celebration at a restaurant and while taking this picture, so many people looked at us. So funny! Because it is apparently a very big group... Woohoo all of us singing birthday song for Josh... See how he looks at his mum... His great grandma is so happy for him too.. Funny pic! Everyone tries to blow the one single candle, except for Josh... Yeah! This picture so funny because Josh tries to get the peanut from the cake! Well, I didn't really know that having a birthday celebration can be such a fun event. Of course, planning has to be done and must really want to thank god for good weather because ...

Well today is Josh's first year birthday. Initially we wanted to wake up at 4am to celebrate with him. But we are too tired to do anything. We got up in the morning and I am supposed to have appointment. In the end, it was Yiwen who has appointment. The amazing thing is that early in the morning, she went to the Kiddy Palace and bought a very nice shirt “Birthday Boy” and it is so cute on Josh. We quickly washed and we dried it under the sun. We bought kites, ropes and cooked lunch for Yiwen and I. It was ok, just that I was feeling quite tired because didn't manage to take nap at all. Time passed so fast. And soon, it was 4pm and we need to pack and leave home. After Josh woke up, we quickly changed him up and Bae-yi came and joined us too. I took public transport to the Marina Barrage and I'm amazed that there are so many PRCs at the Marina bay area, especially the public transport bus. Amazing. In fact, it has been a very long time eversince I have alighted at Ma...

Well, today is National day and I tell you, this is the first time for the year that we are able to see fireworks just right in front of our block! Our Central Singapore GRC has actually decorated and built a holding place for NDP Heartlands and the way they set up the tents are really very beautiful. We woke up at 10am and we are to clean the house by mopping and to clear the house, so as to make it presentable. The reason being my University friends, Jiakai and Huiling and Ruien are coming to our house to see Josh! We also prepared lunch for them and we are very happy to host them! They came and we started to exchange our thoughts about babies and how we managed them. And we are almost similar, as in during the weekends, they would be the ones taking care fully for Ruien and they also brought her down to NTUC for shopping, because it is near their place. And we actually saw Jiakai feeding Ruien. The portion is huge, compared to the portions that we feed Josh. Ruien is eating...

Just find that there is a need for me to pen down my thoughts. Otherwise, I will actually let time pass me by and that there are no good memories left for my generations to come. Yea. My wife and I have decided to have 8 children for ourselves! Today is a Sunday and it keeps raining. I went to Clementi early in the morning because I have an appointment there. And on the way there, I literally slept on the bus because I was feeling very tired. This is again due to the lack of good quality sleep these days, waking up at night to close windows or to take care of Josh. Anyway, on the way there, I saw black birds on the floor, injured. Probably due to the rain because last night, at 5am, the rain poured very heavily and Eve and I wondered if the animals are able to withstand the weather. But it was quite sad to see the birds, having their legs hanging in the air, struggling to survive. From Clementi, I headed to Pasir Ris. Then Bishan and then Sengkang. At Sengkang, I met the f...

Hi! In July, I have visited Barcelona (Spain) and I tell you, it is of great experience and the weather there is superb!! I will have more pictures of places I've visited!!