Seen.By.Ice.Queen: coming to my senses

As they say, better late than never. Not that my timely POSTing would make a difference to you since there is only ONE performance and if you are reading about my POSTing, you're too late for it anyway. Just to make you cry a little bit more, YTL's MD, Dr. Tan Sri Francis Yeoh alluded to the possibility that this may be Maestro Bocelli's last Asian concert. So bite me.

Moving on...

Internationally renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli sang to a large audience of over 10,000 people on 8 May 2010 at the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Amongst them were Singapore's President Nathan and the First Lady, as well as, Minister Mah Bow Tan and his Missus.


The wet weather did nothing to dampen the mood and the performance was, for the lack of a better description, AMAZINGLY CAPTIVATING.

Accompanied by Singapore's Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonic Chamber Choir, fellow Italian, flutist, Andrea Griminelli (OMG I LURVE HIM), Slovenian soprano, Sabina Cvilak and Australian pop sensation, the beautiful Delta Goodrem made appearances and enchanted the enthusiastic crowd who just could not get enough of the whole performance.



As if that were not magnificent enough, the concert wrapped with a good 5 minutes worth of fireworks while the Philharmonic Orchestra played in the background (the TPO was very good but it's understandable that the fireworks stole the thunder)


True to it's DNA, YTL's community give back effort does not stray from it's motto. Serving the best on a silver platter.

With good music and performance, beautiful set ups and people (invitees included), palatable food (from the good people at TOAST) and thoughtful goodie packs (water, poncho, mozzie patches, mints, DVD of past YTL-driven performance), the event pleasured all our senses and more.

Two Thumbs Up!!

I'm certain I am not the only person to have attended T Harv Eker's Millionaire Mindset seminars/workshops and so I shall not bore you with the details. This entry is really to get to the gist of the theory and also as a reminder to myself on how to do the financial management.

I am lifting this whole passage from Guest Blogger, Laura Poole on this blog so for the full blog, click here:

If you just need to kickstart, here's a quick guide:

For every dollar you earn after taxes, you sort it in the following six “jars” (or bank accounts), labeled as follows:

NEC (Necessary): 55% of each dollar. This is for all your fixed and necessary expenses: house payment or rent, car payments, utilities, necessary clothing and haircuts, gas, food, medical, and so on.

FFA (Financial Freedom Account): 10%. This is your nest egg. You never spend this, you only invest it, and keep it growing. Eventually, the goal is to have the nest egg large enough that you can pay for all your fixed expenses from the interest, thus creating your financial freedom.

LTSS (Long-Term Savings for Spending): 10%. This is your long-term savings for big-ticket items like new cars, fancy vacations, big TVs, or any large purchases coming up. You do spend this from time to time, not just hoard it.

EDU (Education): 10%. Always keep growing. Learn constantly. Invest in yourself and it will never be wasted. Educational opportunities can come near and far–from financial seminars to cooking classes to college degrees and sewing lessons!

PLAY: 10%. My favorite jar! The Play jar must be spent every month! Splurge–spend it on things you normally wouldn’t, like a dinner at a four-star restaurant or a spa treatment. At most, save it for 3 months before spending it on something fun.

GIVE (Charity): 5%. Always give back, and give time as well as money.

You can make adjustments to the percentages, such as taking your Necessary funds down to 35% of your income (if you’re able to cover your necessary expenses with that amount) and then redistributing the extra 20% to other funds. It takes discipline. You will definitely see results if you start with dollars in jars.

You like photography but you are not sure about investing in the expensive DSLRs. Well, here's your chance to get some tips from the professional. Join this workshop that's co-organized by Canon and MediaCorp.

On the 15th of May, next Saturday from 1.30pm to 4.30pm, MediaCorp together with Canon Singapore is organizing a Photography Seminar called “Power In Your Hands” . During the seminar, MediaCorp DJs Lim Peifen (YES933) and Rosalyn Lee (987FM), Celebrity Thomas Ong and Canon Photography Expert Mr Jino Lee will be there to share their experiences and tips on how to take better pictures.

You will also stand a chance to win a $500 Travel voucher with Dynasty Travel. If you are interested drop an email to: radiopromo@mediacorp.com.sg for a chance to attend this workshop.

Maybe I will see you there ;)