<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297</id><updated>2009-12-09T00:08:49.972+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Set Apart</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default?orderby=updated'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;orderby=updated'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>500</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-2018323690880413077</id><published>2009-12-08T23:58:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T00:08:49.983+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ESCAPADE'/><title type='text'>ESCAPADE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sx55NdilthI/AAAAAAAAEqo/icMgr7SoW1c/s1600-h/07+Dec+2009+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sx55NdilthI/AAAAAAAAEqo/icMgr7SoW1c/s400/07+Dec+2009+014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412897074320881170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;PHOTO: ESCAPADE, Dec 6, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;ESCAPADE-a time to catch-up with friends officially started on Sunday, Dec 6, 2009. Escapade-as the name suggests, an outing to chill out and participate in meaningful activities together, taking time off from our busy schedule to meet up face to face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been an idea on my mind for the longest time and as Darryl suggested we should hang out sometime soon, I very well knew this is the moment to get started with that possible thought. It was an enjoyable night and definitely a dream come true for me personally as seven of us, Sly, Justin, Darryl, Michaela, Tobias, Stephen and I had a fantastic dinner at AMICI, an Italian Restaurant located at Holland Village.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really appreciate each and everyone present that night for taking time off your busy schedules to catch up with one another over dinner. No matter how busy we are, we should never forget or give up meeting face to face. At the end of the day, ESCAPADE is just an event/activity to get us together but our friendship(s) go beyond activities and events. Friendship starts by loving and caring for someone intentionally and progresses day by day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year, has been a journey of learning about my friendship with others and bringing it to a whole new level. I’m really thankful for every single opportunity to be with my friends. That night, I saw generosity expressed by many. It was just so refreshing sitting in the company of my own circle of friends. Sly, who has been a great support and encouragement to me, exclaimed “the night was good but great times are ahead!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need friends to survive, let’s build meaningful friendships!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOVE,&lt;br /&gt;Cedric Silvaraj&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;p/s: To those who were supposed to be there that night but could not make it(for various reasons), you guys missed lots of fun and to anyone who wanna join us for our next gathering, stay tuned for more details. Can’t wait for the next ESCAPADE session!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-2018323690880413077?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/2018323690880413077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=2018323690880413077&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2018323690880413077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2018323690880413077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/12/escapade.html' title='ESCAPADE'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sx55NdilthI/AAAAAAAAEqo/icMgr7SoW1c/s72-c/07+Dec+2009+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-1816134099884861236</id><published>2009-12-07T22:32:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T00:32:01.980+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='W.A.P'/><title type='text'>W.A.P!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sx0Sn0HtWSI/AAAAAAAAEqg/Rx7XJpD0z0U/s1600-h/PB280004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sx0Sn0HtWSI/AAAAAAAAEqg/Rx7XJpD0z0U/s400/PB280004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412502802384378146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;PHOTO: Sly &amp;amp; Ced W.A.P! Nov 28, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Recently, Sly and I kick-started W.A.P! On Saturdays, we've been going around passing W.A.P slips to people we know, asking them to write their prayer requests. Read on to find out what is it all about...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why W.A.P?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;W.A.P – &lt;i&gt;Write and Pray&lt;/i&gt; is a channel to express our love and care through prayer, which is the prelude of God's mercy and blessings. While God’s character never changes, the way He works CAN change (Exodus 32:13-15, Psalm 90:12-14, Jeremiah 18:7-9, Jonah 4:1-3). Understanding the value of prayer, we commit ourselves to pray earnestly, expecting God for a breakthrough.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing our prayer requests make our thoughts precise and has the following benefits:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Specific prayer points = Specific results&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remember what you prayed for&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Keep track of answered prayers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Above and beyond the W.A.P method, which may change and improve from time to time to better meet the needs of people, our love experience, devotion toward God and care for people around us should always be growing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are God's vessels to speak His word to YOU!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ced &amp;amp; Sly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-1816134099884861236?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/1816134099884861236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=1816134099884861236&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/1816134099884861236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/1816134099884861236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/12/wap.html' title='W.A.P!'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sx0Sn0HtWSI/AAAAAAAAEqg/Rx7XJpD0z0U/s72-c/PB280004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-1541087982482772352</id><published>2009-11-11T09:53:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T10:08:11.851+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yema'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Yema</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gLOzFkAFV-M&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gLOzFkAFV-M&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLOzFkAFV-M"&gt;Click to view embedded video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Uncle and Aunt just came back from a short vacation at Manila. They got us some custard candies,Yema. It tastes like an Indian delicacy, Palgova(Milk Sweet). If you want to make some for yourself and friends, check out the recipe below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 cans of condensed milk&lt;br /&gt;3 egg yolks&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon of melted butter&lt;br /&gt;3 tablespoons of chopped langka (jack fruit)&lt;br /&gt;3 tablespoons of chopped nuts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Procedure:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a bowl cream the egg yolk and condensed milk.  Then pour in a casserole and cook slowly over medium fire.  You should continue mixing it to avoid sticking.  Cook it until it thickens.  Add your chopped nuts and jackfruit.  Let it cool and form the shape you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 cans of condensed milk&lt;br /&gt;plastic cellophane for wrapping&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;You will have to use a regular frying pan to get the best result, not the non-stick one.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pour the condensed milk in pan and put on medium heat.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using a metal spatula, stir the milk as if you are scraping the bottom of the pan.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;This must be done continuously to avoid burning the milk and to prevent it from sticking at the bottom of the pan. This will also ensure that it is cooked evenly.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You can tell that the yema is done if your condensed milk sticky.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Let it cool and wrap in cellophane cut outs for easy serving.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Credits: &lt;a href="http://www.filipinofoodstore.com/"&gt;http://www.filipinofoodstore.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-1541087982482772352?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/1541087982482772352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=1541087982482772352&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/1541087982482772352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/1541087982482772352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/11/yema.html' title='Yema'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-8692568518842402371</id><published>2009-11-09T12:40:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T12:49:11.029+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Singapore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='little India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Lunch at Little India</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8sCZJHpArK8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8sCZJHpArK8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Arial Narrow', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sCZJHpArK8"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Click to view embedded video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a mouth-watering lunch at Banana Leaf Apollo at Little India with family. You guys should try Lassi - a yogurt-based drink which is made by blending yoghurt with water, salt, pepper, ice and Indian spices. These are the Lassi variations: Traditional mild-salted, sweet and mango. It was refreshing to drink during lunch, especially under such hot weather. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Share your interesting Little India experiences with me. Love to hear it from you! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-8692568518842402371?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/8692568518842402371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=8692568518842402371&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/8692568518842402371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/8692568518842402371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/11/lunch-at-little-india.html' title='Lunch at Little India'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-2123770647343014802</id><published>2009-11-06T11:31:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T14:59:18.289+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>Get Involved</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvOZGVU-7VI/AAAAAAAAEqY/9GgpcVJJHk8/s1600-h/IMG_5305.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvOZGVU-7VI/AAAAAAAAEqY/9GgpcVJJHk8/s400/IMG_5305.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400828712230776146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;We learn best when we are involved. Not just by mere observation but by participation. Spectators see what's on the stage; participants know what goes behind the scenes to put up a great show. Where do you want to be? - The spectator’s seat or working hard as a participant? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Why do we dream of doing great things and yet dread doing the hard work? Why do we want to remain at the comfortable audience seat where what we can learn is just so much? Spectators see things from afar, participants experience it first-hand. If you really want to achieve big things, you've got to expose yourself to bigger things. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;As a spectator you see what's on stage. You get inspired.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;As a participant you know the overview of the production. You inspire others!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-2123770647343014802?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/2123770647343014802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=2123770647343014802&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2123770647343014802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2123770647343014802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/11/get-involved.html' title='Get Involved'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvOZGVU-7VI/AAAAAAAAEqY/9GgpcVJJHk8/s72-c/IMG_5305.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-8675260368309304522</id><published>2009-11-05T18:13:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T18:31:25.730+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='21st birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>Memorable Birthdays</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;What’s a birthday celebration without a birthday cake, birthday song, gifts, cards and delicious food? Besides these usual traditions, celebrating birthdays with a creative twist lies on the party planners who crack their brains to come out with the most-amazing theme and venue arrangements that are suited to your party needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Celebrate it BIG &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A birthday is a special day to remember and celebrate life. Though it’s a one-day affair, much preparation goes into making that day a memorable one. Depending on the guests-list and budget one would decide how one would love to celebrate his/her birthday. Thinking of it may sometimes be a hassle, hunting for the location, choosing the right theme, sending out invitation cards and so on. The satisfaction comes after party is over; and you know that you’ve given your best and celebrated the most precious moments in life with your loved ones and friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Celebrate it with close ones&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There’s the other group of people who like to celebrate their birthdays with their family members/close group of friends in the comfort of their own home or just going out for a simple dinner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Surprise! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How great it is to have such awesome friend/family members to plan for surprises try their best to not leak out the secret and put the SURPRISE plan into action at the right moment. This makes it really a surprise if it’s not too ‘planned’ til the person knows what’s going on. It will then defeat the purpose of a surprise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While methods in celebrating birthdays differ, one thing is for sure, everyone blows off the candles on their cake wishing for something better and greater! &lt;i&gt;Here are some birthday celebrations that I’ve attended in the past few months… &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKmHUAedgI/AAAAAAAAEpo/xJrKDfny9rg/s1600-h/P8160141.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKmHUAedgI/AAAAAAAAEpo/xJrKDfny9rg/s400/P8160141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400561547730646530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Roshan’s 14th  Birthday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Venue: Home sweet Home&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Crowd: Family&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Highlights: Surprise Party!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKmfU1xQyI/AAAAAAAAEpw/MJozIBVXktk/s1600-h/8816_1245229891512_1252322717_736383_3108480_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKmfU1xQyI/AAAAAAAAEpw/MJozIBVXktk/s400/8816_1245229891512_1252322717_736383_3108480_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400561960271037218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;v&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hivashini’s 21st Birthday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Venue: Bugis&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Crowd: Friends and Relatives&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Highlights: Games, dance floor&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Food: Indian&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKmfmP8WFI/AAAAAAAAEp4/zTyRj_cw1fE/s1600-h/9128_164978989492_627544492_3604152_3103327_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKmfmP8WFI/AAAAAAAAEp4/zTyRj_cw1fE/s400/9128_164978989492_627544492_3604152_3103327_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400561964944218194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Willy Joe’s 26th Birthday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Venue: Chomp Chomp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Crowd: Friends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Highlights: Surprise over dinner&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKotVPsQOI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/KQATFQeF2eI/s1600-h/PA180041.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKotVPsQOI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/KQATFQeF2eI/s400/PA180041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400564399921184994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Grace Wong’s 19th Birthday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Venue: Love The World Pub at Singapore Flyer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Crowd: Friends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Highlights: Heartfelt music performances by friends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Food: Western&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKoD1baZ2I/AAAAAAAAEqA/UCJoDlxx_QA/s1600-h/PA310015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKoD1baZ2I/AAAAAAAAEqA/UCJoDlxx_QA/s400/PA310015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400563687005775714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dinesh Ryan’s 10th Birthday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Venue: Home Sweet Home&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Crowd: Children&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Highlights: Traffic Light theme party&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Food: Hi-Tea&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKoEFMRDyI/AAAAAAAAEqI/5p_4qriVwHg/s1600-h/10943_326026150301_617030301_9549876_8127784_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKoEFMRDyI/AAAAAAAAEqI/5p_4qriVwHg/s400/10943_326026150301_617030301_9549876_8127784_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400563691237216034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Jason Tan’s 23rd Birthday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Venue: Love The World Pub at Singapore Flyer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Crowd: Friends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Highlights: Surprise, Greeting cards on drum set part&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-8675260368309304522?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/8675260368309304522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=8675260368309304522&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/8675260368309304522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/8675260368309304522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/11/memorable-birthdays.html' title='Memorable Birthdays'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvKmHUAedgI/AAAAAAAAEpo/xJrKDfny9rg/s72-c/P8160141.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-4934223663084099191</id><published>2009-11-05T14:14:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T14:26:21.802+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lyrics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friendship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Our Hearts Never Depart</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CkRElSDd1ME&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CkRElSDd1ME&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkRElSDd1ME"&gt;Click to view embedded video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yesterday, while on F&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;acebook&lt;/span&gt;, I came across this video that my friend Desmond recorded. After hitting the play button, I realised that it was something he had written and composed. The lyrics of the song ‘Our Hearts Never Depart’ somehow touched my heart. The most important thing to do while watching the video is to pay attention to the lyrics. It’s Desmond’s first attempt and I believe after much practice he’ll be able to bring out the best. The most important thing is to sing out your heart and I admire that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numerous comments flooded his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt; and many agreed that the song brought back many memories of their individual friendship journey. I believe that there is power in friendships. We are created to be relational and not alone. Friends do play an important part in our lives. This song somehow accompanies my desire for building strong friendships with people around me. Music melts the heart and lyrics add meaning to the song. As I reflected about my friends while listening to the song, it just added much meaning to this very special thing called ‘Friendship’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, how I wished that I wrote and composed this song. As I sit here in my room on a rainy day, I want to thank all my friends for being part of my life. I may have thanked you many times but it’s never enough to just say thank you. Friendship starts with the heart, from the day we met til the end we run together and stand by each other through thick and thin. When everyone else run away from me, I know that my friends will be there for me. I may have made wrong choices and done many things that I should not have done but it is people like you who chose to love and accept me for who I am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s because of your relentless encouragement and support that I’&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt; been running my race with confidence. I just want to say... I never had a friend like YOU!  I hope that I could sing this song for you one day… but for now I dedicate this song for the years of friendship we had thus far and the many more great years of growing what that started with love despite differences. May our hearts never depart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;Our Hearts Never Depart&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Verse 1:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;It's just so hard to believe&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;That we're fated to meet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;No matter where you will be&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Pre&lt;/span&gt;-chorus:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;We'll be there for each other&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This love like no other&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;We'll run til the end together&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chorus:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You'll be my friend, always&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You helped me to see and believe&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The things that you've done for me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I know that you love me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Care and assure me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Our hearts will never depart&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Verse 2:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Later when we drew close&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;We treasure this love like gold&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Should if &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;there're&lt;/span&gt; times when we feel cold &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Verse 3:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;My friend I appreciate you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Relations we have is so true&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Friendship weren't meant to lose&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-4934223663084099191?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/4934223663084099191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=4934223663084099191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4934223663084099191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4934223663084099191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/11/our-hearts-never-depart.html' title='Our Hearts Never Depart'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-2497021973431601774</id><published>2009-11-04T13:34:00.018+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T18:15:01.368+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog awards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuffnang'/><title type='text'>Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEiUwSSQeI/AAAAAAAAEoA/_L-p8ID9FSs/s1600-h/4046127315_eeba0fc495_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEiUwSSQeI/AAAAAAAAEoA/_L-p8ID9FSs/s400/4046127315_eeba0fc495_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400135168148259298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;400 bloggers were in for a treat and more at the first-ever Asia-Pacific Blog Awards on October 23, 2009 at Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.It was a joyous occasion for bloggers, coming together under one roof to celebrate the achievements of fellow bloggers in region.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEiVVWEnEI/AAAAAAAAEoI/fCBefwP-syA/s400/4047133873_079b2dd7c1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Nuffnang.com is Asia-Pacific’s first and leading blog advertising community. With a deep-rooted passion in blogging, Timothy Tiah together with Cheo Ming Shen set out with an idea to establish an advertising community in Asia. Nuffnang.com has grown rapidly within these two years since it started in early 2007 and currently has offices in four countries, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Australia.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEgUgsO8SI/AAAAAAAAEnw/r_H1KB8Xm18/s1600-h/4048416477_f46e63de8d_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEgUgsO8SI/AAAAAAAAEnw/r_H1KB8Xm18/s400/4048416477_f46e63de8d_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400132964938871074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camera lights were flashing at the red carpet as bloggers put on their ‘bloggerwood’ smiles. Instant photo prints were given to all attendees by Canon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEfWPhcZPI/AAAAAAAAEno/cV_Vu348Oh0/s1600-h/IMG_7017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEfWPhcZPI/AAAAAAAAEno/cV_Vu348Oh0/s400/IMG_7017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400131895178323186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Timothy Tiah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Co-Founder of Nuffnang.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The event got kick-started when Co-founders, Timothy Tiah and Cheo Ming Shen opened the evening with an encouraging speech, sharing with the bloggers and guests on their two-year journey. Talking to a passionate crowd of bloggers, they thanked each individual for their valuable support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEcklcyYDI/AAAAAAAAEnY/KBEKHDrGWv8/s1600-h/IMG_7046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEcklcyYDI/AAAAAAAAEnY/KBEKHDrGWv8/s400/IMG_7046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400128843047657522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Cheo Ming Shen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Co-Founder of Nuffnang.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;They ended their speech with their favourite quote &lt;em&gt;“The Best Is Yet To Be!”&lt;/em&gt; which has been a reminder to move their vision forward. The crowd gave a resounding round of applause to the two guys behind the success of Nuffnang.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not forgetting the main highlight of the night, The Award Winners:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkT3Oc1II/AAAAAAAAEog/mGxB2ePZRHo/s1600-h/IMG_7049.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkT3Oc1II/AAAAAAAAEog/mGxB2ePZRHo/s400/IMG_7049.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400137351854609538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Kenny Sia (Malaysia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkTd6FkdI/AAAAAAAAEoY/_5ff32M7Wfo/s1600-h/IMG_6946.jpg"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkTd6FkdI/AAAAAAAAEoY/_5ff32M7Wfo/s1600-h/IMG_6946.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkTd6FkdI/AAAAAAAAEoY/_5ff32M7Wfo/s400/IMG_6946.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400137345058312658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Jayden Tan (Singapore) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkTd6FkdI/AAAAAAAAEoY/_5ff32M7Wfo/s1600-h/IMG_6946.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkS0MIwoI/AAAAAAAAEoQ/Ckwy2IidwKc/s1600-h/IMG_6999.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEkS0MIwoI/AAAAAAAAEoQ/Ckwy2IidwKc/s400/IMG_6999.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400137333859730050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Wendy Cheng, Xiaxue(Singapore)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Best Blog Shop: &lt;a href="http://bonitochico.livejournal.com/"&gt;bonitochico.livejournal.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Food Blog: &lt;a href="http://ieatishootipost.sg/"&gt;ieatishootipost.sg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Fashion Blog: &lt;a href="http://ladymelbourne.blogspot.com/"&gt;ladymelbourne.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Parenting Blog: &lt;a href="http://childhood101.blogspot.com/"&gt;childhood101.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Travel Blog: &lt;a href="http://ironwulf.net/"&gt;ironwulf.net &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Celebrity Blog: &lt;a href="http://joannepeh.com/"&gt;joannepeh.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Entertainment Blog: &lt;a href="http://kennysia.com/"&gt;kennysia.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Geek Blog: &lt;a href="http://mrgadget.com.au/"&gt;mrgadget.com.au &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Original Blog Design: &lt;a href="http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/"&gt;xiaxue.blogspot.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Influential Blog: &lt;a href="http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/"&gt;xiaxue.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Hidden Gem: &lt;a href="http://dedoodleblog.blogspot.com/"&gt;dedoodleblog.blogspot.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Region's Best Blog: &lt;a href="http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/"&gt;xiaxue.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Best Pringles Video Contest: &lt;a href="http://jayleif.blogspot.com/"&gt;jayleif.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEck-Uwh6I/AAAAAAAAEng/CEz3RNIUXdA/s400/IMG_7024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Nuffie: Raine Chai&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The night would not been fantastic without, Allan Wu from Amazing Race who was the host for the night. Singaporean Band, Electrico brought the roof down with their rocky music. Also, a big thank you to the Nuffies who worked hard to make this event possible.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEhXO6dbdI/AAAAAAAAEn4/kPcB-uuQznc/s1600-h/40532087.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEhXO6dbdI/AAAAAAAAEn4/kPcB-uuQznc/s400/40532087.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400134111217937874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;"400 opinion movers &amp;amp; shakers gathered at the awards"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;I’m one of them are you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snippets of the Asia-Pacific Blog Awards and exclusive interviews with top bloggers were featured on &lt;i&gt;The Breakfast Show&lt;/i&gt; NTV7 (Malaysia) on November 2, 2009 Thank You, Nuffnang for this great opportunity to be part of this milestone event.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fellow bloggers from Singapore...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEt-gmjCKI/AAAAAAAAEow/X8r0-RpIkIU/s1600-h/IMG_6975.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEt-gmjCKI/AAAAAAAAEow/X8r0-RpIkIU/s400/IMG_6975.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400147980120688802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Andy Kwan (ANdyStorM)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEt-UPR1mI/AAAAAAAAEoo/WPIKy3Kf09A/s1600-h/IMG_7010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEt-UPR1mI/AAAAAAAAEoo/WPIKy3Kf09A/s400/IMG_7010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400147976801867362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shawn Lee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEvJTEbNcI/AAAAAAAAEpA/ZtilaYQ4AHY/s1600-h/IMG_6976.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEvJTEbNcI/AAAAAAAAEpA/ZtilaYQ4AHY/s400/IMG_6976.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400149264978097602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Alton Keh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEvJTEbNcI/AAAAAAAAEpA/ZtilaYQ4AHY/s1600-h/IMG_6976.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEvI9oBHdI/AAAAAAAAEo4/2uM_kszCO1w/s1600-h/IMG_6947.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEvI9oBHdI/AAAAAAAAEo4/2uM_kszCO1w/s400/IMG_6947.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400149259221802450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Fauzi Rassull &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Beyond blog advertising, Nuffnang.com prides itself in being a community for bloggers by bloggers, organising and supporting a wide range of blogger attended events like movie screenings, seminars/workshops, parties, and more. Continue to make history!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;We blog to express, not to impress!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-2497021973431601774?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/2497021973431601774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=2497021973431601774&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2497021973431601774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2497021973431601774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/11/nuffnang-asia-pacific-blog-awards-2009.html' title='Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2009'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SvEiUwSSQeI/AAAAAAAAEoA/_L-p8ID9FSs/s72-c/4046127315_eeba0fc495_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-6939482580135382034</id><published>2009-10-29T12:23:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T12:30:12.163+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ushers'/><title type='text'>Have you packed your bag for camp?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/erLvGBlF_y8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/erLvGBlF_y8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLvGBlF_y8"&gt;Click link to view embedded video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are just &lt;strong&gt;TWO DAYS&lt;/strong&gt; away from our first-ever Ushers Camp!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See below for the updated 'To bring' list. As you should have already known, due to hygiene reasons, we are unable to rent sleeping bags and we hope you've found sleeping bags to tuck yourself into! Bring along your umbrella, just in case it rains..(please pray for good weather, yea?) Gonna wear our usher tee on Sunday and we will be moving around, so let's travel light!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things To Bring for camp:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;**We will be wearing Usher Tee on SUNDAY.&lt;br /&gt;1. Pants&lt;br /&gt;2. Undergarments&lt;br /&gt;3. Sandals/Slippers&lt;br /&gt;4. Water Bottle&lt;br /&gt;5. Towel&lt;br /&gt;6. Toiletries (tooth brush; tooth paste; soap; etc)&lt;br /&gt;7. Jacket (optional)&lt;br /&gt;8. Torchlight (optional)&lt;br /&gt;9. Writing Materials&lt;br /&gt;10. Bible&lt;br /&gt;11. Plastic Bag (for Dirty Clothes)&lt;br /&gt;12. Personal Medication (If any)&lt;br /&gt;13. Umberella (In-case of rain)&lt;br /&gt;14. Sleeping Bag&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We feel your heart pumping! See you on SATURDAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Publicity Team&lt;br /&gt;PolyDINS Ushers Camp 2009&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-6939482580135382034?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/6939482580135382034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=6939482580135382034&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/6939482580135382034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/6939482580135382034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/10/have-you-packed-your-bag-for-camp.html' title='Have you packed your bag for camp?'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-7524853306336476965</id><published>2009-10-27T16:56:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T17:34:45.072+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><title type='text'>Blessings In A Bag</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sua5OpqZqFI/AAAAAAAAEmw/TmHRTlGvsbA/s1600-h/IMG_6660.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sua5OpqZqFI/AAAAAAAAEmw/TmHRTlGvsbA/s400/IMG_6660.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397204864803121234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Youths were gathered to splash their creativity on the billboard and bins at the launch of Blessings In A Bag new Drop-off point on Sunday, October 4 at &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;SCAPE&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Youth&lt;/st1:placename&gt;  &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Park. &lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;Alongside with the launch of the new collection point, Blessings In A Bag team held a donation drive for the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Manila&lt;/st1:place&gt; flood survivors. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Members of the public came and gave donations-in-kind generously.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sua7m-zgkLI/AAAAAAAAEnQ/OZ0jwmJa8Cs/s400/dsc_2098.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;Blessings In A Bag is a non-profit organization &lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span&gt;that seeks to partner with existing communities, orphanages, schools, homes as well as initiatives to provide for the needs of underprivileged, abused and medically-ill children across &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Asia&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;On a personal note, it was a fun-filled time for me to be part of the launch, painting for a good cause. I want to thank my extended family members for their generous contributions. It was amazing to have Stephen and my friends (Alex Pham and David Eng) who took their time-off on a Sunday to paint the billboard. It was great to see Emily Tan coming all the way down with her entire family to drop-off donation items. I’m happy that I’ve got friends who share a similar heart-beat and love for the community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sua5O0I39ZI/AAAAAAAAEm4/eCFikBnAVCw/s400/IMG_6693.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;I also would like to thank Blessings In A Bag Team for giving us this opportunity to showcase our creativity and most importantly Emily Teng (Founder/Director of BIAB) for spear-heading this movement and being the agent of change: a blessing to those who have lost everything but their hope.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;With this new drop-off point located in the heart of the city, it is a convenient for the public to drop off their donations-in-kind to help those in need. For more information, please visit &lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#005488;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blessingsinabag.org/"&gt;http://blessingsinabag.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://blessingsinabag.org/"&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Drop-off Locations(Singapore):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 17px; font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;COMICS MART&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10 JALAN SERENE&lt;br /&gt;#02-05 SERENE CENTRE&lt;br /&gt;11am-8pm DAILY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*SCAPE YOUTH PARK&lt;/strong&gt; (Opposite Orchard Cineleisure)&lt;br /&gt;113 Somerset Road&lt;br /&gt;The bin is located on the lobby, inside the building.&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday-Sunday 10am to 10pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;Related links: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:'Arial Narrow', serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blessingsinabag.org/2009/10/14/biabs-philippine-relief-donation-drive/"&gt;BIAB &lt;/a&gt;&lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blessingsinabag.org/2009/10/14/biabs-philippine-relief-donation-drive/"&gt;Philippines Relief Donation Drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:'Arial Narrow', serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blessingsinabag.org/2009/10/14/billboard-painted-by-public-thank-you-skk-paint/"&gt;BIAB Billboard Painted by Public&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-7524853306336476965?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/7524853306336476965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=7524853306336476965&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/7524853306336476965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/7524853306336476965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/10/blessings-in-bag.html' title='Blessings In A Bag'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sua5OpqZqFI/AAAAAAAAEmw/TmHRTlGvsbA/s72-c/IMG_6660.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-5933899148199267047</id><published>2009-10-15T23:51:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T00:23:14.451+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cedric seen'/><title type='text'>Achieving Dreams</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R9ya9BXClRw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R9ya9BXClRw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/center&gt;I spent the afternoon watching YouTube videos and came across an inspirational speech by the late Dr Randy Pausch. Many great take away points.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Even though he was battling cancer, he did not choose to be an object of pity. While fighting his battle, he remained strong, even physically. He shared that we can still go after our childhood dreams. Highlighting he did not live out his childhood dream (being in football league), he shared a meaningful quote:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;"Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;"When you do a bad job and no one points it out to you, it means they've given up on you. So when someone pushes you hard, it means they care for you."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;"Brick walls are there for a reason: They let us prove how badly we want things"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A. People vs. things&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;b&gt;B. Decide if you're a Tiger or Eeyore&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;b&gt;C. Work and play well with others&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1. Tell the truth&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;2. Apologize (properly)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;I'm sorry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;It was my fault&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How do I make it right? - Sincerity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;3. Wait, and people will share their good side&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;source: Dr Randy Pausch (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ya9BXClRw&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-5933899148199267047?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/5933899148199267047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=5933899148199267047&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5933899148199267047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5933899148199267047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/10/achieving-dreams_15.html' title='Achieving Dreams'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-2338873530333696444</id><published>2009-10-04T23:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T23:00:31.633+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ushers'/><title type='text'>Ushers Express Issue 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6347297" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/heleyon/my%20stuff/UshersExpressIssue2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-2338873530333696444?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/2338873530333696444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=2338873530333696444&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2338873530333696444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/2338873530333696444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/10/ushers-express-issue-2.html' title='Ushers Express Issue 2'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-5053090409575278805</id><published>2009-09-30T19:15:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T19:20:22.076+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ushers'/><title type='text'>Ushers Express: Usher Camp 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;Center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/heleyon/my%20stuff/UshersExpress1.jpg" border="0" alt="Ushers Camp 2009"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NT88JHqph4A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NT88JHqph4A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-5053090409575278805?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/5053090409575278805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=5053090409575278805&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5053090409575278805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5053090409575278805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/09/ushers-express-usher-camp-2009.html' title='Ushers Express: Usher Camp 2009'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-5445612500502295074</id><published>2009-09-12T14:26:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T19:16:41.264+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>Be Specific</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;We always pray for God's blessings and yet complain that we are not blessed. It is not that God has not bless us, it's just because we forget to pray specific prayers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Specific requests = Specific answers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Here an example:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Tom prayed: 'God bless me' - God ‘blessed’ Tom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;BUT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Tom told God that he is not blessed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Reason: Tom does not know what God has already blessed him with.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;So… this time…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Tom prayed to God for a car - Tom received a car.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;BUT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Tom told God that he did not get this particular brand/model of the car.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Moral of the story: If you ASK SPECIFICALLY, you will RECEIVE SPECIFICALLY.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Let’s stop praying ‘God bless me’ prayers and at the same time not being choosy but ask anything according to God’s will and it will come to past.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-5445612500502295074?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/5445612500502295074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=5445612500502295074&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5445612500502295074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5445612500502295074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/09/be-specific.html' title='Be Specific'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sqs_MaUQH2I/AAAAAAAAElU/NGUig6rTz9E/s72-c/be+spec.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-4252904414857974509</id><published>2009-09-09T00:23:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T00:35:24.385+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>090909: The Power of Creativity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqaHBBzJkSI/AAAAAAAAElM/lFVvw43s5z4/s1600-h/090909.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 97px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqaHBBzJkSI/AAAAAAAAElM/lFVvw43s5z4/s400/090909.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379135256673227042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;People said, 'the world is going to end' on 09/09/99 because of the Y2k virus bug but 10 years on, we are still living, experiencing the reality of 09/09/09. This proves the endless possibilities of creativity. We can be great problem solvers creating solutions to existing and emerging problems that we may face day to day. Never say it's the end.&lt;/i&gt; - Cedric Silvaraj&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-4252904414857974509?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/4252904414857974509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=4252904414857974509&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4252904414857974509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4252904414857974509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/09/090909-power-of-creativity.html' title='090909: The Power of Creativity'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqaHBBzJkSI/AAAAAAAAElM/lFVvw43s5z4/s72-c/090909.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-6150852333270739982</id><published>2009-09-05T23:06:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T11:46:23.583+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Model Madness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqR5SycPrSI/AAAAAAAAEk8/WU4_X2vd83I/s1600-h/1+sly+77.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqR5SycPrSI/AAAAAAAAEk8/WU4_X2vd83I/s400/1+sly+77.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378557218672061730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Model Alert: Sly Foo. I submitted my advertising campaign assignment this morning and I wanna say a BIG THANK YOU, Sly for your assistance with the shots at Istana Park last Thursday. Thank you for doing all these for me and I really appreciate it very much. 'Like never seen before' haha.. really really. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Thanks for changing the clothes, doing different poses/hand signs.You asked me why I asked you to come? To answer that question I would say I can't think of someone else that would have come to help me out and I know you would come because that's what friends are for yea? I know you have found out new things about yourself while doing all these. YOU ARE FABULOUS!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqR5SycPrSI/AAAAAAAAEk8/WU4_X2vd83I/s1600-h/1+sly+77.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqR-377kiFI/AAAAAAAAElE/uSIPnlbP5DI/s400/at+77th+street+with+Elim+Chew.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:arial, serif;font-size:small;"&gt;Also would like to thank the lady behind the 77th Street story, Founder and President of 77th Street Elim Chew for your assistance in my assignment too. Despite your busy &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg';font-size:13px;"&gt;schedule&lt;/span&gt; you took time to respond to my messages. The points you gave were helpful. Thanks for your motivational input and encouragement whenever I bump into you. Matt 6:33 yea? Really appreciate it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-6150852333270739982?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/6150852333270739982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=6150852333270739982&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/6150852333270739982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/6150852333270739982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/09/model-madness.html' title='Model Madness'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqR5SycPrSI/AAAAAAAAEk8/WU4_X2vd83I/s72-c/1+sly+77.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-8643994773377178030</id><published>2009-09-04T10:53:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T13:19:51.044+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>Sharpen thy competencies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqCBmZr1ClI/AAAAAAAAEj8/ZIiO7XYeMYQ/s1600-h/sharpen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqCBmZr1ClI/AAAAAAAAEj8/ZIiO7XYeMYQ/s400/sharpen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377440451810101842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqCjSmkLjXI/AAAAAAAAEk0/NLM2gqms1nY/s400/sharpen1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;While strengthening our character; we need to sharpen our competencies. If not we will be trying so hard to write history but with a blunt tip, so blunt that we can't write anymore.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="  line-height: normal; white-space: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="  line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;- Cedric Silvaraj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="  line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-8643994773377178030?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/8643994773377178030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=8643994773377178030&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/8643994773377178030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/8643994773377178030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/09/sharpen-thy-competencies.html' title='Sharpen thy competencies'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SqCBmZr1ClI/AAAAAAAAEj8/ZIiO7XYeMYQ/s72-c/sharpen.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-6846217988665016194</id><published>2009-08-26T00:57:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T01:03:32.833+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><title type='text'>God speaks, even through blogs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SpQZEMngjJI/AAAAAAAAEj0/2hYhvrwLVGQ/s1600-h/5300_114032105871_509030871_2751051_5805327_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SpQZEMngjJI/AAAAAAAAEj0/2hYhvrwLVGQ/s400/5300_114032105871_509030871_2751051_5805327_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373947815256951954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;PHOTO: Extreme left: Willy Joe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I got to know &lt;a href="http://willyjoe.blogspot.com/"&gt;Willy Joe’s blog&lt;/a&gt; through my brother, Stephen. Soon after, I was introduced to The MEET UP gang and that’s how I got to know Willy personally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I read many blogs but the content of this blog has kept me coming back for more.  I believe in every season of our individual lives, God brings certain people to either mould our life or experience His blessings through their life. In my case, reading Willy’s blog has always been encouraging and uplifting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One significant incident that happened not long ago was when I was having a ‘valley’ period in my friendship I chanced upon several posts on this blog that talked about friendship. To my amazement, my thoughts came aloud on the posts. It was the exact thoughts that I was reflecting about. I did not even share to Willy about what I was thinking about so that he could write something but I really believe that God has used this blog to speak to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to this, I was actually praying for a breakthrough in my friendship. I posted a question on my own blog but that was the only post which was not commented and no one answered that question at all. That question I posted was the exact words this particular friend told me. As I reflect back, I understand why there was no one who left their comments there. It was God’s purpose after all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My thoughts were already messed up and instead of hearing many different opinions, I was directed to read from Willy’s blog which really helped me to move on and take the right decisions to see a change in my friendship situation. I mean God can speak through anyone and anything, I love reading blogs and He used this very blog to keep me in the right direction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I write, I want to say that my friendship has been changed so much. After reading and being encouraged I began to pray. Not only that, I put my faith into action. The very friend who had disappointed me has surprised me so much. He has become more initiative and in spite of what had happened I know our friendship has moved on to the next level. Now, Instead of looking for THE BEST FRIEND, I want to be THE BEST FRIEND to my friend (s).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to thank Willy for faithfully updating your &lt;a href="http://willyjoe.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;. Keep on writing for you will not how, when and who you may touch and change with every single thing you do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Let no debt remain outstanding except for the debt of loving one another. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cedric Silvaraj&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-6846217988665016194?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/6846217988665016194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=6846217988665016194&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/6846217988665016194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/6846217988665016194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/08/god-speaks-even-through-blogs.html' title='God speaks, even through blogs'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SpQZEMngjJI/AAAAAAAAEj0/2hYhvrwLVGQ/s72-c/5300_114032105871_509030871_2751051_5805327_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-7440667649445104837</id><published>2009-08-25T23:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T00:56:06.625+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><title type='text'>Prayer changes the person</title><content type='html'>I met Han Xiang on 3 July at Suntec Convention while serving at Corporate Prayer Meet. I will never forget him because I was the one who went and introduced myself to him as he looked quite lost when he reported for duty. He was also put in the same group as me and we served together. We hit it off almost instantaneously and soon after realised that he was actually the same age as me though he was from the Adults group.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;During the prayer meet there was a segment where we are supposed to pray with anyone standing beside us for our needs and Han Xiang was beside me. Though I did not know him that well I did not care of what he is going think of me and mentioned my request to him that I want to have a deeper friendship in my life. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I was very honest with my request, I knew what I was asking for and that was really my need at that very moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;Prior to the prayer meet and the reason for such a prayer request was the many things that were happening in the friendship area of my life. I knew I needed a breakthrough. On the night of 21 June, I received the most unexpected msn message from my friend who told me that he thinks he can’t be my good friend and he added on that I had many other good friends around me. I was utterly disappointed. After explaining my view point, I gave him sometime to think through he had just said and told him I would get back to him for a conclusion on the matter so that we could move on with mutual understanding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SpQWTSRKfkI/AAAAAAAAEjs/QF1dzn9FEGE/s1600-h/IMG_5299.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SpQWTSRKfkI/AAAAAAAAEjs/QF1dzn9FEGE/s400/IMG_5299.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373944775936998978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 7 July, My friend msn me on his own and told me this: “Hey man, I have thought it over; we should build one another up”. I could not believe what I saw.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So to reassure what I saw was for real, I asked him, “You are not saying to make me feel happy right?” He replied, not one bit. We shared with each other about what we think about the whole situation and come into consensuses and reminded each other with this: &lt;i&gt;Let no debt remain outstanding, except for the debt to love one another.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;On 30 July, we decided to hang out to catch up with each other. This outing was purely initiated by him and it was so refreshing during that outing. I had two tickets that I won for blogging about Old School so we decided to watch Days of our lives, a Korean documentary film which shows the Koreans’ passion about soccer and patriotism for their nation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It did not just end there; I can see that he has been initiative than before, seeing his commitment to build a friendship is just so amazing. Now, it is more than just the ‘Hi and bye’, we talk more when we see each other. I can see that his perspective of friendship is changing. It may be just simple actions but it means a lot to me. I really appreciate it so much.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;I’m thankful for the ‘valley’ (disappointments) experience in my friendship and now I’m able to appreciate my ‘mountain ’(successes) experiences better. Not forgetting to mention the most FABULOUS FRIEND: SLYVESTER FOO. Thank you so much for your friendship and love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;On 22 Aug 2009, I saw Han Xiang at the Combined Service and told him that the prayer he prayed was answered. Being very humble, Han Xiang asked me, “You also prayed for it, right?” I replied, yes, not knowing his reply would be: Then God must have answered your prayer! That is so modest of him, right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;I just want to say thank you Han Xiang for your prayer that day. Making specific prayer will help us see specific results. As Sly Foo says (emphasis added),&lt;i&gt; “Prayer does not change things (only), prayer changes the person!&lt;/i&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-7440667649445104837?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/7440667649445104837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=7440667649445104837&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/7440667649445104837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/7440667649445104837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Balanced Lifestyle &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-258814151142972071?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/258814151142972071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=258814151142972071&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/258814151142972071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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Shoutout!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Bac5JGI5zY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Bac5JGI5zY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-4489527000827654561?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/4489527000827654561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=4489527000827654561&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4489527000827654561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4489527000827654561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/08/ushers-shoutout.html' title='Ushers Shoutout!'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-9024788864036503885</id><published>2009-08-06T21:13:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T21:16:02.478+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ushers'/><title type='text'>Ministry Drive 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SnrXQe9ES3I/AAAAAAAAEjc/sUpJkh6cDdM/s1600-h/Ministry+Recriutment+Drive+2009+-ushers1+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SnrXQe9ES3I/AAAAAAAAEjc/sUpJkh6cDdM/s400/Ministry+Recriutment+Drive+2009+-ushers1+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366838584152443762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-9024788864036503885?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/9024788864036503885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=9024788864036503885&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/9024788864036503885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/9024788864036503885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/08/ministry-drive-2009.html' title='Ministry Drive 2009'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SnrXQe9ES3I/AAAAAAAAEjc/sUpJkh6cDdM/s72-c/Ministry+Recriutment+Drive+2009+-ushers1+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-620411095545587390</id><published>2009-07-22T23:04:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T00:18:03.233+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>Problem with weight?</title><content type='html'>Many have tried making friends with 'weight' and the friendship was (just too heavy)burdensome after all. Let me tell you why...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Smc4u4A4KgI/AAAAAAAAEjU/SqWTDy8hZEs/s1600-h/OW.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361316259369069058" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Smc4u4A4KgI/AAAAAAAAEjU/SqWTDy8hZEs/s400/OW.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Overweight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Problem losing it. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Smc4umho-SI/AAAAAAAAEjM/h1ZghnqeWxQ/s1600-h/AW.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361316254674647330" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 375px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Smc4umho-SI/AAAAAAAAEjM/h1ZghnqeWxQ/s400/AW.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Acceptable Weight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Problem maintaining it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Smc4uWKetJI/AAAAAAAAEjE/iIgI6-C2m2Q/s1600-h/UW.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361316250282538130" style="WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Smc4uWKetJI/AAAAAAAAEjE/iIgI6-C2m2Q/s400/UW.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Underweight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Problem gaining it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion: Weight! A problematic thing.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-620411095545587390?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/620411095545587390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=620411095545587390&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/620411095545587390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/620411095545587390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/07/problem-with-weight.html' title='Problem with weight?'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Smc4u4A4KgI/AAAAAAAAEjU/SqWTDy8hZEs/s72-c/OW.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-4771700862870616803</id><published>2009-07-22T00:06:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T00:41:17.991+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leadership'/><title type='text'>Leadership Files</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SmXuYJeiliI/AAAAAAAAEi8/M_K6gJbkvlg/s1600-h/team.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360953030082729506" style="WIDTH: 373px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SmXuYJeiliI/AAAAAAAAEi8/M_K6gJbkvlg/s400/team.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;There are differences between Coaching, Counselling and Mentoring.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coaching:&lt;/strong&gt; helping another person to improve awareness, to set and achieve goals in order to improve a particular behavioural performance&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mentoring:&lt;/strong&gt; helping to shape an individual’s beliefs and values in a positive way; often a longer term relationship from someone who has ‘done it before’&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Counselling:&lt;/strong&gt; helping an individual to improve performance by resolving situations from the past.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-4771700862870616803?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/4771700862870616803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=4771700862870616803&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4771700862870616803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/4771700862870616803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/07/leadership-files.html' title='Leadership Files'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/SmXuYJeiliI/AAAAAAAAEi8/M_K6gJbkvlg/s72-c/team.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347297.post-5386251320948821635</id><published>2009-07-16T01:06:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T01:12:17.550+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>Which comes first Vision or Passion?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sl4NMBqddCI/AAAAAAAAEi0/W-8PVKpbtp4/s1600-h/bino.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sl4NMBqddCI/AAAAAAAAEi0/W-8PVKpbtp4/s400/bino.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358735106873586722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Which comes first Vision or Passion?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;There is a definite answer for this question and the answer is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Vision&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Why does Vision come first?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Alright, let’s say this person is passionate about dancing. But the next question is: “How did dance become his passion?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;There will be plenty of answers to this question but despite the reasons, the individual will come to a point where he will have thoughts like this: “I want to be….”, “I want to…”, “If I become…”. These thoughts are mental images. You may call it “baby visions”. Visions are pictures of the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Before the person become passionate about dancing he already has ‘images’ of what he wants to be. The “what he wants to be” factor is being visionary. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;He runs after his vision and passion builds in. Without a Vision there is nothing one can be passionate about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Vision is a picture (goal) and passion is the driving factor which helps the vision come to past. Somehow we tend not to associate the thoughts and images we have in our mind as visions and we mix it up with our passions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="Arial Narrow&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;It’s time to be passionate about your Vision and not the other way round. Once ‘sight’ of the goal is lost, passion is gone as well. So keep dreaming because dreams do come true. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Keep dreaming,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Cedric Silvaraj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6347297-5386251320948821635?l=cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/feeds/5386251320948821635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6347297&amp;postID=5386251320948821635&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5386251320948821635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6347297/posts/default/5386251320948821635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cedricsilvaraj.blogspot.com/2009/07/which-comes-first-vision-or-passion.html' title='Which comes first Vision or Passion?'/><author><name>Cedric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16388592079922542591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02708645207866417263'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Its8A72ZGkU/Sl4NMBqddCI/AAAAAAAAEi0/W-8PVKpbtp4/s72-c/bino.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>