Year 2013

a short note for myself.
Year 2013
Many things happen, some of them, its really new to me, I have yet to come across before in my whole life, as they say, as you live, you learn along the way.....
Issues happened in Beijing, changes of environment, moving back to Malaysia, handling all this job related problems, problems that happened, and the whole learning curve itself.
ANd throughout the incident, the friends that came up, showed-up, supported and given a lot of supports. Also at the same time, you see how human beings behaved in situation like this.
Anyway, you face this on your own (though there are many supports given), and you have to face it, solved it within yourself, and I think the process itself has given me a lot of wake-ups........

It is not an easy process, and I have thanked many people throughout this process, and at the same time, deep in my heart, I think this is a big challenge for me. It also allows me to think, and rethink the actual issues about life, about Karma, about reflecting myself, my life so far, about what I want next, about human beings, just about everything in general.

In short, the bitter, the sweetness, the sour part, the spicy part, all that happened in year 2013, will remind me a lot of things. And I learn to value people as they are, friendships, the meaning of it, support the importance of it, and love, the true meaning of it.
I will face life challenges as they come along, and I believe I will go it well, going beyond.

Thanks for all, and thanks for the opportunity to learn about Buddhism and in guiding me about

Choong
31 December 2013
Kuala Lumpur

They Say....Mereka Berkata.....他们说。。。。。

I just saw a program, and the host said, when our parents passed away, the most hurtful and loss we felt, would be that nobody will be able to confirm, will know, will acknowledge the existence of our youth, our growing phase, our childhood, ....and we are lost sometimes, no matter how old we are.
I think this is real, and sometimes, I do feel, I am lost, because I do not have my parents, to say things about my childhood, to tell stories of my growing-up, my school results, my capabilities (always in the eyes of parents we are perfect), and my everything......
We are, forever kids in our hearts, yearning for this kind of attention from our parents, whenever they are............

当父母亲不在的时候，没有人再见证我们的童年。。。
Bila Ibu bapa kita meninggal dunia, maka tiada lagi sesiapa yang dapat menjadi saksi kepada zaman kanak-kanak kita....

And I do miss my dad, my grandmother......for all these..........

That is life any way, just a kind of my own thoughts after seeing this program......

It is a kind of pain only we really understand, really know and it is kind hard to explain....

Choong
Kuala Lumpur
27 December 2013

Oman-Muscat

Although I have been thinking of coming to Muscat when I first heard of this name (sounds like a CAt....), it was not really my real intention to visit Muscat. but it turns out to be a big surprise. People that I met up are nice, like Ahmed, Saleem, and the hotel staff are very cordial and friendly.
rooms are clean and service ware good.
And lucky me, most of the times, someone will offer me a lift  to somewhere, instead of paying a few USD dollars, hence I say it is a great blessing to me, haha.

And although the journey with the bus was not very nice, it was close to 9 hours to arrive from Dubai, and tomorrow, when going back, it is about the same, nevertheless, I feel, after seeing all the nice buildings, it is worth it. ONly that the attractions are too much too little in Muscat, and the entertainment places could be too small. Other than that, it is good, clean and I began to tell in love with Muscat.

Anyway, shall write more as I have not been able to download more.
IN short, I am happy to be here.
Sleepy now.

Choong
Muscat 2013
Dec22 2013-- Winter Solstice

Abu Dabhi

Arrived to Dubai yesterday, then my friend drove me directly to his apartment in Abu Dabhi. Along the highway, as I mentioned before, they are fully lite-up, which means it is bright even in the night time, feeling like we are in a fiesta.
Along the ride, I saw many changes taking place in UAE, many new buildings, and this morning, I can see that the roads are very clean, and all the plants are well kept (pruned and trimmed). I think there are a lot our city and town councils can learn from them. We are in equator, and yet, we do not take of our greens very well, and here in desert, they are trying to create a central part, can you imagine this?

And I was made to understand that not only the petrol is cheap, at RM 1.20 per litre, there is no income tax, no company tax, and car is also tax free, so, in all sense it is quite cheap in many things.
And they are quite open to immigrant workers, and they also build worships places, not only mosque as this is an Islam country, but also they build church, and temples for different religions, like Catholics, Hindus, Sikhs......
Here you can see many different races and origins, from Bangladesh, from various places in India, Philippines, Africa and Arabs too. And according to my friend, they treat these migrant workers very well.

Choong
Abu Dabhi

Dubai... Here I come

I am currently in Spore airport again (again here, as I was here two days ago).
This is the 3rd time going there, I am not sure exactly what I am going there specifically for, partly visiting friend, partly, Christmas vacation, and partly finding the answer for the question I have in my mind, for some ideas to guide me next in my living years on the Earth.
I have been traveling a lot on personal basis, with Beijing, Spore and now Dubai, in search for the answer.

I am leaving now, as departure time is close now, and the boarding gate is quite far away.

Merry X'mas.

Choong
Spore airport

Singapore Revisited

Oh dear, I promised to write in my blog but just haven't found the time to do so. I need to write more. I guess because nowadays, you can just write send messages via your mobile phone, that uploading your photos into your laptop prior to that just does not sound attractive and convenient anymore. This could be one reason, and next, between Android and your Mac system, it is another issue to tackle. Putting this aside, I just want to record a bit of my recent trip to S'pore.
I think S'pore, which I have never really like in terms of its size and what it is able to offer, has really changed me, with my recent trip. I guess with the current situation in Malaysia (politically, and our current living environment in terms of safety) and after coming back from Beijing (where the air quality is a problem), you tend to look for all these aspects as part of your basic living conditions, and I think this time around, S'pore really gives me a different feel, or I would rather say it is a very positive ones.

Cost of living, not converting to other currencies, based on your purchasing power, I think S'pore is still very good, in fact I think it is better than what we are able to get in Malaysia for now. A plate of Nasi Lemak is just SGD 3-3.50, and a glass of teh tarik (tea is of good quality yeah, mind you) only cost 80 cents. Even if you were to convert this in Malaysian Ringgit, it is still relatively cheap.
Living environment, is clean, with all the greeneries well kept, plants are planted in all housing areas, which you can feel the atmosphere very relaxing even if you were staying in an older HDB flat. Only thing that is very pressuring everyone is the high cost of the private condos (Presently, the same problem is felt in Malaysia, is this not true).

I have a chance to go to an old enclave, that is Changi Village, and I felt like I was "lost" in Spore. It is like back to another era, very much like Taiping lake, with lots of plants, trees, and the houses and shop lots are very much like what we used to have in the 80s, but still well kept and maintained.

And here you feel like all races are living in harmony and each has their own place and space to express themselves well.
I felt like I have fallen in love with Spore this time around......may be our perspective change as we grow older....for me, I think son

HOTLINK- Is it legal I am asking you

I am not sure how many of you are using Hotlink prepaid. I am currently a user, and I think I need to highlight this. I am deeply dissatisfied with it, I feel cheated. You see, quite often you will receive messages from them, and one of them is like (I deleted it last nite), if you do not send in the reply like "STOP LINE " or something like that, then automatically, they will charge you RM3 per SMS. Is this not day light robbery? WHo gives you the right to charge without my consent? I mean is this legal? Tell me, please Maxis, hotlink,,,,, what consumer rights are we having, if you have the rights to charge, if we do not reply NO, then you take it as YES? WHat kind of mentality is this.

I feel cheated.

Choong
KL

Seruling Di Lembah Sunyi.... As I recall

This Seiring bersama alunan bunyi
seruling di lembah sunyi
Disana ku duduk seorang diri
mengenang di malam hari
Terkenang ku akan seorang kasihku
yang tlah pergi entah kemana
Oh angin sampaikanlah salamku
ku nanti dilembah sunyi
Seindah alunan seruling senja
begitu cintaku padanya
is the first full song I learned to sing with my music teacher (pardon me, I forgot his name, and I am trying hard to recall). Until now, I still remember the lyrics, the music, the pitch, the tone and how to sing it in proper way....that was the time how we used to learn in schools.



To my former music teacher, thanks a lot. For a boy like me, who has no musical background and do not know how to read notes, your teaching had helped me a lot, and that was how I learned to appreciate music in totality.


Choong
3 Dec 2013

Leaving....

May be, as we age, as we grow older, at a stage where you are neither young nor can be considered senior citizens, it is an age where some people will think you are too young to die.....and too old to be considered young and still young.......you tend to know and appreciate lives more.....or not taking lives for granted.

Within these few weeks back to Malaysia I have heard so many friends' friends, family members passing away due to cancer. And they are in the forties and early fifties. And back to when I was in Beijing, I also see a lot of them died because of cancers....it seems like cancer is every where and more and more people's lives are shortened because of cancer?

In this age with a lot of new technologies, a lot of scientific researches, aren't we suppose to be more healthy? Are we losing to technology? Or have we forgotten about the basic needs of lives, or how to live well.?
I do not know what the answers are, just that, sometimes, the more issues about our lives cropping up, I tend to understand, appreciate every and every thing I learned about Buddhism, and what Buddha has explained about sufferings, about lives.........

Hope everyone try to do more good deeds, get more merits, and live a better quality and meaningful lives.

Namo Tasha.


Choong
KL-2nd December 2013

真的假的。。。。Real one, false one??

I Like this new song from Taojingying (陶晶莹），listen to the lyrics well.



Happy listening.

Choong
KL

I am back

Finally, I am back to Malaysia......
I will find time to write more.....kindly wait for a while...too many things to say, to voice out, to share and to write.....Writing is a kind of freedom, a form of expression.....
Will be writing........................soon.


Choong
Kuala Lumpur, 27 November 2013

I Will Persist 。。。。。。。。。。。

All,

Recently, too many issues related to work....too many problems, but need to solve it, as I am the head of the team, and being a responsible leader, I need to handle this, and in the process, I am again, get hurt, victimised and bullied....but I will persist.........just wait and see.
Being the Aquarius me, the last fight shall be given.....no matter what happen, as the fight for fairness has to be on given......必须坚持下去。。。。。


Choong
Busan
31st July 2013

好久不见－Long time no see

Enjoy this song, I think he sings well and also represents what I am thinking.
I have not been writing for too long using my blogsite, and I miss this a lot.......


Until then,

Choong.
Busan
31 July 2013

Little GoodBye...

Each time after coming back, you will somehow miss something, and as Buddha, do not be attached to anything, esp things you that let you fell into comfort zone, and things that does not want you to move or change....so, every time when heart is hesitating, I only can look from this perspective.

Tired, as these whole week again, rushing from one end to another.
One thing good this time is that, may be, some form of new exploration.........new biz opportunities,  hopefully something interesting will come out.
Other than that, life is still....finding out my next destination........

I realise that time passes very fast, and there are many uncles and aunties of my fathers' generation have, one after another, left this world, which means I am also getting older, and may be or perhaps I am already at the beginning of the starting point of the queue. It does not worry me, it only makes me appreciates every moment of my life, my breath, and every single little meaningful things that I am doing. I think that counts more than anything else.

I am sleepy now, but needs to get my shower, and move to Sentral station, and then to the airport, then to BKK, then to Beijing.

Until then, thanks to my sis thanks to my nieces, nephews, cousin, aunts, uncles, friends that I managed to meet this time around. ANd until next round, take care.
I shall update my blog as soon as I have the chance to do so.

Cheers.

Choong
KL
21 June 2013.

The Trip Back Home- JUne 2013

Coming back for my dad's 4th year passing away, offering prayers. Time passes fast, dad has passed away for more than 4 years....May you be peaceful always dad, you are always in our hearts.

Then, moving around in Penang, seeing all the properties, I think it is very expensive and in some projects, each unit price varies from one to another (though market demand decides the price), it is the first time for me to learn that prices varies from one unit to another (in the past corner units fetch higher prices, in between units should be quoted at the same price), but not the units I have seen recently. And every month prices vary.....
And moving around, many of them are holding the properties, and they are many waiting to sell off the properties.....Lets see what happens next.
And on the sales people's attitude and service rendered,  in one project we visited, the sales lady was very proud that they have fully sold the property, and my friend asked the sales lady why when they are fully sold, still they let customers come or there was no notice on this, and the sales mentioned "I did not invite you'......
And in another project, we asked when was the project launched, and the girl said, we did not launch the project, never launch it, all projects are mainly of returning customers....I am not sure what she is talking about actually.

But one thing I would like to compliment Penang state is that I see there are many on-going projects to improve the road conditions, irrigation systems, road widening, etc. And for many years BM town has never seen any projects like these, but I am have at least for now, there are many things happening, even the Bukit DO, the place I usually go for my evening walks, they are clearing it up, building a shed, and walkways and jogging tracks. That is good to see, esp. we have been waiting for these for the last 20 years...

This morning, while I was driving to KL, I heard the radio DJs mentioned that KL was listed as one of the 10 most "dangerous cities' in the world, I was shocked with that. I am not sure how they come to this conclusion, but I hope it would not affect our country's image that much. We need to attract tourists and we need to attract investors.........And I have been promoting heavily to our China colleagues on Malaysia, and with this piece of news, I think they will ask a lot of questions.

Another point is, I heard there are a few cases where open restaurants' guests have been attacked and robbed when they were dining. It seems very scary to hear this, and who will be going out for dinner, in this present condition........
Having based in China for 5 years plus, and visiting many cities, at least I have never heard of this kind of problems there. It is very safe. and I have told one friend who visited Beijing 2 years ago, I said, even if you carry a gold bar, walking on the street, no one is coming to rob you, or if someone dare to do that, within a few hours they will be caught as they have cameras every where.
I hope, if everything I read and heard through news are proven to be true, the present situation will improve further, and our policemen and our fellow Malaysian friends will work hand-in-hand to combat this serious problem for our country.

Thanks.

Choong
KL
20 June 2013

RIP, Mr. Shiro Yoshida

Finally, I managed to pay respect to Mr. Yoshida, and I am glad that I made it, and arrange my time for this. As I said, it is important and I would to also thank Mrs. Yoshida for receiving us, and my friends, Irifune-San and Kamahira-San for bringing me here.

May Mr. Shiro Yoshida rest in peace and may be be happy always.
My Buddha guide him to the right path, sadhu sadhu, sadhu.

Sincerely,

Choong SH

Spring Seasons

Spring is the season I like most (though some do not like it because of the pollens) and because I am not allergic to this and since I like flowers a lot (must be the influence from my late grandma), I always feel good whenever I see flowers blooming. And this time around, I am glad to see there are still many flowers blooming (though I have missed out the Sakura blooming season).... and strolling in this kind of environment, with temperature averaging between 22 to 15 is very very nice.

choong
Kobe 2013

Back To Japan-Kobe (To pay my respect to Mr. Shiro Yoshida)

Honestly speaking, I am back this time at this stage of time, is basically because of the late, Mr. Shiro Yoshida-the gentleman sitting on the left (laughing out loud). I first met him in 1998, when I first came to Japan, and that was in September. He always laugh, speak quite good English, and seems like very happy go lucky guy of person. I did not go out so much with him for outings or during the weekends, as he is considered a senior in the team, and only talked, had dinner, and did spend some time with him.  The last time I met him was, I think early 2012, after he had come back from his operation, and during that time, he said, he was half of his original size. and before we separated, he was saying that we should find a time for a meal together.,and never could I imagine, that would be the last time, and the final time we will ever meet in this world forever.
On 31st December 2012, like usual, I still tried to send a message to him, and here I attached it below:

Yoshida-San, Nakamura-San, Kimura-San and Kamahira-San,

Woud like to take this final day of year 2012 to wish you, in advance, a Happy New Year 2013.

May this new year bring your Health, Happiness And All Good Things...!

Have a good holidays with your family.

With warm regards,

Choong

And on the 7th of Janaury, I was informed by Kamahira-San that Yoshida-San had already passed away.

Masafumi,

I am totally lost and speechless with this piece of news................

My deepest condolence to his family and I shall offer prayers to him tonite.

Pls find out where his burial place/graveyard is, and please bring me there to pay respect to him in my next visit to Japan. Is it in Osaka?

Can you arrange your private time to bring me there, please............................

Thanks in advance, Kamahira-San.

Sorry for my poor wordings, as I am very sad hearing this piece of news.....

Thanks for sharing.

Choong

-----Original Message-----

From: masafumi_kamahira@toyota-tsusho.com [mailto:masafumi_kamahira@toyota-tsusho.com]

Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 10:05 AM

To: Soonheng Choong; 'yukihisa_nakamura@toyota-tsusho.com'; 木村智

Subject: Yoshida-san

Dear Choong-san,

I deeply regret to inform you that Yoshida-san has passed away on 31st Dec 2012 because of liver cancer. He was 55 years old. According to his wife, he was hospitalized in last November, but it seems his symptoms worsened. Afterwards he went back home and had palliative care for the dying. His funeral servie had already held on 3rd Jan 2013 by his family only.

I am not able to accept it as fact yet and dazed with grief.

Sincerely yours,

KAMAHIRA

I was totally lost and speechless and tears immediately fell from my eyes (almost the same feeling like when my sister called from Penang informing the death of my dad).

Yoshida-San, we so 'argued sometimes' as our characters are very similar, firm, independent, self-opinionated, although I am the younger version type, and I remember, he usually tried to pacify me whenever he felt I was not happy and emotional (which was me, in my early stage of my career), and trying to explain to me, why certain issues happened in the way they were. Also, he explained a lot about customers, expectation in Japan, how he needed me to support Kasho team during that time, etc.
In short, he was like a mentor, a brother, a teacher, a friend,...
I remember, when I decided to leave Acidchem, he was very sad and upset with my departure.......but I could not help furher, as I think it was the right time to leave, and leaving my Japanese friends in Kasho/Toyotsu was one of the hardest for me.
I still remembered in the first few visits, and usually after dinner, we will walk around OSaka city with Jason (my former GM) and they will talked a lot and I will listen to their conversations,...And one of them I remmebered well is the talked on whether I could handle Japanese market well, and how well I could recognise the route back to Yaesu Fujiya hotel. Also another one was, when there was a stall near Kasho office selling ties, at JY 1000 per piece, and Yoshida-San mentioned it was worth to buy it. The ties are with me still.
There are too many things that I can write, but at this moment, I can't write too much, just not in the full swing of mood to do so. Just recalling memories...

Dear Choong -san

I'm fine in Osaka today.
Thank you for your concern.

best regards yoshida
------- Original Message-------
From:soonheng.choong@bayer.com
Subject:EarthQuake In Tokyo
To:shiro_yoshida@toyota-tsusho.com, yukihisa_nakamura@toyota-tsusho.com, satoshi_kimura@toyota-tsusho.com, masafumi_kamahira@toyota-tsusho.com
Cc:--
Date:Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:46:50 +0800
> Dear Yoshida-San, Nakamura-San, Kamahira-San,
>
> Trust you all are fine in Tokyo. Take care.
>
> Kimura-San,
> I guess you are fine in Osaka.
>
> Take care and with deep concern in Beijing,
>
> Dear.Mr Choong

Happy new year!
Looking for opportunity to see you again soon.
Let me know if you come to Japan.
Still enjoy single?

B.rgds Yoshida
------- Original Message-------
From:soonheng.choong@bayer.com
Subject:A Happy New Year 2011
To:shiro_yoshida@toyota-tsusho.com
Cc:--
Date:Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:51:00 +0800
> Yoshida-San,
>
> It was nice to meet you 3 months back, though only for a short while.
> And I would like to that this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year and
> may year 2011 bring you more health, and happiness.

Dear Yoshida-San,

I am praying for you every time I offer my prayers at home, and this time around, I hope to visit you at your graveyard. We have worked together as a team for more than 8 years, and it was one of the happiest moments, together with Nakamura-San, Kimura-San and Kamahira-San and other team members...........These will be treasured by myself until I also finally breathe the final time.
Sorry for not having the chance to pay my last respect while you are still around, and this time around, I would like to visit you at your graveyard and pay you a final respect. And may you rest in peace................forever.

May Buddha guide you to the right path.

Sincerely, and with prayers, wishing you well, wherever you are.

Choong

Yasmin How You Know

I am reading a copy of this, and if you know her, like her adversitements and her movies, please read this book....a compilation. I enjoy reading this so far and interesting. Choong

My Personal Note

Now, I am waiting the the Krisflyer Golden lounge, changi airport, and since a little bit time more before I fly off to Beijing, might as well write a bit here. This time around, I think I spent a lot of quality time, with friends, with ex-colleagues, with family members, etc. It is a meaningful trip, though I mentioned that I might not want to come back to celebrate CNY here, as dad is no longer around. But still, it means a lot, to be back. But at the same time, I also found it to be a bit annoying, of the following reasons: 1) Property prices are moving up steeply, but the general laymen salaries are not. 2) Cost of living are increasing a lot, and our salaries are not. 3) The feeling of not being that safe, you hear it every where you go, and friends remind you to be back home earlier. Before I left, I also of houses being broken into, despite there are people in the house, which makes me wonder..... 4) People start doubting about other people, start having a lot of question marks in the face. take for example, I was parking my car at Pavillion, and was searching for the main entrance, and in front of me was a lady walking in the same direction. And when she found out I was behind her, she was hesitating. You know, when people are suspicious of others, it is not very good. Another example, my niece told me, a couple was withdrawing money from a ATM machine at a petrol station, and while the husband withdraw the money, the wife have to look around, to make sure everything is fine. ANd another incident, my Niece were at Kepong station, and someone asked for her mobile phone, and yet that person was holding two mobile phones of his own, telling her, his phones are not working. Do we lend him or go we not? I am not sure, out society has grown to the stage that we need to be too careful and suspicious, This to me is not good. 5) While driving from Jalan SUltan Ismail towards Jalan Kuching, enroute to Selayang, I found the wrote condition to be quite bad, with many holes,,,it needs to be resurfaced and tarred. Five years ago, when I was working here, it was very good condition. 6) People are not reading much books these days, only playing around with their smart phones and surfing internet, this again is not good. 7) The quality of our English standard has dropped a lot, even at the airport. 8) I found also at some smaller towns, we have lots of foreigners around....even they start taking care of stalls in Pasar Malam, mending the operation, cooking, or selling at Hawkers centres. Are we having them for convenience sake or do we really need them because we really do. I am not sure, but judging from this trend, I think it is not a healthy type of development. 9) Too many Mainland Chinese are here buying up properties, it is good for the economy but definitely not good for us the locals. I visited some development sites, and found that they built very big sizes, valued at above RM 1 Million, and some ranging from 1-8 Millions. WHo are buying them, or who can afford them? 10) Quality of our foods are dropping, despite increase in the prices, take for examples, nasi lemak sold at road sides, priced at RM 1.20 perpack. In our school days, it is less than 50 sen, and yet the sambal ikan bilis tasted so good.... Which makes me wonder and makes me worried. Choong Singapore 19 February 2013

CNY 2013

CNY 2013- Already on the 4th day, time passes so fast. When I reached to KL on 5th morning, was rushing and very tired, cause in my mind, there were simply too many things to settle, bank, money, cleaning the house, preparing praying materials, buying stuffs for myself and helping to get friend to get some stuffs, prayers at temple, then CNY visiting friends,,, and finally, yesterday, one whole day to myself. I just want to spend days on my own, solely for myself, enjoying a slower pace, at home, reminiscing....recalling....haha. This is the 4th CNY without dad around, haha. Time flies so fast, that I am getting used to this, though I still missed dad being around. The older and mature I grow, the more I understood what dad was thinking...as the saying goes, older makes a person wiser. And I think we tend to do what we feel good about, things that can remind us of our beloved ones. Hence when it comes to prayers, I tend to follow what Grandma and dad had left behind, in a way, of remembering them, recalling memories... Also, while back, heard also of an old friend, staying in the same housing area as us before, has passed away, due to cancer, at quite a young age. And what makes it bitter to hear was that her son, who is having cerebral palsy was having difficulty accepting that, and also her elder son was having some problems-on his life. I only wish them well, and may she r.i.p... The other news I heard was a mum and her daughter, while on the way to Tokun hill for exercising, was killed when the car they were driving was hit by a falling coconut tree, May they rest in peace and Buddha guide them to the right path. The point is, life is fragile. And of the entertaining news during CNY is the visit of PSY (of Gangnam style) was here in Penang. I was in Penang during thst time, but didn't go, as I am not a fan of PSY and I am not keen to be there too, do not know why. Watching Stephen Chow's Journey to the east was one of the most entertaining show so far, and I love every part of it, haha. Nice movie. Also the best part of this CNY, the double celebration for me, my Birthday too, haha, celebrating with group of friends....

Time passes, day by day, month by month and year by year...., the journey of life, the journey of soul-searching, the journey of understanding the purpose of us being in the world, and our next journey. Choong 13 February 2013 Bukit Mertajam

Linked-In Profile

I received this mail, and was informed that my profile was in the top 10% most viewed, so, just put a copy here, as a personal record. Choong Bukit Mertajam Hi Soon Heng, Recently, LinkedIn reached a new milestone: 200 million members. But this isn't just our achievement to celebrate — it's also yours. I want to personally thank you for being part of our community. Your journey is part of our journey, and we're delighted and humbled when we hear stories of how our members are using LinkedIn to connect, learn, and find opportunity. All of us come to work each day focused on our shared mission of connecting the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. We're excited to show you what's next. With sincere thanks, Deep Nishar Senior Vice President, Products & User Experience P.S. What does 200 million look like? See the infographic A stat this delightful deserves to be shared Hurray! I have one of the top 10% most viewed @LinkedIn profiles for 2012. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/profile/7/991/081 Share Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shangrila, Yunnan

Had a chance to visit Shangrila at the beginning of new year 2013, and I think it was very spectacular..... Beautiful and refined.

SImple, if there is a chance for me to revisit I will, hopefully soon.

Good To Be Back Again

Good to be back to home country again Good to be back for the warm weather, after the very cold winter. Good to be back to the easier to breather air, after the heavy smog, Good to be back for the spicy food Good to be back for a cup of good teh tarik Good to be back to talk to my sis, nieces, nephews, family members,........and my friends... Good to be back to revisit my memories..... Good to be back.................. Choong 5 February 2013