The 3 most influential persons in Takahina's 2007

In the previous episode of "The True Takahina"...

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Commentater A: And the 5th place is EvE! OMG IT'S EvE, who would have expect them to achieve number 5th on the countdown!

Commentater B: AH YES,It's EvE alright. What did I tell ya... EvE obviously caused an influence to Takahina's life this year alright. It's after all his first most serious band he ever had, with originals being composed, more than 10plus covers being done...

Commentater A: But but, what bout his mother? what bout his family? They could have easily scored 5th place without a doubt!

Commentater B: AH YES, HIS FAMILY! Well look at his 4th place, obviously it involved his family, he still holds them in high regards naturally! Look more carefully will ya!

Commentater A: Takahina didn't seemed like someone who would go out often though, looks like NS really changed his life?

Commentater B: You think? NS only last for 2 years.

Commentater A: You won't know dude, after all you've have never been in ther, you signed some 309 shit remember?

Commentater B: The shit which will make me Gay and in the records of the Black File the Gov holds! DUDE THAT'S A SECRET MAN!

Commentater A: Anyways! Let's get back to the top 3 countdown now, as the most...

Commentater A + B: INFLUENTIAL in 2007!!


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Don't worry, the results won't be too surprising.



Number 3 in the countdown, and a not surprising one, will be the NS people I've met in this whole year.

But the main particular one, will be a man who made me realize reality in a whole different way.

As you guys know, Takahina used to be a trainee in St John who quit half way after getting his uniform and experiencing something called a Changing Parade. Discipline and hardship was somewhat enforced into him by St John. He hated it, but then at least St John has this unity called "suffering together".

Somehow, Takahina is a little regretful he went awol for St John.

For NS, you can't go awol, cause if u do so, your whole life will be awol.

Anyways, it's been a year in NS, Takahina is getting prolly adapted to the fucked up life in it. But then ever since he entered operation lifestyle and went into office work(Yes, he's an office spec), he experienced a new part of life which is more familiar to the working lifestyle of adulthood and something which you can never experience if you're a chiong sua soldier.

Office Politics.

The period while he was a trainee, was tough... and freedom-less, but at least he found buddies and less.... scheming people.

Buddies such as them...



On the left is yours truly, middle is someone named Boon Jun. Because of him, Takahina got a new name called Woon Jun in there, while he got called Boon Han.

There were also times when my instructors approached me and called me Boon Jun, people approached him and called him Boon Jun.

Woon Han this name, was non-existence.

And on the extreme right was Kenn. He has a photo of him playing CS with SAR 21 and his bunkmates in the bunk. Great stuff ^^

But now it's different. In the office and operational lifestyle, it's totally different.

Operational consist of merits, power and rank fighting, and hypocrites. A lot of it. And Takahina is greatly deterred by such stuff, but realises that he has to play it to ensure his survival in the great world.

People abusing their power, people spreading things which they presume they know about but they don't, people whom you don't want to let them know of stuff you say, unreal truth, helplessness of people in the bottom of the chain.

And you think you've seen it all. That is quite sad really. And to think, this is just NS, a portion whereby it's only a small chip in the office world. The romantism of Takahina is slowly slowly destroyed by the realism of the world. And for once, Takahina really felt anger, furious by a small issue turned big.

It's not really convenient to write them all down, and state on the person who is actually number 3 in the countdown. But he is in this countdown, cause of a the realism he showed me in this world unwittingly. And Takahina thought he knew it all. And it's also because of this that Takahina finally learns on how to be ruthless when he needs to, and to be like a chameleon, truly adaptive and street smart when he needs to. To being ruthless to anyone when he really needs to, to being adaptive and street smart at all cost in this world.

Takahina once stated before, "Never believe in anyone, not even yourself". This phrase is more profound than it seems, it instils beliefs in self-discipline, self adventuring, and the way to be ruthless and selfish when you need to. A chip of the block incident out of an example of a true Office Politics, further enforces it.

Office politics is scary. No wonder my mother complained about it so much while she was working in her bank.


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Number 2 in the countdown, is someone and something which Takahina hadn't dare to tell anyone. Currently only 1 guy knows about it and if possible Takahina will still want to keep it down. But out of respect for this person who once "loved" me, Takahina will mention about her.

My first and ex-girlfriend, Tan Shu Qin. (I won't post up her photo out of respect for her)

Yes, you guys heard it first and now. Takahina did have a girlfriend.

I know her through... DDR.

Yes you heard me DDR. Why? Cause she plays DDR as well, and she's as good, if not better than me. DDR is almost religious to her, and somehow that scares me a little. But when I know her at that time, I still didn't know.

Takahina don't really know much people in the local DDR society, he normally plays DDR by himself or with Tian Wei. But on this faithful day, Takahina was out for a night out, and went to the local CCK lot 1. Takahina likes Lot 1, cause the arcade has one of the most updated music and dance stimulation games. And is also conveniently very close to his camps. In fact it's the closest shopping centers around.

Takahina was playing DDR alone, when Shu Qin asked if she can join in, (cause DDR 1 credit can play 2 persons). And naturally Takahina welcomed her in. Soon after a few rounds of DDR, Takahina boldly asks for her number, which she gave without any concern whatsoever. From then on, Takahina begin to converse with her frequently.

Eventually things get a little heated up, with Shu Qin somehow asking funny questions and saying funny stuff. Emotions gets head on, and Takahina became Shu Qin's boyfriend outrightly. We went out on dates a few times, had frequent phone calls and private moments together (No hanky panky though). And on the 21st December, the relationship was off -- at least for me.

Not that there's no feeling involved, but Takahina can honestly say this, if given more time, more rational thinking, Takahina won't have said the "yes" word.

Takahina asks for a few things regarding relationship, and one of them is communication. Shu Qin fails terribly in that area, which is also one of the reason why we broke up. Communication in a relationship is like experience points in a RPG, it can make a lousy character to be one of the best characters, likewise good communication between both parties can have a relationship plausible. Maybe not the best of any relationship but communication can keep a relationship ongoing. I believe in the long term, communication will be the most important thing between any couple.

Shu Qin wasn't really well educated and her linguistic skills are rather... poor. To be frank, of her close to 500 sms I've received (she is good at spamming smses), I can't comprehend fully 99% of them. I have to use my comprehension skills to decipher her smses. When I try to talk to her, it's almost like talking to a primary 1 school kid. And she tends to get rather childish and outrageous on occasions... All in all, not really the perfect girlfriend you would want.

Communication is rather difficult. She don't understand what I really want, and I don't recognize or agree what she really needs. I tried to held up the relationship, I tried to communicate with her, I tried to be patient. I can't.

Her somewhat foolishness, persistence and lack of independance deterred me eventually, and Takahina ended his first relation. It was a... rather peaceful one. No arguments, no tears. Just smses and questions.

Why Shu Qin is in my countdown for the 2nd place, it's cause she taught me something, something Takahina would never have thought, and she's the one person, to have ever made Takahina deny and break all his own principles and laws.

What she taught me. She showed me this thing called "love without thought". For the first time, Takahina sees how someone, a girl especially in love can act. (or maybe it's only her). Somehow, the relationship opened a new sighting to Takahina's view which I can't really explain. The feeling of being loved, the feeling of being concerned and wanted is not something you can get anytime.

Somehow, after this whole incident I've grown more respectful to girls in love. Regardless of how shameless, how incredible or how wrong it should be. I don't mean girls in lust though. Lust and Love is a total different thing.

She gave me... an eye opener, she gave me an experience, she really shocked my life this year on how careful I should have been. There arises how I broke my own principles. Never break anyone's heart. Never be the one to initiate the breakup. It seems Takahina overly romantism and idealism is already gone.

Did she really love me? Or does she actually understand what is love exactly. No one knows for sure, I doubt if she herself knows it too. And it's now I understand why they also say girls hurt the most in a relationship, if all girls are really putting in their feelings and no variables involved that is.


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The time is here and now. The top person who influenced Takahina the most. This person, doesn't know who is Takahina. Takahina have never seen this person in real life. Then how would Takahina know this person who is unrelated to Takahina at all? His book. The person...



Yes. Robert Kiyosaki.

Takahina was about to go overseas to Australia for his NS training when he met up with Tian Wei for supper. Then Tian Wei passed him this book... this sacred holy book called...

Rich Dad Poor Dad.

From then on, the opinions, the suggestions and the many things which the book taught and talked about enlightened and fully opened the views of Takahina. Perhaps its because the book and what Robert taught about is somewhat similar and different to Takahina's Takahinaism, perhaps it's because the views in it is logical, sensible and yet creatively interesting to Takahina. Takahina is instantly overwhelmed and overtaken by it's power. Financial power perhaps.

What the book taught, is more than just financial knowledge and the wealth. It's the principles behind it.

One thing I've just seen through is about fear. The fear of rejection, money, risk etc etc. Human has many fear, money is one of them and therefore they call for security, hence the opinion of a job security is pleasing to anyone. But normally a job security would render you the lost of financial security.

But behind such a simple thought, it's not just fear of money, but I've learned of fear of rejection and such, and what people will do with it. Yes the book was intended to shape one up to be rich, but then what matters in being rich, is the person behind it. And from reading it, I've gained knowledge of how exactly and what exactly I should do to achieve my dreams, my wants, my needs. It takes more than just discipline, more than just skills required, more than just knowledge. Its takes a whole new person willing to make changes, willing to make risk, willing to go out there and do something, after doing careful planning and organising. Even if you lose, you fail, you go down. Treat it as a lesson and try try try again.

It almost seems to be a simple lesson we learn and hear in everyday life.

"One is never too old to learn." - Chinese Proverb we hear everywhere.

"Failure is the mother of all success."(sounds damn funny) - Chinese Proverb we hear everywhere.

Self Discipline instiled in us by NS.

And some other advices and things you never hear or was opposed to, such as taking on risk. Robert Kiyosaki also continued on stating on many financial knowledge stuff and characteristics. It also carried on talking about investment, business knowledge many other should know things in money and the rat race of life which the majority of the world is unknowingly in. Takahina has no wish to be in it, and undeniably, Takahina will be following what Robert Kiyosaki has taught in. Maybe not totally, Takahina will model his teachings in the book to suit Takahina's lifestyle. But, certainly, it'll be affected and modelled after what "Rich Dad Poor Dad" said.

I don't know how this book affected Tian Wei, but this book affected the way I operate now. It also affect on how I think about my future. I don't have the skills to be financially free, don't have the character yet to be one. But Takahina will strive to be one. Takahina will be a person he wants to be, and fulfill the dreams he wants. Thanks to Robert Kiyosaki's book. He may not know it, but the degree this book changed me, is enormous.

Why this book is number 1 in the countdown is for obvious reason. This book I think could be attributed to shaping out my future path. And the future, will be going on and on.

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So here you have it.

5th place: EvE
4th place: Grandpa
3rd place: NS
2nd place: Shu Qin
1st place: Robert Kiyosaki

Thank you all, and have a very happy new year ^^

(Sorry ar ben, you name not in hahahahahahahaaha)

The 5 most influential people in Takahina's 2007

Times have 1.
Forbes have 1.

Heck almost all big time magazines have 1. And this year's Times most influential person award goes to Putin, the Russia Prime Minister (or is it President, don't know).

But well, Takahina's 2007, no doubt a very NSed filled year... is quite rather a year for Takahina. Cause it symbolises the growing up of Takahina. Without further ado... I'll start with the 5th...




Not a person, but more of like, the whole band.

The number 5th "persons" to make an influence on Takahina's life this year will be EvE, my current ongoing band.


See i even have a contract ongoing with them...



How they influenced me this year is obvious... ever since the defunct Le Foret, 3 Jiao Mao, The Unknown, EvE is the next major band Takahina goes for, and it seems this band is here to stay. Always with the new added member, Benjamin Seet Chong En in, it seems this band will only grow stronger.

Takahina jammed with this jam for around 6 month now I guess, with a few of the months Takahina gone in Australia for the NS trip. Throughout this half a year, the regular jamming every saturday or friday night proves to be one of the activity Takahina looks forward to every weekend out from camp. Frankly if there isn't any EvE, Takahina will feel.. empty on weekends.

In the past there is still Jimmy and Music Clef to make me busy on Saturdays, now there is EvE. And indeed, I do feel my drumming techniques getting better, and my knowledge of timing, strokes, drum instruments and the band's chemistry undoubtedly improves with each jamming. If I were to resume my lesson and Jimmy wants me to play something, I guess he'll be surprised that my drum techniques improved instead of failing. The only falter I'll have will most likely be my timing, which I'm trying very hard to improve on. I'm just lacking a complete drumset before I'll term myself an actual drummer.

Frankie's the wacky "wawawawawawa" person who never fails to make people laugh. And he is the booker. He books the studios.

Marco's the silent killer who is normally quiet and cheerful, but can shoot people with an instant overkill, Yi Zhen Jian Xue (1 needle see blood) :p Oh... do you know he raps as well as do all those guai guai vocals u can here in any songs.

Rhea's the cute cute jie jie who provides the feminine touch to the band, if not it'll be overrun. Also the next possible person in the group who could come up with a whole original. Takahina knows nothing bout chords and notes and stuff... so don't think he'll be able to do so.

Ivor's the supposedly leader who craps around with every meeting and jamming. We normally will wait like 5 10 mins waiting for him to prepare his stuff + waiting for him to choose a song to jam. His pedals collection somewhat scares me.

And Benjamin is my old friend whom I've jammed alot of times with. We braved through The Unknown Era, and now he has joined me in the EvE era. His diligence with the guitar is encouraging ^^

And not forgetting Lily, Ivor's Gf and the band's manager. She handles the finance and records the song and goes for every jamming. I'm seriously impressed ^^

And Lastly Takahina.

That is EvE for you. There are number 5 in the countdown, cause if without them, Takahina will feel so empty in life.


Now, number 4.



My Grandpa.

He passed away while I'm in Taiwan undergoing my NS training. When I almost finished my training, I was then informed on his status and rushed back to Singapore, missing my R & R in Taiwan.

He lived a lavish life in the past from my Father's account, rich and a little influential due to his father's wealth of a rubber plantation. But grandpa seemed to have squandered majority of the money away. For the last few years of his life, my grandpa entered hospital in and out for various problems like falling down, his iliing leg, his diabetes, heart problems etc etc. But at those times, at least he still went back to his Paya Lebar home which is now gone due to construction of the Circle Line. Soon after, a fall made him somewhat stuck to his chair and bed and he was officially hospitalised and sent to a nursing home. We changed nursing home several times for him, due to fees and location. Similarily, my grandma changed several homes. Firstly to Bedok which was subsidised by the Singapore government, this was due to the eviction of the house in Paya Lebar demanded by LTA. After that, they changed to the current house in Eunos and settled in.

Grandpa on the other hand, never entered any of his 2 new homes.

After years of struggling, he finally fell to old age. At least it was a peaceful one.

As i mentioned before once in this blog, he once said that...

"You're my beloved grandson..."

That was during one of the earlier years when he just got hospitalised. His other grandsons, never really visited him from what I noticed, and I can't blame them. You enter the nursing home, all of the surrounding is old people, (some having slight mental problems) and Yeye (how i affectionately call him) will always be sitting in his Chai Chee Educare Nursing home, looking into nothingness. You ask him questions, he will not be able to speak properly. It's like his brain has degraded to the stages of an infant.

I heard he held on while I was rushing back to Singapore, his pulse and breath rate still remain as an alive person, until when I rushed back to Singapore on the way to the hospital, my mother called to tell me of some bad news. In the end, I almost made it... but I didn't. That strive of minutes loss resulted in one of my most helpless regrets in life. I could still see his face and feel his warmth when I reached, but that was a forced breathing imposed by the machines.

I still remembered I was cleaning weapon and the next day is a topo exercise. When the news of his near death came, I burst into tears while trying to tell my instructors of the news and my wish to be back in SG.

It's not that I wasn't mentally prepared, I somehow had this premonition of him not being able to survive while I'm in Taiwan, and one of my greatest worries while I was in Taiwan was him. You could hear me calling home constantly, trying to see if there was any problems at home, particularly him. And Takahina is right.

His funeral is one of the biggest funeral I've seen. It last for 5 days and has many types of rituals which I hadn't seen before. It also has models of dragons and many others. It was almost like a show of my grandpa's trip into the netherlands and how the priest and us pray for him and plead for his safety through the lands and be safely reincarnated. One most significant was this sand model of a twin serpent made out, and some stuns being done out like igniting fire and mini explosions. We even ran with the priest and jumped over the dragons as part of the ritual. It was quite interesting actually.

The mood wasn't too tense or sad in the funeral, it was more of like a learning session for me. Many thanks to Jun Rong, Priscilla and Tian Wei for coming over to pay their condolescents. Takahina also saw quite a few actor and actress such as Tay Ping Hui, Joanne Peh and Felicia Chin thanks to my director uncle. I even bought kopi kao for Tay Ping Hui and Snake Grass Water for Joanne Peh. They were quite sweet really. Takahina was too shy to look at them straight in the eye though, but I can tell Joanne Peh is really beautiful. :p

The crementorium session is a very quiet one. Not much people came. The main family, my family and 2 of my uncles, some relatives and friends. The "sending" moment was a solemn one. Few of us cried, the guys remained tough while some of the girls shed tears. It wasn't the usual crying and breaking down scene you see at most funerals. My grandpa wasn't too popular with us for somewhat obvious reasons.

My grandpa's is number 4 in the countdown, cause his death made an impact in Takahina's outlook on life and death. It made an everlasting impression on family ties, my grandpa is not good in this genre and has made many mistakes as a father. Takahina doesn't want to follow in his footsteps. Takahina has believed in that the number of people who shed tears for you in a funeral shows of your acheivement and result slip of your life. In my opinion, my grandpa failed it, even though I loved him. I will not fail the life's test, never.

Also, his last few years and the many days I see him in hospital and nursing homes, it made me see the fragile strings which connect family ties in the current world. It gave me the many ideas in Euthanisia. Do I support it now? Takahina has always supported euthanisia, and now Yeye's death further solidifies it.

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The top 3, will be in, by next post. Otanoshimi ^^

The "Curious about woman in love" Takahina

Truth to be told, Takahina lately has been observing very long about someone in love.
A girl to be precise.

And I've observed quite a few things really. No offense to any ladies cause I understand...

Love makes a person go gaga. Not a radio, not gatsby, not this Takuya Kimura...



The Takako makes me gaga...

Anyways, 1 of this girls I know, she's quite persistent actually in her relationship. And also, quite desperate in showing her "love" to her boyfriend. Always messaging him, asking whether his home or not and stuff. This is case 1: The Gaga Girls.

Somehow, these types of girls, are quite easily cheated as I'll say. In that case 1 is too easily "obtained" by the guys. The way the girlfriend feels in how she should keep her boyfriend, is through the obessesive diarrhoea of love and concern she shows. And most often, that is the thing which makes a rather loyal boyfriend to be irritated to the extent he gives up.

Not saying this type of girls are bad, but the way they handle their boyfriend is bad. In fact, I pity for these girls, normally they are the ones who suffer the most in a breakup, because they are the one who vomit out the most love they can manage. And normally, they aren't the one who wants the break up.

Break up rate until death: 5~10
Most Suitable Boyfriends for her: Nerds with no experience in love and have no knowledge of how to play the game.

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And then there is case number 2. The seduction.

Needless to say, i think the term is self-explanitory. Girls, with make up quite thick they can cover up as Pizzas, and skirts so short they might as well forgo wearing them. Guys are for the reason, to play with, to spurge on. When they are bored...

"Eh... Dear, where are you... I want to go shopping/play (etc)..."

or when they are not bored and doing something,

"Sorry hor Dear, I'm busy right now. Reply you later."

The stereotype of these girls are what people call the Chao Ah Lian, but it's more compulsed than that. Frankly, it's just cause of them that they give girls such a bad name. And I guarantee you guys, you never want to get such a girlfriend. Cause these girls know how it is to be in the game, but in a wrong way. They know how to get what they want through guys and most of the time the guys don't mind too much of it. However, in exchange these girls also give away their innocence and transform into the girls your mother won't want to have as a daughter in law.

Guys can't help but have a second look at them, normal girls can't help but scorn at them. They are almost the opposite of the Gaga girls. They are not Gaga, they make man go Gaga. Well, not all guys. Some guys looking for a more serious relationship on the other hand will be repulsed by their loose behaviour. Just think of them as a walking one night stand which you need to slowly develop out. An expensive one.

Break up? Not a problem. I have a whole queue in standby. Just give me some compensation fee. Oh, and also don't expect me to return you the stuff you bought for me. They are mine, ALL MINE!

And the world is not enough. And don't think they exist only as the teenagers angst with short skirt and stuff. But office politics, celebrity business and many more ways. The Seduction uses their looks for their own personal gain or maybe career. The personal clerk, for example. Or the voluptous female who rises in ranks as if gravity doesn't affect them. As long as they can get what they want, their body/looks/assets, anything which can let them have their wanted stuff is expendable.

Break Up rate until death: Infinity
Most Suitable Boyfriends for her: Rich man looking for sex

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Some woman, in this world look in love as a secondary neccesity. They crave freedom, power and attention. These type of women, are the career based type: Miss Busy.

Normally powerful in their career and very much able to support themselves, these types of ladies normally have boyfriend only for 1 purpose. Their attention and their rule over them. Boyfriends to them, exist for the purpose of showing off and the many other small perks that comes along. Such as the occasion sex drive the female hormones produce and they need someone to solve it so that they can concentrate more on their work. Or the extra person to chauffeur them around when they need to.

They are not afraid of not having any boyfriends, but more of scared of time. This reason is simple. They need to grab hold a guy while they can still concentrate on their career, so their future at least will not look bleak.

Yes, the guy is an investment.

It's not to say that the female doesn't love the guy. She loves him for the correct and wrong purpose. Miss Busy loves his attention, loves his concern and thoughts. But just doesn't want to go too serious until she is like the president of Takahina.corp and oversees the year when Bill Gates is not the richest man in the world. Often the time that happens, she has aged, her boyfriend grabbing assets have degraded to pentium 1. So she needs to use something else, she has to design an asset. Loyalty.

So she sets up a loyalty plan which covers her marriage security.

She will never walk alone.

1 problem though, such loyalty plans is getting scarse. So loyalty plans keep changing and changing from Singtel to Starhubby. Why? Cause she's too busy that she can't keep note of her loyalty plans.

Break up rate: Depends on her Loyalty plans
Most Suitable Boyfriend for her: Money/Bill Gates


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And also, there is the wise ones. Wise in love, always in the game and protected. She may not be the most gorgeous, she may not be the most fruitful wife you can get. But hey, she's good.

Helps you in your stuff, never too loose but knows when to be so to hook the guy back up. She is like a fishing rod, you need to let loose the line if not when it gets too tight it breaks, and also when to tighten the line if not the fish will make off with the bait. Her boyfriend seldom leaves her, cause he's somewhat satisfied, yet not fully. He is still curious about this mysterious lady and that is the game she has to play, to have the fog of war in place and not let the boyfriend use "Black Sheep Wall".

She can squeeze money out of him when she needs to, but not always like The Seduction. She can show love and concern for him, but not always like The Gaga girls. She has her own career and knows how to handle love and career, unlike Miss Busy. And really, if she's not pretty but knows the game, she will know of ways to make herself look pretty.

She can almost have any type of guys she wants, unless that guy is a player himself and is very good at it. She has her freedom, she has her power, and yet doesn't step all over the guys. That's why no one leaves her.

Just think of her as the lady with the attraction aura. Aura Enchantress.

When she needs to be sexy, she'll be even better than The Seduction. When she needs to invest in guys, she gets much higher returns than in Miss Busy. And never will she be The Gaga girls, only giving and no returns which is much like the Singapore POSB saving accounts.

Admit it guys, you can't win over her. Unless you are good in the game as well.

Break up rate: 1-5. If not none.
Most Suitable Boyfriends for her: Just someone she likes. Hell she has the power to choose.

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I'm not saying I'm that much of a gamer (Hey, I'm just a 19 year old guy with not much experience in love), but really look at the world in another way and slowly analyse, people are very much labelled in their own category.

Who says TV is bad for your studies?

The opening of Takahina's Reviews

Yo guys, I switched the review pages to another new blog of mine which will featured only reviews.

When there are new reviews up, you guys will sure to be informed through this and my msn. Also Takahina's personal novel, (no doubt rarely updated) will still be upgoing in the fictionpress dedicated to my novel. So no worries of it going away. Thanks for the support.

Who knows, maybe my reviews and novels can become a part of my financial scheme and business... har har har har...

The Hypocritic Takahina

I never told there would be a day I'll call myself a hypocrate...

But I guess I have turned into one...

I actually went against my own principles and did something which I shouldn't have done but that is already done.

No I did not rape anyone.

Hmmm, but anyway other than that... lets enter into another topic.

Lately Tian Wei and me has been discussing things about our future. Not the human mankind type of future but yeah, the more micro-type of the subject related. Literally our own future. I'm not too sure why, but ever since I've read his book "Rich Dad Poor Dad", I can't help but think it through and reflected on my own actions.

My original purpose of future is of such:

-Study now for university, but never study in the prominent market demand high subjects. Study subjects which you like such as Japanese culture, Psychology, Economics, Game designing etc etc, (When I say game designing, I don't mean using the computer and create super woot graphics, more rather I wanna write on the gameplots, create the battle system or such... u get what I mean)

-Never stop pursuing your interest, such as Hentai Otakuism, drumming, DDRing, writing my own fantasy story. But never let it go to the extend it'll interfere with your human life. Sad to say among all the hobbies I am interested in, only drumming won't let me get the "wtf" look from people. Imagine me having DDR as a career.

"Yo Takahina, what do you work as?"

"Oh I dance DDR."

"You wat?"

"I dance DDR."

"Ok Dude, you suck."

Then there goes a good opportunity to get a another person to my funeral when I die man...

-Get a girlfriend who is equally interested with me on one of the interest I have.

-Work in a job which I'm happy in, never choose money or position over my interest. So to say I'm working as a economy adviser, then I get a preposition to fully license my novel or manga but I have to work full time for it. I'll do it even if the pay is sucky and there isn't much security into it. As long as I'm happy and as long as I'm still healthy.

-Get married with the mature and gorgeous girlfriend whom I have and have a healthy and satisfactory sexlife with frequent varieties. That can be easily arranged due to the experience of hentai I have. Have 1 girl 1 boy. Best for the age gap to not be too enormous. If not I have to work like extra longer to support the later birth.

-Retire happily with my wife, not ladened with the sad things in life. And finally have a peaceful death. If possible, I want to die first then my wife. Strange thinking I know... but I won't be able to stand the idea of my wife going first.

But now, thinking has somewhat changed.

-Study in university as the same things i mentioned above. BUT, that is not all. I want to study in investing and financial literacy as well.

-Never stop pursuing my interest, but this time don't invest that much money into it. Invest more money into my financial literacy and financial freedom instead.

-Get a girlfriend. Same point as above. BUTT, she must be financially sensible. Meaning, she don't lend money from me, knows that the boyfriend don't always have to pay for everything. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA,,,,,, But of course la, I'm not that kiam siap.

-Work in a job, naturally as something I like. However, it won't be long term. Eventually once I get sufficient, I'll start off my own business system. Not self employed but a business. Then begin in investing. If not I may go from employed to investing and eventually to being totally an investor.

-Get married, after I'm financially secured.

The rest need not be mentioned.

So you can see, somehow my outlook on my life especially financially has changed a lot. I used to believe I didn't care about business, I just like to do thing the unorthodox way, meaning I don't like to take the popular route like going for business or doctor. Unless the popular route is a route I like, if not you won't expect to see me there.

But now I feel differently. I prefer to get exposed to more things now. Priscilla asked me to take Yoga once, something which I had no interest in the past, but after reading the Rich dad Poor Dad which said something, "We must not learn to work, but work to learn" In other words, it's never bad to go for anything to learn anything, even if it's a negative experience. In the end I don't mind going and asked her for a time in the week long free trial. BUT, she said,

"Don't want la... nerve wrecking to do Yoga there when you're watching."

Who knows what she means man. I can spray Yoga Fire and Yoga Flame and Yoga teleport around Singapore :p

Haha, ok joking la.

But regarding the Rich Dad Poor Dad, that is true.

I must say, this book had quite an impressive effect on me mentally.

If you see me talking bout financial shit or some other weird weird stuff most guys my age won't talk about, you'll know where it came from. For now, though... I'm still in the developing process.