Friday, June 19, 2009

High Anxiety

Was at Orchard Rd yesterday & chanced upon this new super-long super-high escalator! Gosh.. Don't think I'd dare on step on it & even if I ever do, think I'll be too afraid to move & look around :)

Me super scared of heights.. Sigh!


This is the new Orchard Central. It also has several high escalators inside the building.

Monday, June 15, 2009

A Real Estate Agent's Prayer ... *chuckles*

Dear Lord

I ask for patience with bankers who think buyers aren't qualified,
with buyers who think houses are overpriced,
with sellers who think their homes are underpriced,
and with appraisers who seem to want to ruin every sale I make.

Grant me the favour from landlords who want "perfect tenants",
from tenants who seek "perfect homes" with low budget,
and from agents who always refuse to co-broke.

Help me to understand why my CEO, supervisor and coordinator feel they need a percentage of every deal I make. And, Lord, would you help me convince IRAS that I'm not their sole support?

Give me the wisdom to know which car is good enough for my clients, yet not so good that they will think I make too much money.

And if I attain a million dollars in sales, please help my clients understand that I don't have the million in my pocket.

Amen

NB: Adapted from Larry Howland's Real Estate Agent's Prayer
, modified by Kim

Monday, June 8, 2009

Beauty tips from Audrey Hepburn

  • For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
  • For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
  • For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
  • People, even more than things, have to be restored, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
  • Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find them at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
  • The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Psalms 37:1-11

1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Nothing can shake those who are secure in God’s hands.