http://www.liveandinspire.com Latest articles on Live and Inspire! en-us Copyright 2008 Empower Lives http://www.liveandinspire.com/images/logo.gif http://www.liveandinspire.com Life lessons not found in school text books. http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=8 Most of you have probably heard the term Web2.0 before. It's an over-used buzzword that I liken to WiMAX or 3G. But here's the deal. Here is what fascinates and inspires me, because when we look past the "noise"of the media and the hype, what we have is an evolution. http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=10 Have you heard of the latest gossip around town? No it's not Michael Jackson hooking up with Pamela Anderson or Lindsay Lohan getting a boob job! http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=11 Such animals are put to sleep for the reason of lack of space and finances to support it. No one in the right state of mind would want to do that. But it has to be done. This phenomenon is because the surrender rate outnumbers the adoption. http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=12 Trekking up to Mt. Kinabalu (4,095m) in Sabah and Mt. Rinjani (3,726m) in Lombok, Indonesia http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=14 Violence against women is not about the clothes they wear. A lot of cases happen to women who dress normally. 80 % of sexual violence is committed by people that known to the victim http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=15 Taking matters into his hands to help ease the burden Terry and his family are enduring, Bak and his friends decided to raise funds in aid of Terrys medical expenses. How? By Selling ice cream. Its happening this month! They are in high hopes for people to come and contribute the least way possible to help give Terry a chance to live. http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=16 The fact is, Simon has turned his hobby into his career. It makes it all the more easy for him to love his job despite the hectic schedule (that sometimes brings deprives him of his sleep). With designs being his greatest passion, thus meeting and collaborating with international designers comes across as a pleasure rather than work. His work also allows him the flexible hours that most people yearn for! http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=17 Now, I have the greatest respect for stay-at-home mums. But stay-at-home dads were rarer than diamonds! So I couldn't resist asking him the Big Question: Why? http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=18 Should you decide to give up, choose to give up the beliefs that parasite on your truest of potential and push beyond the limits....So every time the thought of calling it quits come to mind, it is that thought that you must choose to give up and not the fight in itself... http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=19 The festive season of Hari Raya, does not only bring smiles to our Muslim friends, but to the non Muslims as well. Who could ever resist the tasty and delectable rendang, ketupat and kuih-muih and the occasional green packet? http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=20 Chee Seng shares 10 simple things that would... http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=21 Its going to be a week of discovery. There will be shifts in paradigm. You will meet ordinary people who have done the extraordinary. Learning will take place. Meeting and connecting with the right people will create more possibilities. Ideas could possibly manifest. This could be the beginning for some, and perhaps the throttle to results for others. Lives will change. http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=22 To date, more than $400 million has been raised worldwide for cancer... http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=23 Now that firecrackers have been banned from the streets of Malaysia, Deepavali is much quieter in that way. Nevertheless, there is a greater tendency towards learning more about the festival and celebrating it for a reason, instead of blindly following commercialized trends. http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=24 We met up with Yee Ling recently, a fine lady who loves what she does everyday! Her job title reads "Service Creation Engineer". When asked to explain her job title, she said, I'm a tel-co engineer that designs mobile browsing service logic. And we scratched our head in wonder. http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=25 We then headed back to the beach and were tasked to wear flippers and walk some 200 meters backwards! Yes, 200 meters. But after that, to my relief, was the final leg. And that final leg was another 3 4 km trail running!! http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=26 I was assured that this event was going to be a knock to remember, a charity event organized by a bunch of students from Taylors College in aid of Shelter Home orphanage. http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=27 "I was at a karaoke lounge one day singing with friends and this guy came up and asked me, Why aren't you a singer? You have the talent to sing and people should be paying to listen to you. He then made me an offer and the rest was history. " http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=28 Bloggers Buff 2008 will be held in two parts, Part One: Blogging Realities- dealing with current talk of the town issues such as ethics, money making, and technology, and Part 2: So you want to blog? http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=29 The very inspired crowd was flagged off into 14 different zones where they would plant a whopping 2500 trees altogether. http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=30 Forgiveness is one of those rare commodities where strong demand outstrips supply. Many people hope to be forgiven but to forgive is sometimes just so difficult! http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=32 Chances are, you already belong to one or more popular social networks like Friendster, Myspace, or Facebook. Whether you are there to get updated about your friends, upload photos, poke someone, or look for single girls/guys, there always seems to be something in it for you. Social networking has become tremendously popular in the last decade and this will drive us, the users to profoundly change the way we act and interact as a community in the future. http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=33 Cecilia Yong better known as Sizzling CC became Malaysias Dance Queen when she was crowned the winner of 8TVs So You Think You Can Dance, Season 2. The energetic salsa queen never did expect to win. "Actually to tell you the truth, I really really really never expected myself to win! It was a total shock! " http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=34 The long-running Toyota Classics programme is one of the three key Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes undertaken by UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMW Toyota Motor). Conceptualised in 1990 to represent the philanthropic pillar of UMW Toyota Motors three pillars of CSR, the Toyota Classics raises funds for charitable organisations and Non-Government Organisations (NGO) by bringing in world-class orchestras to perform in Malaysia. These concerts have brought much joy to local classical music lovers with international-standard musical performances. http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=35 One place, one moment, more than 9,000 people. This years Terry Fox Run Marathon of Hope saw one of its best turnouts in Malaysia. Participants from all walks of life came together at this inspiring annual charity run to raise funds in aid of cancer research. http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=36 The concept behind this event brings together ideas, contributors, seekers of knowledge and skills on an open-source platform that takes place globally today. Barcamp was crafted in California, August 2005, and today it is organized and evangelized to 350 countries. http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=37 It is almost the New Year, you are thinking of getting started on a fat loss programme, and this time you are going to stick with it. I see a lot of people around the beginning of the year or at least get many questions about losing fat. Most people hit the gym and jump on a treadmill or start running around their park. http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=38 We're opening this space for our readers to put their photos up and share it with rest of our readers. We're looking at pictures that mean a million words. Whether it is of people, sunset, nature, occurences, so as long it brings inspiration we'll feature your snap shot and a short write up accompanied by it. We will also link that picture back to your blog or website. http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=39 Some people may have lost the very least hope of men with the recent Mumbai bombings and violence taking place in Bangkok this time of the year. And having read the title to this post, one probably wonders how peace is possible today, with so much hatred manifesting itself and causing more hurt to mankind as a whole. http://www.liveandinspire.com/inspire/article.asp?articleID=40 The term Duvet Day originates from the UK, tracing back to the 1960s with Financial Times reporting an article about Text 100Italic, a PR company offering duvet day as a option to its employee. Each employee is allowed two days a year when they can play hookey with their employer's blessing. http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=41 I love the season for promoting joy that's to be shared among everyone. I love it for the nostalgic holiday songs. I love it for the anticipation of gifts galore. Andof course, I love the food! http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=42 Resolutions are a list of band aid to feelings of perceived failures or shortcomings and because of that it does not address the real issue of why we think we failed in the first place. So to pre-empt any failure why not put your resolutions to test first? You can use a simple procedure called the kinesiology or muscle testing. It is a technique used in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) http://www.liveandinspire.com/discover/article.asp?articleID=43 As the economy slowed in 2008 several people went back into the workforce as employees, for the sake of having a fixed income to count on every month. Now, many of the sources of those fixed incomes have been forced to apply cost-cutting measures. Have you noticed how some stores have their air-conditioning on only in some parts and not throughout? Or that lights come on later than they used to? http://www.liveandinspire.com/live/article.asp?articleID=44