Life Lessons That are Worth to Share With

Ever wonder how people can get rich and how can they get a successful life? From what were written on the books and articles online, here are the life lessons that we think it is worth to share with our readers.

1. You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with
   You would not agree with this first, but let's think about yourself. Is your five closest friends having the similar lifestyle as you? This is exactly the same as those millionaires, i.e. millionaires surround themselves with other millionaires. Hence, if you want to be successful and to have your life more meaningful, you should mingle with more friends having these characteristics.
   
   

   
   
   
2. Money itself will not make you happy
   Rich people have money but they can be unhappy as they might not have other things that make them happy, eg. friends, family, care, love. These cannot be traded using money. Likewise, we see poor people from Third World countries can be happier than us even they don't have money. The point is it is possible to be happy right now, whether you have $10 or $10 million. Be grateful with what you have, for being alive and for having today a great day, you will be more present and have better perspective.
   
   
3. Willing to learn
   Every successful person we have met is a lifelong learner. They understand the importance of constantly improving and growing. How we learn? We learn through books, online websites, seminars, friends, colleagues, parents, seniors or even juniors. To be lifelong, you should be determined to always learn new skills, to keep developing as a person, to accept people's opinions and suggestions, i.e. to never become stagnant. Learning can never stop.
   
   
4. Two is better than one
   We meant a few aspects here, but generally two is better than one. Rich people know how to put their money and resources to work for them, i.e. they have more than one income sources. This is harsh but sad to say working full time alone would not make your life rich. Instead, you should invest your money so that you earn extra income from your basic salary. Certainly, you should focus on one income stream first and only diversify once they have hit a level of stability.
   
   Two is better than one also means you should have a friend or partner with you working together with you. Both of you share the high points and down points together. Nothing cannot be solved if there were two of you. But of course, you need to get a trustworthy friend or partner in this case.
   
   

   
5. Read more
   If you get to talk to successful people, you will notice none of them does not read. And we are not talking about fictional books. We meant books with real, practical tips for your personal and professional development. Books are like your friends, they teach you something valuable to be applied in your real life. Read more.

With this collections of life lessons that we have learnt, we hope you feel the same things. Start enjoying your life and improve your life to become better.

KTMB Online E-Ticket Purchase System

With the existence of internet nowadays, there is almost nothing impossible. Groceries, food delivery, shopping, cinema tickets, submitting application form and so forth can all be done using internet which definitely has made your life simpler and less hassles. 

Kereta Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) which is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia is now providing the service where travelers can purchase their train ticket via online!

How to purchase KTM train ticket online?

1. Log in to https://intranet.ktmb.com.my/e-ticket/login.aspx
   
   
   
   
2. For first time user, you would need to register an account first. If you are current users, you can simply log in to the system directly.
3. Once you are logged in, click on the "Ticket Reservation" and start filling in the ticket details eg. origin, destination, journey date etc.Click "Continue".
   
   
   
   
4. Once you come to the payment page, you have the option to use credit card to make the payment.
5. An email that shows your train and payment details will be sent to your mailbox within 30 minutes.

[Tip 1]: Train ticket can be purchased at 4 hours in advance before departure.

[Tip 2]: One user account only allows a maximum of 6 tickets purchase at once.

[Tip 3]: The payment currency depends on the origin of the place, i.e. if you are travelling from Malaysia to Singapore, payment is in RM$; if you are travelling from Singapore to Malaysia, payment is in SGD$.

[Tip 4]: The name and IC of the passengers must be correctly filled in.

[Tip 5]: Minimum ticket reservation fees is RM or SGD 20.

We hope you are now equipped with the skills on how to purchase KTM train ticket online. Cheers.

Tips You Appreciate When Working From Home

We noticed some of our readers are freelancers which means they are working from home. Don't misunderstand us. Working from home does not say you can only work literally from home. You can work in a coffee shop, restaurant or even in a toilet, i.e. just wherever you like. Being a freelancer that works from home means you have flexible time. Other people might wonder how can one works from home with high productivity and effectiveness? Let us share you the some tips then.

Tips You Appreciate When Working From Home

1. Establish a routine
   Just like working people where you will have to work from 9am to 5pm, you should establish a routine for your day at home so that you can follow and do not tend to let go of your precious time. Jogging, shower, breakfast, reading news, dress comfortably, work. Having a consistent routine brings your mindset to the exact time where you need to focus on your work.
   
   
   
2. A special and unique workspace for you
   As you are working from home, you have the flexibility to choose where to do your work. It can be at your study room or on your coach in living room or any other work place that you deem you can focus when you are there. Always remember, a special and unique workspace is not equivalent to a comfy place that can consistently make you lazy and less willing to work, e.g. on your bed.
   
   
   
3. Get a coffee shop loyalty card
   If you are the kind of people that can't really focus when you are alone, a coffee shop would be one of your best option when you want to choose a place to focus on your work. Hence, we would strongly recommend you to have a coffee shop loyalty card with you so that you can get quite some discount in the long term. In addition, you might consider to go to that coffee shop as well in the event that you want to meet your clients.
   
   
   
4. Minimise your social media distraction
   Yes, we know this might be hard. However, do you ever know social media has been using up quite some hours of our 24-hour-day? You will be shocked with the amount of work you have done if you do not use social media such as Facebook for a day. Alternatively, limit yourself for a period of time using social media, but this really needs DETERMINATION.
   
   
5. Take at least a walk once a week
   Yes, we are normal people which means we need rest. Have yourself relaxed after the heavy work by walking around for about 15 minutes - take in fresh air and it does clear your mind after working in front of a computer for hours.

With these small yet significant tips, we believe you can make working from home as productive as you used to work in office. Cheers.

Whatsapp Features You Didn't Know - Part II

If you have missed the first part of the Whatsapp features, click Whatsapp Features You Didn't Know - Part I.

Whatsapp Features You Didn't Know

1. Kind reminder
   You might have experienced the times where you have seen the messages then forgetting to reply them? Yes, we understand sometimes replying to that messages are just not the top priority during that time. To avoid this to happen again or miscommunication, Whatsapp has a feature where you can mark the chat with blue dot for you to attend to it later. Just swipe that chat to the right and the option to Mark as unread will be shown up. Simply tap on it and the blue dot will appear to be there to remind you to read that and reply later.
   
   

   

   
   
   
   
2. Customise your notification
   Again, we know you have quite a few group chats but some of the group chats might be just annoying and you really do not wish to receive the notification or vibration from that particular group chat especially when you are having meeting or work in the office. What you can do here is to tap on the group chat, then on the name of the chat, click the Custom Notifications. From there you can choose from a variety of sound alerts for both calling and texting purposes. And this is also the place where you can even put no sound for your notifications. Just simple and cool.
   
   [Tip 1]: This applies to both individual and group chats as well. Some people may utilise this function in another way. For instance, if you wish to put certain chats, say your best friends and family, as your top priority in replying the messages, you can simply customise the notification with an unique sound alerts for these particular chats so that you get to identify them and reply them the soonest possible.
   
   
   
3. Prevent others to read your messages
   This is another trick considerably useful for those who do not wish to have the messages being read by others. All you need to do is to go to Settings, then Notifications, and disable Show Preview. From now onwards, your notification will just reveal the sender's name but without any contents.
   
   

   
   
   
   
4. More time for yourself to reply messages
   Sometimes we might need to take a little more time to formulate our response rather than just replying the sender right after reading the messages. We also do not wish to have the sender realized we actually looked over the messages again and again. However, the double blue ticks has taken our privacy and privilege away by letting the sender knows we have read but pending to reply. To prevent this to happen, you can go to Settings, then Account, and then Privacy to have this changed. Switch off the Read Receipts. With this function, your "last seen" will not be seen by others anymore neither the blue ticks.
   
   [Tip 2]: Note that when you switch off the Read Receipts, you won't be able to see if people have read your messages either. However, read receipts will always be sent for group chats.
   
   

   

   
   
5. Locate Group Chat
   Pretty sure most of you did not know that you can find old group chats by checking with individuals. This is useful when you wish to revisit old group chat but you can't remember where to find them. Chances are you will remember who was in the chat rather than what the chat name was. All you need to do is to tap on any individual chats, and tap their name for more information. From there you can see the groups you both have in common, which then makes it easier for you to find the group chat that you have been looking for.
   
   

   
   
   

With these 10 hidden features in Whatsapp being introduced, we hope you can now use Whatsapp more effectively and convenient. Enjoy!

Whatsapp Features You Didn't Know - Part I

Whatsapp has been famous for secretly coming out with new hidden useful features whenever they have an update. Have a look at the features below, to which we believe you learn some new features from us about Whatsapp. Stay with us now.

Whatsapp Features that You Didn't Know

1. Bold,Italics and understrike  your message
   Whatsapp is making your communication in a better way to the recipients. Instead of being rude like last time where you can only do like DO YOU UNDERSTAND! to emphasize your points, you can now bold, understrike or make your words in italics form. And guess what, it will not use up much time for doing that.
   
   
   
   
   [Tip 1]: To make your message bold, simply add *before and after the text. For instance, typing *how are you doing?* will give you how are you doing?
   
   [Tip 2]: To make your message in italics, simply a _before and after the text. For instance, typing _how are you doing?_ will give you how are you doing?
   
   [Tip 3]: To understrike your message, simply add ~before and after the text. For instance, typing ~how are you doing?~ will give you how are you doing?
   
   [Tip 4]: To make it even astonishing, this formatting is not necessary to be used independently. In other words, they can be used together. You can do a few combination by putting those symbols before and after the text to have a few formatting at one time. For instance, typing ~*_how are you doing?~*_ will give you how are you doing? How cool right?
   
   Watch the video below if you just feel lazy to read.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Send PDF document through Whatsapp
   One of the big updates about Whatsapp is that now it allows users to send PDF documents to recipients using Whatsapp rather than just photos/videos previously. For Android users, tap on the attachment icon on the top right corner of the interface. For iOS users, click the arrow up icon on the bottom left where you should see a new "Share Document" option.
   
   [Tip 4]: So far it only allows the document to be in PDF format. Besides, the recipients must also have updated his/her Whatsapp to the latest version in order for you to send the document over.
   
   
   
3. Care about your internet data
   As we all know, Whatsapp call has been introduced for some times. Some of us might be wondering if this will consume lots of internet data, and thus trying not to Whatsapp call for long time. Now, you can go to Recents, tap on "i" next to any name to bring up the related information on that caller including how long you called with the person as well as the amount of data it used up exactly. Yes, try it now and you will be amazed. But if you are using Wifi, then you can just call hours without any concern.
   
   
   
   
4. Star your message as favourite
   We bet you have so many individual and group chats in your Whatsapp record. Occasionally, we need to find back the record for a certain important numbers, notes or link but it just takes up so much time to do that. Worries not, now if you think that a certain message is important to you, all you need to do is to long hold the message so that a star sign will pop out. Tap the star and it will automatically save that important message as favourite. Imagine how easy your life will be with this starred messages can be reached so easily for your future reference.
   
   [Tip 5]: To view your starred messages, click the Setting at your bottom right and you should see the Starred Messages at the top row.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Use Whatsapp on laptop
   Just like the Line app, finally Whatsapp comes out with the feature where you can also use Whatsapp on your laptop or other devices rather than just over the phones. All you need to do is go to Settings where you can see WhatsApp Web. Subsequently, go here on your computer and scan the QR code that appears in your phone. Yes, you can now start chatting with anyone without even the need to download the whatsapp software or anything on your computer in advance. How convenient is this!
   
   
   
   

And...hold on, we are not done yet. There are still many new features on Whatsapp that we can't wait to share with you. Click our next post:  Whatsapp Features You Didn't Know - Part II to explore even further.

How to Live More Meaningfully

As you start working and step into the real society, sometimes you might feel tensed and stressful about your works, tasks, commitment, family, friends, relationship and other issues. At this moment, we want you to calm yourself down and take a deep breath. We would like you to spend extra time focusing on only people and things that are the most important in your life.

How to Live More Meaningfully

1. Let them go
   Think or list out those friends that you need to forgive. You have two options for them. First, if you think they should be forgiven, give them a call and amend the relationship to settle the case to the root. Do this now. Secondly, if you think they are not significant or you do not wish to continue the relationship with them, delete that person from your memory and just move on. Here, we want you to simplify your life.
   
   
   
2. Live on today
   Whatever worries you have, think of the present moment and live your today to the fullest. Always remember the only time you can control now is today.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Look back
   At the end of the week, review your week and think about your wins and losses. What have you done wrong for the past weeks and think the ways to improve as well as put a plan into action. Of course, give a pat to yourself for what you have done correctly too.
   
   
   
4. Have a dinner with family
   Don't always work late and having dinner alone in dining room. Instead, have a dinner with your family at least once in a week to watch your relationship flourish. Trust us, this can magically reduce your stress and depression.
   
   
   
5. Eat well
   Before you do your groceries next time, do a list that includes some of your favourite food to reward yourself being a hardworking staff or to celebrate your success for the past week.
   
   
   
6. Clean up
   Tidy up your room by throwing those things that you don't need. Same thing goes to your working table. You need a neater place to have a clear mind.
   
   
   

Hold back your steps, reach out your loves one and treat yourself better from this second onward.