Happy Go Lucky

Jimmy Chua

Description

This book is about this guy HAPPY who is from a humble background in SINGAPORE, and his life experience, serving in the army to escort the President on the Police Bike, Selling Insurance, Romance, Investing in Stocks, Generating multiple Streams of $$$, ups and downs... and eventually realising his DREAM of running a resort and cruise service to connect with Whales and Dolphins in Australia!

Be inspired by the lessons in this book!

Jimmy Chua is a Singaporean who has travelled round the world, realizing his dreams along the way! The stories experienced by HAPPY are inspired by Jimmy's own life journey! Anything is possible when we believe in whatever we are doing helps us in getting closer to living our desired DREAMS! And we don't have to settle for anything less than what we want, that is the message, love ourselves for who we are, accept the past as it is past, and move on to doing whatever our hearts guide us to do! It is following our passions that make all the difference.

Jimmy Chua has tried countless jobs in his lives, escorting the President on the Police Bike, driving boat along Singapore River, working for an Investment Bank, famous Universities, Selling Life and General Insurance, Real Estate, Household Surveys, Credit Cards, Telemarketing, Selling Bubble Tea, Portable Air Cons, teaching meditation and most importantly selling the idea of DREAMING BIG and be HAPPY!

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Happiness
• Self-help
• Personal Growth

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 08 octobre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789810919122
• Langue: English

Extrait

HAPPY GO LUCKY
by Jimmy Chua
September 2014
Copyright © Jimmy Chua
ISBN 978-981-09-1912-2
Published by Jimmy Chua
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher or the author.
ESPECIALLY FOR:
Myself, My Mum, Dad and Bro…. And especially U who appreciates what it means to be Happy and Go Lucky!
N OTE FOR R EADERS :
Be prepared for imperfect writing with LOTS of grammars errors and spelling mistakes, as it is my personal sharing with U from my HEART without editing from anyone beside my own effort Have fun and be INSPIRED by the journey of HAPPY!! U can be LUCKY too! :D
HAPPY GO LUCKY!
It was intentional that no references are used, unlike academic textbooks, because the words used are original! I am sharing about just being uniquely me! And so can U!
If you like this, please share with your loved ones!! Thank U!
T HE A UTHOR
Jimmy Chua is a Singaporean who has travelled round the world, realizing his dreams along the way! The stories experienced by HAPPY are inspired by Jimmy’s own life journey! Anything is possible when we believe in whatever we are doing helps us in getting closer to living our desired DREAMS! And we don’t have to settle for anything less than what we want, that is the message, love ourselves for who we are, accept the past as it is past, and move on to doing whatever our hearts guide us to do! It is following our passions that make all the difference.

Jimmy Chua has tried countless jobs in his lives, escorting the President on the Police Bike, driving boat along Singapore River, working for an Investment Bank, famous Universities, Selling Life and General Insurance, Real Estate, Household Surveys, Credit Cards, Telemarketing, Selling Bubble Tea, Portable Air Cons, teaching meditation and most importantly selling the idea of DREAMING BIG and be HAPPY! :D
ONE
HAPPY is blessed to be born in Singapore, a place with freedom of expression and abundance of wealth in 1984. He is the only son in the family and so his parents have high hopes on him to realize his and their dreams!
Just like most of the people here, he lives in a 5 room HDB (Housing Development Board) public housing flat and starts off by studying in a PAP (People’s Action Party) Kindergarden. He goes on to a missionary school, St Gabriel Primary School managed by the brothers of St Gabriel. By doing well in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), HAPPY took a different route from many others to enroll in St Gabriel Secondary School; others went on to prestigious branded name schools which promise more opportunities to climb the corporate ladder.
HAPPY is Lucky that his parents aren’t aware and isn’t concerned about the race to qualify for prestigious scholarship. So far, pretty ordinary life, daily fights with peers in school, badminton and soccer games after class and no tuition classes! Yeah, HAPPY is truly Happy, being who he is, as his parents are different from many others who pressured their children to perform well in school, scoring Aces for examinations, learning enrichment classes such as Ballet Dancing, Swimming, and Piano and juggling multiple tuition classes beyond what is taught in school. There is no time to play with friends and bask in nature.
The ZOO in Singapore is a favourite hangout for HAPPY as the family signed up for annual family membership. They would spend each Sunday there, watching the animal performances, walking around and learning about the animals from all parts of the world. The monkeys caught the eyes of HAPPY as he aspired to be as playful and free, in the adults’ eyes, NAUGHTY! Hahaha… Sometimes, his cousins will tag along and they learnt to paint the flowers and animals such as Elephants, Tigers, Goats, Parrots, Polar Bears, Giraffes and Zebras. This counts as a weekly occurrence right up till his primary school days.
TWO
Life is very different when HAPPY enters into secondary school, some of his peers have moved on to more prestigious schools while new friends come into his life. St Gabriel is not considered to be a premium school that most parents would love their children to be in, however it boasts of its ties to the catholic mission to educate them with societal values added to the practical knowledge acquired in school such as subjects in Science, Mathematics and the Languages. In Singapore, English language is the primary language for all subjects taught and Mother Tongue: namely Chinese, Malay and Tamil are the languages taught in school. So each child is equipped with 2 languages that they can use in their daily lives. Well, HAPPY is always wondering why it is Mother Tongue, he was thinking if it is the language used by his mother, what about his father’s then? His Chinese language teacher Mrs Annie Koh in Secondary School clarified by saying that it is actually pegged to the ethnic race that his parents have decided, because some kids qualify for multiple languages.
HAPPY was posted to the best class at St Gabriel Secondary as he was among the top students admitted into the school based on his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) scores. So he was posted to study in the Science Stream, where he has to juggle understanding the world shaped by the Physicians, Chemists, Mathematicians and Historians.
Well, a typical student has to do more than just getting good grades in school. They have to do community service (volunteer work) per year and HAPPY was involved in a flag day, carrying a tin can to ask people to donate their spare change. It was fun time for HAPPY as he gets to go out with his friends to the MRT stations and bus interchanges around Singapore and approach “strangers” with a tin can, holding onto stickers. Each donor is persuaded to donate if they do not already wear a sticker on their shirt or handbags for ladies, so it is just like paying for a toll fee to walk past these school children during their Flag Day! Hahaha..
And on Saturdays, HAPPY is busy with his Co-Curricular Activities. He joined an Uniform group, the St John Ambulance Brigade which teaches the members basic First Aid rescue operations. His parents are very happy that HAPPY is part of the St John Ambulance Brigade because it will teach him some form of regimentation that will come in handy when he has to enlist for national service in the army, police or civil defense force at the age of 18.
HAPPY has been counting his blessings because he realized that his friends around him are usually packed full of activities designed to “enrich” them, tuition classes on weekdays and weekends, beyond what is taught in class. What he really enjoys is a game of soccer, near the HDB void decks and open spaces. Sometimes, the residents complain about the noise to the police and the police will come chasing the boys playing soccer. And the boys will run, playing “catching” with the policemen, hiding in the different levels of the HDB flats around where they play – Singapore is full of high rise public housing and this ensures most have a comfortable home to return to at night. For those boys that are less than Lucky, they will be reprimanded by the Policemen on duty and sometimes referred to their school’s discipline master for punishment. HAPPY has been Lucky truly, he has been chased by the police no less than ten times, yet each time he escaped punishment and these episodes has become fond memories of his growing up years.
Yet, as HAPPY is growing up at St Gabriel Secondary, he observed that many of his friends started having dating relationships with the opposite gender, St Gabriel is an all-boy school so the boys started dating girls from schools in the area. Generally, public schools that are run by the government are mixed-gender schools (with both boys and girls studying together). Well, HAPPY is happy to be in an all-boy school, where you can have lots of friends coming together after school for badminton and soccer. AND yes the guys have to train up for their annual physical fitness tests which include 2.4km running, chin-up, shuttle run, standing broad jump, and sit-up. This is in preparation for their national service enlistment. HAPPY is also lucky that he is not part of the Trim-and-Fit club, where obese students are flagged out to go for morning exercise designed to help them reduce their weight.
THREE
HAPPY feels a bit different and funny that day while reporting to St Gabriel Secondary. He saw a car accident on the road and the people in the overturned car are injured badly, and the police arrived to stop and divert the traffic. He was praying in his heart that ALL will be FINE as he believes that the divine help will arrive if he prays.
Soon enough, the Ambulance came and that is not enough to stop onlookers from taking photographs on their mobile phones to ensure they get the car license plate. It was 6767 that day and many people will probably head to the nearby betting outlet to place a bet on that number, however HAPPY is wondering why people would want to profit from the misfortune of others.
Thankfully, the occupants of the car are probably fine as they helped themselves out of the car when it happened. It was a car accident that hit the lamp post and luckily the people at the nearby bus stop are safe and sound. Thanks God he thought!
Off he went for school, this time another incident that changed his life happened. A dog ran over the road and got hit by a bus. He was just alive a moment ago and now the dog is dead. HAPPY has a dog at home named MAGIC and he is sad that this thing happened to the dog while he is on his way to school.
He sent his prayers and hoped that all will be well for the rest of the day! Being positive is important as there are blessings around the corner. People may offer us support and encouragement just when we need it. Have Fa