Twilight Series ~ Plot Overview

Twilight
Main article: Twilight (novel)

Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father in Forks, Washington to allow her mother to travel with her new husband, a minor league baseball player. After moving to Forks, Bella finds herself involuntarily drawn to a mysterious, handsome boy, Edward Cullen. She eventually learns that he is a member of a vampire family who drinks animal blood rather than human. Edward and Bella fall in love, but James, a sadistic vampire from another vampire coven, is drawn to hunt down Bella. Edward and the other Cullens defend Bella. She escapes to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is tricked into confronting James, who tries to kill her. She is seriously wounded, but Edward rescues her and they return to Forks, having killed James.

New Moon
Main article: New Moon (novel)

Edward and his family leave Forks because he believes he is endangering Bella's life. Bella falls into a deep depression, until she develops a strong friendship with Jacob Black, who she discovers can shape shift into a wolf. Jacob and the other wolves in his tribe must protect her from Victoria, a vampire seeking to avenge her mate, James' death, by killing Bella. A misunderstanding occurs, and Edward believes Bella is dead. Edward decides to commit suicide in Volterra, Italy, but he is stopped by Bella, who is accompanied by Edward's sister, Alice. They meet with the Volturi, a powerful vampire coven, and are released only on the condition that Bella be turned into a vampire in the near future. Bella and Edward are reunited, and she and the Cullens return to Forks.

Eclipse
Main article: Eclipse (novel)

The vampire Victoria (James' mate from Twilight) has created an army of "newborn" vampires to battle the Cullen family and murder Bella for revenge. Meanwhile, Bella is impelled to choose between her relationship with Edward and her friendship with Jacob. Edward's vampire family and Jacob's werewolf pack join forces to successfully destroy Victoria and her vampire army. In the end, Bella chooses Edward's love over Jacob's and agrees to marry him.

Breaking Dawn
Main article: Breaking Dawn

Bella and Edward are married, but their honeymoon is cut short when Bella discovers that she is pregnant. Her pregnancy progresses rapidly, severely weakening her. She nearly dies giving birth to her and Edward's half-vampire-half-human daughter, Renesmee, but Edward injects Bella with his venom to save her life and turns her into a vampire. A vampire from another coven sees Renesmee and mistakes her for an "immortal child". She informs the Volturi, as the existence of such beings violates vampire law. The Cullens gather vampire witnesses who can verify that Renesmee is not an immortal child. After an intense confrontation, the Cullens and their witnesses convince the Volturi that the child poses no danger to vampires or their secret, and they are left in peace by the Volturi.

New Year's Resolutions

31 December - New Year's Eve. All over Britain, people are having parties, sometimes in their homes, sometimes out in the street. Ten seconds before midnight, the countdown begins: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 ... Happy New Year! Fireworks go off, and people kiss and stand in a circle to sing the old Scottish song Auld Lang Syne. They often keep up the celebrations until dawn.

Also at this time, people often begin to think about the year that is just starting. They think about the changes they’re going to make and the things they’re going to do in the new year. They make promises to themselves, called New Year’s resolutions. But of course, people don’t always stick to their resolutions!

Cut Expenses
Increase Sales
Improve Product
QualityBuild Partnerships with Suppliers
Reduce Short-term and Long-term Debt

Well, they really aren't all that different, are they? We all vow each year to try harder to do the things we know we should do - get in better shape, physically, financially, emotionally.

Those of us who also are responsible for business units make similar promises to ourselves to do what we already know has to be done to improve the business.

I will leave the personal improvement resolutions to you to handle, but I want to give you some ideas on how to make this year's new year's resolutions for your business come true.

First, the easy part - Decide what you want to achieve; what you want to make happen; what most needs to be done. Then, the hard part - Set your GOALS.

Set Specific Goals

Setting goals is important. That is how you convert good, but ephemeral, IDEAS (cut expenses, increase sales) into specific, measurable TARGETS (reduce G&A expenses by 5% before the stockholder meeting in May; increase sales of the retail brands by at least $60,000 per quarter).
This is not the time to worry about whether or not you can reach these goals. You will have plenty of time for that later. This is the time to "draw the line in the sand" and publicly announce "this is what we are going to do, and this is when we will do it."

If you set easy goals - keep expenses at this year's levels; increase sales of our flagship product by 2% this year - you will fail. Oh, you won't fail to meet those goals, but you will fail to satisfy yourself. And you will fail to keep the business alive, because your competitors will set, and reach, more aggressive goals.

If you set difficult, yet reasonable, goals it won't really matter if you reach them. The effort to reach them will force you to push yourself. It will make you use the resources you have to the best of your ability. It will teach you what you really can do when you focus on specific goals.

However, I suspect you will get pretty close to those goals. Who knows? You may even reach and surpass them. And your reward for doing that? Self-satisfaction in knowing that you really are 'the best' and the privilege of competing again next year in the cut-throat world of business.

Set Measurable Goals

In setting your goals, it is important to be as specific as you can. Nobody knows your business like you do. Nobody knows what your people are capable of as well as you do. And only you know what is really important to you. So you have to be the one to set the goals and communicate them to everyone else.

The more specific and more measurable your goals, the easier it will be to tell when you reach them.

For instance, if you set a goal "to increase sales" how do you know if you have succeeded? If your month on month sales figures for January exceed last year's January sales figures have you met your goal? What about the fact that you have four more stores this January than last January? Were sales really hot last January, because of that freak storm? If you've met your goal by the end of January, what will you use to test yourself for the rest of the year.

If, on the other hand, your goal is "to increase net sales for each region by at least 5% per quarter and 7% by year end", you have something you can measure, track progress against, and use to push yourself to new successes.

If you decide to "reduce turnover of full-time staff to under two percent for the entire year, and cut the drop out rate of help-desk staff by half" you are better off than simply deciding "to increase employee morale".

Rewards

Don't wait for this time next year to sit back and look at this list and see how you did. Post your goals where you, and everyone else, can see them. Measure how you are doing against your goals, and adjust as necessary. Do this at all the measurement points you built into the plan (monthly, quarterly, whatever intervals you selected).

That way, when this time next year does get here you can sit back and reflect again. Rejoice in your successes. Learn from your misses. And then set tougher goals for the following year.

Pizza Hut!!

You know Wong Pei Ni form 6K...?! Her mum use to send me home every day after school. Her mum promise me that if I got 7As in UPSR, she'll belanja makan. So that night she called up and said that she decided to have dinner at Pizza Hut. Photos... This is her and her sister.

Pulau Pinang

Today I just came back from Penang... Went to visit my cousins and my aunty. This is a picture with my cousins... Me in the middle. Standing on the left is Tze Siang (Form2), on the right is Tze Yang (going to university).

Thursday 17/12/2009

Today I went to Darren's house. He invited me, Grace, Zhi Siang, Billy, JRong and Hao Wen. I didn't know about this, b'cause Darren never tell me about who he had invited. Until today when I saw them appear at his house.

Well, Grace is the only girl again. Litlle bit 'kesian' when I see her like that. But... maybe she's not feeling like that at all. Only girl lieh! Whatever la... Actually she wasn't invited. Most probably because of me she went. I asked her to go.

We had a great day at Darren's house. Some using the computer, others play PSP, while I played PS2. Haiz... all the electronic things.

Sunday 13/12/2009

A prize giving ceremony was held in Suria Jaya Tuition Centre (head office) this afternoon. They are giving out trophies... BIG ONES! to those that got 4A's or above in the UPSR examination.! How generous... It started at 3.30p.m. and ended at erm.. forgotten.

That's only for the afternoon. There're more activities... I and my family went to have a Japanese buffet dinner at Starhill Galery, Bukit Bintang. The restaurant's name is JOGOYA. Strange one! Maybe a Japanese name...

It's RM 101 per person, so a total of RM303 for the three of us. Once you go in, you can take whatever you want, and if it's more that the amount given, RM101++! They've almost everything of what you think is food. Crabs, prawns, fish, raw meat, dim sum, soup, abalone, shark, cutterfish, all kinds of drinks, wine and desserts... The dinner was wonderful! ^^

Friday 11/12/2009

After the Singapore trip, my life returned to it's boring days. I continue my usual routine. I hate to go on like that, but that's the way the way I have to live my life... No choices...

Now... there are some new changes. Except for tuition I go every Monday to Wednesday morning, there are more tuitions starting next week. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights at Prestasi Tuition Centre, Ukay Heights. Some may thought that I'm doing something insane. Maybe they would say, "Hey! It'sa holiday...! A very long time until school starts..." And then make that is-he-crazy? expressions.

Sometimes I might agree with that, but... Secondary school days are where the challenge begins. It'll be a lot more harder to cope than primary school. You really need effort to get good results.

So I think that this is a good chance to use my time wisely, than to spend time on the Internet the whole day long. It'll be a good start. Good luck, everyone!

Darren's inviting me to his house next thursday for lunch and play.. you know? In other words, have fun - I'm looking forward to that.

OK, I'm nothing to say, see you, and bye! ^^

Picture Movie Created By Me... Specially Dedicated to Grace & Wilson... With the help of Windows Movie Maker

My Memory

Her brown, brown eyes,
Are just a memory.
One in which is trapped
In the deep depths of my mind.
I want to let go
and then I come close
But I see
The memory...

The song on the radio...
The pictures in the box...
The words she spoke...
The sound of her voice......
All part of the memory.

I want to let go
and just as I come close
I see as clear as day
The memory...

Of the smiles and the laughs...
Of the happiness and joy...
Of the sunshine and the stars...
Of our love and the untouched kisses...
All part of the memory

I want to let go
Even though I come close
I still remember
The memory...

The first 'Hello'
Our first date
Love's first kiss
I thought we had years
But now I know
It was all a lie, a joke,
A meaningless experiment.

Now here I lay
Awake in the night
Wondering when the
Pain and suffering of heartache
Will come to an end.

I want to let go
Oh, so close
Although so far
Why can't I forget
The memory...

The memory...The memory...The memory...

I want to forget...that memory.
I want to let go...
Of that memory.

My Memory.

Alone

Alone with my thoughts
Alone through the night
Alone with my wishes
Alone dreams you ignite
Alone when I sleep
Alone when we fight
Alone in my heart
Alone and contrite
Alone with my memories
Alone thats my right
Alone with my tears
Alone at first sight
Alone with my wounds
Alone ray of light