Greatest Advice..very cool

THE GREATEST ADVICE- Rick Warren, the Purpose Driven Life

Don't date because you are desperate.
Don't marry because you are miserable.
Don't have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don't philander because you think you are irresistible.


Don't associate with people you can't trust.
Don't cheat.
Don't lie.
Don't pretend.
Don't dictate because you are smarter.
Don't demand because you are stronger.
Don't sleep around because you think you are old enough & know better
.Don't hurt your kids because loving them is harder.
Don't sell yourself, your family, or your ideals.

Don't stagnate!
Don't regress.
Don't live in the past.
Time can't bring anything or anyone back
.Don't put your life on hold for possibly Ms./Mr. Right.
Don't throw your life away on absolutely Ms./Mr. Wrong because your biological clock is ticking.

Learn a new skill.
Find a new friend.
Start a new career.
Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid for some of life's more hasty decisions.


To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.
To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.
To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a puppy.
Don't bring another life into this world for all the wrong reasons.
To make yourself happy, pursue your passions & be the best of what you can be.

Simplify your life.
Take away the clutter.
Get rid of destructive elements: abusive friends, nasty habits, and dangerous liaisons.
Don't abandon your responsibilities but don't overdose on duty.
Don't live life recklessly without thought and feeling for your family.

Be true to yourself.
Don't commit when you are not ready.
Don't keep others waiting needlessly.
Go on that trip.
Don't postpone it.

Say those words.
Don't let the moment pass.
Do what you have to, even at society's scorn.

Write poetry.
Love Deeply.
Walk barefoot.
Dance with wild abandon.
Cry at the movies.

Take care of yourself.
Don't wait for someone to take care of you.
You light up your life.
You drive yourself to your destination.
No one completes you - except YOU.

It isn't true that life does not get easier with age.
It only gets more challenging.
Don't be afraid.
Don't lose your capacity to love.P
ursue your passions.
Live your dreams.
Don't lose faith in God.

Don't grow old.
Just grow YOU!

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give to someone is your time.Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love is T-I-M-E because the essence of love is not what we think or do or provide for others, but how much we give of ourselves.
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Petua/Recipes and others to be used in the novel (tried and tested)

Rambut
- inai + daun bunga raya

Panda eye
- slices of cold potatoes

Quotable Quotes to be used in the novel

By Socrates
- The unexamined life is not worth living.

-If a man would move the world, he must first move himself

-Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly

-I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

By Leonardo Da Vinci

-Do not tell lies about the past

-The desire to know is natural to good men

By Albert Einstein

- The only way to escape the corruption of praise is to go on working...There is nothing else.

-A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future

-Imagination is more important than knowledge

Title and Synopsis

Actually, i got the idea of writing my own novel when I was trying to sleep one night...I was tossing and turning on the bed and keep having the images of chic lit i've read over the years which really entertains and made me laugh like the shopaholics series (which is UK based so when the author narrates story on shops like tie rack in the novel, i definitely can relate to it as I've been spending my good ++3 years in Uk for me degree) but i kept thinking that it is a shame that someone from Malaysia will not be able to relate to it as much as I did..Anyways, I want to create something that is funny, informative - plan to include some sel-help motivational quotes as well as traditional remedy, and most importantly as real as it can gets..a story of late 20-ish woman who has quite different ideas to live her live but was expected to follow the norm...and challenges she faced in love, money, career, friendship, beauty, fashion, family even politics..the objective is to made people laugh (mainly at themselves as I want them to relate to the story as they have experienced it themselves..it's a 'been there done that' effect). And the novel is bilingual (just like real life where we normally have to speak in BM and english).. ;-)

Titles in consideration:
- Diari Seorang Perempuan
- A Messed-up life of going to be 30 years old
- 365 days to life makeover - hmm i like this...i think i'm gonna make it as like diary..kat sini leh letak petua kesihatan etc etc..
- etc etc to think more later


And although I am an avid reader, I am put off by small fonts, long winded chapter, no interaction SO in this novel I am putting up as big font as suitable, short and sweet chapters, and putting in quotes, recipes, remedies, pictures and other materials to make my book more exciting and beneficial to my future readers. I'm also gonna include some current issues, hot topics (god knows we do have a lottttttt of hot topics worth discussing in the country) and others....so in a way it is not gonna be a traditional novel with one story line but it's gonna be different (i love different, remember?) hehehe