Ten years ago, on 26 Dec 2004, a huge earthquake off Sumatra triggered a deadly tsunami which crashed into coastlines around the Indian Ocean. 230,000 people died, and millions lost their homes.
I recall visiting Banda Aceh and Meulaboh in Indonesia days after the disaster. This was the closest land to the epicentre, and the worst hit. The SAF were already there, mounting our largest relief effort ever, to support our close neighbour. Our Home Team, NGOs, and individual Singaporeans were also helping.
I was overwhelmed by the extensive damage. But despite the trauma, grief and uncertainty, the survivors were determined to recover and not give up. A decade later, many of the destroyed areas are again bustling with life. The survivors have also rebuilt their lives. But we also remember those who have perished.
The tsunami shows starkly how fragile and uncertain human life is, and how resilient and united we must be in the face of adversity. Natural calamities will happen again. We must be prepared for them, and work together to protect ourselves. – LHL
P.S. For more on the Indian Ocean Tsunami, see The Straits Times' e-book special.
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Mike Tyson said it best.
“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”
Maybe you decided that this year is going to be THE year something changes.
You’re going to get into better shape...
You’re going to eat healthier.
And maybe you’re finally going to take your career to the next level.
But someone…something…somehow...knocked you off balance.
And now your goal has been put “on hold”.
Maybe the gym just seems way too crowded by all those New Year’s resolutions people…
Maybe the house is still just full of irresistible cookies and chocolates from the holidays...
Or maybe some new project at work just seems to have thrown you totally off course...
Well, I want you to know you’re not the only one.
I’ve had my plans fall apart too.
So many times I decided I would do something. And then just a few weeks I had lost all motivation, and got distracted by other things.
And most people have this problem.
They start the year optimistic, but something happens - and their plans all get punched in the mouth.
And before they know it, they’re flat on their back, looking up at the ceiling and wondering:
“What the heck just happened?”
“Where did I go wrong this time?”
“Why am I even trying to make a change?”
Sadly, most people then say.
“Maybe next year.”
And they doubt themselves and think.
“Maybe this just isn’t meant to be. Maybe I’m not supposed to... ”
So they stay lying down. They let time pass them by while they do nothing. And that’s when they’re defeated.
K.O.
But not everyone gives up...
If you’re reading this post, I’m going to assume you’re one of those people that doesn’t want to give up.
That you do want to achieve your goals. And you do want to make 2020 your best year yet.
So let me ask you this...
“Will you stand back up?”
Just because your plan is shaken up, doesn’t mean you failed.
It's like when a boxer gets knocked down. He hasn’t lost yet…
He can still get back up, get back in the fight, and win.
So. As long as you get back up, you still have a shot.
Now, I’ve spent over a decade reading productivity books and books on habit and everything else I could get my hand on to find the secret to achieving your goals. And here’s one of the best pieces of advice I’ve found in all those books.
Make Your Goals Big Enough To Inspire You.
Do you know why?
It’s because motivation doesn’t last...
It’ll last a week or two, maybe a month at best. But after that, you need to have something deeper.
Your goals need to be big enough to inspire you.
If I am not inspired by my goal, it’s a good indicator I’m probably not going to accomplish it...
Think about it, if you had the goal to lose just one pound this year, do you think you’d be inspired?
Do you think you’d start going to the gym three days a week and cut back on all sugar?
Do you think you’d go through all that pain just to lose one pound?
I don’t think so.
Maybe you would. But I definitely wouldn’t.
For me, it’s just too easy not to do it.
And what’s worse, you could procrastinate all the way until December and still think you’re on track…
That’s why you need a big, inspirational goal.
Because then there’s nowhere to hide.
You’ll very quickly know if you’re working towards the goal or not.
And when you get knocked down, you’ll also stay inspired to keep going.
And by the way, that’s the other thing. When you’re inspired, it’s easier to get up.
Attempt A didn’t work? No problem.
You’ll regroup and do Attempt B.
And if Attempt B, C, and D still get knocked down?
You have the WHOLE alphabet - and each time you go for it, you’ll do better than the one before it.
And before you know it, you’ll actually start making incredible progress and finally achieve your New Year’s resolutions.
So just keep going. You can do this.
Now, I’ve found that the biggest thing that have helped many of my mentees reach their goals and dreams in record time:
Learn a High-Income Skill.
A High-Income Skill will build your confidence, will-power, and skills.
It will also give you more time to focus on your own personal development because you won’t have to commute anymore or hang around toxic people.
Now, if you want to know what high-income skill you were born to do, I’ve created a free personality quiz for you.
If you want to discover your best high-income skill in 3 minutes, put the codeword “skill” below and I’ll send you the free quiz right away.
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Mike Tyson said it best.
“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”
Maybe you decided that this year is going to be THE year something changes.
You’re going to get into better shape...
You’re going to eat healthier.
And maybe you’re finally going to take your career to the next level.
But someone…something…somehow...knocked you off balance.
And now your goal has been put “on hold”.
Maybe the gym just seems way too crowded by all those New Year’s resolutions people…
Maybe the house is still just full of irresistible cookies and chocolates from the holidays...
Or maybe some new project at work just seems to have thrown you totally off course...
Well, I want you to know you’re not the only one.
I’ve had my plans fall apart too.
So many times I decided I would do something. And then just a few weeks I had lost all motivation, and got distracted by other things.
And most people have this problem.
They start the year optimistic, but something happens - and their plans all get punched in the mouth.
And before they know it, they’re flat on their back, looking up at the ceiling and wondering:
“What the heck just happened?”
“Where did I go wrong this time?”
“Why am I even trying to make a change?”
Sadly, most people then say.
“Maybe next year.”
And they doubt themselves and think.
“Maybe this just isn’t meant to be. Maybe I’m not supposed to... ”
So they stay lying down. They let time pass them by while they do nothing. And that’s when they’re defeated.
K.O.
But not everyone gives up...
If you’re reading this post, I’m going to assume you’re one of those people that doesn’t want to give up.
That you do want to achieve your goals. And you do want to make 2020 your best year yet.
So let me ask you this...
“Will you stand back up?”
Just because your plan is shaken up, doesn’t mean you failed.
It's like when a boxer gets knocked down. He hasn’t lost yet…
He can still get back up, get back in the fight, and win.
So. As long as you get back up, you still have a shot.
Now, I’ve spent over a decade reading productivity books and books on habit and everything else I could get my hand on to find the secret to achieving your goals. And here’s one of the best pieces of advice I’ve found in all those books.
Make Your Goals Big Enough To Inspire You.
Do you know why?
It’s because motivation doesn’t last...
It’ll last a week or two, maybe a month at best. But after that, you need to have something deeper.
Your goals need to be big enough to inspire you.
If I am not inspired by my goal, it’s a good indicator I’m probably not going to accomplish it...
Think about it, if you had the goal to lose just one pound this year, do you think you’d be inspired?
Do you think you’d start going to the gym three days a week and cut back on all sugar?
Do you think you’d go through all that pain just to lose one pound?
I don’t think so.
Maybe you would. But I definitely wouldn’t.
For me, it’s just too easy not to do it.
And what’s worse, you could procrastinate all the way until December and still think you’re on track…
That’s why you need a big, inspirational goal.
Because then there’s nowhere to hide.
You’ll very quickly know if you’re working towards the goal or not.
And when you get knocked down, you’ll also stay inspired to keep going.
And by the way, that’s the other thing. When you’re inspired, it’s easier to get up.
Attempt A didn’t work? No problem.
You’ll regroup and do Attempt B.
And if Attempt B, C, and D still get knocked down?
You have the WHOLE alphabet - and each time you go for it, you’ll do better than the one before it.
And before you know it, you’ll actually start making incredible progress and finally achieve your New Year’s resolutions.
So just keep going. You can do this.
Now, I’ve found that the biggest thing that have helped many of my mentees reach their goals and dreams in record time:
Learn a High-Income Skill.
A High-Income Skill will build your confidence, will-power, and skills.
It will also give you more time to focus on your own personal development because you won’t have to commute anymore or hang around toxic people.
Now, if you want to know what high-income skill you were born to do, I’ve created a free personality quiz for you.
If you want to discover your best high-income skill in 3 minutes, put the codeword “skill” below and I’ll send you the free quiz right away.
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Iverson reminds 76ers what they once had in Nuggets' win
When Allen Iverson first played against the Philadelphia 76ers, he took shots at them before, during and after the game.
This time, he saved them just for the court, then showered his old team with praise that indicated he's gotten over the bitter split.
"They've got a lot of talent on that team. They've got a lot of guys that can do things, and they've got a lot of guys that care, guys with pride," Iverson said after scoring 38 points in Denver's 109-96 win Sunday night. "It could be easy for those guys to lay down. After I left, they could have just laid down. But that ain't the type of personality most of those guys on that team have. They want to win.
"I'm pretty sure they want to prove they can win without me. That's what they should do. I just hope they continue to play hard and play every game like it's their last. I just wish them well. ... I just want to see things get better for them."
For the first time in his career, Iverson may have enjoyed watching the 76ers lose, but he swore he took no extra gratification in it.
"People ask that question all day, but my whole thing is to just win the basketball game," Iverson insisted. "If I had a big game and we didn't win I would be feeling terrible right now. I'm just happy we got the win. Like I said, it's just another basketball game, we went through that whole song and dance last year when they came in here. It wasn't any big deal to me. I just wanted to contribute."
No big deal? Nuggets coach George Karl knows better.
"I don't know if there was an extra bounce, I just think it was a seriousness in his approach," Karl said. "He's been playing pretty good against other teams, too. I was happy for him to have a big night against his old team. In a lot ways we needed him to.
"We weren't very pretty offensively, and I thought his penetration at any moment broke their defense down quite frequently. He got a lot of easy layups because of it. It was a good part of our offense."
Andre Miller, one of the players the Nuggets sent to the Sixers in exchange for Iverson, led Philadelphia with 22 points, including a jumper that erased the remnants of a 15-point deficit and tied it at 62.
Iverson answered with back-to-back 3-pointers and the Nuggets never trailed in staying a half-game ahead of Portland, which has lost just one of its last 17 games, in the Northwest Division.
Iverson's first game against his old team came just three weeks after his nasty 2006 divorce from the 76ers and he was still bitter at the time with the way coach Maurice Cheeks and team owner Billy King handled his complaints that led to his departure after a decade in Philly.
He scored 30 in that game last January but didn't stick around for the end, drawing an ejection in the final minutes of a 108-97 loss.
The Nuggets had already visited Philadelphia by the time they acquired Iverson, so his first trip back comes March 19, and Iverson isn't sure what to expect or whether it will be a more emotional experience for him than Sunday night was.
"Maybe. You don't know what the environment's going to be like," Iverson said. "I know it's going to be strange because I played there so many years and I fell in love with the fans there. I was a part of them, they were a part of me. It's obviously going to be different.
"The whole thing is just winning the basketball game. Doing whatever it takes. If you ask me how many points I was going to score tonight, I never know what I'm going to do. I never know how many points I'm going to score. If I didn't score anything I was going to do other things on the basketball court to help my team win. Fortunately, the ball was going in the basket tonight."
Iverson had 15 points in the first quarter and 20 by halftime.
"Same Allen," Sixers forward Andre Iguodala said. "Great job when he is attacking the basket. Great job of creating some type of contact and getting to the foul line a lot. That's what he does. He seems happy. He is enjoying himself."
Maybe so, but Cheeks said he didn't notice anything extra in Iverson's game -- he's always going full-tilt anyhow.
"He can score when I had him. He can score now," Cheeks said. "That is his strong point. What he did tonight is no different than he did when he was here with us."
Game notes
Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points, including 19 to help the Denver build a 53-43 halftime lead. ... Anthony Carter tied his career high with 15 assists for Denver, and the Nuggets blocked a season-best 15 shots. ... Sixers rookie Jason Smith, who grew up an hour from Denver in Kersey, Colo., and attended Colorado State, stuffed Nene on an attempted slam moments after entering the game.
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Allen Iverson carried the 76ers early, Chris Webber put up points late, and the superstar duo continued to keep Philadelphia in first place in the Atlantic Division.
With a brutal seven-game road trip next, there's no better place to sit.
Iverson scored 38 points, Webber added 27 and the streaking Philadelphia 76ers won for the sixth time in seven games, 111-100 over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
With the Sixers seemingly headed toward another typical tight, frantic fourth, they instead pulled away from the Warriors with an 11-2 run to open the quarter and actually kept their double-digit lead for most of the rest of the game.
"It felt like we turned that corner," Iverson said. "We just did everything right at the end. I think Chris did a great job at the end. We ran the offense through him and he made some great things happen."
Webber and Iverson combined for 50 of the Sixers' 84 shots and made 25 of the 42 field goals. While Iverson scored 24 points in the first half, Webber followed with 15 in the second.
"I don't think I had any doubt about them playing together," coach Maurice Cheeks said. "The reason you put the ball in their hands is because they make plays."
The Sixers will need the All-Stars to keep it up when they open a seven-game road trip Friday night at Atlanta. They won't return home until Jan. 9 against Seattle.
Jason Richardson scored 24 points, Troy Murphy had 22 and Baron Davis 16 for the slumping Warriors, who lost their third straight game on the road.
Kyle Korver scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Samuel Dalembert had 15 points and nine boards for the division-leading 76ers.
Korver hit a 3 that stretched the Sixers lead to 11 early in the fourth and Iverson followed with a jumper that gave them a cushion that they've shown a knack for blowing this year.
Not this time, not after the Sixers kept control at the free-throw line and Dalembert ended the game with two emphatic dunks that brought to life a rather sparse and lifeless crowd.
Richardson and Davis answered the Sixers' spurt with consecutive 3s, but the Warriors faded down the stretch, scoring only nine points in the final 7 minutes.
"We've had a lot of practice holding leads and letting other teams come back on us," Cheeks said.
This rough road trip has deflated the Warriors' best start in over a decade that saw them briefly reach first place in the Pacific Division for the first time since 1992. Golden State closes out its five-game road trip Friday at Detroit.
"We just have to salvage this trip and play well," Murphy said. "If we don't, we could lose by 30."
After a slow start in the first half (5-for-12), Webber got rolling in a wildly entertaining third where neither team played much defense or missed many shots.
Korver's 3-pointer gave the Sixers a nine-point lead that was quickly cut after consecutive 3s from Mike Dunleavy and Richardson. Korver sank another 3, then Iverson hit one to push the lead back to nine.
Richardson buried another 3 -- the teams combined to go 7-for-12 in the quarter -- in the final minute that pulled the Warriors to 86-83, which was as close as they'd come the rest of the game.
Webber scored 11 points in the third quarter, nearly negating the Warriors 77 percent shooting mark from the floor.
"We've got to turn it around and get tougher," Warriors coach Mike Montgomery said. "We're going to have to guard people."
With Kobe Bryant and his 62 points breathing down Iverson's tattooed neck in the league scoring race, the Sixers guard appeared early to want to put more space between the bicoastal All-Stars than the 9/10 of a point that separated them heading into the game.
Iverson scored from all over the floor in the first half, making 11 of 17 shots for 24 points before cooling down and getting Webber and the rest of his teammates move involved in the second.
Game notes
With Sixers C Steven Hunter inactive (leg), Michael Bradley returned to the lineup after sitting out the last four games with a bad back. Hunter said he should return for Friday's game at Atlanta. ... The Sixers are 7-0 at home against the Western Conference. ... The Sixers outrebounded the Warriors 47-39, making them 11-0 when they win the battle of the boards.
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[C] No more cham- [F] pagne and the [C] fireworks are [E7]through
Here we [F] are, me and [C] you, feeling [F] lost and feeling [G] blue
It's the [C] end of the [F] party andthe [C] morning seems so [E7] grey
So un- [F] like yester- [C] day, now's the [F] time for us to [G]say
Chorus: Happy new [C] year, happy new [E7] year
May we all [Am] have a [F] vision nowand [A] then
Of a [A7] world where every [A] neighbour is a [Dm] friend [G]
Happy new [C] year, happy new [E7] year
May we all [Am] have our [F] hopes, our will to [A] try
If we [A7] don't we might as [A] well lay down and [Dm] die [G]
You and [Dm] I [G]... and [C] I
2. [C] Sometimes I [F] see, how the [C] brave new world ar- [E7] rives
And I [F] see how it [C] thrives, in the [F] ashes of our [G]lives
Oh [C] yes, man is a [F] fool and he [C] thinks he'll be [E7]okay
Dragging [F] on, feet of [C] clay, never [F] knowing he's a [C]tray
Keeps on [F] going any [G] way
3. [C] Seems to me [F] now, that the [C] dreams we had be- [E7] fore
Are all [F] dead, nothing [C] more, than con- [F] fetti on the [G] floor
It's the [C] end of a [F] decade, in [C] another ten years [E7]time
Who can [F] say what we'll [C] find, what lies [F] waiting down the [C] line
In the [F] end of eighty- [G] nine
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