My beloved friends,

I will be taking part in the International Speeches and Table Topics Contest 2010!

Open your hearts and minds and enjoy yourselves at tonight’s contest with some of the best speakers in my club!

I invite you to come and support me!  Details as follows:

• Venue: New Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club, Cairnhill Community Club, Level 2, Conference Room, 1 Anthony Road, Singapore
• Date: 8 March 2009
• Time: 7-10pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

“A picture is worth a thousand words; a slide show is both.” –  Author Unknown

Enjoy the slide show and photos of NYP can do, so can YOU!

Click on the thumbnails below to get a closer view.

Shanshine’s reflections:

A big thank you to NYP for having me speak and share with you!  It was my utmost pleasure speaking to an intellectual and attentive audience.  The time flew by so fast, and I could see that they wanted me to continue despite the time allocated for me to speak was up.  That is one of the most accolades I could get.  Their rapt attention and brain cogs turning almost visibly when they were listening made my day!

To express my appreciation:

Thank you, Peggy, for inviting me to speak.  Thank you for your compliments on my excellent speaking and interest in this refreshing perspective on Psychology.  It appealed immensely to my mischievous side speaking to those who have lectured me before!

Thanks to Jackie as well for all the liaising and taking care of the back-end matters to make things run smoothly.  Thank you for your compliments on my being a “young, confident and promising” lady!

Thanks to my intellectual and attentive audience, who lent me their ears and hearts when I spoke.  I hope what I have shared will remain with you for your lifetime and help you in your journey through life.

Thanks also to those who expressed their thanks, appreciation and learnings with me after the talk.  Especially to Bernard, “You’re a good speaker.  You have good vocabulary.  I love how you weave your speech and how you speak off the cuff.”

It was not off the cuff.  It was so well practised that it appeared entirely natural!

A big thank you to my IMteam who oiled the cogs and toiled behind the scenes to make things seamless!  Especially to Mark, the master of analytics; Adilin, the weaver of magic with people; Dzu, the steady and stable foundation calming our nerves; and Jeremy, my photography magician.

Shine and be inspired with our Shanshine speaker, Shan, as she shares with you on…

• The 3 keys to overcoming failure
• The 3 secrets to cultivating a positive mindset

Details as follows:

Venue: Nanyang Polytecnic Staff Association, Nanyang Polytechnic, Lecture Theatre, 180 Ang Mo Kio Avenue, Singapore
Date: 4 November 2009
Time: 12.30pm

I’m so excited! Speaking to the awesome staff in NYP!!!  See you all tomorrow!

With love,
Shanshine

We have the luxury of infinite positive thoughts! – Yip Pei Shan

My good friends and I decided to go to a club some weeks ago which I was refused entry to for some unreasonable reason.  We felt disappointed, however I suggested we catch a movie instead.  Upon purchasing the movie tickets, we were given a “sure-win jackpot” ticket in which we had to key in the authorisation code to play at the game machine.

Guess what happened after we keyed in the code?  We won one of the top prizes!!!  Indeed, when one door closes, another opens!

Get together with loved ones for a International Happiness Day celebration! (^.^)

It is quality rather than quantity that matters. – Seneca

I am a firm believer and practitioner in quality time, especially concerning the things and people that matter most to me.  I am going for quality time with a few of my favourite people today.  What about you?  Unleash your creativity, permit yourself to be Happy, Happier, Happiest!  Not just for today, but for many many many days to come!

For those following the VIA strengths alignment, this action is in line with Loving and Allowing Oneself to Be Loved.

A Happy you, a Happy life, a Happy work, a Happy family, all this can be yours only if you choose to.

A very Happy International Happiness Day to you!!!

Shanshine smiles and cari saluti!
Shan
Your International Happiness Day Ambassador (Singapore)

How did yesterday’s actions go for me?

I am very pleased that my once conscious incompetent actions have evolved into unconscious competent actions!

I was so thrilled and enlightened that I wrote Focus on the positive: It works! A real life story immediately after I had the revelation!  I still remember Napoleon Hill’s words in Think and Grow Rich, along the lines of we cannot afford the luxury of a single negative thought.  I would like to add,

We have the luxury of infinite positive thoughts! – Yip Pei Shan

Notice the optimistic thinking in action!  Did it take a lot of time and effort to do so?  No.  Initially, it took a lot of time and effort.  With continuous usage and a laser beam focus, it became a habit.  Once it becomes a habit, it’s ingrained into your system.  Need support with this?  Contact me.

My friend’s friend wanted to enquire about the printing charges for company tee shirts at this newly opened shop.  When we first went in, the person manning the shop did not know much.  A few minutes later, a Chinese salesman entered the shop and entertained our enquiries to no avail.  Now, this Chinese salesman spoke excellent English, so I complimented him.  He was so modest until he did not say ‘thank you’.  Instead, he started complimenting me in return.

Interestingly, after complimenting him, his entire demeanour and attitude towards us changed.  He started finding the necessary information with great enthusiasm!

I quote my friend’s words,

“I am really amazed at how you can decide on something good about the Chinese salesman just now, despite [his] not being knowledgable in many things. He changed totally after you praised him, [he was] more confident and help[ed] you a lot:) Wonderful!”

We even exchanged namecards, and I shared miscelleneous things to connect on a social and emotional level.  Likewise, he shared information on his company structure, and even gave me a packet of tissues that his company printed!  Furthermore, he kept in touch and even texted me on his occurrences in his shop after we left!

On a side note, the tissues came in very handy as I had run out of it.

Look at the flow of things.  It’s amazing!  The best part was, I was doing it at an unconscious competent level!  I was in a state of flow.  Entirely natural and flowing.  My dear friend highlighted that it was something that not everyone does, nor do things like this happen to everyone.  Would you do a double flip if I say these things happen to me most of the time?  They DO.  Almost ALL the time.  How does it happen?  By focusing on the positive.  See my earlier articles on this awesome phenomenon – Focus ONLY on the GOOD in everyone that you know; and Yes, lot! Yes, Lot! YES, LOT!!! The power of the Positive!

Start Having Action Now, Start Having Infinite New 3nergy!!!

My sharing of Mother Teresa: the firm and passionate humanitarian left my listeners spellbound.

“It was as though I was watching a movie.” said Ee Hai.

It was a perfect end to a great Stories-Alive! series!

I invite you to open your minds and hearts to a refreshing perspective on our current recession.  “R” for recession?  Redundant?  Relaxed?  Refreshed?

Be enthralled with real life stories, and get inspired and motivated to ride one of the BEST rides of your life – the recession!!!

3 things you need to bring with you for the ride:

1. HOLD ON tight to your seats
2. Open up your HEARTS and EARS (Notice the “ear” in the word “hEARt”;D)
3. Get MOVING and JIVING when I ask you to!

Details as follows:

* Title & Theme: Riding the Rollercoaster of the Recession Refreshingly!!!

* Venue: ITMA Toastmasters Club, NUSS Suntec City Guild House, Suntec City Mall 05-001, Singapore
* Date: 15 May 2009
* Time: 7-10pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

Contact Pei Shan

One of the philosophies I’ve had in life is that change is the only constant.  This proverb was inspired with the influx of changes this month – competing in speech contests, my birthday celebrations, the passing away of a friend, etc.

It brings to the fore the fragility of life.  Have you done and said the things that matter most to you?

My beloved friends,

With the sweet success of championing the first round of the International Speeches Contest, I am on to the second stage!  It feels like I am playing a computer game with different stages to clear!  All in all, there are 6 stages to clear to the World Champion Speaker title!

Round 2 or 3 will most likely be my last play at the International Speeches Contest due to personal commitments.

Open your minds and lend me your hearts, bodies and souls as I transport you to a different realm, MY realm.  Are you game enough?

For the brave and uninitiated, and for those who aspire to be courageous, I invite you to come and support me!  Details as follows:

• Venue: Fengshan Community Club, Auditorium, 20 Bedok North Street 2, Singapore
• Date: 14 March 2009
• Time: 2-5pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

P.S. Contact Pei Shan for more details.

My beloved friends,

For the first time, I will be taking part in the International Speeches and Table Topics Contest!

Feast your mind on a vivid rendition of knowledge, shared by my fellow contestants and myself!

I invite you to come support me!  Details as follows:

• Venue: Bishan Toastmasters Club, Bishan Community Club, Level 3, Lecture Room 1, Singapore
• Date: 17 February 2009
• Time: 7-10pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan