bill porter - a man to learn from / Saturday, February 24, 2007
once again, it'z been a long time since i blogged. somehow, just couldn't muster the energy to blog. When i got home from work, i just wanna lay around n slack! eat n slack... that'z why basically i am turning into a pig. yea i wanna put on weight, but i am putting on weight in all the wrong places! ahh it'z nv easy to be the gentler sex..
ooh how'z chinese new year for all? Gong Xi Fa Cai! I only did manage to buy the bottom to match my top 2 days before cny. btw, am i the only singaporean who nv go to chinatown during cny period before? haha thinking of the huge crowd there scares me.. this year is fruitful year, got more hongbaos than previous years! hee..
I am settling well at work, slowly getting the hang of things. i am lucky to have a nice supervisor and colleagues have being fairly good 2 me n willing to help me along. Yay my projects are finally starting~ days are gonna get busier! haha dunno good or bad but at least got things to do.. hope not too busy until drained lo.. else how i can go out when i m tired? lol
I happened to on the tv while having my lunch and watched a film "Door to Door" depicting the life of Bill Porter- the plucky handicapped salesman who made good. I was so touched by the steely determination of this man who does not believe that he was not allowed to earn an income. he has cerebral palsy. He defied the restrictions imposed on him by society n disease. In fact, he has a cheerful outlook of life. on the way, he became part of the clients he frequently visited. I was overwhelmed by his strength to overcome obstacles.
From who2.com:
Born with cerebral palsy, Porter nonetheless became a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Oregon, struggling up to 10 miles a day on foot while selling household products for the Watkins Company. Friendly and persistent, in time Porter became the top grossing Watkins salesman in the United States. A 1995 column about Porter in The Oregonian was widely reprinted and made Porter a popular symbol of optimistic determination. He was featured in Reader's Digest and on a segment of the ABC news magazine 20/20, and his story was told in the 2002 TNT cable movie Door To Door, with actor William H. Macy as Porter and Kyra Sedgwick as Porter's friend and assistant, Shelly Brady.
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GOOD LOBANG!~ / Friday, February 02, 2007
HEYZ anybody interested in these two tees? S size, genuine brand new CONVERSE tees with tags. My friend is selling them coz she cant fit into them. Real good bargain~ selling 1 at $15, 2 for $25. Original price: $29.90. Contact me email/sms for more info or if u interested.
p.s. the shirts are really nice.
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