To you guys out there, those who are memang looked up to, seen as leaders and spearheaders of your own business, initiatives and projects, this may seem nothing to you among your many awards and achievements. But for me, an ordinary gamer, blogger, anime lover, lazy bum who doesn’t know a lot of things in life and business, preferring to dedicate my life and love through volunteerism; this is something really exceptional to me. A testimony that something I’m doing must be right, despite what others may have said to me. A believe in one self, support from those who have been by my side, mentors from all divide, these were key to my attaining a prestigious award such as this.

Check out this link to see who else was part of the Prestige Top 40 Under 40 in 2012

Hope you can spend some time reading up on the article written about me above, which was in one of the older editions of Prestige Malaysia. Click on it to enlarge. Use it as an inspiration for all you people out there who THINK you’re ordinary, where people SAID you were ordinary and always will be. Well ignore all of them, and do what you think is the best for your life under some guidance from who you call your mentors!

 Some people have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to do, when all they need is one reason why then can. – Willis R. Whitney, American Chemist

All I’m saying in this blogpost, is that Passion Does Pay. The only reason why it has not done so thus far, is because no one bothered to fix things for the future generation to come, focusing only on their own success. Now let’s all get together and pave the path of the future so that others younger than you will be able to push further – provide platforms that have not existed before your time – and I tell you, the benefits will be abundant, priceless!

Is there a motive to all this that I do? Are you really that good of a Samaritan, to help others while taking the risk for yourself?

YES! Yes, there is a motive, and I’m not ashamed to admit it, because I’m no Samaritan, I shisha and drink when I want to, and I don’t admit to be a perfect angel. What is it you ask?

I dream of a world where leaders of the industry, in business, in politics, are all friends of mine, placed there thanks to efforts that I and my friends have gone through. Where they are best fit for their roles in their respective worlds, pushing the boundaries and setting new standards to achieve was was impossible before. When that happens, I would have lived a great life, because everyone would be taking care of me, my family and loved ones. – Chris Tock

Now how’s that for a dream and passion combined?

ABOUT TOP 40 UNDER 40 
PRESTIGE’s TOP 40 UNDER 40 unveils the country’s young breed of movers and shakers. For these 40 individuals, age is just a number that brings no hindrance to achieving great success. Every year, PRESTIGE searches for 40 young men and women who are leaders in their fields and have proven that all it takes to scale new heights is a bold and brave approach to life and its challenges. These individuals are introduced to PRESTIGE readers who then cast their votes as to who most deserves to emerge the winner in their industry category and ultimately, be named the Most Promising Individual.

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I brought Ren in with me as he’s part of my SocialGrooves.com team to also be part of this exciting project, especially since we’ll be working with Hannah. It is such an honour for us to be able to be part of her exciting journey in making a name for herself and be an inspiration to all. Heck, this woman NEVER sleeps!

If there’s anything I found out about her, is that her smile is so freaking contagious! One always wonders how she can look so fresh and happy been with only a minimum number of hours sleep she had. But above it all, this is a prove that she enjoys her work so much that it has become part and parcel of her life. You can read more about her at her blog www.hannahtan.com.

Anyway, the food as usual was great. I avoided rice as I’d put on so much weight since my trip to Melbourne, Australia, and had a shock of my life as Hannah gobbled up (daintily, if I might add :p) the fried rice. How on earth does she maintain her figure?! Turned out that she used to be a state runner (really? How is she so multitalented?!) and because of that, she really does take care of her fitness through workouts and of course, eating healthily.

All in all it was a great meeting where I even got to share about the EYE project, and being the darling she is, she just told me to tell her what she can do to help. As I’ve said, we’re so like minded that we just let our trust guide us, and thank God for that, too. A perfect partner to work with indeed!

Thanks Hannah, really looking forward to see what we can do together and unlock kindness and passion in the people all around us, starting with Malaysians! Do follow her on Twitter for more updates at @Hannah_Tan

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And so, it has been borned. Brain child of Chris Tock and Reza has finally kicked off, and it has since been a week since we’ve started mobilizing our forces to meet goals, and our passion was such that we would be documenting all we can as we try and pave way for the future generation to succeed us in ways we can not imagine!

And it all started with the guys at MyHarapan. I won’t say much yet but we at EYE are really honoured to be supported by these guys, men and women with the best of intentions to give HOPE to what we wanted to do. And with that hope (that came in many forms!) we’ve started our first informal meeting cum brainstorming with present and past student leaders. The results are as below:

Yes, within one meeting we’ve solved our naming woes for the national coalition of societies in every university and every state! Can’t wait to share more with you. But for now, we’re zeros, in hope to one day reach the heros, like the picture above. Love it? I thought it was brilliant, no? XD

Stay tuned guys, EYE will succeed!!!

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