I stayed up all night yesterday, thought that I could write this blog and update you with lots of photo of my Bali trip.

 
Unfortunately the internet connection wasn’t really that smooth, every time I upload, it keep on and off, therefore have to re-start the whole uploading process again.
 
I waited for 3 hrs, and only managed to upload my very first photo
 

On the plane

Hahahaha… I think cannot lah.. must wait until I reach Singapore, then I can upload everything.. But eventhough I have a late night sleep last night, I woke up this morning feeling grateful.   Grateful that I’m still alive Grateful that I am blessed with everything I have today, healthy parents, loving husband, cute baby, wonderful friends, ….

Hello everybody! Apa Kabar? (hehehe.. in English means: How are you?)  
 
I just reached Jakarta on early Sunday morning. Had fun spending time with my family. And of course eat a lot of yummy Indonesian food!  
 
But today (Monday) was a very busy day for me. Though a lot of people thought that I'll be having my holiday here in Indonesia, actually I am not… In fact I am equally busy (or even more busy) compare to when I'm in Singapore. Today was a day full of meeting. I'm doing some exciting and interesting new project over here in Indonesia.  
 
Anyway, tomorrow I'm heading off to Bali. Although my Internet access might be limited, but I'll do my ….

Winning doesn’t always mean being first, winning means you are doing better than you have done before.  
And I believe that exactly what happened today.   I was very happy with myself, because I managed to accomplished many new things today. Even things that I have never done in my life before. For the very first time, I did my catwalk in a runway (Thanks to FEMALE again for making this a reality for me)  
 

 
Yup.. this is the photo of the stage that I took just before the ‘show time’ haha.. I didn’t really know how well did I do my catwalk, but I believe I did my best, and was very happy that a lot of my close ….

Today, 23rd October 2009 is a special day for me. It is my 5th year Wedding Anniversary.  
 
"All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different."
 
And I could proudly say that it has been a wonderful and unforgettable 5 year of marriage   By right today I’m supposed to be at Bali, celebrating our Anniversary. It was already planned many months back, but then received the email from Female, mentioned that on the 24th Oct (which is tomorrow !!!) I have to be at the Ion Orchad for the Female 50 gorgeous preview. I definitely wouldn’t want to miss the event, so I told my husband about it and he was kind enough to postpone our celebration to ….

Words cannot describe how happy I was when I met Elim Chew today.
 
 
I believe Elim Chew is someone who doesn’t need any more introduction. She is a very well known figure in the entrepreneurial world, at the same time she is in the hearts of many young Singaporeans.  
Her business, 77th Street is an iconic street wear retail fashion chain in Singapore, dealing with the hip and trendy youth culture of today. In addition to expanding her retail businesses, Elim lends her expertise, experience and time to various youth organisations in Singapore.   Elim’s accolades include being named Most Promising Woman Entrepreneur awarded by The Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) in 2001, Mont Blanc Businesswomen Award in 2002, ….

If you haven’t been reading my blog, you better start reading one. Because from today onwards, I’ll be blogging not only about my own personal experience, but also I'll be sharing with you the secrets of various successful and inspiring people from all sort of lives.
 
One of the reason why I became where I am today is because I have the attitude of always wanting to learn more. I learn from books, seminar, school of hard-knocks, and many more. Most of all, I am grateful to have the privilege to be able to learn from many successful people that I know.
 
Just a few days ago, I had this crazy idea, I've decided to interview 10 of the most inspirational people ….

Life is really full of surprises. Never in my imagination or plan that I ever stepped into this side of life whereby I will be one of the 50 Most Gorgeous People.  
 
To be honest with you, if you ask me, do I think I’m gorgeous?
Well, in terms of look, I don’t think I’m bad looking, but compare to those professional models who have high cheek, sharp nose, long leg, slim figure, perfect complexion, etc , I’m definitely not one of them.  

So, why am I here?   Like I said in my previous post, it all started on a very beautiful Saturday afternoon. I was walking together with my husband at Wisma Atria. Then, one young beautiful lady ….

Having Monday Blues?   Definitely not for me. How can I be having Monday blues when I have been receiving many good news every Monday since beginning of this month? Starting from a Surprise email that I get from Madeline on Monday, 5th October 2009  
 

 
Then the following Monday, 12th October 2009.   Double Happiness,

firstly because it was my fitting day for the preview. I went to Bebe at Vivo City and I was really having fun trying all those contemporary clothes. Very difficult to choose because all are gorgeous, luckily I got the help from the great stylists who eventually chose the best 2 outfits for me to wear for the preview. Thank you all !  

Secondly, ….

I want to say a BIG Thank You to all of you.
 
Ever since I shared the good news of me being one of the 50 Most Gorgeous People 2009, I have received many messages, comments, emails, calls and sms. And I would say that all are very encouraging. Thank you, again !
 
For the next 10 weeks, I will actually write my blog regularly on their website. http://www.female50gp.com/2009/blog/author/merry/  And I will probably did a bit summary of what I wrote over there. But for more details and more updated stuff, you can visit the above link. See you guys there !
 
Touching Hearts Changing Lives,
Merry Riana

“What can you do with $10 ? ”  

 
 Well, for me, that $10 was the amount of money that I could use to continue my life here in Singapore for 1 week.  

How was that possible?   Let me bring you back in time, 11 years ago in the year 1998.  
1998 was the first time that I came to Singapore. Initially it was never in my whole family plan to send me overseas to study because it will be too costly for my family to afford it. I thought I will continue my study in some local University in Jakarta.   However, 1998 was the time of the Asian economic crisis. At that time, Indonesia was not a very safe ….