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Its sounds strange that why I am announcing to whole world that I am a Vegetarian and Non-Alcoholic person!  

“Oh you don’t take alcohol, you don’t eat meat…aye how you survive in this world la!” ….these reactions have become part of my life now, particularly while I am staying in Singapore-the world’s most happening place known for its seafood and nightlife.  I am so happy that people around me have started accepting that it is possible to survive in this world without eating meat and without taking a drop of alcohol. I don’t want to sound like a preacher who talks about the harms which we do to our body while practicing those habits. I just want to share with all my readers that it’s fantastic to be a vegetarian and non alcoholic person. I really mean it, it feels great and I feel so nice about it.

After being questioned every time I thought of knowing why the prevalence of intake of alcohol is rising among females. I asked my Google uncle and he reported that-

Alcohol is a depressant drug-not a stimulant as many people think. Alcohol slows down activity in the central nervous system, which means it slows down the messages going between the brain and the body.

In small quantities, depressants such as alcohol cause people to become relaxed and lower their inhibitions. They feel more confident and often act in a more extroverted manner. It is the latest thing in town – to chill out after work in the pub. Many young women in have picked up on this new way to socialize. Kept in control, the occasional alcoholic drink will not hurt. But, the unfortunate thing is that alcohol is addictive and, many young women indulge in frequent bouts of binge drinking to keep up with their peers, just to fit in with the crowd or drown away their fears and sorrows.

In nutshell women drink to show that they are part of the crowd and also to forget their sorrows. As when they intake alcohol they feel relaxed and confident. I question that why we don’t emphasize in searching other options to enhance our confidence and feel relaxed. I don’t have to elaborate on the harm to our health done after intake of alcohol. I suggest that it’s a beautiful life given to us by God and why we spoil it by intake of alcohol. I consider soul as a temple and if I intake something which makes me forget who am I, I am certainly not interested to intake. We should strive for that confidence and happiness with all our  sorrows and bad experiences without intake of single drop of alcohol.

To drink or not to drink, choice is yours….but why not we make such choice which helps us improving upon us for we love our family, or not?

I will love to share link of an article http://www.udaangroup.com/effective-networking-for-entrepreneurs.html… ..written  by my friend Smitha Chandrashekharan
This article made me think that whats the real requirement for entrepreneurs?

Any woman who is into business is always looking for more contacts, networking platforms, forums where she can enhance her  business contacts and also expand her business.In order to expand their business they have to meet right segment of people and also  create awareness about their business products. Udaan ,Indian Women Entrepreneurs Club  in Singapore,  is a platform for all business women  to meet like minded people and to create visibility for their business.   

Home business do have a positive element that women can manage their time well between family and business. But at times its quite challenging to keep themselves motivated and enthusiastic about their business as there are so many other commitments they have to carry on. In regular routine while taking care of family its challenging for women to do their business sincerely. They need to meet people who are into same field and same type of business, so that they can benefit from each other’s experience. What my experience teaches me that when we meet new people we learn a lot from each other insight . Its all about sharing and discussing  about yourself. 

When I meet new people, through sharing, I got many innovative ideas, opportunities and also I came across concept of leveraging with different groups.Udaan is such an avenue  where women can  share about their challenges and look for solutions.  In order to provide more support to its members Udaan is also having Advisory committee, which will be having experienced entrepreneurs to guide and support them.  They can get benefits of getting listed in the directory, their products can be displayed in the product album section for the members, they can get benefits  of public outreach while Udaan is organizing various events throughout year.When entrepreneurs  become Udaan member they can get referral benefits from other members of the club. Its all about getting together at one place and mutually benefiting each other.That is called strength of working together.  WIN-WIN.
God helps those who help themselves. Its all about starting thinking about business with a new concept and having bigger vision in life. Entrpreneurs  only grow when they are having both inward and outward growth. Udaan promises entrepreneurs that they will be benefited in both ways. Join Udaan’s flight to sucess and prosperity……welcome to www.udaangroup.com!

I proudly want to share about my group UDAAN with my blog readers, which I have started jointly with my friend Kamini Chaliki’s  efforts in Singapore http://www.udaangroup.com/

UDAAN is a platform for Indian women in Singapore who are into some business or profession and are looking for networking for mutual benefits. We want to gather all Indian Women in Singapore under single roof to give them benefit of alternative channel of selling their products, besides this UDAAN members will also be getting benefit from UDAAN’S effort of networking and negotiating with other event organizers in Singapore on their behalf for cost effective business agreements.

I strongly believe in women power and if we  get together to work together and jointly put our efforts and hard work in achieving bigger vision nothing will seem impossible. We want to benefit UDAAN members by giving them a mentoring platform by inviting successful women entrpreneurs for their guidance and support to our members. This will definitely help in inward and outward growth of our members. When I started my business in Indian Hand embroidered ladies clothes in Singapore(www.ncstyles.com) I was looking for such platform where I can get benefit of networking and I can share about my product. I was not able to participate in hotel fairs as it was very costly. So I dreamed of such platform which can help me in reaching to right audience in Singapore in cost effective way.

Infact I want all talented women to be part of our group and  we can give them our helping hand to nurture them and motivate them to move ahead in their life from one level to next level. Nobody’s talent should go waste. Try to always nurture your talent and always have dreams for yourself too besides dreams for your family.This is the message of UDAAN-Together we will do it so just aboard our flight towards success and abundance.

Optimistic Life Adventurer, Nutritionist, Mompreneur, passionate about Speaking & Writing on Weight Loss, positive Parenting & Business–meet Suria Mohd, a woman of substance!         

Suria Mohd is founder of Anggun International which is into Support Group Weight Management Program and learning discoveries, a centre to enhance child’s learning abilities. Womenlines wants to share her amazingly motivating journey to reach her goals, with its readers.

Let me share about Suria’s Bio data first!

Suria is a Singaporean and is a married woman with 2 kids. She received her Nutrition degree from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia and completed an exchange program with Illinois State University, USA. After returning to

Singapore in 1997, Suria attained a Postgraduate degree in the teaching of Food Science and Nutrition Studies from NTU/NIE Singapore and began her teaching career as a Nutrition Educator in secondary schools. Since 2003 Suria has been actively involved with the Singapore Health Promotion Board (HPB). She is a regular speaker and public educator at HPB’s community based health forums and weight management programs. Suria has been featured on the cover of magazines, in local newspapers and has appeared on radio and television programs.She is also the author of “9 Greatest Weight Loss Secrets” and co-authors Best Selling Series “Living in Abundance” with Anthony Robbins & Dr Wayne.

Suria conducts Nutrition and Weight Management seminars, workshops and programs for schools, organizations and business corporations. She established the Anggun Nutrition Academy in 2003 to provide introductory, diploma courses in Nutrition & Weight Management.

The interesting part of her journey is to know how she started from scratch again after failure of her venture wellness training school. She closed down her shop and was in $80,000 debts. “It was an expensive “MBA” lesson for me from the University of Hard Knocks called Life…” she laments!

Suria shares “One of the lessons I learnt was the reason for my failure. I failed for one reason; I did not have any education in business at all. If I were to re-start again I would have at least attended some sort of business training to equip myself with the nuts and bolts of business. That was exactly what I did after that. I soaked up business knowledge like a sponge and started learning (self study) by getting online and purchasing books, and participating in online courses on business and marketing. Meanwhile to pay off my debts, I took on free lance jobs as a public speaker on Nutrition with the Health Promotion board.”

She restarted her business again and the 2^nd time, it turned around a 7 figure sale in 2 years. She attracted 2000 clients each paying about $700 – $2000 each.

However she got distracted, and started investing her profits in all other sorts of businesses which was the reason for her 2^nd downfall. In her 2^nd business mistake, she lost close to half a million dollars.

She shares ‘I missed out on the 2^nd part – How to Keep and grow the money, i.e. what I missed out was the knowledge and education on Investing money wisely. So right now, what I am targeting for this year is to learn how to keep and grow my money wisely via proper investments vehicles. Given all my ups and downs in my business I have also started teaching other aspiring entrepreneurs how to start and grow their business profitably so they don’t have to make the same kind of mistakes that I did.’

Suria says that “My life long learning never ends, and I am at peace for living my life to the fullest, contributing my purpose to the world and touching people’s lives as I continue this journey to live my higher goals in life…”

While Suria is best known for her expertise in Weight Loss & Nutrition her students testify that her biggest impact in their lives comes from her philosophy of “Beauty, peace and Ultimate Happiness manifests itself from within” –

Suria also owns and co-owns other businesses in Education & Fashion. She has expanded her Education business regionally to Malaysia and also to Latin America

Hardcore fan of Bollywood movies and Shahrukh Khan, Suria’s passion is reading books. Books motivate her to do better things in life.

Womenlines wishes her all the best for the journey towards excellence and abundance in life.
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Anggun International: http://www.angguninternational.com