Moo Moo Mooooooooh!

Geeetar and me

2011-12-25T05:38:00.000-08:00

In life, when you play the song and you play the chords, the verse, the chorus, the breakdown, your ear tells you to come back, get back, to that root note and if you don't, nothing seems right - a lot like life. You experience a sudden urge to repeat, clarify, resurrect the correct notes and chords - this is progression. Progression not only begins from the basics, it ends in the basics. Foundation is such an important aspect of life.

Respect the beginning, respect the process, respect the end..

Err.. a bit of oohlaala!

2011-12-19T07:01:00.000-08:00

Havn't been posting for a while now. Well, I've been financially educated for the past 10 months. And guess what? I've devised my contingency plan?! I think! It has always has and has been papers. Everyone should capitalise on that. On a libertarian note, I feel education is quite expensive here and I feel it has become more of a competition-sorta rather than achieving the right essence to develop anything. I stand by that quite a bit. Just because you can mug doesn't make you much, but if you can make use of the things that you decide to learn, the results can be quite different.

I like to look at the asian education system as a looping hell-hole. Mind you, its all good here too. You don't get enough freedom to do the right type of education and the real intent you've within is overshadowed by many factors like entry requirements, financial constraints, lack of courses, lack of exposure etc. Evidently it tallies to one thing, and one thing only, death. Death of individual passion. Thats how I see the Asian education system. Mind you, I'm getting my degree alright coming year, what a big hypocrite I am. Oh Blimey! I'm a paper chaser too! But well, thats my contingency plan. We all have some, don't we?!

Anyway, before I get subdued into the long-journeys into the hours of lectures - 6 months time, I shall pick up a skill. Indeed I've.. Currently, working on it. Officially I've taken a personal challenge to work on it for the next 30 days and develop this skill. If I can develop this skill for the next 30 days, it'll indeed become a habit and I'll get better and better... Well thats the idea! I'll let you know, 30 days from now if it works. Btw, the skill I'm going to pick up is to learn to play a guitar.

Au revoir

What motivates you?

2011-10-26T09:41:00.000-07:00

Have you ever asked yourself this, "What do you really want?" If so, have to put enough action to achieve what you wanted to achieve? There is 5% of population earning 95% of all income, and why is that? What makes the Rich, the Rich and the Poor the Poor?!

Nightingale said, "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy Idea"

Only having realised of where you are and where you want to go, can you truly master success. Most of the obvious things that we set aside or fail to fully capitalise is the fact that makes us, fail.

What is Praxis?
The integration of belief and behavior. We've to integrate our belief with your behavior.
The importance of execution is very much the soul of becoming not only successful but being what you want to be. We've been programmed to not take risks, follow upon opinions and matters that we don't even know why we do it. Its a simple fact, and yet an alarming one too. This is because many have failed to realise this and this a common trend. Living a superficial life and machine-man doesn't just cut it for me. True or True?

Practicer executes to achieve perfection.
The practical aspect of execution very much over-rides all facts and principles and helps you achieve what you want because you learn faster when you apply and also progress. Our execution, our mentality to execute is overshadowed by our silly little paradigms that has placed us in a very wise placebo effect that only makes us fall prey to a system. We've to tweak how our brains work. We can decide, the decision that me make makes us! Decision what we imply, obligate in our daily lives is governed by two things called our conscious mind and our sub-conscious mind. The conscious we can control however the sub-conscious only with enough belief can we overcome to apply a change that we necessarily want. Without having to even try, how would you know if you'll fail or succeed. Winners win because they practice day in and day out and they've developed a good habit in doing so. With concurrent practice and trials, you can peak and only then reach your potential. First execute what you want and try and try again until you achieve what you want.

How to achieve whatever you want to achieve?
Build an Image of what you want to achieve.
Plant that into your subconscious mind. Express it physically through the medium you can, by your body.
This will formulate results whether you like it or not, because it is an 100% money back guarantee aka absolute law that conforms with Newtons Law of Motion, "Every action has an opposite and equal reaction."

First you've to decide to do "it". If you do "it" then you can achieve "it." Everyone who wants to achieve has one thing in common. They never stop. They never stop studying. They've books, softwares, they've audio CD's videos, everything, manuals, scripts. When you put yourself in full of all these things, it shows that they have did achieved the first part of having "it." They've decided that they want to do,"it." The same goes for you. Its as simple as that.

Little things

2011-10-21T23:28:00.000-07:00

Bruce had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We'd run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile.
"Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a-half minutes per mile."
So this morning he said to me, "We're going to go five."
I said, "Bruce I can't go five. I'm a helluva lot older than you are, and I can't do five."
He said, "When we get to three, we'll shift gears and it's only two more and you'll do it."
I said "Okay, hell, I'll go for it."
So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I'm okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I'm tired, my heart's pounding, I can't go any more and so I say to him, "Bruce if I run any more, " - and we're still running - "if I run any more I'm liable to have a heart attack and die."
He said, "Then die." It made me so mad that I went the full five miles. Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, "Why did you say that?"
He said, "Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it'll spread over into the rest of your life. It'll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level."

Having read this, I remember a quote from Mother Teresa. She said, "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." I run every now and then and I often ask myself, What keeps me going? Or why do I do it? I can choose not to exercise, cause the little times that I already do actually keeping me in shape. But its not about working out towards a distinction, or for a cause. It a lot more that that. I want to shift to 5th gear always and constantly stay there and evidently sustain at my peak, so I can push myself forward/further and achieve things I haven't achieved before. Maybe that why I do what I do. To all those feeling lost, unmotivated, don't ever look down on yourself, all of life is worth making, creating. Go create it, your way! Focus on the little things, these little wins brings you far... very far.

Interesting article I found online!

2011-10-21T22:50:00.000-07:00

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How to study like MIT students?

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#1Forever21

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 01:04 PM

I know I'm surrounded here by academics and brilliant students. Please share your tips on how to study hard and learn anything fast.

#2Ginnungagap Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 02:05 PM

Learning is based on several skills, all of which can be learned / trained. I recommend learning

speed reading --> Faster reading AND better understanding (I'm sure there are sources on the internet, but I learned it from books, most are okay, only stay clear of the "photoreading"-stuff by paul scheele, it's a scam)
a note taking technique, SQ3R for example
making use of spaced repetition (Programs like anki come in handy)
time management. think GTD. or any system really, as long as you write down the stuff you need/intend to do and plan a bit, instead of having it all in your head all the time.

Also, this blog features a myriad of tips I found rather helpful: http://calnewport.com/blog/ (though I didn't buy any of his books)

#3Forever21 Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 02:33 PM

What is GTD?

Edited by Forever21, 26 April 2010 - 02:35 PM.

#4Ginnungagap Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 04:01 PM

Forever21, on Apr 26 2010, 04:33 PM, said:

What is GTD?

GTD stands for Getting Things Done, title of a book by David Allen, where he describes a time management / productivity system that gathered quite a following.

Here is a summary: http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/gettin...ing-things-done

#5Forever21 Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 05:02 PM

Thanks. I have the book but haven't read it yet.

I started having interest on study skills & mind enhancement tools recently.

So far the books I've read on the related subject are the following:

Speed Reading for Professional
Find Your Focus

Next Up:
Getting Things Done
What Smart Students Know
How to Become a Straight -A Student
How to Study
Study Smarter, not Harder
How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students
Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students With Learning Disabilities And ADHD Give You The Tools

If you have other book recommendations, please post them here.

Edited by Forever21, 26 April 2010 - 05:03 PM.

#6Kristjan Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 04:30 PM

Ginnungagap, on Apr 26 2010, 02:05 PM, said:

Learning is based on several skills, all of which can be learned / trained. I recommend learning

speed reading --> Faster reading AND better understanding (I'm sure there are sources on the internet, but I learned it from books, most are okay, only stay clear of the "photoreading"-stuff by paul scheele, it's a scam)
a note taking technique, SQ3R for example
making use of spaced repetition (Programs like anki come in handy)
time management. think GTD. or any system really, as long as you write down the stuff you need/intend to do and plan a bit, instead of having it all in your head all the time.

Also, this blog features a myriad of tips I found rather helpful: http://calnewport.com/blog/ (though I didn't buy any of his books)

I've attended a speed-reading course before. I think it may be helpful for people studying things like history or literature or related things.

I'm studying biomedical science and I tried to apply speed reading to texts like physiology or biochemistry but that is just not at all possible.

I've read some things about study techniques and such and what I find is that most of them are really time consuming. For example let's say I need to read a chapter that would take me about 3 hours to read with good comprehension. If I were to skim the chapter beforehand, take notes from the text, make questions out of the text, then perhaps re-read the text quickly after reading, and then recite the day after, then the total time spent on the chapter would amount to a whole lot more.

What I do:
Read the material thoroughly before class.
Attend every class and pay attention.
Take notes in class, I use three seperate colours.
When I arrive home I review my notes and the powerpoint slide supplied by the teacher.
Study hard during exams.

And just spend a lot of time on studying, that is the most important factor in getting good grades

Edited by Kristjan, 03 May 2010 - 04:41 PM.

#7biochemie Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 04:33 PM

Work. Work. Then work some more.

#8ken_akiba Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 04:44 PM

Actually MIT students do not study that hard (I'm talking graduate students though). I spend a couple of years there and this is what I observed: Most suck in memorizing stuff but are brilliant in associating variety of concepts. They spend more time daydreaming than "studying".

#9Alex Libman Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 04:57 PM

You have to really genuinely be interested in what you're studying, and if you do it requires no great effort of forcing yourself to study. You cannot force a mind to think! If you find yourself trying to do that then you're just wasting your time, and it would probably be best to invest more time in self-discovery and finding the things that truly interest you. Knowledge without passion is of little value.

#10shadowhawk Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 01:12 AM

Alex Libman, on May 3 2010, 09:57 AM, said:

So true. You hit this right on the head!

#11niner Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 01:21 AM

Ginnungagap, on Apr 26 2010, 04:01 PM, said:

GTD stands for Getting Things Done, title of a book by David Allen, where he describes a time management / productivity system that gathered quite a following.

Forever21 said:

Thanks. I have the book but haven't read it yet.

That's kind of ironic...

#12Shepard Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 01:47 AM

I try to go to class. Seems to help.

#13modelcadet Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 02:26 AM

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Any place will have both types of students, to varying degrees. UVa is not MIT. If I had a save/reload button on life (my preferred superpower), I would probably relive my choice of where to go to college, and pick that place with so many more students like my daydreaming self.

I don't think I could, even if I wanted, study like some of the kids here at UVa. I don't know what they're studying, but honestly I don't know of much worth studying for as much time as they spend in the library. If I don't know some fact, I'll just search for it. I'm generally trying to explore new ideas...

There are different types of people, though. I think these people who dwell in the libraries are stupid; they think I'm lazy.

Eventually, the Brainery Foundation will resolve these conflicts. But I need both daydreamers and scholars to make that happen. Or better yet, just a couple MIT students. *groans@UVa*

#14prophets Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 02:51 AM

biochemie, on May 3 2010, 11:33 AM, said:

Work. Work. Then work some more.

+determination and +effort

the difference between people who are excellent and people are good is a function of work ethic. lots of smart people in the world. not always smart + determined.

I once interviewed w/ a banker on wall st. at a major investment house and he candidly told me his idea of a perfect interview process. "I ask a person to put together a financial model or value of an investment in about an hour. And at the beginning of the hour, I'd punch the person clear in the face. If they don't cry and get it done in an hour, then they would be hired."

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Kristjan, on May 4 2010, 02:30 AM, said:

I've read some things about study techniques and such and what I find is that most of them are really time consuming. For example let's say I need to read a chapter that would take me about 3 hours to read with good comprehension. If I were to skim the chapter beforehand, take notes from the text, make questions out of the text, then perhaps re-read the text quickly after reading, and then recite the day after, then the total time spent on the chapter would amount to a whole lot more.

What I do:
Read the material thoroughly before class.
Attend every class and pay attention.
Take notes in class, I use three seperate colours.
When I arrive home I review my notes and the powerpoint slide supplied by the teacher.
Study hard during exams.

And just spend a lot of time on studying, that is the most important factor in getting good grades

This is gold, and the same conclusion I have come to. I looked into the various study & learning techniques (albeit briefly) and seriously, that list above is easily 90+% of the equation IMO. The best study method doesn't mean squat if your sleep deprived. The best memory technique is insignificant if your diet is hopeless and your not giving your brain all the essentials to run optimally. The best nootropic is wasted if your not regularly exercising.

Get your diet and body composition (read health) in check. Supplement wisely. Exercise regularly. Read your material before class. Attend all classes and take notes. Have a solid review method (be it end of day, before bed, within 24 hours, etc). Become a recluse around exams and study hard.... If your still struggling and you've accomplished the above, THEN maybe start looking for optimising your study techniques, but I think probably your not motivated or determined enough reflecting the comment below.

Alex Libman, on May 4 2010, 02:57 AM, said:

Whilst I agree on the whole, I think it is too simplistic an idea. I am in my second degree and despite being passionate about both areas, certainly much stuff I study (and have studied) bores me. I think all disciplines will have much boring/dull/tedious stuff that simply must be forcefully learned by all newcomers.

#16Solitude Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 05:21 AM

I would just like to suggest a different approach. I've always thought that taking notes was a perfect way to ensure that you don't assimilate the information as well as you should.

By no means do I consider myself necessarily more intelligent than the average well, performing student; though, I manage to maintain a 4.0 GPA. Yet in my several years of University - a high competition music program, though my first year was microbiology - I've taken hardly two pages of notes. Outside of class, it's clear that I study substantially less than my average peer. Forget about all these schemes about ' taking good notes', fancy colors, babble, babble. It's true, the 'good students' generally take notes, but from my experience, the great ones do not. Instead, just try to actively approach the material. During lectures, don't let your brain be idle; don't just follow the sound of the lecturer, but use your excess "brain cycles" to integrate the material into your Great Web of Knowledge. If you still have extra brain cycles, just repeat the information continuously in your head, using graduated recall as the lecture goes on, and whatever other memorization techniques you prefer.

Taking notes promotes a type of learning where you just memorize discrete facts. Sure, it will get you through your exam just fine, but it's a patchwork, band aid-approach type of solution. Integrating the material into a sort of neural network might seem very difficult at first, but it is a process of increasing returns. Once the foundation is built, things only get easier.

Incidentally: one of the main benefits of the method I discussed is that you will be interested in the material MUCH more than if you were merely taking notes. The type of understanding it cultivates, where each piece of information is part of an interconnected web rather than a discrete fact makes for interesting stuff.

Of course, proper diet and exercise is a vast benefit. Cold showers in the morning wake me up several hundred times better than coffee. Emotional health, and of course, interest in the material are all extremely important as well.

Of course, I have no evidence to support this, except my own anecdotal success. I'm curious to see if anyone else has success with a similar abstract, chaotic approach.

Edited by Solitude, 04 May 2010 - 05:24 AM.

#17Alex Libman Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 05:26 AM

Also learning proper professor butt-kissing techniques doesn't hurt either.

#18Ginnungagap Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Forever21, on Apr 26 2010, 07:02 PM, said:

They all sound fine, but personally I'd only learn faster reading for now, maybe some mnemonics and study techniques, and then books should come only after your curriculum. Prioritize!

Kristjan, on May 3 2010, 06:30 PM, said:

Thats odd! What year are you in / what are your textbooks? I'm studying molecular biology with a side dish of pharmacology, and before that had a taste of physical engineering, and I have always used speed-reading to great effect. It took a month or two until I learned properly, but now I'm rather confident reading my textbooks at speeds anywhere between 600 and 800 wpm, with great comprehension! I find concepts easier to grasp if I read faster, it's hard to explain..

Kristjan, on May 3 2010, 06:30 PM, said:

Again, I'd like to know what your textbooks are, there should a bit of an overlap between our courses, and I use mostly english books. Could well be that you are more advanced that I am, but, 3h per chapter? (don't take it the wrong way, I don't want to offend you)

I think about study techniques and mnemonics more along those lines; Sure, if I use SQ3R or something like that on a chapter, it is initially more time consuming, but in the long run, I need less time to learn it. For most courses, reviewing a chapter for the third time is more than enough to have learned it thoroughly.
I also save much time by reviewing the learning matter on the go; I use Anki on my mobile phone where it's applicable, and I have a wiki installed on my webserver, where I write down most stuff I fabricate using SQ3R etc, so I can also acces it on the go through my phone. So I also use the time I spend walking from one course to another, or the time I wait till a lecturer shows up

So, I never really 'study hard', only continuously. I also stop studying a few days before an big exam to really relax..

#19Ginnungagap Re: How to study like MIT students?

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icantgoforthat, on May 4 2010, 05:49 AM, said:

Alex Libman, on May 4 2010, 02:57 AM, said:

I agree with Alex Libman!

And icantgoforthat: One thing I wish I would have realized much, much earlier in my life is that, if a subject doesn't interest you at first, you need to find out why it is interesting. For every topic there is, you'll find dozens of people who are very interested in it. Why is that? What fascinates them? Also, how does this topic relate to things that interest me? ...
It seems a bit strange at first, but it's fun, and also makes the whole learning much less painful.

#20prophets Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 05 May 2010 - 03:23 PM

Alex Libman, on May 4 2010, 02:57 AM, said:

Ginnungagap, on May 5 2010, 04:04 AM, said:

And icantgoforthat: One thing I wish I would have realized much, much earlier in my life is that, if a subject doesn't interest you at first, you need to find out why it is interesting. For every topic there is, you'll find dozens of people who are very interested in it. Why is that? What fascinates them? Also, how does this topic relate to things that interest me? ...
It seems a bit strange at first, but it's fun, and also makes the whole learning much less painful.

i think you guys over-estimate "passion" for learning a subject. a lot of people are simply driven to win, no matter what the subject. as long as they are getting the best grades, the highest paycheck, and top rank in whatever group/class/work environment they are in, they are happy. they are driven to succeed, period. subject not relevant.

#21Forever21 Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 05 May 2010 - 04:26 PM

niner, on May 3 2010, 09:21 PM, said:

Ginnungagap, on Apr 26 2010, 04:01 PM, said:

GTD stands for Getting Things Done, title of a book by David Allen, where he describes a time management / productivity system that gathered quite a following.

Forever21 said:

Thanks. I have the book but haven't read it yet.

That's kind of ironic...

Like my anti-procrastination video I bought during the Bush administration.

#22Forever21 Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 05 May 2010 - 04:26 PM

during his first term

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#23rwac Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Forever21, on May 5 2010, 10:26 AM, said:

niner, on May 3 2010, 09:21 PM, said:

Forever21 said:

Thanks. I have the book but haven't read it yet.

That's kind of ironic...

Like my anti-procrastination video I bought during the Bush administration.

I find it easier to go through audiobooks than reading them now. You should try that. Sooo much easier.

#24Athanasios Re: How to study like MIT students?

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Posted 05 May 2010 - 05:55 PM

Get the best teacher for your course. An easy teacher is better than an impossible one, but the best teacher is one that teaches well and is hard but fair.

Study the areas of focus in your class but set your goal of understanding the content higher than the class requires. Use outside sources like alternative used textbooks from amazon, opencourseware, online books, and youtube tutorials. Take every opportunity to teach the content to struggling classmates, it gives you greater understanding and confidence. If you do the above, you will be ahead of the class and less dependent on a single teacher's ability and fairness.

Avoid study groups unless your classmates' ability is near equivalent to your own. The teaching I refer to above is done under your own time requirements, best directly after class to minimize time wasting. The best students to help out are ones that are not getting adequate instruction in class but are eager to understand and do the work.

Measure cost to reward ratios of the course grading scale. Some scales aren't optimal and it is better to exploit this than toil under it. If a paper takes the majority of your time spent outside of class and is only 5% of the grade, do it fast and get a 50%, so you can study the rest of the material and ace that. Sometimes it is better to accept a B in a demanding class to ensure an A in your other classes.

Get ahead early in the course. Later, when the class gets harder you will be ready for it.

Finally, find a way to get an internship for your area of study. Many employers see a 2 degree with low GPA and 1 year experience better than a '4' year degree with a great GPA and no experience. Even if it pushes out your graduation date a bit, it is worth it.

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rwac, on May 5 2010, 11:43 AM, said:

Forever21, on May 5 2010, 10:26 AM, said:

niner, on May 3 2010, 09:21 PM, said:

Forever21 said:

Thanks. I have the book but haven't read it yet.

That's kind of ironic...

Like my anti-procrastination video I bought during the Bush administration.

I find it easier to go through audiobooks than reading them now. You should try that. Sooo much easier.

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 - What he really meant?!

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I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

To be continued....

Influence

2011-10-10T09:30:00.000-07:00

John C Maxwell wrote, "Redeveloping the Leader in You."
One of the most significant if not the only significant read and the captivating read in his book that interest me was '5 Levels of Leadership (Influence).

He explains the first level as, "Position". Position is based on a hierarchy, meritocratic level. Something that you can achieve with paper qualifications and achievements. A position that you attain makes you a leader at a level of significance which can make you feel important. For example, with position you acquire a place for conversing but a reason to require another to listen to you, gives significance to the 'position you hold'. You've a 'Right' dawned upon you and the people have to follow you. However, whether you deserve it or not is a question of concern.

The second most prominent advancement towards being a leader is "Permission". People follow you because they want to. Maybe they've formed a direct or indirect relationship with you. They feel like they're a benefactor towards the trumpet you play. They enjoy it. Convincing any one-person to be a benefactor for you, a follower who'll pursue you all depends on the communication skills. We should never make our relations appear super-facial, however it is very common. You get a great impression about this person that you meet whom you think behaves towards your welfare, who eventually kills it, or leaves you confused and insecure. Steven R. Covey talks about Paradigm and Paradigm shift in commoners. He emphasises time and time again on starting people relationships on the levels of a root, and not at the super-facial level. Read more about it in, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Likewise, I believe it has a serious implication that effects peoples emotion. Relations at an emotional level is difficult to create, difficult to break.

In 3, "Production" is another step towards leadership influence. At this level, if you're serving as a leader, you've qualified expertise and experience to lead mutually in the organisation. You are competent. It portrays the successes of your effective system which has evidence and existence of results pertaining to your growth and popularity. Charisma is indirectly another important feature that I feel is important. People follow you for what you've achieved or done for the organisation.

... to be continued.

Effects of habitual writing

2011-10-09T08:46:00.000-07:00

I'm a person who likes to plan. Planning endlessly like a politician delivering ideas on reforms. I always got something to say. Difficult to comprehend or follow my plans does depend a lot upon the implications that my emotions are willing to accept. Not sure if its a good thing. Having said that, I've took note of some simple yet drastic mind manipulative methods that can allow me to come into terms with the practicality of any plan that I confront.

Case & Scenario

Few ages back or 2 posts ago, I wrote an article on brain plasticity. The common term was on behavioral analysis and performance. I wrote on ways to implicate oneself to improve and keep up-to-date, not faltering behind. One subject that I wrote and strikes me the most was on Complex Operation Control - or on Lehman terms, optimizing your peak potential. Read the quoted text.

"Complex operation control.

You can take up music. Play an instrument. The aspects of co-ordination along with listening can do a great deal to intertwining you peak. Behavioral change is also one aspect this particular activity could always improve upon. Finding your own behaviours for guiding action. This action must come out of self will and seek forth towards learning foundations. Now do we stop there? No! Certainly not. It's just the beginning - Resort to learning new languages too."

Here's what I wrote, so that you get the idea.

Now the funny thing is, being lazy and all, I've totally forgotten that I wrote this despite the fact that for the past month I've been much too focused upon taking up guitar. So I'm applying what I've written down. Well, I've been strumming quite alot, thats for sure. In tune or not, is another issue. Fact is, straight to the point, you can manipulate yourself to do anything if you're willing. Write it down, explain yourself, convince yourself and develop a need to learn. My friends might argue that I took up guitar because I was too engrossed by watching a youtube video called, "learning guitar to get laid!" But thats not the point, and oh yes I'm denying it too. Point is, sub-consciously I've somehow gotten myself to want to play a guitar. Guess what? I'm going to buy one for myself too. Now thats something.

I cannot emphasize more again and again on the importance of writing down every thought that comes into your mind. Someone great once said, I wrote down a few illogical ideas once, only to realise, "years later" that it fits the bill. Heard of James Cameron? Thats right, the idea was on Avatar. When he wrote down the possibility of creating an "Computer Graphic Colossal Story" I'm sure he wanted to create it someday, in time by chance and he did. Look at massive returns he has got?! Brilliant. You never know when an opportunity may strike, but write it down will sub-consciously program your mind to work on it. This will trigger the correct buttons when the opportunity rises. Good Luck!

Brain Plasticity

2011-06-08T08:19:00.000-07:00

As always I'm looking at ways to improve and its something of about what I like to focus upon!

Anyway, one of the methods of improving oneself goes towards the understanding that learning is plastic. Talk about Brain plasticity that is. It's all about initial programming as T.Harv Eker would say! Or else, Tony Robbins would otherwise claim "You've to believe in yourself."

Complex operation control.

Devil is and has always been in the details.

I was looking through some of the notes that I made yesteryears ago. I've forgotten so much I thought. But a quick refresher gave me an insight the content page failed to give. It was obviously details. Details that has been pre-organised within my memory. These details drew the picture, the idea mostly into the revelation that I had then. It wasn't the best, but then again, it wasn't that bad either. When you read, when you memorise, its the details that you've to take note and always comprehended. If you don't fail to, then there's not any other better way than turning back and do a back-check. Of course this package of critical note making would not assist you if you don't open up your ears. Accurate listening for key words and understanding are a great tool and an asset for your peak potential.

Recover the immediacy of life, but yet again, dream and stay imaginative!

Being active in everything and losing that grip on your sense of emotion, you may find work continuous and mundane. Keep yourself alive by dreaming. Thats right! Take a short trip to La La land. It dwells deeper into the neurological effects from imaginative thinking. Now you know why self-reflection at the end of the day is a great booster for the next day. Having a least distracted and to inculcate an open mind. Reduces stress too.

Intense sufficient course of training.

Once again, importance of basics and foundation is always there, but you've to evolve to another level. The art of mastering. Mastering and perfection goes hand in hand. The value of learning and improving doesn't begin until you've the urge to achieve perfection, and this comes from passion. Passion is the backbone and strength to your everything.

Cognitive Performance

It is how skills such as attention, working memory, processing speed, long-term memory, visual processing, auditory processing, logic reasoning all comes together to increase your efficiency in this activity called Learning. We are all improvable creatures and there is no end to learning. The odds are always endless. Cognitive skills are one of the important elements or in fact the important element in maintaining a vibrant and good upkeep of regulating brain activity.

Substantial aggressive intervention!

Emphasis is! The strategy is to evolve the brain to a level above the foundation. This was of exercising your brain activity, you'll be able to not only improve but be able to create ideas and innovate. For performing individually, you've to ratchet your brain to operate at high speed and high accuracy.

Thanks for reading.

Why Worry?

2011-06-05T07:03:00.000-07:00

One of my friend posted on his facebook wall. "Computers are going to bring the downfall of men." I know why he feels that way because he is not optimistic about the future, regardless he is certainly right too! It is because in the future everything will be involved with computers and now itself everything already is. Then again, I totally disagree.

What I disagree is not with the statement, but what people would perceive his statement to be. Many of them already like this status message and nope, so far I've not seen a response other than the likes. Perhaps they themselves too are living in denial. They say ignorance is bliss - it really is. Think this!

If computers are going to bring the downfall of men, and Bill Gates have already succeeded so much with Microsoft(father of it all), Why don't you already accept the fact that you've to stand tall and find a solution. Having said that, there is not backbone to the comment. It does not come with a solution or rather why the statement was made. No, I'm not going to dwell much into argumentative essay writing either. But point is, there is always going to negatives that is going to instigate and appear in our very future, why worry?

Instead we can scrutinize on the how the complexity is going to come about and rather find any means to cure it. A wave is not made bit any-bit by ripples of little movements starting with the single drop of water - where each drop of that water has the efficiency to transfer the energy that communes to create an epic movement called waves.

I hope you can understand my feelings here, in life there are many people worrying and complaining without a proper logic or evidence. It's an A* word called awareness. Being aware and wanting to do something about is rather different. And always the obvious fact is that when you already know the situation, if you've the motivation or the passion to do something about it, then you'd certainly do something to change it. It's all about belief, it's all about emotions and always it's about that good will to change. Maybe you don't agree with everything I said, but remember this, worrying isn't helping now, is it?

Thanks for reading.

Little Steps & Values!

2011-06-01T09:21:00.000-07:00

Network and Trading! Its all simple if you have a simple strategy that works! I'm starting small. Little frugal steps, no matter how small or big, makes an implicit impact towards moulding you to a physical and emotional understanding of the idea!

Today, I was the audience at an event where they sold products, that you'd buy and sell it to other people! The way they promoted it was so convincing, I really felt like buying it at one point of the other! Then again, I let my negativity take charge, and nope I didn't buy! Then again, what made me do what I did?

Here comes the negativity part..

But its not really as simple as that. Easy money doesn't last. Easy money will not build relationships! This principle is further emphasized by Rich Schefren, when he says, don't be an opportunist, but instead a strategist. Being an opportunist is not all that bad, if you look at it from one angle. Like for say, if you feel that if you were a property agent. You "Can" go all out and sell your property to someone at a lucrative deal, however manipulating them. This may be a best deal, if you're not intending to build relationship and you can capitalise on that! But where is the value in that & Why Value? Think again!

Strategist however, will sell his ways, convince them where they feel its lucrative and worthwhile. Now this simple difference between an Opportunist and a Strategist. It simple is better because it creates relationships and interests whereby the deal is more valuable than money. You always have an option of networking and creating a market for yourself!

Now let me emphasize on what networking events like MLM and other forms of trading doesn't create. It doesn't create a level confidence or respect for a person who sells it to the masses not valuing another persons interests. Whats the point of wanting to build a building when you don't even want to create a solid foundation? - A total wreck!!!

Now to be exact to the point, my negativity came by because it's important for one to have a solid network whom you can back on! And then there's the confidence and sales factor. With either of which is missing it is rather drastic on stepping into sales and trying to create something. But how do you do it? Is it by making mistakes? Learning from scratch! Thats what they all say! Now is it really? And you guessed it - Not At All!!! When it comes to people interaction, you can't make mistakes and try to mend it back. Melcolm Gladwell says you've about 7 seconds to make an impression - what do you want to create?

Like what all sportscasters say if you're not sure if it's a goal, don't blow the whistle! Before you approach your pool of customers you've to learn to find the right pool, the right time and the right place. It is difficult because if you don't impress, you lose out! If you don't sell - you lose out! If you don't convince - you lose out! And finally if you don't create that impact with that value, people won't even bother to talk about it. Oh yes, then again, they'll certainly talk about it if it becomes a failure, who wouldn't? The right networking is the key to it all. Understanding the right type of market is another strategy that you've to know! Anyways..

Then again, do attend all these seminars and networking events because it creates awareness. That is all, which is important. It creates another base for you act upon! My intend now is to create a Step by Step earticle Guide on Networking the right way. Do pardon me, its going to take some time, but surely it'll create a spark - I know!

Thanks for reading!

Personality defined, moulds your future!

2011-05-29T11:09:00.003-07:00

My friend, Ang had recently went for this internet marketing course and he had send me this file! It was simple, yet rather amusing! Its heading read something like, discovering your hidden talents. Not amused for the fact that Ang was attending some personal growth courses, he always does, however bewildered for the fact that I never categorized him to a few words to describe his personality.

Let me explain. Within the file, it read something like, I've to write 5 short descriptions of his personality and character. This made me wonder, being put on the spot and all, what should I do?

Now, let me say a little about myself. I've a history of being blunt, or wait, maybe its in the genes! Perhaps else its because Simon Cowell inspires me? No! Not really, Simon Cowell never read Dale Carnegie. Then again, neither did I, till recently. The point I'm making is the fact that regardless of how flawless or the other, a persons character is, never criticize them. It makes them defensive, inappropriately defensive!!! Not that I had much negative to say to Ang, but he was in fact an inspirational character for me. But if you put a person on the negative throne, he can't recover from it on his own! So, how do you explain your feeling or finding to a person? Well, certainly not over the internet, or mail! You tell them in person, in a way similar to speaking to a child in the kindergarten. Anyway..

Like I said, this file got me thinking, and rather I was amused and curious rather to find out what people thought about me? How about this? I got like about 4 people to write me in, their thoughts about me on what they felt about me judging my character and personality. Second hand comprehension of such things does uncover somethings within you, like a sense of achievement or rather a sense of humility, and of course - motivation!

This is what they say!

Meticulous – give attention to little details that many people tend to overlook

Persuasive- able to fluently and effectively converse with people and portray a genuine personality

A good listener – always willing to lend a listening ear

Good motivator

Humor - though subtle at times still makes me laugh

Optimistic and carefree attitude

Loyalty towards friendship

A good listener

Expressive – able to carry a genuine conversation

Accommodating- non judgmental and liberal

Honest

Motivating others. The best thing about you is that you put others first so naturally you are really good at motivating others

Very quick in understanding things/problems/people and situations.

Making friends: you are really good at making friends. Wherever you go, you will have good friends around you.

Handling Any Situation: since you are always calm and “steady ” you can handle any type of situation

Foreseeing: to a certain level you are good at foreseeing events and things. If this skill could be polished it would be your incredible asset!

So, now I read this - I'm surprised, but they wrote me all the good things about myself, rather than the horrible ones. Maybe I'm all of it! I certainly am not 100% of what its written there, but then again I don't disagree 99.98% of it. I'm glad they also emulated this opportunity to teach me a few things as well.

The reason I wrote this is not to flaunt or bolster, but to motivate myself! Take in all the good things about yourself and work from there. Never undermine your ability, or your character! You're are who you're because you choose to, it was a choice you made. The biggest enemy you'll ever face is yourself, driven by a relentless fear of not being able to achieve the things you want. This is not the way! I can tell you this because I've seen changes and results! Ang told me once, what you do now, will reflect in action - few years down the road! I'm a firm believer of this. Same goes for character and people relations, the way you treat them will be carved on stone - both the good/bad, will be reflected every step of the way. Mould your personality, the way you would want others to treat you.

Thanks for reading.

Let me explain. Within the file, it read something like, I've to actually give 5 short descriptions of his personality and character. This made me wonder, being put on the spot and all, what should I do?

Now, let me say a little about myself. I've a history of being blunt, or wait, maybe its in the genes! Perhaps else its because Simon Cowell inspires me? No! Not really, Simon Cowell never read Dale Carnegie. The point I'm making is the fact that regardless of how flawless or the other, a persons character is, never criticize them! It makes them defensive, inappropriately defensive. Not that I had much to say to Ang, but he was in fact an inspirational character for me. But if you put a person on the negative throne, he can't recover from it! So, how do you explain your feeling or finding to a person? Well, certainly not over the internet, or mail! You tell them in person, in a way similar to speaking to a child in the kindergarten. Anyway..

This is what they said!

Meticulous – give attention to little details that many people tend to overlook]

Persuasive- able to fluently and effectively converse with people and portray a genuine personality]

A good listener – always willing to lend a listening ear]

Good motivator

Humor - though subtle at times still makes me laugh

Optimistic and carefree attitude

Loyalty towards friendship

A good listener

Expressive – able to carry a genuine conversation

Accommodating- non judgmental and liberal

Honest

Motivating others. The best thing about you is that you put others first so naturally you are really good at motivating others

Very quick in understanding things/problems/people and situations.

Making friends: you are really good at making friends. Wherever you go, you will have good friends around you.

Handling Any Situation: since you are always calm and “steady ” you can handle any type of situation]

Foreseeing: to a certain level you are good at foreseeing events and things. If this skill could be polished it would be your incredible asset

The Correct Work Ethic!

2011-05-29T11:09:00.001-07:00

Always do the right things, at least. Be open to changes, be not afraid and surprised by the storm of changes that comes to you in a new environment. It's all part of the process of learning in the game of life, obvious enough if you're driven towards self-improvement. Read lots of personal growth books, and eventually or soon enough you'll learn the commonalities.

In my current work, I'm a newbie, and I'm trying to learn things from people who has difficult personalities. Lets not dwell into that. Racism and inexperience, two major things that get your moods affected. Fret not, its all part of the game, there's always karma & I believe so.

Difficulty is in communication and always has been. Its not a matter of asking questions and getting answers. Its more. It's about reading a persons attitude towards you, this tone of speech, this expression towards a particular work or task, his behavior and approach.

If you want to communicate in all sorts of difficult situation, you should build yourself a reputation. A reputation of not losing your mind. Don't whine, whining will get you nowhere but in fact create unpopular views amongst others. So always, I mean always, focus and don't fiddle your anger strings. Be composed, at all times, even in times of difficulty. This will get you somewhere.

Have a personal bond, but you should know where the limitations should be. Don't undermine anyone, or rather create a dispute. If you do, do things that will make his disfigure those ways. What you require to move up the flanks is a approachable character, trust and popularity. Stay on the fence it when comes to things until you favour yourself to make a confident stand. So don't be short tongued. Give others, whom your needs are the wrong picture, however even in busy times offer help and action speaks for itself. Its alot easier to be written here than to do it. But this'll do, for now.

So on a final note, its composure, calm, effective communication and smile. Need I say, confidence is everything, so when learning something new, learn it because you want to, not because you've to.

Thanks for reading.

To Those Who Fail

2011-03-16T07:10:00.000-07:00

What is motivation? Motivation is wanting to do something without being forced to do it. Motivation and true success lies concurrently in everyones journey. I was searching all over the internet on what can motivate me right now?!

Well, I came across this peom by Joaquin Miller,

It goes.. To Those Who fail! I hope it helps.

All honour to him who shall win the prize,

The world has cried for a thousand years,

But to him who tries, and who fails and dies,

I give great honour and glory and tears...

Oh, great is the hero who wins a name,

But greater many and many a time

Some pale-faced fellow who dies in shame,

And lets God finish the task sublime

And great is the man with a sword undrawn,

And good is the man who refrains from wine

But the man who fails and yet still fights on,

Lo, he is the twin-born brother of mine.

I believe, people fail for a reason, but every failure is bitter, so it takes time to get some used to. Of all the mistakes there were or the misunderstood perceptive that failed, I've come to realise one thing. One thing that matters. That is I! The world revolves around the word I, or rather everything that is bound to YOU! So remember, sometimes failures are the best thing ever, or easy success might also not be a good thing, and victory tastes sweetest after failures. Read some Dale Carnegie if you don't get what I mean.

Flickering Lights

2011-02-28T08:28:00.000-08:00

Sometimes life is just flickering like a light thats not working well. The work of the devil I suppose! Its a timid way of facing your fears.

I reckon I was little and I dreamth of nothing, and so I to be, right now! But today I dreamth things that far sight thy mighty little me.

I can't believe I wrote all that shakemyspearishingly. It is wise words, but words, a beginning, but to umpteenth this wish, action is the key. I always get cooked up planning, wishful thinking rather, with a lot of substance, only to realise that all of it has just been a you know, part of the notes. Sad part of life is either we forget most of the things we write, or the plans that me ought to make doesn't work out, at-least for now. The time is the key, for instance and sometimes it flickers by so quickly you end up having something like a deja'vu about that wishful thinking and ends doing nothing.

I so, had this thought in my mind about flickering lights since few of my tube-lights has been well.. been a little timid in lighting up, seeking a replacement. Indeed. Thats the thing about me rather these days. I've been flickering rather shy and obscure in a way on whether my planned notes will become a reality. So I tell myself, I imagine myself that I've already conquered, there's none left to & so it shall be. =)

What else is there?

2011-02-04T12:09:00.000-08:00

I'm sitting here. Pitch darrrkk. Writing this. What else is there?
Everyone is or rather the majority of us are all in this epic race. Trying to reach this end line. Its been so many darn years and we're still, no I'm still finding out for myself, what makes me happy? Career wise? Personality-wise, character-wise, sexual-wise sounds rather gay, but what the heck, what the best thing out for me that I don't have to worry a single thing. Last one, by the way, is a joke! Period.

Its odd, ironic, uncanny whatever, like I said, we're all in this race to this "nowhere" place which some of us've figured out at the end line in the XX(infinte) dash to success, while some are still running. Lost, and uncertain and unheard, call it pathetic?! but thats how it is - running. Speeding up, slowing down, walking, some catching their breath. This is how I see my life is, as of now. The people surrounding me, most commonly those like me waiting to furthur studies and trying to decide upon a one common goal that the heart and mind could all rejoice upon. The sad thing is most of us never will find a goal that simultaneously pleases the both of us. Like work! Or degree's, or passion. There'll always be something wrong, somewhere, knowingly or not. And time, yes, it'll just keep on going. I scratch my head just thinking about it, lifes a jerk.

But tell you what. All we're suppose to know is that, all is going to be just fine. Maybe thats how I get by, odd and weird talking to myself, but not like a skitsofrantic. Like have you seen yourself, like when you do something like win something or achieve something after wanting it, you punch into the air, shout YESS, or "____" whatever... hhhmmm.. Keep those things going cause I believe self-inspiration will bring you far, very far and we're still running, so thats GOOD. Like I said, this is what I tell myself, and maybe its a big mistake to get by but who gives a shit, if its a mistake, I'll learn. Its all in the mind baby. I hope this post will motivate me, or rather unmotivated souls, in times of PMS. I mean poor-mental-stimulation. =P

Good-day

"Not what we have but what we
enjoy constitutes out abundance." John Petit-Senn

Attitude, Awareness & Authenticity.

2011-01-23T04:41:00.000-08:00

Attitude to remain positive when you by all means are bound not to. It ain't going the way its going when you planned it. Everything you planned to is getting bumped with something or the other. So can we stop planning? No! Thats the worst thing to do, ignorance is the worst thing to do. Ignorance instills more and more and more fear and procrastination. Nothing is worse. Anything could happen nowadays to worsen everything or anything, its just a matter of time. So do we grief and let go and leave everything behind and give up? No, we shouldn't.

Awareness is taking things like you see it for the first time. Be fresh or refreshed and take each and every experience with a pinch of positivity and negatives all aside. Like forsay the first time you tasted chocolate, or the fresh smell of a new book, or getting fresh new coins at the groceries, or paying exact change. Buying something you had wanted for many years or buying something that you never regretted about. Learning of the fact that you did not whine for the whole day or complain rather. That you finished a book in one day, and you feel very much positive than anything. Had went for a run and felt tired and refreshed and eeky all at once. Or rather in the day-to-day journey that you take, you feel happy that you made a bit of difference in something or someone.

Finally, you should also learn to have something, like a routine that you accept physically and emotionally that will make your day fulfilled. As for me, I like to read up anything or everything until I feel that sense of knowledge get stuck right in my nerve cells, sometimes I write them down, and apprehend about my reflection or my change of perception. Authenticity is important too, because all of us different.

With all of this placed into a routine of things you can be AWESOME too. I'm trying, I think whoever reads this, should to.

Life should be like..

2011-01-22T05:27:00.000-08:00

Act as if today is the last day you're alive.
You must try to become the person you would like to spend the rest of your life with.
Learn as you'll live forever.
Set goals
Make Contact
Ask Questions
Volunteer time
Embrace better Change
Focus
Have purpose
Make discretion
Be sincere
Reread books
Know happiness
Write Something
Share Laughter
Finish Strong
Be Approachable
Eliminate Nonessentials
Be Energetic
Be Passionate
Keep Healthy
Challenge yourself
Speak up
Create Moments
Take Pictures
Delegate Responsibility
Stand Out
Look Up
Be Patient
Having a Life Mission
Say No
Be Romantic
New Start
Attend Mosque
Why not?
Act now
Show Affection
Act Naturally
Simultaneously strong & gentle
Read books
Breed Confidence
Be Humble
Be Persistent
Be Tenacious
Treat yourself
Create Precedents
Wake Early
Update Resume
Simplify things
Breathe Deep
Be Honest
Plan Vocations
Say Thanks
Set Examples
Ask Why
Know Yourself
No Regrets
Deserve Happiness
Write Letters
Be Charitable
Produce Quality
Be Curious
Be Interesting
Work Out
Call Home
Be Proactive
Give Credit
Learn Efficiently
Assure
Be Assertive
Make Associations
Surt Smart
Work Hard
Keep Calm
Plan Ahead
Don't Worry
Think Positive
Call Someone
Take Initiative
Experience Nature
Look Forward
Actively Listen
Read Nonverbal
Do Less
Be Brave
Educate Yourself
Find Time
Make Opportunities
Mentor Someone
Be Decisive
Create Mind Maps
Prioritize
Be Communicative
Be Optimistic
Be Consistent
Great Sense of Humor
Become the Family-guy
Be Strong
Find the Meaning
Make Spiritual Growth
Be Enthusiastic
Learn Arabic
Do the Best
Open Mind
Be tough
Seek Goals
Be Friendly
Take Risks
Solve Problems
Win-Win
Precise
Be Original
Entitled
Unhurried
Taking Care
Have a good time
Be Grateful
Great Looking
Speed Read

I-rap

2011-01-14T23:26:00.001-08:00

Times been worse, don't you know that
Hit me like a curse, something like a hi-hat
Gotta make it worse, for a fuhrer
Pull out some combo shit.. for a conquerer.

There's sweet hope, I motivate.. I contemplate.
Like a spiritual heist, I move on, yet I infiltrate, my mind.
I have no clue but all the hate, gotta stop and make me wait. ZILCH
To this date, or I'll taste the fate, or I complicate!

But homie, you don't know me
the way you told me,
I'll move on like the wind,
and you can fly me.

You can make me fly, what an irony,
now you're tellin me,
chicks digg that shit, bumble bee,
and all that comedy.

worst things first, Hollaa at me,
if you can handle me
I could crypt you some rhyme, anytime
but dont bother me.

right till yesterday, that was the Dee-day
now all can see, clearly
ain't no time for you now, whadya say?
are you that lonely babe?

this rap is too gay
for the test of fame, but wait HEyy
aint no other time, anytime
i wrote any shit, out of hate

if things be better for all my mates,
i can go on and dance, but
all the ryhmes been too whiney
right till yesterday

i'll skip a beat, for this feat,
but no matter how much meat, i lay beneath,
it'll never be the same,
till a day i have the fame..and name.

Wise Words from Robert Kiyosaki.

2010-12-04T07:51:00.001-08:00

Money Is Power.

In life you must have desire. Without desire, you won't have the will to pursue your dreams, make dreams come true. To make dreams come true, you must work towards your dreams, that is to first naturally seek for role models, wise-men/woman, teachers and mentors. Always hang-out with smart people. Learn the importance of financial education. Your whole life, you're working to make one thing, money. If you don't have financial education, might as well take all the educational qualifications and throw it into the bin.

In life there are several things that makes your poor. Over a period of life, you'll come across loans, taxes, inflation within the economies, and retirement plans. Apart from the rest, having a retirement plan is more like saving up from what you've so that you don't need to work. When you've successfully sorted out your retirement plan, you're spending money from your banks each day, but you don't have a source of income - makes you poor. What you need to have instead are assets. If your assets produce income, there's no need for a retirement plan. You can work, or retire at any age you like, any time you want to.

The middle class pays everything when it comes to taxes. They’re made to pay the taxes, because they're the majority of the whole lot. Poor are unable to pay anything at all, so leave them out. While the rich can pay taxes and they're making enough money to cover their wealth, that they need not worry about taxes. Taxes punish those who do not produce and rewards those who produce. Being a middle class and investing is not really going to help. Investing money for better portfolios won't help because it only allows you to let big companies pay big pay-checks and 10million bonuses to the rich!

Brain gets stronger every day, once you train it. It is how smart you are that will make you rich and not the weakness of giving up and not trial that will make your brain stops working. How can I do this, do that will make your brain exercised, and this is the sign of mental strength. It's alright to have failed, but on the contrary you've exercised your brain, making you stronger. Always choose to a way to think for yourself, and don't let others do it for you. Subject of money is taught at home, and not in schools. School doesn't teach you how to make money when you're young, however the luxury or preaching that you face at home will be your only type of financial education that you've in life. There are people who are educated and qualified in a lot of aspects but still their financial knowledge is poor, they'll always be dependent. Study hard so not that you can work for a good company, but one day you can take over that company or make one. When it comes to money, poor parents always say, don't take risks, play it safe; however if you've rich parents they'll say learn to manage risk when it comes to money. If you're going to retire and your house is the only asset you've then you're in trouble.

In life you must have discipline. Confidence comes from discipline, and training. Lack of it, makes you weak. You need to work on mental, physical, emotional and spiritual strength. Cowards, pussies, whimps should get a job. Network with those you're interested to be and work upon it. If you want to learn about bankers, make friends with bankers. You've to have determination to achieve the things that you want to have. You must have discipline, the drive and you must correct yourself if you make any mistakes. And one more thing, don't quit! People shape up their lives though their thoughts. Always think of yourself as a rich man so eventually you'll become rich, and vice versa.

Making frontiers

2010-11-26T07:46:00.000-08:00

The task at hand.

Start a business course within the course of months. Tactics is to attract the secondary cum primary school students to talks that are subjected to various talks.

The event planning or management rather is somewhat at hold and unprogressive until we've formulated the idea(s) or rather enough ammunition to make our strategies possible. Definitely, we've to start small. and the plan at hand is to come up a logic that we can sell.

Read to impress, Read to Learn, Read for personal growth!

I kind of find the depth of things that I miss right now in my life, is all due to one thing; my fault. Terrible fault of picking up reading. Silly as it sounds, the thrust for knowledge or the drive all begins with reading, as we develop.

One of the few things that I need to achieve is ..

Personal Motivation - Achieving it.

I've so many drives and wants but it doesn't have the depth that I require. I need to change my personality, which is derives the kind of definition that has created my success over the past years which very much isn't much at all. I've to persevere to achieve things unimaginable of my abilities that are of now, over-exceeding expectations.

Read books, I'll invest my monthly income on at least one book for personal growth.

Authors like Anthony Robbins, Robert Keyosaki will be my first few books that I buy.

I've to also start saving up, and I've not had put in that much of effort in here and everything, every single dollar slips off my palm, I need to wipe away this obscurity before the real turmoil arrives. I'll .. achieve them.. I know I'll.

Managing expenses.

2010-11-21T00:51:00.000-08:00

"Let dataset change your mindset" Hans Rosling

Absolute figures, doesn't necessarily give you the whole picture. We need to have relative figures that are connected to other data to visualise the fuller picture. This fuller picture will definitely change your perspectives and behaviours that will change the way you think, succeed.

I've never gave much interest in dwelling into data and understanding the basics or rather infiltrate the commonalities that I've practiced towards the betterment of myself. But instead I've got more illogical or impractical on the severities of such information overloads - denying simplicity, welcoming simplicity. This literally means I'm letting the viscous cycle grow within. One of my concerns now is the over-expenditure that I've incurred over the months and really've gotten rather more rotten on how all the accounts've gone ashtray. Its really time that I start to practice data visualisation, which inevitably will at least make me understand the behavioural patterns of expenditure.

Creativity

2010-07-18T01:02:00.000-07:00

It's kind of enticing yet depressing to learn of the ridiculous truth. The truth is that to survive in the current age, one has to be creative, and think of ways to surface among all other struggles and come up in life. Yet to make things worse, school kills creativity out of the beings. You're told to do what-to-what, when-to-when, where-to-why! Creativity is something that flourishes when there is mistakes all around. Like what we all learned in the achieving Six-Sigma status in an industry, we're learning this 'mistake-proof' education that is inevitably our own devil in disguise! If we make any mistakes in school, then you're wrong, less marks, low grades, this and that.

I was feeling awkward on the things that I missed out more with the feeling of being uncomfortable on the things that I've attained. Once after I graduated I was wondering when I compared some of the then changes that they've involved into the curriculum, on what exact basis does these changes improve a persons creative aspects for the better. No clue, No Answer.
It is really odd that I find that sitting back to let the flow of things go-by isn't & won't be the correct thing to do. If we let the system teach you, you'll become a machine and machines are boring! We've to enrich ourselves. I hope I adapt to this self-obsessed-knowledge-orientated approach into my life soon, since my NS days near.

Philosophy 101 - If a tree fell in a forest and no one heard the sound, did it fall at all?
So applying the same analogy;
If a man speaks out his mind, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?

Writer was on the brink of exploding into a million shrapnel when he was motivated to seek forth, strive forward!

Gym Workouts!

2010-07-16T10:19:00.000-07:00

Working out in the gym is all about consistency, consistency & yeah, girls. Let's scrap off the last bit, anyway, how receptive you might be to the last detail, psychology do play a huge role. It's always good to've a good sense of humour too! An angel walked towards you when you were pumping gas and you maul your brain to be better - push more weights. The guy next to you, is carrying heavier weights!! Oops, you lost all the attraction. Compared to 'that guy' your arms are like cue sticks!

Hilarious as it sounds, there are incidents that I've experimented with my gym-khaki a couple of things. Motivating, ignoring at the right time & pushing him further by showing him that I, myself can do it too; are the things that help you achieve temporary goals. All workouts with time and 'sheer' consistency will get you observable results. I'm still waiting tho. On that note, it hit me! It's so simple!!

Working out in the gym that I find is more of like dieting. You've to've a proper routine of things. Like for say, monday you're working out! You've to know which particular part of your body are you working out, like forsay, your pectorals. You've to concentrate on that for the rest of your mondays. Or lats for matter, you concentrate that particular day of the week for that workout. If you're consistent and serious about it, you'll get there.

Proteins should only be fed into the system if you worked out. If not, its unhealthy! If you're not working out and you follow the instructions as per the protein-manufacturer! You'll seriously put on unwanted risk.
Workouts should be carried out for one particular body part focusing on different amplitudes of your capability! Just because your friend can do 20 pounds doesn't mean you've to.
Flexing in-front of the mirror is damn gay & making awkward noises noticeable at a kilometer across is the gayest-shit ever, and to beat those all, the worst is to drop your weights on the ground on purpose! Don't do that, and stop behaving like dogs trying to get attention from its master! & Fyi, you should only think about weights and gym if you're toned. Pls do not do unnecessary things at the gym if you look like an hour-glass or a bulldog for that matter. You just need to do one thing, & that is run!
Common scenario would be idiots coming in a bunch, yapping about school and stuffs like that wasting time. They might've forgotten the fact that you've to concentrate on what you do & in between a workout set, usually wasting time is like losing form. Think of it like having your coffee without sugar. One you lose your form, you've to do extra to gain it back, so resting more than 2 minutes (worst case i.e) is like its time to GO HOME!!

Where is the pride?

2010-07-11T07:48:00.000-07:00

"I have come to realise, I hate the world cup so much! Both the countries I represent-are never there!!"

For Singapore, are too bothered at this era about buying talents from other countries instead of developing their own. They call this, inducing challenges to "wake up your idea!" Apparently this means Singaporeans are too laid back that in fact they are not even getting laid. Come on! There is so much going on here, by the time a couple decide to have children, they're already barren worse than the deserts of Africa. The aged population is getting higher and higher every single day, and who wants to be having children and get them particularly associated to soccer anyway, other than watching? Let's be practical alright!

India on the other hand my friends, with a whole load of over a billion people & counting, chasing the Chinese can't even come up with 11 players to kick a ball. This is silly, totally. Like what Jeremy Clarkson from Top gear would say, UnFuckingbelievable! Thats what! Oh wait, here another thing, the country which is over passionate about Cricket & Hockey are now days are average. To make things worse, the teen cum young adult population are going 'gaga' over these underachieving imbeciles, who have turned out to have be holding hypocritical comparableness to national icons - which by the way is a total disgrace I feel.

I've come to realise that I myself, like others, have been shadowed by this coat of derelict hypocritical attitude who supports all these other countries for a sense of satisfaction - to be part of the game. Where is the national pride Gentlemen?

Writer may be a bit off the hook here for the fact that the team he supported, Germany only made it to third at South Africa 2010 World Cup!

Flights

2010-07-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

Its always the details, and the theoretical aspects of flight that made me tingle then. It's not that I need to be several thousands of feet from the ground to enjoy this beauty either.
Now anyway, every visit to the airport has changed tho. I know the beauty in the practical aspects of a take-off or a landing.

You imagine, an aircraft, landing, how majestic it is yet its just another landing! However, we imagine it as a community, working together, like an orchestra of musicians. From the air-traffic controllers to the flight crew. The system itself, the tiny bolts that holds the landing gear fixtures, the stressful interpretations the pilot has to make. The systemic changes, the modifications, the landing gears, the airfoil structure, the ailerons, the tailerons, the gears working together. The forces subjected on the aircraft at a particular operation is immense. Knowing this, draws a different picture in your mind! Flight is not flight that is just beautiful, but its alot like love/relationships, you name it!

Working in a company that deals with repair - learning the positive advantages, yet the negatives has brought my skeptic nature into light. Sometimes I wonder if taking a flight is that safe. We can''t obliterate the fact that now-days the existence of backups to a particular system is far effective & efficient. Like for say, integrating the Engines systems, the amount of fuel consumed is reduced & yet more utilization is performed on systems like on the pressurization systems within the aircraft.

Although all these new advancements do reduce the critical failures that were very common in the yesteryear, nowadays other than pilot error, most of the crashes are due to small technical glitches surfacing at the worst possible conditions. In a mathematical sense, the probability is not much of an issue here cause in the news, the investigation teams goes like it has never happened before or was something new. The statistics are ashtray, so it evidently depicts down to the how a relationship works out. There's no perfect solution. An aircraft itself is a system that feels. So my best advice I can think of is to get Paul the Oracle Octopus to predict if an air-crash will occur or not.

"Take a piece of paper. Hold each ends separately. And place one end below your lower lips and blow. The bend end of the paper gains lift. Why?
Its a simple theory really. Air travels from high pressure to low pressure. When you start blowing, the air pressure is reduced and thus air at the high pressure underneath the paper rushes to the top, creating life. That's how a planes wings gains lift."

Writer here was not paranoid by flights, however "howlarious" about the frequency/peculiarity of the air-crashes that he had read about before.

Appreciate Geog!

2010-07-09T10:11:00.000-07:00

You see, the point I'm making is. Every time when you've to face something new, think of it like the sea. Be it love, be it hate, be it friendship, classify your own. Experiences are inevitable and it is surrounding you one moment or another. Along the same lingo, think of yourself as the island. You know you're going to get affected by the sea at one time. What you can do, is portray the 'experiences' you've as something positive and when you get washed up by the sea, its an incredible experience or if you take things negatively, the contrary will occur, something drastic. Well, one lesson you can learn is to let things go, and not let things affect you pretty much cause apparently, the tides will come and you'll be eroded. You may not be able to control what goes on around you, but then still you'll've to face and at the end of the day, its about doing the right thing. Now, picturing a river meandering, is like how your actions meander with your conscience.

I Love this poem alot.

2010-07-07T10:36:00.000-07:00

by Harry Dacre, 1892

Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle made for two.

We will go 'tandem'
As man and wife,
Daisy, Daisy!
'Peddling' away
Down the road of life,
I and my Daisy Bell!
When the road's dark
We can both despise
Policemen and 'lamps' as well;
There are 'bright lights’
In the dazzling eyes
Of beautiful Daisy Bell!

Absence only makes the heart goes fond..

2010-07-06T03:29:00.000-07:00

Missing a person is not about the days since they met, or the time they talked, but its about the moments that you had had. Its when you end up thinking about her. I miss someone and she's the first thing strikes my mind when I wake up and the last person I think of, before I go to sleep. I wrote down all the moments we(or rather I) had had been together(with her).

Missing someone makes you grow up as a person. You get exposure to loneliness, or rather emptiness. Although I may have sounded a bit overrated or sad in my previous posts, but now I just treasure the good times and well, keep the bad ones in the drawer. It's not easy, cause every ticking second you want to be heard, of the things you failed to mention. Wonder about the awkward situations. In reality, there is a limit to everything, and whether or not everyone succump to the situations are rather more practically orientated, instead of a sudden urge of emotions of the heart all bundled into crates, where you've lost on the order of sorting. I say to you, or rather to myself, stay true to yourself. I really do miss her, but it has to be this way, some anomalies are inevitable yet, I'm still fond of her. One thing life has taught me is to stay focused and take things positively. A positive person is rather attractive, I must say.

Appreciate Geography!

2010-06-29T09:31:00.000-07:00

Once there was island, a very big one. Lets imagine. Then lets say the ocean/the sea started to rise, higher tides. Slowly the edges of the island was starting to erode away. Soon, the tides rise deeper and deeper into the island. So eventually, the sea reached so far deep inside, there was a huge depression left on one part of the island. Slowly this, sooner than you know, becomes a river which runs into the island. Caves right in! Into several locations of the island, depending on the altitude & contours of the plate of the island. And once the river got into the island, there was no stopping it. The water, caves in slowly, moving pebbles and rocks, which in a way behaves like a knife, slicing sheets of the earth from the island, allowing more water to enter. And so, over a period of time, you've many rivers, and at one point of time they both meander, crossing each others paths.

You see, the point I'm making is. Every time when you've to face something, think of it like the sea. Be it love, be it hate, be it friendship, classify your own. Experiences are inevitable and it is surrounding you one moment or another. Along the same lingo, think of yourself as the island. You know you're going to get affected by the sea at one time or another. What you can do, is portray the 'experience' as something positive and when you get washed up by the sea, its an incredible experience or if you take things negatively, the contrary will occur, something drastic. Well, one lesson you can learn is to let things go, and not let things affect you pretty much cause apprently, the tides will come and you'll be eroded. Now do you want the experience to be beautiful or ugly? You decide! With this in mind, it is not difficult for a person like to me to laugh about things; behave all happy! Sometimes I do sound whiney, and rather difficult, but then again, its just a period of your life. Be glad that it happened. Thats it. Peaceout!!

Be You, Be Optimistic!

2010-06-28T02:41:00.000-07:00

Well, my neighbour whom I started talking to at work rather gave me a few insights or rather advice on what I should/can do in the future. Apparently, the Inche' is off from Army and does think that I can resort to several paths including Army. I kind of like that fact that I get reviews from people nowadays. Thats what you turn late 40's?! But seriously, I appreciate the fact that he got off from his car to give me a few words of advice when his wife was 'waiting in the car'. And to some of you whom must really be thinking I'm some pathetic chap who needs help/counselled at, well I'm not! Period!

Some people are caring & well, I like to think its Karma!! I was working in the service sector, and I maybe this is the return that I get? Not that I expect any, but then again, well it is a possibility. But anyway, alot of things are in a mess now, cause I'm back to square one. My appeal got cancelled & I really don't get it when some people with worse results than mine got into what I wanted. One day, I'm just going to barge into the Dean Admissions Office & then again, I've two years to convince him too.

But on a draggy final note, my neighbour wants me to be a pilot! Options are always there..

The more knowledged you become, the more unrealistic you become!

Well, I feel so cause apparently, you realise the true nature of the world we live in, which is pretty messed up creates a sense of negativity upon yourself.

All I had was a Dream..

2010-06-26T04:30:00.000-07:00

I once told others, dreams are a manifestation of your sub-conscious desires.
I didn't apprehend that I'd actually face a situation where I was part of it.
I slept late yesterday because of worldcup, and I woke up at about noon, and as I woke up, I thought about the dream that I just had and well, the morning milo tasting awkward. Well the dream was about this girl who rejected me. We had this little gathering with others, and I don't remember the conversation but I was proposing and well, I got rejected by her. Well, once it was over text the other day, and now it was like in person!! Viola!! Congrats to myself, she did it in person. Well, to be exact, it was in my dreams, but still. Sad to be a part of it all though. Some words hurt more than sticks and stones. Sucks to be at the end of it all.

S-Club 7

I never had a dream come true,

till the day that I've found you!!

~why does this've to ring in my ears.

Say it in indian accent..

2010-06-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

"But baby, I Love You. When everyone else is an eye-sore, you're my only mutton mysore."

Try till Failure

2010-06-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

I always have tried my best till failure, regardless of the fact that most of the times, I feel, im underachieving. But the true fact of kukahmaumah gurulogy is that one should keep on trying till failure because failure has a positive side to it too. it reduces your fucking ego!! Woah!! You never realised that, so lets review on the ego meter.

My Ego-Egg meter

2005 - 56
2006 - 76
2007 - 80 (Ego-Egg bursts)
2008 - 46
2009 - 50?
2010 - 50 (Ego-Egg bursts again)
2010 - today (ZERO)

So from this review, you must understand, one of the easiest ways to reduce your ego, is to burst it.

1. You can fall in love with someone who'll never like you.

2. Challenge someone, as a stunt(dare) whom you'll never beat, but give the false impression to your brain that you can do it. (ps. Drink lots of positive juice, whatever that is.)And In all Cases, you must take things personally, very personally. If not, you're neither helping yourself, or anyone else.

Important Analysis
As far as I'm concerned, I feel I've alot of work to look into before I can reduce my ego, further. Damnit, I don't have an ego, but I just feel that I do, sad and all, for falling in _0v3 with someone. Anw, I'll recover, I think I'll. Man, I've to recover, if not, no I'll get over this phase & I'll pick up the pieces. Once I do, my intents will be different I think, & I can certify one this, it would be for the better. In conclusion, title says it all.

But you know something, if you really someone, you'd never get over it. Even if you sound logical or practical, optimistic about picking up the pieces, when you try, you'll cry.

Face Drop!

2010-06-21T15:28:00.000-07:00

Oh goodness me, my 'thing' forher, never worked out. Anw, let begones be begones right?! Fret not, I gave it another shot anw.. I'm having my holidays, and pardon me for the trial.

My face dropped, a whole 9 yards, when I heard about the 'situation'. It's a clear cut statement to all me, indirectly, & when does girls open up anw, but I got the message. I'm no guru at this, but I'm not that dumb either. It's pretty obvious that a huge number of my collegues do want us to be together, and I did some soul(sole) searching on if I were influenced by them. On another lame note, my shoe sole is fine thankiewverymuch. Implication here, I can think for myself. If the truth be told, one's actions determines the course of events that occur, afterwards - so my bad! It was all me, and I gave them the impression even without knowing, & they just kept the fire going. Before I could deny, its too big to put-out. Well, if you don't know me by now, you wouldn't have realised that I usually don't discuss or perhaps, in a more generic statement, introduce my deep-felt personal feelings on my blog - contridicting to what I'm doing right now.

Anw, one thing that is amusing right now is that, 'she' is not really making any sense right now. No, I did not get a straight rejection, but nor did I get any knowledge of if, she is you know, at all interested in a jerk like me! Calling myself is 'a jerk' is not any rear-psychology drama some people like to pull, but because i'm not only getting my wet, i'm getting her's wet too & of course wet means trouble - lots of it. Well, but she's just trying to a nicer person - when she sometimes is a little devil.

Developing your own advantages

2010-06-15T08:48:00.000-07:00

From young, you're taught from right to wrong, left to right, behavior to character, but what undermines all these is that over a period of time, you develop your own traits. This can be a form of contradiction on its own. When this contradiction kicks in, you're generically left with 2 options; 'To do the right thing their way' or 'To do the right thing your way'. Ditto?!?!

Some decisions made by one under the supervision of your predecessors may cause a conflict, something inevitable. So ultimately how you've to deal with the situation is to simply put the priorities first & give a listening year to the people with experience. Being indecisive is not an option. Negotiate, and come into terms. If you're able to do this, then you're after all doing the right thing. But before this practice, you've to play your cards right, get your facts right.

Simple!

Excuse moi.

2010-06-01T06:01:00.000-07:00

At times, the good things comes in packages, like that a christmas present, not that i've recieved any but then i know how its like.. an overwhelming experience. i had a few such, not presents but experiences. fact: you will lose your feet, you wont need em' infact youll fly. being above clouds, but then again, the difficult part is to keep the feet on the ground, not forget what realty is. it stinks and is a wild wild thing, it gets to you one way or the other.

apparently, i can lose my heart too, its not difficult and its not easy when youve done so, and apparently ill end up sulking, i think. but i thing i know, nomatter where you're, what you do, dont forget that you've a goal to seek, achieve, strive.. i hope i will.

I hear the far cry from the sinking ship, rescue was on its way, not anymore. The only thing practical to do is to go after it. Demanding, exhausting & a bit too ambitious I must say. People dont wait, and the worst thing to do is to not do anything.

FACT 101

2010-04-19T09:01:00.000-07:00

Your parents can only push you so far, the rest of your journey you've to be the pilot.
Self-will beats all, fears no hurdle. When a matter of self-will in place things like Hope, Faith, love, encouragement, enthusiasm all plays a part. Missing one will also show its significance. This is what I think, or soemthing that've experienced over the years.

Krishna

2010-04-06T09:44:00.000-07:00

Still your mind in me, still your intellect in me
and without doubt you will be united with me forever.

If you cannot still your mind in me, learn to do
so through the regular practice of meditation.

If you lack the will for such self-discipline
engage yourself in my work for selfless service
can lead you at last to complete fulfillment.

If you are unable to do even this, surrender
yourself to me, disciplining yourself and
renouncing the results of all your actions

Bhagavad Gita 12.8-11

Tale of Contridiction

2010-04-02T06:44:00.000-07:00

Contradiction exists everywhere. What I've to do is to find the harmony that exists which within. If I've an answer for every single thing, then that is finite. Contradiction paves way for infinite possibilities. Infinite vs Finite. This contradiction can be manipulated into something far more comprehensive and idealistic. The approach that holds infinite possibilities. Like for me, I'm a narcissist at times, but its beneficial to what I portray, what I feel, what I think. So, I've to find the harmony of it. Viola!!

Creativity.

2010-04-01T10:05:00.000-07:00

Panic is the great access to creativity.
Shekhar Kapur

I find this very fascinating as most of the creative claims that I've received were because of my 11th hour work! Supposedly as I'm very panicy especially at last minute? It required lots of thoughts, time and effort (procrastination & otherwise).

Absolute Panic creates the platform for creativeness.
Absolute panic is one way you can make yourself forget about all things that matters and well look beyond, out of the box and come up with something new. And if you're lucky, you'll get your creative edge, & trust you'll be lucky. There were times I would be reading something that is at no contexts to what my topic was all about.

Transforming Creativity into Studies
I believe what separates the success from the failure is imaginably, how soon you can bring yourself into absolute panic. That is also why those who strive in studies, are those who're very worried about things. Then there are the ones, like me, who is worried but is contemplating on other things like how did a young chap like Alexander the Great conquered more that half of the world by the age of 24? I've to turn the tables. Also, we must deny the ones who shows it, tells it and the ones who keep it subdued.

Hope, I make some sense.

To do list.

2010-03-31T03:04:00.000-07:00

Repel off a cliff for the first time.
Jump off a 3 storey building onto a target trampoline.
Catch a Komodo Dragon with a cage, that I built.
Make an ambush in the jungle.
Get a Jungle knife.
Make a wood figurine with that knife.
Sell it, see what price can I sell it for.
Regret my decision to sell it.
Buy it back.
Regret again.
Learn Krav Maga.
Kick someones ass
Bring that ass to the vet if necessary.
Kick some USMC ass, for fun! Leisure sparing etc
Sky dive, you can't deny that, never, more off 10000 ft or sth.
Sky dive again if possible..
Piss off a pitbull with a paint ball gun until it gets outta hand
Piss off other dogs, make friends with the pitbull.
Scare my friends with it
Get a girl friend for my pitpull
Have my pitbull's first flirt and break up all in the same day.
Learn all the songs in an album
Start writing my resume
Collective & Corrective orientation of self-personality issues
Let procrastination take over
Eat alot, more than I do now, become very fat
Become a very fat person, then workout to get back into shape
Go to UK, take part in the tough guy challenge, get that bloody medal.
Thats about it for now, I think.

Brilliant? NOT

2010-03-29T08:12:00.000-07:00

Life is a game, choose your character wisely.

Colonial Expansion

2010-03-27T06:54:00.000-07:00

The term colonialism is a big word. Simple terms, to take over, take control over a territory and its people outside of its own boundary. Outside!! Outside is a big word. Now, it also means that when you take over another's territory, you'll take over the economy. Now, Economy is a big word. The resources, labor, and the people will be under your care. Now to simple deny the fact that some colonies still do colonialise isn't far surprising to me. There's been several benefits from war. Benefits now is another big word to be not denied. Other than the despair and the lives lost, why does the country constantly want to be involved in war at one time or the other. For a country to go for war, what it can do is to get tax payers to pay for the weapons and resources etc. Uses that money, colonise and then increases the profits with territorial gains. The country prospers at another's loss. Now is this what right? There's a thin line between the good and the bad these days. Lets look at 2001 sept 11 attacks for example, many lives were lost, but what about a war. I'm sure the loss is much greater than of Sept 11 attacks.

Self-descipline

2010-03-15T09:22:00.000-07:00

It's our holidays, and holiday in & out, one of the major major thing that strikes me is self-discipline. It not that I go around behaving like a nut case and get out of hand. It's more of about trying to achieve overnight goals and being unable to and this is what I need to work on. For those people out there wondering what they should be working on, on a generalized view should look into the this, called the Personal Mission Statement Examiner. You just have to fill in a few questions and you'll know what you lack and what you're good at.

So to have self-descipline, I feel I should control what I eat. Not only diet because I gym on alternate days, but more because the more meat you eat the more reckless you become. This is on a personal note, I feel, maybe its emotional, but I don't know. I say this because I've a self knowledge that when I was in poly, I was eating junk food, junky thoughts and all that, didn't make time to go to temple or anything like that. But now, that I've my holidays in my hands, I stick to vegetarian mostly, and I try to consume adequately and control all of the things that I eat, behave etc. So, food matters alot, and so self-knowledge is important.

Then you need to have the awareness of what you can do, what you cannot do, what you're doing and what you're missing out. List them out, look at them and try to achieve them. You need to be aware of the things that are misplaced or in perfect synchrony to your ideals. Work on them.

Commitment to self-discipline starts with the simplest things. Like for example if you find that you're lazy, try washing the dishes after you eat. Trust me its difficult, sometimes I'm too lazy. But tell yourself, if you do it, someone else doesnt have to. Try arranging the things in the house. Make sure you wake up early, sleep early, get a fix on that. Once you've mastered stuffs like these then you can work into things like maybe or preferably waking up early in the morning for a run. All these will develop your self-discipline and the commitment level. For me, I'm more committed about things now like education when I compare myself few years back. Then again, not so committed to doing things like playing soccer everyday, which I did when I was in secondary school. So commitment is very important.

Finally, you need to get over procrastination and must build up the courage to do it and you must also coach yourself to do that. The more you help yourself alone, the better you'll be. Okay, I'm not saying all these because I'm a master at it or anything but because I'm learning too. =)

Gandhi

2010-03-14T10:51:00.000-07:00

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
I shall conquer untruth by truth.
And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

Only Einstein Can say such things.

2010-03-11T06:54:00.000-08:00

The really valuable thing in the pageant of human life seems to me not the State but the creative, sentient individual, the personality; it alone creates the noble and the sublime. . .

Asafa Powell Training Tips

2010-03-10T08:04:00.000-08:00

Pre-Workout.
Loosen all your joints, wrists, elbow joints, shoulder joints, knees, ankles. neck, hips. Experts say it takes about half an hour.

Run for 2 laps 400 meters / 3 times 100 meters pace.
Do not overstretch your muscles, if you do you'll lose out pace.

Do stretching
-to prevent soreness
-to prevent injuries
-only after training

Training Workouts.
Skydiving exercise - Dorsal raise with leg raise. lie flat on your belly, raise your abdomens and legs, making your hips as the pivot.

Roll back, move forward, and touch one leg.

Lie on your stomach with one leg over the other. Criss cross action, knees bent.

Butt-kick while in a push up position. make sure heel touches butt. Push-up position, try to jump off while remaining in the same position.

Jog about 10 meters with - Keep your legs 90 degrees, move fast forward. Second Set Move slowly Forward. Third set, move forward, only one leg is raised 90 degrees. Repeat with the other leg. Fourth set, 90 degrees leg raises, double leg raises with jogging, interception 2 paces inbetween.

Straight kick. Keep toes on the ground. Tip tog jog, english style. Front Kick, side kick. Reps about 10meters.

Cooling Down.
Cooling down runs, sit on the floor, legs wide apart, reach forward. Stretch!! One leg to the front, one let to the back, lean back. One leg over the other, stretch. Pushing the fence stretch with both hands, feet flat on the ground, hips forward. Bend forward to streth your back, knees stright. One arm over the other stretch.
Abdominal Exercise. V Stretch. Legs raise while arms tries to touch the feet. Sit up style. Brideges etcetera for more endurance training.

Invictus by William Ernest Henley

2010-03-07T06:03:00.000-08:00

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

My interpretation of this poem.
It is clearly seen that he's been through a lot and he has not given up. He has been a victim of the circumstantial occurrences and he refuses to complain about his past, reluctant to give up too. He's been chased upon by the past and it is always trying to bring him down but still he thrives forward. He summaries the poem by saying no one else can captain your life but yourself and create a future that you want to have.
This is very relative to a person who goes through a lot of shit and by words of a poem he can remember not to give in like Mr. William Ernest Henley and if I'm not wrong, the poets leg was removed when he was not under any anesthetics. I don't know if he wrote it before of after it, but then again, its still relative whatever the case. No wonder Mr Nelson Mandela is a fan of it.

SG Government is Smart!!

2010-03-05T08:13:00.000-08:00

One of the things that I've realised about Singapore is that recently, over the past few years they've had an influx of foreigners as you might be very aware of. Now, its well aware that as a PR you're very prone to head back to where you came from eventually as Singapore doesn't allow dual citizenship. So, one the tactical moves the government has done is to increase the tax on the PRs. Previously, it was very much near similar to that of a Singapore Citizen and now is very far indeed. So, I know it's a big decision to work in Singapore and make the money all you can and head back. Well, that now, is not very possible because you end up paying more for the taxes. So, these PRs might as well be citizens. So these PRs are forced to make the big decision on whether to stay or to take off. The advantage of this is that the best ones will remain and will increase the competition for commoners. Most PRs might feel the pressures of whether coming to singapore was the best idea at all.
Anyway, deviating from the subject a little bit, did you know that the citizens would have to pay a $100 levy before entering the Casino and also like an EZ-Link card, queue-up and scan their Identification Cards before entering the Casino. Much too child-like don't you think. But on the contrary I feel this is towards the best for the citizens as less people will be attracted to these hu-haa's which may also increase the laughing stockmeter ratings by the foreigners. Apparently there is like about over 10mil tourists coming to Singapore, so now to think that Singapore has a casino for the citizens is a very childish thought. It is certainly marketed towards the foreigners. So, as for me, I don't gamble, so I'll just watch the show for the corner.
All in all my point is, the government do got our backs.

Love?

2010-03-04T09:55:00.000-08:00

Theory 1: I've came across women whom I think interests me, because they're good and meets the pre-requisites of hu-haa hu-haa that I've created upon a decision made based on Whatsoever. So their looks aside, their personality would have to be perfect and this should overcome the fact that they are not miss world. But this has never happened. I forget them everyone of them I meet and those of whom I feel might be a good partner may not necessarily be the type that I'd like to stick around with.

Thoery 2: I've come across someone who's totally a happy bubble. Isn't awkward, is fairly pretty and well lets just say, I was blew off. But it never worked out because I was too insecure. Well, I wonder why. Let me recall, everynow and then we ended up talking about University education and things far beyond. My point is we'd have never made a good pair if we were is the current pre-development stage and we really weren't looking forward to a relationship whatsoever even though it would've been good. So, you see I kinda liked that, but on the other hand I didn't either. So, it's like a banana on the tree waiting to be grabbed by someone, and I happen to be there and I'm talking about grabbing it a few years later, which obviously doesn't make any sense. Well, its not supposed to anyway. So, I departed.

So, now equating Thoery 1 with Theory 2, I now have come up with theory 3 after some differentiation and integration.
Theory 3: After the formal situation after theory 2, I can never head back to theory 1 stage, and it hasn't worked out for me. So, might as well I can just say I'm insecure at the moment. And also, I've haven't been astonished by anyone and I've learned over the years to focus on things that matter now.

So, there you go, for friends who are always concerned about my relationship status. haha

Shaken but Not Stirred?!??

2010-03-04T09:41:00.000-08:00

I've split personality. Let me explain. I'm a very matured person to someone I'm unfamiliar with and on the other, a total opposite to the other at hand. Thinking about it, maturity is a big word. It's not only the way one behaves but also the personality one has. I've come to experience that although I've seen many individuals who are matured and unlike myself, who stand out in-front of me because of their difference are very matured in someway or the other. Like for say, they things that they say, no silly stuff but more like gosh, they only think so much, so little and come one some "matured" people on my FB whine like there's no tomorrow and now with an iPhone or any other device that makes internet accessible at hand anywhere they are haven't made their whiny nature any better. They are many a times I go come on guys, just listen to yourself. I certainly don't hope to be like that one day, and well that itself is a show of immaturity. So what is maturity. NKT once told me, I act very matured because I look very immature. I can't deny the fact that he feels that way, cause it is a setback, because I do act like a 40 year old when I'm not at times. Then again, like of my others friends say, I totally don't look my age.
Well only time will tell when I'm 40, if my behaviour has helped me or not. So the question is, Does it really matter if one look/behave matured or not? It doesn't. My point is there is a right time for everything and it does not necessarily synchronize with other beings and thus there's a occurrence of non-compliance of conflicting opinions. So, well there you go.

Breathless

2010-03-02T07:49:00.000-08:00

Someone told me, save your heart for someone who leaves you breathless. I'm totally sticking to this code right now.

square root 3 poem

2010-02-28T02:22:00.000-08:00

the square root of three.

I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three

The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three

As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands

Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed.

Bad Attitude

2010-02-19T08:18:00.000-08:00

if you ever, i mean ever Youtube Myspace, then ill certainly have to Google your Yahoo!!

Choices

2010-01-11T06:44:00.000-08:00

Birds of the same feather may flock together, but they certainly don't fuck together.

Break a value to make a value? That's different, something I wouldn't advice. In such era, or whatever, at this age, its really easy to shatter your values. But a person like me; makes it so difficult for myself to break any, such that I end up the winner. So far so good. It's pretty good feeling really, when you never let anyone down who mean so much to you. That's just me; I left trails, will leave trails without realizing. So, bluntly saying, the choice is up to you really. The choices you make, makes you.

Modulation

2009-11-07T20:09:00.000-08:00

Our brains have been modeled into something that is data based and a life that deals a lot with safety-factor. When was the last time you did something that did not go by the book?!!

As for me, I can't remember. Eight-Nine years in SGpore has taken its toll. I wasn't this then, but for what I'm now, I want to be then. It's like a new world order, there is no stopping these "ones" who controls and tell you what to do these days.

I've lost my creative aspect, or that 'think outta that box' mindset. Been following too many textbooks, and now, it only a matter of falling/failing when I diverge from the current path. I need to find my transition on things.

Shoot to Kill

2009-10-26T07:49:00.000-07:00

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Luck??!! My ass!! I just ripped it off Thomas Jefferson. There is not hard work alone. It's like a burger. Whats a burger without the ham?! Likewise. How ignorant can people get these days?? Well, a lot actually. Our time when people think our idols are the ones with the best looks or the best vocals or the best XX-XX-XX (oo.. Pamela) for that matter. Nothing's changing for the good.

For example, how many a time do you get cornered with something and what people don't realise is that they cornered the wrong person. For instance, muahself! That situation was just what I'm going to be writing about.

In a stunt to make the module look interesting or "i'd say bring out the stupidity in all of us", my ex-journalist cum tutor decided to confront us with questions on what we taught was "right "and what we taught was "wrong". Likesay, Do you support foreign talents from other countries? The question sounded more like Why do Singaporeans hate foreign talents? What concerns you in the current world -- Global Warming or the Cheap Plastic Surgery? *wink!! And of course the particular question where I was cornered, "Bush supports on my left and the Obama supports on my right."

Well, of course let me make it clear that I'm not anti-bush or anti-obama, and anti-anybody. So, the scene was that I was the only one on the left supporting the Bush. Of course, the tutor went with the easy questions on why students on the right supported Obama. You heard answers like he saved the economy and all that. But the point that they didn't realize was that, the US was in such a drastic state that if anyone with the right mindset came into power, and did the pre-processing steps of recovery from the "Dummy's Handbook to Saving America from Recession" , the solution was only naturally found like taking a candy from a baby or giving Candy to a Lady.They were making a mockery of this initial success, by even claiming their support to the "Nobel Peace Prize" that he won, eight months into the prolific seat. Just like a superhero. I can almost imagine a shiny star on Obama's smile that assures me that everything will change for the better. But no, there's still alot more in the word "Change" that he pledge on. So yes, my plea was that Obama is more of a publicity stunt. I had to be blunt, I was cornered you see; The only Bush supporter, the Only Indian, & not only that. I did prefer Obama to Bush. So, on my defenses, I started blaming the American media on the twists and turns that they had been inducing to push the real story to the pit and bring out a few good stories or well, let's say a 1"inch make-up. On Why Bush was the Scape-goat and Why Obama is the Wolf. Just like the "Flag of Our Fathers." The fact is media is(was) such a influence in all of us, we just forgot what lies beneath and all that. Influence is Power. I pretty much did stun the Obama supporters when I made some sarcastic remarks on the reasons on sending more soldiers to i-rack when he' claimed that he'd bring them back.

Apparently, there was no way I was going down that day. And I didn't, which more or less asssured my chances for scoring for this module. Or maybe, just maybe, it was because, it was the day, my day, my birthday.

Internet or No Internet?! You decide

2009-08-30T10:17:00.000-07:00

Well my dearest & strangest readers, recently I was talking to my cousin, online and so it happens we started conversing about the internet usage and complaints over at the silicon valley of Asia. Supposedly, she's from collage studying aerospace, and the whole collage does not even have wifi?! That nuts!!! From where I'm coming from its a sign of having no life. You see, if you're in my shoes you'd totally agree with me on all the complications that we'd have to face except for the stink in my shoes.

Anyway, I told her I'd be in a mess and everything and the whole world would come to a stop if I have to sit around without an internet, and of course for the matter of studies, everything is online now. We wants everything in a soft copy and its how we live, and eventually the whole library would be online and everyone could browse the e-library (=_=""). And yea, forget Indiana Jones, he can browse online too, and so can Harry Potter.

Confronting this predicament, I found this great post online, somewhere recently and I thought I should share this with my cousin. Or should I say, I should stop being worried about my college with no internet? I don't know, it works both ways. So here goes, MICROSOFT & TOMATOES

A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. "You are employed."He said.

"Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start." The man replied "But I don't have a computer, neither an email. " I'm sorry", said the HR manager,"If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job."

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buya 10Kg tomato crate.He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round.In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the Operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can survive this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late.Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a car, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US. He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker, the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied, "I don't have an email". The broker answered curiously, "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had anemail?!!" The man thought for a while and replied,

" Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"

Moral of the story:
M1 - Internet is not the solution to your life.
M2 - If you don't have internet, but work hard, you can be a millionaire.
M3 - If you received this message by email, you are closer to being an office boy, than a millionaire... ... ... .

It all about Peanuts

2009-08-24T06:25:00.000-07:00

They ask how was attachment like?
It felt like being the air that gets into the combustion chamber of the turbine engine. For a moment you are perplexed by the journey. At one moment too soon, it ends and you're disarrayed by the swirls and twirls of the wind.

I can't exactly point to none that I missed. I learnt a plenty over there, but what makes this visit different is the time & effort I had to put in. Worthless in reality, but life's all about giving isn't it?! Well, the prospects were ever far great from the desired line to duty. Then again, I got to sit under the oak tree which I only used to ponder about in the uncertain days.

More ups than downs, they say never be picky on your first because you don't know how to gauge. I didn't choose and that's what bothers me most. I wasn't allowed to choose. Then again its something different, that I fall on places where I least expect to. Its the experience that counts and something that I'd take with. Regardless of whom I met, sometimes uncertainty is life and you just have to accept that.

It feels like sitting in the attic on a cold night. You are stuck and you fear every breeze, timid and weary you become when each one devours you. Hopes and fears all keep reminding themselves to you. Peanuts reveal themselves to you, and how much do you want to have, that's something to think about.

Superpower

2009-08-10T06:11:00.000-07:00

India has more PhD's than anywhere else in the world. If India was more organised, they can become the next Superpower.

2009-06-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

Real friends help in times of adversity. I just realised how important that is today. Also, it made me realise how self-centered some people can really become. Well, let me say, I've some previous experiences and now, I know how to segregate the best from the rest.

If you want to know who your good friends are, create a senario and put the person who believe is your best friend at a spot light and the true colors will show. Its like give a man a mask; and the true colors will surface.