You know what, I was watching Boston legal, one line hit me - Alan Shore broke up with his girl because she was laughing with another guy. Denny Crane retorted " You sure she wasn't just kissing him or something?" That set me thinking as to what I would tolerate. I really can relate to Alan Shore, it is REALLY important to not stray emotionally!
Look, I think that it is so evident, but yet, I honestly think that the more I am thinking, the more I have to say to retort, and sometimes, rarely though, I do lose myself and rattle on and on. However, I am pretty darned sure that over the past couple of months, I have become really quiet, because, I rather simply don't get how it is possible for people to not think even as much as they talk. How some can be so really closed to ideas. But then again, as I have been, I may be the one closed to ideas. That though I have been in a particular situation, and acted in that way, and failed, and found another way to do it right does not mean that I know the best way for it to be done.
This is definitely a paragraph that I have to re-read in the future. And to all you people out there who are reading this, go go go re-think, if you understand what I have been on about. Reply. Oh, and do mention if you don't want your comment posted.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Quotes - Invictus
How do you inspire your people to do their best?
How do you make them be better than they can be?
How do you inspire yourself to greatness when nothing less can do?
Totally awesome, this movie, I am totally going to re-watch it when it comes out in the cinemas!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
I am sick
Three days straight of windsurfing nonstop, and I am now stuck in bed, without much motivation to do much at all! My nose is all clogged, and my skin on my face feels as thick as cowhide... But again, I am really happy to say that I am improving... though a bit slowly, but I am slowly improving at windsurfing. This is really an arduous task of having to discipline myself to have good footwork on the board so that I can turn faster, but hopefully, it will pay off.
That said, I am really impressed by the wind in Singapore now, and the 25 knots everyday(for 3 days now at least) is really helping with the amount of time I get to spend on the water! Finally, after the amount of time, days and days waiting and getting totally drunk waiting for the wind. Now I know what all the guys say about going to the beach...that it is a total waste of time unless it is now! Monsoon!
Right, other than that, I just attended a good mate's wedding yesterday, and I realize that all... wait, a lot of my friends are getting married, and they all seem so darned happy it's scaring me! Not to mention that they are also asking me as to when my turn is! Oh well, let's let time tell what life has in store for me huh!
So well well, I have to get a project done, and yet, just like everyone else(I suppose) I am distracted in the evenings by everything there is to distract, the festive cheer and all the other crap that is going on! On that note, I should try and start now, and I'll see what comes outta that in 2 hours...
That said, I am really impressed by the wind in Singapore now, and the 25 knots everyday(for 3 days now at least) is really helping with the amount of time I get to spend on the water! Finally, after the amount of time, days and days waiting and getting totally drunk waiting for the wind. Now I know what all the guys say about going to the beach...that it is a total waste of time unless it is now! Monsoon!
Right, other than that, I just attended a good mate's wedding yesterday, and I realize that all... wait, a lot of my friends are getting married, and they all seem so darned happy it's scaring me! Not to mention that they are also asking me as to when my turn is! Oh well, let's let time tell what life has in store for me huh!
So well well, I have to get a project done, and yet, just like everyone else(I suppose) I am distracted in the evenings by everything there is to distract, the festive cheer and all the other crap that is going on! On that note, I should try and start now, and I'll see what comes outta that in 2 hours...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
A totally cyclic life
I have realized that, just like a part from the show i just saw - Planet 51, that my life always feels almost perfect, and then just like that, everything seems to come tumbling down. Nothing goes my way. I realize that when I am thinking of solving all that shit that is coming my way, I really like a conducive environment. One that I have been striving to have almost all my life. Unfortunately I too realize that this environment is oh so easily screwed up, and I am constantly having to sweep the floor, clear the table, an whatever not else, just so that I can even sit there to surf the internet!
I really wonder what would encourage others to be more tolerant and understanding toward you. Hinting, asking directly and encouraging is obviously not working, and I am really wondering if there are simply sides of us all which are so self-centered that we lose sight of what is better for us in the long run. I have been trying to find an answer to that for so long now, and I am beginning to feel totally lost. I thought getting away would be good, for me to re-think what I want and how to go about getting it. I thought talking would be good, but again, it takes two to talk. Well, i think I better get started on getting actual work done rather than bitch about life... As usual, and perhaps, though it has never worked, maybe this time, time would solve it all...
I really wonder what would encourage others to be more tolerant and understanding toward you. Hinting, asking directly and encouraging is obviously not working, and I am really wondering if there are simply sides of us all which are so self-centered that we lose sight of what is better for us in the long run. I have been trying to find an answer to that for so long now, and I am beginning to feel totally lost. I thought getting away would be good, for me to re-think what I want and how to go about getting it. I thought talking would be good, but again, it takes two to talk. Well, i think I better get started on getting actual work done rather than bitch about life... As usual, and perhaps, though it has never worked, maybe this time, time would solve it all...
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Between life and death
For those who havent heard about it, while windsurfing, I almost killed myself. It was interesting, here goes. I was waiting for the storm to come in, cause the best winds are just before a storm really kicks in. Everything was fine and good, and I was having a blast out at sea, with I would say, a short period of rather kick ass wind. Then, the clouds came in... and I was hurrying back to shore, duhh, cos it looked terribly menacing (and it was!!!). And so, I was happily sailing back, going as fast as a little pebble skipping on the surface of the water when lo and behold, the wind came to an abrupt stop! This was all while I was about say just over a kilometer away from shore.
So, I used my sail as a fan and started pumping it like mad trying to get back to shore but 5 seconds into that, torrential rain hit. I had say 20 meter visibility, and needless to say, I couldnt see shore no more. to compound that (and here's where I thought I was screwed) there was lightning. Not your normal every couple of minutes, but rather, clouds only an apartment block high, every 4 second type of lightning. I put down my sail and sat on my board, thinking... I'm screwed. Half an hour of drifting later, and thank my lucky stars I didnt get hit by any lightning / ships / coast guard / ferries, the lightning eased off.
Just before I lost sight of shore, I saw the wind change direction to an off shore-ly direction, and so, I got up again, and started to surf. Upwind of course. After say an hour of aimless surfing, mind you, it was still 20 meter visibility, i realized i was going nowhere. I heard planes in the distance, and started going toward the noise, cos the sailing center's right next to the airport. Another hour of aimless surfing before the rain eased a tad, and when I saw trees in the horizon, I was pretty darned happy! Took me 45 mins to get close to shore.
This I have to emphasize, to thank all those involved in getting me back. All the boats in the sailing center and neighboring Ministry of Education's adventure camp were out looking for me. Took them an hour and a half to get me. Special thanks to Bow and Alvin (who had blue lips from the cold) for finding me!
Anyhow, I will add another part soon, about how this has affected my belief system.
So, I used my sail as a fan and started pumping it like mad trying to get back to shore but 5 seconds into that, torrential rain hit. I had say 20 meter visibility, and needless to say, I couldnt see shore no more. to compound that (and here's where I thought I was screwed) there was lightning. Not your normal every couple of minutes, but rather, clouds only an apartment block high, every 4 second type of lightning. I put down my sail and sat on my board, thinking... I'm screwed. Half an hour of drifting later, and thank my lucky stars I didnt get hit by any lightning / ships / coast guard / ferries, the lightning eased off.
Just before I lost sight of shore, I saw the wind change direction to an off shore-ly direction, and so, I got up again, and started to surf. Upwind of course. After say an hour of aimless surfing, mind you, it was still 20 meter visibility, i realized i was going nowhere. I heard planes in the distance, and started going toward the noise, cos the sailing center's right next to the airport. Another hour of aimless surfing before the rain eased a tad, and when I saw trees in the horizon, I was pretty darned happy! Took me 45 mins to get close to shore.
This I have to emphasize, to thank all those involved in getting me back. All the boats in the sailing center and neighboring Ministry of Education's adventure camp were out looking for me. Took them an hour and a half to get me. Special thanks to Bow and Alvin (who had blue lips from the cold) for finding me!
Anyhow, I will add another part soon, about how this has affected my belief system.
Friday, October 30, 2009
brains and their vessels
I was speaking with an acquaintance lately, and it struck me as very strange, the way he thought. See, for us, well, me at least, I do view myself as one entity. Not much thought into that. Period. However, it came to light that there are some people out there, of high academic standings, who view their bodies as mere vessels to transport their brains around. This was rather perplexing as in my line of work, there was always a need to ensure that the inter-personal aspect of a relationship was outstanding. When the situation is such that there was superiority of one party, simply because he / she has spent so much time studying "totally irrelevant to society" , "totally obscure" subjects, there comes a point of time when there is a hierarchy formed just because of knowledge.
That said, the necessity of building a knowledge based economy is important, but there has to be alternate forms of attaining this knowledge. With all the emphasis of this being the information age, and the fact that information is now available 24/7, packaged nicely with a ribbon on top, emphasis has to be moved from the ability to recite, to independent thinking.
Independent thinking is something that is a really rare commodity where I am, and from a blog that I was reading, it suddenly becomes evident that there are many who are actually un-spontaneous, anti-intellects, masquerading as academics all around me. Just because you can remember stuff better doesnt make you in any way superior. After all this time in school, I am disappointed to say that that is all institutionalized learning is. A constant unrelenting monster to ensure that you conform, to ensure that you will emerge as a desk-bound worker, to join the masses already in the work-force. This perhaps is another part, much like the matrix movie, of how society has been mapped to ensure the conformance of every individual. This tether that all of us have, perhaps sans jungle-dwellers and tree huggers, is multi-layered. Religion, the working society, education, et cetera.
But then again, perhaps it's all because we have evolved from monkeys, and we are naturally social creatures. creatures who will conform to be accepted. Who wants to be different? More importantly, how and why be different?
That said, the necessity of building a knowledge based economy is important, but there has to be alternate forms of attaining this knowledge. With all the emphasis of this being the information age, and the fact that information is now available 24/7, packaged nicely with a ribbon on top, emphasis has to be moved from the ability to recite, to independent thinking.
Independent thinking is something that is a really rare commodity where I am, and from a blog that I was reading, it suddenly becomes evident that there are many who are actually un-spontaneous, anti-intellects, masquerading as academics all around me. Just because you can remember stuff better doesnt make you in any way superior. After all this time in school, I am disappointed to say that that is all institutionalized learning is. A constant unrelenting monster to ensure that you conform, to ensure that you will emerge as a desk-bound worker, to join the masses already in the work-force. This perhaps is another part, much like the matrix movie, of how society has been mapped to ensure the conformance of every individual. This tether that all of us have, perhaps sans jungle-dwellers and tree huggers, is multi-layered. Religion, the working society, education, et cetera.
But then again, perhaps it's all because we have evolved from monkeys, and we are naturally social creatures. creatures who will conform to be accepted. Who wants to be different? More importantly, how and why be different?
Friday, October 16, 2009
Thought
The key to every man is his thought.
Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys,
which is the idea after which all his facts are classified.
He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys,
which is the idea after which all his facts are classified.
He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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