Saturday, October 31, 2009
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3:10 PM
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Juwen
Day 12:
I thank God for giving intellect, that we may understand the things that you have placed in this world but more importantly to also understand your salvation plan through the Bible.
And so for the other extreme. I also like to indulge in most and all things intellectually stimulating. Anything and almost everything under the sun. Topics ranging from the hardcore theoretical physics and maths and to history and to apologetics. Artistic interpretations, psychological impacts on various areas are among some of my weaker subjects but still something I like talking or at the very least, listening.
It's quite funny that sometimes with certain people, they don't take me seriously when I'm in the intellectual mode. Also sometimes I feel unsatisfied that I'm not challenged intellectually. I guess that was one of the primary reasons that I stopped my PhD topic. It has stagnated to the point where I don't learn anything anymore. Having to come back to study something else, it a breath of fresh intellectual air. With a twist of mindless coding.
With a liking towards intellectual talk, there is a price for me to pay. There are things where I feel intellectual, having contributed to the conversation, and yet I feel like I don't know what I'm talking about. Like I don't know the deeper truths of the topic. Those times its when I feel, ironically, stupid. It's a slow learning process for me, trying to pick myself up every time I think I have made a fool of myself. But I guess with things like these, I don't have the necessary experience to talk about such things. Perhaps I should learn to shut up more and listen while mentally taking notes.
On a different note, the drums on the Wicked soundtrack is epic.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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4:23 PM
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Juwen
I should post something before I go out later and somehow painting the town red.
Day 11:
I thank God for laughter. Best way to feel like there isn't a worry in the world.
2 weeks to go. Not easy this 25 day challenge.
I'm a man with two extremes. Or I'd like to think of myself that way. On one hand, I like to dwell in all things nonsensical. To those who know me for awhile know this pretty much the hard way. Cartoons like Spongebob, Dexter's Lab, Fairly Odd Parents, Rocko's Modern Life and more form the basis of my nonsense. Lemme break it down for you starting with Spongebob. This is almost literally the epitome of randomness. It's so random that it's funny. Who knew that yellow sponge would be such a great hit? Randomness is the answer. I mean you have to be pretty random to envision a sea creature living in a pineapple. And Mr Krabbs has a whale for a daughter. Patrick who's not the sharpest tool in the shed. And a squirrel who lives in a tree under water with a Texan upbringing. Actually come to think of it, sounds like this whole cartoon has somewhat Southern influences. If there is an epitome of randomness, there must be a pioneer. That would be Rocko's Modern Life. This is sort of like Ren and Stimpy grossness mixed with shear randomness. Everything is so exaggerated about everyday living that it just becomes random. A lone wallaby with a bull named Heffer (funny that name was chosen) and a obsessive compulsive nerdy turtle Filbert having annoying neighbours of frogs. Oh, and the ever adorable yet kinda gross dog Spunky.
Dexter's Lab. Which kid who doesn't want to be an evil genius equipped with a lab and coat? Ok, Dexter's not evil but you get the idea. More mellowed nonsense with a touch of evil-genius type humour. Maybe that's why my social skills aren't exactly top notch. And now my favourite, Fairly Odd Parents. Not only is it random but it has some of the best execution of recurring jokes/nonsense in an episode. At some stage I would be in stitches laughing my head off thanks to the brilliance of the recurring jokes. I'd sometimes laugh to myself just even remembering the scene but of course try to suppress that in public. Again, my social skills needs more work.
Bottom line is there is an art to randomness and recurring jokes in stir up humour and/or nonsense. Some of the best comedians know this art and even then few know how to execute it well. I heart randomness.
I thank God for music and for me to have a part in making music. Somewhat.
So I went to the exam with about 2 hours of sleep thinking that there is just so much to remember. So trammed to the MSAC and busy studying and remember the important points. The moment I entered the building, there was this peaceful feeling that just rushed through my body. No idea how that happened. Anyway, time to head to the exam hall and threw my handwritten notes in the recycling bin and braved the exam. Took my seat and was confronted with a 20 page exam booklet. Since this was a 3 hour exam I was expecting that it is going to be very involved. Ok, 15 minutes of reading time started and flipped through the 20 page monstrosity. 3 pages into it, I blinked my eyes, pinched myself and engulfed with a feeling that is quite strange. I wanted to laugh. All the questions (and I mean ALL) were itty bitty derivatives of questions from the tutorials. Scrap that, they didn't even bother changing the way the question was phrased. All were really short calculation questions. So when the exam started, I got straight into it and 45 minutes later I finished the paper. It was that easy. I've had easy papers in the past but not this easy. Or at least not one that you can complete in a third of the time allocated to you. I double, triple, quadruple and quintuple checked my answers to make sure there is no hanky-panky that I've missed. The stupid thing was that people were not allowed to leave the exam hall until one hour had elapsed. So yes, even after I finished the paper, I still had to wait. This exam was a joke. After leaving the hall really prematurely, I went back home. I've used up my last tram ticket and I had no cash to my name. So I walked back. From MSAC. And even after I got back, the exam was still going on. Seriously.
Stumbled across this video on Facebook and although they are obviously not professionals and a music can be a bit monotonous at times, I've never heard complaining ever sound good. The choir still needs a lot of polishing up but still quite entertaining. And this is not the only one of its kind. There have been many more of such complaint choirs all over the world but the Singaporean complaint choir was the country that would make the most sense. It's almost like it's one of their many national identities, whether they are good or bad. One thing I would really like to see integrated with this choir is a full blown band. I can immediately imagine having a nice groove from a bassist and drummer with a horn section if done right. Somehow reminds me of Hillsong in the "old" days. Ironically, the choir performance was banned from public display by Singapore officials. Great way to curb the national identity of complaining. By the way, also check out Helsinki's choir. Way more polished and tight and pay attention for what makes this nation so famous.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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1:25 AM
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Juwen
Aiyah, late again.
Day 9:
I thank God for giving us creativity to not make our lives so monotonous and dull. Vibrant indeed.
I'm sure quite a few of you have read about a baby born on the flight from Penang to Kuching on Air Asia. I'm quite puzzled as to why was she flying so close to the labour period. But no matter, the baby was born and both of them are doing good. Then, news came up on what she named the child. Asia Liew Ya Hang. Asia for very obvious reasons and apparently Ya Hang for very obvious reasons. A bit extra, don't you think? But who cares when you have lifetime flights? Unless they go bust. That will be awkward.
First paper in under 8 hours. Still vomiting blood and shivering from a friend's Facebook status. Not helping me sleep. Not cool.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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2:38 AM
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Juwen
Tad bit late but here it is anyway...
Day 8:
I thank God for the simple pleasures (aka. food) to be enjoyed with friends
I'm being pressed for time as the first exam in nearly 2 years is about to start on Thursday. I felt like I've not done enough especially that this being a very study intensive subject. Call me irresponsible. Most of the lost time that will never be recovered are spent hanging out. With awesome food. And good wine. And, for some odd reason, recurring statements about soap.
Monday, October 26, 2009
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6:45 PM
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Juwen
Due to the absence of yesterday's post on my thanksgiving roll, there shall be two now.
Day 6:
I thank God that I can learn from my mistakes that I've made, some of which I am still paying dearly for it, and to come to Him for forgiveness.
Day 7:
I thank God for the hard lessons in life that makes me learn endurance, humility and wisdom
I wonder if there is a male version of the emotional side of a PMS.
Just came back from watching 500 Days of Summer. This is the first movie in years that I have decided to watch alone and definitely I have not regretted doing so. The other movies that I have ended up watching alone I've regretted to some degree. This movie is different. It gave me a lot to think about myself. I went in having some expectation that I will be able to identify with the characters in the movie, having read the background and synopsis. That expectation was fulfilled but not in the way that I was expecting (kinda contradictory, I know). Anyway, I enjoyed the movie very much. The visuals in the movie were very striking, some with hand-drawn graphics and others with the interplay between neutral and dull-ish colours with the cast's expressions. But the thing that really got me was that I "get" the characters. I understood so much of what is going on with them that it feels like I know them. Strange feeling at first but somewhat comforting. Like I said, it gave me so much to think about myself which is part of the reason why I would like to watch it alone. It's almost like a safety blanket of sorts. If you haven't watch it, please do. What you make of it is up to you but the very least I can say is that it's not some cheesy happy ending romantic movie you see most of the time.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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5:00 PM
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Juwen
Day 5:
I thank God for students that I learn to be humble and patient while imparting knowledge and be an influence to them.
There is a certain Baptist church in North Carolina that is going to have a book burning on October 31. What's strange about this book burning? They are burning various versions of the Bible that are considered by this church perversions of the "God ordained" Bible, the King James Version (KJV). Some of these "heretical" Bible versions are like the NIV, NKJV, Good News etc. On top of that they are burning books by contemporary Christian authors such as John Piper, James Dobson, Billy Graham etc. As well as "ungodly" music like rock, rap and pop, which is probably understandable, but also country, gospel, jazz and so on.
The funny thing is that open burning is prohibited by state laws but they are still going ahead with it. The church may be fined up to $25,000 for the apparently 40-strong congregation.
I don't know whether to label this as ironic or cannot see the wood for the trees.
Friday, October 23, 2009
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7:00 PM
| Posted by
Juwen
Day 4:
I thank God for the numerous teachers that are or were in my life, both educationally and spiritually. Without them...well, they wouldn't be called teachers, would they?
I saw someone on the street who looks and dresses quite closely to the famous 80s singer Rick Astley complete with 80s styled sunglasses. And he was with this high school girl, presumably his girlfriend. The Rick-rolled maneuver does not fail.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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6:53 PM
| Posted by
Juwen
Day 3:
I thank God for the talents of others because it is not just about me.
I just bought the Wicked music album after being converted when listening to it at a friend's friend's place. I should be kicking myself for not going to this musical because it's so damn good. The last (and the first) musical I went to was when I was in London in 1996 watching Starlight Express. Can't remember much, probably because I had no feeling for music back then.
Apparently, I'm not the only one getting Mac-scooped. Welcome to the boat, peoples!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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2:37 PM
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Juwen
Day 2:
I thank God for the immense opportunities to do something that I like and/or passionate in. These opportunities express the gifts He has given to me graciously.
Just been reading the new stuff that have just come out of the Mac production lines and while I thought everything was cool, I was also a bit annoyed. This is also synonymous with the time when I got my iPhone as well. Just when every store dropped their price about 2-3 weeks before the iPhone 3GS came out, I took the opportunity thinking that a) it is unlikely that the new iPhones will be kept at roughly the same price as it was now and b) they wouldn't be selling it to more mobile providers. Lo and behold, both my assumptions were wrong. The iPhone 3GS came out with just a few dollars more on the plan than what I got for the regular iPhone 3G. That was quite annoying.
Now coming back to the new iMacs that have just been rolled out fresh from the Apple oven (or rather orchard). Just barely 2.5 months after getting my iMac, the new iMacs boast of higher specs at an even more affordable price. I got mine at a 2.9GHz Core 2 Duo, 24 inch screen, and a upgraded graphics card to a NVIDIA GT 130. Now for the price I paid for that, I could have gotten a 2.8GHz i7 Quad Core, 27 inch screen, 8GB RAM and a ATI Radeon 4850 on the new iMacs. And that's the full price, not the student price I got for my iMac. Don't get me wrong, I still love my iMac to bits but the sudden upgrade in specs and sudden drop in price is quite painful over a span of 2.5 months. That was really quite annoying.
It somewhat goes to show that I will not make a good financial analyst, stock broker or actuary despite my so-called love for math and numbers. I can't act well according to the market or maybe that I can't predict the market well enough to make an informed decision. Regardless, I always seem to miss out on every market conceivable and not just on tech goods. Education, relationships, food and the list goes on. Gives a whole new dimension to the term "loser"...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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4:38 PM
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Juwen
It has been an awful few weeks. Assignments piled up within days of each other and thanks to my procrastinating nature, that means sleeping at 8 am and hours in front of the computer. But having said that, there is a certain satisfaction that comes with finishing the assignments, especially the programming ones. It feels good when a program you code can withstand any stupid behaviour from the user. On a tangent, I find that it is really easy for you to come up with a smart algorithm to do something but it is really hard to think "stupid". As in you'd have to lower your intelligence down to that of a monkey so that your program doesn't crash when random clicks or random inputs are done. I think I now understand the meaning of the term "code monkey". Maybe it is why I noticed that most of the computer science, software engineering and IT are all crazy in some way. *gasp* That means I'm going to be next. YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!! *shake fist*
Definitely one of the most frustrating but I'd have to say most satisfying was the Java one. Yes, I know that I've been complaining about it for the whole semester but on hindsight, I really understand why not many people are doing this subject. This is an accelerated Java subject which is meant to cram 2 semesters worth of Java into 1. So with that, we learn stuff fast and we have to do stuff fast. The thing that made this one satisfying is that we have now the ability to do GUIs (Graphical User Interface). It is the single most frustrating thing about Java, not so much of the difficulty of creating GUIs but the tedious nature of layout. Java goes to town about layout. Once the GUI is done and start using them, you've jumped from a code monkey to a regular everyday, completely oblivious about the backend program user. That's satisfaction.
With all the assignments out of the way, I can finally breathe a little easier. There is still quite a number of things to be done like studying for the exams and the super-long-overdued post-processing of Fernando and Onna's wedding. Probably the most pressing need to meet right now is cleaning up my room. It's like a pipe bomb went off my room. Not to mention the dust and...erm...other stuff.
In just a span of a few weeks, the number of couples and/or potential-couples have sky-rocketed. Like mushrooms sprouting after a good rain. This is nuts. It's almost the same as the year when I came to OCF except that was about medicine students. Back in 2004-5, if you stand in the middle of the back hall of the church during supper and where ever you look there is at least 5 medicine students in your direct line of sight. Now it seems that if you stand in the middle of the hall, you're bound to hit at least 5 people who are in a relationship or testing water in your line of sight. It may be an exaggeration but it's still pretty damn a lot. I don't know what to make of this but my first thoughts was that this is going to be very awkward. I don't know, I don't think I can be in a room (a large one for that matter) that is populated with couples or publicly known water testers and be myself. I find that the number of identification links among friends diminishes and that is no good socially. A classic case of birds of a feather flock together. Sure we can joke around about people who are together or water testing like primary school children but to be exposed to this environment every time gets pretty dull. Gone are the days when I'd never have to worry about such things and everything would be peachy. I guess my age is showing.
On that note, I realized that I am avoiding quite a number of people for more or less the same reason. I know what you are thinking, I'm in a self-fulfilling downward spiral. Well, maybe. Frankly speaking, I don't think we as a whole are as accommodating anymore. I can't step up to their level because of a clique-ish behaviour and they don't seem to step down to my level because they are either too busy or too distracted by other things or other people. Quite sad actually. If this continues on, then I think it may be high time for me to go serve elsewhere.
On a slightly brighter note, I know that Thanksgiving is not for another month or so but I've decided to give thanks for one thing for 25 days. I've been pretty depressed and/or negative that I think I should take the time to reflect on what are some of the good things that I've overlooked given my depressed state. It is also an attempt to get blog posts running normally again. And so here is Day 1:
I thank God for the second chances He has given me that has saved my bacon so many times. He is Grace, Mercy and Love.
And now, the short news of the week: Damn, I don't have any of these. No wonder I'm not loaded. Perhaps my children will have a better head start than I did. Also to get an even better head start, should try for children only in the month of January. =P
This is not one for the faint of heart or easily disturbed emotionally.
Uni using Twitter for their course. Interesting but is there a point to it?
Amazing what you can do with cardboard boxes. Kudos to Daniel.
Everyone out there, keep surfing the web. It's good for you. A very good excuse to give to your boss =P
Saturday, October 10, 2009
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2:41 AM
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Juwen
Wow, that past week was hectic. Had 3 assignments due this week and the busy part is now over. I still have 2 big assignments left, one on Monday and the other one on the following Monday. The first one is nearly complete, just need to write another 2.5 functions and it's done. The other is to fit a GUI on the previous assignment so it's just a matter of fixing the connections.
Also, had slow internet for the past 4 days and it was excruciatingly slow. Loading mail and news is snail-like let alone some videos. It was so slow that I refrained from reading my Google Reader because so much stuff comes into my Reader everyday. And it doesn't help that this week I had an exceptionally numerous of news tabs opened on my browser.
Lightroom came and soon I will be able to edit the wedding photos soon. I am quite amazed how fast it installs on my computer. Barely a minute and the whole thing is done and ready to get a-processing. But having said that I really don't want to be like this guy. I'm scared.
There's been quite a number of things on my mind lately but I don't have the words nor the time now to verbalize it. I think I have been doing too much thinking for my own good. Unfortunately, these sorts of thinking doesn't benefit me in whatsoever way. Just to satisfy my intellectual side, but no applicational use. It will all sort of make sense when I do get around to saying it.
News of the week: This popped out on The Age and immediately caught my attention. The arguments are all for the wrong reasons which further shows how far we can go to justify such bad ideas just because it's "beneficial" in some odd way. But it doesn't stop there. Oh no, it doesn't. Few days later, another link came up as sort of a follow-up on why polygamy shouldn't be a bad thing. A link to a forum of a site which is primarily for expectant mothers and/or mothers with very young children. Their responses to that article in The Age were, by and large, shocking. Sure some of them joked about it but some were like "I don't care as long as people are happy with it". Seriously??!! Mothers having this kind of response? This, folks, is hedonism at its core. Have we gotten so liberal about sex that we've stooped this low? Sure I'm not surprised about such things happening but it is still a pretty big deal when you do hear about it.
I am now living in the second best place to live. Nice.
Without these 3 people, we would still be using crappy internet services and no digital cameras. I'm OK with no digital cameras but internet...oooh let's not go there.
Richard Dawkins is coming to town. Possibly, just possibly, it may not be good.
So, does that mean if I glued the chip from a PS3 on my uber 40 inch LCD TV, I will get better TV recordings? Awesome.
It's interesting that 20-30 years of personal computers that design slowly crept in to PC makers to make things functional and stylish at the same time. Same with handphones, laptops etc. So basically, it goes like this "Make it work properly, then make it look nice". Too bad Windows didn't get that hint well.
Would you use it if you happen to be standing next to a person wearing this when a gas attack goes down?
The recent sex scandal on David Letterman was a very interesting one. From the way he was talking about it in his show, he knew what he was doing was wrong all the long but it's not wrong unless someone else caught him. When the heat's getting too hot for him, his senses came back on and confessed. There's a lot to learn from this, especially when it comes to self. Do we have that same mentality? It's not wrong until someone catches us in the act? Are we getting away with sin just because no one catches us?
There are some perks living in an underground nuclear missile bunker/silo. For starters, you'd never have to worry about a nuclear apocalypse.
It would be quite funny to see 550 geriatrics bowling on the Wii simaltaneously.
Daymn. I eat these fairly regularly. What foods are not considered dangerous any more?
If nonsense can sharpen your intellect, that may explain a lot of things. So, if I keep watching episodes of Spongebob Squarepants, Fairly Odd Parents, Family Guy, American Dad and other non-sensical shows, will I become an Einstein? And if that were true, what sorts of nonsense did Einstein have when he was growing up?
Saturday, October 3, 2009
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3:13 PM
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Juwen
I figured I'd do another blog post. One is to get rid of all the tabs on my browser. Second is that I've got an extension on one of the assignments so I've got an extra hour to kill before I slave away.
Lots of things happened but didn't have the time to write about it because I was so caught up with doing more wishy-washy Java assignment. In particular a few interesting, intellectually stimulating, self-examining conversations that have caused me to think about a lot. Well, apart from assignments...
First up, a slightly bigger comment on the wedding. I was supposed to cover the preparation done at The Willows for the reception. People are supposed to be pouring in at 10:45am (ideally) so I figured that people might be around the venue roughly an hour before people start coming in. So I went there at around 9:30. And it was empty. I'm like "What the...?" There were literally no one else apart from the people working there so there I was looking very stupid with my overpacked camera bag with tripod. But soon realizing that there were some small things going on around the venue, I'd figure that I should be shooting. Manage to get some relatively OK shots of the venue, the little itty bitty things for the wedding and so on. It also gave me ample time for me to test my flash as the weather didn't look like we were going to have the reception outside. It was then that I noticed something wrong with my flash unit. I was taking some shots around the room and I had my flash pointing slanted up and away from the subject and when I fired the flash, this gargantuan flash of light came out and I'd dare say it nearly blinded me. This was very unusual and as you'd expect it burned the picture. This was cause for some concern but it didn't happen all the time so I thought it was just a tiny glitch. Also came with the glitches were that the flash sometimes doesn't respond even when it is charged up. But it was OK. Or at least that's what I thought it was.
People start pouring in and it looks like we were about to start. Only thing missing is the bride. Melvin gathered the rest of the wedding planners and Fernando to pray and in particular pray that the weather would hold to have it outside. The moment he finished praying, the rain came in. Talk about quick denial. But the sun came out briefly when the bride arrived which was always a good thing. Reception procedure went on as usual but for most of us photographers, it was exceedingly difficult to take pictures with about 80+ people around in a small area. Finally we moved to the conservatory for a brief speech session and canapes. There at least there was most space so I can whip out my 100mm for some candid portraiture. Flash problems continue to plague me as a lot of good shots came out burnt by the occasional gargantuan flash. And sometimes I don't get anything because the flash wouldn't fire. But the ones that do come out good were good.
Reception over and back home for a short nap before heading to the dinner. Because it was Grand Final Day, a lot of trams were redirected elsewhere so I ended up walking to Docklands for the dinner. If anyone remembers that Saturday, it was freezing cold with nail-biting winds. Nearly died there. But during the dinner there was nothing much going on. Again it's not easy to take photos but not as bad. Brandon seems to be doing fine doing the group shots as always without us.
Now the interesting things happened. I had a chat with Lydia and Yen Ping about our current problems with people, in particular OCF. There were a lot of things that we discussed but they have managed to come up with a possible solution for my problems. And I genuinely agree with this almost on the spot which is something rare for those who have been reading the blog for awhile.
I need a mentor.
Not like a teacher or something formal like that. A mentor. A Christian mentor. All this while I've been subjecting myself to giving and giving to the rest of the OCF entity but nothing comes in. That's where a mentor can help. Help heaps apparently. All my life I've never had a mentor for anything. Not in my Christian walk, not some of the sports I play fairly seriously, nothing. I don't know why but I think it's shocking. I've known so many people who have had mentors at one stage of their life and I never had the need for a mentor. Or at least that's what I thought. I didn't need anyone to show me the ropes or go to when I have a problem because I've always been able to imitate just by observation. Some things can be learned formally like a teacher or Bible studies but it lacks the depth of having a mentor mentoring you. We have follow-ups in OCF (which I guess it's the equivalent of mentoring) but it is lacking. I feel that I have no one to fall back to whenever I have problems. There were a lot more things on this subject that I thought about but I forgot a lot of them thanks to my assignments.
Bottom line is that, I somewhat now recognize the need for a mentor. And not just a Christian mentor but ideally a mentor for some of the other things I'm involved with. Photographer mentor. mentor. Intellectual mentor. There is only so much you can learn from observations and trial and error but they can't take you to an intellectual and expressional depth of the subject than with a mentor.
That gave me a lot of things to think about over the past few days. Particularly on the whole mentoring side of things. Why didn't I have one? How was I able to get away with a lot of things just because I see how it is done, indirectly? How was I able to be an island that just kept exporting? Questions indeed.
Before I knew it, the day was over. Great but tiring day it was.
Sunday was another conversational afternoon. This time it was on media, organization and management related things and somehow connected with our church's second service, among other things. Was very quiet for this one but still actively listening. This is not one of my areas that I have any knowledge of but nonetheless it was interesting. That also gave me a lot to think about though the exact details of it has been lost somewhere between FireStation.java and java.util.ArrayList. Sigh.
I wonder, with the advancement of technology in particular to how much time we are connected to social networking sites, does it really hamper our ability to converse? This what I mean. I know it has happened before several times already but it does say something. We seem to be going in this trend that we can know a lot about what goes on in a person's life based on one sentence on Facebook or under-140-characters on Twitter. That may be alright but are we stopping at that? Are we content knowing just one sentence about a person? Is this a case of the much talked about information overload in the information age? Hmmm.
There is also another thing I would like to comment about OCF that I think the trend seems to be moving in that direction. I don't think I am going to outline it yet because I feel that people are going to take this the wrong way, much like the few things I have said here. May be I should have gone to Wordpress so that I can protect some of my posts. All I can say is that, OCF seems to be returning to the trend it was just a few years before I came to OCF. Only with slight dynamics modification.
And now the news of the week: Don't you wish you'd had memory like these guys? And not becoming a savant?
Such oxymoronic titles only make us to read even more. 10 ways how to enjoy doing nothing.
Xbox on fighting heart disease. That can't be good especially since they haven't fixed the red ring of death (analogous to the blue screen of death for PC users)...
Hmmm, to the can-count-with-one-hand-girls reading this, is this true?
A very touchy subject but one that has huge implications. The right that religious groups can reject a person to work in their establishment on the basis that they do not observe their doctrine/beliefs. That right is still in play here but rest assured that there are many other people who will fight to dissolve this right under the banner of discrimination. We do not discriminate women or even the homosexuals in the general workplace but this is starting to get messy when we talk about religious grounds. I can't further comment on it simply because I do not have much knowledge or arguments on it but we should be careful. Those who fight for this right to be abolished would almost definitely be of the mind that religion has no part to play in our society and should be treated as any other workplace. Keeping religious institutions would now just be out of novelty. There is no difference.
Hate customer service of your favourite product or service provider? Do what this guy did, sue the Bank of America for 1784 billion trillion dollars.
Great way to get up, wash up, dress for work, have breakfast and leave in 5 minutes. Some great things for us guys to learn
Why are we not surprised at this survey? We've been complaining about the broadband service in Malaysia for years and now here's concrete evidence for it.
Two of my favourite entries in the Strobist Assignment here and here.
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