Thursday, November 26, 2009
Reminder to myself
It's not successes that make one great, but the response to failure.
When you fail, you fail. No matter what reasons you give, you fail.
The only way to remedy failure is to achieve success in the future.
Failure is easy - just one out of many factors to go wrong, and you fail.
Success is hard - every single detail of the ingredient must be right.
And choosing the latter path is never easy - you're more likely to go wrong - it just takes a single factor to screw you.
But since I've chosen it, I won't give myself any alternative.
Excuses are for losers.
Failing is okay. Excusing yourself is not.
No reasons. No excuses. Only remedy.
Bloody make sure the next one is the perfect one. No matter what the circumstances are.
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Monday, November 09, 2009
Class
People are getting richer.
People can afford better gadgets.
But what's the use if you do not have the growing class to match with it?
Laptops with better brands and better looks - but no use for the better functions.
Better handphones with better functions - but blasting them loudly in public transport without a care in the world.
More money to spend touring other countries - but talking loudly around like country pumpkins.
More money to dress nice with clothes, hair, and makeup - but refuse to give up seats to the needy, scolding vulgarities loudly in public, and reading newspapers with arms wide open even though it is crowded like hell.
People like to be envious of people with the best consumerist products, while I don't give a damn. These people may look good on the outside, but deep down, it is all rotten with no substance.
People are getting richer, so what? They are not necessary more educated. Nothing to celebrate about.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Before I forget...
MJ's "This is it" is really damn nice.
He was 50, his movements are stiff compared to last time, but the music he made - with the band, dancers, vocalists behind him, are so damn inspiring.
Only from the rehearsals, I was quite high listening to the 'live' music.. If I were at the concert I think I would go crazy!
Live music really has its powers - his music just has this very subtle yet strong energy behind the catchy beat, that they seem to come from the soul. Sounds really cheesy I know, but it was just something different and unique. Full of power, full of message.
And meaningful lyrics, songs like Earth Song, Heal the World, Black or White - he sings every song with such passion in his voice it's inspiring.
Of course, Man in the Mirror - the last concert supposedly for this concert - never fails to cheat some tears out of my usually stingy eyes.
Regret that I didn't have a proper connect with his songs when I was growing up, and only knew how to really appreciate after he has died (to jump on the bandwagon also perhaps).
If I could dance, I would really want to learn his dance moves for songs like Beat it and Smooth Criminal - they are really the coolest and nicest dance moves I've seen before.
Luckily, my tuition kid have the "Best of MJ" CDs, so I can listen to his best hits now.
Better late than never.
For the last time, RIP MJ - King of Pop.
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Monday, November 02, 2009
Tough
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
The others just go missing.
Sometimes it's just confusing. Is it a lack of ability, or a total disregard?
Some put in effort. Some
think they put in effort, but definitely not to the best of their ability. Some simply not put in effort - do things at the very last minute - using the excuses of many deadlines or 'no time' to free ride.
It's a balance, a hard one to manage. I want to be nice, but another part of me demands personal responsibility. If one tried, yet to no avail, seeking help is certainly inevitable, and ought to be respected. If one simply didn't, or lazy to, seeking help is just savouring the fruits of others' labour.
There are times I pass work to other people when I know I will be busy. However, I always make sure I tell people beforehand that I will be busy, and can't contribute, and I contribute by coordinating and distributing the efforts needed, albeit an unfair allocation, so people will know exactly what to expect. Some people just don't ask anything, don't make things happen, and wait for things to happen.
Maybe I'm just being unsympatheic. But if people can't help, I expect people to have the initiative to say it out way beforehand. I don't mind doing more, but at least it's for something, not for nothing.
Yeah, things pile up so quickly and so fast that I have little time to catch my breath, yet I know, one little B, seemingly harmless, will send everything tumbling down, and past 6 semesters' efforts in vain.
No choice! Keeping the beautiful end in sight, having regrets is not an option at all. Do what is necessary now, rather than regretting later. Regretting later is easy - just need to admire the beautiful consequences, without needing to go through the pain in achieving them. No pain, no gain, and certainly, the pain is constant, and unrelenting.
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