Tuesday, January 27, 2009 ' 5:16 AM
the penultimate post
a realist is a person that views the world as it is (got this from dictionary.com...aint crappin here). so by my humble inference, he/she doesnt expect anything exceptional to happen. a dreamer on the other hand is one who has out of this world fantasies. in other words, he believes things can change for the better. its nice to be a dreamer, but to achieve those dreams, you have to be a realist to some extent. you have to work hard and do whatever is realistic.
isnt it weird that you're doing something while what you want to achieve is the total opposite?
to enjoy the euphoria of winning a race, you'll have to put yourself through tortuous training. to pole vault, you'll first have to learn to fall properly.
anyway, being a dreamer always seems more fun than not being a dreamer doesnt it. but unfortunately, works gotta be done to realise those dreams. anyway, i believe everyone knows this, just whether they are motivated enough to practice it. like we all know hard work has to be done to yield good grades(ok, this doesnt apply to resident geniuses), but whether we do it eventually is all up to ourselves. well, you probably heard that countless times too.
well, so now its back to dreaming for me. dreaming of what to write for the last entry!
' 4:39 AM
darn IR
kinda concerned about the effect the IR is going to have on me.. well here's the story.
blackjacks the game. affordable $2 bets. irritating banker irks us (this kinda contradicts my prev post. but whatever.) so now we're playing $10. nice eh...ten bucks for 2 cards. things aint going too well. so now its $20. guess what, friend goes crazy and stakes $100. feeling a little crazy...so lets bet $100..haha. anyway, my friends a saf regular. i'm jobless. after a few rounds, i finally relocate my brain and bet $30 the rest of the way and we all play $2 per round at the end. was fortunate enough to have a net positive by the end of the game. but i know as well i could have had to finally get a job to repay my debts.
anyway, if i'm betting $100 now on no income, how much would i stake in the future?? better ask my family to write in and ban me from entering those darn IRs.
um,this is a lil contradictory...but the thrill of having that amount of money on the line is kinda cool.you should try it at least once man (can see myself revisiting the thrill real soon). um, maybe you'll need one of those bans too.
well,for the record, this is a once in awhile thing. aint a problem for me, i hope. haha
' 4:24 AM
be cool
sometimes don't you just feel that people are over anxious. like when a car moves off at a traffic light a fraction late, people blare their horns in frustration. you take a lil longer while paying for stuff at the cashier and the person behind you is irked,big time..minor issues yet such needless emotion.
kinda wonder whether these people realise the amount of unhappiness and angst they put themselves through just cause they cant take a step back at times and be cool. how is waiting a minute more going to affect your life so adversely that you have to be so peeved by it.(anyway, sometimes you can feel pissed for eg. when your wife's in labour and the dude driving in front of ya is oh so slow....thats why i dont want to have kids.haha).anyway, such situations are rare and it'll be real cool if we could all take a step back, give others the benefit of the doubt and be cool.
try not to be rude to service staff when they forget stuff. ignore inconsiderate people. and most importantly, reward your friends when they complete a dare *wink* (the last point aint linked. just had to write it though).
Monday, January 19, 2009 ' 11:23 PM
Interviews
Do i suck at them? Not exactly. But do i like them? Nah.
Guess its just quite a flawed way to judge people. The less conscience you have, the better you can be during one. If you have no qualms acting like someone else during one, odds are you'll be good in interviews.
So maybe we should assess people when their true selfs are on show. One way would be play some sports or board games and offer the incentive that the winner gets the job. See the secretly over- authoritative beasts and sly conniving foxes on full display. Bad thing is some people would be ahead of the game and know what you're up to exactly.
Another more fun, albeit expensive way, would be to make everyone tipsy. Haha
I'm pretty sure that some real geniuses( i mean real ones) have spent coutntless hours contemplating how to better refine selection processes for hiring talents. And they must have spent lotsa time evaluating the many options before deciding interviews are still best.
Thats why after all the stuff i've spouted...i conclude that my ideas are NONSENSICAL or have already been thrown out of the window. It can't be that intellects that spend so much time thinking about it havn't thought about the weird ideas which a stupid kid like me came up in around um..ten minutes. It just can't be.....can it??
' 11:08 PM
Dead and Gone
Go check out that song by T.I. Its not just some lame rap song. It's got alot of meaning in it.
Anyway, i think its very important that people make mistakes. If you went through your life smoothly without any obstacles, you would'nt be who you are now. With some common sense, everyone should become better through the mistakes we make.
Better that you piss of a project mate now and learn from it, rather than pissing of your boss in the future and suffer eternal damnation.Maybe thats an extreme anecdote. But yea, something like that.
So i guess don't fret too much when you err cause you're learning. But don't be too happy either, or people might think you're a nut.
