Dear Readers
Yet another New Year is approaching. Yes, 2012 will be with us in just 3 more days! How time flies and how fast it flies.
Hmm...... expectedly, there will be lots of news about the history of 2011 events, achievements, happenings, highlights, comments, economics, politics, changes!! Are you able to recall them if they are not brought up again by the news? Are they important to you? Do they affect your lives? Have they brought back some memories? Sweet or sad memories? How did those news make a different in your doing?
Or without them, you are still surviving as usual? They don't really concern you or they do? You don't actually need to care or know what had happened? You do not read news as you have been too busy in your own circle?
Life is individual yet life is universal. The individual makes up the universe yet the universe does not entirely influence the individual. Life is dependent yet independent. At times you depend on someone or something, while after which, you are alone and you are yourself again.
Whatever it is, the world will not stop to wait for you, the clock continues to tick, life goes on. I am sure long list of resolutions are waiting to be announced for the better new year.
As usual, let's greet each other "Happy New Year", whether it does mean a thing to everyone.
Showing posts with label General Matter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Matter. Show all posts
Thursday, 29 December 2011
What is Life?
Dear Readers
What do you wish to achieve in life?
To those who believe in religion, this may be a simple and straight forward question. Answers are at the tips of the thumbs?! But what do you actually want in your current life? Do you know why you are here? Or do you just follow what others teach you and let others guide you?
The world never stops changing. It changes every second and every 100th of a second, nothing remains the same at the next moment you look at it. Isn't this fantastic? How do you hold on to the moment when you wish it to stay perfect for the rest of your life?
When you accomplish your missions, how do you maintain them and how do you prevent them from moving away onto something different? Are you satisfied with what you have? What more can you work on to fulfil what you wish for?
I am in the midst of confusion about life and what else I can do. Guess it is part of life itself.
What do you wish to achieve in life?
To those who believe in religion, this may be a simple and straight forward question. Answers are at the tips of the thumbs?! But what do you actually want in your current life? Do you know why you are here? Or do you just follow what others teach you and let others guide you?
The world never stops changing. It changes every second and every 100th of a second, nothing remains the same at the next moment you look at it. Isn't this fantastic? How do you hold on to the moment when you wish it to stay perfect for the rest of your life?
When you accomplish your missions, how do you maintain them and how do you prevent them from moving away onto something different? Are you satisfied with what you have? What more can you work on to fulfil what you wish for?
I am in the midst of confusion about life and what else I can do. Guess it is part of life itself.
Monday, 7 November 2011
ABC & short form words
Dear Readers
I find that short form is really fascinating! One short form to you may mean something different to others! Is there a guideline to the universally accepted short forms? Who created them and who approved them?
I am sure many of us are familiar with OMG, LOL, BRB, TBC, FOC, GTG, FYI, ASAP, RSVP, RIP, BTW, hopefully we share the same understanding of their meanings.
Let us take a look at ABC. The original short form of ABC that I know is purely the alphabet ABC when we teach our children the 26 alphabets of English language, usually A for apple, B for bus, C for car.. and so on. In Malaysia restaurants, ABC is best known as ais kacang, air batu campur.
In cognitive behavior psychology, ABC stands for Activating event, Beliefs about activating event and Consequences. It is used to analyze a situation and change our thinking without trying to change the external reality such that we can develop new, rational beliefs, thoughts and feelings.
I am pretty sure ABC will carry different meanings in other studies. Do share your ABC with me if you have.
There are yet many other short forms that are found in this contemporary society, they are used in emails, smses, chats etc. You may have come across MBF, MBA, PHD, WTF, WTH, IDK, ACT, FML, ROFL, LMAO, LMFAO, FTW, STFU, 88, DILLIC, DILLIK, LCLY, BFF MSG, IMO, ABT, WRT, NP, TYVM, MTV, HBU, TTYL........ well, I do not get the meaning of all of them as some of them were obtained during brainstorming session with my children.
And today I received a mail from a friend having this short form ABCDEFG and ABCDEFGHIJK, I am sure with the speed how mails are moving about, you can already guess the meaning of them!
I find that short form is really fascinating! One short form to you may mean something different to others! Is there a guideline to the universally accepted short forms? Who created them and who approved them?
I am sure many of us are familiar with OMG, LOL, BRB, TBC, FOC, GTG, FYI, ASAP, RSVP, RIP, BTW, hopefully we share the same understanding of their meanings.
Let us take a look at ABC. The original short form of ABC that I know is purely the alphabet ABC when we teach our children the 26 alphabets of English language, usually A for apple, B for bus, C for car.. and so on. In Malaysia restaurants, ABC is best known as ais kacang, air batu campur.
In cognitive behavior psychology, ABC stands for Activating event, Beliefs about activating event and Consequences. It is used to analyze a situation and change our thinking without trying to change the external reality such that we can develop new, rational beliefs, thoughts and feelings.
I am pretty sure ABC will carry different meanings in other studies. Do share your ABC with me if you have.
There are yet many other short forms that are found in this contemporary society, they are used in emails, smses, chats etc. You may have come across MBF, MBA, PHD, WTF, WTH, IDK, ACT, FML, ROFL, LMAO, LMFAO, FTW, STFU, 88, DILLIC, DILLIK, LCLY, BFF MSG, IMO, ABT, WRT, NP, TYVM, MTV, HBU, TTYL........ well, I do not get the meaning of all of them as some of them were obtained during brainstorming session with my children.
And today I received a mail from a friend having this short form ABCDEFG and ABCDEFGHIJK, I am sure with the speed how mails are moving about, you can already guess the meaning of them!
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Hobbies & Puzzles
Dear Readers
After a hard day's work, how do you relax your mind and body? What hobbies are you into? Many friends of mine love reading, travelling, movie, surfing net, dancing etc etc...
I like to get myself into "brain training" puzzles like solving sudoku, kakuro, word search, word puzzle, finding differences, challenging memory games, playing with magic cube and reading odd stuff like the one below. Surprising, these don't wear my energy out yet boost me with higher spirit!
7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15.
PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D 7H15.
Do share with me some interesting puzzles if you have them!
After a hard day's work, how do you relax your mind and body? What hobbies are you into? Many friends of mine love reading, travelling, movie, surfing net, dancing etc etc...
I like to get myself into "brain training" puzzles like solving sudoku, kakuro, word search, word puzzle, finding differences, challenging memory games, playing with magic cube and reading odd stuff like the one below. Surprising, these don't wear my energy out yet boost me with higher spirit!
7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15.
PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D 7H15.
Do share with me some interesting puzzles if you have them!
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Maids in Malaysia
Dear Readers
It is such a fulfilling day for me, with many happenings.
A friend faces problem with maid; I suppose almost every well-off family or a family with both working parents in Malaysia owns a foreign maid. The huge differences between the families and the maids in terms of culture, religion, communication, living habits create various issues in the homes and the societies.
In Malaysia, I see that we are a problematic prejudiced society against foreign workers. One reason that the foreign workers are treated so poorly is the perception that they come from less developed countries than ours and are psychologically associated to be of a lower class. I hope we could learn to gain respect from one another and work together in a healthy environment.
I am sure you do have a story to share about maids, or foreign workers.
Although there is no immediate solution to the topic but with options such as home-based jobs, living with in-laws, well-managed baby-sitter centres, possibly more educated and trained helpers, acceptance of various jobs by the locals, we may reduce the issues to a minimal.
Have a good rest for now.
It is such a fulfilling day for me, with many happenings.
A friend faces problem with maid; I suppose almost every well-off family or a family with both working parents in Malaysia owns a foreign maid. The huge differences between the families and the maids in terms of culture, religion, communication, living habits create various issues in the homes and the societies.
In Malaysia, I see that we are a problematic prejudiced society against foreign workers. One reason that the foreign workers are treated so poorly is the perception that they come from less developed countries than ours and are psychologically associated to be of a lower class. I hope we could learn to gain respect from one another and work together in a healthy environment.
I am sure you do have a story to share about maids, or foreign workers.
Although there is no immediate solution to the topic but with options such as home-based jobs, living with in-laws, well-managed baby-sitter centres, possibly more educated and trained helpers, acceptance of various jobs by the locals, we may reduce the issues to a minimal.
Have a good rest for now.
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