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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
I talked to two very successful friends of mine living in the hostel about a semester ago. And they said that to achieve this amount of success, it comes with sacrifices. Mostly, at the expense of family, friends and sleep. Isn't that terrible?
I would say I'm nowhere near them, because they have done so much for school, hostel and even public external events. Yet now, I find myself having to cancel so much time that was initially set aside for my family because of meetings or school events that I need to attend. Even occassions like my mum's birthday, I can barely squeeze out two to three hours just to go back and celebrate then leave for another school event which I'd probably end up late and have to make some excuse.
There's this good article in the papers which examines the busy lifestyles of people today.
It says that "we pour ourselves into work so passionately that it often exceeds the enthusiasm and dedication which we are prepared to shower upon our families", yet "we readily acknowledge the fact that if we die tomorrow, the company we work for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives".
This is followed by a golf ball story that puts everything into perspective.
The summarized version goes like this:
A professor takes a jar, fills it all the way up with golf balls, and asks his students, "Is the jar full?"
All his students agree.
He then picked up a box of pebbles, pours it into the jar such that they roll in between the golf balls.
He asked again, "Is the jar full?"
His students agree that it is again.
Next, the professor took a box of sand, tips the sand into the jar till it fills to the brim. "Is the jar full now?"
The students responded with a unanimous "yes".
So what does this all mean?
The jar represents your life.
The golf balls represent your important things in life - your family, your health, your passion and friends; the things that if all else were not around and these were the only things that remained, your life would be still full.
The pebbles represents what matters, like your job and your house.
The sand is everything else - the small stuff.
So.. if you spend all your time and energy on the small things, you will never have room for the big things that are important to you.
"Take care of the golf balls first; the rest is just sand."
I'm just frustrated that I cannot find enough time for these golf balls just yet.
I would say I'm nowhere near them, because they have done so much for school, hostel and even public external events. Yet now, I find myself having to cancel so much time that was initially set aside for my family because of meetings or school events that I need to attend. Even occassions like my mum's birthday, I can barely squeeze out two to three hours just to go back and celebrate then leave for another school event which I'd probably end up late and have to make some excuse.
There's this good article in the papers which examines the busy lifestyles of people today.
It says that "we pour ourselves into work so passionately that it often exceeds the enthusiasm and dedication which we are prepared to shower upon our families", yet "we readily acknowledge the fact that if we die tomorrow, the company we work for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives".
This is followed by a golf ball story that puts everything into perspective.
The summarized version goes like this:
A professor takes a jar, fills it all the way up with golf balls, and asks his students, "Is the jar full?"
All his students agree.
He then picked up a box of pebbles, pours it into the jar such that they roll in between the golf balls.
He asked again, "Is the jar full?"
His students agree that it is again.
Next, the professor took a box of sand, tips the sand into the jar till it fills to the brim. "Is the jar full now?"
The students responded with a unanimous "yes".
So what does this all mean?
The jar represents your life.
The golf balls represent your important things in life - your family, your health, your passion and friends; the things that if all else were not around and these were the only things that remained, your life would be still full.
The pebbles represents what matters, like your job and your house.
The sand is everything else - the small stuff.
So.. if you spend all your time and energy on the small things, you will never have room for the big things that are important to you.
"Take care of the golf balls first; the rest is just sand."
I'm just frustrated that I cannot find enough time for these golf balls just yet.
Discovery - First Time Machine
Discovery Channel: I Love the World
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
It feels so good to have caught a breather at last.
Right after internship, the past few days have been something like camp - go out - prepare for event - go out - celebrate national day - go out - cable ski. It's wonderfully yet frightfully non-stop. So maybe it's a blessing in disguise to have came down with fever. Though that made me look like some fickle-minded idiot who said quite late that I could go for the smux inter-team event, then last minute had to cancel. Roar.
So finally slept more than half the day away, caught up on my State of Fear and got my schedule for the hostel orientation done. *sigh of relief*
It was good catching up with old friends too.
Dorothy, whom I lost contact with in primary school, suddenly added me on facebook. And now we've been chatting 3 days in a row like we just picked up from where we left off. And that was like about 9 years ago! She's really matured a lot. And now I have half the mind to go on OCIP although I'm terrified of horrendous toilet conditions in other countries.
Met up with Teng Yi too! She just came back from USA work and travel, and the first thing she did was to pass me Russian Vodka! Ooh-la-la! Haha that girl.. come back from USA and now she's paying so much attention to her looks and is dying to go back there again.
After a nice catch-up over lunch, she brought me to see her new apartment at Bencoolen. Omg it was terrible. It's like the size of my hostel living room, but housing 4 people with 2 shelves for them to share and really tiny wardrobes!! Seemed like the sort of size you'd find illegal immigrants in though it supposed to be all for students. Was really in a bad condition. Poor girl.. no wonder she wants to move out so badly. Too bad she couldn't come back to the hostel to stay this year =(
Freak.. I feel like I'm just throwing out a lot of nonsense and it's not proper english in improper sentences. It must be a mixture of the sickness and the post-internship effects. Is there any food that can help to grow brain cells?
A bit sian also.. Youtube is not posting the videos I want to post on blogger!! So anyway, in cases of extreme boredom or procrastination, stuff to do:
1. GET UP-TO-DATE WITH MARVELS OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD
Discovery - First Time Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRWwI61so5Q&NR=1
2. LISTEN TO A RANDOM HAPPY TUNE
Discovery Channel - I Love the World (introduced by Fish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ
3. INDULGE IN GOOD OL' POTTERMANIA
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Official Trailer (It's coming out in NOVEMBER!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCPvHJ6p90
4. GET INSPIRED TO DANCE
Step-Up 2 (Last Street Dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-cQrD4MS0
Bleah.. I don't feel prepared to go back to school and face all the finance modules yet. =(
Right after internship, the past few days have been something like camp - go out - prepare for event - go out - celebrate national day - go out - cable ski. It's wonderfully yet frightfully non-stop. So maybe it's a blessing in disguise to have came down with fever. Though that made me look like some fickle-minded idiot who said quite late that I could go for the smux inter-team event, then last minute had to cancel. Roar.
So finally slept more than half the day away, caught up on my State of Fear and got my schedule for the hostel orientation done. *sigh of relief*
It was good catching up with old friends too.
Dorothy, whom I lost contact with in primary school, suddenly added me on facebook. And now we've been chatting 3 days in a row like we just picked up from where we left off. And that was like about 9 years ago! She's really matured a lot. And now I have half the mind to go on OCIP although I'm terrified of horrendous toilet conditions in other countries.
Met up with Teng Yi too! She just came back from USA work and travel, and the first thing she did was to pass me Russian Vodka! Ooh-la-la! Haha that girl.. come back from USA and now she's paying so much attention to her looks and is dying to go back there again.
After a nice catch-up over lunch, she brought me to see her new apartment at Bencoolen. Omg it was terrible. It's like the size of my hostel living room, but housing 4 people with 2 shelves for them to share and really tiny wardrobes!! Seemed like the sort of size you'd find illegal immigrants in though it supposed to be all for students. Was really in a bad condition. Poor girl.. no wonder she wants to move out so badly. Too bad she couldn't come back to the hostel to stay this year =(
Freak.. I feel like I'm just throwing out a lot of nonsense and it's not proper english in improper sentences. It must be a mixture of the sickness and the post-internship effects. Is there any food that can help to grow brain cells?
A bit sian also.. Youtube is not posting the videos I want to post on blogger!! So anyway, in cases of extreme boredom or procrastination, stuff to do:
1. GET UP-TO-DATE WITH MARVELS OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD
Discovery - First Time Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRWwI61so5Q&NR=1
2. LISTEN TO A RANDOM HAPPY TUNE
Discovery Channel - I Love the World (introduced by Fish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ
3. INDULGE IN GOOD OL' POTTERMANIA
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Official Trailer (It's coming out in NOVEMBER!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCPvHJ6p90
4. GET INSPIRED TO DANCE
Step-Up 2 (Last Street Dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-cQrD4MS0
Bleah.. I don't feel prepared to go back to school and face all the finance modules yet. =(
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