I think most of my friends know how I love Apple, or idolized Steve Jobs. I simply inspired by him since listening to his commencement speech at Stanford back in 2005. Recently, there is A who likes to loathe about her iPhone. Anything wrong with her phone, she will blame Apple. How stupid is the [...]

(Found my Dec 2010 scribble) One: identify the trigger. It can be: Crash between priority Bored Physical fitness level low Two: find practical solution to solve it: Get rest Write down

Sensei (S): you guys want to improve your Japanese right? But never really practice? *smirk Us (U): *gulp ^^! S: *smile . Well I know that you are may be busy with other things, until you forgot to study. And sometimes you’re too stress until you can’t sleep well at night. U: *nod S: and [...]

Managing other’s expectation is hard, but don’t you think that managing our own expectation is harder? I found that it’s harder to manage my own expectation. One of my benchmark is I have to do more or give more than what is set for other people. For example, if someone can swim for 10 laps, [...]

Interesting quote I read this week from Ken Blanchard is: “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” After reading those, suddenly learning foreign language popped up in my head. I have [...]

One of my friend recently told me that how miserable his life is. And he felt that why life is so unfair to him. (sounds familiar hey?) Yes, it’s all about complaining. I did that too quite often in the past, until a certain extent when I decided to learn to control it. It takes [...]

When someone do something accidentally or make mistake that leads to disturb you to reach your destination, will you be angry to the person? We are, normally. A well mannered person maybe still be able to control themselves. A “saint” maybe can instantly forgive the mistake. Adding some salt to the wound, sometimes the mistake [...]

In my last post, I mentioned that often we are too pushy to ourselves, too demanding and (maybe) less understanding. When people told me to take it easy, sometimes I wonder, how do you define take it easy? Your easy maybe not as easy as you said or maybe less difficult that I imagined. Some [...]

Last weekend I flew back to my hometown to attend one of my best friend’s wedding. And nothing is more exciting than meeting your old pals. It’s been more than 5 years since our graduation. There are a lot of things happened within those 5 years. I used to watch my buddies left my hometown [...]

Wanting something badly until it frustrates you? I’m sure everyone experienced it at least once in their life. What did you do that time, to make the frustration go away? Did what you do that time make it gone?  If you are confuse how to cast the frustration away, here is some checklists (questions that [...]