Do few baby steps, and do it right. It will make you feel good and confident. Once you get it right, add the intensity or steps or do it for longer period. If it wasn't going well, stop and reflect. Then repeat the last one when you're succeed. Those were my swimming coach advice to us this week. She often asked us, how do we feel, did we do this or that, and so on. Because it's easier to correct […]
Running at our own pace
"Don't rush it. I know you want to finish the length of the swimming pool but I want you to focus on your stroke and follow the *beep* of your timer. Now you need to do it right and constant pace. Not doing it fast." that was my coach said to us during our lesson this week. She also said that it's easy to just go faster but we will feel exhausted before the entire distance we supposed to cover. […]
The art of waiting
I don't always dislike waiting, because it actually allows me to read or play games while waiting. What I don't really enjoy is the outcome of waiting. For example, you're in line for getting rare merchandise or limited food quantity for quite some time and when your turn is up, you don't manage to get it.While some people have more patience, I find myself on the impatient side. Can you wait patiently? Or you like to move fast?
To be a neighborhood Spider-Man
Have you watched Spider-Man? Do you like it? This post might have some references to the movie so, spoiler ahead. I’m actually not a big fan of Spider-Man, but I saw a lot of positive reviews from my friends. So, I decided to give it a go. (*ahem* at least I can see RDJ) Overall, it’s very enjoyable to watch this Spider-Man movie. So, here are the 3 key things I learned from it
What’s your tactic?
I was stuck. Playing Pokémon Shuffle. In one of the card mission to get Lucarionite. This has been quite sometime, so I decided to google it up. And some other gamers also experienced the same problem. Apparently, I misunderstand the mission instruction. Then, I saw a link about different stage problem and few ways of solving it. It made me think that a game can be very deep when it comes strategizing it. Well, most of the games I play […]
Mid year reflection
I did it..!! And the rest are history.. below was my day KM 22: I thought I signed up for 21km run? KM 21: the finish line is not here yet? KM 16: oh.. my.. it’s so hot. Legs are giving up, then heard someone called my name.. extra boost of power to the finish line! KM 15: yay.. 6 more to go.. but at this rate seem to exceed 21km. Should I go to toilet here or at the […]
Nothing to lose
My sensei said, when we are worried about something big like exam, don’t be. Just ダメもと (dame moto). Dame moto is short form of ダメでもともと (dame de moto moto) which means nothing to lose. Even if you fail the exam, doesn’t mean our ability decrease. We just go back to square one or our original state. When we never challenge ourselves, how can we tell we are growing?
When you’re a little lost, it’s time to listen more
I was watching “Hotel Honnouji” by Ayase Haruka and Shinichi Tsutsumi about Nobunaga Oda. I was thinking how many movies about time travel and related to him I had watched before. But I find that each movie was focusing on different things. The female character was a little lost about what she’s going to do next after her company went bankrupt. And she went to Kyoto to see her fiancée who always busy with his work. The purpose was to […]