you can also view the video from here.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
knock it down! knock it down!
fren sent me this YouTube link sibeh kaygian (hokkien: very funny). am sure many of us boys-turned-men will relate to it very well...
you can also view the video from here.
you can also view the video from here.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
peekture of the moment - 30 may 2006
sequel to use of proper english in toilets. wah lau i not voyeur ok, only toilet photographer niah niah. bopians la, me the photo skill 不能见光 (cannot see daylight) one, so can only hide in toilet take peekture! haha... kidding la. the things you see when you go do business can be quite interesting sometime...
from the look of the clip art it looks like the management dun wan you to throw toilet paper into the kang (hokkien: hole). now roll your mouse over the pic and see the text...
sigh... not jus have to use proper english ok, must also use proper clip art mah...
wah... i thot only got wrestlemania now also got s**mania manz!! dunno isit also the act act kind or real real kind. got give gold plated condom leather belt as trophy??
from the look of the clip art it looks like the management dun wan you to throw toilet paper into the kang (hokkien: hole). now roll your mouse over the pic and see the text...
sigh... not jus have to use proper english ok, must also use proper clip art mah...
wah... i thot only got wrestlemania now also got s**mania manz!! dunno isit also the act act kind or real real kind. got give gold plated condom leather belt as trophy??
expectation and disappointment: a comment to lil' sis's blog entry
lil' sis posted this on her blog-that-shall-not-be-linked and i quote:
expectation - noun. belief that something will happen or to be the case. (AskOxford.com)
going by the dictionary definition, naturally if an expectation is not met, it will cause one to be disappointed as what he believes to be the case was wrong or did not happen. if an expectation is met, then he should not be disappointed. meaning to say, an expectation sets the benchmark, the passing score between being disappointed and not disappointed. however does it then mean that he is satisfied?
i think there is at least 3 stages of measuring the level of satisfaction: Unsatisfied (disappointed), Contented (not disappointed), and Satisfied (not disappointed and happy about it). so if an expectation is just met, one will mostly be in the Contented state and if it far exceeds expectation, then one should be in the Satisfied state. this is what i believe to be true from my observations so far.
thus if expectation is set lower or none at all, isn't the probability of attaining the Contented or the Satisfied state higher? i think this is especially true when an expectation is set onto another person, e.g. parents onto kids, couple onto each other etc. so while it is human nature to set expectations, bear in mind that the higher you set the level, the higher chance of you being disappointed in the end.
having expressed so much about expectation and satisfaction, so what is the relationship between expectation and improvement?
improvement is basically about making a situation or the capability of someone or something better. so if there is an expectation for the situation to improve, does it naturally leads to the situation improving? not really.
in fact, i argue that it doesn't matter whether there is an expectation or not. what is required, is actually a goal to achieve improvement, an end point. in order for there to be improvement, there must also be an effort to improve and, more importantly, a motivation to put in that effort.
i think, an expectation is different from a goal. one 'achieves' a goal, he doesn't achieve an expectation; he 'meets' an expectation. when one achieves a goal, there is a sense of achievement and that brings Satisfaction, which is a preferred state of being. the desire to attain the Staisfaction state motivates one to put in effort to achieve the goal. hence,
in conclusion, i think expectation and improvement are two mutually exclusive things. higher expectation increases the probability of being disappointed; and for there to be improvement, one should set the goal (instead of expectation) and motivates one to put in the effort to achieve it.
is it really true that when one doesn't have expectation, he doesn't have disappointment?wanna comment on it but she din allow anonymous comment (i dun have an account mah) - curse the spammers for leaving spams on her blog! may the lightning of the dragon prince strike thee's backside! (dun ask me why this exclamation is so, i also dunno!) - so i comment here lor...
but if there's not expectation, how can there be improvement?Posted on 24 May 2006 17:05:52
expectation - noun. belief that something will happen or to be the case. (AskOxford.com)
going by the dictionary definition, naturally if an expectation is not met, it will cause one to be disappointed as what he believes to be the case was wrong or did not happen. if an expectation is met, then he should not be disappointed. meaning to say, an expectation sets the benchmark, the passing score between being disappointed and not disappointed. however does it then mean that he is satisfied?
i think there is at least 3 stages of measuring the level of satisfaction: Unsatisfied (disappointed), Contented (not disappointed), and Satisfied (not disappointed and happy about it). so if an expectation is just met, one will mostly be in the Contented state and if it far exceeds expectation, then one should be in the Satisfied state. this is what i believe to be true from my observations so far.
thus if expectation is set lower or none at all, isn't the probability of attaining the Contented or the Satisfied state higher? i think this is especially true when an expectation is set onto another person, e.g. parents onto kids, couple onto each other etc. so while it is human nature to set expectations, bear in mind that the higher you set the level, the higher chance of you being disappointed in the end.
having expressed so much about expectation and satisfaction, so what is the relationship between expectation and improvement?
improvement is basically about making a situation or the capability of someone or something better. so if there is an expectation for the situation to improve, does it naturally leads to the situation improving? not really.
in fact, i argue that it doesn't matter whether there is an expectation or not. what is required, is actually a goal to achieve improvement, an end point. in order for there to be improvement, there must also be an effort to improve and, more importantly, a motivation to put in that effort.
i think, an expectation is different from a goal. one 'achieves' a goal, he doesn't achieve an expectation; he 'meets' an expectation. when one achieves a goal, there is a sense of achievement and that brings Satisfaction, which is a preferred state of being. the desire to attain the Staisfaction state motivates one to put in effort to achieve the goal. hence,
improvement = goal + motivation + effort
in conclusion, i think expectation and improvement are two mutually exclusive things. higher expectation increases the probability of being disappointed; and for there to be improvement, one should set the goal (instead of expectation) and motivates one to put in the effort to achieve it.
Friday, May 19, 2006
peekture of the moment - 19 may 2006
SIA also plans to compete for the same route but was unable to be reached for comments at press time. according to unconfirmed sources, the management and staff were split between offering chicken and fish meals, or extra value meals with option to 'supersize me'.
"kopi, tea, or ...?"
above writing all fictitious one but peektures are real. thanks to mei2 for sending over from middle earth.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
GE2006 related quotes
from PM Lee as reported by CNA:
... Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes...from a comment to a post in Singapore Election Watch:
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
i am back... but sick...
me back from reservist liao, since last fri. but also brought back the flu that i caught during exercise. now sick chicken and blur like sotong because of the medicine that my GP gave me (she gave me the extra power one!). yesterday went back office still tio complained by colleague. wah lau... next time dun buy goodies for them liaoz! haha!!
k la, go rest liao. wait i recover liao then post blog hor.
k la, go rest liao. wait i recover liao then post blog hor.
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