Saturday, May 15, 2010

looking back



today's prolly one of the most non-productive Fridays ever

I told myself that i would finish at least half of the report today and look where i'm standing right now

u know what, i started thinkin that im actually intoxicated

u know when you started feeling lazy and tired all the time.

i literally slept 3 hours after dinner (well technically coz it was 5 at that time)

and now my stomach is hatin on me

see that picture up there?

thats me. when i was 15 or something. ignorant, funny, stupid as usual

I think i got this from Taiwan if i remembered correctly

An old chap cut my face off from a piece of paper,

he was so quick, he had it done before i could say " U think im gonna believe u doing that? "

of course i ate my words for that.

now as i retrospect, its weird that i hardly remember most of my childhood memories.

maybe, just maybe i should make videos of myself

just so i remember what i did before ;)

Monday, May 3, 2010

The secret to fundamentals in communication

Found a story which enlightened me ;)

Thought it might be good sharing materials~




In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.

One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said,

"Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test.

It"s called the Three Filters Test."

"Three Filters?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say.

That's why I call it the Three Filters Test.

The first filter is Truth.

Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it"s true or not.

Now let"s try the second filter, the filter of goodness.

Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it"s true.

You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of usefulness.

Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"