originality; cold-fire

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Hmm.. Learnt quite a lot of things today. There was a talk for all WOs and specialists in the SAF today n I was to go there to take down notes n stuffs. Kinda like lectures which we all go for during JC. Except this time, I have a recorder with me. Haha..

Anyway, as I was saying, I have learnt loads of things today.

1) I suppose it's 1 of the more impt 1. To reflect on wat we have done for each day or for anything. That is to reflect on our experiences. Experience alone does not allow us to learn. It is only thru reflecting on it, we get to learn wat we have done wrong n wat we have done right.

2) The speaker oso emphasized on the sharing of information. He highlighted that there's a form of inter-competitiveness in all of us, which hinders us from sharing our knowledge with others. Forms like "if I shared this info with him, he will become better than us". However, this is not the case as information isn't unique. It is the person tt is. So wat if we share our knowledge with others? He/she will not be able to be u. U r the one with the experience. That is wat makes u unique. The other person will not be able to overtake u in any way. Furthermore, wat is knowlege or info when the person does not know how to use it?

3) There's sth which I really wish to go look into but this week isn't the time. The speaker spoke of the "Theory of Motivation" and how many millions of it there r out there(internet). Do u guys have any material on it? Will post up if I find anything on it.

4) The speaker oso said a lot abt his experience as a father. Tt made me think a lot. There's loads of responsibility to being a father. IF I were to be a father, wat kind of father will I become? Will my son or daughter respect me? Somehow, I fear becoming a father. The responsibility, code of conduct and many stuffs.. Will I be able to do them? Come to this pt, even be4 being a father, will I be a gd bf or a gd husband? Suddenly, relationship doesn't look so tempting afterall. Haha..

5) There's oso sth which I realise I lack. I lack the foresight to see wat end-result is required when certain stuffs r appointed to me. Army RSM told me abt it. But according to him, I lack the confidence to do so. And the way to build my confidence up is to expose me to more of the talks and projects he goes to. I think he is quite correct in it. But I oso feel that my attitude towards the work isn't there. Thus oso leading to my lack of foresight. Muz Change.....

The Origin. 10/28/2004 06:20:00 pm

quotes

"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." - Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

'How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears-
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity-' - How happy is the little Stone by Emily Dickinson

'This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.' - Morpheus, The Matrix

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do.' - Unknown

'There are plenty of people with good intentions who take the wrong actions in the end' - Gundam Seed Destiny

'Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again
checked in a blind alley.

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,
not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove good for us.' - A.J.Cronin

"Every life has one true-love snapshot
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know
No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone"

"A man can endure alot if he still has hope." - Clyde T. Ellis

" 'Appreciate It.' 2 simple words. A life span of gratitude." - Cinderella Man

"A boxer enters the ring alone. If knocked down, he alone could pick himself up and keep the fight going." - Cinderella Man

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Jame J. Braddock: I know this isn't what you wanted. But I can't win if you're not behind me.
Mae: I'm always behind you."

"People die in fairy tales all the time." - Max Baer, Cinderella Man

"Maybe sometimes people need to see someone do it so they can do it." - Father Rorick, Cinderella Man

"You always got ot figure you're not the best man in the world, there might be somebody better. That's the way it was. That's the way boxing is. The champion don't always stand up. There's always somebody coming up to take him. That's a part of life." - Jame J. Braddock

"If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted" - The Queensbury Rules, No. 4

"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" - Motto of the King's Guard in Ancient Greece

"With each passing day in a good marriage, the love for your spouse grow stronger than the day before" - Cinderella Man

"I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush

"Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you sow a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny." - Samuel Smiles

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt - Shakespeare in Measure of Measure

"What does your heart tell you?" - Aragorn, LOTR

"To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever." - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon

"To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. " - The Matrix

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath." - Balian of Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, LOTR

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." - Lilo & Stitch

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." - Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

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