Money money money

A story was told of a wealthy man who felt his son needed to learn gratefulness. So he sent him to stay with a poor farmer’s family. After one month, the son returned. The father asked, “Now don’t you appreciate what we have?” The boy thought for a moment and said, “The family I stayed with is better off. With what they’ve planted, they enjoy meals together. And they always seem to have time for one another.”
(Story Extracted from:Our Daily Bread)

This story reminds us that money can’t buy everything.

With Budget Debate going on with huge talks in inflation, widening income gap and more $ talk.

I wonder if the people in the lower income groups here get to experience what the poor farmer experience. Do they have that joy despite their struggle? I wonder.

It was stated that the average house hold income is $6,000. Some bench marking as to where we stand.

This morning I was in the bus to school. There was a slightly aged lady blocking my way on the double Decker bus at the top deck. I made my way and took a seat. Along the journey,she came to my seat standing and said 'makan' gesturing two fingers towards her face. I did not get it. She continuously repeated. .....

She wants some money to have food. She reeks and was bold enough to approach the rest. I guess she is among the lower income group, sound like no income group/unemployed. For her case, she has "upgraded her skills" going all the way to the bus.

What can be done to resolve their plight?

Coping with STRESS ( a multi-modal model=>Basic Ph)

Cool stuff i learn during my lecture......


Ways people meet the world.

Each of us usually have at least 2 of the following types to cope with stress


Basic Ph


B=> Beliefs (Philosophy)

+ve{

Attitudes
Values
Meaning
Philosophy
Acceptance

}


-ve {

over-values
ideas
Fanaticism
Superstition

}


A=>Affect (Outlet to express themselves...poem..)

+ve{

Feelings & Emotions
Listening
Ventilation

-ve {

Cry Baby
Complainer
Whiner

}


S=> Social (Social Backing family,friends....)

+ve{

Social Skills, Role, Groups
Social Structure

-ve {

Clinger
Parasite

}





I=> Imagination (use humor,intuitive or improvise new solution)

+ve{

Creative
Humor
Fantasy
Intuition

-ve {

Unrealistic
Building castle in the air

}


C=> Cognition (Rely on facts,rational thinking,logical steps learns from the past)

+ve{

Information
Problem Solving
Self-Talk
Thinking

-ve {

Rigid
Unfeeling
Intellectualize

}


Ph=> Physical (sleep)

+ve{

Practical
Action Activities
Exercise
Relaxation

-ve {

Substance
Abuse
Workaholic
Burnout


A balance of the above is needed.

Build to last

Sermon frm Pastor Tan Ye Peng

2Peter5-11
Matt12v25 => Place of agreement is a place of power

Desolation => nothing.

Don't obey rules for the sake of obeying.
~ Failure to understand the spirit of law =(

Values that are built to last

[1]Loyalty
[2]Commitment
[3]Respect(Submission,Humility)
[4]Accountabolity (connectness,communication)
[5]Family (Balance life)
[6]Love (forgiveness)
[7]Faithfulness (trustworthy,1cor23:4-5)
[8]Hardwork (Dilegnece excellence)
[9]Integrity (truthfulness)
[10]Generousity (Giving,Contended,thankful James3:16)

However,
Roman 1:29
2 Timothy 3:1

The opposite take place....

Value values!
V-->Visible
A-->Attract
L-->Lead
E-->Establish
S-->Standard

Being Firm

Choice and more choice are to be made everyday.
The choice made can't please everybody.
There is no need to tweak a rational
decision to please somebody if it is already rational and conclusive within the circumstances.Understanding as to why the person make such move i believe is the key

Very abstract? Scrutinize and you will know.
Lately i have made some decisions and it may not have gone down well with some.
Its for the party involve to figure out why such a move.

Be firm!

Valentine time days is round the corner.....

Love eventually lead to marriage – a milestone in life that bring great joy.

Ephesians 5:25-33, talks about the roles of husband(lead) and wife(support).

I do yearn for a partner,there is time for everything .....for now i need to establish myself first before i look forward to care for my another half to be. Lots of understanding is needed.

Although it might seem depressing during Valentine time to be single......it will be valentine time day everyday if you find a understanding/prudent spouse.

The last lecture of Randy Pausch

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, "Really..




-> When you screwing up and no one say anything they have give up.That's a bad state to be in

-> Fundamentals + hardwork otherwise fancy stuff will not matter.

-> Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you want

-> Most of what we learn,we learn indirectly(or by "head fake")

-> Break Walls,theu are there for a reason,
they let us prove how badly we want things,
stopped those who don't want it badly enough;

-> Its how you say it.You what?

ETC Singapore Edutainment
-> i am not sure if the world is good or not when the people are together the world is good.

=> Don't complain work hard!
=> Show Gratitude
=> Find the best in everybody -> wait for people to show their good side,just wait!
=> "I will fix this"
=> Feedback loop, Listen... to it ....don't chew out ....
=> Be good at something,that makes you valuable


Maximum your life!!

Fight or Fright

Life is full of situation
which require us to make decision.

Choices choices and more choices.

I have many lines to remind me :

Don't get bitter. Get better.
Be resilient. Learn to bounce back. - elastic

Little kid cry for a while and later they are back to normal.
We adults harbor the emotions, we don't deal with it can be come cancerous.

How we respond to the situation is important .....
Will you fight it or fright and run away. Choose one and do not regret you move.

Ada ada ada

Today's AI lecture was like a revelation.
I has access to material when i was 17.Now i only did i get the full picture of hill climbing and so forth.
What you are doing now will determine your destiny few years down the road.
Lots of challenges lately and i am surviving.Finding means to balanc both social life and work - school.Wanna enjoy the things that i do.
It ok to be different and stand out appropriately.be joyful with what you are doing.

Reading this book Programming in Ada 2005 by john Barnes only have got 2 hrs.....loan from the lib.

'ada ada ada" in tamil sound like teaseing some one ''wow wow wow".

Ada not widely used compared to C and Java but used
in safety-crtitical,real-time systems.

=>Ada is the first mainstream language with full support for earliest deadline first (EDF) scheduling
=>Previous version Ada83 & Ada95(strongly typed) ...Ada2005(OOP)
=>Algol60 =>ALGOrithmic Language(1963) features
=>http://www.adaic.org/
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