Monday, August 22, 2011

photos of family



crossroads

some of us go through life on a straight lane - smooth, easy peasy, 5th gear all the way...

others hit some long and winding stretches along the way - but all more eventful and enriching..

and then there are those of us who hit crossroads at every turn - ever more eventful, ever more fulfilling (or is it), filled with heartaches and laughter, screams of glee and woe - but it still remains a path of crossroads galore.

so when we hit the crossroads, how many of us are very sure of where to turn? is it right, or left, straight or 5 o'clock? do we agonise over it, fearing that the wrong turn could be disastrous, or at best, not the most fulfilling and satisfying?

my crossroads seem to be telling me to leave it at the feet of Jesus, and just wait for His direction; but we are just stubborn humans who must worry and ponder over them, and getting all worked up about it, aren't we? so i am at this crossroad now - should I or shouldn't I?  oh bugger it..... 




Sunday, August 7, 2011

malcolm gladwell

i love biographies, and anything to do with Psychology.  so when a friend talked about malcolm gladwell's interesting findings, i made a beeline to the bookshop and bought 3 of his books - Blink, Tipping Point and Outliers.

reading outliers now, and it's fascinating truths and research.  reading about the smartest man in the world, christopher langan, whose IQ is between 195-210 (a normal person's IQ hovers around 100-110), and then going to youtube for an interview with him, makes one realise that what Gladwell espouses in his book is not silly.... now go buy that book if you want to know what he says :)

yelleh belleh and i were watching "Limitless" last night - bradley cooper, the guy with those sharp blue eyes.. he wasn't being portrayed his best side in the movie, but it's a very interesting and entertaining show.  they say that we only use between 10%-20% of our brains in our lifetime, so maybe someone in real life will invent something to bring out the other 80% in our brains..and there will be more successful people in this world, less poverty, less manic depressives..