I had an impromptu speech this week which I was required to talk for 5 minutes non-stop. I chose Japanese languange, a topic which I thought I could elaborate on, but I barely managed 3 minutes. In the end, I was the worst speaker but that didn’t come as a surprise to me. I am not as articulate [...]
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The ability to laugh at oneself
A few days ago I was sitting in the same room as my colleague, A who was teaching a student behind me. They started talking about Good Friday and my colleague mentioned about how Jesus will resurrect three days later. Due to her not so correct pronunciation of resurrection, the student started laughing and repeating after [...]
Happiness
To me happiness is the sum of all the little joy in my daily life. Simple things such as a rainy day brighten my day. And today there are many such simple things. -I got a large piece of chocolate cake from the birthday guy today. -The self-proclaimed handsome guy of the company, who is suffering from advanced [...]
Love Life
I have always loved my life and have been living it with care so as not to shorten it unnecessarily. And I really cannot comprehend why would anybody live theirs any differently. If you are stuck in the stupid education system with endless assignments, exams and whatnots, think about the millions who can not afford [...]
The Starfish Story
As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a boy ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Finally catching up with the boy, he asked why he was doing this. The answer was that the stranded starfish would die if left until the morning sun. “But the [...]
Entropy
Entropy is the measure of disorder in a system and the Second Law of Thermodynamics says that the entropy of the universe always increases. Orderly states with low entropy do not occur randomly and huge amount of time and energy has to be expended to decrease the entropy of a system. On the other hand, no effort [...]
Turbocharge
My first experience of the annual event of the Advocators was enjoyable. It was a great chance to get to know the students better and to reflect on my life. Watching the kids penning down their goals and dreams gave me tremendous joy while I indulged in reminiscence of the innocence I once had. I was given the chance to draw [...]