Meeting new people is definitely fun. Learning about different viewpoints, different cultures, a different life, is usually much more fun than anything else because it creates understanding. Bonus if that different viewpoint is from a very enchanting and beautiful woman.
Anyways, but like any other encounter in life, it is a memory. Sometimes I do understand what 'the incredible lightness of being' is about. After all, every event we will ever enjoy only comes once. It is almost as it never was and the event was incredibly 'light'. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it, although I think I'd enjoy it more if there was a higher chance that I'd meet them on a continual basis =P. Still, fun!
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I will do that screenplay about JP and his stalker. All I need is enough pictures. I have the music. I'll have to write it out first. I think this will be fun!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
Update
Well, I haven't posted in a while, but all of a sudden, I feel like writing at 5:42 AM here in Toronto, so I took my sister's laptop and starting writing instead of sleeping because it is so hot here.
I hate heat. I prefer spring, autumn, winter...just not summer. It's too hot.
So what's happening so far in my life?
Job hunting: definitely one of the active topics. Been sending out resumes and transcripts to the jobs I'm interested in. Unfortunately, the jobs I'm interested in are quite far from my field (or a hybrid of sorts) that I do not have the credentials to be knowledgeable. While I may have the information, I can not accredit it to a course or a co-op term. Like the field of finance for example, or project management. However, I have the knowledge and I've used it in doing labs and my personal life, but meh.
Reading: Reading is always taking someone else's perception of the world and incorporating it into your own world-view. Just finished Harry Potter book 7. Finished it in 7 hours, mainly because it was quite...predictable. It's pretty traditional as a fantasy book, although new fans of the genre who got hyped up on the fumes of the book would think it is new. It's like the people who liked Lord of the Rings because of the movies. The original books were a piece of shit nowadays. I give credit where it is due. It was a great piece of work...for its time. It can be compared directly as a Charles Dicken's novel. Dicken's was paid by the word and was acclaimed in his time as a serial writer. Nowadays, we treat it as a literary masterpiece, but the normal person/fan thinks it is rubbish or too long to read. Likewise, Tolkien reads like he was paid by the word, the world is cliche, and modern sci-fi/fantasy players shun it. A good example/parody of this concept is DM of the Ring.
So anyways. Enough Tolkien bashing, HP 7 was decent. Reading more books like the Tipping Point and Unlimited Power.
Sleeping and TV shows: I think I have insomnia. Bad bad thing. Been sleeping, or lack of sleeping at odd hours. Watching TV through streaming. I watched way too much TV lately. And lots of previously undiscovered webcomics. Interesting stuff, but kind of fluffy. No real substance to it.
Food: I think we (we being Darrick, I and whoever else) should start a food club where we go to a different rated restaurant a week. Not that pricey as we're thinking of going to low cost food places or places with good price/food/quality ratio. We went to Pasta Perfection the other day (at Yonge and College) and it wasn't bad. 10 bucks for decent pasta is good. Although, it wasn't the greatest, it is probably the best we can expect for pasta on this side of the Atlantic for the price. (It's better than East Sides for pasta and lower price point too). Joe suggested a Maid Cafe (which is a cafe staffed with girls dressed as maids, which is a genre in Japanese Cafes, but not really interested) mainly because he doesn't want to go a) alone b) with someone that won't understand. Well I understand, even if I disagree with the sentiment. I won't look it, but I am a food enthusiast at heart.
Training: Weight training. While going to the gym may probably make me bigger, I probably wouldn't go at all, so the basement gym is a compromise. So far, it is working...barely. I work on it less than once a week and less than 30 minutes. I guess I should do it more often.
State: Well, I'm not depressed, but I'm not really happy. Content? Yeah. Just feels like my life's on hold until I find a job. I don't think I'm the person that's totally defined by the work he or she does, but it does help take up a significant portion of time, AND it gives me cash flow, which I'm lacking at the moment. Maybe, just maybe, I'll go to grad school, but only if I can figure out what I'm really interested in.
Jobs again: Two companies have always been at the top of the list. Deloitte, mainly because its consulting work and I'd like to work for a big company, but with a startup atmosphere. Consulting certainly encourages that. Infusion should fit the profile, but I don't fit the profile of its consultant that well. Plus its more specialized than Deloitte. The second interesting company that I recently seen is comScore. Never heard of it until recently, but it is a company that measures the Internet. I like the concept...now I just have to be able to work there.
Cooking: I'm thinking of getting the new Joy of Cooking cookbook that's been rewritten as the 75th anniversary edition.
That's the things that's going in my life so far. I'll update again when there's another significant event.
I hate heat. I prefer spring, autumn, winter...just not summer. It's too hot.
So what's happening so far in my life?
Job hunting: definitely one of the active topics. Been sending out resumes and transcripts to the jobs I'm interested in. Unfortunately, the jobs I'm interested in are quite far from my field (or a hybrid of sorts) that I do not have the credentials to be knowledgeable. While I may have the information, I can not accredit it to a course or a co-op term. Like the field of finance for example, or project management. However, I have the knowledge and I've used it in doing labs and my personal life, but meh.
Reading: Reading is always taking someone else's perception of the world and incorporating it into your own world-view. Just finished Harry Potter book 7. Finished it in 7 hours, mainly because it was quite...predictable. It's pretty traditional as a fantasy book, although new fans of the genre who got hyped up on the fumes of the book would think it is new. It's like the people who liked Lord of the Rings because of the movies. The original books were a piece of shit nowadays. I give credit where it is due. It was a great piece of work...for its time. It can be compared directly as a Charles Dicken's novel. Dicken's was paid by the word and was acclaimed in his time as a serial writer. Nowadays, we treat it as a literary masterpiece, but the normal person/fan thinks it is rubbish or too long to read. Likewise, Tolkien reads like he was paid by the word, the world is cliche, and modern sci-fi/fantasy players shun it. A good example/parody of this concept is DM of the Ring.
So anyways. Enough Tolkien bashing, HP 7 was decent. Reading more books like the Tipping Point and Unlimited Power.
Sleeping and TV shows: I think I have insomnia. Bad bad thing. Been sleeping, or lack of sleeping at odd hours. Watching TV through streaming. I watched way too much TV lately. And lots of previously undiscovered webcomics. Interesting stuff, but kind of fluffy. No real substance to it.
Food: I think we (we being Darrick, I and whoever else) should start a food club where we go to a different rated restaurant a week. Not that pricey as we're thinking of going to low cost food places or places with good price/food/quality ratio. We went to Pasta Perfection the other day (at Yonge and College) and it wasn't bad. 10 bucks for decent pasta is good. Although, it wasn't the greatest, it is probably the best we can expect for pasta on this side of the Atlantic for the price. (It's better than East Sides for pasta and lower price point too). Joe suggested a Maid Cafe (which is a cafe staffed with girls dressed as maids, which is a genre in Japanese Cafes, but not really interested) mainly because he doesn't want to go a) alone b) with someone that won't understand. Well I understand, even if I disagree with the sentiment. I won't look it, but I am a food enthusiast at heart.
Training: Weight training. While going to the gym may probably make me bigger, I probably wouldn't go at all, so the basement gym is a compromise. So far, it is working...barely. I work on it less than once a week and less than 30 minutes. I guess I should do it more often.
State: Well, I'm not depressed, but I'm not really happy. Content? Yeah. Just feels like my life's on hold until I find a job. I don't think I'm the person that's totally defined by the work he or she does, but it does help take up a significant portion of time, AND it gives me cash flow, which I'm lacking at the moment. Maybe, just maybe, I'll go to grad school, but only if I can figure out what I'm really interested in.
Jobs again: Two companies have always been at the top of the list. Deloitte, mainly because its consulting work and I'd like to work for a big company, but with a startup atmosphere. Consulting certainly encourages that. Infusion should fit the profile, but I don't fit the profile of its consultant that well. Plus its more specialized than Deloitte. The second interesting company that I recently seen is comScore. Never heard of it until recently, but it is a company that measures the Internet. I like the concept...now I just have to be able to work there.
Cooking: I'm thinking of getting the new Joy of Cooking cookbook that's been rewritten as the 75th anniversary edition.
That's the things that's going in my life so far. I'll update again when there's another significant event.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
This will return shortly
This will return shortly as I recharge myself out of this block.
In the mean time, all you can do is stay positive!
In the mean time, all you can do is stay positive!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Information Asymmetry
That is the power between the rich and the poor. Information. In the middle ages, you could say that strength was measured in the power of arms, but it was not true. It was just that the powerful had more access to learning materials than the poor. Nowadays, it is the same thing. The rich have social networks that is far beyond the power of the poor. As well, they have some resources available that would not be available to the poor. It would take a lot of the resources of the poor to equate to the resources of the rich. However, there are ways around that.
The Internet is one of the best use of the information flattening. Fortunes have been made on it because it has the power to distribute information and communication, so that the information asymmetry between the poor and the rich is not that great. The information asymmetry is there only if one closes his or her eyes to the truth.
The Internet helps because now the only difference between the rich and the poor is 2 things instead of 3. It used to be resources, information/knowledge and social network. Now information has been stripped. Resources can also be acquired through loans, and that brings it to 1.5 things. Social networks. Also information. All that one is required to do now, is to never stop learning.
The Internet is one of the best use of the information flattening. Fortunes have been made on it because it has the power to distribute information and communication, so that the information asymmetry between the poor and the rich is not that great. The information asymmetry is there only if one closes his or her eyes to the truth.
The Internet helps because now the only difference between the rich and the poor is 2 things instead of 3. It used to be resources, information/knowledge and social network. Now information has been stripped. Resources can also be acquired through loans, and that brings it to 1.5 things. Social networks. Also information. All that one is required to do now, is to never stop learning.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
New Worlds
Every day, it is a struggle. It is a fight to get up, and face the day again. The unseen world expects nothing of you. It is a comfort, and while it may not be happiness that it grants, it gives contentment. Sometimes I wonder if I could stay in bed all day and live in that world of dreams where everything happens but nothing ever changes. There are no consequences for actions, nor is there any pleasure gained from any achievements there.
Each person has a world inside their head. A paradigm. A world-view. Different people see things through different eyes. One of the recent manga I've read is Mirai Nikki. It describes a bystander with an observer mentality forced into a fight to the death. He's portrayed as almost an extreme introvert. And yet, I find that observers, by their very nature, need to be participators. Otherwise, they will not be around to observe. The internet, as a voyeur/stalker tool, isn't advanced enough yet. Observers, by their need to record, will join things. Maybe not actually do a lot, but they will be there.
The Tipping Point has several pages in there that describe cool people as the extroverts with a devil-may-care attitude. In a way, I may say that I have that mentality. And it may be true. My world-view is certainly different from most other people. And I could care less, or else I'd align my world-view towards the general public. But I also don't have the overwhelming compulsion to extrovert and party hard. I do have the desire to find out about other people's world-view though. It is strange enough that I have yet to meet any similar people. But then again, I guess I just haven't met enough people.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm two different people. Two different mentalities. Fused into one. Similar to a facade or a mask, but more than either. Two aspects of the same person. That isn't that strange is it?
Regardless, I think that David Wu is right. That we may learn about a lot of things through books or experience, but all we're doing is to prove something that we already know instinctively in our hearts. Reading the Tipping Point and other business books so far certainly feels so.
Till I see you in my dreams, my dear Valkyrie.
Each person has a world inside their head. A paradigm. A world-view. Different people see things through different eyes. One of the recent manga I've read is Mirai Nikki. It describes a bystander with an observer mentality forced into a fight to the death. He's portrayed as almost an extreme introvert. And yet, I find that observers, by their very nature, need to be participators. Otherwise, they will not be around to observe. The internet, as a voyeur/stalker tool, isn't advanced enough yet. Observers, by their need to record, will join things. Maybe not actually do a lot, but they will be there.
The Tipping Point has several pages in there that describe cool people as the extroverts with a devil-may-care attitude. In a way, I may say that I have that mentality. And it may be true. My world-view is certainly different from most other people. And I could care less, or else I'd align my world-view towards the general public. But I also don't have the overwhelming compulsion to extrovert and party hard. I do have the desire to find out about other people's world-view though. It is strange enough that I have yet to meet any similar people. But then again, I guess I just haven't met enough people.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm two different people. Two different mentalities. Fused into one. Similar to a facade or a mask, but more than either. Two aspects of the same person. That isn't that strange is it?
Regardless, I think that David Wu is right. That we may learn about a lot of things through books or experience, but all we're doing is to prove something that we already know instinctively in our hearts. Reading the Tipping Point and other business books so far certainly feels so.
Till I see you in my dreams, my dear Valkyrie.
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