Aesop

Let's look at this fable:

A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. 'Ho! ho!' quoth he, 'that's for me,' and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? 'You may be a treasure,' quoth Master Cock, 'to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.

It clearly shows that even if you are given something much more prized, you would still stick with what you are comfortable with...

What is your value?

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a Rupee 500 note.

In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this Rupee 500 note?"

Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you but first let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the note up.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth Rupee 500/-.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.

But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose
your value.

You are special. Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.

Decisions...

Have you ever felt that you have made a mistake which could be turned back on? A mistake which you made in order to pursue to do something you always dreamt of? Well, some would not term it as a mistake, but more of a decision. So let's just say a wrong decision.

A wrong decision? I honestly do not know if it is. What if you are really unhappy with the decision you have made and you are unable to undo it? Are you going to regret it for the rest of your life or make-do with it? What if you are unable to make-do with it due to the situation and environment you are in? Run away? Run away to where? What other options are there? Will running away solve the problem or indulge yourself into a more massive mistake?

Trying to adapt to the current situation is a different matter all together. The situation and enviroment has to have a small gap in order for you to fit in. If you are to squeeze your way through, a wall might exist, and it can be a dead end. Then again, there might not be a wall. It's all about risk, planned risk I would say. Creation of a probablity chart is important. Looking at the factors is very much indeed important. Then again, what if the probability chart is wrong?

These are the questions I ask myself but again, I'm not sure what the solution is. I guess the only way is to ask, trust and listen to the person most closest to you

Movies...

There are so many movies that I just want to watch but don't have the time. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Transformers, and Die Hard 4. Well, according to the reviews of Fantastic 4, it seems to be for kids! Well, I don't really care if it's for kids as I watch cartoons as well :)

Die Hard 4 should seem nice since the previous parts were not bad. Im not expecting much from Transformers, other than the nice effects! I shall state a review here once I watch it...

C is sharp

I'm currently trying to pick up C#, which is supposed to be a more object-oriented approach compared the legendary C as its based more on Java.

One thing which struck me is, why is there so many kinds of programming languages? Why doesn't some international body come up with a rule that only one programming language should be used? Isn't it much simpler that way instead of each person learning a new language each time they want to program something!

Well, some might argue that one language is different from another in terms of flexibility but what the heck, why dont we come up with a new language which incorporates all these functionalities? We can keep the language named as "C" which stands for COMBINED!

string favoriteLanguage;
...
switch(favoriteLanguage)
{
case "C#":
case "CSharp":
Console.WriteLine("C# is music to my ears");
break;
case "VB":
case "Visual Basic":
Console.WriteLine("Dim is not so dull");
break;
case "C":
Console.WriteLine("I ain't got no stinkin class");
goto case "C++";
case "C++":
Console.WriteLine("-> shows the way to go");
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("We are not talking French and German here");
break;
}

Back I Guess...

I haven't blogged for almost a year now. Not that I didn't have the time, I just got bored and was busy with work.

There was actually this article I came across on the New Straits Times which actually fascinated me. Not that this type of story is uncommon, it's just that there are people who still beleive in it. "Villagers alarmed by burial of ‘aliens’" is says.

It is still un-certain of what was found in the grave but most probably it's something else which was buried.

Read it at:
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20070625074052/Article/index_html

Not Maintaining Blog

I guess I haven't been maintaining this blog for quiete sometime as I am currently blogging at theSpoke! I feel more suited there as its more of a "student-ish" environment.

So, if you guys wish to view my blog, you can do so at this URL:

http://www.thespoke.net/MyBlog/mecha/MyBlog.aspx

It's not difficult if they ask you to sign in, as you need not sign up in any certain way and just log on using your .net MSN passport account.

Blogging at the Spoke!

Well, I decided to blog back at the Spoke! and maintain this blog as well at the same time. Nothing much happened, only that my Bluetooth adapter failed to work due to some driver issues with Windows XP SP2.

Well, pictures of the APIIT .Net Workshop 2004 has been posted at the Spoke by Derek.
http://www.thespoke.net/MyBlog/derekchan/MyBlog.aspx

And my blog at the Spoke! is at:
http://www.thespoke.net/MyBlog/mecha/MyBlog.aspx