the below was koped from CPL Shaun Ho's blog, smth he showed me at work today and i thought i ought to share it with whoever reads this blog too.
One day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is love? How can i find it?" His teacher answered, "There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick only one stalk. If you find the most magnificent stalk, then you have found love."
Plato walked forward and before long, he returned with empty hands, having picked nothing.
His teacher asked, "Why did you not pick any stalk?"
Plato answered, "Because I could only pick once and yet I could not turn back. I did find the most magnificent stalk, but did not know if there were any better ones ahead, so I did not pick it. As I walked further, the stalks that I saw were not as good as the earlier one, so I did not pick any in the end."
His teacher then said "And that is love."
On another day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is marriage? How can I find it?"
His teacher answered, "There is a thriving forest in front. Walk forward without turning back, and chop down only one tree. If you find the tallest one, then you have found marriage."
Plato walked forward, and before long, he returned with a tree. The tree was not thriving, and it was not tall either. It was only an ordinary tree.
His teacher asked, "Why did you chop down such an ordinary tree?"
Plato answered, "Because of my previous experience. I had walked through the field, but returned only with empty hands. This time, I saw this tree, and I felt that it was not bad. So I chopped it down and brought it back. I did not want to miss this opportunity."
His teacher then said, "And that is marriage. You see, son, love is the most beautiful thing to happen to a person; it's an opportunity but you don't realise its worth when you have it, but only when its gone, like the field of stalks.
Marriage is like the tree you chopped -- it's a compromise."
aaron | 11:04 PM
Saturday, April 25, 2009
a while ago, probably just a few months back, i was still having that thought that i want to be able to please everyone around me. i won't know if that is what you call being naive, because part of me still doesn't think so. but it's just that after working in an office environment for half a year (note that my ns life now is similar to what an normal office job out in the civilian world is like), time and again i've been turned off by office politics, so much so to the extent that i don't even want to bother about them anymore.
what people tell you about others, more often than not, is true to a certain extent. but how you want to go about treating others is a completely different matter altogether. your very own judgement, how you deal with issues, how you interact with the others all plays an important role. if you don't get what i mean, i actually mean just be yourself, simplest job in the world (yet many find it hard to fufill and they don't realise it). if they're out to make your life misearble, they're f***-ed up so just ignore them. if they just want to claim credit for themselves, go ahead, as long as it doesn't degrade you in any way. if they really out to get you, just do your work and your boss will know what his employees are up to.
no matter how we work together, how people help each other out at work, how colleagues rely on each other, there'll just be this bulletproof glass wall existing in between people. because ultimately, we work for ourselves to survive. like from an economists point of view, everything we do, there'll definitely be an incentive behind it. money, fame, or simply just the satisfaction behind it. and of course, it's how much the individuals want them as well.
i don't know about others (note that i can't really be bothered by the people around me (currently) anymore), but when i step out into the cooperate world in the future, i doubt i'll be giving my complete trust to anyone at all, or at least it'll be very hard to do so. partly because i don't really bother. so i guess it's important to really search for the people whom you trust from the bottom of your heart right now. the younger we are, the less we know, the less f***-ed up people around you are, in general. the friends we've made in school will probably be the ones we can trust more than the colleagues or other people we meet in the future. it'll be quite screwed if there are already major politics going on in classrooms.(however, do note that it's just general fact. nothing is absolute and there're always exceptions).
how i wish office politics is an object i can put at the end of a shooting range, so i can just pummel it with live rounds from a M16 switched to automatic mode.
anyway, i had a fun yesterday. enough said =)
aaron | 8:12 AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
a refreshing touch =)
and i think this is sooo much better than lady gaga's original
need to take a break seriously, after a day of hard work skimming through piles and piles of ______ files which makes my eyes hurt. and of course the computer screen as usal.
aaron | 7:55 PM
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
aaron | 12:09 PM
Thursday, April 2, 2009
it's quite funny when you find out what your fellow medic friends are actually doing in the medical centre everyday. shall not mention here it lest some MO reads it xD
and it's quite wierd to finally meet the people whom you've been emailing everyday about work.
aaron | 12:37 PM
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