In this issue, Mark's fellow coursemates were disgusted at the state of black prejudice in the United States of America; which was best portrayed in this scandalous video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrOSL85ZMck shared on facebook.
Mark's dictum: Cultural prejudice distorts what it sees, deceives when it speaks, and destroys when it acts.
The white dude saw only black; consequently spoke only black; finally acted also black!!!!
What a pity!!!
Cheers,
Que Que Que lastima, no le creo!
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Brad's nonchalent Group 10
Brad looks for multimedia that can showcase lesson in action to no result; or might I say a result yet to materialize positively, hopefully! Haha!
Hi Brad,
You know I don't keep that sort of camera and sensing the lack of response to your photo admonition since two days prior; I only come to conclude that our group might still currently enjoy its non publicity, and do not therefore wish external conduct. What do you think? I'm just as clueless as you are. Haha!
Cheers
Narcissism in interpersonal and other cross-species communication talents
Brad recounted an incident on facebook where somebody or two he knew tamed a fierce doggie; in another instance, somebody else incited riots amongst seemingly docile bystanders.
Brad harmlessly spoke of the avoidance of conflict as something acquired, and in some extents fully God-given. There is nothing suspicious about this opinion and even I myself desire these talents of communication or conflict resolution: but we might want to investigate THE DANGER OF NARCISSISM OF, AND IN, SUCH TALENTS!
That is pretty darn amazing Brad; what sorts of people can do that; better what sorts of dogs there were; I presume a hotdog in disguise of a reservoir one? Lol! Incredible!
How I wish I have the ability to incite a riot or outmanoeuvre a lion of a dog myself! How I wish I have the whole world at my feet and I'm the supreme fleet commander; and how I would have also wished for the pride of doom and pall, and away all my midas and vitae essentia, for being inadvertantly blindsided and consumed in self-love!
And how I know Shakespeare would have written the same!
Let this literary stanza above be a reminder to everybody, consequently and forebodingly; that sometimes, there is strength or strength to be gained in weakness or inability because of the likely presence and anchor of humility. The master who has attained the highest podium of life or some skill is very often in the weakest most precarious position because his fall from grace can be twice as short in time, yet twice as severe in impact, by virtue that he is more at risk of amour propre from having the world at his feet, which will conspire his fall. Philosophers will say it is better you never reach the end of the ladder or perfection, because the truth of it or mastery of a faculty is too mind-blowing/pure/holy/bri
The old adage to justify this school of thought: with great power, comes disproportionately greater responsibility and fortitude. And since you cannot be so full or sure of your abilities; no matter how high your EQ or IQ or AQ may be; by virtue you are still grossly imperfect despite good commendations in these; it is safer to turn down the offer and pursuit of greater power, skill, knowledge; so that you do not unknowingly turn up greater pride and overestimation.
What Brad said above was right of course: but given a choice, I don't want to risk being overweened on a talent; and so I would do and learn just enough of a skill whether communication, interpersonal, or otherwise and by grace hopefully last me till my death. Why do I need to be very good at anything which I do ( discount my writing though haha, cuz that's different); and what is the ultimate purpose of having an excess of a skill such as communication, that you be so good to tame a reservoir dog or command riots at will? Why in the world is there a need for that? Isn't that the symptom of vanity or would-be ones alike; even if these people do not profess themselves vain: but that their lack of profession of their vanity IS VANITY ITSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
No que bravo que esas gentes les aman
Brad harmlessly spoke of the avoidance of conflict as something acquired, and in some extents fully God-given. There is nothing suspicious about this opinion and even I myself desire these talents of communication or conflict resolution: but we might want to investigate THE DANGER OF NARCISSISM OF, AND IN, SUCH TALENTS!
That is pretty darn amazing Brad; what sorts of people can do that; better what sorts of dogs there were; I presume a hotdog in disguise of a reservoir one? Lol! Incredible!
How I wish I have the ability to incite a riot or outmanoeuvre a lion of a dog myself! How I wish I have the whole world at my feet and I'm the supreme fleet commander; and how I would have also wished for the pride of doom and pall, and away all my midas and vitae essentia, for being inadvertantly blindsided and consumed in self-love!
And how I know Shakespeare would have written the same!
Let this literary stanza above be a reminder to everybody, consequently and forebodingly; that sometimes, there is strength or strength to be gained in weakness or inability because of the likely presence and anchor of humility. The master who has attained the highest podium of life or some skill is very often in the weakest most precarious position because his fall from grace can be twice as short in time, yet twice as severe in impact, by virtue that he is more at risk of amour propre from having the world at his feet, which will conspire his fall. Philosophers will say it is better you never reach the end of the ladder or perfection, because the truth of it or mastery of a faculty is too mind-blowing/pure/holy/bri
The old adage to justify this school of thought: with great power, comes disproportionately greater responsibility and fortitude. And since you cannot be so full or sure of your abilities; no matter how high your EQ or IQ or AQ may be; by virtue you are still grossly imperfect despite good commendations in these; it is safer to turn down the offer and pursuit of greater power, skill, knowledge; so that you do not unknowingly turn up greater pride and overestimation.
What Brad said above was right of course: but given a choice, I don't want to risk being overweened on a talent; and so I would do and learn just enough of a skill whether communication, interpersonal, or otherwise and by grace hopefully last me till my death. Why do I need to be very good at anything which I do ( discount my writing though haha, cuz that's different); and what is the ultimate purpose of having an excess of a skill such as communication, that you be so good to tame a reservoir dog or command riots at will? Why in the world is there a need for that? Isn't that the symptom of vanity or would-be ones alike; even if these people do not profess themselves vain: but that their lack of profession of their vanity IS VANITY ITSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
No que bravo que esas gentes les aman
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Divine words of wisdom
People only ever think of running away or avoiding conflict, but isn't conflict the best requirement for subsequent peace or resolution or henceforth successful communication and interaction? This logic or philosophy is the same as that of failure and what J.K Rowling said in her speech. People fear failure and make all sorts of plans to make sure they dont come face to face with it. Yet it is failure and conflict and other depressive episodes that test your mettle and what you are made of, it even refines and polishes them so that you get stronger and more battle harden for the next one.
I'm not saying you should go out and intentionally get into a conflict with anybody on the street for no reason. I'm not advocating the practice of conflict; rather I am advocating the right perspective of conflict everybody should subscribe to. Which means you do try to some extent to avoid conflict, but yet recognize that no plan is conflict proof; no success is failure proof either. Being realistic and mentally prepared for conflict and failure is what I or any self-help book will urge; having fortitude when conflict and failure arise to our disconcert is even more important. That should be the essence of the lesson on intercultural conflicts Brad gave in class. You should not naively think that knowledge about what the causes and pitfalls of intercultural conflicts are will forever protect us from getting into one ourselves. If Brad was trying to teach that, or everybody misinterprets the lesson and fail to put it into wider philosophical perspective, that is the most pitiful thing!
The underlying message of the intercultural lesson was not about the avoidance of conflict so much as it is about the mental strength and absolute perspective in times of conflict, because after all, conflict is what drives human survival, evolution, adaptation, and ultimately success.
You are only as good as your last conflict, do you know that?
Cheers
Que bravo
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Natalie Portman and Angier entrances Mark
Professor Brad of NUS shared a stunning article about Natalie Portman in the New York Times, but I think it went unnoticed over the other Natalie of Angier, Portman's unsung editor and worthy challenger for the Oscar title of Most Precocious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O Brad, I'm almost consigned to speechlessness. I'm not sure whether I should fall in love with Natalie Angier's beautiful prose-like account of Natalie Portman; of which I can fully reasonate because I apply myself in blogs to similar expressive standards; or straight with her for I readily imagine her mesmerizing feminine beauty that exceeded even Portman's with the writing she cast her spell; or with you with enough game to recommend this article to all of us!!!!!!!!!
This is the kinda superlative article that you should confine students' postings to from now on, because they are ahead of the pile in terms of artful language style and expression and all the 7Cs, though it is much more than 250 words. That is why New York Times articles are some of the best English ones around not without reason!!!! I'm sure you wished you had a Natatie Angier in every department of ES2007s students', so that every blog you read will give you a feast of the eyes and disarmament of satisfaction. For when I read this article, it was just so pleasant, so very pleasant to my core existence; similar to when I read Isaac's blog posts and comments, only much more patently differentiated and original, and indescribable as much as that I could not find any more complementaries!!!!!!!
And Natalie Portman herself was no slouch; I've certainly seen her acting and hadn't know what to think because she had such mastery of theatre!!!!!!!! She had head-turning beauty as well, on top of Harvard's top credentials; it is small wonder she is pregnant and a new child and Oscar decorated future beckoning; she must have been such a fine feminine to not be undeserving of all the flourishes of love and life!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To the ages: Natalie Angiers and Portman; forever consecrated by my admiration, adulation, and best of them, infatuation!!!!!!!
Cheers
Ellas se quiero, ellas se quiero!!!
O Brad, I'm almost consigned to speechlessness. I'm not sure whether I should fall in love with Natalie Angier's beautiful prose-like account of Natalie Portman; of which I can fully reasonate because I apply myself in blogs to similar expressive standards; or straight with her for I readily imagine her mesmerizing feminine beauty that exceeded even Portman's with the writing she cast her spell; or with you with enough game to recommend this article to all of us!!!!!!!!!
This is the kinda superlative article that you should confine students' postings to from now on, because they are ahead of the pile in terms of artful language style and expression and all the 7Cs, though it is much more than 250 words. That is why New York Times articles are some of the best English ones around not without reason!!!! I'm sure you wished you had a Natatie Angier in every department of ES2007s students', so that every blog you read will give you a feast of the eyes and disarmament of satisfaction. For when I read this article, it was just so pleasant, so very pleasant to my core existence; similar to when I read Isaac's blog posts and comments, only much more patently differentiated and original, and indescribable as much as that I could not find any more complementaries!!!!!!!
And Natalie Portman herself was no slouch; I've certainly seen her acting and hadn't know what to think because she had such mastery of theatre!!!!!!!! She had head-turning beauty as well, on top of Harvard's top credentials; it is small wonder she is pregnant and a new child and Oscar decorated future beckoning; she must have been such a fine feminine to not be undeserving of all the flourishes of love and life!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To the ages: Natalie Angiers and Portman; forever consecrated by my admiration, adulation, and best of them, infatuation!!!!!!!
Cheers
Ellas se quiero, ellas se quiero!!!
The Philosophy of Sex (2)
Agent Jonathan will chase after a girl he likes if doing so gets him her. Might there be an issue with that sex philosophy?
Hey Jonathan, good question that you just raised!
But why are you wanting to approach the girl? If you had everything, she WILL DRAW TO YOU INSTEAD, Jonathan!!!!!!!!
The whole philosophy of love and relationships of today's starry-eyed youths are totally off-tangent, and UNDOCTRINAL!!!! I'm of course sometimes guilty of that sort of thinking too, because I'm also youth!!!!
But courtship at the HIGHEST AND MOST RESOLVED LEVEL, IS ABOUT DRAWING PEOPLE TO US, NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND!!!!!!! That is the REAL PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS; OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY AREA OF LIFE AND LIVING!!!!!!!
Of course for guys, socialization has taught us that we must make the first initiative in pursuit of the girl of our dreams, but that mustn't get overstated. Guys, BASED ON THE FUNDAMENTAL PHILOSOPHY ABOVE, should moderate their pursuit of girls of their dreams!! So this brings us back to the basal philosophy of moderation, something that I lost count of how many times I mentioned in all my posts on my blog and here on facebook. I think I mentioned moderation, as a doctrinal princple to anything in life and living about close to 20 times already.
On top of that, I think guys should bias on the safe side of moderation in their pursuit of girls of their dreams. They should really totally give no regard for the importance of pursuit, rather they should hold in higher regard disciplining themselves and their dispositions, achievements, traits, values, virtues, ethics so that these can potentially become attractive enough to draw in the GIRL OF HIS DREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that is the ACTUALITY, PRECURSOR AND AVOWMENT OF A SOLID, LONG-LASTING, POWERFUL, ALL-WEATHER FOUNDATION OF A STRONG RELATIONSHIP, MARRIAGE OR WHATEVER!!!!!!!
The above powerful philosophy is of course uncompatible with the emphasis of today's media and pop world on illusions of personal appearance and corporeal endowments or gifts.
But there is also a blatant weakness in my arguments in my above latest 2 posts. It is hopefully evident to anyone who reads it. There is an unmistakable loophole, and any sharp-minded youth or Brad can see right through it in an instant!!!
Cheers
Hey Jonathan, good question that you just raised!
But why are you wanting to approach the girl? If you had everything, she WILL DRAW TO YOU INSTEAD, Jonathan!!!!!!!!
The whole philosophy of love and relationships of today's starry-eyed youths are totally off-tangent, and UNDOCTRINAL!!!! I'm of course sometimes guilty of that sort of thinking too, because I'm also youth!!!!
But courtship at the HIGHEST AND MOST RESOLVED LEVEL, IS ABOUT DRAWING PEOPLE TO US, NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND!!!!!!! That is the REAL PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS; OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY AREA OF LIFE AND LIVING!!!!!!!
Of course for guys, socialization has taught us that we must make the first initiative in pursuit of the girl of our dreams, but that mustn't get overstated. Guys, BASED ON THE FUNDAMENTAL PHILOSOPHY ABOVE, should moderate their pursuit of girls of their dreams!! So this brings us back to the basal philosophy of moderation, something that I lost count of how many times I mentioned in all my posts on my blog and here on facebook. I think I mentioned moderation, as a doctrinal princple to anything in life and living about close to 20 times already.
On top of that, I think guys should bias on the safe side of moderation in their pursuit of girls of their dreams. They should really totally give no regard for the importance of pursuit, rather they should hold in higher regard disciplining themselves and their dispositions, achievements, traits, values, virtues, ethics so that these can potentially become attractive enough to draw in the GIRL OF HIS DREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that is the ACTUALITY, PRECURSOR AND AVOWMENT OF A SOLID, LONG-LASTING, POWERFUL, ALL-WEATHER FOUNDATION OF A STRONG RELATIONSHIP, MARRIAGE OR WHATEVER!!!!!!!
The above powerful philosophy is of course uncompatible with the emphasis of today's media and pop world on illusions of personal appearance and corporeal endowments or gifts.
But there is also a blatant weakness in my arguments in my above latest 2 posts. It is hopefully evident to anyone who reads it. There is an unmistakable loophole, and any sharp-minded youth or Brad can see right through it in an instant!!!
Cheers
Eunice and Empathy (5)
Agents Eunice and Jake exchange on verbal and nonverbal views of love and empathy.
Hey Eunice and Jake, I'm glad the both of you raised this point!!!!!!!!!
But consider this Eunice and Jake, why in the world is there a need to confess love verbally, when emotions as abstract as love can be professed non-verbally?!!?!?!
And non-verbally does not only include the superficialities of professional communication such as maintaining a longer than usual gaze at your bf or gf, or conversing with him/her using the full force of voicetones modulations, or smiling and winking flirtatiously on every occasion of interaction. While these might be interpersonally important, there are other easily overlooked but exacting non-verbal issues at hand.
Showing love through actions in exclusively what you do only should be the most powerful indicator of love, but sadly, as you know, we are all human beings, and are very unable to simply tell a girl or guy loves us by the things he or she may do, such as offering us a ride in his/her car home at midnight after lecture, or helping us run an errand that locates in Jurong when he stays in Changi while he/she is caught up in the preparation of exams. We affective/emotional (or weak) human beings need these hidden acts of love to be accompanied by a kiss on the lips after the ride to your doorstep, and completing the long errand. Do you see what I mean? We need undifferentiated acts of love to be embellished with all the sorts of flowery informalities and that is human's greatest weakness----being unable to see through instantly and directly the mind/psyche/spirit/soul/na
But, but, but, but, having said that, by the argument of moderation of which I have mentioned till I've gotten boringly sick now, emotional awareness and agency is also human's greatest strength!!! If only it garnishes the interactions and communications between disparate human groups and also within themselves; by bringing verve and therefore DEFINITION to the undifferentiated or hidden acts of love or otherwise that we are so poorly put together to see and evaluate!!!!
So having rebuked and invalidated Eunice and Jake, I also have to exalt and give my consensus! How ironical; but every in life is like that . Good is bad's irony or antithesis, and if good and bad exist in this world, ironies must also therefore likewise!!!!!
Cheers
Hey Eunice and Jake, I'm glad the both of you raised this point!!!!!!!!!
But consider this Eunice and Jake, why in the world is there a need to confess love verbally, when emotions as abstract as love can be professed non-verbally?!!?!?!
And non-verbally does not only include the superficialities of professional communication such as maintaining a longer than usual gaze at your bf or gf, or conversing with him/her using the full force of voicetones modulations, or smiling and winking flirtatiously on every occasion of interaction. While these might be interpersonally important, there are other easily overlooked but exacting non-verbal issues at hand.
Showing love through actions in exclusively what you do only should be the most powerful indicator of love, but sadly, as you know, we are all human beings, and are very unable to simply tell a girl or guy loves us by the things he or she may do, such as offering us a ride in his/her car home at midnight after lecture, or helping us run an errand that locates in Jurong when he stays in Changi while he/she is caught up in the preparation of exams. We affective/emotional (or weak) human beings need these hidden acts of love to be accompanied by a kiss on the lips after the ride to your doorstep, and completing the long errand. Do you see what I mean? We need undifferentiated acts of love to be embellished with all the sorts of flowery informalities and that is human's greatest weakness----being unable to see through instantly and directly the mind/psyche/spirit/soul/na
But, but, but, but, having said that, by the argument of moderation of which I have mentioned till I've gotten boringly sick now, emotional awareness and agency is also human's greatest strength!!! If only it garnishes the interactions and communications between disparate human groups and also within themselves; by bringing verve and therefore DEFINITION to the undifferentiated or hidden acts of love or otherwise that we are so poorly put together to see and evaluate!!!!
So having rebuked and invalidated Eunice and Jake, I also have to exalt and give my consensus! How ironical; but every in life is like that . Good is bad's irony or antithesis, and if good and bad exist in this world, ironies must also therefore likewise!!!!!
Cheers
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