tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196771922024-03-17T01:42:26.022+08:00You live only once追求忘我. Climb the mountain so that you can see the world and not so that the world can see you.Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-60375618232497884862022-08-06T17:18:00.010+08:002022-08-07T15:26:46.813+08:00Digital Minimalism SummaryThe Controversial:As more people are failing to cultivate the high quality leisure lives that Aristotle identifies as crucial for human happiness, they leave a void that would be near unbearable if confronted but can be ignored with the help of digital noise. Erecting barriers against the existential is not new - before YouTube, we had mindless Tv and heavy drinking to help avoid deeper Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-37759918943834888172022-03-17T21:22:00.003+08:002022-03-17T21:22:27.613+08:00 Grant by Ron ChernowBefore I read this book, the story I knew of Grant was one when Lincoln was to me about the drinking habits of Grant and hence why Grant should be fired. Lincoln supposedly replied “ find out what he drinks, and give it to the rest of my generals, he fights!”In this book, I learnt that “if Lincoln freed the black man, Grant made him a citizen”. That was the major contribution of grant, Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-90872427714493771802022-02-07T08:35:00.000+08:002022-02-07T08:35:00.618+08:00Old Enough Old enough to realise some of the world events that I once follow, I have no way of influencing - such as that article on Hun Sen I once wrote about in Secondary School.What is the value then of keeping up to date with world affairs? For something that is not within the sphere of influence, there is no point to be knowledgeable about them. Hence, there is a need to be ruthless Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-35954939308707476082021-05-02T11:17:00.002+08:002021-05-02T11:17:20.217+08:00Being Mortal and Atul gawande:Notes and Beauty Sentences:Aging: As you know, we lose bone density. But our soft tissues like arteries and soft tissue pick up calcium and become crunchy to the Touch. To maintain the same volume of blood flow through or narrowed and stiffened blood vessels, the heart has to pump harder against the increased pressure. Therefore, peak output of the heart decreases steadily from 30.The body just Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-61336820417411108612021-04-17T20:59:00.003+08:002021-04-17T20:59:47.107+08:00Remembering the Excessive Disposables Citizen Working Group: When it was announced that 8 out of 14 recommendations from the working group has been adopted, it crossed my mind that perhaps like many of the recommendations, charging for plastic bag was something that NEA was already thinking of implementing before the Citizen Working Group. However, I should have known better because it was at one of the session that the facilitator almost movedSucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-80358900786635524392020-10-04T21:21:00.004+08:002020-10-04T21:21:38.928+08:00degrees of separation between the consumer and the consumed "I believe the fact that we no longer see the direct repercussions our purchases have on the people, environment and animals they affect is the factor that unites these problems. The degrees of separation between the consumer and the consumed have increased so much that it now means we're completely unaware of the levels of destruction and suffering embodied in the 'stuff' we buy.
Very few Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-60808295510837151122020-09-13T20:12:00.004+08:002020-09-13T20:12:58.657+08:00A new Green History of the World An 2011 Update of the Previous "Green History of the World":Reversal of CFC and the ozone layer damage is one of the few environmental problems that that Human has successfully solved after inflicting on ourselves. Yet, it was solved because there was a technological alternative - substitutes were developed, CFCs were not central to the economy, the same cannot be said about Carbon Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-87900321275014898912020-09-13T12:23:00.000+08:002020-09-13T12:23:11.396+08:00The IKEA EdgeFor many who love IKEA and work at IKEA adoring its environmental efforts or collaboration with UNICEF, there is always the dark side that is not as commonly known - that is IKEA's parent company is a non profit and there are questions about how much tax it is paying or duly paying. Started with this Economist Article: https://www.economist.com/business/2006/05/11/flat-pack-accounting, and Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-30182410250076886862020-09-06T07:47:00.002+08:002020-09-06T07:47:56.863+08:00The Truth about IKEAIt is pretty cool that among all the stores in the world - Johan's book
chose IKEA Alexandra as the cover. Available since 2010, I may read it
since 2014-2015, some of the the things do ring true. We took a LONG time to go online and maybe it is because it is as it is,
we want people to go through the store and be lured to pick up many
more things.. All the Sales SupplySucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-77066191028760936222020-08-30T21:13:00.004+08:002020-10-25T18:20:46.814+08:00"Let my People go surfing" by Yvon Chounaird Outdoor Sports teaches Yvon that there is a limit. But the thrill that you aim in outdoor sports is " live for those moments where you are right on the edge, but you do not go the edge.Durability for Products:Yvon may share the same obsession with having as little product lines as Steve Jobs:This is why I am inspired to be a repairman or at least attempt to assemble many of my IKEA Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-55490776360632021762020-08-22T23:14:00.004+08:002020-10-25T16:42:41.912+08:00How to find Love by School of LifeThe ideal Partner: 1. Kindness: a partner who is gentle with our imperfections and can good-humouredly tolerate us as we are. 2. Shared vulnerability: someone with whom we can be open about our anxieties, worries and the problems that throw us off balance: someone we don’t have to put on a good front for; someone around whom we can be weak, vulnerable and honest – and who will be the Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-75732708089039787522020-07-12T20:25:00.003+08:002020-07-12T20:31:54.562+08:00Key Notes from "Diamond Cutter" The person who wrote this book has proven to be a nutcrack, but he has definitely influenced many people to buy the book. That said, there are still some gems in the book:Pg 5- $ - how to make it in a clean and healthy way, keeping mind and body in good health, leaving a good mark in the world. Pg 42- emptiness - the hidden potential of things. Pg 68No experience ever Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-4961958753968162482020-07-04T21:00:00.000+08:002020-10-04T21:19:10.266+08:00Approaching 40, Not getting anywhere, Quarrelling with people online:There is feeling that I am reaching 40 and still not doing anything great with my life. I think that in the 20s, you can still harbour dreams that you will make a difference in the world. Now, you kind of realised that is so far away or hard to achieve.I guess there is also nothing else to distract me either like kids. Last but not least, there is no pressure to make money anymore as Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-91852514540105629612020-06-28T14:36:00.001+08:002020-06-28T14:36:46.578+08:00Thomas Friedman Speech 2011at NUS<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?-->
The common accounting of the financial and ecological crises:Underprized risks,
Privatised Gains
Socialised lossesClimate CHange and greenhouse gas is like a blanket. More CO2 etc is like putting on a thicker blanket.
The reason to act is not because you are certain. The reason you act is because you are uncertain.
Incredible Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-88491818133480725782020-06-08T21:40:00.002+08:002020-06-08T21:40:24.188+08:00Guizhou during the May Holidays 2006 Part III
The main street of the town where we stayed.
The teachers were the ones with their own motorcycle bringing us around to visit the students
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So hot that the teacher made a crown of leaves as a hat.
Some days it was just a long walk along the mountain road to the students' homes.
And we could be walking to do home visits till night
The floor of theSucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-61269766348133076612020-06-07T20:37:00.000+08:002020-06-07T20:37:25.753+08:00Notes from Kurobe Gorge walk oct 2019
Notes from Kurobe Gorge walk:
felt like it is enough already, no more trekking in mind
Feel like need to work much less, it is funny how back in school we had 2.5 months of holiday per year and now we are expected to live with at most one month of holiday.
A hiking holiday reduces a day back to the basics - cooking, set up tent, pack up.
Best thing of all - out of service and no Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-11847452727074196922020-05-25T00:22:00.001+08:002020-05-25T00:22:37.440+08:00Number of Tops that I own
After reading that a Millenium own about 136 articles of clothing, I am curious how many do I own. In short, I have too many from races and NS, however, one worrying trend is that I take the fact that it is sustainable and end up buying some unnecessary clothes - especially around my "Casual Smart Working Shirt" like a badly sized H&M blue shirt, and "Exercise T shirts" Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-80541976175019368332019-12-14T17:04:00.003+08:002020-10-10T20:30:09.335+08:00Churchill and Orwell
Seek the truth and then apply your principles - even if it means changing your position.
It was clear to Churchill that US needed to enter World War 2:
Churchill's speech to US Congress seek alignment with the US by finding the "we" with them:
Churchill's strength was being inquisitive and finding different opinions:
Churchill Simple minded purpose to win the war: &Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-30667790989662575712019-08-24T15:52:00.000+08:002019-08-24T15:52:25.494+08:00Eco-friendly disposables no help with plastic marine debris issue
Here is my letter to Straits Times how companies choosing to use eco-friendly disposables does not help with the plastic marine issue:
https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-on-the-web/eco-friendly-disposables-no-help-with-plastic-marine-debris-issue
Here are the reference links:
- up to 50 years for a Styrofoam cup:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-58642637934188994952019-07-14T17:10:00.004+08:002020-07-12T10:50:23.271+08:00"The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying" by Bronnie Ware:It was difficult to read parts of the book that was intertwined with the stories of her life and how she moved from place to place with nothing much. However, there are still many gems in the books as presented below:*******************************************************************************If we accept our inevitable death with honest acceptance, we will be able to shift our priorities Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-31391903171377364202019-07-07T09:27:00.005+08:002020-10-25T18:17:06.889+08:00Gems from the book "The God Delusion":
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For one I felt that my legs will beginning to ache, and I felt like one of those people who didn't train for a marathon and yet is trying to complete one - in the process killing the joints of the legs
Next, somehow maybe too, I am tired of pretty views - with that being said, pangrago didnt promise a view since it was so near to Gunung Gede.
What happened to " I climb the mountain because Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19677192.post-67475785098711627692019-05-12T16:25:00.006+08:002020-10-25T18:16:05.737+08:00Some Notes from Adam Grant's "Originals"
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When one was younger with the money, I was keen to buy things. Now at the age of 36, without realising it, I have actually owned some of my things for more than 10 years:
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Travelling isn’t tough anymore. Most of the time at least, so is traveling alone no longer that tough.
I remembered that it was through a book that Kelly introduced - Vagabonding, that I decided that I needed to travel alone someday. To put myself out of the comfort zone and feel uncomfortable.
Alas, the first travel alone didn’t come by choice. Miranti and I wanted a day or Sucramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856770080552507022noreply@blogger.com0