Author: alearningaday

His apology

Win majors and all will be forgotten!

Why do we try to make demi gods of our sports people and end up getting disappointed? They are humans after all..

Ha ha..Good morning and hope you have a great day! :)

Mental bandwidth is one of those things that is ignored often. We don’t generally have space in our head to entertain too many things at once. Things are best done the traditional way – one thing at a time.

The worst kinds of activities i.e. Those that gnaw into this band width and yet don’t get out of the way are those that are abstract. Here are examples of a few such task descriptions –

‘EE4307 work’
‘Sparkz’
‘Progress on FYP’
‘Progess on job search’
‘Do something about..’

Abstract tasks hog band-width, make us feel ‘stressed’, make us sick of day to day existence as we seemingly don’t have time to do anything else..

How can we avoid it?
3 things that come to my mind are –

1) Make actionable tasks: This is the simple to do. For eg: Progress on Job search could be – apply to ABC, BCD and CDE by Saturday. Making it actionable definitely helps.

2) Place actionable tasks in a container based on priority: Sometimes meaningless tasks like transferring photos to a friend can tend to hog bandwidth. Putting them in a low priority box means we only need to get to it when all the other important tasks are done.

3) Plan!: The 1st two are quick fixes, of course. A longer term fix is to plan the week ahead so we are prepared. Sudden tasks that pop up are those that can hog massive amounts of band-width and they often lead to no real result either.(cue: meaningless worries)..

Oh, and one last thing, I’ve learnt not to underestimate the importance of band-width. There is only so much we can do in a day, a week, or even a month..

Let’s learn to say ‘NO!’..

‘Never say yes when you want to say a no’

Good morning and have a nice day! :)

Good morning..

Have a great day! :)

http://lifehacker.com/5452902/how-to-put-your-pc-to-good-use-while-youre-sleeping

Few Good take-aways –

1) Set up ccleaner to automatically clean out crap every day

2) Auto back up of hard drive

3) Self Repairing hard drive

3:45 AM Singapore time. This is one game nobody would want to miss..

The players on show are – Wayne Rooney, Ronaldinho, Andrea Pirlo, Alexandre Pato, Clarence Seedorf, Darren Fletcher(who would’ve thunk??), Nesta, Ferdinand..

Mouth-watering line up..

Milan’s form have been patchy but they are one team with a LOT of European pedigree. They have won 2 Champ league titles in the last decade..

And they’ve knocked Utd out twice..

Time for revenge…

1) Clothes please :D
2) Swimsuit(if applicable)
3) Cap
4) Sun screen lotion(important! Those laughing will burn(literally))
5) Personal medicines
6) Toiletries
7) Beach Chappals (Hawaii chappal/floaters)
8) Extra towels

9) Passport
10) International Currency + Your currency – eg: Indonesian Rupiah, SGD
11) Student Pass
12) Driving License

13) Camera
14) Laptop + charger
15) Phone(s) + charger(s)

Things to Check
1) Print outs of your booking forms (accommodation, car rentals)
2) Food + Mobility when you reach (i.e. is there food? Do you have pick up/car rentals to get around)
3) Print outs of basic maps and other things to do at the place..

NOTE: For those traveling by ferries over high tide(evenings typically) – do carry tablets for sea-sickness and eat safe stuff before leaving. Our ferry ride turned out to be a puke-fest!

It always helps being prepared for being marooned in a new place. :)

Good morning.. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend! :)