thou shalt not conform when thou could blaze thy own path..
New things I learn everyday
I'm catching up on my reading at the moment.
Usually I'd opt for flavour of the month; Tan Dun, Barack Obama, Lim Guan Eng, Tiger Woods just to name a few. I will post up some of the things that I like some day.
Today I'm partial towards edgy radical or extreme leadership.
Why the particular topic? I've read articles on leaderships before, so by now it was pretty boring by my standards.
And I was hoping to be motivated by a more extreme branch of leadership stories, where I might gain some insight into how some of the most (in my opinion) influential ppls' thoughts.
I've read bout Khaled Hosseini, the author of the book The Kite Runner cos I like the movie's review and I like a story bout kids with kites.
Men who expresses themselves in a curious way like Khaled Hosseini did when he wrote A Thousand Splendid Suns, he tried out the female garb burqa and said things like "It steals your breath away" does get my curiousity up. It's like touching, except with words.
I've always liked reading, especially interviews and stories on humans and their acts.
And I've always liked learning new words, cos I've never stopped my academic after I've graduated from school.
I love words that ppl rarely uses, but makes one sounded intelligent, great tools to have.
These are the words that impresses me today:
Pragmatist (n); a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
Rhetoric (n); from Greek , rhêtôr, orator, teacher means the ability to use language well, through the practice of exaggeration, to influence others or language in a dress suit / flowery language
Credulity (n); tendency to believe easily, opposite of incredulous
Nascent (adj); being born or beginning
Oratory (n); addressing an audience formally or giving speech
Patriarchal (adj); structuring of society on the basis of family units
Eclectic (adj); a variety of sources
Article quotes that interest me:
"Ann took a job teaching English at the U.S. embassy. She woke up well before dawn throughout her life. Now she went into her son's room every day at 4 a.m. to give him English lessons from a U.S. correspondence course. She couldn't afford the élite international school and worried he wasn't challenged enough." - The Story of Barack Obama's Mother, Time
"Each and every one of you here has heard and felt those ceilings, somebody pushing you down, defining your limitations, who are you? You know damn well what you are capable of doing..." - Michelle Obama, Time
Advice to Nat: Gift for your mother-in-law, can get the batik sarung, got exotic traditional Malaysian style.
Advice for D: Please learn more new words to improve, else read my blog and all the articles provided. posted by M.E. # 2:01 PM
Usually I'd opt for flavour of the month; Tan Dun, Barack Obama, Lim Guan Eng, Tiger Woods just to name a few. I will post up some of the things that I like some day.
Today I'm partial towards edgy radical or extreme leadership.
Why the particular topic? I've read articles on leaderships before, so by now it was pretty boring by my standards.
And I was hoping to be motivated by a more extreme branch of leadership stories, where I might gain some insight into how some of the most (in my opinion) influential ppls' thoughts.
I've read bout Khaled Hosseini, the author of the book The Kite Runner cos I like the movie's review and I like a story bout kids with kites.
Men who expresses themselves in a curious way like Khaled Hosseini did when he wrote A Thousand Splendid Suns, he tried out the female garb burqa and said things like "It steals your breath away" does get my curiousity up. It's like touching, except with words.
I've always liked reading, especially interviews and stories on humans and their acts.
And I've always liked learning new words, cos I've never stopped my academic after I've graduated from school.
I love words that ppl rarely uses, but makes one sounded intelligent, great tools to have.
These are the words that impresses me today:
Pragmatist (n); a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
Rhetoric (n); from Greek , rhêtôr, orator, teacher means the ability to use language well, through the practice of exaggeration, to influence others or language in a dress suit / flowery language
Credulity (n); tendency to believe easily, opposite of incredulous
Nascent (adj); being born or beginning
Oratory (n); addressing an audience formally or giving speech
Patriarchal (adj); structuring of society on the basis of family units
Eclectic (adj); a variety of sources
Article quotes that interest me:
"Ann took a job teaching English at the U.S. embassy. She woke up well before dawn throughout her life. Now she went into her son's room every day at 4 a.m. to give him English lessons from a U.S. correspondence course. She couldn't afford the élite international school and worried he wasn't challenged enough." - The Story of Barack Obama's Mother, Time
"Each and every one of you here has heard and felt those ceilings, somebody pushing you down, defining your limitations, who are you? You know damn well what you are capable of doing..." - Michelle Obama, Time
Advice to Nat: Gift for your mother-in-law, can get the batik sarung, got exotic traditional Malaysian style.
Advice for D: Please learn more new words to improve, else read my blog and all the articles provided. posted by M.E. # 2:01 PM
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