Keeping Quiet

Benefits of Walking

Is it Important?

Do you usually find a way or an excuse?

I think it depends on the subject of interest.

KARMA

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!

Teaching

Sharpening Your Axe

I saw this on Facebook and thought it is a really nice story.

          Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.

          The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.

          “Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!” Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.

          “I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

          “When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.

          “Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”

Reflection:
Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen the “axe”.In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy that ever.Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like our personal life, taking time to get close to our Creator, giving more time for our family, taking time to read etc.

We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don’t take the time to sharpen the “axe”, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness.

Personality Test

Look at the tree and choose the one that is immediately most appealing to you. 

Don’t think about it too long, just choose, and find out what your choice says about your personality.

Scroll down for your personality.

The results!

1. You are a generous and moral (not to confuse with moralizing) person. You always work on self-improvement. You are very ambitious and have very high standards. People might think that communicating with you is difficult, but for you, it isn't easy to be who you are. You work very hard but you are not in the least selfish. You work because you want to improve the world. You have a great capacity to love people until they hurt you. But even after they do. . . you keep loving. Very few people can appreciate everything you do as well as you deserve.

2. You are a fun, honest person. You are very responsible and like taking care of others. You believe in putting in an honest day's work and accept many work-related responsibilities. You have a very good personality and people come to trust you easily. You are bright, witty and fast-thinking. You always have an interesting story to tell.

3.You are a smart and thoughtful person. You are a great thinker. Your thoughts and ideas are the most important. You like to think about your theories and views alone. You are an introvert. You get along with those who likes to think and learn. You spend a lot of time, thinking about morality. You are trying to do what is right, even if the majority of society does not agree with you.

4. You are perceptive and philosophical person. You are a unique, one soul of your kind. Next to you there's no one even slightly similar to you. You are intuitive and a bit quirky. You are often misunderstood, and it hurts you. You need personal space. Your creativity needs to be developed, it requires respect of others. You are a person who clearly sees the light and dark sides of life. You are very emotional.

5. You are self-assured and in charge. You are very independent. Your guiding principle in life is 'I'll do it my way.'. You are very self-reliant and know how to stay strong for yourself and the people you love. You know exactly what you want and are not afraid of pursuing your dreams. The only thing you demand from people is honesty. You are strong enough to accept the truth.

6. You are kind and sensitive. People relate to you very well. You have many friends and you love helping them. You have this warm and bright aura that makes people feel good when they are around you. Every day, you think about what you can do to improve yourself. You want to be interesting, insightful and unique. More than anybody else in the world, you need to love. You are even ready to love those who don't love you back.

7. You are happy and unflappable. You are a very sensitive and understanding person. You are a great listener who know how to be non-judgmental. You believe that everybody has their own journey in life. You are open to new people and events. You are highly resistant to stress and rarely worry. Normally, you are very relaxed. You always manage to have a good time and never lose your way.

8. You are charming and energetic. You are a fun person who knows hot to make people laugh. You live in a state of harmony with the universe. You are spontaneous and enthusiastic. You never say no to an adventure. Often, you end up surprising and even shocking people. But that's just how you are. . . You always remain true to yourself. You have many interests and if something proves of interest to you, you will not rest until you acquire a profound knowledge of this area.

9. You are optimistic and lucky. You believe that life is a gift and you try to achieve as much as possible and put this gift to the best use possible. You are very proud of your achievements. You are ready to stick by the people you care about through thick and thin. You have a very healthy approach to life. The glass is (at least) half full for you. You use any opportunity to forgive, learn, and grow because you believe that life is too short to do otherwise.

Right Brain or Left Brain?

Are you a right brain thinker or a left brain thinker?

Appreciate

Short and to the point. 

Appreciate the people who are helping you!

Taking the first step

Be Winners!

Quotes

Honesty

Not many people nowadays are willing to be honest.
Appreciate those who dare to give you their honest opinion!

Changes - small step at a time

Changes are necessary if you want to improve to be better.

Sometimes, we are too rush to change things and may lose our directions. It can be frustrating when things don't go our way. This poster serves to remind us how changes should take place.

Don't Sit For Too Long

I went to attend a workshop and one of presenters was talking about sitting down for too long.

He said that sitting for an hour is equivalent to smoking a cigarette and it's equally harmful.

Let's try to move our body as often as possible. Of course, at the correct time.

Change

But remember - Change for the better! If things are not going to get better, then why change?

Why Teachers Quit

Why Teachers Quit

Don't give others a chance to bully you!

Quotes

I strongly agree with this one.

I remember that when I was young I saw this little card that says "The More You Learn, The More You Realise How Much You Don't Know".

There are so many things out there to learn. There is really no end to learning. But, if you are not the one motivating it, there's nothing much others can do.

Area and Perimeter

See! I knew it!

There are so many wonderful things that I have posted over the last few years and have forgotten about them.

Having this blog will help me recap and find them easily.

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_sameareadiffperimeter.html

This is a video teaching Area and Perimeter.

One of my Favourite Songs

Learn this song when I was in primary school, I think.

Songs from those years are easier to sing and follow.

Sand Fantasy

I am trying to update the posts here as quickly as possible. I was scrolling down my timeline and I realised that I started Facebooking since 2009.

That seems like a long time ago.

I happened to see this sand art video that I posted then.

Beautiful artwork!

Great Job!

I have updated all the way back to 22 May in 2012. Not a bad attempt for the first day.

The best is yet to come. I've only started being active in Facebook from end of 2012.

That means I've got plenty to do after this...

For your good

Know who are your friends

3 Simple Rules in Life

The rules are pretty simple, but do you dare to do it?

Thoughts

Woah!

I didn't realised that I have updated so many 'profound' words on my status. I can imagine my feelings then.

"Being adaptable to a lousy system doesn't make it a better one!"

"Judge me on things that I have/ not done, not what other have done/ not done."

"The most feared thing is to not know one's ability."

"How would you know your ability if you haven't tried?"

"I'll learn better if I'm interested and have time to be curious"

"For everything you expect, you need to pay a price. The price could be time, effort or money..."

I usually think the sentences through before I post them. I guessed I must be frustrated at those times.

Some Ideas about Teaching

Some ideas about Teaching

Revolution of the new posts...

Having Facebook is probably one reason why I have stopped using blogger. In Facebook, all you need to do is to click 'share' and friends can see them almost immediately.

However, I faced a new problem. I'm not sure if it's because I'm not an advanced Facebooker. I have difficulty finding the past posts that I have shared!

Anyway, I have decided that I should just track them through blogger too. So, here it goes...

Mad World by Gary Jules

I can't really remember why I posted this video... but having to look at it again, brought back the feelings...