Under Renovation
Posted by: Michelle on: May 5, 2009
Hi all, we are currently in the process of revamping the whole look, feel, and contents of our blog..
We are discussing, adding, deleting, and switching things around.. So do bear with us..
Meanwhile..
Do stay tune to find out what we will unveil..
We’re so excited!!!
Don’t be too quick to judge
Posted by: Michelle on: April 16, 2009
If any of my co-authors saw this, coming from me, they would probably do a double take, a summersault or just simply feel my forehead to see if I’m alright. But for 7 minutes of my time while I am mugging for my last paper tomorrow, I was humbled. Truly humbled.
But first, I’d like to say sorry that we have not been updating. It has been helluva time the past week with exams and deadlines never ending. But I can’t resist posting about this new found revelation that I just had.
I have always been too quick to judge. In ONE encounter, long or short, I will judge whether you, my friend, are worthy of my attention, my time, my friendship or even my thoughts. Yes, I am that cynical and judgmental, maybe some of you will even say arrogant. And I have suffered the consequences. I’ve been judged as quickly and as harsly as I judge. But I’ve always maintained that I’m fine with those consequences, I mean, if not me first then they first. Besides, the reward outweighs the cost triple or quadruple times. At least to me. It saves me from..
Exercise your rights! Vote!
Posted by: Michelle on: April 4, 2009
A few days ago I attended a talk. It was about the upcoming Indonesian election. I was guilted into coming. A dear friend of mind invited me to the talk that she was organizing and I couldn’t say no (usually I say no, but this is a topic for another day). Don’t get me wrong and judge that I’m an apathetic, ignorant citizen of Indonesia who will be the hopeless future of Indonesia like many others my age. Well, maybe that judgment was valid, but just to feebly defend myself, I am interested and concerned. Just not enough to actually look up information to make a more informed decision on 09.04.09.
Happy April Fools’ Day
Posted by: Apurva on: April 1, 2009
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Happy April Fools’ Day!
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Although I haven’t really been a victim of any serious pranks, or even played any serious pranks on people, today is still a special occasion of sorts because our fellow blogger Tina pranked us!
It was innocent enough but we still fell for it hook, line and sinker and I have to commend her for it. So here’s what happened – Read the rest of this entry »
Unearthly Hour
Posted by: Tina on: March 30, 2009
Cassandra Wong's Photography
“I’m just one person. What can I do about Global Warming?”
4000 cities. 88 countries. 830pm to 930pm. Time zone by time zone. One message.
Earth hour 2009.
Earth hour is a global event that initially started off in Sydney in 2007, when the entire city (2.2 million homes and businesses) switched off its lights for one hour. The next year this number grew to be 50 million. This year the event aimed to have 1 billion people all around the globe to switch off their lights for one hour.
So what happens next?
Are we evil?
Posted by: Michelle on: March 26, 2009
- In: Thoughts
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Are humans inherently evil?
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We all know how everyone says that deep down somewhere in each of us, we are good people. Sometimes circumstances or nurture may have caused us to turn evil. But could it be that we are evil deep down inside, and we’re just pretending to be nice? Let’s highlight the difference between the desire to do good and the inherent nature that we are evil. This simply means that even though we may always want to be a saint, it becomes difficult as we are wired to do evil.
The curse of knowledge
Posted by: Apurva on: March 25, 2009
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Last semester I took a course called Visual Design for Marketing. During the introductory class, the professor warned us that the course would be challenging and that we would walk away with the ‘curse of knowledge.’ Obviously, we all stared back at him with confused faces, wondering:
“What’s that?”
“The curse of knowledge?!”
“Does he mean the ‘gift’ of knowledge?”
He explained to us that the course would teach us about the design elements that exist in good and bad design and how to differentiate between them. The curse of knowledge comes in after we have understood and absorbed all of the design principles and can apply them to real life examples of design.
He said that, Read the rest of this entry »
Stereotypes
Posted by: Tina on: March 23, 2009
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What is a stereotype? Is it something very typical? Very predictable? Or is it a form of uniformity or trend that we witness so easily in events, people or objects around us?
I would say it’s all of the above.
According to a research conducted by the Univeristy of Wisconsin, stereotypes and prejudice are very much interrelated. This made me realize the already obvious – to stereotype would also mean to impose a certain degree of prejudice. Which means we cannot simply leave a stereotype as it is because it implies that we already carry some form of a pre-defined judgement with us when we stereotype something or someone.
Not too long ago, I felt that I was being unfairly stereotyped and grouped into a category that I most certainly felt I didn’t belong to; in fact I felt that such a category should cease to exist in the first place.
It all began with this conversation that I was having with a non-local friend of mine. Read the rest of this entry »
PDA
Posted by: Michelle on: March 21, 2009
Note: The post below stems from my probably conservative way of thinking. Do note that conservative does not equate to the amount of exposure that I have.
Public Display of Affection.
Let me define this. In this post, PDA refers to all actions which are remotely suggestive and in full view of others.
I’ve always hated couples who commit the sin of PDA. Yes, to me it’s a definite no-no. I totally understand you guys are in love and would like the world to know. I know how it feels. I feel this every single day of my life now. But people, you can tell the world that you are in love without having to outrage anybody. I’ve no say about what couples do behind close doors. It’s their own privacy. But when, you are displaying it to the public..
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