Been a month since i blogged.
In one month, we managed to ruin whatever reputation we have left in the village we're living in by:
1) asking the neighbour for help when the water supply suddenly ran out. He came over with a few hunky guys expecting major repair work on the well and water pump, and to his complete amazment, he ran to us excitedly explaining that we didn't flip the switch to turn the pump on.
"no electricity, no pump. no pump, no water!"
"i so regret telling him we haven't had water since the night before! All we needed to do was flip the switch!" Pok could have just buried her head in the soil right then.
2) Going for a "duck soup" steamboat dinner. the gravy tasted a bit like satay beehoon, very tasty. Problem was, the soup was drying up and we still somehow managed to dump the whole basket of kang kong into the steamboat pot.
all the gravy got subsequently sucked up.
no gravy means nothing to boil. So the stuff inside started to burn and smoke started spewing out and the chao dar smell started creeping out.
and still we sat there waiting for the soup to come.
it was pretty funny. the lady boss ran over like we were going to wreck her stall, and promptly turned the fire off while we were still explaining to her we were waiting for the soup, and the soup REALLY should come soon.
The lady boss finally came not only with just soup, but a whole new pot. We suppose she had to take the old one to scrub off whatever damage we did to it.
"why didn't we think of turning off the fire!?" Pok burst out laughing.
"never mind that almost all our 5 senses have been triggered, we see smoke, we smell smoke, we taste chao dar...we INSIST on waiting for the soup to come!"
I told my mom abt it..and all she went was "so goondu one you all want to teach somemore."
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everyone's onto Steve these days.
the world has certainly lost a genius.
just came across this article.
Always good to have something like this to read and use as reference.
1) Do what you love.
Jobs once said, "People with passion can change the world for the better." Asked about the advice he would offer would-be entrepreneurs, he said, "I'd get a job as a busboy or something until I figured out what I was really passionate about." That's how much it meant to him. Passion is everything. "Don't settle. You'll know it when you find it."
2.) Put a dent in the universe.
Jobs believed in the power of vision. He once asked then-Pepsi President, John Sculley, "Do you want to spend your life selling sugar water or do you want to change the world?" Don't lose sight of the big vision
3) Make connections. Jobs once said creativity is connecting things. He meant that people with a broad set of life experiences can often see things that others miss. He took calligraphy classes that didn't have any practical use in his life -- until he built the Macintosh. Jobs traveled to India and Asia. He studied design and hospitality. Don't live in a bubble. Connect ideas from different fields.
4). Say no to 1,000 things.
Jobs was as proud of what Apple chose not to do as he was of what Apple did. When he returned in Apple in 1997, he took a company with 350 products and reduced them to 10 products in a two-year period. Why? So he could put the "A-Team" on each product. What are you saying "no" to?
5). Create insanely different experiences. Jobs also sought innovation in the customer-service experience. When he first came up with the concept for the Apple Stores, he said they would be different because instead of just moving boxes, the stores would enrich lives. Everything about the experience you have when you walk into an Apple store is intended to enrich your life and to create an emotional connection between you and the Apple brand. What are you doing to enrich the lives of your customers?
6) Master the message. You can have the greatest idea in the world, but if you can't communicate your ideas, it doesn't matter. Jobs was the world's greatest corporate storyteller. Instead of simply delivering a presentation like most people do, he informed, he educated, he inspired and he entertained, all in one presentation.
7). Sell dreams, not products. Jobs captured our imagination because he really understood his customer. He knew that tablets would not capture our imaginations if they were too complicated. The result? One button on the front of an iPad. It's so simple, a 2-year-old can use it. Your customers don't care about your product. They care about themselves, their hopes, their ambitions. Jobs taught us that if you help your customers reach their dreams, you'll win them over.
There's one story that I think sums up Jobs' career at Apple. An executive who had the job of reinventing the Disney Store once called up Jobs and asked for advice. His counsel? Dream bigger. I think that's the best advice he could leave us with. See genius in your craziness, believe in yourself, believe in your vision, and be constantly prepared to defend those ideas
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we just finished registration for the village school today.
it's on-going and things are slowly settling.
we're now planning something for the youths as well.
to come up with something from scratch, draw them in, and bond with them enough to build a community from which we can continue propagating blessings.
it excites me.
it can become such a beautiful thing.
time to start work then.
In one month, we managed to ruin whatever reputation we have left in the village we're living in by:
1) asking the neighbour for help when the water supply suddenly ran out. He came over with a few hunky guys expecting major repair work on the well and water pump, and to his complete amazment, he ran to us excitedly explaining that we didn't flip the switch to turn the pump on.
"no electricity, no pump. no pump, no water!"
"i so regret telling him we haven't had water since the night before! All we needed to do was flip the switch!" Pok could have just buried her head in the soil right then.
2) Going for a "duck soup" steamboat dinner. the gravy tasted a bit like satay beehoon, very tasty. Problem was, the soup was drying up and we still somehow managed to dump the whole basket of kang kong into the steamboat pot.
all the gravy got subsequently sucked up.
no gravy means nothing to boil. So the stuff inside started to burn and smoke started spewing out and the chao dar smell started creeping out.
and still we sat there waiting for the soup to come.
it was pretty funny. the lady boss ran over like we were going to wreck her stall, and promptly turned the fire off while we were still explaining to her we were waiting for the soup, and the soup REALLY should come soon.
The lady boss finally came not only with just soup, but a whole new pot. We suppose she had to take the old one to scrub off whatever damage we did to it.
"why didn't we think of turning off the fire!?" Pok burst out laughing.
"never mind that almost all our 5 senses have been triggered, we see smoke, we smell smoke, we taste chao dar...we INSIST on waiting for the soup to come!"
I told my mom abt it..and all she went was "so goondu one you all want to teach somemore."
----------------------------------------------------------------
everyone's onto Steve these days.
the world has certainly lost a genius.
just came across this article.
Always good to have something like this to read and use as reference.
1) Do what you love.
Jobs once said, "People with passion can change the world for the better." Asked about the advice he would offer would-be entrepreneurs, he said, "I'd get a job as a busboy or something until I figured out what I was really passionate about." That's how much it meant to him. Passion is everything. "Don't settle. You'll know it when you find it."
2.) Put a dent in the universe.
Jobs believed in the power of vision. He once asked then-Pepsi President, John Sculley, "Do you want to spend your life selling sugar water or do you want to change the world?" Don't lose sight of the big vision
3) Make connections. Jobs once said creativity is connecting things. He meant that people with a broad set of life experiences can often see things that others miss. He took calligraphy classes that didn't have any practical use in his life -- until he built the Macintosh. Jobs traveled to India and Asia. He studied design and hospitality. Don't live in a bubble. Connect ideas from different fields.
4). Say no to 1,000 things.
Jobs was as proud of what Apple chose not to do as he was of what Apple did. When he returned in Apple in 1997, he took a company with 350 products and reduced them to 10 products in a two-year period. Why? So he could put the "A-Team" on each product. What are you saying "no" to?
5). Create insanely different experiences. Jobs also sought innovation in the customer-service experience. When he first came up with the concept for the Apple Stores, he said they would be different because instead of just moving boxes, the stores would enrich lives. Everything about the experience you have when you walk into an Apple store is intended to enrich your life and to create an emotional connection between you and the Apple brand. What are you doing to enrich the lives of your customers?
6) Master the message. You can have the greatest idea in the world, but if you can't communicate your ideas, it doesn't matter. Jobs was the world's greatest corporate storyteller. Instead of simply delivering a presentation like most people do, he informed, he educated, he inspired and he entertained, all in one presentation.
7). Sell dreams, not products. Jobs captured our imagination because he really understood his customer. He knew that tablets would not capture our imaginations if they were too complicated. The result? One button on the front of an iPad. It's so simple, a 2-year-old can use it. Your customers don't care about your product. They care about themselves, their hopes, their ambitions. Jobs taught us that if you help your customers reach their dreams, you'll win them over.
There's one story that I think sums up Jobs' career at Apple. An executive who had the job of reinventing the Disney Store once called up Jobs and asked for advice. His counsel? Dream bigger. I think that's the best advice he could leave us with. See genius in your craziness, believe in yourself, believe in your vision, and be constantly prepared to defend those ideas
-------------------------------------------
we just finished registration for the village school today.
it's on-going and things are slowly settling.
we're now planning something for the youths as well.
to come up with something from scratch, draw them in, and bond with them enough to build a community from which we can continue propagating blessings.
it excites me.
it can become such a beautiful thing.
time to start work then.
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