16/6/05

Article, Game, vcd, jog, window shop with mum. Its as short as that.

Well, the game is going to be very very long. The levelling system seems endless. The equipment system is somewhat the same as Diablo with str, int, dex, con as requirements, and skill points to add to skills.

I collected my specs. No more the "perverted" look as one of my friend told me. But i don't know if my new look can trigger off any thoughts again haha. Anyway, I didn't know that wearing specs can be such a comfortable thing. I think the new specs have some kind of stick-to-your-head device haha. It really fits nicely to the head and follows you wherever you turn. Unlike my previous one, its just so comfortable haha.

Thats all.

SLice of life

Your Reaction to Anger and Criticism

It's unavoidable. Unless you can live under a rock for the rest of your life, you will encounter people who will be angry with you, criticize you, or treat you with spite or disdain. When this happens, how do you react? Especially when the facts of the case show that the aggression was uncalled for?

Let's say you enter a restaurant expecting great service and a tasty meal. The waiter or waitress is snarly and literally throws the food on the table. You ask for a glass of water to go with the meal and they act as though you had asked for something impossible.

Our first reaction is to be nasty in return; "and they can forget about the tip too!".

But do we know if they were intentionally mean? Perhaps they have just been informed a loved one is seriously ill and in a hospital, or they haven't the money to pay their rent, or they have a severe headache. This list could go on endlessly.

What about when you're striving to do your best job, and someone highlights a trivial flaw? Or a mistake that wasn't even your doing? Do you feel an undeserved sting? Do you defend yourself profusely? Do you think to yourself "If this person only knew the half of it!"

The problem we face is that we have no way of knowing what the other person is going through at that point in their life. And this refers both to the other person as well as us. Even the finest people are sometimes so overwhelmed by circumstances they act rashly, or were simply not in full control at the time.

"What if that person was truly being unkind?" you ask. "What if he or she had genuine intention to hurt?"
Well most of the time, a person's meanness and arrogance stem from their own insecurity or fears; their own weakness of character which caused them to react in a rash and irresponsible way, often without really giving the case much thought. Most antagonists simply want to push your hot buttons and chuckle inside as they watch you explode.

So spare yourself the mud slinging. Let not your heart be burdened by words that have no power the moment you decide to give them no meaning.