Memories...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
ON THE MAGIC WORDS TO SAY TO ME
You know, its actually very easy to manipulate me and my thinking.
Just say these magic words to me, which my ISM supervisor Prof Bilveer Singh did on Mon morning:
"I am trying my best to push you over the cliff. I am setting a challenge to you, to stretch yourself to the limits."
I couldnt stop grinning to him when he said that you know. Its like some sort of a trigger reaction in my nerve system.
Ahhh....the good o magic words: Challenge to me. Considering that I always consider myself an adventurer in life, how can I resist this magic phrase? Maybe thats why I m always so restless in life, always on the lookout for new things to explore, new lessons to learn, new experiences to taste, new horizons to expand, and new human relationships to be forged. Self-actualization, ahh..I think thats what psychologists term it?
Anyway, I m so happy la. I spent the whole weekend grinding my brain for my ISM, and didnt sleep on Sundae night..writing the 1st 1200 words and then rushed straight to school to present to Prof Singh. And as any academic ll probably testify, the hardest part of writing a research paper is the beginning, where u have to formulate your thoughts down and start with a bang..and then lay out the roadmap for the rest of your paper.
At least for now, its a relatively good start for my ISM I guess, being able to meet my 1st deadline. Now for the 2nd part.
Dun think I ll sleep again tonight la. Got another presentation tom, and I havent start anything on it at all. Wahahaha. Call it laziness or procrastination, but I think my mind works best at the 11th hour, when deadlines are dangerously close and u can literally smell them. Worked for me for the past 18 years of education: pri, sec, jc, uni.
Might not be a good habit to bring into the working world though.
