The paper is one of the most commonest things around us. It has many sizes, depending on how it is manufactured. You can cut it to fit the size you want. Round, Square, or any unusual shape. You can even shape in into some structure. It can float; but a pile of it can have some weight. Think of the last time you use a piece of paper. Well, that’s a silly question to ask. You probably have used a piece of paper so frequently. There might be some pieces of paper in front of you now. Shopping list. To […]
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The earth with the exact quantity of air, including oxygen, is quite amazing. It’s enough for all of us. OK, it’s more complicated than that. There is a kind of air regeneration cycle where oxygen is reproduced. I heard of an account where oxygen had been shot up to space. I wanted to find out more about it, whether truth or myth. There’s an account in this link, where indeed in some atmospheric regions the gases are excited to the extent that some stray oxygen atoms burst out to space. Do these oxygen atoms have any use up in space? […]
Over the course of the past few months I have been learning some basic programming on an online application. My aim was to build up a system where I can repeat almost all the steps to send an email to about 50 people, and that there is one place in the email message where I have a specific message pertaining to the person receiving the message. Spending half a day on it again I managed to get the system working. I haven’t contacted everyone yet, but the first few. The rest I will send another day. This online application is […]
It’s such a super idea we have a day devoted to our one loved one. Nothing replaces giving somebody your utmost attention. Nothing replaces companionship, friendship, commitment. Or love. Indeed Jesus is the greatest friend. He saves you before you know him. There are too many philosophical debates over that last sentence. It also sounds too good to be true. It’s all about the other one. For the moment, let’s rest on the fact that all is good. You are not demanding the other one what they should do now that they owe you, and you can expect they don’t […]
There are various places people can give away their unwanted stuffs, obviously those still in working condition. You can offer, or find suitable items to keep, or both. All on free basis. The other day we saw a rubbish bin. We didn’t need one. But we can do with a better one because this free one is bigger and more practical for us. Sometime back we took a printer free. A very commpact laser printer. We were going to buy cartriges. For months, though, we didn’t get round finding the particular cartridges. After about 6 months, we put the printer […]
Sound of a slight crack. Was it something dropped on the ground outside the window? Coming back to it again after a few moments. That sounded like a brittle crack. No, I got the glasses here, yet to wash them. They are not cracked. My mind wondered away to a conversation I heard earlier on the street. The letter is on the table, and Ayi (Ayida?) knows about what needs to do in the library before going to Linda. It sounded like Linda is somebody who could but would rather not take the trouble. We shared the path for about […]
Understanding yourself is an easy task, much easier than understanding another person, or other beings – animals, artificial intelligent entities etc. Not so, there are times you cannot control your emotion. As your physical self relates to the physical world around you, as you process information internal and external to you, you might react much less than what you expected of yourself. You took a second glance at the fruit seller when he did not wait for the weighing machine to settle and told you the price, seemingly rounded up. You paid anyway thinking it’s much less fuss doing so, […]
This café is famous for its breakfast. It’s the only food place that opens 8am every weekday. Some years back, after changing jobs, I had to spend hours driving to and from work. I decided that for some days I would stay in budget hotels or hostels so to save on the driving. The only place that you can get breakfast at 6am is a major international quick food outlet. This café that’s famous for its breakfast, also serves main dishes. We tried ordering a ‘dinner’ number and were astonished they served it in 5 minutes, and so we had […]
During the reconstruction, access for the Scout group to their room will be severely restricted. We should find out more about details – perhaps the workers can allow access for a day a week for the Scout group. The project manager can get feedback very soon so Scout activities are not affected. Construction will start in a month. Another uncertainty is raised by someone who has been assisting with the garden for some time, and her concern was that the impression is that much of the garden will not be accessible and so it will not be maintained. The project […]
See part 1. With a rare arrangement for a second practice school, I tried to start anew. Having arranged lodging in two families, I began this part and initially the subject teachers appeared to be more able to guide me. In the third week, the same problem recurred, the subject teachers were working almost independently of the college, and the support I got from my college was largely for me to discover ways of working myself. A one-sided account, I’m sure those involved have different views. Having to walk away from the course was extremely painful. But to continue even […]
It’s more than just understanding, various dictionaries define it as a strong feeling of compassion and sadness for somebody else who is facing problems, as well as a strong desire to improve the general condition to reduce suffering. Is anyone of us compassionate? To show compassion requires a lot of ‘space’ in your ‘tank’, as you think you might be giving a lot of yourself to give attention to the one suffering and find ways to help them. When the problem is so big, the one able to show compassion will realise restoring the suffering person is key, and how […]
The church assistant treasurer has set up new ways to manage offerings such that everyone has more time to talk to each other following the formal service time. I recently looked through about a hundred row of data to identify common and new information. A friend has come to the end of a PhD journey and worked through a lot of field data to complete the thesis. While you are in the middle of doing something, where you face a lot of information, it’s difficult to see the bigger picture. See the hundreds of birds flying together, not only they […]
The other person informed me there is water along the road and she had great difficulty using the wheelchair there. It would be better if I went another way though longer, but dry. I said thanks but went ahead, out of curiosity but also a different wheelchair might fare better, or worse. On this occasion, I had more difficulty turning around than trying to get through the water, though not deep, but the surface the water now covered made it really difficult to know your way without getting stuck. The helpfulness of the lady who took the trouble to stop […]
The noise from the truck was deafening. The cars behind it stayed a distance, the sight of the rubbish collected in the truck seems to also ‘speak’ of its smell. The full seven days of 2019 are in history. Beginning with thoughts and plans for the new year, some of us would also have a great sense of excitement on how the year will unfold for them. However, some of the last few days at the end of last year, and first few days in the year had been challenging – for some it’s having to think about who to […]
Entering the building, the security people were interested in my belongings. They want to deduce from my belongings my intention. It appears they can deduce implications from materials to form an intention that I own. There are way too many precious objects in this building. Before this building came into existence, the objects were stored in numerous locations. The objects could be retrieved to be viewed by the public, but in practice you needed to register as a member which meant you got to justify why the objects would be of meaning and value to you. It’s more than shopping […]