The Instruction Manual

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Wow. A video that mimics my life story? This should either hit you like a ton of bricks or not matter to you at all. Or maybe, it bestows you with fresh eyes on how to live.
P/S – My cupboard masterpiece is far from complete. So far, I’m just stealing [...]

The Immensity of Love

You know that romantic notion that all the garbage and the pain is really healing and beautiful and sort of poetic? It’s not. It’s just garbage and it’s pain. You know what’s better? Love. The day that you start thinking that love is overrated is the day that you’re wrong. The only thing [...]

Finding our way

It’s been said that the saddest thing a man will ever face is what might have been. But what of a man whose faced with what was? Or what may never be? Or what can no longer be? Choosing the right path is never easy. It’s a decision we make with only our hearts to [...]

Owlam

New Life Church, a 10 000 strong megachurch had gone through two major tragedies in past few years. Its founder, Ted Haggard had to step down from his senior pastor position amid allegations of sexual misconduct. And just as the church were starting to recover from that fiasco, the shootings occurred. [...]

Unfinished

“Find someone to be successful for.”
Rise to their hopes and their needs. As you think about life after graduation, as you look in the mirror tonight, you may see somebody with no idea what to do with their life. But a troubled child might look at you and see a mentor. A homebound senior citizen [...]

When knowledge is evil

I’m more convinced than ever that having more knowledge in a subject doesn’t guarantee you make better decision. On the contrary, “information” can crowd your mind and ability to make good judgment on a situation. You can see it in action, when fans of a football team are crying out for the most obvious decision [...]

Meeting the Future who is coming

Sometimes I do wish that I have access to my future self. To let me know whether it’s all worth it.
Of course, that only happens in films.
It seems that “logic” and “reason” is occupying a space that is slowly diminishing in my world. There is only so much we could claim to know or predict [...]

Wynton’s Twelve

THE WYNTON MARSALIS 12 RULES OF EFFECTIVE PRACTICE:
1. Seek out the best private instruction you can afford.
2. Write/work out a regular practice schedule.
3. Set realistic goals.
4. Concentrate when practicing
5. Relax and practice slowly
6. Practice what you can’t play. – (The hard parts.)
7. Always play with maximum expression.
8. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
9. Don’t show [...]