#53 Appreciation: Memories

Happy, sad, frustration, anger, rage, love, delight, cheerful, disappointment, joy... I might not remember all that I had experienced but certain part of me definitely have 'recorded' the process and hide it somewhere subconsciously, waiting for it to be rediscover.

I am amaze with how brain works and the things we remember. Tons of it without us noticing. It soothes me with all the happiness encounters when I was down, and of course there is also pains that I reluctant to recall. Regardless how bad or good our experience is, what we faced made us what a unique person we are today... The brain and the memory are a virtual recorder and tape, which is also a virtual player that allows you to replay before the end...

While you still can remember and capacity, do create and collect all the memories that you had, reminisce and cherish the moments...

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#52 Appreciation: Electricity

BLACKOUT!

I think I will get used to it in the past but not today. Given the privilege to use computers, mobile phones, WiFi... I just doubt that I can live without electricity supply. I recall the days where we experienced sudden blackout at night.... Back then, a bunch of us (the kiddos) will be so excited (although we cant watch Cartoon Network). Why? Because we can play with fire candle(Woops)! Those days, we can only light up candles during birthday celebration or lantern festival, other than that, those candles were kept far from us. Beside lighting the candles, that is also the time where we "cook" (the grass and burn paper and insects) and
not to forget the paper fan that we handmade...

*Back to topic*

With electricity, our life has ease so much and convenient. We have light at night, heater during winter, fan and air-conditional when we feel hot and heaps more. Especially in public area, we just consume as much electricity that we feel like. "We are paying others for our convenience, and because we pay, so we tend to forget the need of conserving it." Quoting the sentence from one of the celebrity in a reality show, and I cant agree more than that. The selfish nature in us lead us to act that way, without remembering the electric generators and the harm towards the mother nature...

Food for thought "How much energy we need to consume and how much we can save?"

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#51 Appreciation: Machineries/Gadgets/Devices

Currently, I am watching a Korean reality-variety program "The Human Condition", which featured 6 comedians to challenge a week of the given theme and the theme is usually relates to the conveniences we get today or things we forget. They have done plenty issues, include living without mobile devices, TV and computers, living without water, finding true friends, living without cars etc.

One day as I was watching the episode, it hits me when one of the comedian highlighted the fact that machinery/gadgets today have provided us so much ease as compared to previous. From grill to toaster, from natural dry to hair dryer, from cooking in a pot to pressure cooker, from cloth to sponge mop etc

Is interesting to see how we aged and the world evolved....and 'time' is the only one who witnessed and recorded such changes.

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#50 Appreciation: Imagination

Imagination is a powerful tool for future!

I am unsure since when I came across the idea that relates imagination with cartoon and linked it to future (today is the future of the past). An illustration will work best in describing what I am trying to convey =)

Robotic machine does not come across people's mind in reality in the past as robotic are just images featured in cartoons for kids and teens. However, because of the cartoonist or animation creative production team that have this kind of ideas, it inspired / urged the talent in other industry to work on this and make it feasible for us today.

So never underestimate kids-related matters, be it toys, cartoons/animation, drawing etc, because the imagination that links to them often will exist in the future for the good of mankind =)

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#49 Appreciation: Non-Mainstream

Human are social animals, and most of us have the habits of going with the flow - the herd mentality. Unless we are limited by resource or in a different context, then we will opt for other options. Nothing wrong about being influenced by others or following the trend, same towards for those who chose to not be in the main stream industry.

Take an example, students' choice of university for the their further study. Given that there are no financial worries, most of the students will decide to go to the prestigious and higher ranking uni. It is a rational choice. Then students will start their social life with a group of friends from similar backgrounds if not same.

However, I came across this guy who choose a different path from the rest. He went to a uni which is known by public, but not a popular choice, hence it was a total stranger place to him. He stood out from his comfort zone and be part of the international student council. He have met more people and achieved more compared to his peers who go with the flow and hang out with the same click of friends.

He inspired me to start wondering, "What's wrong with going against the flow? You might just end up with something totally new and succeed in it!"

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