休息中

不要被“很努力”影响，这一个星期的我过得很好。实实在在的生活中，休息中，虽然很多食物不能吃。在最舒服的地方，穿最舒服的衣服，以最舒服的步调安排时间。也许太舒服了，一直想睡呢。
休息，为了走更长远的路。今天绵绵细雨下不停，但是我很开心。没有什么原因，也不需要理由。

很努力

人很妙。
因为有目标而努力，希望努力了就会怎样。
却也因为没目标而继续努力，因为除了继续努力，也不知道还能怎样。
怎样呢？
每天都忙着努力，努力的让自己看起来很忙，忙得让自己相信已经很努力。
好了，努力了！目标，怎样了？

Wisdom Tooth Extraction (Again)

3 years after my right wisdom tooth extraction, I had the left one removed yesterday! Chickened out back then and cancelled the 2nd removal, partly because it has not emerge and wasn't giving me any problem. But sometimes in March, I started to feel it, certain point in time I even had a hard time eating as I tend to bite my gum. Yes, March till August is a long time, that's because I need to schedule it such that the 5days MC doesn't affect my work.

Must say this time is much better, I was better prepared in the sense I knew what to expect, and also completed my crave-list way before the extraction (no wonder my colleague said I put on weight). The dentist was also better, more experienced, gentle, fast and also comforting. Procedure is the same as previous time, with my eyes covered, the dentist constantly iterate what was she doing and what to expect.
"I am going to put some instrument into your mouth now to loosen the tooth, you will feel pressure and water. Pressure... water... pressure... doing very well... ok the tooth is out now... are you feeling ok?"

The wound did not bleed as much too, almost stopped when I reached home, and I didn't have to use any of the extra gauze to bite on. Less facial swelling (until now), though it is still a little painful.

Did I say my tooth came out in one BIG piece once again? Still pretty fresh!

The previous tooth can be found in an older post. 不愧两只都是我的牙齿，长得还挺像的。Haha!

http://pohjiayee.blogspot.com/2008/08/wisdom-tooth-extraction.html

10,000 Year Clock

Saw this super cool article on 10,000 year clock. A clock about 200 feet tall that is built to tick for 10,000 year in mountain in west Texas.

Casually told my parents about this and browsed through some commentaries posted by readers, some thought it was wu liao.

The concept of time and sophisticated technology of clock has always intrigue me, let alone technology put into mechanism built to outlive civilization. This project is wonderful, idealistic it may be. Perhaps I watch too much sci-fic that imagine people discovering civilisation from past/future. But great project almost always requires some crazy persistent visionaries to realise. Just like 10,000 years ago, who would have thought there would be The Great Wall, The Pyramids, aeroplanes, space travel, mobile phone, or ridiculous idea of cyber space.

Read more from these websites:
http://www.10000yearclock.net/learnmore.html
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/06/the_clock_in_th.php

那把火

今天和朋友聊天，聊到了“那把火”。我们聊的是老师对教育的那把火。其实那把火也是每个人对梦想，对工作的热诚。我想，每个人心中都有一把火，只是火势的大小不同，是否能持续的燃烧，是否能控制那把火。
看到在求职的朋友，好像两年前在求职的自己，一样的包着希望与期待，又持着迷惘与不安。一直都羡慕有明确目标的人，即使最后没有达到目的地，即使那把火在现实的环境下得要收在心底的最深处，可是他们知道自己已经努力过。梦想与现实的战争延续了千百年依然如是，好像永远都无法和平的共同进退。也不是没有，只是不是每个人都可以把梦想当饭吃。
有人跟我说过，喜欢的，不一定做得好；做得好的，不一定喜欢；会做的，不代表只会做的；没做过，也不一定不会做。
当事与愿违的时候，就会问自己，到底要为工作燃烧多少的自己？工作真的只是工作吗？毕竟一个人的一生有1/3的时间都是在工作。关键应该还是以正面的心态控制那把火，火不需要太大，但是要能持久，燃烧的方向要正确，不要把自己给烧坏了。