Noticing the Little Things.
Apr 1, 2008 Personal
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I’ve been in quite a good mood over the last few weeks. Since Easter, actually. It’s a long story, which I won’t go into that much – don’t want to bore you guys with my personal life.
There is something I want to point out, though. What cheered me up was when, on Easter, a friend of mine asked me if I was okay, because I didn’t look that happy the day before. And what made it even more amazing was that we had barely talked the day before. We merely passed each other and said “hi”.
But she noticed the little signs that I was down. And she cared enough to ask. That alone meant a lot to me.
I think you guys can see where I’m going with this. Noticing and caring about the little things can mean a lot. It’s the little things that are significant.
Do you notice the little things about those around you? Just by doing that, you can make a difference in someone’s life.
[?]Tags: caring, little things, make a difference
Once Upon A School
Mar 20, 2008 education
An awesome, inspiring talk by Dave Eggers, calling for us to take action and volunteer to help in education.
Take part, and make a difference by checking out Once Upon a School. Anyone can do it.
[?]Tags: contribute, dave eggers, education, make a difference, Once upon a school, TEDPrize, volunteer
Prism
Jan 17, 2008 Analogies
You might have noticed the prism in the header image and favicon for this blog. And from now on, that will be the ‘logo’ of this blog, going with the tagline of “Let your true colors shine through.”
So, why a prism? Because of what it represents. The one in the icon might not be physically accurate (in terms of angle of reflection, etc), but it represents what a prism does. It splits white light into the various colors. And that’s what I hope this blog can be. A medium to get you thinking, and to encourage and inspire you to be your true self and “let your true colors shine through”.
A prism doesn’t do anything to the white light that isn’t already there. The colors, the different wavelengths, are already part of the white light. The prism just brings it out. And the same holds true for you. The potential to make a difference, to be significant is in you. It’s in all of us. It’s just a matter of bringing it out. Making the most of it. And hopefully this blog will help you do that.
[?]Tags: logo, make a difference, potential, prism, significance
Sunday Shortlist #3
Jan 6, 2008 Uncategorized
Here’s the first Sunday Shortlist of 2008.
Web-based Ways To Make A Difference – TEDBlog
A good collection of links from the folks at TED. Web tools to help you make a difference in 2008, and make the new year count.
The World Question Center 2008 – Edge
Even the greatest thinkers change their minds at times. Edge asks some of the brightest minds of today what they’ve changed their minds about in 2007. A good collection of thoughts, that will no doubt get you thinking as well.
Creation Based Thinking – Steli Efti: The Supercool Principal
A short post, just two quotes and a joke, but something that we should all think about. As 2008 starts, it’s a great encouragement to create our own future.
Is School Wasting Your Money – Scott H Young
Scott H Young asks the question of whether school is wasting your money. A good comparison of formal education and self-learning.
The Rise of Comic Book Education – Kevin Carroll Katalyst Blog
I love seeing new developments and innovations in education, and this is one of them. Great to see education opening up to new ideas.
If you’ve come across an interesting page/site that you want to share, feel free to email me or add a comment. I’ll be glad to take a look at it and share it. Self promotion is accepted as well.
Tags: education, inspiration, make a difference, Sunday Shortlist
Happy New Year
Jan 1, 2008 Uncategorized
Happy New Year!
Hope you guys have a great 2008. Don’t be like the chicken in the cartoon. Make 2008 different. Make it count.
Cartoon courtesy of Savage Chickens
[?]Tags: Announcements, life, make a difference
Social Media – Changing the World
Dec 21, 2007 Uncategorized
Yet another inspiring story about how social media can make a difference. Blogs, Twitter, Podcasting, etc aren’t tools being used to waste time. They aren’t just about being heard, and getting your voice out there. It’s about relationships. Connecting with people.
I personally haven’t gotten involved in this too much partly because I haven’t been on Twitter that much in recent weeks, and partly because I personally don’t know how I can really help (can’t donate online because I don’t have a credit card).
Susan Reynolds is an artist, author and just a really creative person. She’s been quite involved in Twitter and Second Life, and just building relationships in these digital realms. Recently, she has been diagnosed with cancer. After a “full afternoon and multiple stab wounds”, as she put it, she needed something cool to help keep bleeding down and relieve the pain, and finding traditional ice packs too heavy, she decided to use a bag of frozen peas. She took a photo of it, and shared her story on Twitter.
A few days later, Cathleen Rittereiser suggested that people donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas to fund cancer research. Susan’s friends took that off-the-cuff remark, and ran with it. And as of today, we now have the Frozen Pea Fund, which will be raising money for breast cancer research, in Susan’s name. Lots of people are contributing in different ways. Spreading the message by inserting peas into their avatars (pea-vatars as they call it), building the wordpress site, and many other ways I’m probably unaware of.
You can read more from Connie Reece. Or you can go straight to the Frozen Pea Fund and donate.
I just thought I’d try to help by spreading the word. Social media, all this blogging and Twittering and all, is about real people. It’s about real connections being formed. It’s about a real difference being made. Why don’t you join in?
[?]Tags: blogs, change the world, contribute, make a difference, social networking, web 2.0
Sui Generis Weekly #2
Nov 19, 2007 Uncategorized
The second episode of Sui Generis Weekly is here. If you subscribe to the complete blog, you won’t get the enclosures, but you can download or play the podcast from these posts as well. So, just to make it easier for you, you can subscribe to just the podcast (with enclosures) here. That subscription doesn’t include the other posts over the week, though, so I would recommend subscribing to both. Subscription buttons will be added to the sidebar by next week, so you might want to wait for that to subscribe.
If the embedded player fails, you can listen from here, or download the mp3.
Covered in this podcast:
- Importance of people and relationships
- Visit to NUS High*
- SHPS GEP dinner
- Letting others befriend you
- World Pool Championship Lessons
- Blogger Challenge
- Free-Range Drama Farm
- Quote of the Week, from Buddha*
- “Just Someone” by Natalie Gelman*
*New items: not mentioned previously on this blog
[?]Tags: impact, make a difference, People, relationships
