Sunday, November 14, 2010
Predilections
Chess games don't go on forever. That doesn't mean a player wants the opponent to know this. Grandmaster Anand says Topolov sucked out many years out of his life in the final game of the recent Grandmaster Title Championship.
If you want to be my friend...
Don't tell lies to me. You are free not to tell anything that you don't want to tell outside.
I tell the truth and if I think something is best left unsaid, I'm silent.
I'm not raw. The validity of a truth rests as much in the trust of the one hearing as much as in the sincerity of the one saying. No amount of hard-facts can convince the doubting and analyzing mind but even the smallest sign or clue is enough for the one with the doctrine of the heart because he or she trusts himself or herself.
I tell the truth and if I think something is best left unsaid, I'm silent.
I'm not raw. The validity of a truth rests as much in the trust of the one hearing as much as in the sincerity of the one saying. No amount of hard-facts can convince the doubting and analyzing mind but even the smallest sign or clue is enough for the one with the doctrine of the heart because he or she trusts himself or herself.
My work life
I looked for some online volunteering at United Nations online volunteering.
www.onlinevolunteering.org
I have twice worked before there on 2 projects. This time, while I went there in a spirit of service, I was pleasantly surprised to find an opportunity that is fun as well.
www.youth-leader.org is a positive-change making media NGO that has the backing of UNESCO. The job involves journalism...writing online content but I may even do some web development work for them. I haven't yet coordinated on the type of work that I will have to do. There are many interesting things about this...the people behind are spirited, creative, of different ethnicity, young and adventurous. I may be the oldest youth there...lol. These people are committed towards changing the world. I hope to have interesting interaction with them. Another good thing is this is a long term assignment and so I don't have to go through the process of applying again and again after each assignment.
I have also decided to continue writing the novel professionally, daily 1 hour. Initially I thought engaging in it is just a passionate venture and serves no purpose. But now I reason that I have some writing talent, have creativity, am self-expressive and can convey some message (he he) in my writing. So it can also be of the nature of service though I need to be careful not to go on a passionate ego-trip.
These 2 activities will take up 2 hours and so I will spend another 4 hours in web development. That will take me to 40 hours of work per week.
Presently I can manage to work for 3 hours daily. I will progressively increase it to 6 hours daily.
www.onlinevolunteering.org
I have twice worked before there on 2 projects. This time, while I went there in a spirit of service, I was pleasantly surprised to find an opportunity that is fun as well.
www.youth-leader.org is a positive-change making media NGO that has the backing of UNESCO. The job involves journalism...writing online content but I may even do some web development work for them. I haven't yet coordinated on the type of work that I will have to do. There are many interesting things about this...the people behind are spirited, creative, of different ethnicity, young and adventurous. I may be the oldest youth there...lol. These people are committed towards changing the world. I hope to have interesting interaction with them. Another good thing is this is a long term assignment and so I don't have to go through the process of applying again and again after each assignment.
I have also decided to continue writing the novel professionally, daily 1 hour. Initially I thought engaging in it is just a passionate venture and serves no purpose. But now I reason that I have some writing talent, have creativity, am self-expressive and can convey some message (he he) in my writing. So it can also be of the nature of service though I need to be careful not to go on a passionate ego-trip.
These 2 activities will take up 2 hours and so I will spend another 4 hours in web development. That will take me to 40 hours of work per week.
Presently I can manage to work for 3 hours daily. I will progressively increase it to 6 hours daily.
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