coffee conversations

The book The Last Lecture caught my eye in a bookstore a few days ago, and later I found out that it was based on a lecture given by Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon.

Now, I’ve heard about a “last lecture” a few months ago, and frankly I was expecting a frail dying man imparting his wisdom on how to live.

Imagine my surprise when a fit, happy and upbeat guy came onto the stage! He talked on childhood dreams.

Overall, the talk, which is actually titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams is truly inspiring, very hopeful and not morose at all. The fact that it was geeky, means that I could relate a lot, and sustained my interest (not that you’ll actually feel the whole 76 minutes going by).

The best part though, are the many great quotes/advices peppered along the talk, like:

• “Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.”
• “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you want.”
• “Wait, and people will surprise you.”
• “Decide if you’re a Tigger or an Eeyore.”
• “Loyalty is a two-way street.”
• “Don’t bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap.”
• “Don’t complain; just work harder".”
• “Be good at something: it makes you valuable.”
• “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”

If you have some spare time, or in the mood for some productive procrastination, do give it a watch.

Note: Randy Pausch passed away on 25th July 2008.

WANT.

At the mouth of the well of the Itza

That’s my dad.

Argh, jealous!

If you see some weird changes in the design of Coffee Conversations in this coming week or two, please don’t adjust your monitor.

It’s just me messing with the CSS.

When you can’t install your own theme, you just have to make do with what you have. Oh, do let me know what you think about it too in the comments. =)

I followed mom to work today in MARDI Serdang HQ, since her PC needs some tuning up, and I saw this sweet ride parked outside her department:

oh my, a SILVER tractor?

That’s a Lamborghini tractor you’re looking at, man.

it's not Reventón, but still...

It even has air-conditioning for those hard works, toiling at the farm under the harsh Malaysian sun.

*whistles*

I can sense playa-haters from the kampungs already.

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Thanks to my new combo of Windows Live Writer, its Flickr4Writer plug-in, Picasa and picasa2flickr button, I didn’t even need to boot up Firefox to post this entry. Cool huh? Best of all, I can even save this entry locally, and I have access to every single detail on the WordPress Dashboard’s writing column.

Bye bye Notepad.