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LOVE 愛的意義

看了短片,有何感受? How is the reflection of the clip? L - Listen 聆听 O - Obligate 感恩 V - Value 尊重 E - Excuse 原谅 你如何爱? How you love? 爱己爱人都是一样 Love self = love others 需要学 Have to learn

The Way Home [Movie]

"I'm sorry" - she use sign language to tell her grandson She is deaf She tries to fulfill her witty grandson Just for love This movie is highly emotional To teach us to regard elderly in respect and love Plot of movie from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Home Trailer: Full movie is watchable from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQu-UwqZAo0&feature=related

2 and half months passed...

Have been here for 2 and half months, God has shown me his purpose to bring me here. He wants me to grow nonetheless he allows me to learn everything new out of my tiny world. Western culture, definitely very different than us. Speaking and listening to them (particularly diary conversation), I sometimes cannot fill in the gap. Either they uttering with their slang, or they speak quite fast. Well, mentality is different and understanding of semantic meaning of words could be as well different. Education system and setting, it is shame to make a comparison. Lots of intervention needed in my tiny country, I am really amazed by their professionalism, proficiency of material resources, teaching standard, and environmentally friendly concept, and others. Well, what I m really blessed .... The hall that I am living, is not my first choice. But, I am delighted to get it. My first choice is pretty near bar, if I have to stay there, I am afraid I have sleep disturbance everyday. Some people h...

Bonfire in Plymouth

Out of curiosity and attempted to have some firework shooting, I went for BONFIRE ! click on the hyperlink to find out what is bonfire. It is celebrated throughout UK, nonetheless Plymouth is not excluded. Plymouth Hoe, is one of the significant landmark of Plymouth. The place was flooded with crowd, everyone is waiting patiently for the show, Bonfire. Parents bringing their lovely kids, elderly, youngsters and etc, everyone seemed very keen on festival. I wasn't a party or festival fret, but I was tempted to witness a festival that is never happen in my home country. I imagined it supposed to be malicious, it turned out disappointment. Watching "woods" being burned, and speculating "normal and simple" firework, it doesn't excite me. However, my hands never leave my nikon's shutter button, it turned out to be a photography lesson. I admitted photography requires practice and skill, as well it needs suitable equipment. Even though I was unable to take it ...

Life in Plymouth - Collection of Meals 5

人们常说,心情是一道美食的关键 People always say, mood can determine the presentation of food 好心情烹饪的食物,都会津津有味 Positive mood is associated with the taste of food 好心情也会花更多的心思与时间,装饰食物 Garnishing requires more effort and time, yet you need to be in mood 单看外表,就是高分的关键 Presentation of food is the key of first impression 其次,就是味觉的裁决 Secondly, it comes to the judgment from tastebud 培根生蛋意大利面 Pasta with egg yolk and bacon 宫宝三文鱼饭 Kong Po salmon rice 干捞乌东面 Braised udon with smoked chicken 榨菜牛肉炒饭 Beef fried rice with pickled vegetable 洋葱猪扒饭 Pork chop rice with onion 黄金培根扁豆炒饭 Egg fried rice with bacon and peas 榨菜鸡肉 Chicken with pickled vegetable 烟肉牛奶意大利面 Smoked chicken with milk spaghetti "Bandung" 米粉 Mee Hoon Bandung 萝卜包菜炒饭 Fried rice with carrot and cabbage

Emotion is evolved, its relation with emotional intelligence

Emotion is an innate ability, as proposed by Evolutionary Psychology for survival and reproduction. Specific emotion elicited to solve adaptive problems in the environment. Example: Disgust is a mechanism to reduce possibility of contamination and inflection in order to survive and reproduce. There is 2 types of emotions: Non self conscious emotions and self conscious emotions. What is the difference between them? Non self conscious emotions are emotions that most of the human or mammalian species unable to control of, it will be elicited by external stimulation. For example, anger, fear, surprise, disgust and etc. "Yuck, it is smelly" It is an instant response when you smell something disgusted. You're hardly can hide those emotions. Self-conscious emotions are controllable, because it involves cognitive reprocesses. Example: price, envy, shame, guilt and etc. We will consciously aware of our emotions in relation to self, others, society and others. Emotion is always ass...

Barnum Effect - Brief Personal Reflection

The Barnum Effect "a little something for everyone". Psychometric tests consist of Barnum Effect, which imply generalization, and human are likely to fall into the trap. The classic example will be personality test. A set of personality-related items have been administered, and the subjects are likely to accept the result describing their personality. As I recalled few years back, my participants are very pleased with the personality test. Most of them agree with the interpretation. How reliable and valid of the test? Personally, I believe it is just the trick of test. We can never realize that explanation of our personality traits always lay in every domain. The only discussion is to discover which trait you are most prominent, and being told that each of us have all the traits which qualified as less prominent. Therefore, it is likely to be accepted. Implication of psychometric tests is effective across context such as education setting, workforce or counselling sessions. N...

Life in Plymouth - Collection of Meals 4

"I am alone, but I'm not lonely" “我独自一人,并不代表寂寞” This phrase: She "heart" it 这句话,她很喜欢 A person's meal 一人餐 Simple yet fabulous 简单,却不失美感 Because she is not lonely 因为,她不寂寞 Fried meehoon with tomato sauce 茄汁虾仁炒米粉 Fried egg with peppers + boiled potato rice 红青椒火腿炒蛋+土豆炖饭 Udon Meatball Noodles 乌东鸡肉丸汤面 Sweet Thai chili chicken & meatballs 泰式甜辣椒鸡肉 Dry braised noodles 全蛋捞面 Sweet Thai chili ham with peppers + rice with egg and hotdog 泰式甜辣椒火腿+鸡蛋火腿饭 Sesame oil chicken 麻油鸡 Szechuan chili chicken 四川辣椒鸡 Braised noodles in oyster sauce 蚝油鲁面 Mixed pea hot dog fried rice 杂豆火腿炒饭