Dealing with haters
Tim Ferriss discussed, at the The Next Web 2010 event in Amsterdam, how to deal with haters, how to benefit from them as well.
Here are some ideas that Mashable listed after they interviewed Tim.
1. It doesn’t matter how many people don’t get it. What matters is how many people do.
“It’s critical in social media, as in life, to have a clear objective and not to lose sight of that,” Ferriss says. He argues that if your objective is to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people or to change the world in some small way (be it through a product or service), you only need to pick your first 1,000 fans — and carefully. “As long as you’re accomplishing your objectives, that 1,000 will lead to a cascading effect,” Ferriss explains. “The 10 million that don’t get it don’t matter.”
2. 10% of people will find a way to take anything personally. Expect it.
“People are least productive in reactive mode,” Ferriss states, before explaining that if you are expecting resistance and attackers, you can choose your response in advance, as opposed to reacting inappropriately. This, Ferriss says, will only multiply the problem. “Online I see people committing ’social media suicide’ all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you’re never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don’t warrant a response.” This, says Ferriss, lends more credibility by driving traffic.
3. “Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.” (Colin Powell)
“If you treat everyone the same and respond to everyone by apologizing or agreeing, you’re not going to be recognizing the best performers, and you’re not going to be improving the worst performers,” Ferriss says. “That guarantees you’ll get more behavior you don’t want and less you do.” That doesn’t mean never respond, Ferriss goes on to say, but be “tactical and strategic” when you do.
4. “If you are really effective at what you do, 95% of the things said about you will be negative.” (Scott Boras)
“This principle goes hand-in-hand with number two,” Ferriss says. “I actually keep this quote in my wallet because it is a reminder that the best people in almost any field are almost always the people who get the most criticism.” The bigger your impact, explains Ferriss (whose book is a New York Times, WSJ and BusinessWeek bestseller), and the larger the ambition and scale of your project, the more negativity you’ll encounter. Ferriss jokes he has haters “in about 35 languages.”
5. “If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” (Epictetus)
“Another way to phrase this is through a more recent quote from Elbert Hubbard,” Ferriss says. “‘To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” Ferriss, who holds a Guinness World Record for the most consecutive tango spins, says he has learned to enjoy criticism over the years. Ferriss, using Roman philosophy to expand on his point, says: “Cato, who Seneca believed to be the perfect stoic, practiced this by wearing darker robes than was customary and by wearing no tunic. He expected to be ridiculed and he was, he did this to train himself to only be ashamed of those things that are truly worth being ashamed of. To do anything remotely interesting you need to train yourself to be effective at dealing with, responding to, even enjoying criticism… In fact, I would take the quote a step further and encourage people to actively pursue being thought foolish and stupid.”
6. “Living well is the best revenge.” (George Herbert)
“The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you,” Ferriss advises. “That, and [show] how much fun you’re having!” Ferriss goes on to say that the best revenge is letting haters continue to live with their own resentment and anger, which most of the time has nothing to do with you in particular. “If a vessel contains acid and you pour some on an object, it’s still the vessel that sustains the most damage,” Ferriss says. “Don’t get angry, don’t get even — focus on living well and that will eat at them more than anything you can do.”
7. Keep calm and carry on.
The slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On” was originally produced by the British government during the Second World War as a propaganda message to comfort people in the face of Nazi invasion. Ferriss takes the message and applies it to today’s world. “Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers,” Ferriss concludes. “Keep calm and carry on!”
That was enlightening. (via Mashable).
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Smartphone security put on test
By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News -Source http://bit.ly/cjqOiF
How the stolen data was sent to an e-mail inbox set up to receive it
BBC News has shown how straightforward it is to create a malicious application for a smartphone.
Over a few weeks, the BBC put together a crude game for a smartphone that also spied on the owner of the handset.
The application was built using standard parts from the software toolkits that developers use to create programs for handsets.
This makes malicious applications hard to spot, say experts, because useful programs will use the same functions.
While the vast majority of malicious programs are designed to attack Windows PCs, there is evidence that some hi-tech criminals are starting to turn their attention to smartphones.
Continue reading the main story
Related stories
* Porn viruses revived on mobiles
* Call to check on mobile security
* iPhone at risk from security flaw
Booby-trapped applications for smartphones have been found online and in recent weeks Apple and Google have removed applications from their online stores over fears that they were malicious.
Chris Wysopal, co-founder and technology head at security firm Veracode, which helped the BBC with its project, said smartphones were now at the point the PC was in 1999.
At that time malicious programs were a nuisance. A decade on and they are big business, he said, with gangs of criminals churning out malware that tries to steal saleable information.
Continue reading the main story
How we did it
Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News
Before starting this project, the last time I had anything serious to do with programming was in my teens.
At that time home computers in the form of the BBC Micro, Vic 20 and Sinclair ZX machines were in vogue. The proud owner of a Vic 20 I spent hours laboriously copying line after line of code out of magazines to get games running.
I approached this project more diligently. I bought text books, read online tutorials, pored over tips, tricks and sample code put on the web by developers to aid people like me.
My thought was to learn programming first, then get started on building a malicious application. Then I had an epiphany. Just as people don't have to be fluent in a foreign language to make themselves understood abroad, I didn't have to know everything before getting started.
It struck me too that the bad guys do not share my lofty aims. They are interested in results, the quicker the better. I realised it would be better to re-work existing code rather than start from scratch.
So I did. That decision sped up the creation of the spyware, as did the help of developer Tyler Shields from Veracode who gave advice about getting it working.
The end result was a program that does not look great but gets the job done. The process has educated me about modern programming and put me on my guard about what goes on my phone.
Mobiles, he said, offered a potentially more tempting target to those criminals.
"Mobile phones are really personal devices," said Mr Wysopal. "You might have one computer for a family but every family member has a personal device and it is with them all the time."
Simeon Coney, a spokesman for mobile security firm Adaptive Mobile, said criminals were focused on handsets for one simple reason: money.
"In the PC domain the only way a criminal can generally take money from a user is by having them click on a web link, go to a website, purchase a product and enter their credit card details," said Mr Coney.
"In a mobile network the device is intrinsically linked to a payment plan, to a user's credit," he said. Nothing happens on a mobile network, no call is made or text is sent, without money changing hands.
Criminals have tapped into that revenue stream by getting phone owners to dial or contact premium rate numbers. Now they are turning their attention to applications and the lucrative information they scoop up.
The App Genome project by mobile security firm Lookout was set up to map what applications produced for smartphones do. It tried to find out if they do everything they claim and if they do more than expected.
The project has looked at 300,000 smartphone applications and mapped the internal functions of one-third of them.
It found that about one-third of applications it has studied seek to get at a user's location and about 10% try to get at contact and address lists. The study also found that a significant proportion of applications included code copied and pasted from other programs.
Code creator
To get a better understanding of the barriers to creating malicious programs the BBC downloaded a widely used application development kit, learned the basics of programming in Java and gathered some snippets of code already released on the net.
It was possible in a few weeks to put together a crude game that also, out of sight, gathered contacts, copied text messages, logged the phone's location and sent it to a specially set up e-mail address.
The spyware took up about 250 lines of the 1500 making up the entire program. The code was downloaded to a single handset but was not put on an application store.
All of the information-stealing elements of the spyware program were legitimate functions turned to a nefarious use.
"That's kind of the scary thing," said Mr Wysopal from Veracode.
"The face of the application, be it a game or a simple application that is for fun, can have behaviour that is not visible at the surface."
Continue reading the main story
“Start Quote
It's way less effort to hack into someone else's application, as you do not have to write it yourself”
End Quote Ilya Laurs GetJar
"There's been cases of spyware being detected on the internet, downloaded even from application stores or from other websites. We've detected it out there," said Mr Wysopal. "On the personal side there are cases of jilted lovers cyber-stalking their ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend through their phone."
The big application stores offering programs to mobile owners do police the software they are offering.
Apple vets applications and rejects those that fail its commercial and coding tests. Google said that applications for Android must declare all the information they will gather when they are downloaded. Blackberry maker RIM and Google use a code-signing system so they can turn off applications that prove to be malicious.
However, it can be difficult to separate malicious programs from legitimate ones because the connectedness of a mobile means many applications need access to contact lists and location data.
For example, gamers might want to brag to their friends about achievements, post high scores to Facebook or play with a friend if they are close by. All of which would need legitimate access to those sensitive details.
Safety steps
Ilya Laurs, founder of independent application site GetJar, said it was "very hard" for application stores to separate programs using personal information legitimately from those with a malicious intent.
Many handset hackers would likely copy existing applications and add-in malicious code, said Mr Laurs.
Credit card and mobile phone, Think Stock Large phone bills can be a sign that something is amiss
"It's way less effort to hack into someone else's application, as you do not have to write it yourself," he said.
Many would do that, said Mr Laurs, to ensure they hit plenty of victims.
"What's most important for hackers is how do they get scale," he said. "If they write their own application, such as a game, they may only get 200 downloads."
By contrast, he said, stealing a popular application, packing it with booby-trapped code and offering it for free can reap rewards.
Some application makers have found that 97% of the people using their software are doing so via pirated versions.
Application stores are making efforts to police the programs they offer. So far the number of booby-trapped applications remains low. But many feel the threat is only likely to grow.
Users can take a few simple steps to stay safe.
"Ask which developer an application is coming from, not just the site or carrier because that's only half of the story," said Mr Laurs. "Ask who they are and do you trust them."
Phone owners should also back up data on their handsets to a PC or net-based service to guard against problems.
Nigel Stanley, a security analyst at Bloor Research, said there were telltale signs that revealed if people had been caught out.
"A very obvious tell-tale sign on the phone is all of a sudden your battery life is deteriorating," he said. "You wake up one morning and your battery has been drained then that might indicate that some of the data has been taken off your phone overnight."
Smartphone owners should also keep an eye on their bill.
"Look at your billing information every month and if there are strange numbers appearing on your phone bill that might indicate that there is some software on there that is dialling out to premium-rate lines, billing you for a service that you have not authorised," he said.
Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10912376
How the stolen data was sent to an e-mail inbox set up to receive it
BBC News has shown how straightforward it is to create a malicious application for a smartphone.
Over a few weeks, the BBC put together a crude game for a smartphone that also spied on the owner of the handset.
The application was built using standard parts from the software toolkits that developers use to create programs for handsets.
This makes malicious applications hard to spot, say experts, because useful programs will use the same functions.
While the vast majority of malicious programs are designed to attack Windows PCs, there is evidence that some hi-tech criminals are starting to turn their attention to smartphones.
Continue reading the main story
Related stories
* Porn viruses revived on mobiles
* Call to check on mobile security
* iPhone at risk from security flaw
Booby-trapped applications for smartphones have been found online and in recent weeks Apple and Google have removed applications from their online stores over fears that they were malicious.
Chris Wysopal, co-founder and technology head at security firm Veracode, which helped the BBC with its project, said smartphones were now at the point the PC was in 1999.
At that time malicious programs were a nuisance. A decade on and they are big business, he said, with gangs of criminals churning out malware that tries to steal saleable information.
Continue reading the main story
How we did it
Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News
Before starting this project, the last time I had anything serious to do with programming was in my teens.
At that time home computers in the form of the BBC Micro, Vic 20 and Sinclair ZX machines were in vogue. The proud owner of a Vic 20 I spent hours laboriously copying line after line of code out of magazines to get games running.
I approached this project more diligently. I bought text books, read online tutorials, pored over tips, tricks and sample code put on the web by developers to aid people like me.
My thought was to learn programming first, then get started on building a malicious application. Then I had an epiphany. Just as people don't have to be fluent in a foreign language to make themselves understood abroad, I didn't have to know everything before getting started.
It struck me too that the bad guys do not share my lofty aims. They are interested in results, the quicker the better. I realised it would be better to re-work existing code rather than start from scratch.
So I did. That decision sped up the creation of the spyware, as did the help of developer Tyler Shields from Veracode who gave advice about getting it working.
The end result was a program that does not look great but gets the job done. The process has educated me about modern programming and put me on my guard about what goes on my phone.
Mobiles, he said, offered a potentially more tempting target to those criminals.
"Mobile phones are really personal devices," said Mr Wysopal. "You might have one computer for a family but every family member has a personal device and it is with them all the time."
Simeon Coney, a spokesman for mobile security firm Adaptive Mobile, said criminals were focused on handsets for one simple reason: money.
"In the PC domain the only way a criminal can generally take money from a user is by having them click on a web link, go to a website, purchase a product and enter their credit card details," said Mr Coney.
"In a mobile network the device is intrinsically linked to a payment plan, to a user's credit," he said. Nothing happens on a mobile network, no call is made or text is sent, without money changing hands.
Criminals have tapped into that revenue stream by getting phone owners to dial or contact premium rate numbers. Now they are turning their attention to applications and the lucrative information they scoop up.
The App Genome project by mobile security firm Lookout was set up to map what applications produced for smartphones do. It tried to find out if they do everything they claim and if they do more than expected.
The project has looked at 300,000 smartphone applications and mapped the internal functions of one-third of them.
It found that about one-third of applications it has studied seek to get at a user's location and about 10% try to get at contact and address lists. The study also found that a significant proportion of applications included code copied and pasted from other programs.
Code creator
To get a better understanding of the barriers to creating malicious programs the BBC downloaded a widely used application development kit, learned the basics of programming in Java and gathered some snippets of code already released on the net.
It was possible in a few weeks to put together a crude game that also, out of sight, gathered contacts, copied text messages, logged the phone's location and sent it to a specially set up e-mail address.
The spyware took up about 250 lines of the 1500 making up the entire program. The code was downloaded to a single handset but was not put on an application store.
All of the information-stealing elements of the spyware program were legitimate functions turned to a nefarious use.
"That's kind of the scary thing," said Mr Wysopal from Veracode.
"The face of the application, be it a game or a simple application that is for fun, can have behaviour that is not visible at the surface."
Continue reading the main story
“Start Quote
It's way less effort to hack into someone else's application, as you do not have to write it yourself”
End Quote Ilya Laurs GetJar
"There's been cases of spyware being detected on the internet, downloaded even from application stores or from other websites. We've detected it out there," said Mr Wysopal. "On the personal side there are cases of jilted lovers cyber-stalking their ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend through their phone."
The big application stores offering programs to mobile owners do police the software they are offering.
Apple vets applications and rejects those that fail its commercial and coding tests. Google said that applications for Android must declare all the information they will gather when they are downloaded. Blackberry maker RIM and Google use a code-signing system so they can turn off applications that prove to be malicious.
However, it can be difficult to separate malicious programs from legitimate ones because the connectedness of a mobile means many applications need access to contact lists and location data.
For example, gamers might want to brag to their friends about achievements, post high scores to Facebook or play with a friend if they are close by. All of which would need legitimate access to those sensitive details.
Safety steps
Ilya Laurs, founder of independent application site GetJar, said it was "very hard" for application stores to separate programs using personal information legitimately from those with a malicious intent.
Many handset hackers would likely copy existing applications and add-in malicious code, said Mr Laurs.
Credit card and mobile phone, Think Stock Large phone bills can be a sign that something is amiss
"It's way less effort to hack into someone else's application, as you do not have to write it yourself," he said.
Many would do that, said Mr Laurs, to ensure they hit plenty of victims.
"What's most important for hackers is how do they get scale," he said. "If they write their own application, such as a game, they may only get 200 downloads."
By contrast, he said, stealing a popular application, packing it with booby-trapped code and offering it for free can reap rewards.
Some application makers have found that 97% of the people using their software are doing so via pirated versions.
Application stores are making efforts to police the programs they offer. So far the number of booby-trapped applications remains low. But many feel the threat is only likely to grow.
Users can take a few simple steps to stay safe.
"Ask which developer an application is coming from, not just the site or carrier because that's only half of the story," said Mr Laurs. "Ask who they are and do you trust them."
Phone owners should also back up data on their handsets to a PC or net-based service to guard against problems.
Nigel Stanley, a security analyst at Bloor Research, said there were telltale signs that revealed if people had been caught out.
"A very obvious tell-tale sign on the phone is all of a sudden your battery life is deteriorating," he said. "You wake up one morning and your battery has been drained then that might indicate that some of the data has been taken off your phone overnight."
Smartphone owners should also keep an eye on their bill.
"Look at your billing information every month and if there are strange numbers appearing on your phone bill that might indicate that there is some software on there that is dialling out to premium-rate lines, billing you for a service that you have not authorised," he said.
Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10912376
Friday, July 30, 2010
How do you spot SCAM/ Phising email?
I received this email this morning
From : Erin Carter callingrobin@hotmail.com
reply-to adalia.phillips@yahoo.com.au
date Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:08 AM
subject Job 1280444877
Good day!
I am the senior HR coordinator at Antal International Employment Agency.
I would like to speak with you in person regarding an exclusive career opportunity that we have right now. Our client company is looking for candidate with proven track record of minimum 2-3 years experience in customer service, management or sales, with excellent interpersonal skills and relationship building abilities, and with a strong ability to be successful in both team and independent environments. In addition, you should have strong technical skills and the ability to quickly grasp new technology - wireless communication, hardware, software and project integration.
If you are interested in a new career, please forward your resume Word document or PDF to my assistant - Marita Knoll - marita.knoll@yahoo.com.au ASAP.
How did I know that it’s FAKE?
1. The language, and format is not professional for head hunter agency
2. I looked up the “Antal International Employment Agency’ website, and in their contact email address end with @antal.com . The sender of the email use hotmail and yahoo email.
For an international company , they would have their own domain email for their employee , e.g. john.smith@antal.com . In that case, hotmail and yahoo is used as personal email.
Scammers and getting smarter these days, they’re after your personal details. Why do they care to know about your life? So they could impersonate you to do bad..bad things like open a huge loan under your name , use your details as alias , …. (many malicious things that they will think of).
Listen to the story of the victim ( it’s taken from http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/victimstories)
• How online romances cost Melba and Paul more than their hearts
Melba lost her life savings to a man she met on the internet. Paul lost $200,000 to a woman he met on an online dating website when he was led to believe that he was helping her and her village.
• How an international money transfer scam targeted Lynne’s small business
Victim story: Lynne was asked to transfer money overseas to pay for a booking agent’s ‘commission’. The credit card details provided to Lynne were stolen, and the agent was a scammer.
• The holiday ‘prize’ which nearly cost Nicole thousands of dollars
Victim story: Nicole thought she had won the holiday of a lifetime. What happened next made her wish she had never called the phone number to claim her ‘prize’.
• Alan’s bad bet on computer prediction software
Victim story: Alan was pressured into buying software that promised him huge returns from betting on the horses. The software didn’t work and the only winner was the scammer.
Be really careful in sharing / sending your personal details and My golden rule: if it’s too good to be true, usually it ‘s scam .
From : Erin Carter callingrobin@hotmail.com
reply-to adalia.phillips@yahoo.com.au
date Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:08 AM
subject Job 1280444877
Good day!
I am the senior HR coordinator at Antal International Employment Agency.
I would like to speak with you in person regarding an exclusive career opportunity that we have right now. Our client company is looking for candidate with proven track record of minimum 2-3 years experience in customer service, management or sales, with excellent interpersonal skills and relationship building abilities, and with a strong ability to be successful in both team and independent environments. In addition, you should have strong technical skills and the ability to quickly grasp new technology - wireless communication, hardware, software and project integration.
If you are interested in a new career, please forward your resume Word document or PDF to my assistant - Marita Knoll - marita.knoll@yahoo.com.au ASAP.
How did I know that it’s FAKE?
1. The language, and format is not professional for head hunter agency
2. I looked up the “Antal International Employment Agency’ website, and in their contact email address end with @antal.com . The sender of the email use hotmail and yahoo email.
For an international company , they would have their own domain email for their employee , e.g. john.smith@antal.com . In that case, hotmail and yahoo is used as personal email.
Scammers and getting smarter these days, they’re after your personal details. Why do they care to know about your life? So they could impersonate you to do bad..bad things like open a huge loan under your name , use your details as alias , …. (many malicious things that they will think of).
Listen to the story of the victim ( it’s taken from http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/victimstories)
• How online romances cost Melba and Paul more than their hearts
Melba lost her life savings to a man she met on the internet. Paul lost $200,000 to a woman he met on an online dating website when he was led to believe that he was helping her and her village.
• How an international money transfer scam targeted Lynne’s small business
Victim story: Lynne was asked to transfer money overseas to pay for a booking agent’s ‘commission’. The credit card details provided to Lynne were stolen, and the agent was a scammer.
• The holiday ‘prize’ which nearly cost Nicole thousands of dollars
Victim story: Nicole thought she had won the holiday of a lifetime. What happened next made her wish she had never called the phone number to claim her ‘prize’.
• Alan’s bad bet on computer prediction software
Victim story: Alan was pressured into buying software that promised him huge returns from betting on the horses. The software didn’t work and the only winner was the scammer.
Be really careful in sharing / sending your personal details and My golden rule: if it’s too good to be true, usually it ‘s scam .
Monday, April 12, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Love never fade..
My 76 years old grandma cried hysterically after she read the obituary section in the loacl newspaper this morning. Her ex-partner ( my youngest auntie's dad) passed away, she wept " They only listed his 3 other wives, I'm not on the list, .......i had a child with him.......". then she begs my mom to take her to his funeral.
Mom never talked about her step-dad, well.. he wasn't really a dad for her, he lied to my grandma about his marital status, he made a promise to grandma that he would looked after her if she moved to a different city with him, then he didn't live up to his word, coz then abandon her and his child and he married a dutch lady(the 3rd wife). Mom also told me that He was quite the lady's man- half dutch half Chinese - tall, handsome.
I cried as soon as i heard the news, i could feel the pain that she's having. , It's really sad, my grandma wasn't so lucky in her lovelife, she left my grandpa because he wanted to have another wive(i guess it's a common practice back then), then her next relationship, she had to go through this horrible betrayal again. I would thought that she would hated her former partners. but... 40 +years after he left her, and it seems like she have her heart broken by him AGAIN.
I'm not quite sure why was she crying, did she still love him? or did he hurt her , and a news about him just remind her of the pain in the heart?
Hearing this story , i felt a sharp pain in my chest, the same feeling when i got my heart broken, the pain is still here, even though now I'm in love with this gorgeous, kindhearted man, who love me as much as i love him.
Well i did some research on this. The scientific term of broken heart is Takotsubo cardiomyopathy- where a traumatizing incident triggers the brain to distribute chemicals that weaken heart tissue. The physical implications are long and could be dangerous :
# A perceived tightness of the chest, similar to an anxiety attack
# Stomachache and/or loss of appetite
# Partial or complete insomnia
# Anger
# Shock
# Nostalgia
# Apathy (loss of interest)
Mom never talked about her step-dad, well.. he wasn't really a dad for her, he lied to my grandma about his marital status, he made a promise to grandma that he would looked after her if she moved to a different city with him, then he didn't live up to his word, coz then abandon her and his child and he married a dutch lady(the 3rd wife). Mom also told me that He was quite the lady's man- half dutch half Chinese - tall, handsome.
I cried as soon as i heard the news, i could feel the pain that she's having. , It's really sad, my grandma wasn't so lucky in her lovelife, she left my grandpa because he wanted to have another wive(i guess it's a common practice back then), then her next relationship, she had to go through this horrible betrayal again. I would thought that she would hated her former partners. but... 40 +years after he left her, and it seems like she have her heart broken by him AGAIN.
I'm not quite sure why was she crying, did she still love him? or did he hurt her , and a news about him just remind her of the pain in the heart?
Hearing this story , i felt a sharp pain in my chest, the same feeling when i got my heart broken, the pain is still here, even though now I'm in love with this gorgeous, kindhearted man, who love me as much as i love him.
Well i did some research on this. The scientific term of broken heart is Takotsubo cardiomyopathy- where a traumatizing incident triggers the brain to distribute chemicals that weaken heart tissue. The physical implications are long and could be dangerous :
# A perceived tightness of the chest, similar to an anxiety attack
# Stomachache and/or loss of appetite
# Partial or complete insomnia
# Anger
# Shock
# Nostalgia
# Apathy (loss of interest)
- # Feelings of loneliness
# Feelings of hopelessness and despair
# Loss of self-respect and/or self-esteem
# Medical or psychological illness (for example depression)
# Suicidal thoughts
# Nausea
# Fatigue
# The thousand-yard stare
# Constant or frequent crying
# A feeling of complete emptiness
# In extreme cases, death
Thursday, October 4, 2007
proverbs
1. What doesn't kill only you make you stronger
2. Don't worry until you have to
3. A friend in need is a friend indeed
4. If you want to do something wrong, do it right
5. Failure is just finding 1000 ways that didn't work
2. Don't worry until you have to
3. A friend in need is a friend indeed
4. If you want to do something wrong, do it right
5. Failure is just finding 1000 ways that didn't work
Thursday, August 30, 2007
The boy in the bus
The boy was wearing Aranda elementry red shirt, short pants, he was carrying a huge backpack which bigger than him. His brown eyes just captured my attention. By looking at his body languange , he looked tired and probably hungry, but his eyes look very peacefull. Compare to an old public servant sat next to him, his eyes were telling me a sad story. Maybe the boy is glad that he will meet his parent and siblings, who will provide him with food and love, he doesn't need to worry about anything else. The old man will go back to an empty appartement, with have a take out from turkish restaurant, and have his dinner in front of the television.
i remember my fav bible story that i haven't think about it for so...so.. long. It's about Him saying "Let the children come". Many..many.. years ago, i used to say " i will stay like child forever, coz He love kids" . It was the wrong perception of the verse, the boy in the bus help me to get it right. It's not about the kids or staying like children, but he was putting an example of a child.
A child does not know "Worry" ," Scared", "Lust", "Bad" or " Good". A child see and does what the parent does. A child owns a blind-trust toward his parent, he will believe that his parent won't do him any harm, or tell him to do something wrong, his parent will always love him, and nurture him.
Thank you for the boy in the bus
i remember my fav bible story that i haven't think about it for so...so.. long. It's about Him saying "Let the children come". Many..many.. years ago, i used to say " i will stay like child forever, coz He love kids" . It was the wrong perception of the verse, the boy in the bus help me to get it right. It's not about the kids or staying like children, but he was putting an example of a child.
A child does not know "Worry" ," Scared", "Lust", "Bad" or " Good". A child see and does what the parent does. A child owns a blind-trust toward his parent, he will believe that his parent won't do him any harm, or tell him to do something wrong, his parent will always love him, and nurture him.
Thank you for the boy in the bus
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