"A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning … Continue reading Pencerita
Books
Encouragement
Life is a journey to be enjoyed—with all its ups and downs and winding roads. However, it would be incorrect to assume that there are no destinations in life to be celebrated. In fact, often times, the greatest prize is to be found at the end of a journey. A runner knows the greatest prize is experienced … Continue reading Encouragement
Pop-Rock
I heard some people can run and listening an audio book at the same time. I definitely am not included in that group of people. When I do my treadmill, the only thing I listen is my pop-rock-playlist. My mind is continuously thinking: when will this tiring session ended. 😅 I start to like my … Continue reading Pop-Rock
Linked
So today, I completed the James Clear's book, Atomic Habits, I would say it's a light volume of self help books, just around 200 pages read. I read it in two sittings. There are some interesting ideas and there are some pages that feels quite 'off' for me. Some interesting pages in the atomic habits … Continue reading Linked
Statistics
The surprising success of equal-weighting schemes has an important practical implication: it is possible to develop useful algorithm without any prior statistical research. Simple equally weighted formulas based on existing statistics or on common sense are often very good predictor of significant outcome. In a memorable example, Dawes showed that marital stability is well predicted … Continue reading Statistics
Everlasting
Hearts united in pain and sorrowwill not be separated by joy and happiness.Bonds that are woven in sadnessare stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure.Love that is washed by tearswill remain eternally pure and faithful.Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The love poems of Khalil Gibran
Success
A few years ago, John Brockman, who edits the online magazine Edge, asked a number of scientists to report their "favorite equation." These were my offerings: Success = talent + luckGreat success = a little more talent + a lot of luck. Daniel Kahneman; Thinking, Fast and Slow; page 176
Scientist
The scientist is not the person who gives the right answers; she is one who asks the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss I always like the idea of being a poetic scientist, I even put it on my LinkedIn profile tagline; A poetic scientist. A scientist means a person who thinks thoroughly, a very considerate person … Continue reading Scientist
Atomic
Today, the idea to take a tiny step for a huge change revisit my mind. It's kinda floating around since this morning, but it was definitely getting clearer when I was doing my treadmill this afternoon. It's almost mid August, this particular year of 2021 will soon passed away, and I was wondering, what have … Continue reading Atomic
Re-read
This is my second attempt to read this book, my first attempt was a year ago, around April 2020, and it was sadly a failed attempt. But somehow I kinda like this book, yes, it confuses me many times due the usage of infrequent words, hey.. a Nobel laureate write this, so what do I … Continue reading Re-read
