Preface: for years, I have been saying that when I watch a movie, I cheer on the villains. I mean it, I have always cheered for the villains and I expect most movies to end in the worst way possible. Unless a movie is a romance or a comedy, or a romantic comedy, I absolutely [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2010 by Jon Lim
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Recently, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about one particular subject, and I felt that I finally had to write about it to get it off my chest. In short, I find myself frequently asking: Am I supposed to have a vastly different personality when I am in “professional mode”, compared to how I [...]
Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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Over the weekend, I was in Muskoka at a place called Fairy Lake for the first official team retreat for LIVE Conference 2009. We spent a great deal of time bonding with each other and having a ton of fun, which should be the goal of every retreat.
Cooking meals and cleaning up are probably two [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Jon Lim
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Today after a run at the gym, I took a look around at the other runners. I was surprised to see the amount of waste movement that many runners seem to have, which greatly affects their endurance and stamina. Now let me just say, I’m not a champion marathon runner, but I do know a [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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Wanted to share this post from Mitch Joel’s blog, regarding the future of education.
Check it out, especially the video of Sir Ken Robinson and his talk at a TED conference from several years ago. I will leave you with a quote that stuck to me:
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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While walking around, I have a habit of opening doors for people. I will jog ahead and open that door without any desire for reciprocity, just wanting to hopefully pick someone’s day up.
Lately, I’ve noticed quite a few people who do not even attempt to open the door for themselves, and seem to demand that [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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Been mulling over a semi-serious decision over the past few days, an idea that’s been sitting in the back of my mind for years now: starting a clothing line.
Yes, I am pretty serious about it. It would be a clothing line that starts off with mostly hoodies with funky designs and patterns, because that’s exactly [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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Well, it seems that reading week has broken me down and took away any hope of productivity on my end, but I wish to change that. I missed out on updates to Trivial Trivia and Featured Album Fridays, but I’ll pick them up again when I can.
For now, I guess I’m going to become hyper-focused, [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Jon Lim
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Received an e-mail from Apple today, here’s the header:
From: devprograms@apple.com
Subject: Re: ADC Membership
Date: February 17, 2009 4:28:41 PM EST (CA)
Wait a minute, when did I send my e-mail to Apple?
From: devprograms@apple.com
Subject: Acknowledgement of your email/submission
Date: February 6, 2009 9:14:05 AM EST (CA)
Oh, good thing you’re quick with your responses, Apple.
Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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I came out of the gym to discover somebody sitting on one of the two sets of stairs that I need to descend to get to my class. On the other side, someone was coming up, and they are too narrow for two people to ascend/descend simultaneously.
What did I do? I waited for an opportunity [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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