Something About Maps

I’m not a map lover but there’s an urge to have it. At least we know where we stand on. I guess I owned quite reliable maps. Map of the town I live, map of the world, and map of our galaxy.
I’m not good in geography or places so I need them. For example, at one time I heard news on television about Botswana (African countries make me nuts), my mind start wondering where in the heaven is that country lied. I’m not interested of their culture, politics, people, etc. Just want to know which part of the earth’s crust they’re standing.

My weakness (hiks hiks) is that I cannot drive or ride. Fine, say whatever you wanna say. But... I need to know the territory where I live so map is the solution. At least I can identify the name of the street or find the shortest way to reach one point destination. Fortunately, I have a friend who eager to sacrifice her and her motorcycle to join me to prove my theory in the street. Sometimes we get lucky my theory is right, but some other times we get lost. No big problem. We’re not lost in the South Pole anyway. It’s fun, though. Laughing because we don’t know where we are and got disorientation until there‘s a person shown up to be asked.

One day, my family goes to the grandma’s place. My uncle who drives suddenly takes the new route that he believes that’s the shorter way. Everybody get shocked but me. I said, ”Hey, I love to do this too!”. Finally he was wrong. I think he got motivated because of what I said and he tries one more time to get the shorter way without hearing any protest from the passenger. Too bad, he was wrong again. Gosh I feel bad and tickled. I should shut my mouth :) :) The point is to fulfill your curiosity and sense of wanderer. And learn something through travel direction based on your own style.
If you’re a visual person, you can look at the map.
If you’re an auditory person, you can ask for spoken direction from peoples you know.
If you’re kinesthetic person, follow your instinct or feeling.
Couples months ago when I still worked on my former company, my boss bring me home from the office. I saw piles of picture with frame on the baggage. Apparently, one piece of that pile is a Milky Way Map. My eyes were blinking. It was a beautiful picture. Suddenly the picture/map is in my grip. No! I don’t steal it. He gave that to me. Maybe he couldn’t stand seeing me stand still and stunned :D. You’re such a generous boss. Thank You. I realized now that Earth’s orbit around the sun lies at a severe angle to the galactic plane.

Last movie watched: The Constant Gardener
(A man who seeks the truth about his activist wife that is found brutally murdered somewhere in Kenya. First time I heard bout this movie from a master film :D and recommend this is a good one. That was 9 months ago. Since the actor is Ralph Fiennes I won’t debate. Unfortunately, the movie is not like I expected. Maybe it’s because Fiennes cannot show his performance optimally to think of his part as a mild-mannered and un-ambitious person. I was astonishing when he plays in Schindler’s List. Cool. The story is too flat. No happy ending. Beside I don’t see the entire movie after all.)

Fine Line Between Smart and Deceptive

I heard several times a mother so proud of her sons/daughters about how smart they are. At the same time I was wondering “Is this kind of smart this Mom want and proud of?”

“Every time his brother, his sister, or the family needs some help he will ask for payment first. He’s a kid but he knows how to make money.”

“My daughter asked over our maid to do her art project so she has more time to watch cartoon. I don’t know where she learn to control time”

“My son never asks for additional pocket money. Once he praises his friends then they will treat him a snack.”

If we foster this kind of action since they were a child no wonder, there will be lots of so-called smart people because they:

• manipulate proposal budget to get personal benefit
• absence at work with fake doctor’s memo so HRD won’t cut his/her claimable overtime day
• explain how busy he/she is or pretend to be busy or suddenly disappear out of nowhere when there’s a job to do. Then the boss will assign that job to his/her co-worker

Don’t get me wrong. You free to do all of those actions above. I don’t mind. We’re grown up so we know exactly what to do without pass the consequences. Thing I totally disagree is people called those kind of action as a smart move. You take advantage of the situation. You take something that is not supposed to be your right. That’s not smart that’s deceptive/misleading.

To me, smart is a quality of how well you can give an efficient, effective, and optimum solution in every corner of your life or anybody life with honor. I’m not trying to be a saint here. Sometimes we get trapped and we don’t have any choice but doing misleading/deceptive action. Okay. I get it.
But this action must be taken at the bottom of the solution choice we have. I do hope deceptive thing doesn’t treat as an instinct.

My game buddy once told me that I’m a cold hearted & cold blood lioness. When we play, I don’t do negotiation, I do anything (even tricky thing) to win as long as it doesn’t cheat, and I’ll beat to death my enemy even though they’re look so weak and powerless. Win and get highest score is the point. But as we go back to the real media, facing human environment, everything totally change. Your inner voice will make contribution how to act, speak, or think. There’s something bind you for greater good.

How amazing thing can be twisted because of score of people’s perceptions. There’s a popular quote in my former company (the holding company, actually) and frankly I don’t impress at all.
“There’s a fine line between kind and stupid”, which imply to “There’s a fine line between smart and deceptive”.
I heard about old Chinese quote: “Wise man will look stupid among ordinary people”.
And I have my own quote: ”Being smart is kewl, but being wise is priceless”

Last movie watched: Just Friend
(It’s about a man who falling in love with his best friend. For the first time I laugh watching romantic comedy movie. At most I smile and now I can’t help laughing at 1.00 am. The review said “You will laugh from the start till the end”. That’s true. All cast do their job well. I guess, the leading actor gonna be the next Jim Carrey or Ben Stiller.
Sometimes I’m wondering who play the most important part of the movie. Is it the actor, director, scriptwriter, or casting? To think of I’m the gal who pick/buy DVD based on favorite actor, they’re all conspire to make me laugh :D)