In my apartment building, the lifts (elevators) stop at 3 floors - 1, 6 and 11.
When more than one person enters the lift at the 1st floor, it is polite to ask the other person which floor he / she is going to, in case he / she is going somewhere different from you. You will then press the buttons corresponding to the correct floors.
But recently, I have encountered many people who are too rude / lazy to talk to the other person in the lift. They just automatically press the "6" and the "11" button at the same time. As a result, if both of us are going to the 11th floor, the lift makes a needless stop at the 6th floor. This is especially irritating if you are going home at the end of a long work day and gruelling commute. Won't it just hurt to ask?
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
hothead
two things have happened in the past week which are post-worthy and not whiny, for once, so i should set down a short summary here.
the first is that i nearly died about three days ago, from a 41 degree (106 F) fever - apparently 39 degrees causes permanent brain damage already, but i don't feel any dumber than before, thankfully. one would have expected near-death experiences to be a little bit more glamourous than this, but you can't have everything.
it was a good experience though. don't think i have ever been this sick before. it is quite something else, fainting in the toilet (getting a sprained knee and ankle in the process), and sticking in a prolonged period of delirium, where you're so bad you don't even have control of your body. everybody needs an occasional reminder of their mortality. it is a good tap on the shoulder for several things:
(1) God loves you and saves your ass more often than you think;
(2) Life has gotta slow down a little bit (don't gulp that water, let alone try to rush to the loo);
(3) Health is important, and if you're feeling bored, there are plenty of ways to pay attention to it.
i'm ok now, excepting a slight residual headache from the medication. no more late nights for me for the near future, going back to face the wall of work tomorrow - which, i believe, is surmountable if i don't take it so seriously.
this and last week, i had also taken some time to peruse the annual report of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (Disclosure: Your correspondent owns one B share of the aforementioned company).
The "Chairman's Letter" is a very well written piece of business prose, even if some of the metaphors used are a little far-fetched. The sentences are well-clipped and easy to read at a glance, not taking more than two lines each for the most part (contrast unreadable official memos). The business descriptions are generally understandable and also a pleasure to read, and are useful for the uneducated shareholder to have a fairly accurate picture of the business. The educated shareholder is fairly easily able to identify areas of potential loss and / or "further interest".
next year, i think i would like to go to the "Woodstock for Capitalists". apparently there is a special meet-and-greet session for non US / Canada shareholders! =)
the first is that i nearly died about three days ago, from a 41 degree (106 F) fever - apparently 39 degrees causes permanent brain damage already, but i don't feel any dumber than before, thankfully. one would have expected near-death experiences to be a little bit more glamourous than this, but you can't have everything.
it was a good experience though. don't think i have ever been this sick before. it is quite something else, fainting in the toilet (getting a sprained knee and ankle in the process), and sticking in a prolonged period of delirium, where you're so bad you don't even have control of your body. everybody needs an occasional reminder of their mortality. it is a good tap on the shoulder for several things:
(1) God loves you and saves your ass more often than you think;
(2) Life has gotta slow down a little bit (don't gulp that water, let alone try to rush to the loo);
(3) Health is important, and if you're feeling bored, there are plenty of ways to pay attention to it.
i'm ok now, excepting a slight residual headache from the medication. no more late nights for me for the near future, going back to face the wall of work tomorrow - which, i believe, is surmountable if i don't take it so seriously.
this and last week, i had also taken some time to peruse the annual report of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (Disclosure: Your correspondent owns one B share of the aforementioned company).
The "Chairman's Letter" is a very well written piece of business prose, even if some of the metaphors used are a little far-fetched. The sentences are well-clipped and easy to read at a glance, not taking more than two lines each for the most part (contrast unreadable official memos). The business descriptions are generally understandable and also a pleasure to read, and are useful for the uneducated shareholder to have a fairly accurate picture of the business. The educated shareholder is fairly easily able to identify areas of potential loss and / or "further interest".
next year, i think i would like to go to the "Woodstock for Capitalists". apparently there is a special meet-and-greet session for non US / Canada shareholders! =)
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