recently I've created another joke:

In public transports, they ban food and drinks; now they ban plain water and sweets. through logical extension, the next thing they should ban are passengers, because they might spit and defecate and do all sorts of dirty things in the bus and dirty it, and that's what we don't want!!

:D

last weekend I went for MUN; it was quite fun, but i guess something i have to learn is that i have to take a more diplomatic approach. i was way too aggressive during the debates; i've come up with a new policy that i will try to adopt:

1) Don't sound way too enraged

2) With every "untrue", or "unfeasible" that you assert, make sure you follow it up with a positive note, like a suggestion, or an encouragement.

and i think that should be good as a first step to propel me towards being a more diplomatic person.

other than that, some interesting things that happened:

1) managed to pass at least 2 amendments to others' resolution with an overwhelming majority

2) managed to sway the house to fail an amendment (sorry!)

3) we had pizza!

4) managed to speak at least 10 times (definitely more than that)

5) passed my resolution with a unanimous vote!!

i hope that i do have a chance to take part in more challenging MUNs next time to push my limits with regards to my knowledge of the humanities and general knowledge, as well as the ability to react well in the real world.

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confidence is a big problem these days.

the more the better?

i do know of someone who has so much confidence that he literally floats; albeit in his own world. he believes in his own skills so much, that even though they may not be real and substantial, in his delusional world, he is always the best.

I am worried for him, because when he does fall down one day, which i predict he will, he will feel the hit especially hard. Even if the failure is not major, the resonance of the shock back into reality may just be enough to drive him... crazy for a while.

it's good to have confidence, but when we are living in a delusion, it's time to take a break from it.

get a reality check, because since you're so confident, means you're confident that you'll beat others, means that you believe that this world is real with other people, means that you're not a solipsist, means that you principally accept this world to be substantial and real.

so get down to the real world.