Sunday, February 25, 2007

Trying to come back...

Since I don not have good access to the Internet these days I apologize about the poor quantity of this post.

All that is there is updating my recommended movies list by adding "City of God" and "V for Vendetta" to it. two great movies highly recommend them and thus they ended up on the list. "Mulholland dr." also made it there although I am still trying to analyze it my self.

Another interesting thing that I would like you to read about is what has been happening in Malaysia lately.

Well thats all for today.

I'll be back with more.

Have a nice day

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Saudi Blogs

I really apologize for not being very good with my blog lately. Eversince I passed my exam I have been enjoying my self in my stress free life a bit and forgot all about the blog.

Yesterday I added Saudi Espresso to Saudi Blogs and the link to it did not appear till today. I believe I should expect more visitors from now on.

Also, I am in the process of changing flats so I might end up with a few days with no internet which would suck but I gotta live with it. So I apologize if I do not update for next week in advance.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Flash News...

After weeks of exhausting study....
A floor messed up with notes and books ...
Sleepless nights ...
Caffeine abuse...
wasting half my income on take-aways..
and losing all my social contacts ....well almost..


It finally paid off!!! yes I did it .. today I got the good news of PASSING MY 5th YEAR WRITTEN EXAMS after having to reset them since I couldn't do it the first time.

Also on today's news ... I joined the gym! see how that would go ...

Salam

The 10/90 Principle

This is something i received via email last year and would like to share with you.


The 90/10 Principle
Author: Stephen Covey Management Guru
Have you read this before?
Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations). What is this principle?
10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by
how you react. What does this mean?

We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.

How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light., but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.

Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just what happened. What happens when the next will be determined by how you react.You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over.

She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work.

You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?

The answer is " D".

You had no control over what happened with the coffee.
How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. Here is
what could have and should have happened.

Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "It's ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference?
Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.

Why? Because of how you REACTED.
You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.
If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off)
Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive?
Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.

You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger.

Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse. Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it.

The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.

The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache.

We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.

It CAN change your life


hope it inspires those how need some motivation