{"id":806,"date":"2010-01-16T04:03:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T20:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tzlee.com\/blog\/?p=806"},"modified":"2010-01-16T04:07:52","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T20:07:52","slug":"taking-it-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/taking-it-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking it Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof. Ben commented that I’m having fun in my previous post<\/a>. Well, in fact, I really am! I enjoy chatting with my team mates and messing around<\/a> with my assignment.<\/p>\n

Actually if I put myself into the shoes of a student, I might not have done all these. Reflecting on myself seven years ago as a Poly student, I was too snobbish and competitive. I guess most students are like this, especially when they\/their parents paid a fortune for the fees. Of course there are some others who couldn’t care less since they felt they were “forced to study”.<\/p>\n

But I’ve learnt to lighten up a little. Let me share a short story.<\/p>\n

I spoke to a friend A of mine who told me about this guy B whom he met many years ago. B was a very popular figure at many events and A always wondered why. He started to observe B’s actions – B would dress in jeans and tees when others were all dressed up, he’d talk cock at seminars and chat about irrelevant topics at business\/networking events. At first, A thought B was an idiot and didn’t take things seriously, but yet he was so popular. A later made friends with B and found out that B didn’t really care what people thought of him and just wanted take it easy and have fun. A saw some light and started to take things easy as well.<\/p>\n

Fast forward, A and B are currently successful businessmen.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I’m not like any of them yet, but I’m starting to take things a little easier. I realize that doing so gives me a broader view of things. When I was a student, behaving the way I did only narrowed my vision as I was all out to impress… god knows who, but back then I was hoping it would be girls.<\/p>\n

(Unfortunately, I got my equation all wrong and I found out that girls aren’t exactly attracted to snobbish geekguys.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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