My Thoughts

I enjoy solitude but I do not really enjoy outdoor solitary activities. However, I guess I have to learn to enjoy them, given the fact that there are so many XXX tracking my every movement, et cetera. (They have even gone to the extent of trying to involve my family!) They are really getting on my nerves and seriously speaking, I feel harassed! But it seems that harassment is not considered an offence in Singapore.:( Even if it is an offence and I can therefore lodge a police report, but I do not even trust the police. However, that is beside the point. 

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Sometimes, I really can't stand those men who have been sending PIs to check on me. It's bad enough that they do that, especially given the fact that I treasure my privacy and I value moments of solitude. Worse still, it seems that at least one of them is trying to get my friends involved. Doesn't he realise that by doing so, he could be jeopardising my friendship with them??? If he really wants to know me better, he should come to me directly, NOT through any third party!!!



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Food for Thought

The capacity to be alone is also an aspect of emotional maturity.

~ Anthony Storr (Quoted by Marti Olsen Laney, author of The Introvert Advantage)

 



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Introverts aren't unsocial - they are just social in a different way. Introverts need fewer relationships, but they like more connection and intimacy. Since it takes a great deal of our energy to engage with other people, we are reluctant to need to spend too much energy on socializing. That's why we don't enjoy idle chitchat.

~ Marti Olsen Laney (Author of The Introvert Advantage)

 

YES! I'm definitely NOT antisocial, although that seems to be the general impression people have of me.

 



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Rather than bring self-centred, introverts are often really the opposite. Our ability to focus on our internal world and reflect on what we are feeling and experiencing allows us to understand the external world and other human beings better. What appears to be self-centredness is actually the very talent that provides the capacity to understand what it's like to put ourselves in someone else's shoes.

~ Marti Olsen Laney (Author of The Introvert Advantage)

 

So true!

 



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Food for Thought

Counter to our stereotypes of introverts, they are not necessarily quiet or withdrawn, but their focus is inside their own heads. They need a quiet, reflective place where they can think things through and recharge themselves.

~ Marti Olsen Laney (Author of The Introvert Advantage)

 

So true...

 



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Been thinking a lot lately...finally getting somewhere...done something concrete...Time of solitude helps...I guess a longer period of solitude (without any distractions whatsoever) is necessary to move things forward in my intended direction...need to get away...

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There are too many things that are going on at my workplace that are not right...sigh...真的累了。。。太累了。。。好渴望独处， 因为（足够时间的）独处能让我好好的充电。。。好好的规划我的未来。。。真的太累了。。。

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Food for Thought

Work alone. You're going to be best able to design revolutionary products and features if you're working on your own. Not on a committee. Not on a team.

~ Steve Wozniak (Quoted by Susan Cain, Author of Quiet)

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...solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

~ Susan Cain (Author of Quiet)

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Solitude

I will be spending the next three days on decluttering and in solitude. Hopefully, much decluttering work will be done during this period. And hopefully, much will be gained from this period of solitude too. 

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旅游

原本打算在六月底到台湾旅游、散心, 享受一个人的平静。。。但是现在想想，倒不如把旅游费省下来, 给一个很需要这笔钱的人。。。毕竟能帮到别人是一件很幸福的事。。。幸福其实可以很简单。。。施比受更为有福吧。。。希望十二月到缅甸旅游的计划能够实现，不会因为又碰到需要帮助的人而临时改变计划。。。

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Star Day Off

在最新一集的《今天不开工》, Pornsak 说了一句话。他大概是说在独处的时候 , 才能够听到自己内心的声音。说得太好了。我非常同意。除了在独处的时候能够听到自己内心的声音之外, 独处的时候也能让自己内心得到平静。内心能得到平静是很重要的。。。

我的音乐、我的创作

刚刚弹我在好几年前所创作的一首歌《被释放的心》的时候，突然间觉得这一、两年的作品似乎逊色许多。。。不管是在曲的方面，或是在词的方面，都有进步的空间。。。或许我应该去上一些跟音乐创作有关的课程，又或许我需要放长假，独自去旅行，好好充电、好好享受独处的平静。。。



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上海之旅

我很快就要飞去上海了。。。期待。。。希望这次独自到上海旅行能让我有所收获。。。希望这次旅行能让我找到新的灵感，以便让我在作词、作曲方面有所突破。。。希望这次旅行能好好充电，为新的开始做好准备。。。:)

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Food for Thought

In giving, you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Quoted by Libby Gill in her book, You Unstuck.)

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独处(Solitude)

前几天生病在家里休息，有好多时间思索，思索关于困扰了我好久的一些事情。有了一些结论、领悟到了一些真理。Solitude is a good time to ponder over life issues as it helps me to gain a fresh perspective of issues that have been bothering me. 所以，不管我有多忙，我还是会偶尔抽空享受solitude, which is something that I treasure a lot.

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Solitude

Solitude is important because it helps us tune into our inner knowing.


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A Quote & My Thoughts

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

~~by English author Edward Gibbon

In the fast-paced modern society in which we live, we would probably think to have solitude is a luxury that we cannot afford. I wonder how many of us actually recognise the value of solitude - value to our health, our mental/emotional well-being and value in terms of living a life of fulfillment?

I like to think deeply about life issues/meaning of life and so probably that's why I value and practise solitude.

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