Erudite Relics of Loc Huu Ho

Nothing lifts the spirit more than a song, especially the inward song of a worker who can sound it alike at the beginning of his task, in the heat of midday, and in the weariness and cool of the evening.

Can you sing a song to greet the sun,
Can you cheerily tackle the work to be done,
Can you vision it finished when only begun,
Can you sing a song?

Can you sing a song when the day’s half through,
When even the thought of the rest wearies you,
With so little done and so much to do,
Can you sing a song?

Can you sing a song at the close of the day,
When weary and tired, the work’s put away,
With the joy that it’s done the best of the pay,
Can you sing a song?

Joseph Morris.

Someone writes more efficiently if they have learned to:

• identify several related but separate writing tasks
• focus on one task at a time and perform each task well
• identify the best sequence for completing the various writing tasks
• reduce writing time by starting quickly and by writing a first draft requires relatively little revision

Writing process is broken down into stages similar to the following:

1. Gathering and Choosing Content
2. Organizing That Content
3. Composing the First Draft
4. Finishing the Document:
   • revising content and structure
   • editing phrasing
   • fixing errors
   • polishing format

GETTING STARTED

What does my reader need and expect?
What purpose am I trying to fulfill?
free-writing: process of writing until the writer discovers what she or he really wants to say

• Use an audience/purpose profile to determine the types of information and analysis to include. List the types of questions that your reader would ask (or that your reader has already asked).
• Choose an appropriate, proven structure and then “fill in the blanks.” Then, use elements of an audience/purpose profile to modify the suggested structure to meet your readers’ needs and preferences.
• Brainstorm a list of ideas and topics. A random listing of possible topics and ideas works precisely because it takes advantage of the natural chaos that exists in our minds. Often, we are most creative when we allow free thought association to generate a series of loosely related points and topics. It’s important to simply record these points as they come, and not to edit them. Later, when the creative frenzy has abated, you can discard the points that don’t seem relevant. The, you can organize the material that remains.
• Brainstorm ideas in a cluster diagram. Cluster diagramming suits people who think visually. It also suits those who are used to following hypertext links through the internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Alrite…now I’m starting to feel the effects. Well obvious ones are that my skin is a lot more drier and redder (sensitive to UV?) than usual. The not so obvious is that it’s getting harder to go poop so I assume I need to start drinking more liquids and getting more fibre into my system on a daily basis. All of this was expected of course…I just need to go invest in some Cetaphil lotion and vaseline when it gets a lot more drier and the winter weather isn’t helping that either.

I’ll probably update this whenever something major happens rather on a daily basis like I mentioned before.

So first day officially intaking Accutane, downed one of each 40mg and 10mg after my dinner at 7PM. Going to try and make it consistent timing…so 8am (one 10mg), 1PM (one 10mg) and 7PM (one 10mg and one 40mg). Gonna be staying off multivitamins until I confirm if it’s safe to take those along with these meds.

I stumbled upon someone`s happy things list and felt like quickly making my own version for myself. The items are not ranked in any particular order, basically it is listed as they came to my mind. Read the rest of this entry »