V for Vendetta

Remember remember the fifth of November

Sounds familiar? This line was the first line in the movie of V for Vendetta.
I liked this movie for various reasons.

Did you notice? The music from the attached is a partial from Peter Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Right, my old time favorite.

The Stress Institute

These dots can tell if you are relaxed or not?

You don't want to be like this cat. Not everyday at least.

Stress sometimes is cool. But, you don't want to be that cool often. We all need to learn things like how to control our emotions, how to manage our stress, and how to get away from stress as we grow up.

Some companies are creative. For instance, the Stress Institute. They issue stress dots and claim these dots can help you measure your stress level. Is it true? According to the Stress Institute,

stress dots are small non-toxic completely safe circles of microencapsulated cholesteric liquid crystals, which can be used to demonstrate the relationship between our internal emotional states, and our physiological responses to those states.

I tried a stress dot yesterday. It was interesting.

Stanford Engineering Puzzle

Let's see how intelligent you are

Are you confident to say you are intelligent? Here is a puzzle website that allows you to frustrate yourself or doubt your intelligence.

http://soe.stanford.edu/alumni/puzzle.html

Half full

Someone mentioned "half full" during a conversation. I did not expect this phrase had any optimistic meanings at the beginning. I thought it meant a person needed to be modest not to show off or not to draw others' attention (like a half bottle making noisy sounds all the times). But the true meaning this person meant was way off than what I had in mind.

The person said "I am a half full type. I always look at the full part instead of the empty part. If something occurs, I will not see what I lack first. I tend to think positively. I look at what I have achieved first and then think what I need to do next. This attitude makes my life more manageable. This attitude makes me calm. This attitude allows me to accumulate my momentum and solve problems more quickly. This attitude helps me navigate through tough situations."

I'd like to share this positive thinking with all of you.

1812 Overture (II)

A Salute to Peter Tchaikivsky