too much safety is dangerous

We have tendency to grow comfortable and predictable with existing conditions.. even those undesirable to us. in the workplace we end up tolerating dead end jobs professions we dislike, and bosses that mistreat us.we resist making changes cause we fear the unknown.

"Do you dare to dream?"

there will be time to find something that will stretch your talents more.have faith in yourself. when your instincts tempt you to take risk on something that is not life and death matter, than do so with confidence..

the greatest risk may not be in leaving your job..don't wait for the right time to quit. there is never a right time. make calculated risk..smart moves.

the risk of taking action can be lesser than the risk of inaction. life is a perilous journey at best. there is a time you have to be courageous and dive into the unknown. when your inner voice is telling you to take a risk, its best to do so even your rational mind may be telling you otherwise.following the tried and proven path may appear safest but in some ways creating your own trail will bring more adventure and satisfaction.

if the path you take in life feels really safe then its probably is not the one that will bring the best out of you. you might even regret not attempting the ones less travelled. the moral of risk taking is emphasized in the old adage: "someone who tries to do something and fails a lot is a lot better off than the person who tries to do no nothing new and succeeds".

quoted from "101 really important things you already know, but keep forgetting"

With this, i took a leap of faith in my life from the path I trailed over the past 3.5 years. Jumped out really close to 100% out of my comfort zone I created over my entire 7+ years of my career and will not look back. Will not care what others will say, just turn around and slam the door behind. (sounds familiar? Refer to soundtrack "Let it go" from Frozen, pun intended :p )

I hope this will help motivate and inspire friends or anyone out there who felt like they got stuck somewhere in life and needed encouragement to make the jump. Just believe in your instinct. Well, i should survive to tell about my 'jump' soon enough :)

Below is a video by juan ferrando related to my post.
Another nice place for me to keep it in the cloud hehe :)

Audacity for customizing your ringtone

Actually I am just doing some sharing work. One or two years ago, I stumbled upon a blog post that describes the how-to on this very same topic. Could not remember who this fellow blogger was unfortunately, to credit this work for.

The software that we are going to use is Audacity, a FREE Digital Audio Editor. Meaning that it is free for download, but depending on which country you are in, it’s better to read the disclaimer and licensing part before you download it.

Thanks to a bunch of computer geniuses around the world that worked this out for free, we are
here to enjoy this. Here is the link that worked for me, maybe not working now.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Well, I don’t think it’s hard to Google up a free download link anyway.

1. Simply install the software, and also get the lame_enc.dll that will allow us to export audio files that we edited.
2. Under Edità Preference , set the path for the lame_enc.dll in your PC.
3. Tadaa! Now we are free to edit/export mp3 songs for ringtones. =)
In case you are wondering why all the fuss here, I am one of the average dude that uses handphone with internal memory of <20MB and with no external memory Card with gigantic xx GB space. The typical lower-end type of phones that probably don’t appeal to snatch thieves. And then I looked at the humongous ringtones download ads everwhere for like RM1/2/3 per (portion of a?) song. That’s a total rip-off.

So I’m spreading a bit of love here :p. Of course you will need the actual mp3 song before you start modifying your own ringtones. Heck, you can even do your own special songs by cutting various parts of the mp3 and putting them up together. It’s simply a matter of select and copy-paste to new windows. Audacity is quite user friendly to not need a guide to start with, at least for me.

Well, hope this is of some use.

Calvin & Hobbes

A good read for us to stop from our routine life and ponder on whether we are being too engrossed with a particular direction in our life.

http://www.policymic.com/mobile/articles/42731/10-life-lessons-from-calvin-hobbes

it's been years since I last read C&H on the stars paper comic strip page. .how digitized our life has been compared to mere 10 years ago.

testing androblog

first try on mobile blogging. unfortunately blogger's app doesn't allow me to signup since i used a different account. pretty ironic ya?

It all depends on what you believe

Interesting video circulating on facebook..about motivation, comfort zone and self-belief.
For me? Nice video and interesting drawings =)