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miercuri, 7 decembrie 2011

The story of the fish :)

Hi everyone. Havent written in days because i decided to play and talk more with my son as he is 8 months old and i need to communicate all the beauties of the world. We are watching cartoons like "the story of the 3 little pigs" or "jungle book", we listen christmas carrols, it is such a pleasure to have a baby that understands and responds more.
But beside this, i read, i write and i plan lots of things. I have just read "the story of the fish" by garr reynolds, that wrote "presentation zen" and i need to share it with you. It has a nice moral.
"dear garr,
When you talked about cutting text that appears in slides, i remembered a story from my indian childhood.
After Vijay opened his fish store he wrote an announcement " here we sell fresh fish". His father came by and suggeested to Vijay that the word "we" focuses on the seller not on the client so it is not necessary to be written in the sentence. So the text was replaced to "here selling fresh fish".
Next day, Vijay was visited by his brother that suggested he can erase the word "here" because it wasnt useful. Vijay agreed and he replaced the paper with "selling fresh fish".
Then, his sister came by, telling him that the paper should only contain "fresh fish" as it is obviously they are selling, being a store.
Later, his neighbor came by to congratulate him, mentioning that all the passers-by could tell the fish was obviously fresh. Saying the word "fresh" in the announcement it was like wanting to justify yourself for not being sure it is. There was no doubt the fish was fresh. So, now, on the window the announcement contained this message: "fish"
While Vijay was coming back to his store, after a break, he noticed he could identify immediately the fresh fish by its smell, even if from that distance, the announcement could not have been read.
So he realised there was no need on the paper announcement of the word "fish"
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How was it? Did u get the moral?
I think saying less is more important...
Kisses

joi, 1 decembrie 2011

Happy bday

Hi, its december the 1st and i celebrate two of the most important dates in my life. First is the celebration of my relationship with my husband that started on december 1st 2000, so today we count 11 years of us. If only i knew what an adventure will be starting that day.
For those that dont know how we started, well, i met my husband on 28th of march 2000 but nothing told me i would become his wife then. We saw at his office, then our lives continued like we haven't met at all. On nov 30th i had a problem i heard he might help me out with so i called him, very shy, so we met that day. I discovered he tought about me all this time and he asked me out but i said a lie and hope he didnt get it :) unfortunately in 5 minutes my lie was revealed so i had to accept to meet him once more. He told me he will call me in some days but next day, in the morning he called me and asked me to join him for he wants to tell me some stuff. Well, i went, and he told me his story. He was by far the most honest man ever knew so i think i fell for him that moment. :) thats why i said yes in a second to his question of relationship.
U can guess the story is longer but i only wanted u to know a little. Maybe every year i will post the sequel :)
Anyway, here we are after 11 years, we have our marvelllous yet modest life but God gave me the precioust gift: our son, Reuben Christian whom tomorrow celebrates his 8 months of living :)
The 2nd event that we celebrate today is the national day of Romania, i love this country, i have been out its borders and trust me, there's no place like HOME. Love people, love places and love the opportunity i build on my own here.
Respect, Romania!