OTM UPDATE

Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!!!

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Beautiful Views from An Arakanese Traditional Wedding in Bangladesh

Photographer: Naing Naing (Site Twe)

Monday, October 27, 2008

Be Optimist: At least, you could be Happy!

Today, I have sent an email to my friends and classmates. One of the lines in the email was, “Have a great season with roads, which raved with golden leaves.”

In October 2004, when I arrived in the U.S., many roads were already raved with golden leaves. When I told about these ‘golden leaves,’ to one of my friends during a phone call, he said that I was a very poetic person. Probably be.

In my opinion, I will say by myself in this case - as an optimist. During the fall season, almost every street in mid-west is often full with falling leaves from the trees along. We can see it as ‘Golden Road.’ We can take it as ‘Garbage Road.’ We can observe it as ‘Fertilized Road.’ If we brainstorm, several different views will be occurred on these streets with leaves. It depends on – what you think, what you regard or what you approach by which way.

Let us be optimists; in the bottom line, it will help us to feel happy and positive by ourselves.

Thanks and have a great season with streets, which raved with golden leaves!

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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Happy 4th Anniversary Day in the United States

I have resettled on October 26, 2004 in the United States. So today is 4th anniversary day in the United States for me.

In the afternoon, while I was working, I got a call from mom and dad (in laws), talking about congratulations! It was really great.

Then, I evaluate by myself; what happened, what changed with me and my life within four years in USA?

· We have now three children.
· I became a sophomore college student.
· I know how to drive and became some experienced driver in both of high-way and local.
· I can write some English though it is not that correct.
· I can speak English though it is not the way grammatically.
· I know how to create a blog, and I have my own blog.
· Though I don’t like the cold, I love the snow in winter.
· The bad thing is – I don’t have the chance to watch good soccer matches.
· We were joking about American football when I was in Asia, such as – “Americans are funny. They say it is football, and they play with hand.” Now, I fall in love with NFL and it becomes my second favorite sport to watch, after soccer games.

For future? I will try to become a high productive citizen.

Thanks everybody!

Have a great day!

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Meanings of the Given Names (O)

Owen = Young Warrior

People often ask me about - what does my name mean.
Sometimes, I also ask other peoples if his or her name means something.
These are not important but it is good to know about each other in our cultures of mankind.
For my friends who want to know, the meanings of (Western) given names:

Men’s Names (O)

Olaf: (Old Norse) Ancestor’s relics
Oliver: (Latin) From the olive
Orin, Oran: (Celtic) White of skin
Orville, Orval: (Old French) Gold town
Osbert: (Germanic) Divine, spear
Otto: (Germanic) Wealthy
Owen: (Latin-Celtic) Well-born; young warrior

Women’s Names (O)

Octavia: (Latin) The eighth born
Olga: (Old Norse) Holy
Olive, Olivia: (Latin) From the olive

Source: Smith, Elsdon C. “Vocabulary of Given Names.” The World Book Dictionary. 1968 edition. 1968.

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Patience is Better

Every weekend, when I work at school, I usually listen to sound tapes and CDs. The tapes, which I listen to, are from several subjects, such as business, leadership, philosophy, speech, biography, fiction, poem and so on.

Sometimes, it is not interesting at all to listen to, at first. But later, they are often good. Recently, I listened to a philosophical sound tape. The package had three tapes and till the end of both A and B sides of the first tape, it was talking about foods; how to make and eat those foods; how those foods make energy for both of physically and mentally, and so forth. Mostly, it was about the food. I was not interested in at all. Almost I was going to drop back at library.

Well, I set up my mind to be patient and to listen to the rest two tapes, with curiousity; how they could be. Then, I continued. Actually, the best point, especially I liked the most was in the final tape. It gave me powerful and great spirit.

Today, it was another tape, which was bad at first, but lately it was really good. Then, what I find is that – for the most part, patience is better.

Thank you and have a good day!

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Quote of the Week: A New Politics

“A new politics, a main part of which is clean hands, to restore public trust.”

Tzipi Livni
Israeli foreign minister

Source: Chicago Tribune (September 17, 2008)

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

FIFO

In our family, since my wife work full time, I am taking care of our three children and stay at home, washing the dishes is one of my main duties as a master mom.

In many evenings, sweeping the floor and washing the dishes take time. Sometimes, I finish the job at ten and I have no time to study, as I am tired already.

Today, I am practicing the FIFO system, which I have learned in Economics when I was a university student. In economics, we have four systems as part of business management;
FIFO: First In-First Out
FILO: First In-Last Out
LIFO: Last In-First Out
LILO: Last In-Last Out
For my cleaning the dishes, I am using FIFO, which is First In-First Out, and it works well. Any dishes come up with dirty; I try to clean as soon as finish eating of kids or adults. First In-First Out! Very good.

Just sharing with you about one of my combination methods, which is between school knowledge and household works. Actually, you can use these methods at wherever you want. Have Fun!

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Inside Change

In the past two years and this year, I have been listening many tapes, reading books about success, leadership, entrepreneurship, love, politics, religion, society and so on.
There is one common thing, which leaders, authors and religious persons always highly and strongly commend is – TO CHANGE INSIDE FIRST.

For example, someone wants to be rich. That person needs to change inside first with strong desire to be rich and the reasons why he or she wants to be rich. By a psychological view, the more reasons you have to be rich, the stronger desire you have, and the closer to be rich.
Simultaneously, if you want to change something by yourself, you have to change something inside you! The real change must be rooted inside you. Then, from the behaviors to thinking styles, from habits to temptations, will follow your strong and firm inside change.

It is - all leaders, entrepreneurs, authors and religious persons say about the change. Just sharing with you and I will try to share more.

Change Inside First! In other words, Change Yourself First! You have to change in your heart and mindset; not your clothes and fake actions. When you really change inside, nothing can stop you to have a big change outside!

Have a good day.

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