Humble Bee

Bumble Bee Clipart Photo
This is not for Georgia Tech Mascot!
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"Bzzzz. Bzzzz." That is a sound of bumble bee during spring and summer. But certainly, here in this world, that "bzzzz" bumble bee sound is more like smartphone notification sound or rather, people twitting or updating their statuses about their "proud" life.
I am officially sick and tired of this "bzzz" social media showing off. Every time I go on Facebook, Tumblr, and etc. it's all about 'their' life. Of course, that is what social media is for, but it's not just a regular "show off".

Example 1:
There is a woman who is a wife of a pastor, and she loves posting/updating her statuses by posting a picture of her "beautiful" daughter and captioning the photo by saying stuff: "My daughter... Why are you so PRETTTYYYY?????", "My beautiful and smart daughter!", "Why is my daughter so preetttyyy?", "my beautiful daughter and handsome husband," and etc. (I can literally go on and on).

This is how it looks if I were in her shoes...

My beautiful baby! Why are you so gorgeous and beautiful???? Can someone tell me???

I am not disagreeing with her. Trust me... I think she's pretty. What makes me mad is the fact that she shows off her daughter WAY TOO MUCH! I understand that she is an only child for her, but that does not mean that you have to show-off. What you should do especially as a pastor's wife and a woman who studied theology, is simply appreciate the fact that you have a daughter--and, be thankful without saying it in front of everyone. There are thousands of women out there who cannot conceive a child. Even in the Bible, it says that conceiving a child and starting a family is a gift. Take the gift, don't brag about it, move on and live as it goes.

Example 2:
I see this A LOT! Students who apply to colleges "must" (it's almost as if it's illegal to not post something like this) update their statuses saying what college they got in and etc..
True, it is amazing that you officially got into college, and you are showing your 'intelligence' but what is not true and wrong about it is that no one needs to praise or give attention to you just because you got in to *blank* college.

This is how it looks like all the time...
                   Status update: GOT INTO AUBURN!!!
                   Status update: Guess who is going to Berklee? This girl! MEEE!!
                   Status update: *picture of the acceptance letter* Accepted to Boston University!

This is awfully annoying and seems like everyone just wants attention and be praised by others. Do not prove your intelligence through those acceptance status updates. Maybe try proving it by actually being humble. How is that a proof then? It's a proof because you are showing more intelligence by not showing off about it.

Example 3:
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PARENTS! Almost all parents brag about their kids. There is no need to brag about them. You know why? Because we get it. Of course, it's your baby and child. Of course you will be proud. In fact, almost every parent in the world has at least one thing that they must be proud of their child (unless parents abuse their children or children escape from home).

This is how it looks like 24/7 everyday, everywhere and infinite and beyond...

Mom 1:Hey my daughter just applied to early decision scholarship program.
Mom 2: oh wow....that's demanding! My daughter took the SAT last month and we got her score back, she got 2100!
Mom 1: wow! Congratulations! my daughter just tries when she can; she doesn't seem like she's trying hard these days...
Mom 2: oh really? my daughter never takes a nap after school and studies until 1 am.
Mom 1: wow. she is very determined.
Mom 2: she doesn't even miss any school. She's really smart and I think she can get a perfect score next time. She wants to go to Penn State University... you know her cousin went to Penn state and became a dentist.
Mom 1: looks like she will be successful!

 BAM... THAT RIGHT THERE IS A TYPICAL CONVERSATION THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME!
That's not it... here's more...

*picture of a baby* "my sweet little boy. Mama loves him!"

seriously....

Can we all make those stupid, crappy, and aggravating "braggy" statuses and conversations into humble bee? Don't buzz like a loud bumble bee. Buzz like a Humble Bee!

Why I Don't Like 'Timed' Art

See that beautiful Dali's melting clock? Well.... I understand why Dali decided to make it melt.

It's been awhile but recently, I've been super busy, and I barely have time to catch up to to my social life (aka Internet life). Two weeks ago I decided to challenge myself. Due to my lack of artistic life, I decided to have an art painting challenge. In a week (for an hour a day), I had to paint a picture that suppose to reflect my favorite artists' painting techniques and styles.

I picked Janet Fish and Wayne Thiebaud. I like Janet's interpretation of painting glasses by using multi different colors with water color paint. I like Wayne's style of still life that is not too realistic but puts his own way of seeing the objects. Also, last year, I had to the chance to go to the High Museum of Atlanta and found a lot of paintings that are "folk" style or had a reflection of surrealism.

So my challenge was to paint this picture in five days for an hour each day. My medium? Acrylic...

The real question is, did I finish and met my goals??? YES!!! I did but, it's not the best and it will never be the best. At least I learned something... Never procrastinate for art and art should not be timed. But taken with the best available time and effort. Worst thing that you can do with art is rushing. Therefore, I hate 'timed' art. No art is felt with time.

Here is my ugly artwork:

Excuse my terrible phone camera

Terrible photo quality 

Test and Exams Really Measurable?

Currently, I am taking a philosophy class, and it's not the easiest class but not the hardest (I think Music Theory is the hardest). Through class lectures and readings/writings, I was able to know myself as a 'knower' and most importantly, how I obtain knowledge. How do I know that I 'know' that information? I don't... I am brainwashed everyday by the society. But it's tough to stay out of the sun and the society and be myself. In fact, if I were to be excluded, I would be like Emily Dickinson (very strange woman). I am sure that I obtain knowledge through development process, repetition, guidance, visual, arts, and sounds. But, how can I know instead of being sure. What if I don't want to know but go with the flow based on my perception?

I am just playing around, but these are the type of questions that we have to face in ToK class. But today's post is not about my Tok--well it could be. It's about the realization of tests and exams. Now... I am not posting this so I can share my excuses, I think others should know and re-think about the creation of tests/exams.

On January 15th, 2013, I wrote this as my Google+ Status:
"If a test or an exam is created by group of people or a person, then it doesn't measure students' knowledge of the subject because the people who made the test might be stupid and students might be smarter than them. If not, then how do you expect a student to exceed or pass the exam if it took bunch of hours and effort from people (not a person) to create that exam? Exactly, stop judging intelligence through exams. When I die, I don't think Lord is going to ask if I made a 4.0 in high school or passed my exams. It's what I have developed through those challenges and stupidity that the society makes all the time. Just putting that out there."


Am I the only one who think it this way?

I mean, think about it. Almost all the exams that we take as students, are all created by "group" of people. Not a person (it could be but usually not--there's always a person who revises it and etc.) but a groups or group of people. So, if all those thinkers are creating one form of a test, then how can those different intelligence test students' knowledge. It can't because when a student is taking the exam, he or she is using her only one brain. But, the exam was not made with one intelligence! It was made through process, time, and multiples of intelligent scholars out there. It's not balanced at all. Let's look at a Devil (Now, I am not praising him. I would never praise him; if I did then I don't exist, but even if I don't exist, no one should praise him. I am Christian and I will try my best to stay that way). According to theology studies, apparently, devil has an intelligence of three men. But, what if he had one intelligence? He would probably fail at his foolish job and maybe, the world might be better. However, because he has those three intelligence of three men, he is extremely manipulative and making our world terrible. This is just like an exam--if an exam has three men's intelligence, then how can student's accomplish or succeed in taking that exam? It's logically impossible. If a man who weighs 300 pounds and he fights against a young man who weighs only 130 pounds, who will win? Logically, the 300 pounds. But what if, the 130 pound man wins? Obviously, it was a luck and it was through God's help. Goliath versus David perhaps? David won, but how? Scientifically, he had better techniques of defending himself--the strategy to throw rock pebbles with a strong force. Religiously, God was working and fighting with him. So, an exam... if a student exceeds or gets a good grade, then it is luck. But ideally, he or she has a higher chance to fail. Maybe, those "intelligent" guys were stupid so it was hard to catch the silly mistakes? Or, it may have been 2-infinite intelligence vs. one working intelligence. Can we stop this foolish and unmeasurable tests? But how can we test people? You don't need to. If one is good at that subject, then he or she is good at it. Need proof? Then meet the person not through papers and ink.