When the wind blows...

... i know that Christmas is near.

Just imagine... 

when the wind gently blows, 

the curtains took the crows.

silence surround the house,

as quiet as a mouse.

lounging on a chaise,

enjoying the breezy chase.

oh! how i love this feeling!

I love being home. 

I love silence.

I love Christmas.  

have you seen anything like this before?

Look! an antique Uno cards!

My auntie who doesn't play uno has it. 

and it is still in very goooooooood condition!

amazing! so retro!

UuuuuuuNOoooo!

The psychology of learning

"Pavlov's theory is known as classical conditioning. The distinticive characteristic of this form of learning is that a particular stimulus comes to elicit a response after the learning experience that it did not elicit before. Skinner (1978, 1953) calls this respondent behaviour: the response follow automatically upon the appearance of the stimulus. Skinner, however, argued that most behaviour is not to be accounted for in terms of classical conditioning, for most behaviour is operant behaviour. Operant behaviour is so called because it is behaviour that operates on the environment; we cannot normally identify any particular stimulus produces such operant responding as talking, grasping, play. Operant behaviour is emitted by the organism rather than elicited by stimuli. Skinner does not explain the learning of termsof the patterns of reinforcement that determine its occurence. In classical conditioning what reinforces the behaviour is the unconditioned stimulus, but what reinforces the operant response is a reward that follows the response. The reward following the operant makes the response more likely to occur again. This is operant conditioning."

Liap wu giu bo?

If you finished reading this, i admire you for the patience.

I'm going to lay hands on my notes, burn it, put it in water, speak into it and then drink it.

Admire me back for my bo-liao-ness. hee

Signboard

[Postdated entry 20 Aug 2008]

David took this signboard couple of months ago at a coffeeshop in the West. I find it amusing.

The owner might as well save the money from doing that signboard. There will be no chance that a customer will be served based on the requirements to be served. Or just print two words "自助" (self service) would be suffice. 

Serving out of convenience is not service at all. 

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"Life is so unloving for a servant who's not serving." - Beauty & the Beast 

Emotions unplugged

Today's class. 

Activity 1. 

1. What is your happiest memory of being in a learning situation as a child under the age of 16?

2. What is your least happy memory of a learning situation as a child under the age of 16?

3. Were your memories you have described for questions 1 and 2 linked in any way?

4. How might your happinest memory have shaped your subsequent development as a learner?

5. How might your least happy memory have shaped your subsequent development as a learner?

6. Has either memory played any part in shaping you as a person?

7. How do you feel about your answers? Do they surprise you?

Faint. hardisk crashed. I cant recall anything!

(but i had a wonderful childhood, sompa!)