Why?
Why would we leave the comfort of our homes, to go south three hundred kilometers for a weekend?
We all Have Something to Share
We all have the inherent need to share the awesome work we are doing. Some of us, go one step further, and wish to help others show case their work, and BarCamp is the place to be.
We share our knowledge, our presentations, but most importantly the presence of ourselves is all that is needed at BarCamp. Barriers dissolved. Young and old. Professionals and amateurs.
We Enjoy Meeting New People
New people, brings new experiences. New things to learn, new joys to share, new sounds of laughter that mixes the air.
At BarCamp, you will always leave, learning something new. There will always be something that will surprise you.
We All Love To Laugh
Laughter is the best medicine
At BarCamp, you’ll hear laught all around. From the low giggles, to the loud laughters, to the group laughters where you simply can’t stop laughing. BarCamp is a great place to find happy people. Every room you enter, laugh is clearly in the air.
I don’t think you’ll see a sad face at BarCamp.
We Enjoy Meeting Like Minded People
Having been involved in previous gatherings, we have become very close. We have become, almost family.
A Second Home
Has BarCamp become a second home for everyone? A place to go to, to kick back and relax, and forget about life for a weekend? To recharge your batteries. To laugh, smile, and have a blast of a time, with old and new faces. To spend the night together, underneath the stars in the cool breeze of the night, all the while, feeling at the top of the world.
You Decide.
For now, see you at the next BarCamp, where ever it may be in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, or Penang, or perhaps, even overseas.
Photo Albums
Note: these are the only ones available that I can find at the time of posting
We all share certain commonalities with each other:
- We all like to feel unique
- We all love to hear about ourselves
- We all see what we want to see
- We all seek that feeling of belonging
- We all like being alone sometimes, but we all hate the feeling of loneliness
- We all like certainty, though at the same time we all like some uncertainty/mystery in our lives
- We all like to dream about the future
- We all escape from reality in one way or another
- We all want to be happy
- We all want to feel in control, and sometimes that means putting others in control
- We are all trying our best to live life, but other’s don’t believe we are doing so
What else do we all have in common?
Note: Exceptions do exist, but there is a 99.9% chance you aren’t the exception. I pulled that number of out thin air, proper research hasn’t been conducted to give an exact number.
Think you are the exception? See point 1.
I’ll update this list from time to time, and release a series of blog posts to elaborate further on each point.
Stating the Obvious
Some may say I am stating the obvious. But the obvious is sometimes unnoticed, it may be right under our nose, but we may miss it. Perhaps due to our familiarity with it. Likewise, do not make assumptions, that it seems obvious to others.
Books
Some books that have contributed to my analysis on people, though not a comprehensive list.
- Ender’s Game Series
( Wikipedia ) by Orson Scott Card ( Wikipedia )
- Stumbling on Happiness
( Official Site, Wikipedia ) by Daniel Gilbert ( Wikipedia, TED, TED Talk - Why are we happy? )
- A General Theory of Love
( Official Site ) by Thomas Lewis
- The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
( Official Site ) by Philip Zimbardo ( Wikipedia, TED, TED Talk - How ordinary people become monsters … or heroes )
- Freakonomics
( Official Site, Blog, Wikipedia ) by Steven Levitt ( TED, TED Talk - Why do crack dealers still live with their moms?, TED - Are children’s carseats necessary? ) and Stephen J. Dubner
- Malcolm Gladwell ( TED, TED Talk - What we can learn form spaghetti sauce, Wikipedia )
- egonomics
( Official Site ) by David Marcum and Steven Smith
- Naked Economics
( Wikipedia ) by Charles Wheelan
- Jared Diamond ( Wikipedia, TED, TED Talk - Why Societies Collapse )
- Jim Collins ( Wikipedia )
Some may disagree on the quality of the books, but I think they provide an interesting read, and give you something to think about, if not, just for a while. Don’t take them for face value, think about it, let it simmer in your mind, and challenge it.
Are you a close friend of mine, want to borrow these books from me? Just drop me a message.
Have some book recommendations, please do list them down for me. Even better, let me borrow them!
Went to cancel my diplomatic passport, and in turn be categorized as another riff raff with the standard malaysian passport.
The process:
- Go to Wisma Putra, in Putra Jaya, to get letter to cancel diplomatic passport.
- Receive passport, and letter of cancellation, in a nice envelope to be delivered to Immigration, Putra Jaya
- Go to Immigration, in Putra Jaya, to deliver letter, to cancel diplomatic passport.
- Go to Level 1, Counter 1
- Smile
- Give IC and Passport
- Wait 5 minutes
- Receive IC and chopped up Passport
- Prepare the following:
- A good long book
- Old Passport
- Birth Certificate + Photocopy
- IC + photocopy
- Two passport photos
- MYR 300 (32 pages for an Adult)
- Your left and right thumb for fingerprinting purposes
- Pen
- Note: Photo and photocopying services are located near Immigration in Pusat Bandar Damansara, bring small change, preferably coins.
- Go to Immigration, in Pusat Bandar Damansar, to apply for new passport.
- Purchase application form for MYR 1
- Fill in application form, written in Malay
- Line up at Counter 1 to get a number to process the application form
- Smile
- Collect Number
- Wait 3 hours for your number to appear, to hand in application form.
- Smile
- Confirm your identity with your right finger print
- Confirm your identity with your left finger print
- Ink right finger print
- Present prepared documentation, and leave the originals with immigration
- Wait 20 minutes for your number to appear, to pay for new passport
- Smile
- Hand over MYR 300
- Feel broke
- Get back you’re originals, except for the photos
- Wait 2 hours to get another number to be able to pick up your passport
- Go out and have lunch
- Line up at Counter 35
- Smile
- Collect Number
- Wait 30 minutes to get you’re passport
- Smile
- Hand over IC for verification
- Confirm your identity with your right finger print
- Pick up your IC and passport
- Optional: Purchase passport protector from the desk assistant who hands you you’re passport for MYR 2
- Look at passport, and verify that that is your face on it.
- Smile
- Leave happy that the day is finally over.
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