【冲浪英语】 Random Thoughts 17-18

17. Ten Years No See
"I just found another sign of getting old." I said to a colleague and friend, T. "What is it?" He asked, with a big smile. "Recently, a friend recognized me in the street by chance, and we haven't seen each other for more than 10 years!" " Well, the fact that you got recognized so many years later means that you haven't changed much and thereore are still young." He smiled again. Well, I guess there is a positive side in almost everything.

18. Two Kinds of Competitions
Although not obvious, there are actually two kinds of competition in life. The more common and recognized kind is the positive competition, where people compete for the first few positions, which are to be awarded, and the differences among the later positions are insignificant. The other, less well-known kind is the negative competition, where people try to avoid the last few spots, which will be penalized, and the spots before those are more or less the same.

Surfer_Diver
2011.10.16

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• Then always look on the bright side of life! -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 06:55:02

• Trying... -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 07:03:06

• There is at least one more kind of competetion. -EnLearner- ♀ (406 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 07:57:07

• A good thought! I like it. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 09:10:55

• Nice thoughts! -NewVoice- ♀ (366 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 08:45:03

• Thanks for your kind words, and I agree. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 09:11:25

• Are you back from your business trip? -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 11:58:50

• Thanks for asking. Not yet. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2011 postreply 16:02:23

• Interesting thoughts! -非文学青年- ♀ (63 bytes) () 10/17/2011 postreply 09:49:05

• A restaurant may lose their license to operate if -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (89 bytes) () 10/17/2011 postreply 15:36:40

• oh, I was thinking of competitions like Marathon. haha. -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/17/2011 postreply 22:00:45