【冲浪英语】My Homework - Random Thoughts 1-4

Hello, everyone!

I have not been here for a while and it is really a pleasure to see so many new IDs in this forum.

Below are some quick writings of mine, which I prefer to call "Random Thoughts". Despite a tendency to write longer, I will try to keep them brief and to the point, with about three (long) sentences. Then I cannot use the usual excuse of being busy or having no time :)

Please share your comments or thoughts on these. Thanks!

Surfer_Diver

2011.9.3

 

1. Intrinsic Happiness
Some people are happier than others, regardless of circumstances. Therefore, such pleasant nature can be considered "Intrinsic Happiness". Most likely (and unfortunately), we have all seen some "unpleasant nature" that tends to spoil the good moments of life and aggravate the challenging times. The "intrinsic happiness" is just the opposite of that. [Note 1]

 

2. Good Enough
Writing working emails is like making solar cells - the key to success is not to make a few really good ones; instead, it is to make many many good enough ones fast enough to be relevant, make an impact, and stay in business.

 

3. Mr. Right vs Mr. Cheap
Before getting married, the man knows to spend appropriately so as not to be despised [Note 2] by the woman. Afterwards, the pressure from mortgage, college tuition, etc, gradually changes the spending habits. Now, how does the man make sure he is still viewed as Mr. Right instead of Mr. Cheap?

 

4. Nice? Maybe Not

I was realizing that it seemed not worth it to be nice at work, when I tuned in to a radio program on this exact topic. The conclusion there was that nice is way over-rated and that people who may not be as nice are advancing better in the workplace [Note 3]. My understanding is that colleagues expect one another to get things done well, within budget, and on schedule. Being nice is an added bonus but not essential [Note 4]; on the other hand, positive conflicts are well tolerated and even encouraged. Shall I be nice at work then? Well, now it depends.

 

[Note 1] Thanks to NewVoice and Jennea, whose follow-up made me think more about what I was trying to express.

[Note 2] I used "dispised" earlier, which is the obsolete spelling of "despised". Thanks to 非文学青年 for correcting me!

[Note 3] I used "work place" earlier. It turned out that there is a word "workplace". Thanks to NewVoice!

[Note 4] I used "Nice is an extra but not essential" earlier. Thanks to 非文学青年 again!

所有跟帖： 

• Nice writing！欢迎出关冲浪！ -非文学青年- ♀ (205 bytes) () 09/03/2011 postreply 22:49:51

• 吱~~ -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/03/2011 postreply 23:23:21

• 啪！ -非文学青年- ♀ (515 bytes) () 09/03/2011 postreply 23:39:08

• 收到--看来咱们的住处也可以考虑抗震加固了 :D -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (38 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 00:21:04

• My responses -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (1392 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 04:05:14

• 关于know to do something，I am not very convinced -非文学青年- ♀ (354 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 08:50:20

• The example I found comes from this dictionary: -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (125 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 17:55:53

• 恩，估计是不怎么常用的用法。 -非文学青年- ♀ (101 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 21:33:09

• 英国人编的，一堆的人翻译的 -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (138 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 21:56:05

• 确实跟我很象，喜欢搞蹩脚的文字游戏，哈哈。 -非文学青年- ♀ (81 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 23:36:41

• 天，谁像谁呀？ -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (135 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 23:55:07

• haha, 踩着猫尾巴了。 -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 00:00:40

• A nice writing! My random thoughts on your random thoughts. -NewVoice- ♀ (2228 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 05:21:02

• Thanks! It's my turn to put some random spins. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (922 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 08:04:44

• Well said! Thank you. -NewVoice- ♀ (1034 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 03:54:20

• Me too... -jennea- ♀ (420 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 08:22:10

• 冲浪没那么脆弱吧 -非文学青年- ♀ (45 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 09:23:37

• 不熟。应该是没事。不过我怕不小心又把一个高手给吓跑了～ -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 09:31:52

• Did I miss something? -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (129 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 13:03:23

• No, you didn't miss anything new. -jennea- ♀ (108 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 18:28:49

• 又见[冲浪英语]系列了，流畅的文笔，有趣的感想。 -珈玥- ♀ (247 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 10:33:01

• Thanks for your kind comments. I'll look forward to the story. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 13:05:09

• As I promised, here is the story: -珈玥- ♀ (185 bytes) () 09/06/2011 postreply 10:35:26

• I revised it again and it does look better now. Thanks to all! -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 14:41:01