selling oneself

resumes. essays. we al seen those things expected of us when we apply for many things. from school applications to job applications to scholarship applications, the board of assessors of judges would like you to write them up. many of which would come with the requirement of describing yourself. i hate those.

come on, be honest, i'm not the only one. we all dislike those that require us to describe ourselves as though we are going to sell ourselves as a good to the opposing party. i can easily describe me on platforms like here and other social media. but when such applications require me to do so, i have to switch channel and force myself to write in a really polite formal method. one wouldn't want to write too much stuff to make himself/herself sound desperate and in great need of attention. one wouldn't want too little as well to prevent losing out too much to potential competitors.

i don't know about you guess but i find these kind of writings are sort of kissing butt at times. ohh well.. got to say in today's competitive society, this might be one of the more effective ways so no matter what, one has to be pretty brilliant on paper as well. character is the other part obviously. was pretty surprised that someone had the same thought and here is his video.

yeah.. everyone is entitled to their own opinions and i find Domics puts well into perspective using the movie analogy. on a side note, if i were to be one of those who judge people based on resumes and essays, i would for sure focus more on the face-to-face interview because i believe that is really where you can find if the applicant is worthy or not.

opera singer

yes, i'm going to introduce you all with another inspiring movie again. again, this is from a true story as well though it does not have any major injuries or what not like the movie "Soul Surfer" i talked about that day.

so let's get to the point.. based on the life story of a winner of Britain's Got Talent, this show follows the life of Paul Potts. the show starts with him running from bullies all his life because people mocked him for his love and passion in singing opera. the humble boy soon grew up and that love for opera singing remained. the shy man he is, he tried many means to follow his dream and even met a lady along the way through the internet. of course, he faced numerous setbacks such as rejection and stage anxiety before being motivated to take the stage at Britain's Got Talent.

this show is really heart-warming and sweet, i would say. some of you might find it rather slow-paced or that high-itched opera pieces will irritate you. nonetheless, this is a good show and so worth the time. enjoy the show if you are watching.

down and up again

like i promised, i will be introducing a heart-warming and motivating movie that i came across recently. actually, i have watched two of such similar shows since i last post about "3 Idiots" in this blog. anyway, this show is titled "Soul Surfer".

basically, this film is a true story about Bethany Hamilton, a pro-surfer currently who lost her left arm when she was younger thanks to a unfortunate shark attack when she was doing what she loved the most.. surfing. so the entire film technically shows the life she had before the attack, during the attack and after the attack. probably the only passion was surfing from young and her dream of becoming a pro-surfer seemed to blur a little right after the shark attack. nonetheless, she persevere despite initial thoughts of giving up completely to progress to greater heights in her surfing career.

the film also included a major event in history which was the tsunami incident back in 2004.. i guess. there is quite a bit of relation to religion in light of her motivation to stand up again after the shark attack. nonetheless, even if you are atheist or what, i guess that this show is worth your time.

anyway, i also got hooked onto one of the songs used in the film after watching it. i posted it before and i would not have come across such a beautiful song if not for this film. so, in case you missed it, here is the song i am talking about.. this time with lyrics. meaningful lyrics that you can relate to the show.. probably because it was written specially for it. enjoy.