On the 8 Spot

Nice interview from The Happiness Project. Read the whole thing!

What do you know now about happiness that you didn’t when you were 18?

My dad was the king of simple pleasures. He was not a tormented soul. I, on the other hand, was a moody, impatient kid who tried to do too much and move too fast. I could see but not really appreciate my dad’s view of the world when I was young. But he must have left his mark on me, because I’ve come to realize that life isn’t all about the tallest peaks or fastest races, and it’s certainly not about our possessions, titles, or money. Life’s meaning unfolds in both the “big moments” and the detours and pauses and tiny moments of serendipity. Being in the present, along with being present for others, is crucial. I used to have one gear: high. But now I realize that happiness comes from complicated rhythms. And it comes and goes. It’s not a state of being that once reached, sticks.

via The Happiness Project: “Without Attention, We Cannot Go Deeply in Thought or Relations.”.

My condolences to the family of ms Josie Esto.

Pinay UN worker dies in Kabul attack

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/29/2009 8:41 AM

MANILA – A Filipino volunteer and five other United Nations workers were killed by Taliban militants during an attack at an international guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday.

Hilario Davide Jr., Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, identified the slain Filipina as 40-year-old Josie Esto.

Esto was an electoral outreach and training coordinator under the UN Volunteers Program.

Davide said Esto was a school teacher who also worked as an electoral officer and civic education officer in the Philippines.

She served as a UN volunteer in Liberia, Timor Leste and Nepal. She is married and has 2 children.

via Pinay UN worker dies in Kabul attack | ABS-CBN News Online Beta.

Who knows how to play Go? Let’s play some time.

Where does one buy a Go set here in the Philippines?

The following stuff was about one person trying learn go!

I’ve long wanted to play this game ever since I got hooked on the anime playing at qtv 11 about Go.

Need to search the interwebs for local go gaming groups!

Try something, she encouraged. Succeed, fail, it doesn’t matter. Try something and see how it works out. But I sat, paralyzed by fear, paralyzed by indecision. It wasn’t that I didn’t know which move to play. That phrase suggests that I could see a few plays, had a few ideas of things I wanted to do. But I had no idea what I could be trying to do. I couldn’t select a move because I didn’t see any moves. Sure, I could place a stone on any vacant intersection, so in a sense I had a list of possible moves. But at any non-trivial level, a move suggests some sort of intention. I had no intentions, I had no idea what I could be trying to do or why.

via 2009-10-20/high_anxiety.md at master from raganwald’s homoiconic – GitHub.