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Mission Impossible?

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The story is told of a Scotsman who was an extremely hard worker. He not only held himself to a high standard but set the same for those who were under him. During one project where he was setting seemingly impossible deadlines for his men, a coworker needled him, saying, "Hey, Scotty! Don't you know that Rome wasn't built in a day?" "Yes, I read about that," the Scotsman replied. "That's because I wasn't the foreman on that job!" Do you accept the normal limitations that stop everyone else? Are you willing to accept other accept? Don't do it! That's the beginning mediocrity. Remember the bumblebee. According to the known laws of aerodynamics, it should be scientifically impossible for the bumblebee to fly. The size, weight and shape of the bee's body in relation to its wingspan make it theoretically unable to get off the ground. But no one told the bumblebee, so it flies anyway, whatever the scientists might say!...

The Hot-pool Session with the English Architect

We planned a “chilling” session. My friends decided to meet up in a hotel where there is a hot pool! We went there even with the heavy rains and threats of flood (flood usually occurs when it rains). Yet everyone is still equally excited to go. So we pushed through with the plan! Once there, we did not take a stall on dipping ourselves into the hot water of the pool, while we talked and enjoying the hot bath, one of us took notice of a cute baby girl in the pool, tried to talk to the baby and frantically commented “she’s so cute/beautiful” (something like that, don’t know what the exact words were). To our surprise the father of the baby girl responded and that sparked the fruitful conversation! We allowed him to talk more as we sensed a lot of wisdom is overflowing and he’s got a good sense of humor, so we obliged to listen. True enough, we enjoyed it! As we were heading home, there were silences all of us thinking, amazed at the information we've amassed and spoiled...