Category: Personalities

• Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist (TED)

  

  A beautifully told story and an inspiring testament to the power of human empathy: She looked at me with the weary eyes of someone who had experienced enough dogmatism to last a lifetime, and said, “I’m tired of hating people.”  

  valsaksornchai

  November 29, 2014

  Life, Love, Personalities, Self, Talks

  1993, bigotry, bombing, bullying, character, comedian, dogmatism, El Sayyid Nosair, empathy, Experience, extremism, father, father figure, FBI, gay, hatred, homosexuality, identity, ideology, inspiration, intolerance, Islam, Islamism, Jewish, Jon Stewart, Judaism, judgment, kindness, Life, New York, race, religion, stereotype, story, suffering, synagogue, TED, terrorism, terrorist, The Daily Show, tolerance, UN, victim, violence, World Trade Center, worldview, Zac Ebrahim

• I saw Mockingjay.

  

  And it was everything I hoped it to be. #CountdownBegins #MockingjayPart2 #November2015 In loving memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

  valsaksornchai

  November 23, 2014

  Awesomeness, Movie, Personalities

  Francis Lawrence, Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence, Mockingjay, Philip Seymour Hoffman

• Maria on the Psychology of Writing

  For the writers and creative thinkers out there: The Psychology of Writing and the Cognitive Science of the Perfect Daily Routine. I revisit this regularly to encourage myself in my writing endeavours. Think of the following excerpt as a teaser for Maria’s brilliant article, which you should consider reading in its entirety. A person can think…

  valsaksornchai

  September 26, 2014

  Personalities, Psychology, Self, Writing

  author, behavioural cue, Brainpickings, Cafe, cognitive, concentration, Creativity, daily routine, desk, discipline, distraction, environment, Facebook, flow, habit, Hemingway, Kellogg, Maria Popova, Music, noise, Psychology, quiet, routine, science, sleep, social media, success, Thought, tolerance, Twitter, Virginia Woolf, work, writer, writer’s block, Writing, youth

• The Railway Man (2013)

  I cannot wait to see this. Four days to go!

  valsaksornchai

  January 6, 2014

  Movie, Personalities, Thailand

  Bridge on the River Kwai, Burma Railway, Colin Firth, Death Railway, Eric Lomax, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jonathan Teplitzky, Kanchanaburi, Movie, Nicole Kidman, railway, Second World War, Thai/Burma railway, Thailand, The Railway Man, trailer, UK, WWII

• Baby it’s cold outside (2013)

  It’s getting cold outside…

  valsaksornchai

  December 22, 2013

  Love, Music, Personalities, TV

  Baby it’s cold outside, Christmas, Duets, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kermit, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga & the Muppets, videos, YouTube

• Hyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea (TED)

  

  When I was young, I thought my country was the best on the planet.

  valsaksornchai

  December 21, 2013

  Life, Personalities, Politics, Talks

  China, escape, Hyeonseo Lee, Korean peninsula, North Korea, North Koreans, Politics, South Korea, TED, Thailand

• Rest in peace.

  2013 is proving to be a year to remember. For a variety of reasons. Nelson Mandela passed away yesterday. He was 95. May he rest in peace. When I get older, I will be stronger. They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag.  

  valsaksornchai

  December 6, 2013

  Life, Personalities

  Apartheid in South Africa, Death, Dreams, Freedom, Nelson Mandela, Peace, President of South Africa, South Africa