De one with OHP of transparency

Life philosophies

Puzzled over what "OHP" means? I doubt they still use these in school. Or perhaps in some they still. OHP is the abbreviation for Overhead Projectors. During secondary school days, apart from upgrading from black to white boards, teachers used transparencies (A4 plastic sheets) placed onto a lighted screen and transpose whatever that's written on the source onto a projection drop, using the techniques of periscopes.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.  (Someone changed it to "Say what you wanna say, Mean what you meant to say" Lol! Aiyah, pretty sama sama ("same" in Malay) la). One of the bedrock of my life philosophies. It's heart-gripping and troubling to conceal anything form anyone. It takes years to master the art of deception. Why waste our youths on learning something that would only come haunting us with "ballot lots" of regrets in later years.

I think such philosophies enable the development of self-confidence. It ain't just plain clinche conscience on the discussion table here since it's not entirely based on integrity, rights and wrongs. It involves a balanced share of pragmatism and exposing our inner selves.

Revolutionising social values have degraded our thoughts and thus, our behavior inaugural  to conform to socially deemed benchmarks. Some conspire. Others refused. It's a superficially subjective and double-edged sword.

As extreme as I could be, I try to be easy-going without compromising my principles. This is when the rational reasonable man theory comes in. No. Not "the". Lemme rephrase it to "my" personal opinion of the rational reasonable man (hereafter known as "RRM"). Technical terms? The best fit definitions of the RRM would be someone who is able to withstand 64% emotional and 36% logic.

Why the above proportion? Take double laws for example. In court, equitable laws precedes common laws. My analogy based the scales as a representative of human emotions (which inherent moral values, ethics and other stuff which have no definite rights from wrongs), the sword as an instrument symbolising human logic (which governs our knowledge, speech, decisions).

It is okay to have firm in decision and instinct the triumphany of thoughts over feelings. Tip alittle towards the latter yields flexibility. Vice versa, relied backwards on the former conjures rigidity. And the amazing reign of separation between both is transparency.

Widen your wavelength for self transparency.. I think this was something I studied during organisational behavior.. arh! Johari Windows!

With reference to the color abstract (in courtesy of aborsarwat.blogspot) above, transparency grows when we widen the yellow "open" window. Known to others and known to self reduces cognitive discomfort to others (in trying to know and get along better) and self (concern with what others think or feel about us). Yes, the course of "open" expansion is transparency.

To aid faster expansion, we call upon the "brothers and sisters": understanding, communication, honestly... Most of the time, it works. If it doesn't, like Patty Smyth and Don Henley had propagated, sometimes love just ain't enough.

Can't believe I'm saying this but there's an impressionable chinese phrase "xin1 ai4 rong2 yi4, xiang1 chu3 nan2". But I think bonding requires mutual transparencies. Let's not be an a** defending privacy. Honestly, privacy is an entitlement which has been pretty infringed or intruded with advanced development of technology. Some retains. Others doesn't. The best living examples are celebrities.

For the general population of us who does possess minimal privacy, why not take it as a gift which can be shared with the ones we love and care for. It's free-of-charge if that's the way to put across the thifty, or meant it as a comfort to those who are less fortunate.

Nobody loves opaque all the time, we rather prefer it clear.. if we ain't comfortable, there's always a chance to purchase curtains for refurbishment. Haha.. can't believe I'm behaving creating ideas like Dan Brown. Purely fiction!