Steve Jobs: Passion Pursuit

Written by: Nur Ellisa Maryani

As I took out my touchscreen phone to play music, I started to ponder about how intelligent the device that I was holding in my hands. This tiny device could do more than just call or text to allow the owner to communicate as per the functions of the earliest phones. The pen and paper used to be the most powerful tools in one's hands to spread word, but now it takes less than just ink to give other people a piece of one's mind.

These thoughts were still lingering in my mind when a friend of mine approached me, holding onto her phone that seemed no much different than mine. We started to compare the two phones. In my hand was a beautiful white Galaxy Ace that I should say is new, whereas in her hands was the iPhone 4s. I decided to stop comparing right at that moment. How can we compare two things so similar, yet so much different?

When we mention iPhone, many things come to mind. Applications, technology, luxury, even Steve Jobs.




Most of us know that Steve Jobs is a technology wiz and the CEO of Apple company that produced the iPhone series and also Mac computers. Did any one of you actually know that whatever he has done for now is actually a result of what he does in his past time?

Let's travel back in time to have a rough look at his past. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs couple when he was born. When he got into elementary school, he was a prankster and did not have much interest to study even though he was a really smart student who always did well in tests and examinations. When he reached fourth grade, his teacher had to bribe him with candy and $5 bills. If only my teacher would do that whenever I had troubles studying when I was younger...

Anyway, the bribes actually worked and he started to ignite an interest to study. So much that even the Administrative office suggested that he skip straight to High School but of course his parents did not permit it. After enrolling to High School, he spent his free time at Hewlett-Packard which at that time was the huge name of Computering industry. Steve then befriended a computer engineer there named Steve Wozniak and started to learn more about the technology.

Steve Jobs actually had been learning about all these machineries from his father, Paul Jobs who works as a technician at that time. Steve grew up dismantling and putting machines back together at his free time and now he learns more about the technology from Wozniak.



Here comes the interesting part, Steve Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon but he dropped out after six months and spent eighteen months dropping in on creative classes instead.

Quote from Steve Jobs:
"If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in college, the Mac would never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts."



This quote sparked a curiosity in me. Had Steve gone to more classes in College, would he have had more knowledge and perhaps we would have more than just iPhone, iPad series and Mac.

Well as a student, it makes me ponder for more than just a moment or two. You may give reasons like Steve was born smart or had the intelligent blood or it was all in the genes. Or even say that he was a computering genius since he was young. But just think about it for a moment. Nothing happens without passion and courage to do what you love to do. Steve did what he always loved to do and he is now famous for his products. Who knows where we would be someday just by doing what we love to do?



Resources:
http://www.biography.com/people/steve-jobs-9354805?page=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

20042011

Ahh it's been such a long time since i wrote here. I got busy with school and stuff... I started watching Kdramas and Variety shows from Korea. I watch for the sake of watching really. But they have humour and culture in their shows and the kind of humour is different from the ones that we see in Japanese shows. The people are also very stringent when it comes to respecting the elders. Especially things like when speaking to or about an elder.

So if you are a guy and you are speaking about/to another guy elder, you have to address him as "Hyung" which means elder brother for a guy. But if you are a guy and talking about or to a girl elder, you have to address her as "Noona". This is different for girls though. For a girl who is speaking about or to a guy elder, she will have to address him as "Oppa". And if to a girl elder, it would be "Unni". The term that they address younger people would be "dongsaeng" which means someone who is younger. So if someone is saying "I have a younger brother", that person would say "I have a nam dongsaeng." If it's for a younger sister then it would be "I have a yeo dongsaeng." "Nam" mean guy. "Yeo" means girl.

A little too much? Nah i don't think so... I picked up the language while watching the variety shows of course. I want to learn as many languages as possible because someone told me it slows down the rate of senility.

I joined several forums which are fanbases of KPop artistes or bands. I made Korean friends there and i even gotten one who is a guy. AN OPPA! The best thing is that he is training to be a Kpop idol. He kinda made a promise to me that he will still speak to me if he debuts. I shouldn't keep my hopes high but well... It's an OPPA! What can i say?... Okay, i have to go and do homework... And i have to go for Gamelan practice later... I have two upcoming shows...

Here's a Picture from the variety show that i'm watching called Family Outing. The guest was Rain Bi!




Ja Nae!

28092010

Aite, i've been away due to school. Oh god, lack of sleep is getting the best of me. Anyway, life still starts as Dusk as always. I am always up till 2 am and then i have to wake up by 10 am... Good 8 hours? Yeah, maybe...

So updates in life? Well, i have an upcoming show under Republic Polytechnic's Reflections 2010 with my Interest Group, Gamelan Naga Kencana. You guys can go google it. It's Ga-Me-Lan... Not Game-Lan as most people actually percieve after seeing the name and we play music not games. It's a Traditional Indonesian music but that does not refrain us from playing modern music. We do play modern music and sometimes we just let loose and play whatever we want to play. It's like a normal Percussion Ensemble where you just let loose sometimes and at other times you have to play accordingly. The show will be on the 11 November 2010. It's a free show but it will be via tickets so you can contact me for them. And i'm performing for the show too! So right now i'm just stuck with the Marketing stuff that i am also in charge of.... Dang, i've got so much to do...

On the side note, i've been hit by Korean Fever. Or rather i forced myself to be hit by Korean fever... It's like walking in the rain for three whole days deliberately so that you will fall ill... Likewise, i forced myself to watch Korean Boybands performances, listen to their songs, check out their personalities and stuff like that. Why? I don't know. Boredom kills people...

Right now i'm stuck with two bands. SHINee and Super Junior. You can google them if you don't know about them. For SHINee, i kinda like Kim Jonghyun. From Super Junior, i like Lee Sungmin, Kim Ryeowook, Kim JongWoon aka Yesung and well everybody else. The band used to have 13 people. At the moment it is 10 man strong... Well, one of them decided to leave the band. Another was caught up in some legal stuff and he is suspended from Super Junior for God-knows how long... Right now he's away for two years to serve in the Army. The other dude is away to act. But he's still a part of the band of course, it's just that he enjoys acting so he pursues his interest first.

Tearing away from KPop, i'm looking for a place to dance with my Caramel. It's just for interest, nothing really serious. We are all busy but i try as much as possible to find the suitable place so that we can meet up and dance. Unfortunately there is no way we can find a place that suits our requirements. Free-of-charge, with privacy, and not too far from all of our homes. Community Centres sure provide dance studios, but well... 60 bucks per hour (min. 2 hours) is quite a big sum for us students... So right now i'm still looking... Yeah well....

I can't think of anything else to write here so i shall just zoomz! I will be back to update on more. As i usually promise. But of course i may or may never come back. Depends on how God wills it...

Ja~!

220610

I'm back. Actually I'm in class. I haven't been doing much. But there's this thing about the class that i am in. Here's a video of my classmates dancing. I recorded it without their knowldege. Else, they would not have danced so much.

They are a bunch of crazy people, but they are really nice... Anyway... Hmm there isn't much stuff for me to talk about... Except for... hmm.... Oh yeah! Vida (if you read my first few blogs you would know who she is) helped me to make a siggy for me to use in forums... Here it is...

Ah damn, some how it won't load... I'll upload it later when the internet is better... And! Hmm... I think that should be all... Oh there it is!



Isn't he just so cute? Don't say anything... He's mine! Haha

150610

I'm in school right now. It's cool to have such a cool class. Like, literally... It's fully air-conditioned everywhere i go. Anyway, for some reasons i'm bothered by the Salman-Vivek issue. It's really bothering me that they won't resolve the issue. i know it does not concern me or anything, but come on! I'm a fan, it affects the actors' lives and the fans too. Okay so the young dude made a huge mistake. So what? humans make mistake all the time! But to seek forgiveness is something else... He sought forgiveness, everyone he's gone... But the senior just won't let him make it up to him. It is irritating...

But it all comes up from that woman. That one woman. She went to the elder man, made use of him and left him. And here comes Vivek as the night in shining armour. Saving the damsel in distress from the evil king. The evil king is unhappy but neither is the damsel. After being saved from the fire ritual, she then pushes her saviour into the fire and left to ride her own life with her Drona...

Things have gone no better nor worst. She has been the problem, but even when she is married, the matters are yet to be resolved. It is complicated as they claim, but still it's so simple!

Forgive and forget. Do not forgive if you cannot forget. Do not forget if you have not forgiven...

170510

Been what, three or four months since i posted on my blog? Yeah. Life is difficult as a student. oh, i have been posted into a Polytechnic. Yay! I'm now an RP student... Republic polytechnic is cool. It's very different from other schools as from what i know of my other friends. Anyway, school is alright so far. Lessons, facis.... hmm... I face the laptop everyday, i really wish i could go straight into my course module rather than dally in these modules of maths, enterprise, science and blah blah blahs... By the way, reflection journals are a must daily. And it's problem based so we don't really get spoon-fed... We learn by solving problems... oh god, i've got Understanding test tomorrow... Enterprise skills... They say it's gonna be very difficult.. Of course it would, i haven't studied... I'm so bored... Anyway, i've watched Housefull... A hindi movie. I'm not in the mood to talk about it... i'll do that when i get my mood... And about working and the fnb store... i resigned one week after the last post about it... i had a misunderstanding with the stuck-up manager and i told him to stuff it. So i threw the uniform back in his face and left. Well... i wanted to leave anyway... Two weeks... how about that? Now i am tutor for a primary school kid. it's fine... just that being me, it's not easy to teach. I do find it difficult to share the knowledge.. and stuff like that... Teaching a kid is tougher than working at the fnb store... Oh am chee...

Be back with more...

140110

Its new year already. I don't understand why they always say it's new year. It's just the same as years to come. Is it not? But it does not matter. I have recieved my results for 'O' Levels, sent in my applications for the next step. And now, all i have to do is to wait. I did fair enough for someone who doesn't study at all for the major exams. I'm planning to go to Polytechnic...

Oh, and it's been a week since i started to work at a certain food and beverage store in the west... The crew there is really nice. It's like we're a whole big family. We joke around and throw straws at each other. But of course, we should not let the stuck-up manager see us doing that. The shorty manager is fine, the lady manager is fine as well... Just not the stuck-up one... I've yet to meet him, but i feel like i know him well enough already. Everyone keeps talking about him and how they hate him. How they wish he doesn't exist. How he is such a bastard. (Hey, its my blog I can say what i want...)

As my job requires me to wake up early, my nightlife is often cut shorter and shorter. My mild insomnia is killing me. I can't sleep early in the nights, and i wake up hating myself every morning. I don't know myself anymore. It's difficult for me. I don't know who i can trust. Many people hate me. It's the truth. So i'm different and i don't belong. But i keep wondering where it hurts those people. It's life. When you're going down the slope, people laugh. When you're up the hill, they loathe. So am i facing these situations. Am i up the hill yet? Or am i climbing back down?

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