I just realised that my posts are getting shorter and shorter. But I have not learned less in a day or something like that. It just means that I am getting busier. I guess it will get shorter increasingly as the days pass and as NPC draws nearer. But never mind, not writing out learning points in the day, or in this case typing out, will not mean that I have not learned anything. Just no time.

By the way, I was thinking through and thinking deeper into Kenny's metaphor for reflection. Here's how it goes:

Our life is like a taking a bus. The main purpose is to get to a specific place somewhere far away. We roughly know where we want to arrive at.

However, we have not taken this route before, and there is no direct bus. So we have to change buses. The problem is, we do not have a bus directory, and we are not quite sure of what buses to take before we get there.

So while taking our bus, we have to stop at bus stops, to reassess our route, and that is just like reflection. To see if we are heading in the correct direction. The direction we want to go towards.

Standing at the bus stop, we do not look ahead, but instead look backwards, looking for the next correct bus to take, to set us on the right path to our destination.

In reflection, we too look back at our lives, and reflect on the learning points. We then choose how we want to change the way we live for the better based on these learning points. We then 'choose the bus' we want to take next, so that we can head in a better direction, and get on it.

No one looks ahead when waiting for a bus. One has to look back for the buses.

So reflection is just like a bus stop. We must make that effort to get out from our comfortable seats, get out of our bus, and change to a more suitable bus. It is easier not to reflect, and just zoom through our lives. But are we heading in the correct direction?

Sitting on the bus, we can only look ahead, we cannot look backwards to assess our route. Likewise, we must make that effort to reflect, to make sure that we are heading in the correct direction.

There is no direct bus in life. You sit comfortably for too long without getting off? You miss many chances to head in the correct direction. The more chances you miss, the longer your detour.

Have you missed many bus stops? Make the effort.