the paper..

as i promised...

before i disappoint you further.. actually this is not really a psych paper.

i should have written a 'research paper' instead. it was what i was supposed to write. -.-"

so....

to begin with...

my hypothesis is: a human being can really do almost anything provided that he believes that the 'anything' is possible.

population: me

sample: things in my life.

this happened quite some time ago...

do you know this question:

"you have 9 balls identical in looks. 8 of them are identical in weight also. you have to weigh it using 'neraca' (forgive me, i really dont know what it is in English). and you are only allowed to weigh three times"

that is easy. i could answer that when i first heard it.

let's raise the difficulty...

let's have 12 balls now. you only have three times also to get the answer.

the first time i heard it. i thought it is an impossible to answer question. so i couldnt answer.

last month, in my office.

my colleague asked me the very same question.

my first reply: is this question possible to be answered?

he answered yes.

i asked him "you heard the answer before?"

he answered yes.

his brother solved it. he then told me and consoled me telling me that the question in fact is very hard. and his brother was kind of special...

at that moment, i knew that i couldn't solve this before last time.

so, it would be the same because i did not think i had grown a lot smarter than i was before.

however, i took the challenge. i decided to try to solve it again.

to my surprise. the assurance that it is a solvable question really is the key.

i could solve it.

i believe this is purely due to the assurance i had got.

my conclusion: we can really do anything as long as we believe.

other proof: i was really bad at sports. i trained myself hard enough until i could play quite a good football. i kind of lost my touch now though due to lack of practice.

my to-be project:

1. working in IBD

2. i am really really bad at singing. but i have to admit i enjoy it. and i think i don't need to explain what i am really doing in this project. i believe you can guess.

I have this 22 january 2011 as a deadline.

by that time, i think i would be able to see whether my hypothesis is right or not.

to think about it, i have my whole life to prove this hypothesis. and i would really like to do so.

after all, it is not something so far away. i want to prove these two things:

Philippians 4:13

and

words from some random grand ma talking about man that can do all things.