values

same thing, can't sleep
so decide to write
I wanna talk about values
what values most appreciated by me?

first, I like people with "hardworking" value,
as Thomas Alva Edison said, "99% hardworking, 1% genius"
I had done that before, in the most wonderful way
most of my friends, they look down on me when it comes to academic stuffs
I was not doing really good on academic standing
I didn't even care about going to university or college
anything was fine for me
going back to Medan or whatsoever

but, the thing was, I looked at UW for a reason
old story, but yeah...
I said "I want to be there"
I studied, coffee every night
slept at 6am, woke up at 8am everyday
and you know what, first time I got 100 on final exam
perfectly done, I thank my teacher, Mr. Sheridan
he saw it, when I was taking English class, I didn't study
but when I took his history class, he saw me, determined
then, one day, me and Arnold having supper downstair
I got a mail, I opened it, UW said "Congratulations bla bla"
I can't sleep, happiness surrounded me

"hardship is the value that one should carry in order to show the world that he is not bluffing"

next, the value of "not underestimating your enemy"
I learned it from the game, Romance of three kingdoms,
Sun Tzu said,

"if you know yourself and your enemy, then you will win. If you know yourself but not your enemy, then it is 50-50. If you know not even yourself or your enemy, lost is the outcome"

I had this experience, I started playing chess in grade 9
I joined competition, and one of my friends, he was jokingly playing with me
in a competition, and I won
he underestimated me, and I was 16 best out of at least 200 people
what you think?

that's all