Non-practice

Poveste la cursul de povești al Monicăi BRÂNDUȘESCU – Billy și întâlnirea (cu necunoscutul trickster)

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Bună,

Am participat miercuri, 2011.01.26, la un curs de povești al Monicăi BRÂNDUȘESCU. Mai jos o poveste mai degrabă neconvențională pe care am inițiat-o eu, iar continuarea a fost scrisă de Monica însăși (vedeți alte exemple de povești de la curs). E o poveste atipică față de alte povești de la curs. Voiam un alt fel de poveste, care să nu înceapă cu “A fost odată”. :)

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How to resist temptation? Two solutions – delayed gratification and distraction

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Let’s say you want to resist doing something. How do you do that? According to a study nicely explained by Joachim de POSADA, the solution is quite simple: – Delayed gratification – think of the benefit you can get of resisting the urge to do that thing; – Distraction – focus your mind on something else, snap out of it. PS, 2018.08.03: some people, after finding out about the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment, suggested one shouldn’t eat the marshmallow at all. :)

Why do I like the Bucharest metro?

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I like the Bucharest metro because: It’s one of the few places in Bucharest where I can exchange money; Somehow it manages to be clean (again, one of the few places where this happens); It’s safe – there are two guards in the modern train garnishes; It’s fast – for a direct route is probably the fastest way of traveling in Bucharest (yes, by car at night it may be faster, or via air, but other than that it’s not even close; on the other hand, if it’s not a direct route, it may take longer, and the station have a rather large distance from one to another); It’s reliable – very rarely do I hear (never happened to me) that the train stops for a longer time due to some technical problems.