The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

hurm, i just finished reading the short book The Last Lecture and now i wanna share my thought on it.

firstly, the book is about an educator/teacher Prof. Randy Pausch who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and got only months to live. apparently the book is a compilation of the last lecture he perform at Caenege Mellon (when he say the last lecture it is really is the last)

he face his cancer (and death) like no other (at least that i know of) and want to live as much as he can with the little time given to him. he still manages to smile and even crack up jokes about it. he said that he is not in ignorance about it, it's just there no reason to live the remaining of his life mourning about it. 
Life is for living.

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt,
just how we play the hand"
- Randy Paucsh

the quotes given in the book gives me inspiration to carry on going with whatever is at hand. be thankful with everything that u had and have. 
it's not the situation that determines the way our live is going. 
but how we deal with the situation given is.

he always says in the book about seeing our problem like a brick wall that only let pass people who really wants it and work hard enough to get it (blocks away the others as well). though it is hard to climb the wall but when u've work so hard on it, even a little achievement will give u sense of fullfilment. and even if u don't succeed, all the trials u have gone through can make u a better person.

actually, the whole lecture is for his 3 young children. he thought that he want to leave something for his children to remember him by. he wants to share his thoughts, memories, lessons he have learned, his pride, joy, tears, regrets and basically his life. the thought of having his children grown up without a father is just unbearable to him. so, he do this lecture for his children plus some video tapes and letters. for example an advise for his 18months old baby"don't start dating til u r 30, and when u r dating, don't listen to what the boy is saying , look and see on what he do"

lastly i would like to highlight something that seems very interesting. people nowadays always invest on life insurance to ease the burden on their love ones, not that is is not good.. but we should not left out the emotional insurance. how dreadful life would be to losing one of your love ones with a feeling of regret for not being with each other when there was time. (i donno if i've said this the right way, but reading the book will give u some sense of what i'm talking..huhu)

so, i don't think i can manage to write all of my thoughts about the book. just go to MPH and buy one aite. It is worth it!

--Time is precious and it is more precious when u have so little of it left.--

--a friend is somebody that u don't mind being with when u wanted to be alone--