I knew you would say that!

Usually people say this sentence in a defensive way, thinking that they are saying something right, in order to show whoever they are talking to, that they are confident about what they are saying, to make their arguments sound more serious maybe ? But no matter what is the reason behind saying it, I think that this phrase is wrong, and when saying it, you really did not know what your partner in the discussion was going to say.

Let us then, suppose that you are talking to someone, and you were about to say something to him, but you were afraid of his reaction. You then stared anticipating his reaction to what you were about to say. Let us say you came up with 4 reactions. You were not sure which one of the reactions was the right one. So what you decided to do was choose one of them (the best plausible or whatever criteria), and you threw it at him.

Now he is saying something. Something that matches one of the reactions you anticipated. And because you recognized that reaction, you thought you knew that he was going to say what he just did say. But then again, the only reason to say “I knew you would say that!” is because your first  choice of anticipation you made from 4, was not right.

Example :

Symbol definition :

(Y) stands for You

(H) stands for Him

(S) stands for sentence

(AX) stands for anticipation number X

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The solving part :

(Y) says (S)

(S) has 4 anticipations : (A1), (A2), (A3) & (A4)

(Y) chooses (A3)

(S) says (A1)

(Y) recognizes (A1)

(Y) says “I knew you would say that!” (‘that’ being (A1))

(A1) is different from (A3)

then with this logic we could conclude that ”I knew you would say that!” is wrong thing to say in most cases.

have a good day :^)

Find a way to get excited again or get out

What will I do after my studies ?

I am 25, I quit my job as a Web Developer at Synergie Media, last September. And 17 later I became a student again, Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

I am preparing a master’s degree in Computer Science, A whole new exciting experience, I like new experiences, especially when I am able to learn new things, it makes me feel like a 5 years old child, and that is something I like for it has magic in it.

All this seems beautiful, but I confess, I am a little bit scared. I thought I had it all figured out. I thought that all I had to do is be in the Computer Science field and ‘What will I be doing of my life?’ would be very easy to answer. Well no! that was bullshit. I thought that it would be easy because I like this field, it is full of fancy stuff, and I like every aspect of it.

I like everything about Computer Science, but If you would ask me which sub-sub-sub-sub-branch you would chose as you specialty I would not know how to reply to your question.

Two days ago, I had this Idea as a solution for my little problem : I like to learn new things, well then it is settled! I’ll sort the fields and class them from the one i like most, and the one that is a lliiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit adjacent in preference to it, and the one adjacent to it, and it will go on to the least preferable option.

Why ? Well I believe that If you wanna learn new things, start by the things you don’t like. 

After figuring out the least preferable option I could work in this field/branch for about 12-18months, and move on to the one adjacent to it. Granted that I could pick the field I want to work in. But it does not matter, let us stay optimistic, and Incha’allah it will be handed to me on a golden plate.

If I had 10min with 10 years old me

When I was little, every new experience I’d have would be accompanied by some unique feelings. Whenever I get to feel them every now and then (though it is starting to be scarce, we are no longer children, you know), I would remember myself experiencing those situations all over again. The thing about learning new stuff is that, when we are still not biased by others opinions, when we still do not know the limits of the field we are studying, when we are seeing things for te first time, Ideas seep into our minds like wind blows through a door on a storming day, like water flows from a waterfall.

Everytime I’d be experiencing a Deja-vu, and feel like I am being filled with ideas (brilliant ideas, from the point of view of someone who is just learning things for the first time), I start thinking, if the fact of not writing down ideas immediately as they come to you, should make me feel bad ?

Well if I had ten little minutes with ten years old me, I would definitely kick his ass for not writing ideas down, that little boy is one stubborn fool and in a way or another I would beat some sense into his big head !

Say you had ten little minutes with ten years old you, What would you be telling him ?

Give others the slack/excuses you want them to give you

I don’t really like the idea of posting on my own space, something that was created by someone else. Maybe I am too proud of myself, maybe I think that I am better than everyone, or maybe, yes, maybe, I am just being silly.

So, I just watched this guy called Aiman in a video, and i liked this sentence he threw at us while talking : “Have you noticed that we have a lot of judges in our society nowadays, and they don’t work in courts !?”

You know what, Why don’t I just embed this video here, and let you watch it and enjoy it just like I did.

Today, I won’t cry.

I’m someone who really cries when it gets too emotional. Watching a moving scene when I am alone in my room, knowing that no one is around me, I do let the little drops run from my eyes.

I’ve cried a lot when I had to part with friends that I’ve met at a camp (like boyscouting). Man we cried a lot. It makes me laugh everytime I think about it.

But today is a special day. Today I’ll be parting with a special bunch of guys. When I think about it, those guys are so special that I guess i take them for new members of my family.

I have spent almost everyday for a year and half with them. And I’m not exagerating when I say everyday! Even on the weekends we made it possible to be together.

Today is my last day at SynergieMedia. Today I’ll be parting with amazing people. Yet today, I won’t cry.

All that has a start has an end. (Part 2)

I did not think that there with be a part 2 to my blog post : All that has a start has an end.

But, today is a very sad day. All the data that had been loaded and unloaded into/from my External Hard Drive will always be remembered.

Today, after a year and a half of profitable use, my hard drive’s journey has come to an end : he died on me :’(

This Hard Drive is no ordinary one. My father gave it to me the day I was leaving Fès to come here and live on my own in Agadir. The day I was going to live alone and be free and be able to spend the time doing everything I wanted.

A guy like me, a geek like me (to be precise), all I wanted is not to be bothered, to be able to play games late at night, to watch as much movies and TV Shows as I wanted till the morning. That is why this Hard drive was a really useful tool. 

Fairwell my friend, you’ll never be forgotten.