Book Review: The Perfection Point

Book title: The perfection point

Author: John Brenkus

Publisher: Pan Books

Year of publishing: 2012

 

John Brenkus, 'the perfection point' is a novel from United States of America. This book talks about the perfection point, energy, essence of games and sports. The author has spent the last decade studying and popularizing the unique characteristics of the world’s greatest athletes. He tries to weave around the neuroscience, the unsolved mystery and how farthest can a human run. The author brings to us the central characters, Usain Bolt and many more world record holder in different games and sports disciplines.  Perhaps, it is something that is deeply rooted and liked by many even though it is very uncertain to predict on the final point. The twist and turns of where and how exactly does it going to end is also intensely reflected but in confusion.

This book basically talks about the legitimate questions of - how fast, how far, how high and how precise one can reach the final touchline in the field of games and sports.     

Are there absolute limits in the field of sports? Is there some speed no runner will ever exceed? A weight no power lifter will ever hoist above his head, even a thousand years from now and that is exactly no one can predict.

The author brings in all the records for the world best and the fastest completion of a New York Times crossword under Guinness Book Conditions – impressive to be sure but this doesn't really answer the question raised. World records tells us how well people have done and how far people has reached, they tell us how well they can perform but not certain where shall the final point going to end. This book has all the record of some of the supreme sports records of the world, but it isn't the best that will ever be run, lift and hit. The author was of the view that any time any sports record can be over taken and over run sooner or later posing new world records and the prediction is absolutely out of line.

But does it end? Is there a limit to how fast a marathon can be run or how high can the iron ball be lifted against the gravity or how precisely can someone shoot an arrow?

 

The author tries to compare, Jim Hines who have ran 100 meter in 10 seconds in forty years before and Usain Bolt is inching close to 9:50 seconds mark, beseeching the question of how fast can a human run.

So, far we think that 10 sec is the final point for 100 meter run, no human being can ever cross this point, but Usain Bolt have surprised the world with new world record the same run. 

Utilizing the cutting edge science to examine incredible physical coups in the most elite sports, the author uncovers what it takes to reach the perfection point – absolute athletes can inch closer to but never exceed certain limit that no man can ever reached. However, looking at the crucial balance between physical stamina and emotional drive of every man, this book is an ultimate guide to the furthest limits of human performance.

Nonetheless, through bucking for several decision and findings of so far he came to the conclusion that, 'practically it is impossible to predict on the perfection point of the sports'. How does it really going to end?

This book is all about doing good thing in life but gives the life lesson in a different manners that life is all about doing best in life is a considered as life spent or lived happily and successfully and well.

My Wish

Why God didn't favor me to have HAND SKILLS like Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer?




Why God didn't favor me to have handsome, attractive and clear LOOKS like Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio, an American actor and film producer? 

Why my birth didn't favor me to have a BRAIN and thinking capacity like Albert Einstein, a physicist?

Why God aren't by my side to Gift me a skilled LEG like Lionel Messi, a Argentine professional footballer?

Why God didn't favor me to have a pleasing VOICE like Don Williams, an American country singer, songwriter, Country Music Hall of Fame?

Why God didn't favor me to have LEG POWER like Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter, a fastest person ever timed, 100 metres and 200 metres world records?

Bird - II

He was beautiful and attractive.

The Bird that I've Loved so much for his innocence.

He came near to me and expressed his pain. 

Pain throughout his body and soul. 

He could barely move his body, helplessly in pain.

I could sense his agony through his utterly action.

While he was lure in pain, I took advantage over and took this shot.

To remember, to share the pain and to love aptly.

SHOOTING DETAILS:

F/stop: f/6.3

Exposure time: 1/640sec

ISO speed: 640

Focal length: 250mm

White balance: Manual

Date: 04/09/2016

Time: 6:52AM

Bird: zhemgang, 2016

Photography GUN - II

Who can Gift me this Great GUN on my '28th Happy Birthday’, that falls on 15th March of every year.

But it would be too expensive to Gift one during his/her birthday.

What I can do now is simply blackmail - Donald Trump to Gift me one saying I'm his keen followers, supporter and probably an Idol.  

It is the longest ever telephoto lens to shoot a long, long range objects without one going closer.

If I wanted to buy or earn one of this lens I needed to sell some portion of my land.

Which for no doubt my father would lash me off before this news gets into his ear.

For having born with some Idiot thoughts.

I am here just to dream and dream - longing after longing for the longer lens. 

Checkout this almost 3ft/1m long Nikon 1200mm Nikkor-P.C f/11 lens (with AU-1 focusing unit)

 Currently listed on eBay for $5,750. 

Only 359 pieces were produced. 

Nikon 1200mm f/11 lens

Dream - I

Dream - X

Source: http://nikonrumors.com/2016/06/21/checkout-this-nikon-1200mm-f11-lens.aspx/

Photography Gun

When time favors I wanted to earn some better photography gears. If you have a passion for photography or an amateur photographer like me can only get inspiration though mere photographs online – portrait and landscape. 

Although, I know even the simplest gun can also serves its purpose of shooting the images but not like the longer gears while shooting for some flying objects or long range/distance objects. It can never give a fine images as we desires and likes for with simple and short range photography gears. I know what it is to be a good photographer - it is not an easy task, it takes lots of perseverance, hard work and check patience. I assure myself that the gears and an apt practices are the key elements to better shots in photography world.

So, here comes some of my loved and desired GUNs, the guns that I am crazy for so many years and so many times. But, when and how???

Gear I - The most Loved

Gear II - The most desired

Bird

The shot in the air, the shot on the branch and the shot on focus is exactly what had happened with this Bird shooting.

Taking forward to bird shooting is extremely hard and time consuming activities. It requires lots of patience and focus every time we get to shoot a Bird. 

Indeed, this is a beautiful bird that I've seen basking on the tree branch near my place. It looks more focused to hunting and flying away to more safe place. But, before it goes out off my view I got this shot more amazingly than I desire it to be.

15.6.2016

My Concept Of Central School

Everyone felt happy in the beginning with the inception of central school idea and few happy moment to those who've been profited. Whereas, it was not so pleasing for some – students, teachers and parents.

My concept of central school is different. Different in the sense, I want it to be a 'MODEL SCHOOL'. Why can't we merge the same idea into a 'Model School' with better policies, correct curriculum, best teachers and facilities in places? Here I'm not to aver among students but to put a sense of competition and the values of education.

According to our present population and the school going child ratio it is not necessary to earn many central school in a dzongkhag. Let us plan for less, better and reliable school for sustainable Bhutan. How far shall we wait for 'DONATION' after 'DONATION' just to run our system of education or any other offices or are we just for donor driven system to be in place? 

What if our government plan for quality education system rather than simply numbers? What if we look new system more scrupulously than implementing and failing the total system?

My concept of central school is very simple, reliable and durable if we introduce this system at par proper planning and timely implementation and timely monitoring.

My petition to government would be to relocate the appropriate place and only 'ONE' Model School in each district with improved infrastructure – school buildings, better ICT based classroom settings, gaming zones, recreational places, best human resources (teachers and managers) with better pay scale and appropriate curriculum. These settings can only change our education system or else we can never feel the differences, our system for no doubt can fail very sure very soon. 

My other petition to the government is very simple - one model school of all class levels (classes –PP - XII) with the facilities what is given now to central school would solve our problems. Why I'm stating only one Model School is for many good reasons – cost factors, reliable factors, resources factors and durable factors and it's not to doom our present government. We don't want any system that would merely works and runs for 'FIVE' years. 

Our law makers can frame a strong and futuristic policies for the entry to Model School. The provision could be - for extremely disadvantaged students, students who excels in academic, curricular activities, one with best discipline excellence and leadership quality. 

The inception of central school idea was indeed very big but it is not serving the purpose to so many needy parents and students, the radius of five kilometer dimension and so forth had further confused and had created many disparity within one community. When we're getting support from other countries, 'why can't we invest for the things that can last for some decades, which has more value for future, which has some weight'? We've seen teachers working extra hours in all the school to fulfill the mandates of central school but without any benefit, it's so happening that the extra hours is a free service from our teachers to central schools. Students in central school should be a high profile individual, out win best academic result and set an exemplary education institution and remember all of these would come only through many sacrifices from our teachers. I wish our government would look into this matter courteously for sustainable future of the our country. Although, it can definitely cost some at the initial phase but it might cost even more in future. 

The present state of our central school is a complete mess, every students has their own school uniform throughout the year. We don't have any say over this matter. My big worries is about this practices that would cost and create a space of inequity within one school posing danger to cultural diversity.

Although, we can never have any perfect settings and the rules in place yet we can try and have better system together only if we can play our own part. Initially we'll face some grim situations – stupid kids, unworthy teachers and bad parents yet this must not stop us from doing well and finding for better solution in times to come. I think this is the only way we can move forward progressively. Remember, 'the great Rome was not built over the night'.