纵观身边的任何事物，发现一些有趣的现象。那就是人往往对某件事有些不正确的理解，而形成种种不切实际的期望。

抱着赚钱的心态去赌场赌钱

首先，赌场是一个商业的存在。各种你能玩上的游戏都是经过了各种专家无数精算推敲出来的成品。短时间内的确是可能赢钱的。但要是时间拉长了，局数累积的够了，游戏规则所赋予庄家的绝对优势将慢慢显现。这并非迷信，而是绝对的科学。大多数有十年以上‘资历’的赌徒的收益都是负数的。认清这点你就不会再有“干翻赌场”的幼稚想法了。

我觉得正确的做法是抱着娱乐的心情去赌，要有胜负心但别当赢钱是必须的。譬如21点，解读庄家牌数，分析敌我优劣势，从而加注弃注，这种种过程都是刺激而有趣的.毕竟赌场是标榜“娱乐机构”的一种，而不是金融投资。抱着轻松的态度，赢钱固然皆大欢喜，输了也是预料之中。岂不好？

看鬼戏不想被吓

“我不付钱来吓自己。” 相信大家身边都有一些不看鬼片的朋友，这句话是我从他们身上听到重复最多的。作为惊悚类的鬼片的目的是什么？就是吓观众。你看喜剧片，就是期望可以被逗笑，开开心心。看悬疑片，就是期望随着剧情的发展，可以和主角一起当侦探，揭开种种谜团。看动作片，希望可以看到拳拳到肉刺激非常的打斗，让人肾上激素爆发的那种爽快。看鬼片你不想被吓到，难道希望像看笑片般整场下来笑个不停？

我爱看鬼片。我买票进场能被一些好的桥段吓到脸青青，是这套惊悚片做到了惊悚，对我来说这就是好戏，值回票价！

Steemit会让我发达

很明显的看到那些大鲸鱼每篇帖子都有上百元的收入的确是让刚加入的我羡慕不已，再对比自己苦心创造数个小时却只收获寥寥无几的回应，实在是让人心寒。也曾一度让我失去动力。原来自己加入Steemit的目标除了赚钱还是赚钱，这不是个正确的期望。

到后来调整心态，发现这里带来的价值远远不止于赚钱，还有锻炼创意的思维，作为生活笔记，养成固定写作的好习惯，提升写作技巧等等。心态平衡了，也更有动力继续写下去了。

认清一切事情的本质能让人拥有正确的期望，从而减少不必要的失望或观念。

I’ve noticed some interesting phenomena around me that is the unmatched of expectation and reality can lead to many incorrect values and disappointment.

Expect to win from a casino

First of all, the casino is a big business. All the games you can find inside were the result of actuarial science by a bunch of mathematicians. Given sufficient amount of rounds, most players are going to join the losing site thanks to the statistic which granted advantages to the home. You can win in short term but not long term. Acknowledge this fact and you will stop to fantasize bringing out piles of cash from a casino.

The right way to enjoy in a casino is equipping the “have fun” mindset. You can long to win but don’t take winning as granted. There are a lot of fun in the process too. Take the Blackjack as an example, we can have fun by analyzing the edge of each hand, apply different strategies to maximize our advantage or to fold or split the cards. After all, the casino is a business of entertainment, of course winning is good but losing is expected as well.

Do not want to be frightened by a Horror movie

“I don’t pay to scare myself, bro.” We all have such friends who don’t enjoy the horror movie and that is the sentence I heard the most from them. What is the ultimate goal of a horror movie? To frighten the audience. We expect the laughter when we watch the comedy. Expect to go into the detective mode and reasoning with the characters in the mystery film. For the action movie, we love the adrenaline rush by the fierce fighting. And what do you expect watching the horror film if not to get frightened? Laughing the whole 2 hours just like you were watching the comedy?

I love horror films. I enjoy to be frightened by a well-planned plot and that is how I decide if the ticket is worthwhile.

Steemit is going to make me rich

I believe this the biggest myth in Steemit yet many will fall for it, I wasn’t an exception. It was really bitterly disappointing to see the others earn hundreds easily every post while your 4-hour-worth of the article just sink to the bottom of the sea. And soon I realized my motivation was all about money, which is not appropriate at all.

There are bunches of advantages we can develop using a platform like Steemit. Training the idea muscle, improving writing skills, keeping a personal journal, and so on. When I found the balance between expectation and rewards, the motivation becomes natural again.

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I’ve spent 2 hours on this. First attempt to use acrylics color on paper instead of canvas. Turned out they work more or less like water color but can be denser.

I love painting comic characters. Just so happened we have this Super-villains drawing contest which you can take part at:

https://steemit.com/trialbycomics/@kommienezuspadt/trial-by-comics-winner-for-superheroes-week-and-next-theme-announced

The past contest by the same organizer was themed as Super-Hero which is even more favored by me but I missed that. Never mind I like this week theme as well!

I have no deep knowledge of the comic character I draw nor I’m a big fan of it. The reason I chose Venom is that I like the style of this character. Wildly uninhibited, immortal and powerful, agile and faster than sound.

此作品花了两个小时来完成。第一次尝试用丙烯颜料在纸上作画，完成的效果也还可以。跟水彩在纸上的表现相差不大，但可以比水彩更浓稠。

我喜欢画漫画角色，碰巧让我发现这个以超级反派为主题的绘画比赛。然后才发现我更错过了举办者上个礼拜我更喜欢的主题，超级英雄。没关系，超级反派也不赖！

我对这些漫画角色了解并不深也不是什么粉丝。这次选择的毒液主要是因为这个角色超酷。放荡不羁的狂邪，力量无穷且不死之身，超音速来去无踪。

Drawing breakdown in GIF

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If you like the content, you know what to do. Peace!

My other artworks:

• Eagle on pencil 老鹰
• SlamDunk on pen 流川枫
• Flower on pen 小花一朵
• Lion on pen 狮子

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The ability to change keycaps is one of the biggest fun of mechanical keyboard. I’ve mentioned that I dislike the original keycaps of my first mechanical keyboard and finally it’s time to make a change.

Due to the fact that my 84 key Excalibur has some non-standard keys like the right Alt and Ctrl in 1.0u size instead of the standard 1.25u, I got a hard time finding compatible keycaps set but I finally managed to order a set of custom keycaps from the almighty Taobao.

The keycaps are in Dolch color and made of thickened PBT which will be much more resistant than the original ABS keycaps. The whole package costs 168 RMB, kind of a reasonable price for beginner customization.

换键帽本身就是机械键盘的一大特色。之前提过我不太喜欢我第一个机械键盘的键帽，太倾向游戏式的风格了。现在是时候了。

由于我的84键的Excalibur有好几个键是不标准的，譬如右边的 Alt 和 Ctrl 键是 1.0u 的（标准的是1.25u），寻找自定义的键帽时时常会遇到困难。幸亏有万能的淘宝，始终还是让我找到了。

这套键帽是用加厚的PBT材质来制造，会比原装的ABS键帽耐打油得多。价格是168人民币，对入门级的键帽来说也算是友善的了。

Meet the Dolch customized PBT keycaps

赠送的拔键器，待会可是很实用

键帽用的是OEM高度

Get the work started

把拔键器轻轻的植入键帽之下再拔起即可。

为键盘脱衣当中

性感的红轴赤裸裸的呈现眼前，乘此机会好好的用压缩除尘罐来清理毛发灰尘。

新键帽植入当中。整个过程看起来容易但其实也颇有难度的。记得必须要保持键帽的次序，否则可有得你头痛了

Completion, satisfaction.

灰黑一点红的配色实在是不错。我想以后在增加红色的比例在重要的键上，例如Enter和方向键。

这是在昏暗的环境中看起来的样子。由于这键帽是不透光的，在晚间使用时几乎就等于盲打了。打开背光的LED时看起来的效果还是很好的。

I like how the sided-letter of this keycaps looks as that is the biggest reason for I selected these custom keycaps. Absolutely minimalistic looking from the top while the letters lurking at side providing casual hints what letters it is. At the same time, I can really start practicing my blind typing skill.

字母侧刻是这套键帽最大的特色，也是我选择它的原因。从上面看来几乎是光滑无字的，简洁非常。侧刻在前字母又可以在适当的时候作为提示，不愧是锻练盲打的神兵！

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We all know reading is good. But it doesn’t mean much if your goal is just to finish the book, or claim that you read 200 books a year. Which may sound you have put your time to good use, but it is all worthless if you never apply what you’ve learned from the books.

I’m not an avid reader but I’m on my way trying to be one. Often I found that most of the books I’ve read didn’t leave many impressions unless some quotes are so interesting that I noted it down and deliberated it for some time. And when I reread some of the books I discover some noteworthy points to ask myself that why I don’t have the memory of it at all after the first read?

From now on I will start to write a simple review of every book I’ve completed. This can help me to summarize the contents better, make sure I don’t miss any highlight-worthy points and have a better memory of it hence higher chance to take it into the application. To the others, this might gave them a brief idea what this book is about which they might eventually become a reader of it, or they can just share the information without having to go through the whole book.

You dont need a new and special idea to earn a million

Plenty of everyday businesses, run by everyday, ordinary people, make extraordinary money.

This is the primary idea of this book. All you need is a tried and true business model that already existed. Truth is there is always unconsumed demands in the market of the “traditional” business like car washing and cake making. Pick an ordinary idea and truly execute it with proper planning. Any average Joe can make his first million in 3 to 7 years.

When it comes to working for yourselves, there are several businesses you can pick from. Buying existing business, buying a franchise, even joining a Multi-Level Marketing, the author recommends none of the those but creating your own company.

The author also comparing the online business and traditional business. While the latter is preferable for first time entrepreneur, being digitally savvy is a huge competitive advantage. Start a real business and use the web a tool in your toolkit.

You dont need money–you can be completely broke

If your goal is to get $1,000,000 in the bank, you don’t need to raise millions to start your business.

Raising fund is not a headache or myth if you know where to look for. Where the Money comes from:

• Getting a bank loan, mainstream way of raising money
• Crowdfunding, lesser risk and can be quick if your business idea is promising.
• Peer-to-peer lending (P2P), this can be useful to small and medium businesses that usually have difficulty securing a loan from a bank.
• Friends and family, with the already established trust they can be the easy target of your potential investor. But use with caution or this may destroy your network.
• Personal savings, easiest since you have to rely on the others however you will have to bear the full risks as well.

Or you can even spot the investors right in front of you. They are everywhere.

They sit beside you at the barbershop or beauty salon. They’re in the waiting room at the dentists;s office. They’re standing in line behind you at the bank.

The author has developed a habit that he can turn to anyone even in the elevator. For example, he once met a wealthy gentleman in the car wash waiting room and they exchanged contact information after some delightful chatting. This will not always work but if you are polite and decently confident, chances are you will turn the conversation into an investor willing to back your business idea.

Take the g*ddamn action

Creating a business requires a big picture perspective and a willingness to make a long-term investment of your time and resources. The biggest obstacle to success may just be getting started.

Did you ever imagine that you can quit your 9-5 job and commit fully to work for yourself? You had some great business idea that you think may potentially change your life and grant the lifestyle that is you dreaming for? Most people do, but the majority of them never take actions too. Thus your ship will never come in, you have to swim out to meet it.

In contrast, don’t get so fired up about your new business idea that you quit your day job so you can go full force with it. The wisest idea is to start the business in your off time while still holding your current job. Only to quit the job when the time comes, and quit in good term. You never know who might help you in the future.

This book civilize the unattainable entrepreneurship

There are much more solid words you can find in this book but I have to summarize only what matters to me the most or it will be too long for this post. Get the book if you are interested.

I appreciate the author present the idea that starting a successful business in such a real and authentic manner. He explained many real-life cases that even a undereducated person can run a business and pocket his first million within 10 years. Practical advises are given, solid guides are well presented. Get the book via link below if you appreciate the review.

Book: One Million in the Bank: How To Make $1,000,000 With Your Own Business Even If You Have No Money or Experience

Author: Michael L. F. Slavin

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Thanks to my girlfriend we were invited to her wealthy friend’s(let’s call him Y) private birthday party on a private yacht. This is not the private yacht party with full of bikini hot girls and endless food and drinks that you expected in Hollywood movies, but a truly simple celebration for a couple of us. Everything started off Y wanted to celebrate her girlfriend in a deluxe suite in Singapore but mostly were reserved due to the busy holiday season. So Y “had no choice” but to settle with one of the private yacht services he could find. Told you he is rich.

托我女友的福，她的土豪朋友，Y，邀请了我们去参加他女友在游艇上的庆生会。首先，这只是个简单的庆生会，并不是你想象中的好莱坞式的游艇派对，各种比基尼美女和源源不绝的饮食提供，抱歉不是这回事。为何选择在游艇上？皆因 Y 想在新加坡寻找一间豪华的酒店套房来帮女友庆生却因为假期高峰期很多酒店都客满了，所以他“无奈之下”只好租了艘游艇。都说了是土豪吧。

A night in Ferretti 630

We only spent a night on this Ferretti 630. According to the official site, it costs a whopping 4000 Pounds to rent for a day but Y told me he only spent about 1000 Singapore Dollar, still not cheap though!

我们只在这艘 Ferretti 630 过一夜。根据官网一天的租金为令人乍舌的4000英镑，但是 Y 说他只花了将近1000新币，这种消费对我来说还是属于土豪的行为。

从游艇的上层所拍摄。我们租借的这段时间里，这艘游艇只会停泊在这港口里。不会出海的原因除了天气之外我想这也是为什么我们能够以低于市价的价格租得一夜吧。

主舱对我们五个人来说已经宽大有余。卡拉ok是我们唯一使用过的娱乐设备。由于隔音效果不佳晚间需要调低声量不然可能会扰民。

The bedroom

这里有四个客舱作为睡房，我们的主人家很慷慨的把最大的那间让给了我们，实在是有点不好意思。

即使游艇整夜都停泊在岸，还是可以感受到浪潮的摇摆。有点轻微晕船的我需要偶尔看出窗外来疏解不适

最后感谢主人家的热情招待！

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As a minnow, I’ve come across with this phrase almost every day. Go to the introduceyourself posts, you will see even more of this. But hey, I’m not going to follow you just because you have done so to me.

I never merely ask for follow

Because I know it won’t works. Even if you have no interest in my posts, but still follow me for the sake of following me.When my posts frequently appear on your feed, you will start to skip it, and then mute it, eventually unfollow me. Because everything is not even started the correct way.

So instead, I choose to focus on attracting followers by creating quality works. I’m getting some upvotes here and there and my followers are growing bit by bit steadily. Not even close to impressive for someone who has joined for 55 days, but I’m happy with my progress.

Work for your reputation, not asking for it

I think Steemit is having so much potential the way it encourages people to create and curate quality contents. That’s the reason for me to actively participate in this amazing space, make meaningful posts, interacting with people in the comment section, curate neglected good contents and so on. I believe this is the only way for this platform to grow huge one day.

Share with me what you have heard that pissed you off the most in Steemit.

身为小鱼的我看到太多类似的句子了，去看看 introduceyourself 的板块你尤其会看到更多。但是，我是不会因为你 follow 了我而 follow 回你。

我从不单纯的要求别人 follow 我

因为我知道这并没有用。即使你只为了follow我而follow我，而不是对我的帖子真正有兴趣。当我的贴子开始不断地出现在你的主页里，你会开始回避，然后mute了我，最后还是会unfollow我。因为一开始你就不应该follow一个你不感兴趣的人。

与其这样，我不如专注于创作来吸引更多读者。这段日子里，我或多或少的得到了一些投票，读者的数量虽然慢慢地但也稳健地上升。对一个加入了55天的人来说这或许不是什么很大的成就，但是我对这样的进度还挺满意的。

读者是赚来的，不是求来的

Steemit之所以那么有潜力就是因为她鼓励人们创造好的内容和去发现有价值的帖子。就是这美好的环境让我活跃于这平台之上，努力写帖子，在留言区与人互动，去发掘未被人所知的好文章。相信这会是唯一让Steemit壮大的途径。

来分享你在这里听过什么烦人的词语？

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