respect.

Before this, I always thought that respect had to be earned, and that no one should be given respect unless earned. Now, I know otherwise.

How often is it that a 30+ 40 years old man gives respect to a 18 years old student who has no idea what he is doing? Plus the fact that the man is a busy entrepreneur. I encounterd two such men recently. They listened to my opinions whenever I talked and perhaps tolerated my rudeness and lack of respect for even them. The worst thing is, I didn't even notice this until someone pointed it out to me.

I've learnt that we should give respect to anyone, regardless of status or appearances. One basic way to do that will be to listen, whenever someone is speaking. Let the person complete his/her words without jumping to conclusions, unless you can read that person's mind completely. This is how miscommunications can always occur.

That's not the only thing I've learnt, there's many other things I learnt over the 3 days I spent organising an event. I've learnt how I should always try to get the best from people I'm working with, how not to show my temper when things aren't going the right way, among many many other things.

Organising Faire Marcher, Meridian JC's inaugural games convention, allowed me to learn things I would never have been able to learn in a classroom. It also allowed me to know very interesting people and realise the fun of playing intellectual board games. I also realised that board games don't just mean Monopoly, Risk, Game of Life and Snakes and Ladders. I might just start to play more of such designer games.