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I was given a workload to teach Understanding The Self this semester, a   course  intended to facilitate the exploration of the issues and concerns regarding self and identity to arrive at a better understanding of one’s self.   And as I was reviewing my powerpoint for my upcoming lecture, the Physical Self, I am reminded that I needed to get a haircut. Not that I wanted a physical make over,  I don't really pay much attention to it. B ut I know I'm already due for it because  my bangs are starting to sting my eyes. That has always been my cue.  And while some people have a particular parlor or salon or hair stylist to go to, I have none. It's always, whichever is the closest, the most convenient, the most reasonably priced.  I'm lucky that we've got plenty of parlors around the town. There's actually a barber shop near my house, walking distance, my dad gets his haircut there. The only thing is, I don't go to a barber shop, ever. I don't know how ba...

I have been feeling under the weather this past few weeks, coupled with the heavy rains, it makes me sad to say that I haven't been cycling since then. I think the erratic weather has something to do with my sickness too, I did get wet by the rain a few times while cycling. I also have a lot of students who wrote in sick. While I still have plenty of cycling content materials from the past, I thought of experimenting on using a 2nd hand, even fictional, material (from a film) and this is what I came up with.  First, let me just share a little background, my thesis is about transport cycling, using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) by Icek Ajzen (1991) as a model, to understand the factors that would encourage commuters to choose the bicycle as a mode of transportation.  TPB proposes that an individual’s decision to engage in a specific behavior can be shaped by their intention to engage in that behavior, which is driven by the person’s attitude, subjective norm and perceive...