Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

Adrian Wong · 27th Feb 2008, 09:00 PM

Last night, I caught an episode of Oprah on people dying from cancer. This was a truly exceptional episode, not because it's about people dying from cancer but because it was showed the incredible strength of the human spirit.

There were two guests - Kris Carr and Randy Pausch. Both were incredible stories of humanity triumphing over adversity, even when the odds were not only stacked against them, but just plain impossible.

Randy Pausch's story was particularly touching and poignant because he was part of a lecture series where professors would give a lecture as if it was their last lecture. Only in his case, it was quite literally his last lecture, as doctors only gave him months to live. That famous lecture has since been downloaded SIX MILLION times and the count is going up, up, UP!

I was so touched by his story that I called up my parents and got them to watch it. I also had them ask my aunt (who's battling lung cancer) to watch it. That episode was just SO inspirational. Instead of allowing their misfortune to bring them down, these two amazing people rose above it and showed us the amazing strength of the human spirit.

With that, I would like to invite you to take a look at Randy's shortened lecture on Oprah here - Randy Pausch "Last Lecture" Reprise on the Oprah Show, Oct 2007

You can take a look at the full lecture here - YouTube - Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

More information on Randy here and here.

peaz · 28th Feb 2008, 01:18 AM

inspiring...

Adrian Wong · 28th Feb 2008, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by peaz

inspiring...

Indeed! Sad though that they are afflicted by such a terrible disease.

Crazy_BB · 10th Mar 2008, 12:07 PM

Life is unpredictale. My family got the history of this disease.
I seen successful cases and non successful cases.
It's hard to see your love one lying on the bed but you cant do anything much to decrease the pain.

Adrian Wong · 10th Mar 2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy_BB

Life is unpredictale. My family got the history of this disease.
I seen successful cases and non successful cases.
It's hard to see your love one lying on the bed but you cant do anything much to decrease the pain.

Indeed. That's why we best live life to the fullest.

Do check out his lecture if you have not already done it. It's really inspirational.

Crazy_BB · 10th Mar 2008, 11:12 PM

It's inspiring.He got such a good fighting spirit.
For me life is in the hand of god, death is not horrible, it's when u flash back and found out that there's few thing u didn't able to do when u still able to say and do it.

Live life to the fullest, no regret.

I seen it for myself, i seen patient struggling in the hospital some with fighting spirit and some are losing hope. But i didnt see ppl like Dr randy, he got such a good fighting spirit.well most of the people when they heard they only got few month to go and there's no treatment can be done, they will tend to lost hope.

But no matter how, i sallute him!!..indeed inspiring

Crazy_BB · 29th Apr 2008, 08:11 PM

Adrian, i saw the book at MPH. If u wan the book u can go check it out.

Adrian Wong · 30th Apr 2008, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazy_BB

Adrian, i saw the book at MPH. If u wan the book u can go check it out.

Oh, thanks!

27th Feb 2008, 09:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,128 Reputation: 2830 Rep Power: 63	Randy Pausch's Last Lecture Last night, I caught an episode of Oprah on people dying from cancer. This was a truly exceptional episode, not because it's about people dying from cancer but because it was showed the incredible strength of the human spirit. There were two guests - Kris Carr and Randy Pausch. Both were incredible stories of humanity triumphing over adversity, even when the odds were not only stacked against them, but just plain impossible. Randy Pausch's story was particularly touching and poignant because he was part of a lecture series where professors would give a lecture as if it was their last lecture. Only in his case, it was quite literally his last lecture, as doctors only gave him months to live. That famous lecture has since been downloaded SIX MILLION times and the count is going up, up, UP! I was so touched by his story that I called up my parents and got them to watch it. I also had them ask my aunt (who's battling lung cancer) to watch it. That episode was just SO inspirational. Instead of allowing their misfortune to bring them down, these two amazing people rose above it and showed us the amazing strength of the human spirit. With that, I would like to invite you to take a look at Randy's shortened lecture on Oprah here - Randy Pausch "Last Lecture" Reprise on the Oprah Show, Oct 2007 You can take a look at the full lecture here - YouTube - Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams More information on Randy here and here. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

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10th Mar 2008, 12:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Crazy_BB Just Started Join Date: 30 Jul 2006 Location: Some spot on earth Posts: 68 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Life is unpredictale. My family got the history of this disease. I seen successful cases and non successful cases. It's hard to see your love one lying on the bed but you cant do anything much to decrease the pain.

10th Mar 2008, 11:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Crazy_BB Just Started Join Date: 30 Jul 2006 Location: Some spot on earth Posts: 68 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	It's inspiring.He got such a good fighting spirit. For me life is in the hand of god, death is not horrible, it's when u flash back and found out that there's few thing u didn't able to do when u still able to say and do it. Live life to the fullest, no regret. I seen it for myself, i seen patient struggling in the hospital some with fighting spirit and some are losing hope. But i didnt see ppl like Dr randy, he got such a good fighting spirit.well most of the people when they heard they only got few month to go and there's no treatment can be done, they will tend to lost hope. But no matter how, i sallute him!!..indeed inspiring

29th Apr 2008, 08:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
Crazy_BB Just Started Join Date: 30 Jul 2006 Location: Some spot on earth Posts: 68 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Adrian, i saw the book at MPH. If u wan the book u can go check it out.