I personally think that is not good since you should go through life at least knowing what hit you both in the heart and the head. It's like you have to keep checking your compass or GPS on your trekking.

I'm trying to praise Compass Magazine www.compasscm.com, one of the best free copy magazine for Chiangmai right now (in my opinion).
They have Great Articles and news.
I try to consider my English proficiency as efficient. As i'm trying to do with Mandarin but when i read the articles in Compass. I am amazed by how great those writers are and how could they produce such beautiful English.
This reminds my of a book i just finish a few weeks ago.
I'll write about this book in my next entry.