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Monday, October 17, 2005

Random Thots: Religion, Reaction To Disaster..

I was talking to Chin Hong on the bus this morning. He was telling me abt attending a talk that was conducted by a Buddhist Monk. Let's not go into what the talk was focused on cuz Chin Hong was obviously more fascinated by the relationship (built up by the speaker) between science and the religion, and some of the crap (a bit true) the monk said. One example is the relationship between marriage and relationship is like that between bacon and egg. One is committed (pigs are "committed" to give us bacon" while the other is evolved (i forgot abt the evolve part but it has gotta do with chicken too).

Anyway, "stealing" some ideas from Chin Hong, I have conceptualised my views abt religion. Religion is like a form of transportation (eg bus, train...) to the destination (let's not spell it out blatantly). Let the destination here be Bt Panjang Plaza. If I wanna go there from where I am now (home), I can jolly well cycle there or take 920 straight across or I can take the LRT and walk a bit. Alternatively, I can make a trip to Orchard rd, loiter a bit and take 700 to the plaza. Last but not the least, I can always walk there myself. Religion is like transport in the sense that it is man-made and it is supposedly there to make it easier for you to reach/accept the destination/end-result. U can do without it but it would be good to have it to hold on to when in face of obstacles. It helps in a certain sense. Just like I would usually walk to Bt Pajang Plaza but I would take 920 if there is a heavy storm. Religion is there to help u brave stormy weathers no matter how u see it. Even when u think tt u are giving, u r actually on the receiving end. Think abt it.

The next pt is derived from today's Straits Times. There were a few articles abt Singaporeans' youth reaction to the recent earthquake. Well.. This may sound selfish. It is true that we are nonchalant abt the disaster despite ppl dying and parents trying desperately to find their children but what good are we doing if we go around with a moody attitude? It would be good that we try to help in every possible ways, at the very least, donating to the aid effort. However, as much as we want to, there are so much that we cannot do. Not everybody (even if they all volunteered) can go over to help, be it due to work, family or school or cuz Singapore is only sending this many teams to Pakistan or cuz of the very reason that we need Singaporeans here to live their life and ensure that Singapore is still in the processes. Surely, one cannot expect us to mourn everyday of our life for the period when the ppl in Pakistan are fighting for their lives.

Lastly, am I getting more crude??? Oh No!!

Oh.. Just found the 2 songs tt have been in my head for a long time to come. By Xiong Tian Ping & Valen Hsu. Ni De Yan Jing and Ai Qing Dian Ying. haha.. I forgot the names of the song and singers. Luckily, heard it over the radio today and asked Joel abt it. Thanks!

The Origin. 10/17/2005 01:24:00 pm

quotes

"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." - Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

'How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears-
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity-' - How happy is the little Stone by Emily Dickinson

'This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.' - Morpheus, The Matrix

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do.' - Unknown

'There are plenty of people with good intentions who take the wrong actions in the end' - Gundam Seed Destiny

'Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again
checked in a blind alley.

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,
not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove good for us.' - A.J.Cronin

"Every life has one true-love snapshot
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know
No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone"

"A man can endure alot if he still has hope." - Clyde T. Ellis

" 'Appreciate It.' 2 simple words. A life span of gratitude." - Cinderella Man

"A boxer enters the ring alone. If knocked down, he alone could pick himself up and keep the fight going." - Cinderella Man

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Jame J. Braddock: I know this isn't what you wanted. But I can't win if you're not behind me.
Mae: I'm always behind you."

"People die in fairy tales all the time." - Max Baer, Cinderella Man

"Maybe sometimes people need to see someone do it so they can do it." - Father Rorick, Cinderella Man

"You always got ot figure you're not the best man in the world, there might be somebody better. That's the way it was. That's the way boxing is. The champion don't always stand up. There's always somebody coming up to take him. That's a part of life." - Jame J. Braddock

"If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted" - The Queensbury Rules, No. 4

"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" - Motto of the King's Guard in Ancient Greece

"With each passing day in a good marriage, the love for your spouse grow stronger than the day before" - Cinderella Man

"I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush

"Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you sow a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny." - Samuel Smiles

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt - Shakespeare in Measure of Measure

"What does your heart tell you?" - Aragorn, LOTR

"To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever." - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon

"To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. " - The Matrix

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath." - Balian of Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, LOTR

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." - Lilo & Stitch

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." - Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

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