Monday, November 12, 2007
I was skimming through the blogs and came across a fren's blog entry which started with 'a fantastic day'. It is just his way and outlook in life but I shall not step into that particular area of concern. In any case, come to think about it, I don't really have a fantastic moment as yet, much less a fantastic day. Maybe it is because my standards are too high or maybe the criteria for having a fantastic moment has not even been satisfied yet. What comes as a fantastic moment for u? I think for me is that it must most importantly be special in some sense. Unique such that I am sure that nobody else can experience the same thing with the same circumstances or people he/she is with. You know what I mean? It can be a simple moment of like watching the raindrop hit the windscreen or sth but it is just tt circumstances at that moment that makes it fantastic and unique. If not for these unique circumstances, the moment will simply be nice and not fantastic.
Anyway, here are two videos I found nice. One is kind of describing what i am feeling while the other is nice in its own sense.
The Origin. 11/12/2007 09:02:00 pm
Friday, November 09, 2007
Think of ourselves as being surrounded by LEGO blocks. You know, the very special transparent kinds. We enter this world with the minimal number of blocks surrounding ourselves. Slowly as we grow, we stack more blocks on top of them and these walls become higher and thicker. Why is this so? It is just a sort of defence mechanism. To protect ourselves from people who are different, people who may hurt us, or maybe they are just there to give ourselves support at the end of the day when fatigue takes over.
Anyway, I really think that I am a little too bitchy lately. There is a need to bring myself down. I am not so high and mighty that I can just ostracize people.
The Origin. 11/09/2007 09:47:00 pm
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
There have been lack of blogging activity recently. Partly because of the work and exams coming. Mostly because every time I want to blog, there is only this one issue I want to blog about but I don't know how to put it and I rather be able to tell it to her.
The Origin. 11/07/2007 09:43:00 pm
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Just for the record, there is no such thing as a 'gay gene' as yet. All that can be said is that there is some form of a correlation between genetics and homosexuality. In any case, this is the title of my project for one of my USP modules. If you have seen me around in school, you might have caught me carrying quite a number (6 to be exact) books on homosexuality. My initial thoughts about the research to find a correlation for genes and homosexuality was that it was pretty stupid for homosexuals to want this. This is because finding a cause for homosexuality does not mean that general stereotype against homosexuals will end. The fight for homosexual rights just doesn't end. Intially, gay right activist fought for homosexuality to be a lifestyle choice and they did succeed when American Psychology Association (APA) took homosexuality off the list of mental disorders. However, this was followed by homosexuality being viewed as a choice but a wrong one that undermines family values. So what if homosexuality is found to have some genetic correlation? It doesn't change much right? Well.. Maybe not in Singapore but think about countries that are more religious. One particular faith I know of holds strong biasness against homosexuality. Suppose you are born into this religion and hold strong faith in it, somehow you live in such a lifestyle that is being condemned by the very religion you believe in. What will you choose? A life of condemnation or a life you do not want? Now, a genetic cause for this lifestyle will tell the world that it is god that created you this way. Thus you cannot be condemned for such a lifestyle. Just a thought~
The Origin. 11/03/2007 08:52:00 pm
i AM myself
Name: Kenneth aka Ah_Ken
DOB: 14 Jul 85
Current Status: Mugging my life away in NUS. Life is a BIG deception!
Residence: Bt Panjang
Likes: Chocolate, Soft Shell Crab (Cuz I'm LAZY), Shopping, Slacking, Reading Manga..
Dislikes: None I can think of at the moment..
Short Term Dream: Get my ass to France for SEP at least.
Long Term Dream: A nice condominium at Marina Bay or in Orchard cuz... very atas la!!
Description: Just ur average guy...
your voice
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