After dinner today, it started to rain. No, it should be that it started to pour like no other! I stood at the end of the cafeteria looking out, wondering how was I to run back to the dorm. Then, I looked down and saw the drain. It was just a small and shallow drain and because the whole place (cafeteria and the buildings beside it) were connected yet at different levels, the drain had steps, like a staircase in the drain. The rain kept pouring down and the drain stated to fill up. Because of the gravitational pull, the water flowed downwards in one direction. There was a metal thingy across the drain for people to step on and it stopped the water on one end, and at the other, it was like a waterfall because it was slightly raised (urm, metal is quite thick, in case you didn't know). But even so, the water still continued to flow in one direction. It caused me then to think. What if the water wanted to flow the opposite way? Was it possible? Or is it dependent on the gravitational pull?
It caused me to think. Is life like that also? Are we really in charge of the decisions in our lives or is the path already set and a higher being just clicked the "Play" button and we react according to plan. Can we decide to do something else? If we really decide to react differently, how would I know that it is not part of the path set by the higher being? Is life and its choices really choices that we have the prerogative to decide or does that prerogative belong to a higher being who has charted how our life would be and how we would react and we just follow through? Is life really just like the flow of water that just follows the path that is set before it, not being able to move the other direction because of a greater force (gravity)?
I am a thinker. I am an observer. I think alot and try to tie reasons and explanations for things. I try to formulate logical and rational reasons and philosophies to understand and comprehend life, things that happens and whatever I observe.
There are so many things that I observe that amaze me like why is it that humans relate well to people of like character or personality yet fall in love (generally) with people of opposite character or personality? Another thing is theology. The more I try to think and try to understand or comprehend theology, the more questions formulate in my mind and I cannot formulate, nor can I find any answer that satisfies me, that quenches my thirst, and it frustrates me so much sometimes.
Yet at the same time, it is these things that I cannot comprehend that intrigues me and makes me want to understand even more. A split? A dilemma? Maybe. But I will continue to observe things in life, to think and attempt to understand and comprehend as much as I can, yet at the same time, admit of the divineness and sovereignty of God and that I can never fully comprehend Him. More than that, I acknowledge that He is sovereign and mighty and great that we cannot comprehend Him, as with what the Scripture say, yet still a personal and loving God. What a journey of the mind! Sounds fun!
Finally, I am fit and well to be able to blog again. There is so many things I wanted to blog about but it all already slipped my mind. Was so hard to sleep the times I was sick. Now only I know how active my mind is that in order to sleep, I had to think and think and think and exhaust my mind until I slept. Probably would have answered some theological mysteries if I could remember what I thought about. lol~
But just one thought: there is one general rule in life (though some genius people makes an exception, but that's only a minority): the rich get richer, and the poor either get poorer or remain as they are (what is the lowest point of poverty? Can anything be lower than poor?). See, businesses and investments need a main ingredient, money - which is something the rich have lots and the poor have little. Now, if the business or investment is a successful one, the rich get more money as returns from the business or investment but the poor get nothing as they couldn't afford to start investing in the first place! If the business fails, the rich don't lose much either. They still remain rich.
The law of money that I observe is such: the rich use it to get richer, the poor use it to get by the days. No wonder they say that life is never fair. Let me see if I can come up with some cool, super-impressive philosophical statement that might get me into the ranks of Aristotle and Plato as my closing:
Money is like water. Those who have lots of it waste it and yet still have lots of it. Those who have scarce, can only use it for daily use. That, also is hard to get by the days.
I wanted to blog today but ended up feeling so unwell. Had a nap and woke up feeling groggy, weak, aching all over, feeling cold, occasional nausea, and the most surprising thing, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE APPETITE TO TAKE SUPPER!! Woooow~ I guess blogging has to wait till tomorrow then. Stay tuned for that one... Take care everyone.... Before the virus causing my sickness hops to the net, travels through whatever signal or electric current (whatever) to you computer and hops to you. Then, "Tag, you're sick!"
Let's see... It has been like, what, a month since I disappeared from blogging. Let's see, this would be one of those rare posts where I blog about the things I have been doing.
I think I can sum up my holiday in one word: FOOD!! (though there are times of fellowship and fun, but majority of the time was eating, eating, and more eating) Let me give you a brief highlight on my food trip.
Ate like crazy in PD. Love the curry bun there. RoCkZ!
First meal in Singapore: 17-dishes meal. Crazy right?
Had a Taiwanese Porridge buffet- the four of us (my cuz Nick, Eleen, Daniel and me) took a table. We had 2 tubs of porridge and many plates of the ingredients.
Ate an International Buffet, I personally took 3 servings. (too bad it was lunch, or else I would have taken more)
Went to Shogun for Key Magazine Appreciation Lunch. Again, it was lunch, and only managed to take 2 servings of 2 plates each time.
Ate at Ritch for Imoto's birthday. Wow, I kept eating and eating. Sat at a table with Imoto and Er Mei. They both are small eaters (that's why I sat with them) and I just ate. LOL~
Just came back from a high-class dim sum restaurant with 11 other friends. One of the BCM mates gave the treat. Guess how much we ate? RM 820!! Woooow~
Just an extra note: I watched Sherlock Holmes. ROCKZ!! Make me respect him SOOO much more.. I watched with my mouth open in awe. The movie portrayed the Sherlock story well, holding fast to the tradition of its author. The plot and storyline is really like how Doyle would have written it. Hats off to you! Even more hats off to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for being able to write such masterpiece.
With that, sums up my blog entry. Be on a lookout for more as Bryan Boo is back in the game!
I happened to come across this beautiful song that truly depicts the love of the Malaysians for this country, sounding the call to be of one people, undivided by color, race and religion but truly 1 Malaysia. One love, undivided. Enjoy!
Ratings (out of 10):
0 - Wish I hadn't listen to review it in the first place
1 - Listening / watching / reading will be a total time-waster
2 - Caution! Listen / watch / read at your own risk! May cause you to slap your face and wonder why you tried it in the first place!
3 - Might as well just download if there is any legal ones available
4 - Worth buying / watching if it costs less than RM1
5 - Nothing to shout about. Just another album / movie / book.
6 - Value for money.
7 - Strongly recomended. Quite some good stuff.
8 - A definite must have in your collection!
9 - Woo-Hoo! This is seriously AWESOME stuff!
10 - Why are you wasting time reading this?! Get your butt out and get it!! Pronto!
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