Friday, November 23, 2007
Well, since i have got nothing to blog about these few days. And i kinda dont feel like blogging about today, and in a bid to get this blog more active.... im going to put down my daily, sometimes weekly food for thoughts here. There are alot so it wont be the whole sale thing... since i'll definitely forget some... but i guess i have a few today =\
1. Ignorance is Bliss
Okay, you can take a breather here, because im not actually going to talk about its actual meaning so i shall spare you mortals of the technical jargon. Actually im here to compete the phrase. If ignorance is bliss, does that mean thoes mentally ill are the most blissful? Is ignorance really bliss? What bliss is it if you do not "understand", if you cannot "comprehend". Maybe its just me, but i find that ignorance is really not bliss. To not know is actually a torture. In fact, the reason why people sometimes suicide is because they do not know. What they do not know? Well, there are many variants. But the main one we all have to face is our ignorance of how, why, when the world came about and WHO or WHAT exactly is the cause. Of course, the largest majority portion of our plague here is why.
Then, the second point i want to contest about this is... again regarding to the mentall ill-ed. If they, who are the pinnacle of ignorance, are really blissful. Why do we pity them? Should not we instead, respect them? Sometimes we are so caught up in acting like we pity people that we actually hurt them. It may yet again, just be my cruel thoughts but what exactly does an ignorant person seek? As mentioned before, no one likes to be ignorant, that im certain, even those ignorant of the pain ignorance brings. ( take a moment to comprehend that ) So then, why is it we shower pity on these people? To just look like we're compassionate?
What then? is true compassion. What exactly makes someone an empathetic person? The answer is rather simple, in fact, its built within each and everyone of us. To a certain extent, no matter how unfeeling you can be, we all have empathy within us - ( which then brings me to the 3 word "sutra" of the chinese in which the first phrase roughly translates to, every human is born good-natured ). Indeed, I feel that empathy is when we get that, prick within us ( no matter how deep within that means ). Unfeeling people might pose off that they do not feel, but are unfeeling people really unfeeling? Actually, I think they are at the other end of the empathetic cycle. They are so feeling that they appear unfeeling ( comprehend this ). So then what i suggest next time, is not to feel that pity when we see less fortunate people. In fact, show no pity at all, show empathy. How do we do this? Well, I am still on the road to figuring just how.
2. There isin't any
We have seen the cliche a few million times. "There isint any". What isint any is there? This isint really a food for thought but it gets me thinking once again ( things that get me thinking are so vast that i myself feel i dont think enough ) Okay... back to topic. How the hell does this get me thinking? Honestly, i have no idea. In fact, i havnt thought about it untill i actually wrote it down. I myself wanted to use the cliche. Then again, I myself am contradicting myself by actually writing something about "there isint any". So there you have it. What exactly isint there any?
1. Ignorance is Bliss
Okay, you can take a breather here, because im not actually going to talk about its actual meaning so i shall spare you mortals of the technical jargon. Actually im here to compete the phrase. If ignorance is bliss, does that mean thoes mentally ill are the most blissful? Is ignorance really bliss? What bliss is it if you do not "understand", if you cannot "comprehend". Maybe its just me, but i find that ignorance is really not bliss. To not know is actually a torture. In fact, the reason why people sometimes suicide is because they do not know. What they do not know? Well, there are many variants. But the main one we all have to face is our ignorance of how, why, when the world came about and WHO or WHAT exactly is the cause. Of course, the largest majority portion of our plague here is why.
Then, the second point i want to contest about this is... again regarding to the mentall ill-ed. If they, who are the pinnacle of ignorance, are really blissful. Why do we pity them? Should not we instead, respect them? Sometimes we are so caught up in acting like we pity people that we actually hurt them. It may yet again, just be my cruel thoughts but what exactly does an ignorant person seek? As mentioned before, no one likes to be ignorant, that im certain, even those ignorant of the pain ignorance brings. ( take a moment to comprehend that ) So then, why is it we shower pity on these people? To just look like we're compassionate?
What then? is true compassion. What exactly makes someone an empathetic person? The answer is rather simple, in fact, its built within each and everyone of us. To a certain extent, no matter how unfeeling you can be, we all have empathy within us - ( which then brings me to the 3 word "sutra" of the chinese in which the first phrase roughly translates to, every human is born good-natured ). Indeed, I feel that empathy is when we get that, prick within us ( no matter how deep within that means ). Unfeeling people might pose off that they do not feel, but are unfeeling people really unfeeling? Actually, I think they are at the other end of the empathetic cycle. They are so feeling that they appear unfeeling ( comprehend this ). So then what i suggest next time, is not to feel that pity when we see less fortunate people. In fact, show no pity at all, show empathy. How do we do this? Well, I am still on the road to figuring just how.
2. There isin't any
We have seen the cliche a few million times. "There isint any". What isint any is there? This isint really a food for thought but it gets me thinking once again ( things that get me thinking are so vast that i myself feel i dont think enough ) Okay... back to topic. How the hell does this get me thinking? Honestly, i have no idea. In fact, i havnt thought about it untill i actually wrote it down. I myself wanted to use the cliche. Then again, I myself am contradicting myself by actually writing something about "there isint any". So there you have it. What exactly isint there any?
what we could have been, 8:11 PM.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Well folks, or rather, me, it has been a rather long time since i ever saw this posting page or even visited my blog ( so much so that i feel its rotting already ) ew... whats that smell =\
Eitherways, i'd rather just skip talking about what ever happened in thoes months i've not blogged and talk about whats about to happen which obviously, is what is in the title of this post. Okay... so grad night has finally come... looking back at my life in Catholic High... I'd say i've come a long way. For me who already detested stepping into the gates of that school right on day 1 in Secondary 1... I definitely have different feelings about that now. Why would i feel such utter disgust at the start? Well, try staying in a boy's school for 6 years, then going on to the same boy's school and thinking about spending another 4 years in that hell hole. That + LHB.
Okay, pond's and forests aside, why I feel that this school of mine has done me good is rather simple. I've got friends there. Hahas.... well, that and the green pants are already in my veins :P
Eitherways, seeing as how im about to run out of time as i'd be going with phin to buy stuff b4 going to the place, I'd blog about O levels another time :P
Eitherways, i'd rather just skip talking about what ever happened in thoes months i've not blogged and talk about whats about to happen which obviously, is what is in the title of this post. Okay... so grad night has finally come... looking back at my life in Catholic High... I'd say i've come a long way. For me who already detested stepping into the gates of that school right on day 1 in Secondary 1... I definitely have different feelings about that now. Why would i feel such utter disgust at the start? Well, try staying in a boy's school for 6 years, then going on to the same boy's school and thinking about spending another 4 years in that hell hole. That + LHB.
Okay, pond's and forests aside, why I feel that this school of mine has done me good is rather simple. I've got friends there. Hahas.... well, that and the green pants are already in my veins :P
Eitherways, seeing as how im about to run out of time as i'd be going with phin to buy stuff b4 going to the place, I'd blog about O levels another time :P
what we could have been, 3:16 PM.
