Breaking News!
A new species is found. The profile is as follows.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Homonidae
Genus: Homo
Species: beanus
Scientific name: Homo beanus
Common name: Bean, Beanie
Appearance: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 nose, 1 mouth, dark (black) hair
Habitat: Urban Area
Diet: Anything humans deem edible
As we can see from above, this newly found species is very much like us, Homo sapiens.
Disclaimer:
The above report is meant only to be a joke and has not been scientifically proven.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Dreams Come True... NOT
This week had not been too good a week for me. An event today finally unleahes my long hidden thought on one of the aspects of life: dreams.
Like many others, regarding of age, gender, or nationality, I had enjoy Disney's movies. In fact I still do enjoy them. They make me believe that dreams do come true, and that everything would end "happily ever after" sooner or later. However it that really the case in real life?
Reality is cruel. The jokes in life can affect one's life greatly. In order to survive in this typical reality, humans are forced to do evil things, making life more difficult. Sometimes people went too far to achieve their goals, thus hurting others, either consciously or unknowingly.
Having taken "Mathematics Behind Gambling" module before, althought I had not passed the module with flying colors, it had given me a rough idea of the chances of winning. Cross-refering to life examples, I learnt that behind those glorious winnings displayed through the media, are thousands of losts and disappointment. Only one out of those millions who bet would win.
Those Hollywood movies that show how miracles happen to people, had concealed the fact that miracles do not happen to most people, or it would not be called a miracle anymore.
Applying the same principles to life, "dreams coming true" is very much like a lottery, or a miracle. As one dream may contradict with another, life could not possibly satisfy every dream. That is also the reason why dream-becoming-reality is much envied, it is because it is so rare.
Like many others, regarding of age, gender, or nationality, I had enjoy Disney's movies. In fact I still do enjoy them. They make me believe that dreams do come true, and that everything would end "happily ever after" sooner or later. However it that really the case in real life?
Reality is cruel. The jokes in life can affect one's life greatly. In order to survive in this typical reality, humans are forced to do evil things, making life more difficult. Sometimes people went too far to achieve their goals, thus hurting others, either consciously or unknowingly.
Having taken "Mathematics Behind Gambling" module before, althought I had not passed the module with flying colors, it had given me a rough idea of the chances of winning. Cross-refering to life examples, I learnt that behind those glorious winnings displayed through the media, are thousands of losts and disappointment. Only one out of those millions who bet would win.
Those Hollywood movies that show how miracles happen to people, had concealed the fact that miracles do not happen to most people, or it would not be called a miracle anymore.
Applying the same principles to life, "dreams coming true" is very much like a lottery, or a miracle. As one dream may contradict with another, life could not possibly satisfy every dream. That is also the reason why dream-becoming-reality is much envied, it is because it is so rare.
Friday, January 13, 2006
New Year's Resolutions
New Year's Resolutions
1. Read novels
2. Attempt completing the work of the day on the day
3. Read my textbooks on topics required of the semester
4. Be organized
5. Complete at least 3 pages of the book I'm writing per month
6. Practice my piano and cello at least 3 times a week (each)
7. Keep my desk tidy
8. Read the Bible
9. Clean my wardrobe and donate the clothes I don't wear anymore by the end of June
... I guess that's it...
1. Read novels
2. Attempt completing the work of the day on the day
3. Read my textbooks on topics required of the semester
4. Be organized
5. Complete at least 3 pages of the book I'm writing per month
6. Practice my piano and cello at least 3 times a week (each)
7. Keep my desk tidy
8. Read the Bible
9. Clean my wardrobe and donate the clothes I don't wear anymore by the end of June
... I guess that's it...
Teacher Mr. Chai
Oh my god!! There is new teacher in school call Mr. Chai. Which is really weird (at least for me) since he shares my surname, and it's such a rare surname too.
Normally, all my life actually, I've only heard others calling my dad "Mr. Chai". So the idea of "Mr. Chai" is my dad is kinda stucked into my head. And now I have to greet one of my teachers "Mr. Chai". This is weird. I wonder how anybody with common surname such as "Lim", "Lee", "Chan", etc. feels. THIS IS SUPER WEIRD. I think (hope) I'll get used to it.
Normally, all my life actually, I've only heard others calling my dad "Mr. Chai". So the idea of "Mr. Chai" is my dad is kinda stucked into my head. And now I have to greet one of my teachers "Mr. Chai". This is weird. I wonder how anybody with common surname such as "Lim", "Lee", "Chan", etc. feels. THIS IS SUPER WEIRD. I think (hope) I'll get used to it.
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