Friday, May 23, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Platonic Love
summer days, winter nights,after a hundred years, to that abode shall i return
Was actually intending to start saving money and cut down my expenses on books and discs but the 20% off in kino yesterday was just too irresistible! So end up getting quite a few books.
I started with this book called, "Socrates in love", by a japanese author, and of course translated into english. The moment i set eyes on the very first line of the book, i am entirely absorbed into it. The marvelous plot sustain my interest throughout, and successfully prevent me from letting go of the book. I finished it in about 3 hours last night. It is all in all, a love story between these 2 japanese high school students. They started off with an infatuation, that rapidly escalates into a true love, but then, fate is such a cruel overlord, it actually bestows the girl with "leukemia"(Cliche, yes..). Then, bla, bla, bla. Maybe this is a typical story plot, but there are a few things that make it really stands out. It is not a narration by some third party, it is actually written from the view of the male protagonist ( and yes... i am a guy, so i can sort of relate to the story better). In tantem to this, this book is full of emotional description and insights about "love". Please, if possible, try to give this book a chance to touch your heart.
Oh yes... my title, "platonic love". This is a word used in the book, and when i first saw it, i was like, "plato and love? What is the connection?", so i checked the dictionary, and i really like the definition of it. I am not going to say out the meaning here though, because meaning of word like this should be explored and sought, not just befallen from sky.
Maybe i will end this entry with a phrase. This is the gist of the long phrase used in the book(Told by the grandpa to the male protagonist): When the person we love departs and leaves us, we feel sad and grieve over it, but it is not the absence or leaving itself that is sad. It is actually because you love them that is why you are sad. Then isn't mourning and grieving another facet of love, just one expression of the feeling you have for the person.
Actually there are so many quotes and conversation i wanna blog, but i will end up spoiling everything. Really, if can, read it for the discerning plot.
Adios!
Was actually intending to start saving money and cut down my expenses on books and discs but the 20% off in kino yesterday was just too irresistible! So end up getting quite a few books.
I started with this book called, "Socrates in love", by a japanese author, and of course translated into english. The moment i set eyes on the very first line of the book, i am entirely absorbed into it. The marvelous plot sustain my interest throughout, and successfully prevent me from letting go of the book. I finished it in about 3 hours last night. It is all in all, a love story between these 2 japanese high school students. They started off with an infatuation, that rapidly escalates into a true love, but then, fate is such a cruel overlord, it actually bestows the girl with "leukemia"(Cliche, yes..). Then, bla, bla, bla. Maybe this is a typical story plot, but there are a few things that make it really stands out. It is not a narration by some third party, it is actually written from the view of the male protagonist ( and yes... i am a guy, so i can sort of relate to the story better). In tantem to this, this book is full of emotional description and insights about "love". Please, if possible, try to give this book a chance to touch your heart.
Oh yes... my title, "platonic love". This is a word used in the book, and when i first saw it, i was like, "plato and love? What is the connection?", so i checked the dictionary, and i really like the definition of it. I am not going to say out the meaning here though, because meaning of word like this should be explored and sought, not just befallen from sky.
Maybe i will end this entry with a phrase. This is the gist of the long phrase used in the book(Told by the grandpa to the male protagonist): When the person we love departs and leaves us, we feel sad and grieve over it, but it is not the absence or leaving itself that is sad. It is actually because you love them that is why you are sad. Then isn't mourning and grieving another facet of love, just one expression of the feeling you have for the person.
Actually there are so many quotes and conversation i wanna blog, but i will end up spoiling everything. Really, if can, read it for the discerning plot.
Adios!
Friday, May 16, 2008
So far away.
Book out finally!! Work from 10am to 9pm. Book out at 10.30pm from Selarang camp. Enough information to let you infer how tired i am, but as usual, 1 min in the civilian world is worth more than 1 min in camp, so i cant let it go to waste by sleeping early~~
There is this recent big news about the Sichuan quake. The earthquake is like 7.9 on a richter scale and the death toll goes up to beyond 10000. Other than on this numeric, i don't know how i can show how bad this quake is. Ok, maybe pictures of the disasters site will show clearer how impactful it is. When i first saw this news, i frowned and the first thought that came to me is, "Why does this got to happen?", and 10000 death is more than just a statistics. It encompasses gallons of tears, gallons of blood, and millions of heartbreak. As i read on, and continuing looking at those photographs, i just keep on shaking my head. It is simply insane! Is really like a massacre! Ok, maybe is just me that is really averse to those sorrowful scene or wad.
It is event like this that sometimes make me doubt the credibility and existence of religion. If such a horrendous event can happen, then where is the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, benevolent god we are talking about? If people are using karma, past life or afterlife explanation to justify their death, i just cannot accept it. It is really pain and sorrow on the part of those victims and considering the casualty, even people from so far away should be able to feel it as well.
Perhaps, religion is just not complete, but neither is atheism as well. No matter which stance we subscibed to, we wont get the full picture. That is why i am agnostic, well.. maybe with a little faith here and there.
To end this post, my condolence to the victims and kins in the "Sichuan quake" and please pray for them and donate money.
There is this recent big news about the Sichuan quake. The earthquake is like 7.9 on a richter scale and the death toll goes up to beyond 10000. Other than on this numeric, i don't know how i can show how bad this quake is. Ok, maybe pictures of the disasters site will show clearer how impactful it is. When i first saw this news, i frowned and the first thought that came to me is, "Why does this got to happen?", and 10000 death is more than just a statistics. It encompasses gallons of tears, gallons of blood, and millions of heartbreak. As i read on, and continuing looking at those photographs, i just keep on shaking my head. It is simply insane! Is really like a massacre! Ok, maybe is just me that is really averse to those sorrowful scene or wad.
It is event like this that sometimes make me doubt the credibility and existence of religion. If such a horrendous event can happen, then where is the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, benevolent god we are talking about? If people are using karma, past life or afterlife explanation to justify their death, i just cannot accept it. It is really pain and sorrow on the part of those victims and considering the casualty, even people from so far away should be able to feel it as well.
Perhaps, religion is just not complete, but neither is atheism as well. No matter which stance we subscibed to, we wont get the full picture. That is why i am agnostic, well.. maybe with a little faith here and there.
To end this post, my condolence to the victims and kins in the "Sichuan quake" and please pray for them and donate money.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
How random can random be??
Sadness is a composite emotion consist mainly of "pain".
A carouse in sadness proves your existence.
Otherwise, you are no difference from a stoic zombie.
When hope is gone, love is lost,
Man plunges right into an abyss,
Shrouded by darkness and nothingness.
He wishes for a quick descent to the ground to end everything,
but, the "end" never comes.
The time seems to freeze, and he is entrapped in this cryogen.
Soon, every bit of optimism and emotion dissipated.
Coldness and cynicism take over him.
Right beneath, there is this hope that he can be proven wrong, and let light illuminate up the darkness around him, set time into motion again!
P.S : Random post....
A carouse in sadness proves your existence.
Otherwise, you are no difference from a stoic zombie.
When hope is gone, love is lost,
Man plunges right into an abyss,
Shrouded by darkness and nothingness.
He wishes for a quick descent to the ground to end everything,
but, the "end" never comes.
The time seems to freeze, and he is entrapped in this cryogen.
Soon, every bit of optimism and emotion dissipated.
Coldness and cynicism take over him.
Right beneath, there is this hope that he can be proven wrong, and let light illuminate up the darkness around him, set time into motion again!
P.S : Random post....
In retrospect.....
Nothing is worth believing in, and nothing is firm enough for us to believe in it- by me!
Was watching I guess before started typing this entry. The "I guess" theme for tonight is based on secondary school girls, and the conversations that took place really invoked quite a fair bit of memories. Seeing the poems those teenage girls wrote and their infantile actions, really add a great deal of laughter to my night, but again, who never been through secondary school life. I guess most of us did quite a lot of juvenile stuffs back then, and i believe i am one of those hopelessly childish person! LOL!
The epic joke of my life is actually going around declaring love for girls from secondary 1 to 3. I can easily come up with 10 girls' name whom i declare to before. Looking back, i guess i am top in one of their "Must shun away" list, and because of the way i behave, coupled with the extra frivolousness, i never really succeed. Well, i never really blame them, because i think i am just playing around as well. But seriously, this is one of the most interesting and memorable period of my life, and as crazy or comical as it sounds, it really is a memory that i really treasured.
At least 4 years have passed, but i feel the change i have gone through is quite tremendous. I got this "appraisal" from my fren in camp. He says i am quite a deep person, how i behave is just the very surface of me, there is a hidden and intricate inner episode.
Justification: In the day, i will jus crap around play around. At night, i got this stern look as if i am deep in thoughts, and he can't guess what i am thinking.
LOL!!!! That is one of the most interesting comment i ever heard actually. But i can assure all of you i am not some anti-anthropic freak that is plotting for a cataclysm or what. But long periods of introspection and reading really bring a whole new facet to this world. Learning to look at things from a third person perspective, learning to assess situation with greater insights and so on. One good example, there is this book i saw called "How to be a complete failure?", and my friends will just say who will want to buy this kind of book. Well, in this society where success and failure has a very distorted, ill-defined meaning, i think we should not reject this book instantly. Yes... and i did buy that book by the way. LOL!
Ok... off to bed. Goodbye!
Was watching I guess before started typing this entry. The "I guess" theme for tonight is based on secondary school girls, and the conversations that took place really invoked quite a fair bit of memories. Seeing the poems those teenage girls wrote and their infantile actions, really add a great deal of laughter to my night, but again, who never been through secondary school life. I guess most of us did quite a lot of juvenile stuffs back then, and i believe i am one of those hopelessly childish person! LOL!
The epic joke of my life is actually going around declaring love for girls from secondary 1 to 3. I can easily come up with 10 girls' name whom i declare to before. Looking back, i guess i am top in one of their "Must shun away" list, and because of the way i behave, coupled with the extra frivolousness, i never really succeed. Well, i never really blame them, because i think i am just playing around as well. But seriously, this is one of the most interesting and memorable period of my life, and as crazy or comical as it sounds, it really is a memory that i really treasured.
At least 4 years have passed, but i feel the change i have gone through is quite tremendous. I got this "appraisal" from my fren in camp. He says i am quite a deep person, how i behave is just the very surface of me, there is a hidden and intricate inner episode.
Justification: In the day, i will jus crap around play around. At night, i got this stern look as if i am deep in thoughts, and he can't guess what i am thinking.
LOL!!!! That is one of the most interesting comment i ever heard actually. But i can assure all of you i am not some anti-anthropic freak that is plotting for a cataclysm or what. But long periods of introspection and reading really bring a whole new facet to this world. Learning to look at things from a third person perspective, learning to assess situation with greater insights and so on. One good example, there is this book i saw called "How to be a complete failure?", and my friends will just say who will want to buy this kind of book. Well, in this society where success and failure has a very distorted, ill-defined meaning, i think we should not reject this book instantly. Yes... and i did buy that book by the way. LOL!
Ok... off to bed. Goodbye!
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