today i learnt the importance of Electricity.
I would have died if See ming's charger did not work
it would mean that i need to retype the 1400 over words from scratch.
Really appreciate my friends.
they are really super nice.
Love you guys loads and loads.
7.11.09
6.11.09
Soldier in the Well
The soldier that looked upon the light in the well.
And for days..that was his source of comfort.. and the hope that he has.
when he was rescued out of that well...
He felt like he should have died in that light.
life from then forth...
seemed like an empty shell.
And for days..that was his source of comfort.. and the hope that he has.
when he was rescued out of that well...
He felt like he should have died in that light.
life from then forth...
seemed like an empty shell.
1.11.09
Bought a cane
Bought a cane for 60 cents.
Intend to cane shelmi once she climbs up the window.
came back... tickled her with it.
then decided to try its effect on her.
Lift up the cane. Gave her a decisive Smack on her bottom
She was stunned. Ran away and hid under the bed.
The next time she saw me holding the cane..She ran as if her life is in danger.
Sorry girl.
This is to save you from losing your life.
Intend to cane shelmi once she climbs up the window.
came back... tickled her with it.
then decided to try its effect on her.
Lift up the cane. Gave her a decisive Smack on her bottom
She was stunned. Ran away and hid under the bed.
The next time she saw me holding the cane..She ran as if her life is in danger.
Sorry girl.
This is to save you from losing your life.
29.10.09
R.I.P Brekkie
Received a message from the person I adopted Shelmi from.
She told me that she was distraught.
Shelmi (Lunch)'s brother, Breakfast passed away yesterday.
He fell out of the window.
when no one was at home.
She did not get to see him for the last time.
When she came home, her neighbours told her that Breakfast was found at the bottom of the flat. And his body was taken by the SPCA.
When she went to SPCA, they already had him cremated.
"don't leave any message of condolence on my facebook. I think i will never stop crying that way. I love him so much."
This left me stunned.
I remember that brainless girl...that likes to walk along our house's window stills... no matter how often we scream...smack...threaten...whack her ass off.
"I wish Lunch will have a long life."
I must get the window mesh soon.
glad that Shelmi has no sense of emotions..and she understands no human language..except for FISH. So i dun have to tell her anything.
She can continue living her life as a loghead.
28.10.09
something
i felt like the soldier in the well.
The one in Wind-up bird Chronicle.
the one that saw the light.
And the light was his hope. The few seconds of warm brightness...consumed and engulfed him.
After which... he felt he should have died in the light.
And living on after that light ceased to have any meaning.
The one in Wind-up bird Chronicle.
the one that saw the light.
And the light was his hope. The few seconds of warm brightness...consumed and engulfed him.
After which... he felt he should have died in the light.
And living on after that light ceased to have any meaning.
...
How ironic.
The person that said she had not received our email to know wat she had to do.
Sent me a mail... with the "mail she had not received" at the bottom.
Cos she had used that mail to reply.
Dunno wat to say.
The person that said she had not received our email to know wat she had to do.
Sent me a mail... with the "mail she had not received" at the bottom.
Cos she had used that mail to reply.
Dunno wat to say.
27.10.09
RANTING
this is the worst group i have ever had in my 3 years.
wat's with people perpetually not turning up for meetings?
Excuses here. Excuses there.
"I have an appointment i cannot cancel"
WTH? I mean... this is Lecture TIME we are talking about. Just because we dun have lecture today. You suddenly have an appointment you cannot cancel today?
I mean wassup man? I have a free day too! And GC was willing to come down for meeting during her free day too.
So why is that a problem for you?
Seriously. And you have not even turned up for one bloody meeting. And wat's with "not receiving our emails to know what i am supposed to do" when it is obviously sent to you.
Guys,We only have one week!
totally give up trying to meet them.
Will try to churn out everything tonight.
just my fate.
maybe it is Karma la. For being a bad group member in JC.
suddenly.. i miss my History group members. I mean..they are the best la. though we often do last minute work... all of us rush together..everybody does their part. nobody says that they cannot make it.. or just dun turn up.
wat's with people perpetually not turning up for meetings?
Excuses here. Excuses there.
"I have an appointment i cannot cancel"
WTH? I mean... this is Lecture TIME we are talking about. Just because we dun have lecture today. You suddenly have an appointment you cannot cancel today?
I mean wassup man? I have a free day too! And GC was willing to come down for meeting during her free day too.
So why is that a problem for you?
Seriously. And you have not even turned up for one bloody meeting. And wat's with "not receiving our emails to know what i am supposed to do" when it is obviously sent to you.
Guys,We only have one week!
totally give up trying to meet them.
Will try to churn out everything tonight.
just my fate.
maybe it is Karma la. For being a bad group member in JC.
suddenly.. i miss my History group members. I mean..they are the best la. though we often do last minute work... all of us rush together..everybody does their part. nobody says that they cannot make it.. or just dun turn up.
25.10.09
Challenged Skepticism
At the end of the event, i caught myself thinking..
Is it productive at all? Has it accomplished much just treating a whole lot people to a meal.
My skepticism however, was challenged by the Lord.
Just today, we have two new people joining us at the Chinese service because of the event the day before.
After service, i immediately went to get coffee for them and talk to them.
It turns out that there were people that has not been going to church for a long time. And this event had directed them back to the church.
Thank God! hopefully i will see them again next week.
I cannot believe it myself when i exclaimed "WElcome! We welcome you!"
Just a few months ago, we were the ones that people greeted with "Welcome!"
Who measures productivity really? Does everything needs to be productive? And does it mean that when we dun see productivity, it means that something we do is not altogether productive?
What is productivity really? Can't people do something without measuring it in terms of productivity?
Someone approached me today and asked "So are you coming weekly now?"
The testimony of this person (shared by his wife) was amazing. the first time i heard it.. really was moved.
I said yes.
"Do you want to serve?"
I was stunned.
I said Sure! What is there for me to do?
"Would you be an usher? And someone that welcomes people...sit with new people." He proceed to tell me about the importance of an usher...about how an usher has to lend their ears to listen to the woes of the new people they sit with.. to pray for them..
"just a simple prayer will do." He said. and began to recite a simple prayer.
Simple but so full of sincerity.
I was really surprised. Just this morning..i saw this friend i met in Care and Share doing ushering. And i was wondering in my mind...how does one join ushering? and one does it involve?
Then someone came to ask if i would like to do it.
I said YES! I would do it!
I dunno! it was almost impossible to refuse. Not because i am pressed to. but really... an incomprehensible joy just filled my heart. and I said YES! I want to do this!
He told me "Start from ushering. next time...you can do so much more!"
I nodded, my heart filled with joy i cannot understand myself.
Since when am i so excited about serving God in the church?
But then..
Is this it? Does it mean...there is no way back from now on?
As long as it serves the Church of God.
These days.. going back to church is like going to a Oasis after walking through the desert for a week. I have really no idea why this is.
It is beyond my logical thinking.
What made the difference? I have yet to figure it out.
Is it productive at all? Has it accomplished much just treating a whole lot people to a meal.
My skepticism however, was challenged by the Lord.
Just today, we have two new people joining us at the Chinese service because of the event the day before.
After service, i immediately went to get coffee for them and talk to them.
It turns out that there were people that has not been going to church for a long time. And this event had directed them back to the church.
Thank God! hopefully i will see them again next week.
I cannot believe it myself when i exclaimed "WElcome! We welcome you!"
Just a few months ago, we were the ones that people greeted with "Welcome!"
Who measures productivity really? Does everything needs to be productive? And does it mean that when we dun see productivity, it means that something we do is not altogether productive?
What is productivity really? Can't people do something without measuring it in terms of productivity?
Someone approached me today and asked "So are you coming weekly now?"
The testimony of this person (shared by his wife) was amazing. the first time i heard it.. really was moved.
I said yes.
"Do you want to serve?"
I was stunned.
I said Sure! What is there for me to do?
"Would you be an usher? And someone that welcomes people...sit with new people." He proceed to tell me about the importance of an usher...about how an usher has to lend their ears to listen to the woes of the new people they sit with.. to pray for them..
"just a simple prayer will do." He said. and began to recite a simple prayer.
Simple but so full of sincerity.
I was really surprised. Just this morning..i saw this friend i met in Care and Share doing ushering. And i was wondering in my mind...how does one join ushering? and one does it involve?
Then someone came to ask if i would like to do it.
I said YES! I would do it!
I dunno! it was almost impossible to refuse. Not because i am pressed to. but really... an incomprehensible joy just filled my heart. and I said YES! I want to do this!
He told me "Start from ushering. next time...you can do so much more!"
I nodded, my heart filled with joy i cannot understand myself.
Since when am i so excited about serving God in the church?
But then..
Is this it? Does it mean...there is no way back from now on?
I have no idea yet. I have no idea where God wants me to be really.
As long as it serves the Church of God.
These days.. going back to church is like going to a Oasis after walking through the desert for a week. I have really no idea why this is.
It is beyond my logical thinking.
What made the difference? I have yet to figure it out.
24.10.09
No one gets unnoticed
Another thing that surprises me.
we thought that no one know us there.
we thought we din get a chance to get in...because our names were not on the list.. and we dun have any care group leaders to contact.
So we began to walk out.
SUddenly! someone shouted SAMUEL!!!
we turn back! it was her. the youth coordinator and the girl I met briefly at the English Services.
With her help... we got in...and spend the day with the Elderly.
How can anyone remember Samuel's name after just meeting him ONCE?
it surprises me that someone as reticient as Samuel was remembered. After just one encounter.
There is just so much we can learn from them.
Maybe i should share this with Caring team some day.
we thought that no one know us there.
we thought we din get a chance to get in...because our names were not on the list.. and we dun have any care group leaders to contact.
So we began to walk out.
SUddenly! someone shouted SAMUEL!!!
we turn back! it was her. the youth coordinator and the girl I met briefly at the English Services.
With her help... we got in...and spend the day with the Elderly.
How can anyone remember Samuel's name after just meeting him ONCE?
it surprises me that someone as reticient as Samuel was remembered. After just one encounter.
There is just so much we can learn from them.
Maybe i should share this with Caring team some day.
20.10.09
Things to be done!
2 group projects
3 Essays
1-E-learning
2 tests
1 GSP assignment
1 maths assignment
3 Exams
Frightening mad rush
3 Essays
1-E-learning
2 tests
1 GSP assignment
1 maths assignment
3 Exams
Frightening mad rush
16.10.09
South Of the Border, West Of the Sun
“Have you heard of the illness hysteria siberiana?...I read this somewhere a long time ago...it affects farmers living in Siberia. Try to imagine this. You’re a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plough your fields. As far as the eye can see, nothing.
To the north, the horizon, to the east, the horizon, to the south, to the west, more of the same. Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it’s directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep...In the winter they stay at home and do indoor work.
When spring comes, they go out into the fields again. You’re that farmer. Imagine it...And then one day something inside you dies...Day after day you watch the sun rise in the east, pass across the sky, then sink in the west, and something breaks inside you and dies...You begin walking toward the west.
Heading toward a land that lies west of the sun. Like someone possessed, you walk on, day after day, not eating or drinking, until you collapse on the ground and die. That’s hysteria siberiana.”
(South of the border, West of the sun)
Another Wondrous Book By Murakami though the main character was one big jerk.
South Of the Border, West of the Sun also introduced me to this Song by Nat King Cole:
Pretend
Pretend you're happy when you're blue
It isn't very hard to do
And you'll find happiness without an end
Whenever you pretend
Remember anyone can dream
And nothing's bad as it may seem
The little things you haven't got
Could be a lot if you pretend
You'll find a love you can share
One you can call all your own
Just close your eyes, she'll be there
You'll never be alone
And if you sing this melody
You'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don't you pretend?
To the north, the horizon, to the east, the horizon, to the south, to the west, more of the same. Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it’s directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep...In the winter they stay at home and do indoor work.
When spring comes, they go out into the fields again. You’re that farmer. Imagine it...And then one day something inside you dies...Day after day you watch the sun rise in the east, pass across the sky, then sink in the west, and something breaks inside you and dies...You begin walking toward the west.
Heading toward a land that lies west of the sun. Like someone possessed, you walk on, day after day, not eating or drinking, until you collapse on the ground and die. That’s hysteria siberiana.”
(South of the border, West of the sun)
Another Wondrous Book By Murakami though the main character was one big jerk.
South Of the Border, West of the Sun also introduced me to this Song by Nat King Cole:
Pretend
Pretend you're happy when you're blue
It isn't very hard to do
And you'll find happiness without an end
Whenever you pretend
Remember anyone can dream
And nothing's bad as it may seem
The little things you haven't got
Could be a lot if you pretend
You'll find a love you can share
One you can call all your own
Just close your eyes, she'll be there
You'll never be alone
And if you sing this melody
You'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don't you pretend?
10.10.09
Busyness
Hi! tashi delek!
Tibetan Class resumes last thurs @ Teacher Norzin's place.
It is good to be on the road again to acquiring the ཀཁགང (s) again.
ཁོང་བོད་པ་རེད།
But typing in tibetan is still quite a chore. Dunno which key to press to produce a certain letter.
Havent been practising piano. My mind is just so occupied with the number of deadlines i have to fulfill soon enough.
AMX 400 words more to completion. (=.=")
There are just so many things that are demanding me of my time.
sometimes really wish that i can have 48 hours a day and can be fully charged in energy with 2 hours of sleep.
Cannot believe that Jinpa pinched my arm >.< (He is Tibetan) ཁོང་བོད་པ་རེད།
It must be a china guy thing. i think guys in singapore are largely more reserved.
China guys are like so darn straightforward. but i guess.. it made them more real as well.
Maybe that's the difference between people educated under the western sophisticated let's-be-gentlemen system and the chinese system.
Suddenly i hear the words "ESSENTIALIZING" in my brain.
Crapp..AMX is sooo dominating my life.
Heard that a lecturer said this in class:
"Women that wants to be equal with men lacks ambition."
At first when i heard it.. i was like WHy? Why lack ambition?
Then my friend was like "LOL. Cos we are better than them. So why only strive to be equal?"
OMGOSH what an amazing sexist remark! LOL. Totally love it.
Chui hui..you are a rat: ཅི་ཅི།
Me cat: ཞི་སོ།
Qiqing my little sun: ཉི་མ།
Jess... had a little ལུ་གུ།
What a ཆེ། i have!
Tibetan Class resumes last thurs @ Teacher Norzin's place.
It is good to be on the road again to acquiring the ཀཁགང (s) again.
ཁོང་བོད་པ་རེད།
But typing in tibetan is still quite a chore. Dunno which key to press to produce a certain letter.
Havent been practising piano. My mind is just so occupied with the number of deadlines i have to fulfill soon enough.
AMX 400 words more to completion. (=.=")
There are just so many things that are demanding me of my time.
sometimes really wish that i can have 48 hours a day and can be fully charged in energy with 2 hours of sleep.
Cannot believe that Jinpa pinched my arm >.< (He is Tibetan) ཁོང་བོད་པ་རེད།
It must be a china guy thing. i think guys in singapore are largely more reserved.
China guys are like so darn straightforward. but i guess.. it made them more real as well.
Maybe that's the difference between people educated under the western sophisticated let's-be-gentlemen system and the chinese system.
Suddenly i hear the words "ESSENTIALIZING" in my brain.
Crapp..AMX is sooo dominating my life.
Heard that a lecturer said this in class:
"Women that wants to be equal with men lacks ambition."
At first when i heard it.. i was like WHy? Why lack ambition?
Then my friend was like "LOL. Cos we are better than them. So why only strive to be equal?"
OMGOSH what an amazing sexist remark! LOL. Totally love it.
Chui hui..you are a rat: ཅི་ཅི།
Me cat: ཞི་སོ།
Qiqing my little sun: ཉི་མ།
Jess... had a little ལུ་གུ།
What a ཆེ། i have!
Anything
Anything but just not that.
These days.. it sounds even funny to myself.
hey hey hey... just deal with it ok.
Get the Coffee starbucks voucher... go get a cup of coffee..
and move on.
These days.. it sounds even funny to myself.
hey hey hey... just deal with it ok.
Get the Coffee starbucks voucher... go get a cup of coffee..
and move on.
5.10.09
Prayer and Fasting week
It's prayer and fasting week!
it's my first time participating in such a thing.
So will skip dinner for this week mon-fri...to get down on our knees...
to pray for the world.
it's my first time participating in such a thing.
So will skip dinner for this week mon-fri...to get down on our knees...
to pray for the world.
Where the Wider Horizons Lies
Once upon a time, there was a young little gardener who was an apprentice to a senior gardener.
One day, the senior gardener sat the young gardener down and rebuked him harshly.
Senior: THE PLANTS ARE NOT GROWING!!! YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP IT GROW!
The young gardener immediately rushed to the garden shed and pull out the watering can.
The senior stopped him.
Senior: NOOOO! this is not the type of water suitable for the plants. they need the water from everest. Anyway... LOOK! the plants are not growing!!! it's all your fault!
THe young gardener immediately discard the watering can and ran to the garden shed to pull out a bag of fertilizer.
Senior: NO NO NO!!! this is not good! it is too smelly! it is made of dung!! LOOK!! the plants are not growing!! it is your fault!! You are not doing anything!
THe young gardener discarded the fertilizers and run to the shed to get a pair of gloves. He wanted to pluck out all the weeds in the field.
Senior: NONONO!! you will pull out all the nice flowers too!!
The young gardener finally spoke.
Young: I have no talent whatsoever in gardening. I think it is better that I go.
Stepping out the gate, the young smell a fragrant scent of wild flowers coming from the house next door.
He immediately raced to the gardener planting in the yard next door.
And there he sees him...smiling...and singing...and watering...and fertilizing...and pulling out the weeds...and getting rid of the worms...and.... feeding the birds.
And there the young gardener sees...a new horizon arise.
One day, the senior gardener sat the young gardener down and rebuked him harshly.
Senior: THE PLANTS ARE NOT GROWING!!! YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP IT GROW!
The young gardener immediately rushed to the garden shed and pull out the watering can.
The senior stopped him.
Senior: NOOOO! this is not the type of water suitable for the plants. they need the water from everest. Anyway... LOOK! the plants are not growing!!! it's all your fault!
THe young gardener immediately discard the watering can and ran to the garden shed to pull out a bag of fertilizer.
Senior: NO NO NO!!! this is not good! it is too smelly! it is made of dung!! LOOK!! the plants are not growing!! it is your fault!! You are not doing anything!
THe young gardener discarded the fertilizers and run to the shed to get a pair of gloves. He wanted to pluck out all the weeds in the field.
Senior: NONONO!! you will pull out all the nice flowers too!!
The young gardener finally spoke.
Young: I have no talent whatsoever in gardening. I think it is better that I go.
Stepping out the gate, the young smell a fragrant scent of wild flowers coming from the house next door.
He immediately raced to the gardener planting in the yard next door.
And there he sees him...smiling...and singing...and watering...and fertilizing...and pulling out the weeds...and getting rid of the worms...and.... feeding the birds.
And there the young gardener sees...a new horizon arise.
4.10.09
Monster
Once upon a time in a faraway land,
there was a monster without a name.
The monster wanted a name very, very badly.
So, the monster decided to go on a journey and look for a name.
But the world is large,
so the monster split in two and they went on the journey.
One headed east and the other headed west.
The monster who headed east found a village.
There was a smith at the entrance to the village
"Oh, Mister Smith, please give me your name."
"There's no way I can give you my name."
"If you give me your name,
in return, I'll go inside you and make you stronger."
"Really?
If I can become stronger, then I'll give you my name."
The monster went inside the smith.
The monster became the blacksmith, Otto.
Otto was the strongest man in the village.
However, one day...
"Look at me! Look at me!
The monster in me has grown this big!"
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
The monster, who had became hungry, ate Otto from the inside out.
The monster went back to being a monster without a name.
Even though he went inside the shoemaker, Hans.
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
He was again back to being a monster without a name.
Even though he went inside the hunter, Thomas.
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
Once again, he was back to being a monster wihtout a name.
The monster went inside a castle to find a wonderful name.
Inside the castle was a sick boy.
"If you give me your name, I'll make you stronger."
"If i can get well again and become strong, then I'll give you my name."
The monster went inside the boy.
The boy became very healthy.
The king was very glad.
"The prince has become well!
The prince has become well!"
The monster became fond of the boy's name.
He also became fond of life at the castle.
So, even though he became hungry, he held his hunger back.
Even though he was really hungry every single day, he held it in.
But he became so hungry that...
"Look at me! Look at me!
The monster inside me has become this big!"
The boy ate his servants and his father--everyone.
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
Since there was no one left,
the boy went on a journey.
He walked for many, many days.
One day, the boy met the monster who had headed west.
"I have a name. It's a wonderful name"
The monster who had headed west said,
"You don't need a name, you can be happy without a name
We are monsters without names, after all."
The boy ate the monster who had headed west.
Although he had finally found a name,
there was no one left who could call him by that name,
even though Johan was such a wonderful name.
there was a monster without a name.
The monster wanted a name very, very badly.
So, the monster decided to go on a journey and look for a name.
But the world is large,
so the monster split in two and they went on the journey.
One headed east and the other headed west.
The monster who headed east found a village.
There was a smith at the entrance to the village
"Oh, Mister Smith, please give me your name."
"There's no way I can give you my name."
"If you give me your name,
in return, I'll go inside you and make you stronger."
"Really?
If I can become stronger, then I'll give you my name."
The monster went inside the smith.
The monster became the blacksmith, Otto.
Otto was the strongest man in the village.
However, one day...
"Look at me! Look at me!
The monster in me has grown this big!"
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
The monster, who had became hungry, ate Otto from the inside out.
The monster went back to being a monster without a name.
Even though he went inside the shoemaker, Hans.
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
He was again back to being a monster without a name.
Even though he went inside the hunter, Thomas.
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
Once again, he was back to being a monster wihtout a name.
The monster went inside a castle to find a wonderful name.
Inside the castle was a sick boy.
"If you give me your name, I'll make you stronger."
"If i can get well again and become strong, then I'll give you my name."
The monster went inside the boy.
The boy became very healthy.
The king was very glad.
"The prince has become well!
The prince has become well!"
The monster became fond of the boy's name.
He also became fond of life at the castle.
So, even though he became hungry, he held his hunger back.
Even though he was really hungry every single day, he held it in.
But he became so hungry that...
"Look at me! Look at me!
The monster inside me has become this big!"
The boy ate his servants and his father--everyone.
*munch munch* *crunch crunch* *snap snap* *swallow*
Since there was no one left,
the boy went on a journey.
He walked for many, many days.
One day, the boy met the monster who had headed west.
"I have a name. It's a wonderful name"
The monster who had headed west said,
"You don't need a name, you can be happy without a name
We are monsters without names, after all."
The boy ate the monster who had headed west.
Although he had finally found a name,
there was no one left who could call him by that name,
even though Johan was such a wonderful name.
10.9.09
The attractiveness of Marxism
Read John Clammer's "Multiculturalism and the cultural politics of Pluralism" and came across this portion:
"It suggests that perhaps Marx was right after all, and that religion is the opium of the people, at least in the primary sense that Marx meant that phrase - of religion as a product of alienation and also perhaps in Marx secondary sense - as a way of making sense in a society which through its capitalist devaluation of genunine human relationships and its promotion of commoditisation, spawns false consciousness.
Under such conditions. it is particular forms of fundamentalism, with their exclusiveness, intolerance and sectarian qualities which are are likely to be attractive because they offer certainty, absolute answers and the satisfying sense that the world is lost/damned/passing away, and that only those sensible enough to join the sect and observed the required peculilarities of behaviour will be saved. Fundamentalism is not just a joke: it is a phenonmenon that points to a much deeper malaise in the society that produces it- an absence of meaning."
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Very interesting.. These Marxist concepts.. No wonder there were so many intellectuals that looked to it..and held on to it as ideals, as their societies try to make out for themselves the system they want to identify with and function under in the 20th century.
"It suggests that perhaps Marx was right after all, and that religion is the opium of the people, at least in the primary sense that Marx meant that phrase - of religion as a product of alienation and also perhaps in Marx secondary sense - as a way of making sense in a society which through its capitalist devaluation of genunine human relationships and its promotion of commoditisation, spawns false consciousness.
Under such conditions. it is particular forms of fundamentalism, with their exclusiveness, intolerance and sectarian qualities which are are likely to be attractive because they offer certainty, absolute answers and the satisfying sense that the world is lost/damned/passing away, and that only those sensible enough to join the sect and observed the required peculilarities of behaviour will be saved. Fundamentalism is not just a joke: it is a phenonmenon that points to a much deeper malaise in the society that produces it- an absence of meaning."
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Very interesting.. These Marxist concepts.. No wonder there were so many intellectuals that looked to it..and held on to it as ideals, as their societies try to make out for themselves the system they want to identify with and function under in the 20th century.
8.9.09
Pink Jacket
Something I heard from a friend during Ed Psych:
There is this girl in the class she is observing who is always wearing a pink jacket.
This girl is always alone..and refuse to talk to anyone.. even when the teacher ask all the children to sit on the floor.. she will just remain in her seat.
Being curious, my friend began to talk to the girl.
Friend: Why are you always wearing this jacket? Is it because you like the color? Or is it because you feel cold?
The girl did not reply.
However, sometime later, this girl told her the reason.
The girl said that she has a large burn mark on her arm because she was abused by her father. And she feels that nobody would want to be friends with her because she is ugly.
The scar made her ugly.
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Tears sprung to my eyes when i heard this.
It made me feel like gathering all the abused kids in the world in my arms and telling them that they are beautiful, and adorable...and loved.
Cannot imagine how humans can be so depraved to hurt someone so innocent and small, causing them to hate themselves..and to believe that they do not deserve friends or to be loved.
"Sons are a heritage from the Lord, Children, a reward from Him." Psalm 127:3
May the Lord use me to touch the lives of children of all kinds.. helping them to become people of good character and individuals with a deep interest in understanding and contributing to the world around them.
There is this girl in the class she is observing who is always wearing a pink jacket.
This girl is always alone..and refuse to talk to anyone.. even when the teacher ask all the children to sit on the floor.. she will just remain in her seat.
Being curious, my friend began to talk to the girl.
Friend: Why are you always wearing this jacket? Is it because you like the color? Or is it because you feel cold?
The girl did not reply.
However, sometime later, this girl told her the reason.
The girl said that she has a large burn mark on her arm because she was abused by her father. And she feels that nobody would want to be friends with her because she is ugly.
The scar made her ugly.
*****************
Tears sprung to my eyes when i heard this.
It made me feel like gathering all the abused kids in the world in my arms and telling them that they are beautiful, and adorable...and loved.
Cannot imagine how humans can be so depraved to hurt someone so innocent and small, causing them to hate themselves..and to believe that they do not deserve friends or to be loved.
"Sons are a heritage from the Lord, Children, a reward from Him." Psalm 127:3
May the Lord use me to touch the lives of children of all kinds.. helping them to become people of good character and individuals with a deep interest in understanding and contributing to the world around them.
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