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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Was recommended by a friend to read this book, The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason, after The Da Vinci Code craze. Took me awhile to dig into it as I find it a little erm... deep. Deep because the writers deliver it so poetically. There are ideas (mainly from the Renaissance) which are so beautifully put and looked at from very different angle.Here is one I like
This is an engraving by Augostino Carracci " Love Conquers All Things"
The young boy beating up the more masculine satyr on the left is Love. It explains this:
"Love is not supposed to be on your side. You fight with him; you try to undo what he does to others. But he's too powerful. No matter how much we suffer, our hardships cannot move him."
It potrays Love as a bully.. a very strong one in fact, and it makes me ponder.. Isn't that so? If we love a thing, nothing (almost) could move it.
What a brilliant way to depict Love!
The next one is this,
" The two hardest things to contemplate in life is age and failure, and those are one and same. Perfection is the natural consequence of enternity; wait long enough, everything will realize its potential. Coal becomes diamonds, sand becomes pearls, ape becomes men..."
In some sense, it is true.. forget about the ape and men. I don't believe in the ape evolution thingy but take it as a literature, as an artistic expression, poetically.. philosophically thinking. After all, this is a Renaissance work.
and the one I like most is:
"The strong take from the weak, but the smart takes from the strong"
posted by Charis at 1:31:00 am
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
WELCOME and why I switched allegiance
Enough about Friendster's blog.
It terrorizes me.
Everytime I update the blog, my freaky picture shows up in that box in the middle of the Friendster page. Fine, I got used to that..
Then I found out from a friend that they send your posts directly to their mailbox if they check that little box where you agree to let them spam your mailbox. I feel a little uneasy to have my rantings and whinnings posted everytime to people's mailbox. I feel like a spam to those who does not want to read what I have to write. It's like I shamelessly deliver my thoughts and musings to people's mailbox uninvitedly. Queer is my brain..
To those who utilises this feature, thank you for reading =) Guess now, it'll be a little more mar fan to read my posts and I am so sorry for that. Don't worry, I'll chant the address to you whenever I see you =)
The last straw was when they have this new feature featuring excerpts of recent entries at the lower left hand corner of the page. Yikes.. I feel like an advertisement. Recently saw the scariest view from a friend's page.. my freaky picture was there. Not one but THREE!! Because not many from her network owns a blog or they seldom update, my freaky pictures are literally pasted all over her page. Imagine if no one on her network updates in the next two months, my freaky pictures will fill up the entire box and I'll be responsible for her domperidone overdose. So sorry..
Then you ask, why start with it in the first place? Well... because I was new to blogging. Naturally, I choose the easiest la. Places like blogspot scares me (but now I like it =p) and I don't have the time to fiddle with this HTML gibberish.
I know by having a blog, I cannot keep track of who is reading it but (pardon my little queer mind) at least when they visit your page to read it, it somehow feels a little more private (I don't know how but it somehow does). At least now I feel less like a spam and an advertisement.
To those who are Friendster bloggers, please do not feel that it is in anyway an insult or anything. It is not. It's just that the chunk of tissue inside my cranium isn't floating properly.. hence all the queer hallucinations and anxiety. I promise to take my medications now.
And oh... WELCOME to the new home! =)Transferred all the posts here except the pictures. Lazy la to upload. I will.. someday. But as for now, if you really really want the pictures, you can pay a visit to the old blog. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Otherwise, all is good and as promise, medication time! Toodles~
posted by Charis at 2:55:00 am
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Noticed most blogs blogged about this,
The funny thing is that I was so much into football 4 years back when I know the names of the players and their jersey numbers like at the back of my hand. And now, the first match I watched
Sheesh.. 0-0?!?
Just when I decided to sit down and watch a match. No goals?!? A bit the boring rite.. (was secretly hoping that I'll catch another miracle like that of Aust vs Japan =P)
And speaking about that Aussie match.. sheesh.. just when i decided to step into the bathroom for cleansing rituals of a good, reasonable 10 minutes.. darn.. i missed ALL the action!
That's usually what happens.. noticed that whenever I sit down and watch a whole 90 minutes match.. either the team I am supporting loses or even worse, they got trashed badly. It's painful, you know.
Hehe.. Come to think of it, if i watched the whole 90 minutes of France, poor Barthez's team would probably repeat the same joke that happened 4 years ago at the kickoff match with Senegal. Maybe a 1-0 to Switzerland. ahahaahaha.
Anyway, my initial intention of writing this entry was not to talk about footie since I hardly know it anymore. Sad, i know..
I was just pondering over what my mom mentioned..
She said: When the next World Cup, bro would be graduating
I had some deja-vu feeling... Sounds familiar
Then it flashes across mind, aha..!!!
We were having microbiology labs streaking silly E.coli on agars, when there was an England match and we were rushing home to catch it. Someone mentioned the same thing.. "when the next World Cup is held, we'll graduate already." And now, World Cup is here again..
How time flies...
And how 4 years passed that fast. So much things have changed. People, relationships, surroundings, expectations, perceptions, outlook, mindset, preferences..
I am still feeling nostalgic over the fact that I once thought my 8 semester course spanned over 4 years was a never-ending torment but it eventually came to an end.. I survived! And I miss it. I don't know why..
maybe I do not wish to move forward to the working world
or maybe I am just afraid of change (coz I have gotten the hang of how to crap out reports and all.. teehehe)
or maybe I am just a sentimental fool
I wish to turn the clock so I could relive those 4 years again.. despite the madness, sleepless nights, Babs, and those awful zits..
Whatever the reason is, it was a pretty good 4 years and I will always remember it that way.
And when the next World Cup is held...
I'll be done with government service =)
posted by Charis at 4:45:00 pm
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Sunday, June 04, 2006
Lately i realised i could not plan anything for the near future!
I could not go wardrobe shopping
I could not go shoe shopping
I could not plan my holidays
I could not plan my finances
I could not plan which item is more essential
I could not place priority
I could not commit to anything
I could not promise that i'll be there
Until i know where i am posted to.......
Therefore i realised that with these few months of holidays, there is something bigger from it other than sleeping until the sun sets and watching the tv until they show another repeat of Legends of the Fall.
The thing to gather and to achieve from this few months would be to cherish every moment spent with people around me. To hang out with them whenever it is possible and to strenghten the relationships you have with them (and it sucks if i have to leave all these behind.. ).
Because once (and IF) you are in Timbaktu, the only probable reason you smile are when you think back of these memories.
It's frustrating when uncertainty hovers in the air playing a game of mystery and grinning smugly at you. Yet, uncertainty is exciting, hiding a whole possibilities of difference, witholding what is to be bestowed upon you, somewhat keeping a grip of the unknown future and my so-called 'fate'; be it good or bad. . I
Where am I going?
posted by Charis at 6:14:00 am
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