I don't know, I was just wondering, is it possible to think without words? Is it possible to form wordless thoughts? Without words, would we be the same as animals with our thoughts constrained to mere survival instincts?

Why is there war??

Now now, why is there war? Wow! Such a tough question, or is it really that tough? I've no idea thought, I haven't a belligerent nature or is it just lying dormant underneath or my layers of tranquility?

Basically, I see wars happening everyday, or rather, fights, or rather quarrels then. When people don't see eye to eye, they quarrel and when tensions escalate, they fight. And when the fighting parties posess great powers or happen to be international leaders, then they war.

And so, the root of all these war problems is the not seeing eye to eye part. Can we work out a solution to this problem? Don't mind me, I like to do a lot of self-talk and self-questioning, in fact, if ever I were being stranded on an island like robinson crusoe, I doubt I'll ever be lonely because I sure can entertain myself.

Ok people, bear with me, not bare for me, I'm about to start preaching again. People don't see eye to eye because of several reasons. One, because we are selfish. Two, because of our inability to put ourselves in the shoes of others. Hmm... Is there any other reasons? I can't think of one right now but 2 doesn't sound very wholesome to me, I'd very much prefer 3.

However, the selfish reason I think we can actually eliminate. Because if we were really to wear the shoes of others, I doubt our conscience would allow us to remain selfish. If one was selfish in the first place, one wouldn't have even bother trying to wear the shoes of others. So to me, they are mutually exclusive matters. Am I being a bit extremist here?

And so, the cure for war lies therefore in education. But then the big problem is this, in the world right now, it's the money doing all the talking, economy is king, most of us if not all are its slaves. And because King Economy says now now, I don't need artists, or musicians or any artsy-futsy people, they don't help me earn much, what I need are real workers - the engineers, the lawyers, the doctors etc. And because King is only concern about money-making, he forgot to instill in his slaves the generousity of spirit to wear the shoes of others, and that is also the king's downfall. Because without this generousity in spirit, the slaves will wage wars against one another and who then would have the time to serve the king?

Why do we have to go to school?

Now we're back to the age old question aren't we, why do we have to go to school? Isn't this what we always say when mummy trys to jerk you out of bed, you know? The time when we boys haven't reach puberty yet and we've not been labelled to be jerks yet because we are till cute adorable boys.

Anyway, enough of drifting about, let's get to the main theme, why do we have to go to school? Now seriously, I really have no idea why we have to go to school. I mean if it's for education, why, some mommies and daddies are educated enough to educate their children, or we could even employ tutors for that. And then you say, so school is for the poor then, but why do rich kids still send their children to school? For networking and politics???

Well, maybe it's not that hard a question at all, yea I can hear you people, you're saying how stupid and dumb I am. It's for the people right?! We go to school for the people, for the friends. Where else can you find a place housing so many people of around the same age as you? In most places, children or teenagers that is are the minority, and yes, it's still practised nowadays, children are still to be seen and not to be heard. And that explains why so many kids are into rock and metallic nowadays, because apparently they feel they are not being heard which is really justifiable. But mixing noise with what they are jibbering about really makes it harder for us to hear what they really really want to say. Don't get me wrong, we hear them, but their message just isn't clear.

And yes, I've drifted again. Anyway, yea, we go to school for the people. There is this quote I've heard before somewhere, "Every friend you meet brings out a whole new world in you." Obviously it should sound so much better than this but I can't remember the exact phrasing. And in school, you can find so many friends and thus you find so many new worlds that you never thought possible existed in you. In fact, it could even be larger than the actual universe in this universe? Now which is bigger, universe or world? Darn, it's confusing me. Have you ever been surprised by yourself, what you did and say under certain situations? Well, that's the you that remains undiscovered in you, the unexplored region. And so, we go to school to explore the unexplored in ourselves, not only through our friends, but through the different languages as well, english, chinese, french, all spoken languages as well as the maths, the sciences, music and art. They are what connect us to people of the past and each connection would bring out a whole new world in you. (I think it's clearer to me now, universe should be bigger though what does it realy matter anyway right?)

And isn't the journey of life just a journey of self-discovery?

nonsensical

I have never seen nothingness
I have never wore nothingess
I have never felt nothingness
But I would like to

Hercules

Hercules
Always fights courageously without fear
In the battlegrounds
In times of war
Just for the name of fame

melancholy

Melancholy is pale blue
It sounds like the breeze
It feels like the sea
It tastes like blandness

depressed

I'm depressed
Not elated, not perverted, not estatic
I'm just tired of feeling
Tired of feeling happy
Tired of feeling hurt
Tired of feeling feelings

love

When I fall in love
When all I see is love
When all I hear is love
When all I read about is love
When all my feelings are consumed by love
I stand up and surrender, with my white underwear, to love

RAGE!

I saw rage clearly
He was huge and bulky
He turned and roared thunderously
I saw his decaying teeth
I heard him purr
And I felt quizzy all over

I am

I am boring and mundane
I wonder about emptiness and loneliness
I hear hollowness and silence
I see a vast nothing
I want flaming intensity
I am boring and mundane
I pretend as pretense should be
I feel bitter-sweet
I touch depressions
I worry about worrying
I cry tears of pleasure
I am boring and mundane
I understand I understood nothing
I say what the hell just live with it
I dream of heavenly hell
I try to make my dreams come true
I hope of a better world, and a better me
I am boring and mundane

Xpression

The necessity to express one's emotions and feelings is of the utmost importance. Languages, music, art even sports such as soccer are an outlet of expression of thyself. Language is a technical expression of logic relying on the tone of voice and body motions to express the emotions. Music and art are more the languages of the soul and heart for it has no words to imprison them. They have no definite shape and thus would take the different shapes in different hearts but the essense of it remains.

For in much wisdom is much grief:
and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

My quote?

I can't remember if i got this from somewhere, but if I didn't, then this quote must be mine, haha.

"When one is too busy judging, there will be no time left for understanding." ~ Hopefully is me

His story or her story?

In 1923, one vote gave Hitler leadership in the Nazi party.

Unbelievable, I got this from chicken soup, one vote!? one vote and could it have changed the whole world?

Which reminds me of a joke,

why did you have 2 history classes in a day?
Ans: Because history repeats itself.

kids

A new neighbor asked the little girl next door if she had any brothers and sisters. She replied, "No, I'm the lonely child."

One day a guy was driving with his four-year-old daughter and beeped his car horn by mistake.
She turned and looked at him for an explanation.
He said, "I did that by accident."
She replied, "I know that, Daddy."
He replied, "How'd you know?"
The girl said, "Because you didn't say 'JERK' afterwards!"

think think think

I think most of us know not what we really want, I mean really really want. All we think is, oh, i just want more money, but what the hell do we do with that much money? For material comforts of course, but our greed and lust will be insatiable, the more we have, the more we want. To be truly rich, is to not want anything. Oh no, I'm falling into preaching mode.

Watching movies these days, I kinda realise that we are getting more cynical as humans. There isn't any of those preachy idealistic drama stuff going on, I mean, who are we kidding man, our basic assumption is the same as Adam Smith, everyone is selfish and will take care of their own needs first.

Anyway, yea, I think we should always reflect on what we really want, and once again, haha, I'm so long winded, I mean really really reflect, really really think man.

If you make people think that they think they will love you; but if you make them really think they will hate you

Roscoe B. Ellard


Why isit easy to weigh fish?

Bcos they haf their own scales

'When faced with a moral dilemma, always ask yourself what you would do if your little one is watching'

me

Adoption by homos?

I am totally for the motion that whether one is homo or hetereo or bi or tri or quad sexual.... one should be given the same rights as everyone else, to be able to adopt kids. I see no difference between a male and female, a malay and chinese, so why should it be any difference for sexuality? it's just that there are four kinds of eole instead of 2, which we've always gotten wrong, or erhas these 2 kinds kind of evolved into existence recently. Anyway, I believe it's nature, I mean considering how tough a ath is for the homosexuals, if given a choice, who would want to choose the harder ath? Therefore, what's important is not the sexual inclination of the parents to be but how well prepared are they to be parents.

I believe in the upbringing of kids, we've gotta be truthful and models to them, hence, if we were to deny the rights for the homos to adopt, then we're implying that there's something wrong with them, which there isn't! And we obviously can't be hypocrites, saying that there's nothing wrong with being homo but then not treating them as equals, what kind of parents are we then?

Maybe some people fear that the adopted child would be induced to the homo side of sexuality but i don't think the homo arents would do this to their adoted child. they already know how hard the life of a homo is, why would they want their child to suffer?

Maybe some fear that the adopted would be laughed at by their eers. Well, I'm always for the saying that what can't kill you will only make you stronger. And it's kind of good too, in the sense that the adopted would grow up faster and learn about the existence of prejudices in this world and thus grow up to be a more sensitive soul.

juz quotes

To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Charlemagne

Hmm... a very interesting quote. Another language, another culture, another understanding, another perspective. But why learn another when one hasn't even mastered one? But when will we ever completely master a language? Least I know my english isn't good enough for me to try another language. My vocab sux, see, I couldn't even come up with a better word other than sux.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.
Winston Churchill

Churchill is cetarinly one witty old fella.

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Winston Churchill

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
Clarence Darrow

I like this, command of language is like another weapon or armory for the so called 'minds' to distinguish themselves from the mediocore, brawls, brutes, peasants etc. which brings me to a quote of my 0wn, yeah,

"Never forget the first principle of communication, to get your message across." ~~ me

Hmm... Doesn't sound or feel very good, needs improving, but I'll just leave it like this for now.