Now, exams are over and I am supposed to look for a part-time job. However, I decided to take up learning another new language.
Is Love truly overrated these days? How many of us say ‘I love you’ and really mean it?
During this time of the year at Valentine’s Day, there will be many couples holding hands with bouquets of flowers from their loved ones, strolling down the beach or the street, gazing at each other’s eyes, thinking that they have found their perfect guy or girl. However, once their honeymoon period or their romantic gestures start to slowly fade, they will find that their love for each other wills also fade with due time.
Love has become temporary instead of long-lasting. They is no such thing as true love or ‘love and cherish you till the end of my life’ vows that they take during marriage. I am a cynic and skeptic of true love. Is there true Love? Do we really believe that there is someone somewhere waiting for us to be loved? In this modern past-paced lifestyle that we live in, it is hard to find love that is long-lasting, couples who are still happily married after 20, 30 years and beyond. Heck, it is even hard to find couples who are married for more than 5 years.
Nowadays, divorce has become the norm for the society and the number of divorces have been spiking like crazy. Look at celebrities’ lifestyle; they have made divorce a fashion statement. It has become a norm when someone has been married and divorce for a few times. Also, co-habiting has become the norm between couples who refused to commit their love legally. And same sex couples who want to commit their love, it is illegal to get married. Has the sanctity of Marriage becomes eroded that some couples divorce after their vows and some couples can’t get married due to gender issues. Is it wrong and cynical to say that Love doesn’t exist?
How many of us actually wonder what happens to us when we die? What actually happened to our souls once our body failed us? Is there truly a heaven or a place to go to that our religion has been promising us?
These thoughts came through our minds as my friends and I were discussing our post-life situation after Earth. Since, nobody has actually go to heaven and gave us a review of the supposedly wonderful place, I actually wonder whether if it exists at all. If it doesn’t exists, then what is the purpose of our live on Earth? Every religion promises us a place to go to if we do good deeds to one another and have faith. However, ever wonder if we are wrong? What then happens to our life here?
Similarly, some people are atheist, refusing to believe that there is God or someone with a higher power. Or some people are free-thinkers, refusing to commit to one particular religion due to their own personal fears or reasons. What if these people are right all along? That there is no God and every religion was a lie? That what we have believed for the past years has been all a hoax?
I think that everyone needs something to believe in, someone to have faith on, and someone that they can trust and counted upon. Though, some people may not place their trust and faith on religion and God, they may placed their trust and faith elsewhere, be it Science or their family. Yes, everyone needs something to believe in, especially during their darkest times of their life. Also, I believe somewhere deep down in each of us, we believe that there is a better place than Earth, a place where there are no disasters, no wars, no diseases and where everyone is at peace. Yes, everyone wants to believe that there is a better place to go, a place where their lives will be better, a place where their deeds on Earth will be rewarded, a place where they truly belong or else what we are doing now on Earth will become meaningless…
After three whole long months, Lost TV show is finally back!! Damn, I really missed the show since it went hiatus. This time, the show will be shown consecutively for the whole three months without any repeats. The last 6 episodes of the current season were good. Though there were mixed critics reviews for the current season, I must say that I really enjoyed them. The first episode where they showed the bird-eye view of the plane crashing was the best scene ever. Another great scene was the end of the 6th episode where Jack (Matthew Fox) had Ben on the operating table and holding him hostage to demand his friends’ freedom…Matthew Fox’s acting had improved over the three seasons…there’s no denying him an Emmy nomination come in Sep….Also, the new character, Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell), whose motives were unclear, had really got me rooted and glued to her.
One peeve that I had was that I was kinda upset like the rest of the fans where they killed off an important character during the 6 episodes. The character was well-loved and didn't really deserved to die in my opinion...
Other than that, I can’t wait for the new season to come…welcome back…
There had been much recent freak weather in the world lately, floods happening in
Who’s at fault? The scientists said that human activity is a 66% possibility which contributed to the effects of global warming. Soon, sea levels will rise, coastline will change and islands will disappear forever.
Something must be done now. It’s now time for us to play a part to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce our greenhouse gases emissions. With our present efforts to combat global warming, we can hope that they are enough to prevent the aftermath of another Hurricane Katrina or Asian Tsunami. If not, we must try to increase our efforts or we will be truly doomed in the future…
such pessimism...
But, amid the darkness of the clouds, there will always be light - a hope that we can do what is right rather than what we like...a hope that we can reduce the damages that we have already done to the environment...
Guess I am now officially a member of this club after watching a recent episode of Grey’s Anatomy. During the episode where George O’Malley had to pull the plug on his father after realizing that he would no be able to wake up from his operation, Christina had to remorsefully comfort him by apologising to him that she was sorry that he had to join the Dead Dad Club. The episode ended with George saying, “I just can’t imagine existing in a world where my dad doesn’t.”
After watching the recent episode of Grey’s Anatomy, I really agreed with him totally with his emotions of helplessness and shared his sentiments. During the show, there were many moments that touched my heart, making me close to tears because the content of the episode related to me personally. It is different when our parents died. Before they died, we always took them for granted. We stretched our hands to ask our dads for money when we are broke. We looked to our mothers for help when our clothes needed sewing or washing. We cried in our parents’ arms when we lost a relationship with our friends or loved ones. We shouted at our parents when our demands are not met or when they grounded us. However, once they are gone from this place, we will truly realized how much they are missed and wondered to ourselves how are we going to live our life without their guidance.
Miss you always…
Hols out, School’s back…sobs…well, every good thing must come to an end. It’s is the start of my second semester in the uni. So far, what’s the experience like in the NTU? Honestly, I must say, S’pore universities are quite boring and tame compared to overseas. The building with its excellent sports facilities etc are there yet the students seems to be scattered around, going together in their clicks, refusing to participate in games or activities. There is no sense of university spirit or camaraderie that overseas universities have. Also, where is the sense of the student’s political beliefs? How come no one seems to stand up for their beliefs? Or even organize a protest or demonstration? Maybe I guess it’s illegal to have one in S’pore. Overseas universities have more sense of liberal and freedom. Students there are encouraged to experiment and find out more about themselves. They are encouraged to speak up, be heard, make a statement, fight for some cause that they believe in. You can have a student protest on the grounds against pollution or even against the university policies. Here, even a mention of the word protest is like a vulgarity word which may be punished with a jail term. In NTU, everything seems to be moving in a monotone manner. Go for lectures, eat your lunch, go for tutorials, mingle with your click of friends, go for your activities or sports that you take part in, or simply go home. Even the students staying in the dorm dun even have the desire to take part in their inter-hall games and activities…it seems that the place has a lot of students and yet the spirit of NTU seems so lifeless…
On another note, Apple Inc released their long, long anticipated iPhone yesterday! Personally, I like it as the iPhone has the capabilities of an iMac, iPod and wireless surfing all together in one package. The only downer: high cost and lousy naming. For a well designed and attractive looking phone that Apple managed to design, surely they can come out with a better name than iPhone?? Imagine iPod was called iMP3 players or iPlayer? (Shudders) Please make a new name and coined a new generation of phones with that new name. iPhone – what a lack of originality…no wonder they are getting sued…lol
It’s a New Year!! Whoopee!! The old has passed and make way for the new. At New Year Eve before the stroke of midnight, we make our resolutions for the New Year coming and thank our lucky stars for the blessings we had. As each one of us makes a list of the things we want to accomplish in the New Year, let us also take a moment for those who had left us in one way or another. We make new friendships, lost our loved ones, forgive our enemies and broke up with others all during the past yr. As the New Year progress, I hope that I will be able to follow my dreams and accomplish things that I couldn’t dream of.
The Fantastic Four gang is back together with a new character, Silver Surfer. Is he a foe or an ally?
4. Shrek 3
The third sequel with the orge and Princess Fiona, together with the Donkey and Puss in Boots.
3. Evan Almighty
The sequel to Bruce Almighty. Nope, it doesn’t star Jim Carrey or Jennifer Aniston. However, it stars Steve Carrell, one of the funniest comedians to watch. His character is Evan and God talks to him, telling him to build an ark like Noah’s
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the
The fifth installment of the Harry Potter series…Lord Voldemort’s battle with Albus Dumbledore…cool graphics effect to look out for
1. Spider-Man 3
The last(perhaps?) installment of Spider-Man comics when Spider-Man faces not one, not two but three foes…Sandman, Venom and Hob Goblin will be the villains for this movie.
TV shows to look forward in 2007
I wish everyone the best in this year. Make a commitment to yourself to go out and discover more about yourself that you hadn’t known, live life as you want to and not what others want of you, and most importantly, never don't hold back.
Happy New Year. Have Fun\
