Sunday, August 3, 2008
Ignorance is bliss
When are going to walk off the cliff and we do not know of the steep fall from there is ignorance a bliss then. Would we still be walking if there is nothing under us. If we are ignorant of the fall could we still walk on?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Mariah Carey's latest
Mariah Carey latest album is entitled E=MC²Emancipation equals Mariah Carey to the second power, that's what the album title means.
The songs in this album gets better and better towards the end of the track. The song that I love most in terms of arrangement and rhythmn is "I wish you well". I am always a sucker for songs sung with just the human voice and piano and this song did the trick.
At first examination of the lyrics I thought that Mariah was singing about someone else. But when I look and heard it a few more times I realize that she was singing about herself.
The part about the enemy within is about us. In this song she illustrates beautifully and truthfully about how we always condemn ourselves and thus causes frequent self guilt and hate.
Which is so true. Contrary to her previous album which Mariah sang about the Hero in me, there is also the enemy within us which makes us captive to ourselves. Hence E=MC² became the title of this album perhaps an emancipation from self guilt and hate.
Once we are emancipated from the negative thoughts then ourselves can truly shine and we can manifest the second power. Otherwise we will be timid and lack self confidence for the rest of our life.
I think that a lot of people feel that this song speaks to them as well because in one website a total of 19,719 views were recorded for this lyrics. Way to go Mariah!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Hancock the man
My two cents on Hancock
Instead you get to enjoy the fantastic view of ginormous infrastucture and materials being damaged by Hancock's intentional clumsiness. Yummy ... my eyes enjoy the superb effects.
FAQ answered
i) Who plays the eponymous character in the movie Hancock?
Answer: Duh.... Will Smith
ii) In a bid to save a ______, Hancock heaves it out to sea, only to see it smash a sailboat.
Answer: Whale
Who is tired of watching superheroes movie, raise up their hand. I can see a whole lot of hands out there and I understand why cause two of my hands are raised and waving wildly. Same plot , same old story... yawn, *tears rolling down my cheeks*
Hancock saves the day by bringing a refreshing change from typical movies about heroes who only want to do good to a super human (I can't call him a hero cause he doesn't act like a typical one) who couldn't care less.
Like the woman who is only attracted to the sexy bad boy read Justin Timberlake and Elvis Presley , I am attracted to Hancock.
Instead you get to enjoy the fantastic view of ginormous infrastucture and materials being damaged by Hancock's intentional clumsiness. Yummy ... my eyes enjoy the superb effects.
I think another person deserving of credit from the movie is the little but not so innocent child in the movie. He looks like the boy from Home Improvement only more crude and sarcastic. I like the way he told Hancock off. Man.. he is really adorable. Should be given a larger role in the movie. Bet some talent hunter are going to hire him for their next movie and he will be catapulted to stardom.
FAQ answered
i) Who plays the eponymous character in the movie Hancock?
Answer: Duh.... Will Smith
ii) In a bid to save a ______, Hancock heaves it out to sea, only to see it smash a sailboat.
Answer: Whale
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Along Pvt Ltd
Have you ever eaten something that tasted horrible and yet it is also pleasant at the same time that instead of spitting it out you swallow it instead and felt really satisfied afterwards.
That is the feeling that I got with locally made show Along. One thing I can say is that the film is really gruesome because they used so much tomato paste for blood. I was squirming in my seat 90% of the time. And at the same time I also had to laugh and it was bad enough having to squirm and laugh.
There was the scene where the man was badly injured and blood was everywhere but the way the injury was inflicted is so comedious that it tickled my sense of humour and it was hard for me to stifled.
I guess there is this conscience within me that arouse the guilty feeling in me and causes me to feel bad cause I laugh when there are blood all around. It makes me seem as though I am a sadist and I didn't like that feeling.
Making small of violence is one thing, and making violence seem humorous can cause someone to inflict griveous injury to someone else without knowing what he is doing.
It's like the person has become immune or habutuate to violence that it may seem like it is nothing to inflict it on someone else. Parent's caution should be exercise when they bring their children along
That is the feeling that I got with locally made show Along. One thing I can say is that the film is really gruesome because they used so much tomato paste for blood. I was squirming in my seat 90% of the time. And at the same time I also had to laugh and it was bad enough having to squirm and laugh.
There was the scene where the man was badly injured and blood was everywhere but the way the injury was inflicted is so comedious that it tickled my sense of humour and it was hard for me to stifled.
I guess there is this conscience within me that arouse the guilty feeling in me and causes me to feel bad cause I laugh when there are blood all around. It makes me seem as though I am a sadist and I didn't like that feeling.
Making small of violence is one thing, and making violence seem humorous can cause someone to inflict griveous injury to someone else without knowing what he is doing.
It's like the person has become immune or habutuate to violence that it may seem like it is nothing to inflict it on someone else. Parent's caution should be exercise when they bring their children along
Friday, February 15, 2008
Rich man
In psalms 49, it talks about rich man and why should we poor people not envy them. Reason number one is that we all die in the end and we cannot bring our wealth to the grave or the after life (for those of us who believe in that)
I can see the point of view. However if one were not to believe in the after life, one would want maximum pleasures from life here on earth.
And since what is sure is what we have now. It can be really hard for us not to be envious of those who are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
Ok let's refocus for a while and try to extract the message that the Psalmist is trying to convey.
1. Envy is no good
2. All man both rich and poor have the same ending
3. What matters will be taught in the following Psalms
4. Riches are not security even here on earth, the richess can be taken away by catastrophe, unexpected events.
5. This is not to say that we should not work hard to gain riches. On the contrary one should be wise in managing money and good investmest is admirable. The truth is that we should not put our hopes in these material thing.
I can see the point of view. However if one were not to believe in the after life, one would want maximum pleasures from life here on earth.
And since what is sure is what we have now. It can be really hard for us not to be envious of those who are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
Ok let's refocus for a while and try to extract the message that the Psalmist is trying to convey.
1. Envy is no good
2. All man both rich and poor have the same ending
3. What matters will be taught in the following Psalms
4. Riches are not security even here on earth, the richess can be taken away by catastrophe, unexpected events.
5. This is not to say that we should not work hard to gain riches. On the contrary one should be wise in managing money and good investmest is admirable. The truth is that we should not put our hopes in these material thing.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Learning mandarin
Today I tried a new Chinese Phrase I learned online with my Chinese Speaking roomate. Even after I repeated it 3 times to her she looked at me as though I have grown another head. Perhaps my intonation was incorrect and therefore she thought that I was speaking Hindi instead of Mandarin.
Or perhaps the word that I used was not commonly used even among the Chinese speaking community. I can't write down the words here because I don't even know the correct Han Yu Pin Yin. But the word means unprecedented in English.
Or perhaps the word that I used was not commonly used even among the Chinese speaking community. I can't write down the words here because I don't even know the correct Han Yu Pin Yin. But the word means unprecedented in English.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Guilty as charge
Adam and Eve felt it after they had eaten the forbidden fruit
Cain felt it after he killed Abel
David felt it after he committed adultery with Bethsheba
Judas felt it after he betrayed Jesus
Joseph brothers felt it after they sold him of as a slave
Saul felt it after he tried to kill David
Solomon felt it after he married unbelievers
Peter felt it after he betrayed Jesus 3 times
Moses felt it after he lose his patients with the Israelites
I felt it when I purposedly being stubborn decide to pursue something without consulting God
Feeling of embarassment, feeling like there is no turning back. Feeling like wanting to bury ourselves and hibernate for the rest of our remaining years left on earth.
We all feel the bruden of guilt after we have done something wrong. As child when have done wrong I could never bluff my way out. My face would go red and I would stammer.
The feeling that we are cut of from God. The feeling that even the death on the cross cannot redeem us from this wrong that we have committed.
And sometimes this feeling cause us to stray further. To look for some other solution like self help books, shopping and spending compulsively, hanging out with the wrong crowd, sleeping tablets, psychotherapy.
The Bible seems dry, too theorethical, unpractical and not culturally adaptable to the situation in which we are in.
Praying seems like something that we are no worthy of doing because of guilt and talking to God is like a one sided conversation in which we give up after 30 seconds
The feeling so bad that it feels like life perhaps is not worth living anymore
They say that when you hit rock bottom you have no where to go but up. In reality sometimes there is no bottom. You just fall down and down and it's like a never ending hell.
If you don't realize it soon enough the deeper you will be in this pit. Until one day even when you wake up and realize you have made a mistake it is too late and you are stuck and still falling in this pit forever with no one being able to hear your cry for help or to even save you.
I tried pushing the limit to see how much deeper I can fall into this pit. I wanted to go up but I was not yet ready. I wanted my own way and hence dug my own grave.
6 foot under and at the verge of burying myself, my friends did hear my call for help. I talked to them , cried to them, complained to them, listen to them (not so much of listening though)
I am feeling quite fine now but ocassionally have some break down. I think of talking to God sometime and do talk to him but only for a few seconds and my mind drifts of.
One day I hope that I can look back and not have this feeling anymore. For the moment amnesia seem to elude me and a couple of hours of sleep.
One day I will be healed.
In Psalms 40 which is my favourite Psalms right now, it states how the Lord treats those who are disobedient and have repented and it is consoling to know that our God is one who gives second chances.
When I make a mistake I always like to start from a clean slate. I don't like going back to the old product and try to correct it. Less troublesome or so I thought.
But when I make a mitake, I am not the corrector, but God is and he does not try with another human being and forget about me. He still wants to work with me the dirty slate
Cain felt it after he killed Abel
David felt it after he committed adultery with Bethsheba
Judas felt it after he betrayed Jesus
Joseph brothers felt it after they sold him of as a slave
Saul felt it after he tried to kill David
Solomon felt it after he married unbelievers
Peter felt it after he betrayed Jesus 3 times
Moses felt it after he lose his patients with the Israelites
I felt it when I purposedly being stubborn decide to pursue something without consulting God
Feeling of embarassment, feeling like there is no turning back. Feeling like wanting to bury ourselves and hibernate for the rest of our remaining years left on earth.
We all feel the bruden of guilt after we have done something wrong. As child when have done wrong I could never bluff my way out. My face would go red and I would stammer.
The feeling that we are cut of from God. The feeling that even the death on the cross cannot redeem us from this wrong that we have committed.
And sometimes this feeling cause us to stray further. To look for some other solution like self help books, shopping and spending compulsively, hanging out with the wrong crowd, sleeping tablets, psychotherapy.
The Bible seems dry, too theorethical, unpractical and not culturally adaptable to the situation in which we are in.
Praying seems like something that we are no worthy of doing because of guilt and talking to God is like a one sided conversation in which we give up after 30 seconds
The feeling so bad that it feels like life perhaps is not worth living anymore
They say that when you hit rock bottom you have no where to go but up. In reality sometimes there is no bottom. You just fall down and down and it's like a never ending hell.
If you don't realize it soon enough the deeper you will be in this pit. Until one day even when you wake up and realize you have made a mistake it is too late and you are stuck and still falling in this pit forever with no one being able to hear your cry for help or to even save you.
I tried pushing the limit to see how much deeper I can fall into this pit. I wanted to go up but I was not yet ready. I wanted my own way and hence dug my own grave.
6 foot under and at the verge of burying myself, my friends did hear my call for help. I talked to them , cried to them, complained to them, listen to them (not so much of listening though)
I am feeling quite fine now but ocassionally have some break down. I think of talking to God sometime and do talk to him but only for a few seconds and my mind drifts of.
One day I hope that I can look back and not have this feeling anymore. For the moment amnesia seem to elude me and a couple of hours of sleep.
One day I will be healed.
In Psalms 40 which is my favourite Psalms right now, it states how the Lord treats those who are disobedient and have repented and it is consoling to know that our God is one who gives second chances.
When I make a mistake I always like to start from a clean slate. I don't like going back to the old product and try to correct it. Less troublesome or so I thought.
But when I make a mitake, I am not the corrector, but God is and he does not try with another human being and forget about me. He still wants to work with me the dirty slate
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