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
Saturday, February 16, 2008
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
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Mummy... yummy
Now we all know that breastmilk is the best food for infants. Not for onen species called the caecilian. These young caecilian will feed of the mother's skin. Not that it is sacrificial. Hey this is natural facial for the mother. And the babes are doing it for her for no cost.
We female humans need to pay a few hundred bucks for facial. Now why can our new born also feed on our skin so that we get brand new skin for show.
It is observed that the mummy cecilian skin becomes more nutrituous and thicker when she gives birth. Perhaps one reason is that she does not have breast to give mild so this is kind of like a breasfeeding process by another name. Call it skin feeding if you may.
Unlike mammals , the young cecilian already have teeth .. ouch when you think of it. And if you google it and find the picture you will be totally gross out.
But it is definitely mother nature at work and I am at awe
We female humans need to pay a few hundred bucks for facial. Now why can our new born also feed on our skin so that we get brand new skin for show.
It is observed that the mummy cecilian skin becomes more nutrituous and thicker when she gives birth. Perhaps one reason is that she does not have breast to give mild so this is kind of like a breasfeeding process by another name. Call it skin feeding if you may.
Unlike mammals , the young cecilian already have teeth .. ouch when you think of it. And if you google it and find the picture you will be totally gross out.
But it is definitely mother nature at work and I am at awe
Things that don't taste so good
As we grow up , we learn to enjoy food that we dislike when we were young. We gobble up that brocolli which we used to try and feed our dogs with. Second helpings of celery are very much welcomed.
Does this also happens in other aspect of life? Bittersweet experience become part of who we are and is something that we brag about.
Sad events becomes a milestone in our story that we will pass on to our grandchildren.
Stories of delinquencies are told during dinnertimes to wide eyed listeners.
All the parts of our life is one tapestry woven to perfection by our maker. Though we make mistakes and unravel the cloth sometimes the Maker is still in control and continues weaving.
I do wonder sometimes if I make such a big blooper in my life that it cannot be woven again . That I even sabotage my life so badly with wrong decisions and stubborness that there is no turning back. I hope not and there is promise of redemption in the Bible. You are not too bad to be redeem.
In Psalms139, the Psalmist narrates on how God form him with great meticulousness and precision. And then he gave credit to God for makng such a wonderful human being - that being him or maybe her (Sometimes I think this part of Psalms is written by a woman)
That sound quite humourous and egoistic when I first read it. It seems to me like the Psalmist was proud of himself.
Later it dawned upon me that every individual need to be proud of who they are. And this pride should come from the knowledge and truth that God has made us perfect!
If this pride is attributed to something else then it is an error
Some people sometimes seems so confident and a lot of people envy them. This confidence may seem valuable but because it lies in themselves. I have no knowledge to write about this and I shall speak no more of this matter.
I just have faith that confidence in God is the right thing to do as of now.
Does this also happens in other aspect of life? Bittersweet experience become part of who we are and is something that we brag about.
Sad events becomes a milestone in our story that we will pass on to our grandchildren.
Stories of delinquencies are told during dinnertimes to wide eyed listeners.
All the parts of our life is one tapestry woven to perfection by our maker. Though we make mistakes and unravel the cloth sometimes the Maker is still in control and continues weaving.
I do wonder sometimes if I make such a big blooper in my life that it cannot be woven again . That I even sabotage my life so badly with wrong decisions and stubborness that there is no turning back. I hope not and there is promise of redemption in the Bible. You are not too bad to be redeem.
In Psalms139, the Psalmist narrates on how God form him with great meticulousness and precision. And then he gave credit to God for makng such a wonderful human being - that being him or maybe her (Sometimes I think this part of Psalms is written by a woman)
That sound quite humourous and egoistic when I first read it. It seems to me like the Psalmist was proud of himself.
Later it dawned upon me that every individual need to be proud of who they are. And this pride should come from the knowledge and truth that God has made us perfect!
If this pride is attributed to something else then it is an error
Some people sometimes seems so confident and a lot of people envy them. This confidence may seem valuable but because it lies in themselves. I have no knowledge to write about this and I shall speak no more of this matter.
I just have faith that confidence in God is the right thing to do as of now.
Cooking class to curb obesity??
Recently on BBC news, I read with amusement that the Brits are gonna make cooking class compulsary in school.
This is an effort to teach those young uns' the basics of healthy cooking so that they do not have to revert to fast food everytime mom works late.
But I do wonder how feasible this implemantation is going to be. Cooking takes time and not all individuals like cooking even if they do have the skills to do it.
Appropiate research should be done to find out if the kids really are ignorant about cooking.
How about increasing the price of fast food or even pass the law so that outlets can only serve healthy dish to those under 21. Those who insist on fast food would have to show their ID to prove that they are of age.
Another brilliant idea would originate from Singapore. In this squeaky clean country cigareete boxes would depict picture of cancerous body part unwhet the appetite of smokers. The same could be done for fast food packets showing obese individuals / blocked arteries / other ailments.
On second thought seeing how effective those gross cigarette boxes were I seriously doubt thios method wil pull through.
This is an effort to teach those young uns' the basics of healthy cooking so that they do not have to revert to fast food everytime mom works late.
But I do wonder how feasible this implemantation is going to be. Cooking takes time and not all individuals like cooking even if they do have the skills to do it.
Appropiate research should be done to find out if the kids really are ignorant about cooking.
How about increasing the price of fast food or even pass the law so that outlets can only serve healthy dish to those under 21. Those who insist on fast food would have to show their ID to prove that they are of age.
Another brilliant idea would originate from Singapore. In this squeaky clean country cigareete boxes would depict picture of cancerous body part unwhet the appetite of smokers. The same could be done for fast food packets showing obese individuals / blocked arteries / other ailments.
On second thought seeing how effective those gross cigarette boxes were I seriously doubt thios method wil pull through.
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