Subtlety

However important are what have been said and done, what hasn’t- the nonchalance, the indifference- is suitably more meaningful. But subtlety, alas, is a bridge only when both parties understand the unsaid.

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Funnel

Society, unwillingly it may, can but be described as one giant funnel of ruthlessness. You see that everywhere- in school, in work, in life. The weak gets weeded out, the strong moves on. They arrive at the next echelon; the process repeats.

Sometimes I need to wonder if I am a mere victim.

Or just a self-righteous participant.

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Thinking about writing

I have been thinking of writing. Short fictional stories, specifically. There’s a man in my mind who lives a life he cannot die, and throughout his neverending journey, encounter events which gave him the meaning of life. The idea is stole from a game I played, and here’s an excerpt of the many short stories in it.

When I am creative enough to come up with it, I would probably give it a modern twist.

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Minimalist

I am not sure if this applies to you guys as well, but as I grow older, and possibly wiser, I prefer my things simple.

No-fuss. Get it done with. Get home and rest. That would be another day. It’s the minimalists’ pleasure. 

I wonder if it’s possible for minimalists to raise their enjoyment of things simple. People who enjoy being rich can (try to) get richer, while people who loves their lives wild can always try this. But to the minimalists, how do they push their luck with simplicity? We are on a rather tight rope. Simplicity can only go so far before it becomes exceedingly stupid, or for better or worse, non-existent.

I doubt I can change my blog theme again.

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Grades and Expectations

When I saw my results for last semester, a particular grade stood out like a sore thumb.

B-

But it was also my happiest.

It’s good to have expectations in life. But for some of the lesser things, such as in grades, knowing when to lower our expectations creates a shortcut to happiness. 

For such a simple formula to life’s pleasure, I am only gradually learning.

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Reading too much into things

A job offer from P made me realised that I may have read too much into things that simply did not exist. Of course, it could be a case of them choosing the least (me) of the worst, but that in itself is a self-righteous interpretation. As much as I hate to believe, life could in fact be simple.

While coming up with a million interpretations/explanations on things is how I roll, I ought to accept that some times it could just be a simple matter of ‘Yes’ and ‘No’.

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The time leading

To registering subjects always brings about a mix of apprehension and excitement. I can’t quite explain the excitement part, but apprehension comes largely from a certain fear, a fear of not getting the damn subjects registered. The concern about not getting into the same class as my friends is never a concern of mine. It sounds pretty anti-social, but I guess I have gotten too used to this kind of life. Looking back at my university life, I haven’t really acquainted a close group of friends that I can just ring for a cup of coffee. It is most regretful, but what I lacked here I have gained in many other aspects.

It isn’t the prettiest of time tables but at least I have my favourite 10.30-12.30 time slots. To know that this is the last time I will be fetting over such issues is just incredible. 3 years sounded long, but it sure has come knocking on the door.  

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Choices

Among the many designs wordpress has, I decided to go ahead with the current one. I think I like it the most.

Many months ago, I got fed up with Internet Explorer and decided that Firefox is the better web browser. Then Apple Safari came up and I opted for the cooler layout. Then last week, I downloaded Google Chrome and never looked back since. Who knows how long ’since’ will be?

Is choice necessarily a good thing?

Say we are given only a choice. We make that decision and it turn out to be bad. We blame the person who gave us only a option, and since we are not given other options, we can’t blame ourselves for making the wrong decision. Say in another situation we are given 2 choices. We make a decision and again it turned out to be the bad one. Still we blame the person who gave us that bad option, but this time round we also blame ourselves for not choosing the right option. Say now we have 100 choices and for some reasons, we still make the wrong choice. Chances are, we will blame ourselves more than we will blame the person who provided us with the wrong option.

That was basically the argument of a professor in a google video a friend showed me some time ago. I always thought that he sounded logical, but admitting to that was akin to me saying communism is right. But lately, with so many decisions to make, I can’t help but think…

Is choice necessarily a good thing?

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Migrate

So my blog has shifted.

It is really just a matter of time. The previous blog was first started with the intention to put down my thoughts about my army days, and partly, to put down some of my frustration with the people there. Looking back, perspectives have changed, and there are stuffs I may have wrote but no longer feel the need to be associated for.

Over the few years, changes happen. My blog needs changes. Changes are good. I like changes.

WordPress seems incredibly neat with really good interface. It’s like the new kid on the block, the Mac in the computer world, the Safari and Firefox in the internet browser world. But someone will still swear by the Internet explorer, the PC, the Blogspot, the old kid.

But have I mentioned what I thought about changes yet?

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