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So its another Sunday. Also the 8th Day of Chinese New Year. So yesterday was the 7th Day. In other words, Happy Belated Birthday to Everyone!
So bored. Nothing eventful of inspirational to blog about... Searching for an article to talk about...
Looks like my tagboard is down too...
Ghost Rider!!... watched it. Although, like my friend said, it feels like two stories and two plots mashed together....
Its been sometime since I blogged as I haven't switched on my computer for about a week or so. Many things have happened.... New friends were made, but sadly, some were lost.... Well, back to the blog topic....
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
A friend was telling me about a long word in a dictionary. Well, what can I say. Long words are intriguing.... we just cant get enough of it.
Remember Mary Poppins? There was a song with the word: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”. The word is obviously not a real English word. However, there are real English words which are just as long. One example would be “Antidisestablishmentarianism”
There is even an hypothetical disease of the lungs, caused by inhaling mineral or metallic dust. The name of the disease is: “pneumonoultramicrosopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”
For the uninitiated, according to Wikipedia, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words...
The word itself is an irony.. as a person who has sesquippedaliophobia, would fear the word itself.
So after this post, I hope no one gets hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!!
(N.B. All meanings are obtained from Wikipedia)
There are always somethings which is just paradoxical
Like the sentence on Wikipedia: “This sentence is false” (The liar paradox).
A paradox is an apparently true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox)
There are many experiences that results in a paradoxical situation that one may not be able to describe or put in words. It just seems so awkward and sometimes confusing.
Another example would be: “If truth does not exist, the statement ‘truth does not exist’ is a truth, thereby proving itself incorrect.” (Nihilist paradox taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paradoxes)
Sidetracking.. ok.. actually still on topic....recent events followed by a reflection lead to me to conclude with this quote....
“We have to (learn how to) Let Go in order to Hold On (to something)....” (GenSephyr)
Paradoxical? Ironical? But quite true if you think about it... Many of these quotes depends on how you see it, or from what “angle” you look at it.
(N.B. and disclaimer: If you find any quote here in this post anywhere else (which is recognized to have been said by any person long time ago) but not cited properly, ... inform me so I can do the relevant citation or changes to include proper citation to the correct person... but for now, I take credit for the last quote about Letting Go... )
Yeah... Life's Just Like That.. the monotony of life is sometimes unbearable... Its school, work, pdp, work, and the cycle goes on. And in school we have to learn things like the Kreb Cycle, Calvin Cycle, not to mention Economic cycle (Circular Flow of Income) and trends...
Everything seems to be going in cycles or circles...
Nothings fair so far. Things aren't going right for the time being.. I really wonder if days are becoming shorter than the length of an ant. Its back from school and then a few hours and its 12am. Morning signals lack of sleep. 4-5 hours is hardly what is optimum recommended my professional psychiatrists and sleep analysts. I think if going by those sleep studies, I would have destroyed who knows how many brain cells already....
Running toward road run
My legs are aching like crazy again.... Ran 3.6km on Monday, Tuesday about 2.4km, Wednesday Bowling Training (footwork again), Thursday (today) 3.6km again... Tomorrow, well.. Bowling Training again...
3.6km is actually not that bad... other than the fact that it was an uphill run for a section.. took 22 minutes and 16 seconds today... Thats slow... I admit I walked abit, but that time still slow.. must improve although my legs were aching today even before I ran... the area behind my ankle is just screaming pain.
According to Mr Goh (a.k.a The person who calls us "army boy"...), he said that I was putting too much strain on the back of leg as its too tense when I run.... no wonder its driving me up the wall with the pain.
The 'O's and 'A's
'O' Level results according to Natalie, would be out next week... Anyway, good luck to all who are receiving their results.
(N.B: hey Nat.. You will do alright.. don't worry... =)
O.o... The post haven't end yet.. although "N.B." should come last in a letter.. but this is a blog... haha...
However, following that would be the 'A's and that'll be my turn and my classmates and the JC2s to start sweating in worry... Chinese and Project Work Results... Oh no... Hope there will be good news...
Just a quote
Guess like the quote of the week announced by Mr Liu (hey.. I pay attention during assembly you know...):
"The pessimist sees challenges in every opportunity, but the optimist sees opportunities in every challenge."
Its really a wonder what kind of issues public toilets can throw up. Two issues that is almost intolerable... especially the first...
Issue One: Cheeky Uncles (Usually quite old)..
Thankfully these type of people are a minority... These people, trying to peep across urinals, can't mind their own business... Such creeps. You would think they feel that they aren't obvious in their peeping ethics.
Just the other day I was at a heartland shopping center toilet, I saw one uncle, probably about 50-something going 60 years old.... He kept turning his head side to side, looking around and sometimes even stretching his neck, trying to mind OTHER people's business.... The guy beside couldn't take it and left. I exited too. Couldn't tolerate that cheeky old guy...
Issue Two: Doors
You really wonder what are doors for....
Doors are suppose to keep what happens inside a particular area from what others aren't suppose to see.. So then I wonder, why do they put a stopper in front of the door keeping the main toilet door permanently opened.... So whatever activity that happens inside... No wonder nowadays, newer toilet designs do away with doors...
However, doing away with doors means a risk of people entering the wrong toilet...
For example, at a shopping center along orchard road, one guy came out of the male toilet and almost walked straight to the female toilet if not for the few of us who shouted out...
Toilets... one can wonder how many events can be associated with it....
This is probably a follow up of the last post: "Broken as it is..."
This poem was brought to my attention through my friends blog... Its aptly titled: "To Risk" by William Arthur Ward... So credits to YX for bringing it to my attention and to the author, William Arthur Ward
It should probably help me refocus...
"To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To live is to risk dying,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
And the realist adjusts the sails."
