February 2012
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“Lies are edible. Tasty, almost. They only become toxic when we realize what they...”
– Judah Osagie
Time to take off the mask
We’re always thinking. A million and one thoughts are constantly dancing inside our heads, so how is it that we manage to maintain such straight faces? I think that If there’s one thing we’re all good at, one talent we’re all born with, one gift we’ve all been presented with, that one skill we’ve all mastered: it’s the ability to mask our emotions, to...
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:'(
On my way back from school the other day, I saw a girl crying on the bus. Tears, closely followed by black makeup, ran down the entire length of her cheek.
Sometimes I wonder, why do we cry? I mean, I certainly understand why we can be sad, but I just don’t get why that sadness is expressed through tears. If you think about it, it’s really really…random. How on earth did water...
Is It Just A Number?
It’s funny how young people keep wishing they were older and old people keep wishing they were younger. Is anyone ever comfortable with how old they are? Is there an optimum age, where people’s satisfaction levels peak? Someone wise once told me that “Middle age doesn’t exist”. Well, chronologically it does. If I divided the average life expectancy of a given...
Experience has taught me time and time again not to judge an individual by the colour of their skin. But when it comes to apples, I’m pretty racist.
I just can’t stand green apples.
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Every single human being who lives and exists in this world is influenced by the society around them. There’s no escaping it. Unless you were in solitary confinement. But we both know, most excellent reader, that anyone who remains isolated from all human contact for long enough will eventually start to see and converse with unicorns (which I hear is not as pretty as Cartoon Network makes it...
January 2012
19 posts
Anonymous asked: If you had to summarize yourself, what would you say? Who are you?
The clock in my room seems to tick ten times louder when I know I should be going to sleep.
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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went...”
– George Orwell
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“Today You are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive, who is Youer...”
– Dr Seuss
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It’s a good thing for the mind to be engaged. It’s wonderful to be occupied with creative and wonderful things. And it’s wonderful to use words repeatedly, to repeat them over and over and over and over again. That’s wonderful. Pardon me, most excellent reader, for my “lack of substance” in the past few sentences, but this post is actually born out of...
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“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with...”
– Galileo Galilei
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For the sake of your happiness, do not compare yourself to other people. If your experiences on this wonderful but chaotic planet are anything similar to mine, then such comparisons usually only make you discontent with what you have and unsatisfied with who you are.
I’ve not been privileged enough to meet a human being that has absolutely no faults, but I’ve also never met anyone...
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Yup.
I’m ashamed of how much I love IKEA. Really, it’s embarrassing.
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Beauty.
And what do you define to be beautiful? What would you describe as aesthetically pleasing? As visually appealing? Is beauty only restricted to that which we see? If so, can a blind man grasp beauty ? Can music be beautiful? Can the scent of roses be beautiful? Can the taste of water be beautiful? …
Beauty is highly subjective. But it’s also highly important that we learn to...
December 2011
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Have You Noticed?
Babies are the only human beings that everyone is allowed to openly stare at. It’s intriguing, really. On the bus or in the subway, everyone stares wide-eyed at those adorable and innocent little creatures who have not (yet) been smeared by our world’s blood-stained hands. I think we are all transfixed by their purity, captivated by their incorruption, and amused by their naïveté...
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“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with...”
– Sir Ken Robinson
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“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here we should...”
– Unknown
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To Whom It May Concern
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, out of the many unstandable things that are in existence, it’s intellectual arrogance. Do you know what I mean by intellectual arrogance, most excellent reader? It’s that annoying air of conceit, that unjustified sense of superiority, that pseudo-swagger that certain “smart people” seem to walk around with. It’s found...
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My dad said he doesn’t know the Kardashians.
Father, I’m proud of you.
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Watch
Samurai Jack - The Tale of X9
The story of a robot that had emotions as well as a black trench coat, a fedora, and a dog called Lulu, sweet thing…
Easily one of the most creative episodes ever made.
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And Who Told you that boys can't wear pink?
Or girls can’t play videogames? Or men can’t cry? Or women can’t lead? Or dudes can’t listen to Spice Girls? Or grown-ups can’t watch cartoons? Or religious people can’t be open-minded? Or scientists can’t appreciate art? Or artists can’t understand science? Or that lady in the hijab can’t be beautiful?
Or that you, most excellent reader,...
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“What does God want? Does God want woodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man...”
– Taken from A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
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Excuse me while I shove political correctness aside, and wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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Could you please give me a second?
I asked Time that question. In response, she smiled and said “Everyone wants a little more of me. There’s a queue with around 7 billion people waiting on it, making the same request as you. Get in line”. Of course, if I really joined that line and waited 7 billion seconds - or 117 million hours or 4.9 million days or 13 thousand years - to get to the front, I’d be long...
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source...”
– Albert Einstein
It’s already 5 AM and I’m not sure I stand to gain anything by going to sleep. I have to get up in less than 2 hours (112 minutes, to be precise). Perhaps I should just lay on my bed and listen to Clair de Lune on repeat…
*Curse you, all-nighters, for messing up my circadian rhythms.
“It takes strength to be calm.”
– My father’s wisdom
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