In God we...?

"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that I can't believe you anymore."

Its a simple enough word. Some people just do not understand the gravity that lies behind the word. Trust all in all is the placement of confidence in another to fulfill their promises or keep to their policies. Simple enough? Who do you trust? Your family? Your friends? Or more importantly, who do you trust the most? There's no accurate scale of how much trust you can place in a person. Its assumed that you will always place the most trust in your family, followed by friends, and occasionally, a person that's more than a friend. As trust is an investment, the more you invest, the more you get back. No?

Sadly, it works both ways. The more you invest, the more you stand to lose. Lose what you say? What exactly do you lose when you invest trust in a person who does not abide by it? Maybe family ties. Maybe friendships. Maybe relationships. Maybe even just a bit of your sanity. Now, what makes trust so strong that it may sever these bonds when it is not respected?

Because it is an investment of the soul. Trust binds people together. It connects them so strongly that almost every aspect of their lives can be shared with one another. Yet some people can break the trust placed wholeheartedly in them as easily as you can snap a twig. Snap. And the trust, the belief in that person flies out the window, and in flies hate, resentment, anger, irrational behavior. So next time, someone places their trust in you and you consent to it. Try respecting it.

Andromeda.

Baby, I'll save you from the Kraken any day.

Go watch Clash of the Titans. Its a good show, not exceptional but I sincerely recommend it. Cheers!

People you like and people you don't (for no reason).

I was reading a Doreamon comic the other day (used to buy one every month) , and I was reading one particular chapter which proved to be funny to me as a kid but when I grew up I realised it was quite relevant in life now. The story starts with Nobita, Giant, Sinyu and the other kids playing baseball at the field. An unnamed character accidentally bumps Giant face first into a mud patch while trying to catch a ball. Seeing this, Nobita is in horror because he expects Giant to pummel him to dust or have his face punched in ala Doreamon comic style. Instead, the kid just apologises and Giant doesn't seem so angry after all. Nobita, thinking that God is funny and that Giant is passive today, tries to kick Giant and get the same reaction the other kid got.

He gets his face punched in.

Sometimes you really do feel sorry for him.

Well, anyway, he goes back with a black eye complaining to Doraemon about how it didn't work out the way he hoped so. Here, Doraemon explains that everybody does not treat everybody the same way. People will always like a certain type of person, whether the reason is known or not. Same goes to dislike, some people just don't like a certain type of person, again, known or unknown reason. Story cut short, Doraemon just gives Nobita some pills to make people like him no matter what and he misuses them (Nobita is a misunderstood genius) and in the end takes the wrong pills from Doraemon that make people hate him.

The point being, to make people like us no matter what we should get the pill right?

Yup, and we should ask Santa Claus for it.

No, life is just like that and unfortunately whether your working class or student or doing nothing. It happens. People may not like us for no reason and we might not like people for no reason. I've seen it a lot of times, I accidentally throw a ball to this guy's head, apologise, and get away scot- free. Another guy does it and he gets the pissing off of a lifetime, no matter how much he apologises. Just an example, it happens both ways. I'm late to a function and I get screwed over. Another guy does it and its all good. Why? I don't know. Maybe its in the genes. Maybe be its your face. Or maybe.. I just don't like you.

Chinese New Year.

Has been quite unproductive, got a few things done but overall have been lazing and playing Counter-strike 1.6 against bots. Went to a few open houses and got some ang pow and good food but overall the holidays just feel so dead. Haih, should really start on those electrical principles reports and start study for fluid mechanics and properties of materials but I feel so, so, so LIAT!

Jesus = Allah = Tuhan? What?

If you, like me, failed to catch up with what happened to the whole issue then this article is a must read.

MUST READ.

http://jebatmustdie.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/sensitiviti-umat-islam-dipijak-pijak/

best excuse to fail.

A father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to ‘Dad.’

With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.

Dear Dad:
It is with great regret and sorrow that I’m writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and you.

I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice.

But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it’ s not only the passion…Dad, she’s pregnant.

Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.

Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn’t really hurt anyone. We’ll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy.

In the meantime we will pray that science finds a cure for AIDS so Stacy can get better. She deserves it.

Don’t worry Dad. I’m 15 and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I’m sure that we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love, Your Son John


PS. Dad, none of the above is true.. I’m over at Tommy’s house.

I just wanted to remind you there are worse things in life than the Report Card in my desk drawer.

I love you.

Call me when it’s safe to come home.

Religious Intelligence.

Okay, here I am back again. I'd like to blame my absence on writer's block but I guess I'm also quite lazy.

Anyway, we kick off today's topic thanks to something 'interesting' i saw on facebook recently. There was a group named Malaysia Belongs to Jesus. Yes, you read the name correctly. First of all, I am not an anti-Christian as I am generally accepting of all religions and their followers given that none of them assault mine directly, by assault I mean, well, you get the picture. This group however made me quite agitated over a few things.

Their name already suggested something but the absurdity that followed was another. Its a Muslim country, even if we have secular leaders and a secular constitution the keyword there is Muslim. In Malaysia now we're campaigning for a so called 'One Malaysia' but the one thing that we cannot share is religion. Thus, we have to overcome this problem by respecting each other's beliefs and try our best not to make the other uncomfortable by any means. However, groups like this really aren't helping.

Referring to what agitated me was that these people blindly wrote on their wall to bless Israel and to forgive Malaysia for being against Israel. Now, what bible context asked them to rally with Israel? As you see, their level of insensitivity knows no bounds. Malaysia as a Muslim country of course is against the Zionist murderers and their bloodthirsty campaigns. Hell, even if you were a decent human being you'd be against what they were inflicting on the Palestinians but what about our wholehearted Christians here? They pushed it all aside to abide what was supposedly in their bible which I seriously doubt supports slaughterers.

This is where religious intelligence plays a key factor. Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism. Nobody is saying its bad to follow these religions but the degree of intelligence you carry while submitting yourself defines what kind of follower you are. Islam's hukum hudud states that a thief caught have both hands chopped off, this is true, however, the case must be studied from all aspects. If the thief is a mother who stole a tin of milk to feed her child who was suffering from malnutrition, she would be spared as she stole out of desperation. On the other hand, a man, fit and healthy to work, used his healthy body to commit a bank robbery to gain riches, he would have his hands chopped. Why? Because he most probably would have done it again. See how this would have deterred all the peragut beg in our country if the law was enforced properly? However, in a society where the law was poorly understood, the poor mother would have probably lost her hands. See how important religious intelligence is?

What I was getting at was If you look in the group I was referring to above, most of the people in it lack this intelligence and thus end up looking like, well, asses. So, as I end my note here, I would like to apologize to any of my Christian friends if you feel offended by anything I wrote here. If there is something offensive, please tell me as I'll alter it immediately. Cheerio.