As usual on friday night, we went out...we had dinner and chatted till 9pm...poor tze yeong just called asking if we were still out..he must be very busy...haven't seen him for very long...soon...school hols are nearing.. anyway, we were talking about philosophers just now...what's the use of philosophers? what do they do? Do we actually need them? Economists, scientists, geographers, its quite obvious what they do and their work helps mankind. But can the same be said for philosophers? Their work is interesting..no doubt abt that...but in what way is it useful? Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence. As i said earlier, it is very interesting...but studying the fundamental nature of reality and existence?? I'm not sure how they go about studying and what they actually study about reality. As for existence, they may come up with many theories but there is no way of proving any of it..theories they will remain but the reason behind our existence will remain a mystery..maybe that's why its a "study of the....", its continuous...the endless process of acquiring knowledge... anyway, even if the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence is concluded and proven, what do we have to gain from it, other then mere satisfaction? Was philosophy created merely to satisfy our curiosity and the human thirst for knowledge? Or did it have some other function in the older days as ming yong suggested? If the former, who is actually curious and thirsty enough to pay people to think up theories? Personally i would like to do that..I can just sit around the whole day and talk about life, I mean philosophize. Basically, my point is, scientists have a role to play in this world. They make life easier and more comfortable with creations such as aircon (as ming yong said). Teachers teach. Children are our future. Economists, businessman, bankers, accountants deal with money. Its a material world. Doctors, health-care workers help cure and heal. And earn lots of money in the process. So in what way does philosophy help us? Does it affect our thinking? If it does, so what? Life still goes on as normal right... What's the point of philosophy? In my current ignorance, i feel that philosophy is pointless.
Elang test again...in 7hrs time...its 1 30 am now...i got home at around 11 after doing the changing landscapes project...and just finished doing the 2 practise tests for elang...i already flung my project, so have to get FULL marks for this test...very can get...anyway now i'm waiting for my laptop to finish charging..its at 99% now...soon i can sleep... listening to gangsta's paradise by coolio... As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at myself and realise there's nothing left... Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me
Forgive and forget...You can forgive but can never forget... No matter how hard you try...Bad memories are embedded in your mind...
You dream about getting rich...you want to get rich...you work hard to get rich...when you get rich you work to get richer...and you work harder to maintain your status...is it worth it?? People should learn to retire...I'm going to retire as soon as i can...why would you want to work all your life? For what?
It was Monday, around 3 pm...and kenn was telling me about how life is unpredictable...one minute u're here the next, dead... so we decided....we're studying to prepare for the future that may not be...we're how philosophical...haha...that's copyrighted by the way...anyway...i just handed up my Elang project and Geog project and yesterday was my econs test and this morning i had IT test...so now i feel very free...and its time to slack...yeah...no more stuff to burden me...finally...but i have IT presentation on tuesday and Elang test on the 27th. And changing landscapes project is due on the same day...but not too bad...i feel free now...Prison Break is good...and its addictive..
time is just passing me by...and i'm just watching it pass...... i haven't been studying..even though i have 2 tests coming up next week...econs on wednesday and information systems on thursday...hahh...econs is all mcq...but the questions are quite tricky..and a lot of the questions have more then one possible answer..so must practise and be careful..for information systems, its 10 structured questions...its an open book test. But need to be familiar with the book...and lectures and tutorials are ongoing...and project deadlines are looming...there's a lot of work to be done...but here i am typing this blog after watching tv and having ice-cream...Somehow, i don't feel rushed..but i need to panic..i get things done when i panic..but fortunately or unfortunately i don't panic so often...hahh... And my mac is slowing down!! Can see the first signs of problems already...sucks..i hope nothing goes wrong though...obviously.. Anyway, this week is fight week on discovery channel..i was just watching k-11 just now..its a world fighting event where top fighters from all over the world were called up...they go through semi's to qualify for the finals. the final was held in tokyo 2 months after the semi's..8 fighters qualify for the finals..The finals is only one day..and its a knock-out process...so the winner and the runner-up would have to fight 3 different fighters each. In the end a dutch guy won...But i think muai thai is damn good...i heard about training in muai thai where the coach uses a rod to rub the shin with chilli power or something so that the fighter doesn't feel any pain on the shin..its to kill the nerves in the shin i think...quite scary..but anyway...muai thai is good..they utilise every part of the body as a weapon..fists, feet, knees and elbows..Think its one of the only fight competitions that allow the use of elbows..which makes muai thai fighters quite tough.. hmm...its already week 7 of school...its really very fast..soon the exams would be here and then holidays...time flies... i just thought of something that i learnt during english language...its not really a riddle but sort of... Time flies....I can't, they fly too fast Do you get it?? haha... Listening to songs now...Maybe i should act pro and post some lyrics here..like claryce and kelly...haha can't think of any good lyrics now...anyway, i'm listening to 'The Ghost of You by My Chemical Romance' now...its a good song...a sad song...claryce told me that the song was written for his girlfriend who died in a car accident..and he cried while he sang the song...that makes it all the more touching...
I want to do plenty of things..but i'm too lazy to start on anything... I should stop whining and just start doing stuff...I realized long long ago that if i don't slack around and waste my life away, I actually have plenty of time to do lots of stuff..like in jc..there was more then enough time to study..even when i was in canoeing in jc1, closer to the competition when there was training more then 5 times a week, there was still time to study..its just that i chose not to..like now...i;m wasting to much time listening to songs and typing this blog...i could have done one chapter of infomation systems...or 20 mcq of econs... but no mood to do now...hahh...its no excuse...but i use it as one anyway...
I must take more photos...so that when now is past tense, and all i have are memories, i have something tangible...I didn't always take so many photos like i do now u know...I can't even fill a photo album with all the photos i took before nus...and i regret it now...it would have been much nicer to have something that you can look at...if only...sigh...
Wake me up when september ends...September has Ended....oh no...too fast
