- To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
- a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
- a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
- a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
- What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
- I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
- He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
- I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
- And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
- I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
- That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Ecclesiastes 3: A Time for Everything
A Time for Everything
I'm Turning
Extremely Ironic over so many layers and overtones.
The world's turning.
Eccleciastes lives!
Somethings are so obvious.
Yet why are we so ignorant and blind?
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) by the Byards
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time of war, a time of peace
A time of love, a time of hate
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late!
The world's turning.
Eccleciastes lives!
Somethings are so obvious.
Yet why are we so ignorant and blind?
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) by the Byards
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time of war, a time of peace
A time of love, a time of hate
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late!
Musing Morning
Woke up in the morning feeling restless.
Watched Brothers Grimm.
Full of potential. But was a let down.
I should read more fairy tales. What was I doing as a kid?
I know no nursery rhymes nor children's stories!
Still restless.
!@#$%^&*()(*&^^%$#@!
qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./\
A HK friend says she misses us.
Her students created a surprise webpage for her.
Are HK people so intouch with their feelings?
Don't know much about HK except for their telly influence.
So much to do.
So much to think about.
Endless.
Meaningless.
Wow! so many webpages were created!
Focused and yet drifting....
Can't make up my mind.
In control.
Volatile.
Unfocused.
Who cares?
It's not who are you inside.
It's not what you have done.
Its not what you plan to do.
But it's what you do that matters.
Rubbish.
One can only do so much.
Because when you die, it can be undone.
A legacy and idea or symbol can last.
Till another paradigm takes over.
Nothing lasts forever.
The search for meaning.
What is life about again?
Euphoria?
Eudaimonia?
looks like I've to find another one.
Bored.
Watched Brothers Grimm.
Full of potential. But was a let down.
I should read more fairy tales. What was I doing as a kid?
I know no nursery rhymes nor children's stories!
Still restless.
!@#$%^&*()(*&^^%$#@!
qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./\
A HK friend says she misses us.
Her students created a surprise webpage for her.
Are HK people so intouch with their feelings?
Don't know much about HK except for their telly influence.
So much to do.
So much to think about.
Endless.
Meaningless.
Wow! so many webpages were created!
Focused and yet drifting....
Can't make up my mind.
In control.
Volatile.
Unfocused.
Who cares?
It's not who are you inside.
It's not what you have done.
Its not what you plan to do.
But it's what you do that matters.
Rubbish.
One can only do so much.
Because when you die, it can be undone.
A legacy and idea or symbol can last.
Till another paradigm takes over.
Nothing lasts forever.
The search for meaning.
What is life about again?
Euphoria?
Eudaimonia?
looks like I've to find another one.
Bored.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Don't despair. We'll Carry on!
To those who are broken.
I share it with you.
When I was a young boy,
my Father took me into the city,
to see a marching band.
He said "Son when, you grow up, will you be, the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned."
He said "will you defeat them, your demons and all the non-believers, the plans they have made."
Because one day I'll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join the black parade."
Sometimes I get the feeling she's watching over me.
And other times I feel like I should go.
Through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets.
When you're gone we want you all to know
We'll Carry on,
We'll Carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And in my heart I cant contain it
The anthem wont explain it.
and we will send you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black and take it back
Lets shout it loud and clear
do you fight it to the end
we hear the call to
to carry on
we'll carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
we'll carry on
and though you're broken and defeated
you're wiery widow marches on
and on we carry through the fears
ooh oh ohhhh
dissapointed faces of your peers
ooh oh ohhhh
take a look at me cuz i could not care at all
do or die
you'll never make me
cos the world, will never take my heart
though you try, you'll never break me
we want it all, we wanna play this part
wont explain or say i'm sorry
im not ashamed, i'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken
listen here, because it's only..
i'm just a man, i'm not a hero
just a boy, whos meant to sing this song
just a man, i'm not a hero
i, don't, care
carry on
we'll carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
you'll carry on
and though you're broken and defeated
you're wiery widow marches on
we'll carry on
we'll carry on
I share it with you.
My Chemical Romance - "Welcome to the Black Parade"
When I was a young boy,
my Father took me into the city,
to see a marching band.
He said "Son when, you grow up, will you be, the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned."
He said "will you defeat them, your demons and all the non-believers, the plans they have made."
Because one day I'll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join the black parade."
Sometimes I get the feeling she's watching over me.
And other times I feel like I should go.
Through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets.
When you're gone we want you all to know
We'll Carry on,
We'll Carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And in my heart I cant contain it
The anthem wont explain it.
and we will send you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black and take it back
Lets shout it loud and clear
do you fight it to the end
we hear the call to
to carry on
we'll carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
we'll carry on
and though you're broken and defeated
you're wiery widow marches on
and on we carry through the fears
ooh oh ohhhh
dissapointed faces of your peers
ooh oh ohhhh
take a look at me cuz i could not care at all
do or die
you'll never make me
cos the world, will never take my heart
though you try, you'll never break me
we want it all, we wanna play this part
wont explain or say i'm sorry
im not ashamed, i'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken
listen here, because it's only..
i'm just a man, i'm not a hero
just a boy, whos meant to sing this song
just a man, i'm not a hero
i, don't, care
carry on
we'll carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
you'll carry on
and though you're broken and defeated
you're wiery widow marches on
we'll carry on
we'll carry on
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Interesting Facts
1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it)
2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it)
3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
(In my next life I want to be a pig)
(How'd they figure this out, and why?)
4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
(Still can't get over that pig thing)
(Don't try this at home...maybe at work?)
5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)
(And pigs get 30-minute orgasms? Doesn't seem fair)
6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmmmmm........)
7. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
(If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)
8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
(From drinking little bottles of...?)
(Who paid for this research??)
9. Polar bears are left handed.
(Who knew....? Who cares? How'd they find out, did they ask them?)
10. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)
11. The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
12. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
(Creepy)
13. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
(Honey, I'm home. What the....)
14. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(In my next life I still want to be a pig ... quality over quantity)
15. Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Oh, Geez) (That's almost as bad as catfish)
16. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
(I know some people like that.)
17. Starfish don't have brains.
(I know some people like that too.)
(Hardly seems worth it)
2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it)
3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
(In my next life I want to be a pig)
(How'd they figure this out, and why?)
4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
(Still can't get over that pig thing)
(Don't try this at home...maybe at work?)
5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)
(And pigs get 30-minute orgasms? Doesn't seem fair)
6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmmmmm........)
7. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
(If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)
8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
(From drinking little bottles of...?)
(Who paid for this research??)
9. Polar bears are left handed.
(Who knew....? Who cares? How'd they find out, did they ask them?)
10. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)
11. The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
12. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
(Creepy)
13. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
(Honey, I'm home. What the....)
14. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(In my next life I still want to be a pig ... quality over quantity)
15. Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Oh, Geez) (That's almost as bad as catfish)
16. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
(I know some people like that.)
17. Starfish don't have brains.
(I know some people like that too.)
Monday, October 23, 2006
The evolution of Religion - Ghandi Style
"If Christians behaved like Christ, I would be a Christian too"
"Thus if I could not accept Christianity either as a perfect, or the greatest religion, neither was I then convinced of Hinduism being such. Hindu defects were pressingly visible to me. If untouchability could be a part of Hinduism, it could but be a rotten part or an excrescence. I could not understand the raison d'etre of a multitude of sects and castes. What was the meaning of saying that the Vedas were the inspired Word of God? If they were inspired, why not also the Bible and the Koran? As Christian friends were endeavouring to convert me, so were Muslim friends. Abdullah Sheth had kept on inducing me to study Islam, and of course he had always something to say regarding its beauty." (source: his autobiography)
"As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side."
"The sayings of Muhammad are a treasure of wisdom, not only for Muslims but for all of mankind."
Later in his life when he was asked whether he was a Hindu, he replied:
"Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew."
- Mohandas Ghandi
"Thus if I could not accept Christianity either as a perfect, or the greatest religion, neither was I then convinced of Hinduism being such. Hindu defects were pressingly visible to me. If untouchability could be a part of Hinduism, it could but be a rotten part or an excrescence. I could not understand the raison d'etre of a multitude of sects and castes. What was the meaning of saying that the Vedas were the inspired Word of God? If they were inspired, why not also the Bible and the Koran? As Christian friends were endeavouring to convert me, so were Muslim friends. Abdullah Sheth had kept on inducing me to study Islam, and of course he had always something to say regarding its beauty." (source: his autobiography)
"As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side."
"The sayings of Muhammad are a treasure of wisdom, not only for Muslims but for all of mankind."
Later in his life when he was asked whether he was a Hindu, he replied:
"Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew."
- Mohandas Ghandi
To all my Previous Teachers
This is in tribute to all my teachers. Right from primary school to university that had the unfortunate encounteer of having to teach me.
I faithfully salute all of you.
And I am deeply in debt to all of you.
Sincerest apologies and greatest regret to each and every blessed soul.
I now know how you feel.
I really do.
Even though NONE of you painfully complained.
And I NOW at last understand and emphatise what you went through.
The twisted and archane torment.
The wretching of the tortured soul.
The fury of mental anguish.
Every last drop of gut-retching sweat and sifted blood.
......
.....
....
...
..
.
That you have had to gracefully tolerate all the nonsense that I had written in my examination scripts.
But then again...
It's not that bad.
6 more classes
I faithfully salute all of you.
And I am deeply in debt to all of you.
Sincerest apologies and greatest regret to each and every blessed soul.
I now know how you feel.
I really do.
Even though NONE of you painfully complained.
And I NOW at last understand and emphatise what you went through.
The twisted and archane torment.
The wretching of the tortured soul.
The fury of mental anguish.
Every last drop of gut-retching sweat and sifted blood.
......
.....
....
...
..
.
That you have had to gracefully tolerate all the nonsense that I had written in my examination scripts.
But then again...
It's not that bad.
6 more classes
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Who am I?
Though I'll do it just for fun.
Get to know yourself better
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx
Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.
Your views on education
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.
The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.
How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.
What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.
Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.
Get to know yourself better
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx
Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.
Your views on education
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.
The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.
How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.
What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.
Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
A Sophistic Virtue
"Sophists not only do not have cleared minds, what keeps their minds cluttered is predispositional endpoint inquiry: they ask the kinds of questions which presuppose specific answers, and they ask those questions in order to get the answers.
It may be the case that a questionless slave boy is beter than a questioning sophist, but given the success of the slave boy in having a clear mind, more is required from him."
Plato's Meno
Questions:
1. Can Virtue be taught?
2. Can virtue be obtained through tangible means (modeling, experience, innate unfolding)
3. Virtue through divine dispensation or luck.
Questions of teaching and learning, Theory of Recollection and Forms exist apriori.
2 conceptions of eloquence:
1. techne: discrete, particular, specialized ability or craft
2. arte: overall human excellence
--> sophists can either achieve excellence or virtue; or for money, fame, social status that comes with the perfection of their rhetorical craft.
About Sophists
Neel: sophistry focuses on language and language influences status quo notions of opinions and truth. and the status quo must engage in sophistry for public voicing of both sides of an issue to exist - a rhetorical tradition of persuasion.
Blair: sophistic education enables citizens to make decisions in a realm of contingency and competing logics.
It may be the case that a questionless slave boy is beter than a questioning sophist, but given the success of the slave boy in having a clear mind, more is required from him."
Plato's Meno
Questions:
1. Can Virtue be taught?
2. Can virtue be obtained through tangible means (modeling, experience, innate unfolding)
3. Virtue through divine dispensation or luck.
Questions of teaching and learning, Theory of Recollection and Forms exist apriori.
2 conceptions of eloquence:
1. techne: discrete, particular, specialized ability or craft
2. arte: overall human excellence
--> sophists can either achieve excellence or virtue; or for money, fame, social status that comes with the perfection of their rhetorical craft.
About Sophists
Neel: sophistry focuses on language and language influences status quo notions of opinions and truth. and the status quo must engage in sophistry for public voicing of both sides of an issue to exist - a rhetorical tradition of persuasion.
Blair: sophistic education enables citizens to make decisions in a realm of contingency and competing logics.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
I'm a Computer Geek!
My Masterpiece!
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.83GHz
Gigabyte P965-DS3
2 X 1GB Patriot DDR2 PC800
Xpertvision 7600GT DDR3 256MB
Seagate 8MB Cache SATA2 320GB
LG DVD-RW
Next Mods.
1. Casing Lights
2. 5.1 Speakers
3. Cool Casing Fans
4. Drive Bay Indicators
5. Overclock to 3GHz
I'm a computer geek.
WooooHOOOOOOOOO!
Is Teaching Easier than Rocket Science?
I think rocket science is so much easier!
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/adultlearning/Default.aspx?article=TamimTeachingvsRocketScience>1=8648
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/adultlearning/Default.aspx?article=TamimTeachingvsRocketScience>1=8648
Thursday, October 05, 2006
The Krishnamurti's Series - Learning is not Experience
Learning is not experience
The word learning has great significance. There are two kinds of learning.
For most of us learning means the accumulation of knowledge, of experience, of technology, of a skill, of a language. There is also psychological learning, learning through experience, either the immediate experiences of life, which leave a certain residue, of tradition, of the race, of society.
There are these two kinds of learning how to meet life: psychological and physiological; outward skill and inward skill. There is really no line of demarcation between the two; they overlap. We are not considering for the moment the skill that we learn through practice, the technological knowledge that we acquire through study. What we are concerned about is the psychological learning that we have acquired through the centuries or inherited as tradition, as knowledge, as experience. This we call learning, but I question whether it is learning at all. I am not talking about learning a skill, a language, a technique, but I am asking whether the mind ever learns psychologically. It has learned, and with what it has learned it meets the challenge of life. It is always translating life or the new challenge according to what it has learned. That is what we are doing. Is that learning? Doesn't learning imply something new, something that I don't know and am learning? If I am merely adding to what I already know, it is no longer learning.
The word learning has great significance. There are two kinds of learning.
For most of us learning means the accumulation of knowledge, of experience, of technology, of a skill, of a language. There is also psychological learning, learning through experience, either the immediate experiences of life, which leave a certain residue, of tradition, of the race, of society.
There are these two kinds of learning how to meet life: psychological and physiological; outward skill and inward skill. There is really no line of demarcation between the two; they overlap. We are not considering for the moment the skill that we learn through practice, the technological knowledge that we acquire through study. What we are concerned about is the psychological learning that we have acquired through the centuries or inherited as tradition, as knowledge, as experience. This we call learning, but I question whether it is learning at all. I am not talking about learning a skill, a language, a technique, but I am asking whether the mind ever learns psychologically. It has learned, and with what it has learned it meets the challenge of life. It is always translating life or the new challenge according to what it has learned. That is what we are doing. Is that learning? Doesn't learning imply something new, something that I don't know and am learning? If I am merely adding to what I already know, it is no longer learning.
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