destiny. fate.
i haven't had anything to blog until a msn chat got me thinking about destiny. my dear fren over here doesn't believe in THE ONE. which i find tad depressing.. as if love has been demystified.
i often asked collin strange questions. this has to be one of those he could never answer.
whenever i see couples cuddling (Read:PDA - public display of affection), i asked:
"why do you think that guy will want to hug and touch that girl?
don't you think it is funny why he is with her and not someone else?"
i don't know the answer either. but believe me, i asked him this same question more than once despite knowing he is clueless and on top of all, won't read too much into such issues.
but i believe it is a kind of destiny. destined to meet. destined to get together. like us being friends today must be a kind of destiny.. or fate that brings us together. if we ain't friends anymore, we separated or lost contact, that must be a fate too. sounds rather magical.. as if all is predetermined*.
there must be a scientific explanation behind this too. something to do with your hormones or something like that.. urg. pardon my lack of knowledge.
and probably sociology will tell me - from what i learn from last term - destiny is human constructed to lead people into accepting their life.
i am not ready to argue my points cos i doubt my ability to carry a seamless-no-loophole debate that will make non-believers convince. maybe i leave you with what my sociology lecturer said to the class last sem.
my lecturer gave an eg. to illustrate his point about science and pseudoscience:
in a rural village, someone's roof collapsed and 2 groups are called in - pest controllers and the village witch doctor. the pest controllers would say because the owner had termites nesting on his roof, thus causing the roof to collapsed. the village doctor would say the roof only collapsed because someone had put a curse on the man's house.
the point is that science (as represented by the pest controllers) can explain why the man's roof collapsed but cannot explain why out of so many houses, the man's roof have collapsed? why the termites choose to settle on his roof and no one else?
get it?
tokking about predetermination. when i 1st heard ppl saying "God has his plans for each and everyone of us", it got me wondering if i have really no control over my life since God has it all planned out.
for a while, i decided that i am an active being and can make decisions. thus meaning i actually planned my own life and hence, fate is probably in my hands.
it occurs to me after a longer while that possibly when i thot i am making a decision, my final decision is probably what God has planned for me to take. only that i went thru all the moments of agonistic decision-making, or maybe even making the wrong decision and eventually taking "God's path" after all.
heh. such irony. the bigger irony is probably how human beings are able to twist and turn to justify the existence of a supreme being. the same virtual being that probably oppressed us into taking life as it is.
disclaimer: i am not catholic. not christian. i am definitely not preaching. but i believe there should be someone up there. so i respect Jesus, Guan Yin, Earth God, Buddha.. for all you know, they may all be instances of one higher power.
if you think i ain't making much sense by now, i am trying to. but yes.. i probably need sleep.
to end your agony (and mine too),
i often asked collin strange questions. this has to be one of those he could never answer.
whenever i see couples cuddling (Read:PDA - public display of affection), i asked:
"why do you think that guy will want to hug and touch that girl?
don't you think it is funny why he is with her and not someone else?"
i don't know the answer either. but believe me, i asked him this same question more than once despite knowing he is clueless and on top of all, won't read too much into such issues.
but i believe it is a kind of destiny. destined to meet. destined to get together. like us being friends today must be a kind of destiny.. or fate that brings us together. if we ain't friends anymore, we separated or lost contact, that must be a fate too. sounds rather magical.. as if all is predetermined*.
there must be a scientific explanation behind this too. something to do with your hormones or something like that.. urg. pardon my lack of knowledge.
and probably sociology will tell me - from what i learn from last term - destiny is human constructed to lead people into accepting their life.
i am not ready to argue my points cos i doubt my ability to carry a seamless-no-loophole debate that will make non-believers convince. maybe i leave you with what my sociology lecturer said to the class last sem.
my lecturer gave an eg. to illustrate his point about science and pseudoscience:
in a rural village, someone's roof collapsed and 2 groups are called in - pest controllers and the village witch doctor. the pest controllers would say because the owner had termites nesting on his roof, thus causing the roof to collapsed. the village doctor would say the roof only collapsed because someone had put a curse on the man's house.
the point is that science (as represented by the pest controllers) can explain why the man's roof collapsed but cannot explain why out of so many houses, the man's roof have collapsed? why the termites choose to settle on his roof and no one else?
get it?
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tokking about predetermination. when i 1st heard ppl saying "God has his plans for each and everyone of us", it got me wondering if i have really no control over my life since God has it all planned out.
for a while, i decided that i am an active being and can make decisions. thus meaning i actually planned my own life and hence, fate is probably in my hands.
it occurs to me after a longer while that possibly when i thot i am making a decision, my final decision is probably what God has planned for me to take. only that i went thru all the moments of agonistic decision-making, or maybe even making the wrong decision and eventually taking "God's path" after all.
heh. such irony. the bigger irony is probably how human beings are able to twist and turn to justify the existence of a supreme being. the same virtual being that probably oppressed us into taking life as it is.
disclaimer: i am not catholic. not christian. i am definitely not preaching. but i believe there should be someone up there. so i respect Jesus, Guan Yin, Earth God, Buddha.. for all you know, they may all be instances of one higher power.
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if you think i ain't making much sense by now, i am trying to. but yes.. i probably need sleep.
to end your agony (and mine too),
HAPPY 4 YEARS AND 9 MTHS to US!!
take care at brunei and be back soon..
i'm missing you every moment that you are away.
muakx. i love you.
oohh.. i forgot to mention! i've passed my basic driving theory test at 1st try!!! perhaps nothing to rejoice about since i am joining 99.9% of those who have attempted the same test. but see.. i have made my 1st step, successfully, to getting the much coveted driving license. go, qimin, go!!!
i'm missing you every moment that you are away.
muakx. i love you.
oohh.. i forgot to mention! i've passed my basic driving theory test at 1st try!!! perhaps nothing to rejoice about since i am joining 99.9% of those who have attempted the same test. but see.. i have made my 1st step, successfully, to getting the much coveted driving license. go, qimin, go!!!
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