Saturday, August 8, 2009

An extract from Heroes season 3...damn nice!

God created man in his own image, now it's up to us to figure it all out.
Right....wrong.....good....evil
In each of us is capacity to decide what drives our actions.

So what is it, then, that makes some choose selflessness,
the need to devote themselves to something greater.
While the others know only self-interest?
Isolating themselves in a world of their own-making?

Some seek love, even if unrequited,
while others are driven by fear and betrayal.

There are those who see their choices as dark proof of god's absence,
while others follow a path of noble destiny,
but in the end, good, evil, right or wrong...
what we choose is never what we really need.

For that is the ultimate cosmic joke,
the real gift that god is left behind.

There is good, and there is evil...
right and wrong...
heroes and villians...
And if we're blessed with wisdom,
then there're glimpses between the cracks of each
where light streams through...

We wait in silence for these times
when sense can be made,
when meaningless exsistence comes into focus,
and our purpose presents itself.

And if we have the strength to be honest,
Then what we find there...staring back at us
is our own reflection...
Bearing witness to the duality of life...
That each one of us
is capable of both the dark and the light,
of good and evil...
of either...of all...

And destiny, while marching ever in our direction,
can be rerouted by the choices we make...
By the love we hold onto,
And the promises we keep...

Thursday, August 6, 2009

朋友们,我们一起努力迈向大家个别的康庄大道吧!

最近不知怎么搞的,有点荒废了学业成日出没在部落格上(从另一个角度想也不是嘛- 吊颈都要吸口气吧!似乎在自我安慰。。。哈哈!)这都不是我这次写部落格的重点!

我阅读了近日朋友们写的部落格,深深地体会到大家各别出外读书的难处与辛酸。我自己也是花了一段时间来做调整。无论怎么样,这还会是我们人生一个可贵的过程与经验。毕竟,人长大了都不能再是那十几年前拉着妈妈裙角躲在后方的小孩了。对我而言,人生的可贵在于酸、甜、苦、辣我们都能品尝。把它看成像食物一样,再困难的事情也只不过是个品尝的过程。只要不放弃品尝,经验始终还是能够被吸收。

我从来不觉得读书是件苦差。当然不是因为我聪颖过人,而是因为我珍惜我拥有读书的机会。这地球上有多少人连上小学的机会都没有呢?当我们觉得当前遭遇的事情很艰难、很烦扰时,试不问问自己:此时此刻正在生与死的悬崖边缘上挣扎的人的心情又是怎么样的呢?相比之下,我们认为很艰难的问题,有多艰难呢?我们的问题有是不是显得很渺小呢?

那一本触动我心的书:《乞丐团仔》时时刻刻都提醒我:自己面对着的任何问题都没有什么问题可言。朋友们,让我们一同努力吧!只要我们不摒弃我们最初的信念,一定能够柳暗花明又一春!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

生锈了的华文

SPM华文仅获A2,我不以为然因为我确实没有为它付出过任何努力。直到现在我华文的水平还是保持在小学程度,甚至可能都比不上某些华文较好的小学生!我似乎也没有认真看待过这个问题,毕竟英文已经叫我喘不过气来,怎么还有时间去修我的华文呢?

《新闻背后》-一本我买了甚久的书,被遗留在我姐在KL的住处,直到昨天被我无意间发现它的存在!是它,让我思考这个问题:我要怎么“捍卫”我仅存的华文呢?前一阵子,我阅读回告别已久的“星洲日报”,冷汗不经在我心中直流!糟糕!我的华文程度到底已经低得怎么样的程度呢?我的语法、词汇、用语真已经糟得很不堪了!真是枉我是个华校生!

这个问题随之萌生:是否需要为此而执著,寻找方案并为此做出些努力?工程系先修班的课业越来越繁重,与此同时我很需要急速地加强我的英文水平,我真的有必要再掏出我仅剩不多的时间投资在这看起来对我没有任何回报的努力上吗?

需要向现实低头纯属因为能力不足。但在自怨自艾的同时,我告诉自己至少我还能在这儿为它做出一些小小的补偿。。。