2020 has been a roller-coaster so far. I remember back in January, when a group of us were sitting around enjoying our scrumptious meal, we briefly discussed the Covid situation in Wuhan. How terrible it must have been to be on a lockdown and not get to celebrate Chinese New Year with family and friends. We lamented and pitied, as if it were a tragedy happening to other people; as if we would never have to worry about the same affliction affecting us. How wrong were we! Who would have thought? In hindsight, we should’ve known better, seeing that we…
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Posted by a friend on Instagram, thought it’s worth sharing here. #repost (Thanks friend!)Credit goes to the author, whose name I can’t see clearly, but is the lady in the picture. To save you from squinting your eyes, I’m retyping the passage here: When I was about 15 I got pretty overexcited when, through my combination of school subject choices, I came across the concept of duende. It’s a Spanish word with no English translation that could be loosely explained as as expression of the feeling we all have that life is both incredibly heavy and feather-light at the same time. …
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If a tree fell with a thud, but no one heard it, has it really fallen? If words of truth were written but no one read it, are they still legit? If one was loved by another but he/she alone was utterly blind to it, has it really happened? Does it still count? Humans. Most of the time we seek evidence, trust only our senses and what we can concretely grasp, especially when it’s in our favour or when it’s convenient to us. When it’s not, or when it’s too complicated/overwhelming, we either a) choose to believe whatever we were…
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A friend shared this on social media the other day, and I think it’s worth sharing it here as well. Some words about how to approach life in general, about how to see the world we live in today, a world so full of chaos, fragmented by race, religion, skin color etc. It’s inspiring and heartwarming to know there are people out there who still believe in meliorism and are actually acting upon their beliefs. I do hope that more people are exposed to people, experiences and words like these which would inspire them to do the same. Especially in…
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Good morning. Saw this the other day and really wanted to share. It’s important to know how bad our climate has changed, and realize that we are the major contributors to that. There are things we can do to slow down this process, no matter how tiny or insignificant they may seem. But more on that later, I’m running late! Here’s the vid to share. Do watch it! It’s about time we start caring, no? Happy Thursday peeps.
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The other day there was a fire in the hospital, and everyone was asked to evacuate. Medical students were asked to leave as well, as no one wants to be held liable for our lives, so we couldn’t stay back to help evacuate. Fair enough. Despite wanting to do something, we made our way out grudgingly, only to see a large number of people capturing photos of the fire in front of the building. -___- ||| Really? I’m speechless. I know there isn’t much to do to help, but still. There’s a time and place for photographs, and this is…
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Vote for me, he saysIf you don’t, the country will go to the wrong peopleThere’ll be hudud lawYou won’t have the freedom you enjoy nowEconomy will declineEverything will go wrongIf you don’t vote for meVote wiselyVote for Malaysia And I sit here, wonderingWhen is he going to tell meWhat will happen if I vote for him
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Have you heard? The horrifying roar The patronizing drumrolls The prelude to the symphony Warning us of its arrival Telling us to run Telling us to hide Run Run away from the consequences Of our actions we Commit dailyUnknowingly, or knowinglyConsuming, thrashing, forgettingRepeat routine the next day Yes, tell ourselvesIt’s not us, it’s certainly not ‘me’Prolonged winter in New YorkFloods in Midwest US and in MalaysiaEarthquakes, hurricanes, and what-have-you’sSurely you must be mistakenTo think it’s related to civilization But could it beThat it’s really usShould we give up some of our luxuriesMaybe we shouldCarpool, take a train, recycle, buy lessBut dear…
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Taking a moment to jot some thoughts. What has the world come to these days? Bombing one day, shoot-out another, people dropped dead like flies, bad guys doing bad deeds then running away, but the good guys won’t stop chasing, and they will keep at it until someone is down down down. Could be the real bad guys, could be scapegoats. Who knows, who cares. People needed to know that the monsters who did the heinous deed get what they deserved; whether the authority got the right targets is less important. At least that’s what it seemed on the outset……
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Read this news article a couple of weeks ago about whether it’s constitutional to sample for DNA on those who are arrested without a warrant. Sounds to me like one of those ethical controversy on the usage of technology vs. the notion of privacy. The summary of the story is this: This guy was arrested for assault charges and his DNA was taken as per state law. The DNA sample was then submitted to federal DNA database to see if there were any matches. Turns out his DNA matched that of a rapist who committed the rape 6 years ago. He was…
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Image source: Google search on suicide. Looking back at the blogpost I wrote on suicide last year, maybe I was being too harsh on them. I sounded pissed off at those who committed suicide, and indeed I was. I still am, a little bit, when I think about it. But since then, I’ve learnt to see things from a different light. I tried to reason that maybe there were causes obscure to the judging eyes of the public (yes, I too am guilty of it), maybe they were mentally sick but undiagnosed and they didn’t know how to get help,…
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A: “Smokes, dude?”B: “….”