February 2012
35 posts
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Just as how self-depreciation is recognizably bad, and sometimes annoying to those around you, the sense that one’s perspective is always right, always true, always complete is equally frustrating. Society today has encouraged us to be, in short, “jerks”, who are aloof about everyone else’s opinions or feelings.
Imagine then, a discourse between you and someone who...
Busker along the streets in central London singing “Streets of London” - I find it ironic!
“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and...”
– Andy Rooney (via simply-quotes)
Way Cool Sound Matrix. Click The Squares. →
Have a sudden inexplicable urge to learn sign language, jeet kun do, and start hip hop (again?).
Sin, Sex, and Shalom | Mars Hill Church →
God Is a Giver of Good Gifts | Mars Hill Church →
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Sometimes you give up things for the greater purpose, for a better good.
“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because...”
– H. Jackson Browne (via kari-shma)
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Teachers
In my time in Imperial so far, i’ve had the priviledge of having a supervisor (albeit a secondary one) that is eager to go through each of my works with me. From data summary to poster making, he takes the time to sit down with each of the students he supervises and walks them through the parts to be corrected and the rationale behind it. I once offered for him to just leave comments on the...
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Sometimes we are unaware of the hidden costs we incur on other people. Sometimes they won’t tell either.
You gotta be able to take as much damage as you can dish out.
I need something new, something novel, something exciting.
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Drift
Again i think about the people who drifted out of my life.
Not the ones that did something against me, or i against them, which was effectively a step away from each other. Those i can understand, sad as some of them might be. More of the ones that we cared about each other platonically and then as life wore into our souls and got us busier, we drifted apart.
People whom we used to talk about...
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Some People
Some people come into for a spell, but after a while they leave Some people walk with you through hell, and they stick with you long as you breathe Some people bring with them a chime, but the bell only tolls when they mourn Some people stay only for a rhyme, and when you’re down they scorn Some people look upon from afar, and protect you unappreciated Some people stay close, keep their...
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"Actually"
We need to educate Singaporeans on the proper context, nuance and use of the word “actually”.
Many promising academics make themselves sound defensive or desperate to look intellectual when they add in the word “actually” into responses:
“What is the value of <something>?” “The value is actually <insert value here>.”
What good does it...
“Those who walk away from you in the dark should be forgotten in the light.”
– I Wrote This For You: The Things I Have Felt Have Torn Me Apart (via kari-shma)
My phone, after going through my rugged life, is finally screaming to stay alive. Please hang in there a while more!
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“It feels that we are so used to looking around us that when we start finding...”
“You know, maybe life isn’t supposed to be that tough. Maybe we just make...”
Friendships and Loyalty
It’s snowing outside in London, and I just had a great dinner with god-family and friends! I was contemplating on a cider but given the amount of food i just ingested and the temperature i thought a warm cup of Horlicks would do a better deal :)
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Recent events have brought up thoughts of what friends should be like, and what their loyalties should be. More so, it brought up...
January 2012
39 posts
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be streetsmart. But I’d rather be streetsmart than naive and dumb.
Where Have the Men Gone? →
Tough Text Thursday: Ephesians 4:26 | Pastor Mark →
“Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger”
I think this post was very well crafted, and could be very potent to most of us, being a very realistic and down to earth post, without the airyfairy-ness often associated with religion.
Friend with Benefits | Real Marriage #2 Sermon... →
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“I don’t think it’s fair to judge anything - there are so many things...”
Scandal! Ex-Nun Marries Former Priest | Pastor... →
…Or is it really a scandal?
Just because one thinks differently and lives differently doesn’t mean one is wrong or unmotivated.
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iPad app for Tumblr
Anyone know of a good one? I do hope the Tumblr Team come up with an iPad version soon, primarily because I’m finding it a lot easier to type on the iPad than anything else =\
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Toughness
“The ability of a material to absorb energy and plastically deform without fracturing. Material toughness is the amount of energy per volume that a material can absorb without rupturing. It is also defined as the resistance of fracture of a material when stressed.
Toughness requires a balance of strength and ductility.”
- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toughness)
Being...