June 2011
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People who are too weak to be happy will always attempt to make sure...
– So make it a point to make another person happy! We can change the world, one life at a time if need be.
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What Standard?
I’ve always thought I was pretty good at some things - I’m not being proud here, just an honest assessment of myself. We all think we’re good at certain things right? Those are our talents, our potentials, our abilities.
But by which standard?
I’ve always thought I did quite well in my research - even my supervisors are quite proud of me. I’m not the top and I...
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A Holy Longing →
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Down In The Dirt: Not A Formula
One thing I’ve realised about the world today is that a lot of us think that everything can be resolved into a formula. Now Einstein may be right about a Grand Unifying Theory, and I actually wait eagerly to see that day happen. But sad to say not everything can be explained with theories and correlations and formulae. Tha’ts the problem with the society I stay in and live in -...
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And the sign said ‘the words of the prophet are written on the subway...
– Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
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Blocked vs Empty | WithoutWax.tv by Pete Wilson →
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One Of The Greatest Challenges In Contemporary... →
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Don’t be afraid of a wrong hypothesis - in the history of science the...
– Kyung-Suk Kim, Brown University
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Down In The Dirt: Judging
As I was contemplating on how we often seem to categorize people in many aspects (like what they do, their mind patterns, their strengths and weaknesses, and sometimes even their sins), the command “do not judge” indadvertedly springs to mind. Judging is something we seem to do on a daily basis, to everything and everyone, and we make decisions varying in importance from what we should...
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To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart and sing it to them...
– Thomas Chandler (via thrillspill)
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Contentment in discontentment
It was a busy day today and I spent a good two and a half hours frustratingly running from building to building at Robinson Road in the blazing hot sun with a 10 kg bag on my shoulders. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: administration and legislative rules for the sake of rules frustrate me.
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I’ve always been discontent - not with what I have (or at...
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Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else...
– Albert Szent-Gyorgi
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