ahh... the thing abt a philo model is that everything is so intricately linked. myriad of interconnections. pull one string and the rest will feel the vibrations. i'm just ze noiseless little spider on the web that i have spun for myself. someday, i'll solidify the gossamer into visible nylon; i think it'll have an impact on me tho. maybe things won't be as variable as before. will gain awareness definitely, which is a double-edged sword (a critical part of my model). i hope to complete it during my japan trip :) before i go into army. at least the framework thru which i can continually refine it. attain nirvana by the time army is over =) so nice. nirvana by 21. coolZ.
but oh well intellectual pursuit was never a pressing goal in life. just a... pasttime. immensely rich one at that i'd like to think. lolz such hubris. but no this is not! this is honesty! such a blurred line.
one of my predominant aims is the collection of memories. 18 years and counting... wat has my past 18 years been, if not for memories. my piano grade? gpa? psle? supervisory prefect? i think all these'd pale in comparison to chapteh, pepsicola, mushroom, pushofftheroot etc. moments of magic. yes specialZ phrase. "God is in the details". phrase that keeps recurring cos i'm trying to buck up on lit.
incidentally, such a mindset betrays an atheistic outlook. the argument'd be that why do i care abt living a full life now if there's an eternal afterlife waiting? but no i don't think so. i think living a full life and living a life dedicated to God isn't mutually exclusive at all. enjoying life to the fullest, while enriching the lives of those arounds us... self-centredness and christ-centredness aren't mutually exclusive. lolz damn it's either admirable, or delusional if one can even distinct the two sometimes. a life like mother theresa's offers unparalleled fulfillment that can equate to a 'full life'...
in the end, self-regarding desires and other-regarding desires are all a subset of selfishness, by definition of the self-theory. such empty truistics. damn ethics are a waste of time. hastily generalize that to ki, and then to philo =) and then gasp wasted half of my life in plato's realm wahaha.
*edit: so weird have a list of things that i wanna blog about but everytime i blog is abt smth else de. i had a great time today :) it's wonderful when someone makes an effort, and the other person appreciates it. the defining moment of a click.
Name: Foo Guo Zhong Melvyn
Age: 19+
Affiliations: MSHS (Pri), Rosyth, RI, RJC, SFX (LoG)
Bday: 14th Nov
Email: mel_protoss@hotmail.com
ahh... the thing abt a philo model is that everything is so intricately linked. myriad of interconnections. pull one string and the rest will feel the vibrations. i'm just ze noiseless little spider on the web that i have spun for myself. someday, i'll solidify the gossamer into visible nylon; i think it'll have an impact on me tho. maybe things won't be as variable as before. will gain awareness definitely, which is a double-edged sword (a critical part of my model). i hope to complete it during my japan trip :) before i go into army. at least the framework thru which i can continually refine it. attain nirvana by the time army is over =) so nice. nirvana by 21. coolZ.
but oh well intellectual pursuit was never a pressing goal in life. just a... pasttime. immensely rich one at that i'd like to think. lolz such hubris. but no this is not! this is honesty! such a blurred line.
one of my predominant aims is the collection of memories. 18 years and counting... wat has my past 18 years been, if not for memories. my piano grade? gpa? psle? supervisory prefect? i think all these'd pale in comparison to chapteh, pepsicola, mushroom, pushofftheroot etc. moments of magic. yes specialZ phrase. "God is in the details". phrase that keeps recurring cos i'm trying to buck up on lit.
incidentally, such a mindset betrays an atheistic outlook. the argument'd be that why do i care abt living a full life now if there's an eternal afterlife waiting? but no i don't think so. i think living a full life and living a life dedicated to God isn't mutually exclusive at all. enjoying life to the fullest, while enriching the lives of those arounds us... self-centredness and christ-centredness aren't mutually exclusive. lolz damn it's either admirable, or delusional if one can even distinct the two sometimes. a life like mother theresa's offers unparalleled fulfillment that can equate to a 'full life'...
in the end, self-regarding desires and other-regarding desires are all a subset of selfishness, by definition of the self-theory. such empty truistics. damn ethics are a waste of time. hastily generalize that to ki, and then to philo =) and then gasp wasted half of my life in plato's realm wahaha.
*edit: so weird have a list of things that i wanna blog about but everytime i blog is abt smth else de. i had a great time today :) it's wonderful when someone makes an effort, and the other person appreciates it. the defining moment of a click.