The constant contention between my dad and I is him continually telling me I need to pray to God about every step of my life; everything, going good or going bad needs prayer–to God. God who ironically is [supposedly] behind the bads and the good. However, that’s not the case for now. As par the [...]
iApologize
June 28th, 2010 § 2
Today, I luckily ran into the poetry of Oscar Brown Jr. The heavy rhetorics of this poem captivates me, or maybe because I relate so much to it. Enjoy this interesting ‘apology’ (added with some of my interpretations and edits) and of course, processd to watch the dramatic performance at the end of the piece. [...]
In Lieu of Faith
June 27th, 2010 § 0
In a recent talk I had with a religious acquintance on his faith and how it has opened up possibilties and helped him see past the violence happening around him. I thought, if religion helps him keep a sense of purpose, why would anyone, want to take that from him (myself inclusive). Actually, the question [...]
Anatomy of the Rat Race
June 26th, 2010 § 0
The last post I exposed on the illusion of ‘getting an education’, the western education that is. I expressed some disgust and let’s say ironically, it all comes down to living by the rules to survive. As much as I might think that there are better alternatives to learning than attending college(s) and piling degree [...]
schooling Revisited, Painfully.
June 24th, 2010 § 5
On several posts, I’ve noted the inverse relationship between [academic] learning and real world doing. So much that I might want to burst that: ‘school could be a waste of time!’ or that I might want to add, [western] schooling is over-rated. Now that I’m out of school, I think it might be fair to [...]
future of Tech
June 22nd, 2010 § 0
Some 10 years ago I used my first mobile phone and it was a Nokia. Today, I still use a nokia phone (albeit changing through several models) and still loving it as I did my first. Yea, meaning less fanboyism some would say. Some few years ago, my friends and I where convinced that there [...]
beauty in Dying
June 19th, 2010 § 0
One day, either we like it or not; are prepared for it or not, we will die and actually “that makes us the lucky one” as Richard Dawkins would say. He would continue, and why should he complain about death–it should be celebrated. And I, write to celebrate death. Ok, maybe not literally. i don’t [...]
facing the Ego
June 16th, 2010 § 0
Yesterday I saw a middle-aged man while waiting at the bus stop do a dance in the middle of the road. At first I found it very funny and everyone got a good laugh out of it; I however learned a much deeper lesson from this man: we have a much more higher notion of [...]
the ‘Me’ Poetry
June 14th, 2010 § 2
Very often have had my friends telling me how life in America is so not what it is from the outside (believe it or not, at least mostly) and interestingly I thought, that’s often true. As I’ve mentioned severally in related post (see below), there is an inverse relationship between wealth [monetary] and satisfaction i.e. [...]
Living By Quotes
June 12th, 2010 § 0
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis “If what you’re doing is not your passion, you have nothing to lose.” [...]