The End of the World? ...my version of it.

I find it strange that for one thing the majority of the human race today have in common is the shared idea of how the world will end in 2012, as predicted by numerous prophets, and various scriptures from the past.

The physical destruction of civilization.

Yes, I did have the same picture in my mind too. It was something like what's depicted in this picture:

However, the more I thought about it, the more it didn't make sense. Then I gave myself another attempt at interpreting the sentence, "The End of The World".

The first part that caught my attention was "The World". Could the world possibly come to an end? I'm sure Hollywood's attempt at describing such an event in motion picture is quite accurate, considering the amount of destruction and how powerless the most powerful nations, military forces actually are, when facing the wrath of nature. However, most of the people you and I see and meet everyday are not as good looking and hard to kill. Most run out of breath rather quickly.
The world can mean, the physical world, where there's our planet, lots of water and mountains and trees and the birds and the bees. The world can also mean a not so physical... thing. I thought, "hey, maybe a new world order is going to replace the old one, thus 'The End' of 'The World'".
Now that made a lot more sense. It's no wonder that important matters are only discussed among several nations eg: Group of 20, Group of 8.
Of course, I do not know a lot about what these 'groups' do, but their meetings should be able to bring forth significant impacts throughout the world, or else why would such busy leaders of nations gather together once in a while? Do they really like each other that much? I don't know, but maybe they do.

And what exactly would that New World Order be?
I imagine that there would be a centralized government of The World, and there will only be one currency under a fiat monetary system, where the whole world will be the biggest monopoly game ever played in history. No, purchasing monopoly sets now will not make you richer in the future.
Special laws may appear to prevent money from being stuck in some old fart's bank account, but transferred to the centralized gov to be redistributed through various gov programs (given that there are no wills written). Crime rates will definitely be higher, and criminals will get smarter and in bigger groups ('united we stand' works perfectly for organized crimes too).
People would not worry about currency depreciation, but prices of goods will continue to hike. The rich will still get richer and the poor will still get poorer, bringing "some have to starve for some to be fed" to a whole new level; or the poorest areas in the world today would actually start developing (there's still gonna be corruption).

Something like that.

The End of the World?

I have been hearing lots of speculations on the year 2012, with lots of predictions about "an end to the world as we know it". There are plentiful prophecies towards such an event, all pointing towards a very similar date, December 2012. Prophecies from Nostra Damus, Mayans, Egyptians, even experts in the science field are taking it seriously!

So, what do we do?? We might as well blow every penny left in our bank accounts in whatever time remaining! I for one, would stop working and studying and reading philosophy books that doesn't make sense!

Would the world really just reach its expiry date?

Or will there be a burst of solar wind,

so strong,

at that precise moment,

sending an enormous stream of bipolar photons (they are indeed bipolar, scientifically proven)

towards United States of America (most UFO sightings happen here so lets just go with),

penetrating the immensely thick magnetic field, and at the same time messing it up;

cut right through the almighty Ozone layer,

to destroy...

every single credit card in the US?

Think about it. Of all 360 degrees, what are the chances of that great big sun to take a spit and actually hit the only planet surrounding it that has complex living creatures? Come on... it's not possible! ....isn't it?

Back on topic to the end of the world (serious now) read this!

Convinced? Maybe a different tune from a more well-known source? Click here!

Pretty eye-opening stuff, yes?

I do not know for a fact which argument is true, but I would say keep up the good green work! Clean up the planet! At least we can live in a decent environment until Dec 2012!

I want to go visit the motherland.

I want to go visit China.
I want to see the land of my ancestors.
I want to visit the community where my grandfather came from, and his father, and his grandfather.
I want to let them know, that part of the family wandering outside of the motherland is safe, and doing well.
I want to introduce myself to them in advance, so that when they hear a loud bang from afar, they will not tremble in fear, instead they will be proud.

They may have known my name from my father.
But I would like to introduce myself in person, and put them in my memory, and I in their's.

I am Malaysian Chinese. I wish to go visit China.

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Looking at the street lights outside my window, seeing them standing alone with their heads bowed, lighting up the very spot in front of them.

"What's running through their minds?" I wonder, silently observing them from my little window overlooking O street, as the evergreens sit quietly in their place, cuddled up in each other's presence.

I've traveled west along this road that heads towards downtown, however, where the other end leads remains a mystery.

I peered out my window, once, twice and three times.
From my observations, I can conclude that it stretches all the way to the horizon, where cars, bikes and trucks came from nowhere and anywhere.

Many times I wanted to set out on a journey of discovery, to find out about the other end of O street, is there really a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, however the schedules of corporations, institutions and nature, distracts me, guiding me to spin around an axis, rocking me back and forth between instant gratifications and rewards for patience.

Throwing out stuffs on my mind...

It's very difficult once you get too emotionally attached to a girl, who's just not that into you.

Your whole world basically orbits around her once you decide that she's the one that you want to be with, to work hard for, and to ultimately wanting to give her all the good and beautiful things the world has to offer. Anything she sets her sights on, you want to give it to her, by hook of by crook, you want her to have it as a gift from you, and to see her happy and smile and jump around ecstatically will pretty much become the one thing in this world that makes you feel really good and warm and fuzzy inside. It's the best feeling in the world, and it is the best reinforcement for you to earn the most you can in exchange for a luxurious life for her or to make her fantasies come true, one after another.

Whenever you get her attention, it's magic, it's joy, it's a blessing, makes you believe that there is a true God that just made you Adam and she's Eve. She makes you want to be the smartest guy in the world, to have an answer to all her queries, no matter how bizarre, to be the bravest and strongest person in the world to protect her from even the slightest thought that might make her sad and cry. And when she cries, you feel the pain, it feels like you failed to keep the promise to give her all the happiness in the world, and you try every idea you have in your mind to make it up to her, to see her smile again and be truly happy.

Most movies from either Hong Kong or Hollywood or anywhere at all, quotes "if you love her, you gotta let her go". I don't know if that applies to everyone. Maybe it's considered the ultimate gift of love in most parts of the world, but I think that's not something that is normal or even close. You might wish for her to have the best life, but deep down inside, you want her to have the best life that you can provide, and you know damn well that you only want the finest things in the world for her, and anything at all that she set her sights on. You also want to do everything with her, to visit different parts of the world with her, to experience life itself, and to have her to share the good times.

And most of all you want to start a family with her, to have kids, the product of your love. And you want her to be so much more than just your beautiful wife, you want your kids to make her the happiest and proudest mom in the world too, to be the woman every women envies, and look up to, with respect and awe. And you don't want her to feel for even a millionth of a second, that she is not loved, that she is not safe, that she cannot depend on you.

After that, you want to grow old together and still hold her hand, and love her like a little girl, and see much more beauty just glowing and over-flowing from her radiant smiles... and you want to let her know that she is more beautiful than ever, and it is true, to everyone and to you.

With all these that you want to go through with her ONLY, it's a shame that she doesn't want any of that... And she's just not that into you. It hurts you to the core, but you still want her to have all the happiness in the world, and everything that she desires.

I am part of a lost generation

And I refuse to believe that

I can change the world

i realize this may be a shock

"true happiness comes from within"

is a lie, and

"Money will make me happy"

So in 30 years I will tell my children

they are not the most important thing in my life

My employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

work

is more important than

family

I will tell you this

once upon a time

families stayed together

but this will not be true in my era

this is a quick-fix society

Experts tell me that

30 years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce.

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making

In the future,

environmental destruction will be the norm

No longer can it be said that

my peers and I care about this earth

It will be evident that

my generation is apathetic and lethargic

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope



And all of this will come true unless we reverse it.

-Jonathan Reed.

I'm in love =)

"falling in love".. It's quite a misleading phrase isn't it?
The average person might argue with the "love" part, stating the obvious, that it's often confused with lust, admiration and probably obsession. That's not wrong. Most of the time it is right! It is very confusing and difficult to distinguish one from the
other.
Psychologists and pastors will want to give some extra information about the "falling" part, other than the infamous interpretations on "love."
Often we hear quotes about success and most of it is being resilient right? For instance, "success is falling 9 times and getting up 10."
Now to "fall" in love gets confusing. For a
successful love life, I need to "fall" 9 times and get up 10 times? Just keep falling?
Of course it is not the case.
"Falling", is not something everyone likes to do, because it is not planned. As beautiful as lyrics to lovey-dovey songs are, love comes
with commitment, responsibility, stress and the list of things you're probably more than familiar with.
So to "fall" in love interprets to "I didn't planned for this to happen, but it did so I'm
just gonna pick it up and go with the flow from here,"? Now it doesn't sound half as romantic anymore isn't it?

So how does most relationship start off? How did most couples become couples?
They started off as friends. From there, it "grew". For some people, it doesn't take a lot of time. Others, perhaps years and decades. The key thing is to enable time to take part in the process.

However, avoid living under one roof together for logical bullshit reasons such as to get a real perspective of what life or married life would be like, just to be sure that he/she is the "right one". Statistics show that couples who lived together before marriage has a higher divorce rate! Reasons being that the idea of "bailing out when it does not work" is still there even after marriage. Most couples who lived together before marriage have less room for problems and necessary tolerance for the partner's shortcomings, expecting married life to be exactly how it was before marriage, and the kids are not around yet.

Then how do people grow to be in love with each other? This concept might be something unheard of for the average drama/sitcom-watching teen and probably the average urbanite jumping from one random
hook-up to another, in the quest for the all spark...I'm sorry, but you can tell I'm a transformers fan. What I'm trying to say is they look for that magical spark that prompts almost every tv romance since...I don't know, but you get the drift.
I don't deny that it can happen just like that for some, but what are the odds? I'm not saying that it can happen to anybody but you, it is most definitely a possibility of 0.000000001%.
However, my main point is to create awareness to not just jump into a relationship too easily or as what Hollywood preaches "take a crazy chance in love". FYI: that crazy chance in love can also mean letting go off all control of your own life. It's thrilling and the mere phrases that sound so beautiful and almost like a fantasy, like in the movies, fuels us to go forth with the stupid idea like ecstacy. And before you know it, that fantasy most probably crumbles in your face like a termite infested plank, and all hell breaks loose in your life bcuz there's no such thing as your life anymore, your previous life is gone; dedicated to fuel the relationship that just ended.
"take a crazy chance in love, what are you gonna lose?" on the surface, probably nothing of significance. When you go through it and or fails, you tell me.

A relationship, as complicated as it is, it's difficult to get a genuine partner and almost impossible to keep him/her forever. So what do we do? It's simple -- do the impossible!
You know it's gonna come with never ending stress, nagging, confinement, rules-so creative-it-takes-a-lifetime-to-register, whatever whatever, et cetera et cetera, but you welcome them with a smile and protect them, cover them, provide them their wants and needs just so the headaches never stop coming.
However, there's a silver-lining to that bottomless horrible disasters that you just signed up for - they actually put on the most heartfelt smile on your face after each storm fades and your partner and you get together again.
He/she will become your biggest headache, and best friend of your life from then on. It is addictive, it is a drug, it is love.

Praise God.