All About Me
This is a post dedicated to talking about myself, the inner workings of my mind and the questions to which I have no answer to.
So much have happened recently on this seemingly peaceful little island. All arguments for and against our bak chor mee man have been expounded so thoroughly elsewhere that I see no need to iterate any further. I do have my own opinions about the issue as with every citizen (hopefully). But they are sometimes so random and dispersed that I do not exactly know how to articulate them. I believe they are best kept to myself to avoid offending the supporters of either camp. In summary, I believe that
1) As with any situation, one can never decide what's good and what's bad. Every issue has a past, present, future and a blindspot which one can never see. We can only decide with our best knowledge and proceed cautiously.
2) Hmm... everything was summarised in point 1 actually...
So much for my opinion.
Now, I digressed. I should start this post with a more thorough introduction of myself instead of fielding my personal opinions immediately.
I am approaching 21 years old and for convenience, I like to tell over-zealous people that I'm an apathetic youth. Maybe I'm far from that but I don't like to profess my zeal for most things. I prefer instead to proceed with caution and think more before I speak, something which I'm still practising hard at.
I have a doting family, a loving bf and a group of friends to die for. I belong to the Catholic faith and cannot help but be skeptical at some of its teachings occasionally. After a number of experiences which I don't really know how to articulate but positively felt, I believe in the existence of God and his great love for mankind. I feel, however, that we sometimes try too hard to read God's mind and rely less on faith. I usually respond to religious questions with 'I don't know. I am not God.' I just wanted to be honest. I don't go around telling people 'repent, for the end is nigh!'. I strongly believe the best way to evangelize is to live life as a good person.
I am about to spend a year in sunny California, living what is hopefully the experience of a lifetime. I am grateful for my existence and the peaceful little island which I grew up in. I hope I'll be able to return to contribute to it.
I try my best not to bear grudges nor nurse any regrets. There's simply no time in life for them. My motto in life is to be happy - something which a lot of people will probably scoff at but of which I hope I will continue to believe in, regardless of my circumstances.
I like to joke a lot and am happy when my friends and loved ones are entertained by me. Sometimes, I enjoy making a fool of myself. But when things get out of hand, I can be a little upset. I am most impressed by people who are, in the words of Paula Abdul, true to themselves. I may sound condescending at times but I can't really hear myself when that happens. To all who might have been offended by whatever I might have said, I apologise for that. To those who say 'sorry no cure', get a life.
That's all I have to say about myself! Hope that didn't sound too bad. It was just a random post on a warm afternoon on my peaceful little island =)
So much have happened recently on this seemingly peaceful little island. All arguments for and against our bak chor mee man have been expounded so thoroughly elsewhere that I see no need to iterate any further. I do have my own opinions about the issue as with every citizen (hopefully). But they are sometimes so random and dispersed that I do not exactly know how to articulate them. I believe they are best kept to myself to avoid offending the supporters of either camp. In summary, I believe that
1) As with any situation, one can never decide what's good and what's bad. Every issue has a past, present, future and a blindspot which one can never see. We can only decide with our best knowledge and proceed cautiously.
2) Hmm... everything was summarised in point 1 actually...
So much for my opinion.
Now, I digressed. I should start this post with a more thorough introduction of myself instead of fielding my personal opinions immediately.
I am approaching 21 years old and for convenience, I like to tell over-zealous people that I'm an apathetic youth. Maybe I'm far from that but I don't like to profess my zeal for most things. I prefer instead to proceed with caution and think more before I speak, something which I'm still practising hard at.
I have a doting family, a loving bf and a group of friends to die for. I belong to the Catholic faith and cannot help but be skeptical at some of its teachings occasionally. After a number of experiences which I don't really know how to articulate but positively felt, I believe in the existence of God and his great love for mankind. I feel, however, that we sometimes try too hard to read God's mind and rely less on faith. I usually respond to religious questions with 'I don't know. I am not God.' I just wanted to be honest. I don't go around telling people 'repent, for the end is nigh!'. I strongly believe the best way to evangelize is to live life as a good person.
I am about to spend a year in sunny California, living what is hopefully the experience of a lifetime. I am grateful for my existence and the peaceful little island which I grew up in. I hope I'll be able to return to contribute to it.
I try my best not to bear grudges nor nurse any regrets. There's simply no time in life for them. My motto in life is to be happy - something which a lot of people will probably scoff at but of which I hope I will continue to believe in, regardless of my circumstances.
I like to joke a lot and am happy when my friends and loved ones are entertained by me. Sometimes, I enjoy making a fool of myself. But when things get out of hand, I can be a little upset. I am most impressed by people who are, in the words of Paula Abdul, true to themselves. I may sound condescending at times but I can't really hear myself when that happens. To all who might have been offended by whatever I might have said, I apologise for that. To those who say 'sorry no cure', get a life.
That's all I have to say about myself! Hope that didn't sound too bad. It was just a random post on a warm afternoon on my peaceful little island =)
