April 13, 2004

reason in shambles.
histrionics: per te - josh groban.

after much anticipation, i finally get some rest.
uh..special mention to the college for giving us the i-learning stint.

was waiting with bated breath a few hours ago while logging in to penda, as i absolutely do not have the slightest intention to see the school for the next two days. and so it worked! hmm..did the math assignment..printed the gp articles and read them. ok, now what's happening? i'm actually doing my work! and today, i actually started on my complex nos. 2 & probability tutorial (thanks to cassan too)! oh wow! hmm.

i guess the sudden enthusiasm to do work was fuelled by the fact that i'd be out for the next two days. hmm..but turns out i'll have to stay home tomorrow. will be going for the Bible seminar in the evening though; actually planned to go on wednesday instead. hope wednesday will be fun! i seriously need a break.

read the news, and to my utmost dismay i realised it's already been a whole year ever since operation iraqi freedom. the vastly sorrowful thing is that the iraqis seem to be sinking deeper into oppression, and not out of it. in fact, this month seems the worst ever. in three days 23 u.s. soldiers have been killed. and 674 lost so far. has war developed into mindless bloodshed? perhaps it has always been. truly, desire and freedom cannot be taught, and can only be achieved through maturity and responsibility. there isn't a real government if the country isn't governed by its own people, and yet the iraqis have no sense when it comes to morality. then again, one cannot blame them, afterall they have been brought up from years of tyranny and dictatorship. ah, one of the major flaws of the concept of dictatorship is that the despot fails to realise that the people is what matters, not the land nor the resources. you can kill off everybody and have nothing to govern. save for................birds? saddam was (i don't know if he still is) a dunce (on to this topic, i may as well add how horrible mr. mao communist zedong was. killing a million chinese because of his harebrained concept of a communist china with its amazingly dense cultural revolution? i was greatly incensed by the ignominy of the peasant chinese, or rather all chinese alike, who got persecuted just because they had some inherent talent. imagine massacring tailors just because they can sew and stitch?? oh my. i'm glad he's dead and long gone, but i certainly don't understand why his gigantic picture and big mole are still hanging loftily in front of the forbidden city in beijing? ok, i digress very much!). and the u.s. is in such a tight spot: struggling economy, threat of terrorism both abroad and at home, elections, internal strife within congress, a doltish richard clarke and ashen condi rice, and! who can forget our dear bush. it's beginning to seem uncanningly and disturbingly typical of u.s. presidential elections to be preceded by lewinskys and osamas. ok, i rant.

recently, i seem to be rubbing shoulders with people of a certain personality. i would just like to say that just because you know or have read a little ahead or more than others, it isn't right to upkeep a holier-than-thou attitude. it's pretty irksome to be regarded with a deprecatory tone, and hey, seniority doesn't mean there should be a lack of basic politeness and respect, yes?

was discussing some possible travel plans with ed earlier on, i love the thought of nepal. it's so clean & pure, untainted by humans. and the people are simple. and the scenery. sigh.

okie, so what should i be doing tomorrow?
slack the whole day? oh well.
gid posted at 01:45