Najwa and Kak Wani today told me about the benefits of procreating and the guarantee of finding your perfect partner if you pray well.
I wasn't surprised to be the only one out of the loop today.
I could never see myself having any children of my own. I mean, don't get me wrong, I absolutely love children. I adore them to bits and it's really the only reason I enjoy visiting them so much. But I look at the world today and how screwed up we are, and I think...
I love them too much to expose them to all of this. Broken homes, pollution, political corruption, hedonism, moral-ethical conflict. What should they see and what should they not? How many things require parental guidance now? There's porn. Then there are ridiculously rigorous academic requirements. Explosive education bills. Not to mention the rubbish celebrity examples the media so joyfully exhibits on almost every single channel and website.
"But Aisyah, anak la yang doakan kita. Children will be there to pray for our life and hereafter."
This kind of reiterates my statement. Look at how screwed up we are, to the point we need to rely on our offspring, our beautiful, pure offspring to erase our screw-ups for us.
This post-modernism society, in my opinion, is such a tough place for children to grow up in now. Childhoods today are nothing like they were before, nowhere near carefree or easy as before. There's so much pressure on a child; exams, genetic traits, social stability. The environment is so unhealthy, so stressful, far too much for a good boy or girl. We say we won't mind, we tell ourselves that we'll love our children no matter what, but that in itself is a coin-throw; by having children, we are undoubtedly putting ourselves at risk of a huge emotional burden, by "not caring" what our children will be like, putting barriers and limits to our expectations so we won't supposedly be disappointed when they don't do so well in whatever it is they venture to do.
I'm awesome at taking care of children, no kidding. But I personally could never raise a child.
Kak Wani and Najwa sort of nodded and let the argument pass, saying things along the lines of "You're just saying that now, you'll change your mind when the time comes."
I have no doubt maternal instinct and growing up will tempt me to some extent, but I'll know that all I have to do is watch TV. Or surf the internet. The answer is plain enough for anyone to see. Children don't deserve the world that is now. They just don't.
Raped teenagers in South Africa and Sudan and hundreds of other rural tribes around the world are completely incapable of birth and population control. We are. I think we should do something about that.
Aish's Collection of Les Quotes.
Thought I'd share these here, since I find all of them either comical, thoughtful or intriguing. I've collected them over a very long period of time, because every time I find a good quote online, I'll actually be sad enough to copy and paste them into a single document. But every time I look back and read them, I'll feel really glad I saved them :)
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It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.-Wilde
“When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" -Sydney J. Harris
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” -Marie Curie
The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese - anon
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
You can judge your age by your level of rejection to a new idea -Paulo Coelho
In true love you want the other person's good. In false love you
want the other person. -Paulo Coelho
The weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. -Paulo Coelho
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself -Paulo Coelho
Where you are doesn't determine who you are. -Paulo Coelho
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later. -anon
Rock is dead. Long live paper and scissors.-anon
The illusion that there is a solution comes from the illusion that there is a problem. -anon
Nothing destroys spirit like poverty- Becoming Jane
She'll only break your heart, it's a fact. And even though I warn you, even though I guarantee you that the girl will only hurt you terribly, you'll still pursue her. Ain't love grand? - Great Expectations
"People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves."- Salma Hayek
"Reverend, I would like to run a mosque out of your parish hall. Would you like to tell Jesus, or should I?" - Yasser
Character is who you are when no one's watching- anon
"Trust me, everybody is less mysterious than they think they are." -Elizabethtown
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. Seuss
Tell her, brief is life but love is long -Tennyson
And when Love speaks,
the voice of all the gods
Make heaven drowsy with the harmony - Shakespeare
Love can vanquish death -Tennyson
There are so many people reading these words now that if you put your hand against the screen, I can promise you, no matter what time it is, no matter where you are, someone else who feels the same is doing it too. -Iain Thomas
A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.
- Maya Angelou
"It is by means of Ihsan that ordinary faith becomes inward certainty, and that outward conformity to the law becomes total abandonment to the will of God."
"Nothing is ever good enough because we constantly envision what could be." -Frank Beddor
"But it's only sex. Erection, insertion, ejaculation. That's all, folks."-Haruki Murakami
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
"You built your time machine because of Emma's death. If she had lived, it would have never have existed. So how could you use your machine to go back to save her? You are the inescapable result of your tragedy. Just as I am the inescapable result of you." -The Time Machine 2002
"If I were a dog and you were a flower, I'd lift up my leg and give you a shower."
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It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.-Wilde
“When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" -Sydney J. Harris
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” -Marie Curie
The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese - anon
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
You can judge your age by your level of rejection to a new idea -Paulo Coelho
In true love you want the other person's good. In false love you
want the other person. -Paulo Coelho
The weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. -Paulo Coelho
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself -Paulo Coelho
Where you are doesn't determine who you are. -Paulo Coelho
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later. -anon
Rock is dead. Long live paper and scissors.-anon
The illusion that there is a solution comes from the illusion that there is a problem. -anon
Nothing destroys spirit like poverty- Becoming Jane
She'll only break your heart, it's a fact. And even though I warn you, even though I guarantee you that the girl will only hurt you terribly, you'll still pursue her. Ain't love grand? - Great Expectations
"People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves."- Salma Hayek
"Reverend, I would like to run a mosque out of your parish hall. Would you like to tell Jesus, or should I?" - Yasser
Character is who you are when no one's watching- anon
"Trust me, everybody is less mysterious than they think they are." -Elizabethtown
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. Seuss
Tell her, brief is life but love is long -Tennyson
And when Love speaks,
the voice of all the gods
Make heaven drowsy with the harmony - Shakespeare
Love can vanquish death -Tennyson
There are so many people reading these words now that if you put your hand against the screen, I can promise you, no matter what time it is, no matter where you are, someone else who feels the same is doing it too. -Iain Thomas
A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.
- Maya Angelou
"It is by means of Ihsan that ordinary faith becomes inward certainty, and that outward conformity to the law becomes total abandonment to the will of God."
"Nothing is ever good enough because we constantly envision what could be." -Frank Beddor
"But it's only sex. Erection, insertion, ejaculation. That's all, folks."-Haruki Murakami
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
"You built your time machine because of Emma's death. If she had lived, it would have never have existed. So how could you use your machine to go back to save her? You are the inescapable result of your tragedy. Just as I am the inescapable result of you." -The Time Machine 2002
"If I were a dog and you were a flower, I'd lift up my leg and give you a shower."
Je suis mal. Genial.
C'est la premiere fois que j'ecris en Francais, parce que je ne veux pas mes amis de savent.
L'hier semaine, mon colocataire est revenu a la maison tres tard. Elle m'a dit c'est parce qu'elle est restee a l'appartement de son amie et elles ont regardees le television et elles parlent sur la beaucoup des choses jusqu'a dix heures. Ca m'est egal, mais apres, au matin prochaine, elle n'a eu pas le voix. Et bientot apres, elle est devenu mal.
Toujour, ca m'est egal, parce que j'ai souhaite qu'elle essayerai devenir plus sante. Mais c'est la probleme. Elle fait rien.
Et maintenant je deviens comme elle. Plus mal, je devenirai chaude, a tout le corps. Ce me derange beaucoup, et je le deteste. Aidez moi, s'il vous plait.
L'hier semaine, mon colocataire est revenu a la maison tres tard. Elle m'a dit c'est parce qu'elle est restee a l'appartement de son amie et elles ont regardees le television et elles parlent sur la beaucoup des choses jusqu'a dix heures. Ca m'est egal, mais apres, au matin prochaine, elle n'a eu pas le voix. Et bientot apres, elle est devenu mal.
Toujour, ca m'est egal, parce que j'ai souhaite qu'elle essayerai devenir plus sante. Mais c'est la probleme. Elle fait rien.
Et maintenant je deviens comme elle. Plus mal, je devenirai chaude, a tout le corps. Ce me derange beaucoup, et je le deteste. Aidez moi, s'il vous plait.
New Moan.
Hello everyone!!!
Yup, you can't ignore this post. Blog viewer counts don't lie. Seriously, I didn't even update for over a week and I still get a hundred over visitors, what the hell is up with that?
Anyway. This weekend and past week have seen a very unproductive me and I suddenly wish it was back to reading week. I was enthused then and I had a study plan and I kept to my schedule so ardently... now I'm just nyeehh can't wait for Christmas holidays so I can REALLY start revising. lol.
Of course I've been studying. But not as passionately as I can.
My French is starting to pick up. Particularly because I've just realised that I've been sitting in lectures nearby two very attractive French boys who only know that I exist. They keep having loud conversations in their native language, and sometimes it does sound hot but sometimes I just feel like telling them to shut up. I don't know their names either, so I guess it's a mutual thing. I wish I could talk to them someday though.
I watched New Moon last Friday night and my god, it was such a funny experience. I went with Najwa, just the two of us, and we specifically went to the Odeon at Surrey Quays because I knew that place is usually deserted so we could get good seats and all. But oh, were we wrong.
Schoolgirls, and I mean girls in uniform like just after school, were ALL OVER THE PLACE. They sat on the floor outside the theatres, at the lobbies, outside at the parking lot, everywhere. It was good enough though that Najwa and I got tickets early.
One thing good about the cinemas here is that there's no seating plan or reservations, so whenever you buy your tickets, it all depends on whether you manage to get a good seat in time or not. So Najwa and I got popcorn early and decided to get into the theatre 15 minutes before trailers, but even then it was SO PACKED. The door was up to the brim with people waiting to get a seat, and we had to line up outside the door. Funny.
Once we got in, everyone frantically ran up the theatre, and thankfully we were just two people so we got a good view easily. I counted five boys altogether. I felt sorry for them. Also, it's totally normal and not suspicious for two middle-aged men to watch New Moon together right? Right? Right. So it's okay that I didn't freak out then.
So... okay, ads, check. Trailers, check. Then the lights turn dim and... wha? Since when was there a 'cue to scream' blinking light? I don't know why, but all the girls in the theatre (and that adds up to nearly everyone) erupts in screaming and applause. And the movie hadn't even started yet. Tards.
The movie starts, and Edward Cullen comes on screen and..... the imaginary 'cue to scream' light blinks again.
They both go to school, and from behind Jacob calls out for Bella, camera closes up to him and...... you guessed it.
There were a couple more screamo moments like smooching and watching the werewolf guys stalk around half-naked, but in all honesty, Jacob-bias aside, I found the movie quite- no, very- disappointing. But it was better than Twilight. Though that's not saying much is it.
It was an interesting experience though. But I don't think I'll want to watch Eclipse on it's first screening again.
I'm planning to watch 'Let The Right One In' soon. It's about a timid boy who moves in next door to a vampire girl. They say that one blows Twilight right out of the water. That's not saying much either. Lol.
Yup, you can't ignore this post. Blog viewer counts don't lie. Seriously, I didn't even update for over a week and I still get a hundred over visitors, what the hell is up with that?
Anyway. This weekend and past week have seen a very unproductive me and I suddenly wish it was back to reading week. I was enthused then and I had a study plan and I kept to my schedule so ardently... now I'm just nyeehh can't wait for Christmas holidays so I can REALLY start revising. lol.
Of course I've been studying. But not as passionately as I can.
My French is starting to pick up. Particularly because I've just realised that I've been sitting in lectures nearby two very attractive French boys who only know that I exist. They keep having loud conversations in their native language, and sometimes it does sound hot but sometimes I just feel like telling them to shut up. I don't know their names either, so I guess it's a mutual thing. I wish I could talk to them someday though.
I watched New Moon last Friday night and my god, it was such a funny experience. I went with Najwa, just the two of us, and we specifically went to the Odeon at Surrey Quays because I knew that place is usually deserted so we could get good seats and all. But oh, were we wrong.
Schoolgirls, and I mean girls in uniform like just after school, were ALL OVER THE PLACE. They sat on the floor outside the theatres, at the lobbies, outside at the parking lot, everywhere. It was good enough though that Najwa and I got tickets early.
One thing good about the cinemas here is that there's no seating plan or reservations, so whenever you buy your tickets, it all depends on whether you manage to get a good seat in time or not. So Najwa and I got popcorn early and decided to get into the theatre 15 minutes before trailers, but even then it was SO PACKED. The door was up to the brim with people waiting to get a seat, and we had to line up outside the door. Funny.
Once we got in, everyone frantically ran up the theatre, and thankfully we were just two people so we got a good view easily. I counted five boys altogether. I felt sorry for them. Also, it's totally normal and not suspicious for two middle-aged men to watch New Moon together right? Right? Right. So it's okay that I didn't freak out then.
So... okay, ads, check. Trailers, check. Then the lights turn dim and... wha? Since when was there a 'cue to scream' blinking light? I don't know why, but all the girls in the theatre (and that adds up to nearly everyone) erupts in screaming and applause. And the movie hadn't even started yet. Tards.
The movie starts, and Edward Cullen comes on screen and..... the imaginary 'cue to scream' light blinks again.
They both go to school, and from behind Jacob calls out for Bella, camera closes up to him and...... you guessed it.
There were a couple more screamo moments like smooching and watching the werewolf guys stalk around half-naked, but in all honesty, Jacob-bias aside, I found the movie quite- no, very- disappointing. But it was better than Twilight. Though that's not saying much is it.
It was an interesting experience though. But I don't think I'll want to watch Eclipse on it's first screening again.
I'm planning to watch 'Let The Right One In' soon. It's about a timid boy who moves in next door to a vampire girl. They say that one blows Twilight right out of the water. That's not saying much either. Lol.
Apologies to readers for the previous post (except the person it was aimed at). It was immature, explicit, and full of assumptions.
Just felt like saying that.
Also, thought of the day:
Does a low self esteem = commonly cynical outlook at life = high tendency to care what people think?
Are they reliant upon each other? Or can they be mutually exclusive?
Just felt like saying that.
Also, thought of the day:
Does a low self esteem = commonly cynical outlook at life = high tendency to care what people think?
Are they reliant upon each other? Or can they be mutually exclusive?
Rant #239. (R-rated)
I'm currently so mad at a certain guy
He barely knows me
But he hurt my good friend Nadia.
Some guys can be such assholes it's bloody exasperating that they treat their admirers like shit because they think they're of such high value and that they can get a girl at any time
F you, for losing yet another girl's faith in the male's ability to be humane and the decency to be frank, giving in instead to the whims of your arrogance and pathetic libido, going around playing with girls as if they're fuck-toys.
Here's MY middle finger to you, go ahead
I wish you the longest single life you could ever imagine, and hope you spend that long, long time cowering in your self-loathing, negative life with absolutely nothing to stir your emotions other than your wretched fingers and pencil-sized penis.
End of rant
He barely knows me
But he hurt my good friend Nadia.
Some guys can be such assholes it's bloody exasperating that they treat their admirers like shit because they think they're of such high value and that they can get a girl at any time
F you, for losing yet another girl's faith in the male's ability to be humane and the decency to be frank, giving in instead to the whims of your arrogance and pathetic libido, going around playing with girls as if they're fuck-toys.
Here's MY middle finger to you, go ahead
I wish you the longest single life you could ever imagine, and hope you spend that long, long time cowering in your self-loathing, negative life with absolutely nothing to stir your emotions other than your wretched fingers and pencil-sized penis.
End of rant
She's just such a pretty little thing, really.
That's the back of Johnny Depp's head, by the way.
My opinion is that Cotillard has a really special kind of beauty, a certain tenderness toward her that I can only think akin to Audrey Tatou or Catherine-Zeta Jones, a more elegant, refined look that make-up could never pull off.
Another one of her, doing what I guess she does best.
More to come. I have a string of tests coming up next week and next month so I'll be working my ass off for those. Grosses bises.
