What's your motivating factor?

Once I asked my Facebook friends to name that one thing that motivates them the most to push themselves to their limit. I got very interesting and inspiring comments. I just thought I could share the post here.

A random post.

I found it in Facebook. It's quite long, but it definitely worth a read.

"Wanna kill yourself? Imagine this. You come home from school one day. You’ve had yet another horrible day. You’re just ready to give up. So you go to your room, close the door, and take out that suicide note you've written and rewritten over and over and over. You take out those razor blades, and cut for the very last time. You grab that bottle of pills and take them all. Laying down, holding the letter to your chest, you close your eyes for the very last time. A few hours later, your little brother knocks on your door to come tell you dinners ready. You don’t answer, so he walks in. All he sees is you laying on your bed, so he thinks you’re asleep. He tells your mom this. Your mom goes to your room to wake you up. She notices something is odd. She grabs the paper in your hand and reads it. Sobbing, she tries to wake you up. She’s screaming your name.

நடுவண் (Naduvan)

Recently, I listened to a Tamil song. I was amazed by the song, because it is the first ever Tamil rap religious song that I've listened too! Well, it didn't exactly sound like rap for some reason, but Athiruban Manoharan Naicker, famously known as Dr Burn, has wrote the song very well that he stole my heart. I am just wowed at his excellence in writing and pronouncing Tamil words. The song is basically about Hinduism, or more specifically, Shaivism. I myself am not really familiar with the religion, but the message in the song is basically about life, death and Lord Shiva. Humans make sins, not realising that the body and life that they have is just temporary. God is eternal, and surrendering to Him shall cleanse all the sins from humans. It's something that I've heard many times before. But, like I said, I was amazed by the words Dr Burn picked to convey this message. I tried hard to find the Tamil lyrics for this song (not transliteration of the song lyrics in English, but in actual Tamil words), but I couldn't find any. So, I decided to write out the lyrics in Tamil using Google Transliteration. My Tamil usage has been rusty nowadays, so pardon me if some of the words are spelled wrongly and feel free to comment the right way of writing them. :)

Nowhere (Part 1)

When someone feels like he or she belongs nowhere, is it something to be proud of or to be mourned over?

To be proud of because that person has made his or her own place in this world?

Or to be mourned over because he or she couldn't fit in the large society that dominates this world?

Are we born to grow as a society? If we are, how can we make any difference if we don't feel like we belong to this society? What if solidity is the greatest pleasure that someone could achieve? Will that be a hindrance to the greater good of the community?

What's bugging my mind?

Is the universe the largest thing that exists? Is there anything smaller than quarks or lepton? Does the matter matters as much as the intrinsic values such as love? When the politicians fight among themselves for power and money (well, most of them anyways), there are people who are dying of hunger, poverty, etc. While the population on Earth increases, the accessible fresh water and air is becoming more and more polluted. The world is suffering environmentally and societally, yet there are people with hope and the burning will to strive. Technology is unravelled more and more day by day, causing materialism to soar. Does that even matter when people still believe in supernatural beings and have faith in religion? It is such a wonder to see the world which was once cool and natural is now filled with concrete skyscrapers. The world's economy gets shakier, but can money bring back those who are gone from this world forever? I wonder. Is there a better world? Or, are we making our world better? We are going to die anyways, just like the dinosaur, but that doesn't stop us from exploring the wonders of science, humans and all that's in between. Everything's entangled in a complex manner, but all the tangles are untangled harmoniously (well, the world's not exploding yet). Okay, before my brain explodes, I should listen to my mom and hit the sack. Good *fill in the blank according to your time zone*.

Deepa

Fairy tales. Impropable. (Im)possible.

"Impropable? Yes. Impossible? Not at all."

This is one of the very few quotes that keep on ringing in my mind everytime I face something new in my life. Things might seem very unlikely to happen most of the time. But, I realised that sometimes, we gotta believe that it's very possible to happen in reality if right amount of imagination and effort is mixed. Right now, when I looked out of the window, I see the CN Tower. It's not as pretty as the KL Tower or even KOMTAR in my own country, but yet, it's something I never dreamt of seeing in my life. I never thought that I would come this far in my life. I never really cared how the life leads me in this complicated maze of challenges and changes, although I can't deny that I had dreams of how it would turn out. Most of the times, it would either be simply plain or boring, or scary and depressing. I always thought that fairy tales are highly impropable. 

First of all, what are fairy tales? When the word floats through our mind, the picture that comes along with it is unusual happiness. "Happily ever after". Is that possible in reality? Why our mind is poisoned with something so artificial? Something so impropable? 

Another Chance.

It is easy to forget where you came from. It is easy to forget the purpose you have in your life.

The most beautiful advice.

Today, I received the most beautiful advice ever in my e-mail. It’s quite long, but it’s very meaningful. Have a look and give it some thought!
An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future.. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.'

1.. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.
4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.

The link between man and god.

This is an interesting e-mail that I’ve got from someone. Please read it. I’m sure it will open up your mind.
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?

I have a religion.

It has been a long time since the last post. Phew, what a hectic life it has been! Exams, assignments, hang-outs, and so much more! My apologies for not blogging for a while.
Well, I don’t know why, but religion has been a recurring question inside myself. I would not say that I’m very religious. In fact, I don’t know most of the things about my religion itself! How this question has come across my mind? I have to admit that I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Study about religions in Moral class, a novel that I read for my English class, and conversations I had with my friends had made me to give a thought about religions.
I know what I believe in. I believe in light. I believe in hope. I believe in love. I see the God in the children’s smile. I see the divinity in the helping hands. I see the sacred holiness in the beauty of the nature. I always wonder how life and nature are intertwined with one another. It is the completeness that life and nature provide that I believe in.

Sometimes it is best to be dumb

Hai!!! Sorry for the loooooooooooooooong gap between the last post. I was kinda busy with college. So, here I am, refreshing my blog a lil bit with this post.  Until now, my college life is going smooth. I am totally loving computer science, man!!! It IS my MOST favourite subject throughout the whole CPU course.  Haha!!!
So, I was facebooking just now (as usual =.= ) and I found this hilarious story.  It has enlightened me and made me realise that sometimes it is best to be dumb.
(Credit goes to Loose Kesu)

Three men a philosopher, a mathematician and an idiot, were out riding in the car when it crashed into a tree. Before anyone knows it, the three men found themselves standing before the pearly gates of Heaven, where St. Peter and the Devil were standing nearby.

Go! You are free!

When I was reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel, an interesting quote caught my eyes. The writer was talking about caging animals in zoos. According to him, the animals are happier in the zoo than the jungle because they have a safer home in the zoos. Then, he supported his point with these few lines:


If you went to a home, kicked down the front door, chased the people who lived there out into the street and said, “Go! You are free! Free as a bird! Go! Go!”–do you think they would shout and
dance for joy? They wouldn’t.


Funny right? But when seen from reality, it's kind of true also.  Animals are supposedly happier in zoos as they get food and water on time and they don't have to always watch their back for predators. What an interesting thought to ponder on? Until now, I was thinking that they are happier in the jungle as it is their natural habitat. But now, it has made me to think again.  Maybe the idea of locking animals up in the zoo isn't bad after all, as long as they are let to be free inside their "cages" and are not abused.