alwyn!
raffles junior college
08 08 '89
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wishlist :

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume
The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
Matter and Consciousness by Paul Churchland
Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
The Sacred Balance by David Suzuki
Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Betrayal
Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice

Games:
Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne by Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic by Triumph Studios
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood by Spellbound
Myth III: The Wolf Age by MumboJumbo
The Bard's Tale by InXile Entertainment
Dragon Age by Bioware
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir by Obsidian Entertainment
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Places I'd Like to Visit:
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
France
Thailand
Brazil
South Korea
Japan (again!)
Norway
Costa Rica

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"When I became convinced that the Universe is natural that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood, the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell, the dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts, and bars, and manacles became dust. I was no longer a servant, a serf, or a slave. There was for me no master in all the wide world, not even in infinite space. I was free.
free to think, to express my thoughts
free to live to my own ideal
free to live for myself and those I loved
free to use all my faculties, all my senses
free to spread imagination's wings
free to investigate, to guess and dream and hope
free to judge and determine for myself
free to reject all ignorant and cruel creeds, all the "inspired" books that savages have produced, and all the barbarous legends of the past
free from popes and priests
free from all the "called" and "set apart"
free from sanctified mistakes and holy lies
free from the fear of eternal pain
free from the winged monsters of night
free from devils, ghosts, and gods
For the first time I was free. There were no prohibited places in all the realms of my thought, no air, no space, where fancy could not spread her painted wings
no chains for my limbs
no lashes for my back
no fires for my flesh
no master's frown or threat
no following another's steps
no need to bow, or cringe, or crawl, or utter lying words.
I was free. I stood erect and fearlessly, joyously, faced all worlds. And then my heart was filled with gratitude, with thankfulness, and went out in love to all the heroes, the thinkers who gave their lives for the liberty of hand and brain for the freedom of labor and thought
to those who fell on the fierce fields of war
to those who died in dungeons bound with chains
to those who proudly mounted scaffold's stairs
to those whose bones were crushed, whose flesh was scarred and torn
to those by fire consumed
to all the wise, the good, the brave of every land, whose thoughts and deeds have given freedom to the sons of men.
And I vowed to grasp the torch that they had held, and hold it high, that light might conquer darkness still."
-Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899), "Why Am I An Agnostic?", 1896

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We are part of the universe. Our earth was created from the universe and will one day be reabsorbed into the universe. We are made of the same matter as the universe. We are not in exile here: we are at home. It is here and nowhere else that we can see the divine face to face. If we erect barriers in our imagination - if we believe our real home is not here but in a land that lies beyond death - if we believe that the divine is found only in old books, or old buildings, or inside our head - then we will see this real, vibrant, luminous world as if through a glass darkly. The universe creates us, preserves us, destroys us. We are part of nature. Nature made us and at our death we will be reabsorbed into nature. We are at home in nature and in our bodies. This is where we belong; this is where we must find and make our paradise, not in some spirit world on the other side of the grave. If nature is the only paradise, then separation from nature is the only hell. When we destroy nature, we create hell on earth for other species and for ourselves. Nature is our mother, our home, our security, our peace, our past and our future. Science is inherently materialist. It always seek material explanations. It never accepts as an explanation that some spiritual force was at work - if it did, then science and technology would come to an end. Disease was once thought to be caused by witchcraft. Science gave it a material explanation which allowed us to control it. Magnetism at one time seemed like a spiritual force - Thales of Miletus thought that magnets were full of spirits. But then science provided a material explanation. In the same way scientific pantheism believes that everything that exists is matter or energy in one form or another. Nothing can exist, be perceived, or act on other things if it is not matter or energy. That does not mean that spiritual phenomena or forces cannot exist. It means that, if they do, they must in fact be material. In scientific pantheism, science becomes a part of the religious quest: the pursuit of deeper understanding of the Reality of which we are all part, deeper knowledge about the awe-inspiring cosmos in which we live, deeper knowledge of nature and the environment, so that we can better preserve the earth's wealth of natural diversity. In scientific pantheism, cognitive openness - listening to reality, to new evidence, to all the evidence, to other people's needs and feelings - becomes a sacred duty in all aspects of life from science to politics to domestic life. Of course, we cannot say that science endorses pantheism. Many religions today state their beliefs in ways that no-one can disprove, so they can and do co-exist with science. But scientific pantheism positively thrives on science. scientific discoveries continually underline the wonder and the mystery of Being, the immensity of the universe, and the complexity of nature.

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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Woohoo! =D

LAST:

1. Person(s) you hung out with?
- Sarah

2. Person you rode in a car with?
- The judokas! After farewell i think.

3. Person you went to the movies with?
- Sarah

4. Person you went to the mall with?
- Sarah

5. Last person that made you laugh?
- Uh can't remember haha i laugh at lots of things.

6. Person you cried about?
- Umm.. Sarah? Uh dunno la haha.

7. Person you texted?
- Sarah

8. Commented?
- Sarah

9. Hugged?
- Sarah =O Oh dear haha.

10. Do you like anyone?
- I like everybody =D Well, almost. Darn.


C H O O S E O N E

1. Sun or moon?
- Err both! Depends on my mood haha. Wait choose one? Rats. Okay sun then because the sun is bright and powerful and stuff. =D

2. Winter or Fall?
- Both! ...Okay okay umm. Okay i don't know haha i haven't really experienced fall before.

3. Left or right?
- If this is about being leftist or rightist, then LEFT.

4. 10 acquaintances or two best friends?
- Two best friends. (:

5. Sunny or rainy?
- Both! Okay fine sunny. Wait but sunny days are hot. Okay rainy then. Sunny's actually kind of boring because you get it in Singapore like 365 days a year. Okay except for today hoho.

6. Vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream?
- Both! Okay vanilla haha, if i'm in my usual phlegmatic mood. If i'm high and stuff then i'll go with chocolate. =D


A B O U T Y O U

1. What time is it?
- 12:25H

2. Where do you wanna live?
- Umm a house! A nice small house somewhere away from the city where it's unpolluted will be perfect. =D

3. How many kids do you want?
- Two, a girl and a guy. In that order.

4. What will you name them?
- Ashla and Jacen, in that order. (:

5. When do you want to get married?
- Anytime i find a great woman whom i'm ready to spend the rest of my life with (:

6. How many kinds of cereal are in your cabinet?
- Who cares!

7. Do you cook?
- No.

8. Current mood?
- Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dunno haha. I guess i'm happily lazy. (:

9. Have you kissed someone recently?
- Mmhmm.

10. Been hugged?
- Mmhmm.

11. Felt stupid?
- Many times. (:

13. Missed someone?
- Mayyybee. (:

14. Danced crazy?
- Uh no HAHA.

15. Cried?
- Have i ever cried? What the fuck?

16. Lied?
- Uh sometimes haha.

R A N D O M. Q U E S T I O N S.

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
- No. I'd like to get searched by a hot female cop though =D

2. Had a dog?
- Nope. Don't really intend to. Kids will be more than enough.

3. When was the last time you went sledDing?
- Never.

4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
- There are.. lots of people i'd like to sleep with, hoho.

5. Do you believe in ghosts?
- Hmm.. i'm not really sure, you know. I do believe, however, that there is sufficient evidence in the field to warrant a serious scientific investigation of such phenomena.


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1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someone's eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone's eyes when they are telling you how they feel?
- Neither, i do both all the time. Unless it's over msn lol.

2. Think of the last time you were really angry. Why were you angry?
- Really as in in bold? It was the end of last year haha.

3. You are on a flight from Honolulu to Chicago non-stop with your family. There is a fire in the back of the plane. You have enough time to make one phone call. Who would you call?
- The fire department! I hope they have ladders that reach that high.

4. You are at the doctor's office and he has just informed you that you are going to die
(1) What would you do instantly?
- ...What? Hm okay i'd just try to find out what the hell is wrong with me, how it happened, and if there's really absolutely nothing i can do about it.

(2) What do you do with your remaining days?
- I'd probably shut myself off somewhere, meditate, and hope for either 1. a miracle, or 2. enlightenment. Haha okay unless i've already achieved all i want to achieve in my life and have attained intellectual, emotional and spiritual fulfilment - in that case i'd probably just meet up with a few friends, talk, reminisce, whatever, before i happily become one with the Force. =D

(3) Would you be afraid?
- Probably. I'd have to get over it, though.

5. You can have one of the following two things: trust/love. Which do you choose?
- (These two are not mutually exclusive!) Hmm. Okay here's how it goes. You can have trust without love, but you cannot have TRUE love without trust! Therefore, Love. I win. =D

6. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late even once more, you are fired. Do you save the dog?
- Save the dog, damnit. If my boss is as kind and considerate as any good boss should be, he'll understand. If not, then i'm better off not working under him anyway.

7. You are unfaithful to your spouse/significant other. Do you tell him/her? Why or Why not?
- Yes. She has a right to know, and we're going to have to talk about where our relationship is heading now that I'm having an affair. Besides, i hope she digs it and they become really good friends. =D

8. Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you do/say?
- Since she's my best friend, I'd probably be ready to reciprocate her feelings anyway. (:

9. Think of the last person who you know that died.
- An incredibly stupid way to end off any quiz.

spacetime rip! by agent quantum , quite possibly at 12/09/2007 12:03:00 pm :)



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