past few days have been pretty fun if i do say so myself. managed to club, meet up with friends, spend time with seb, and went out to dinner with mum today.
my handsome boy
with matching shades
me. candace. balota.
over dinner at paragon, mum talked about striking the lottery and she would do with the $2 million prize. of course, she teased me that i would help her spend most of it. but besides that, she said she'd build a school in a poor country because she believes education is the only way that they can help themselves and eventually leave their state of poverty. i say it's very magnanimous of her, really. my mum's a very thoughtful person, albeit over concerned sometimes, but you have to admire her for her guts. who would think of building a school, what with the cliche being "donate to charity". (kengloon, if you're reading, you and my mum can be in cahoots to help ethiopia).
knowledge is indeed power, but without determination and all values good, pretty futile in the society we live in today. i was explaining the singapore education system to a dutch friend awhile ago, and was pretty amazed at how one path can split into so many choices, yet somehow, the path you take is already predestined. (makes me think of the probability tree diagram) not much of a choice, now is there.
again, the battle between nature and nurture arise. are some people born smart? good genes? or can it be cultivated through education and experience? perhaps these questions will go unanswered for a long time to come, but they are questions no doubt. it would be scary to grow up in a generation full of geniuses and you're the only moron with a B grade instead of A+++. the film, gattaca, comes to mind.
i heard from tv something about "liking a person for the good in them, but loving them for their flaws". how true. we are all human afterall, and what fun is there in having a (literally) perfect girl/boyfriend - unless you are perfect yourself. sigh.
my handsome boy
with matching shades
me. candace. balota.
over dinner at paragon, mum talked about striking the lottery and she would do with the $2 million prize. of course, she teased me that i would help her spend most of it. but besides that, she said she'd build a school in a poor country because she believes education is the only way that they can help themselves and eventually leave their state of poverty. i say it's very magnanimous of her, really. my mum's a very thoughtful person, albeit over concerned sometimes, but you have to admire her for her guts. who would think of building a school, what with the cliche being "donate to charity". (kengloon, if you're reading, you and my mum can be in cahoots to help ethiopia).
knowledge is indeed power, but without determination and all values good, pretty futile in the society we live in today. i was explaining the singapore education system to a dutch friend awhile ago, and was pretty amazed at how one path can split into so many choices, yet somehow, the path you take is already predestined. (makes me think of the probability tree diagram) not much of a choice, now is there.
again, the battle between nature and nurture arise. are some people born smart? good genes? or can it be cultivated through education and experience? perhaps these questions will go unanswered for a long time to come, but they are questions no doubt. it would be scary to grow up in a generation full of geniuses and you're the only moron with a B grade instead of A+++. the film, gattaca, comes to mind.
i heard from tv something about "liking a person for the good in them, but loving them for their flaws". how true. we are all human afterall, and what fun is there in having a (literally) perfect girl/boyfriend - unless you are perfect yourself. sigh.
Post a Comment