Looking at Empty Streets
What's survival to you? back in the caveman days, survival is all about staying alive, finding food and regeneration. But the creator decided to give every single thing natural on earth the ability to change and fit the situation. A million years later, earth wasn't what it was back then. Metals erode, trees grow and they die, Insects change their defense mechanisms, and the land and water ratio changes. So did the humans; change.
After a million years, we still strive to survive. We're still forced to "beat it before we get to eat it". Obviously, no more in the cavemen ways. Back then the basic needs are the only things that keep us alive. Later on, Maslow introduced the other needs that make us survive. Social needs, satisfaction or what the fuck ever it is, drills down to money.
In order to have the highest level of satisfaction, it all depends on how high you are in your social circle. you could die with despair or you could die happily. Its like, the best sportsmen want to die the best sportsman, the riches want to die the richest. These things, are of course measured in money.
People want to earn more and get to the high level of the pyramid, to be the only one. Sometimes, you wonder why would someone buy a mini cooper when you could use the money to buy a camry or an accord. There's no logical or technical reasoning to it. They have the rights to it. Obviously, in our typical middle income white collar working class people would definitely give it a better thought about it, but thats not a condition for these people anymore.
That's how we measure satisfaction, the ability to have what you like in an instant. Time and time again, people say, movie shows that money can't buy you everything, which is true, but please bear in mind, those are the fair things that the poor or the rich can't buy. Cancer does not discriminate. Love doesn't discriminate. So think about it, what would be better? To be poor or rich? Cos at the end of the day, it all doesn't matter but money matters...
That's why i always think money matters more than anything else. Cos without money you're a nobody.
After a million years, we still strive to survive. We're still forced to "beat it before we get to eat it". Obviously, no more in the cavemen ways. Back then the basic needs are the only things that keep us alive. Later on, Maslow introduced the other needs that make us survive. Social needs, satisfaction or what the fuck ever it is, drills down to money.
In order to have the highest level of satisfaction, it all depends on how high you are in your social circle. you could die with despair or you could die happily. Its like, the best sportsmen want to die the best sportsman, the riches want to die the richest. These things, are of course measured in money.
People want to earn more and get to the high level of the pyramid, to be the only one. Sometimes, you wonder why would someone buy a mini cooper when you could use the money to buy a camry or an accord. There's no logical or technical reasoning to it. They have the rights to it. Obviously, in our typical middle income white collar working class people would definitely give it a better thought about it, but thats not a condition for these people anymore.
That's how we measure satisfaction, the ability to have what you like in an instant. Time and time again, people say, movie shows that money can't buy you everything, which is true, but please bear in mind, those are the fair things that the poor or the rich can't buy. Cancer does not discriminate. Love doesn't discriminate. So think about it, what would be better? To be poor or rich? Cos at the end of the day, it all doesn't matter but money matters...
That's why i always think money matters more than anything else. Cos without money you're a nobody.
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Recommended by Ken, I watched this movie called Green Street Hooligans, starring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. Its basically based on a true story about hardcore football fans which they call it their 'firm'. Its basically a movie about Elijah Wood as Matt Buckner who were dragged in as a hooligan. Its a movie about brother hood and how somethings that you hold so much in your heart but at the end of the day, you realize it would be something you'll regret much later.
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Last wednesday was my sister's birthday, and its been a year already and the last shout out for her birthday in this blog was last year! and two years ago! Its been so long that I've blogged, i just never realized. But this time I had the chance to celebrate her birthday together with her friends, and it was great! But it all happen so fast that my time telescope just increased its lens power!
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Just when I thought it was gonna be a boring Saturday,... Genting day (night) trip came. Its been really fun and such a long time ago since this kinda day trips happened. It was just a quiet and breezy drive up Genting, followed by long chats and walk around the hotels. Well, I learnt a lot of things from a friend about many things that I didn't know were happening around me. But that's besides the point.
We were having coffee at Starbucks in First World cos the other joints were so god damn crowded. So I asked for Vanilla Latte. During the time we were chatting about like an hour or so, suddenly when my cup was half empty, my heart beat went up.
We were talking about some religion stuff and why God exist or not or why the bible has such a long story when the value to share is just 1 sentence? It was like a session of questioning about why we should even consider about religions. And then when we left, as we were walking, somehow my heart beat went even faster, then I kept having this intuition that if I were the one to drive down the hill, we'll fall off the cliff. That thought kept running around my mind that I'll die that night.
I was thinking, could it be that god was trying to pull some shit at me? (Haha) Then I thought back; this doesn't make sense.
Then I remembered what my mentor told me at work, that she couldn't take excessive caffeine as she'll get anxiety attacks. Anxious about things that do not make up any truth or logic. So I told my friend about it and came out with the inference that it must have been the vanilla latte.
Which I made me think do milk and vanilla have such a high amount of caffeine? higher than coffee? Cos I have a cup of nescafe regular, regularly but not everyday though, without having the anxious feelings. So what gives?
P/S: we did not fall down the cliff, and TGUK songs all the way home! They rock big time!
We were having coffee at Starbucks in First World cos the other joints were so god damn crowded. So I asked for Vanilla Latte. During the time we were chatting about like an hour or so, suddenly when my cup was half empty, my heart beat went up.
We were talking about some religion stuff and why God exist or not or why the bible has such a long story when the value to share is just 1 sentence? It was like a session of questioning about why we should even consider about religions. And then when we left, as we were walking, somehow my heart beat went even faster, then I kept having this intuition that if I were the one to drive down the hill, we'll fall off the cliff. That thought kept running around my mind that I'll die that night.
I was thinking, could it be that god was trying to pull some shit at me? (Haha) Then I thought back; this doesn't make sense.
Then I remembered what my mentor told me at work, that she couldn't take excessive caffeine as she'll get anxiety attacks. Anxious about things that do not make up any truth or logic. So I told my friend about it and came out with the inference that it must have been the vanilla latte.
Which I made me think do milk and vanilla have such a high amount of caffeine? higher than coffee? Cos I have a cup of nescafe regular, regularly but not everyday though, without having the anxious feelings. So what gives?
P/S: we did not fall down the cliff, and TGUK songs all the way home! They rock big time!
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