Oh my gosh! Imagine me doing a "philosophical" post here at blog! Maybe I was full of philosophy this week that had urged me to write down what I think about this intimidating subject. I tell you: it's soooooo hard to understand it!!! It will really split your brains apart! And I'm not even kidding about this. Just ask my fellow blockmates in school. How the hell are you suppose to know about the things around you without using your senses? Now this is what philosophy is talking about.
Before I blab on about this really really crazy subject, I must first make an introduction of it. We are currently studying Descartes' (the guy who invented the Cartesian plane. Ring any bells?) philosophy and he condemned that senses deceive us. (Like when you see a bent stick submerged in a glass filled with water) "To see is to believe" is a big NO NO for him. He asks us how certain are we that we exist. How certain are we that there are things called the sun, the moon, the world or the universe? The title itself is in Latin and it means "I think therefore I exist". Judging by the message it conveys to us, Descartes firmly believed that we can know an object's certainty through our reason. Our minds do the reasoning. He said that we are a thinking thing and that makes our existence certain. But just imagine us, a thinking body without senses. We all know that our knowledge comes from our everyday experiences and to experience means to sense. So why does Descartes argued that it is through reason and not through senses that we gain certainty? He would bombard you with trivial questions like the following: How certain are you that you are not dreaming about reading this post of mine right now? How certain are you that you are now in front of your computer and not somewhere else? How positive are you that you could very well differentiate reality from dream? I think his ideas are all farfetched. I'll bet you on anything that he came from Mars. (Watch out for Mars' appearance at exactly 12 midnight tonight!^^)
I guess you are getting bored with all this non-sense and I am not going to tire you out. I'm not even good in thoroughly explaining all this philosophical stuff because I, myself, cannot understand Descartes' mind. I jusy want to share with you what our Philosophy professor said. Descartes' philosophy was created not to complicate our lives but rather the other way around. Its purpose is to lighten things up and to open up our minds to a world full of impossible possibilities. It would be good to think about life in a philosophical sense once in a while. You'd definitely see things flowing through the stream of life logically. I don't necessarily agree with Descartes. I'm more of an empiricist (a person who believes in his senses rather than reason) rather than a rationalist (like Descartes, who's weird and all). But I guess we live in a much more liberated world now. Thinking and believing in what you like is for free. No one's stopping you in doing so and certainly nobody can dictate what you're supposed to believe in. So, for the meantime, cogito ergo sum!
Oh and by the way, I was listening to my cd just now and I just posted the lyrics of a song which caught my attention:
"No Such Thing"
'Welcome to the real world', she said to me
Condescendingly'
Take a seat,
take your life
Plot it out in black and white
'Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve
They love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
But something's better
On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
So the good boys and girls takethe so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits, maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't
Find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies
They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at theTop of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above
I am invincible as long as I'm alive
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for
Ooh! I bet you John Mayer's a rationalist!!!^__^
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Everything
by Michael Buble
You're a falling star, You're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.
And you play it coy, but it's kinda cute.
Ah, When you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend, that you don't know it's true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're every song, and I sing along.
'Cause you're my everything.
Yeah, yeah
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
Y O U T U B E L O V E
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RANDOM FACTS
RANDOM FACTS
well, i am 21 years old, aren't i?
ONE I was born in the Year of the Rabbit. TWO I like being organized. THREE I hate messy, dirty places. FOUR I love movies. FIVE I hate scary stuff. SIX I do online window shopping. SEVEN I love cooking. EIGHT I hate roaches and creepy crawly insects. NINE I know how to listen/ speak Fookien and Mandarin Chinese. TEN I love soft rock, r&b and emo songs. ELEVEN I hate novelty songs. TWELVE I love fashionable stuff. THIRTEEN I hate being the center of attention. FOURTEEN I love traveling to places. FIFTEEN I hate really long distance traveling. SIXTEEN I love family and friends reunions. SEVENTEEN I hate fights and misunderstandings. EIGHTEEN I love planning my work. NINETEEN I hate being stressed out and being depressed. TWENTY I love being in love. TWENTY-ONE I hate being in love.
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