After reading and analyzing Albert Einstein's "The World As I See It", I realized that Mystery is the most beautiful thing the Universe has given to us.
Albert Einstein sees mysterious as the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Science and art might not advance to current level if we human did not try to analyze and solve the mysteries that revolved around us since ancient time. It is the mysterious feeling that Isaac Newton had on "why apples fell from the tree to the ground?" that made him discovered gravity.
To me personally, Mystery allows us to live a fruitful life. With the knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, eg. Our future, Mystery allows us to have high hopes for ourselves. Thus it leads us to better performances, like exceeding in school to secure a bright future. A person is as good as dead if he does not have the experience of Mystery, as the world will no longer amaze him if he was to know all the details of his life beforehand.
Mystery is the main motivation for scientist to work harder to solve the unexplained. It is this driving force that allows us human to progress to such a level of sciences and technologies. I realized that if we are keen in finding out our purposes here, it will no longer be a fulfilling one as we no longer experience the amazement in the ups and downs of our life; we are just plainly following time as it passes, like a novel filled only with the alphabet 'A'.
Thus, Mystery is the most beautiful thing the Universe has given to us. It is this feeling of the unknown that we want to unravel that makes us living! Unravel the Mystery of your life fruitfully, as time makes it mark across.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Beautiful Moon
The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite and the nearest celestial object to us. Ancient cultures revered the moon. It represented gods and goddesses in various mythologies. Yet in modern society, it is becoming less insignificance even though the great beauty and variations it possess. I believe most people do not even bother to lift their head up to observe the beautiful moon that the universe has given to us. Below are some pictures of the moon showing off its great beauty to us.
I personally find that by observing the great beauty of the ever-changing moon, it can help me understand how beautiful it is to live in this universe, and all my worries will seem so insignificance. Enjoy it!
I personally find that by observing the great beauty of the ever-changing moon, it can help me understand how beautiful it is to live in this universe, and all my worries will seem so insignificance. Enjoy it!
Pictures Of Solstice Moon Over Sounion
Pictures Of Full Moon over Aigina
Picture Of Selene Rising
Special thanks to the Astro-photographer, Anthony Ayiomamitis, for the pictures above.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The World As I See It
Albert Einstein is considered the greatest scientist of the twentieth century and one of the supreme intellects of all time. Read on to have an insight of how he perceived the world as.
"The World As I See It" By Albert Einstein
What an extraordinary situation is that of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he feels it. But from the point of view of daily life, without going deeper, we exist for our fellow-men — in the first place for those on whose smiles and welfare all our happiness depends, and next for all those unknown to us personally with whose destinies we are bound up by the tie of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount of the labour of my fellow-men. I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally.
In human freedom in the philosophical sense I am definitely a disbeliever. Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity. Schopenhauer's saying, that "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will," has been an inspiration to me since my youth up, and a continual consolation and unfailing well-spring of patience in the face of the hardships of life, my own and others'. This feeling mercifully mitigates the sense of responsibility which so easily becomes paralyzing, and it prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously; it conduces to a view of life in which humour, above all, has its due place.
To inquire after the meaning or object of one's own existence or of creation generally has always seemed to me absurd from an objective point of view. And yet everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his endeavours and his judgments. In this sense I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty. The ordinary objects of human endeavour — property, outward success, luxury — have always seemed to me contemptible.
My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced freedom from the need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. I gang my own gait and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties I have never lost an obstinate sense of detachment, of the need for solitude — a feeling which increases with the tears. One is sharply conscious, yet without regret, of the limits to the possibility of mutual understanding and sympathy with one's fellow-creatures. Such a person no doubt loses something in the way of geniality and light-heartedness; on the other hand, he is largely independent of the opinions, habits, and judgments of his fellows and avoids the temptation to take his stand on such insecure foundations.
My political ideal is that of democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and respect from my fellows through no fault, and no merit, of my own. The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the one or two ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained through ceaseless struggle. I am quite aware that it is necessary for the success of any complex undertaking that one man should do the thinking and directing and in general bear the responsibility. But the led must not be compelled, they must be able to choose their leader. An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels. For this reason I have always been passionately opposed to systems such as we see in Italy and Russia to-day. The thing that has brought discredit upon the prevailing form of democracy in Europe to-day is not to be laid to the door of the democratic idea as such, but to lack of stability on the part of the heads of governments and to the impersonal character of the electoral system. I believe that in this respect the United States of America have found the right way. They have a responsible President who is elected for a sufficiently long period and has sufficient powers to be really responsible. On the other hand, what I value in our political system is the more extensive provision that it makes for the individual in case of illness or need. The really valuable thing in a pageant of human life seems to me not the State but the creative, sentient individual, the personality; it alone creates the noble and the sublime, while the herd as such remains dull in thought and dull in feeling.
This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of the herd nature, the military system, which I abhor. That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; a backbone was all he needed. This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how I hate them! War seems to me a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business. And yet so high, in spite of everything, is my opinion of the human race that I believe this bogey would have disappeared long ago, had the sound sense of the nations not been systematically corrupted by commercial and political interests acting through the schools and the Press.
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. It was the experience of mystery — even if mixed with fear — that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which are only accessible to our reason in their most elementary forms — it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man. I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should survive his physical death is also beyond my comprehension, nor do I wish it otherwise; such notions are for the fears or absurd egoism of feeble souls. Enough for me the mystery of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvelous structure of reality, together with the single-hearted endeavour to comprehend a portion, be it never so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature.
"The World As I See It" By Albert Einstein
What an extraordinary situation is that of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he feels it. But from the point of view of daily life, without going deeper, we exist for our fellow-men — in the first place for those on whose smiles and welfare all our happiness depends, and next for all those unknown to us personally with whose destinies we are bound up by the tie of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount of the labour of my fellow-men. I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally.
In human freedom in the philosophical sense I am definitely a disbeliever. Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity. Schopenhauer's saying, that "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will," has been an inspiration to me since my youth up, and a continual consolation and unfailing well-spring of patience in the face of the hardships of life, my own and others'. This feeling mercifully mitigates the sense of responsibility which so easily becomes paralyzing, and it prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously; it conduces to a view of life in which humour, above all, has its due place.
To inquire after the meaning or object of one's own existence or of creation generally has always seemed to me absurd from an objective point of view. And yet everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his endeavours and his judgments. In this sense I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty. The ordinary objects of human endeavour — property, outward success, luxury — have always seemed to me contemptible.
My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced freedom from the need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. I gang my own gait and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties I have never lost an obstinate sense of detachment, of the need for solitude — a feeling which increases with the tears. One is sharply conscious, yet without regret, of the limits to the possibility of mutual understanding and sympathy with one's fellow-creatures. Such a person no doubt loses something in the way of geniality and light-heartedness; on the other hand, he is largely independent of the opinions, habits, and judgments of his fellows and avoids the temptation to take his stand on such insecure foundations.
My political ideal is that of democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and respect from my fellows through no fault, and no merit, of my own. The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the one or two ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained through ceaseless struggle. I am quite aware that it is necessary for the success of any complex undertaking that one man should do the thinking and directing and in general bear the responsibility. But the led must not be compelled, they must be able to choose their leader. An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels. For this reason I have always been passionately opposed to systems such as we see in Italy and Russia to-day. The thing that has brought discredit upon the prevailing form of democracy in Europe to-day is not to be laid to the door of the democratic idea as such, but to lack of stability on the part of the heads of governments and to the impersonal character of the electoral system. I believe that in this respect the United States of America have found the right way. They have a responsible President who is elected for a sufficiently long period and has sufficient powers to be really responsible. On the other hand, what I value in our political system is the more extensive provision that it makes for the individual in case of illness or need. The really valuable thing in a pageant of human life seems to me not the State but the creative, sentient individual, the personality; it alone creates the noble and the sublime, while the herd as such remains dull in thought and dull in feeling.
This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of the herd nature, the military system, which I abhor. That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; a backbone was all he needed. This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how I hate them! War seems to me a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business. And yet so high, in spite of everything, is my opinion of the human race that I believe this bogey would have disappeared long ago, had the sound sense of the nations not been systematically corrupted by commercial and political interests acting through the schools and the Press.
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. It was the experience of mystery — even if mixed with fear — that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which are only accessible to our reason in their most elementary forms — it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man. I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should survive his physical death is also beyond my comprehension, nor do I wish it otherwise; such notions are for the fears or absurd egoism of feeble souls. Enough for me the mystery of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvelous structure of reality, together with the single-hearted endeavour to comprehend a portion, be it never so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Decided Not To Die!
You may be shocked by the title! "Decided Not To Die!"
Since ancient times, human had been trying very hard to escape death. Many rulers wanted to live for eternity so that they can continue their everlasting empire dreams which seems so far-fetched. Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Is it really possible to evade death and what will eternity life bring us?
A married couple, Arakawa and Madeline Gins, have boldly declared that "We decided not to die". They believe that human can reinvent ourselves as immortal beings by changing and challenging our perceptions. The best way to shake up our beliefs, as presented by Arakawa and Gins, is to change the very nature of how and where we live. They have designed residences that force the occupant to interact with his or her surroundings in a different way. That is the idea behind the Bioscleave House, a home constructed in New York that will have its residents living forever if their belief is true.
On first look at the house, it appears it would buy you a lot of paint. Both the exterior and the interior are splashed with vibrant colors with names like pink popsicle, tricycle red and traffic light green. About 40 colors are in the house altogether.
The home contains a kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a study. That might sound conventional, but the kitchen is sunken into the center of the house. Bumpy flooring rises around the kitchen in undulating waves. Around the funky flooring are the other rooms, but they lack some of the traditional comforts of home you might expect. For one, none of the rooms have doors, not even the bathroom. Good luck trying to plug in a nightlight, because the outlets are scattered at odd angles. And if you had hoped for a room with a view to spend immortality, better get used to the windows that are at unconventional heights.
Those windows have one important effect that starts to get at the heart of what Arakawa and Gins are trying to accomplish. Because they are either very high or low, you cannot establish where the horizon is. You do not know what is level and what is not. The roof is not always a fixed distance from the floor. You cannot use your normal ways of getting around, which you may not even have to think about at this point; tools like depth perception and distance do not apply. Arakawa and Gins claim that losing balance and using your body in surprising ways to maintain equilibrium will stimulate the immune system, which will eventually stop aging and death.
Human has always try to evade death through many ways. Examples are finding elixir which is believed to give you eternal life, improving the medical science to stop aging and cryogenic freezing yourself until science improvement is made. In my opinion, what is the use of living forever without a purpose in life? By having no meaningful purpose and yet a never-ending life, I believe we will just become living zombies who might in the end (technically there is no end if eternity exists) wish that we can end our life. Self-contradicting is very common in human, we always want the best for us, but only to realize that it may not be the best for us. Just like one thing I realized long ago, "The more knowledge you gained, the more you know you dont know". Sometimes, I feel that it is better to be naive and live a simple life.
PS: Parts of the information and pictures are extracted from www.howstuffworks.com.
Since ancient times, human had been trying very hard to escape death. Many rulers wanted to live for eternity so that they can continue their everlasting empire dreams which seems so far-fetched. Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Is it really possible to evade death and what will eternity life bring us?
A married couple, Arakawa and Madeline Gins, have boldly declared that "We decided not to die". They believe that human can reinvent ourselves as immortal beings by changing and challenging our perceptions. The best way to shake up our beliefs, as presented by Arakawa and Gins, is to change the very nature of how and where we live. They have designed residences that force the occupant to interact with his or her surroundings in a different way. That is the idea behind the Bioscleave House, a home constructed in New York that will have its residents living forever if their belief is true.
On first look at the house, it appears it would buy you a lot of paint. Both the exterior and the interior are splashed with vibrant colors with names like pink popsicle, tricycle red and traffic light green. About 40 colors are in the house altogether.
The home contains a kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a study. That might sound conventional, but the kitchen is sunken into the center of the house. Bumpy flooring rises around the kitchen in undulating waves. Around the funky flooring are the other rooms, but they lack some of the traditional comforts of home you might expect. For one, none of the rooms have doors, not even the bathroom. Good luck trying to plug in a nightlight, because the outlets are scattered at odd angles. And if you had hoped for a room with a view to spend immortality, better get used to the windows that are at unconventional heights.
Those windows have one important effect that starts to get at the heart of what Arakawa and Gins are trying to accomplish. Because they are either very high or low, you cannot establish where the horizon is. You do not know what is level and what is not. The roof is not always a fixed distance from the floor. You cannot use your normal ways of getting around, which you may not even have to think about at this point; tools like depth perception and distance do not apply. Arakawa and Gins claim that losing balance and using your body in surprising ways to maintain equilibrium will stimulate the immune system, which will eventually stop aging and death.
Human has always try to evade death through many ways. Examples are finding elixir which is believed to give you eternal life, improving the medical science to stop aging and cryogenic freezing yourself until science improvement is made. In my opinion, what is the use of living forever without a purpose in life? By having no meaningful purpose and yet a never-ending life, I believe we will just become living zombies who might in the end (technically there is no end if eternity exists) wish that we can end our life. Self-contradicting is very common in human, we always want the best for us, but only to realize that it may not be the best for us. Just like one thing I realized long ago, "The more knowledge you gained, the more you know you dont know". Sometimes, I feel that it is better to be naive and live a simple life.
PS: Parts of the information and pictures are extracted from www.howstuffworks.com.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Came Out Of Hiatus
Feel so good! Finally came out of long hiatus, went to club at MOS with friends and buddies. I really enjoyed it since I was absent from clubbing scene for one and half months. Catch up with a platoon mate which completed his service and have good talk with him. He was concerned about his acne and acne scars problem which persisted in him for long time. He was trying out an over-the-counter cream which will repair and rejuvenate the skin, but told me that the effects was not great. You might laugh at this but we guys do discuss about such stuffs.
Some of my friends might even consider me as metro-sexual because of my complex face regime but I personally believe that maintaining appearance is important. Why not if you are able to do something to make yourself look better? If the reason is because you are lazy then you are being disrespectful to yourself and the others. Famous quote: "There are no ugly women in the world, only lazy women", of course we can change it from women to men.
I recommended him to see a dermatologist for advice as past experiences tell me that his skin problem can be easily solved through a proper face regime. I have been seeing a dermatologist for my skin problems also and the advices & medicines that they gave are really good at helping me. Just a tube of topical tretinoin cream may be the answer to acne and acne scars even though long term usage is needed to show the effects. I have been using the cream for more than half a year and the effects are great. Just a short introduction to tretinoin cream, it helps to improve skin complexion and treat & prevent acne.
I am really happy that I can resume my face regime this coming week because of the chicken pox outbreak which forces me to suspend the use of the cream. My face still has some scars left from chicken pox which can be improved by using the cream. Hopefully, I can get back to the good complexion which I always had.
Final note, I will advice anyone facing face problems to see a dermatologist for advice. It is not that expensive as some might think and the regime might not be that nuisance to follow through. This is especially important for those who has low confidence because of skin problem.
Some of my friends might even consider me as metro-sexual because of my complex face regime but I personally believe that maintaining appearance is important. Why not if you are able to do something to make yourself look better? If the reason is because you are lazy then you are being disrespectful to yourself and the others. Famous quote: "There are no ugly women in the world, only lazy women", of course we can change it from women to men.
I recommended him to see a dermatologist for advice as past experiences tell me that his skin problem can be easily solved through a proper face regime. I have been seeing a dermatologist for my skin problems also and the advices & medicines that they gave are really good at helping me. Just a tube of topical tretinoin cream may be the answer to acne and acne scars even though long term usage is needed to show the effects. I have been using the cream for more than half a year and the effects are great. Just a short introduction to tretinoin cream, it helps to improve skin complexion and treat & prevent acne.
I am really happy that I can resume my face regime this coming week because of the chicken pox outbreak which forces me to suspend the use of the cream. My face still has some scars left from chicken pox which can be improved by using the cream. Hopefully, I can get back to the good complexion which I always had.
Final note, I will advice anyone facing face problems to see a dermatologist for advice. It is not that expensive as some might think and the regime might not be that nuisance to follow through. This is especially important for those who has low confidence because of skin problem.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Emotions
你 - 林依晨 (恶作剧2吻片尾曲)
林依晨甜美线唱片尾曲“你”. 感受她对爱情的甜蜜吧!
你 is a great MV! It shows us that loving someone wholeheartedly can be so easy yet so difficult. 林依晨 may not be a superb singer, but the essence of the song is well expressed by her. During a relationship, you might feel hurt and not surrounded by happiness and sweetness at times. Sadness, bitterness, anger and even jealousy may even set in, urging you to give up the relationship.
But something I realised from 恶作剧2吻 & 恶作剧之吻 is that your heart will only stir up such emotions for those that you really care. Thus do not give up any friendship or relationship easily because they are the only small fraction of people in the entire universe that can make you have such emotions. Do treasure every friendships and relationships well. Without such emotions, life will be a fruitless journey.
Of course I do not mean that as a friend or beau, you must let your concerned ones feel the different kind of emotions in equal amounts. Life with lots of happiness and some sadness, bitterness, etc, will be more fulfilling as opposed to one which is packed with only happiness all the times. Thus, enjoy the emotions that your loved ones stirred up in you and enjoy the song :)
你 - 林依晨 Lyrics
风轻轻 我听见你声音
你对着我叮咛 要注意自己的心情
雨轻轻 我听见你声音
你拿着伞靠近 为我遮着风挡着雨
一点点想哭泣一点点想着你
你的爱很珍惜 我总依赖着你的记忆
你就像风在说话 顺着我方向
你就像海中的波浪 堆着我成长
我明白你的回答 温柔的对话
爱情其实没有办法 不被感动吧 我不说谎
风轻轻 我听见你声音
你对着我叮咛 要注意自己的心情
雨轻轻 我听见你声音
你拿着伞靠近 为我遮着风挡着雨
一点点想哭泣一点点想着你
你的爱很珍惜 我总依赖着你的记忆
你就像风在说话 顺著我方向
你就像海中的波浪 堆着我成长
我明白你的回答 温柔的对话
爱情其实没有办法 不被感动吧 我不说谎
林依晨甜美线唱片尾曲“你”. 感受她对爱情的甜蜜吧!
你 is a great MV! It shows us that loving someone wholeheartedly can be so easy yet so difficult. 林依晨 may not be a superb singer, but the essence of the song is well expressed by her. During a relationship, you might feel hurt and not surrounded by happiness and sweetness at times. Sadness, bitterness, anger and even jealousy may even set in, urging you to give up the relationship.
But something I realised from 恶作剧2吻 & 恶作剧之吻 is that your heart will only stir up such emotions for those that you really care. Thus do not give up any friendship or relationship easily because they are the only small fraction of people in the entire universe that can make you have such emotions. Do treasure every friendships and relationships well. Without such emotions, life will be a fruitless journey.
Of course I do not mean that as a friend or beau, you must let your concerned ones feel the different kind of emotions in equal amounts. Life with lots of happiness and some sadness, bitterness, etc, will be more fulfilling as opposed to one which is packed with only happiness all the times. Thus, enjoy the emotions that your loved ones stirred up in you and enjoy the song :)
你 - 林依晨 Lyrics
风轻轻 我听见你声音
你对着我叮咛 要注意自己的心情
雨轻轻 我听见你声音
你拿着伞靠近 为我遮着风挡着雨
一点点想哭泣一点点想着你
你的爱很珍惜 我总依赖着你的记忆
你就像风在说话 顺着我方向
你就像海中的波浪 堆着我成长
我明白你的回答 温柔的对话
爱情其实没有办法 不被感动吧 我不说谎
风轻轻 我听见你声音
你对着我叮咛 要注意自己的心情
雨轻轻 我听见你声音
你拿着伞靠近 为我遮着风挡着雨
一点点想哭泣一点点想着你
你的爱很珍惜 我总依赖着你的记忆
你就像风在说话 顺著我方向
你就像海中的波浪 堆着我成长
我明白你的回答 温柔的对话
爱情其实没有办法 不被感动吧 我不说谎
Sunday, September 7, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest particle accelerator complex and is situated at the France - Switzerland border near Geneva, Switzerland. It purpose is to collide opposing beams of 7 TeV protons to explore the validity and limitations of the Standard Model, the current theoretical model for particle physics. In simple words, it is used to examine the universe's tiniest particles.
The LHC is contained in a circular tunnel with a circumference of 27 KM at a depth ranging from 50 M to 175 M underground. The LHC will be operating at a temperature of 1.9 K or -271.25 °C, making it the largest cryogenic facility in the world at liquid helium temperature. Once switched on and fully operated, it will cause the protons and ions to collide at near the velocity of light. Scientists will record the resulting events caused by the collision and hope to understand the universe began and what it is made of. It is the most ambitious and powerful particle accelerator built to date with thousands of scientists from hundreds of countries in different disciplines working together.
The principle behind the LHC is pretty simple. First, fire 2 beams of particles along the two pathway, with one going clockwise and the other going counterclockwise. Then you accelerate both beams to near the velocity of light and direct them to collide with each other and watch the resulting events.
There has been arguments that the LHC will create powerful reactions never seen before that could cause serious trouble for the Earth such as destroying it. Few people are so concerned that they filed lawsuit to the CERN agency which operates the LHC to stop the LHC from activating and operating. The CERN has ruled out the possibilities that the LHC will destroy the Earth and will continue their plan to activate it on 10 September 2008.
I hope that the full activation and operation of the LHC will advance the understanding of the universe that we knew so little about. It will be a major step to the advancement of science and the corresponding theories that evolve around it. Of course you maybe paranoid about the safety of the LHC on human race and the Earth, so do enjoy yourself before 10 September 2008 arrives.
The LHC is contained in a circular tunnel with a circumference of 27 KM at a depth ranging from 50 M to 175 M underground. The LHC will be operating at a temperature of 1.9 K or -271.25 °C, making it the largest cryogenic facility in the world at liquid helium temperature. Once switched on and fully operated, it will cause the protons and ions to collide at near the velocity of light. Scientists will record the resulting events caused by the collision and hope to understand the universe began and what it is made of. It is the most ambitious and powerful particle accelerator built to date with thousands of scientists from hundreds of countries in different disciplines working together.
The principle behind the LHC is pretty simple. First, fire 2 beams of particles along the two pathway, with one going clockwise and the other going counterclockwise. Then you accelerate both beams to near the velocity of light and direct them to collide with each other and watch the resulting events.
There has been arguments that the LHC will create powerful reactions never seen before that could cause serious trouble for the Earth such as destroying it. Few people are so concerned that they filed lawsuit to the CERN agency which operates the LHC to stop the LHC from activating and operating. The CERN has ruled out the possibilities that the LHC will destroy the Earth and will continue their plan to activate it on 10 September 2008.
I hope that the full activation and operation of the LHC will advance the understanding of the universe that we knew so little about. It will be a major step to the advancement of science and the corresponding theories that evolve around it. Of course you maybe paranoid about the safety of the LHC on human race and the Earth, so do enjoy yourself before 10 September 2008 arrives.
Friday, September 5, 2008
My Roles & Purposes
Even though I do not wish to brood over it, the most important question of my life still popped up when I was lying on the bed waiting to fall asleep yesterday.
What are my roles and purposes in this universe?
This question does pops up a few times in my life, but I only briefly thought of the answer. Yesterday night was a different one, I pondered on the memories of my childhood to adulthood and found alots of realisations.
What are my roles and purposes in this universe?
This question does pops up a few times in my life, but I only briefly thought of the answer. Yesterday night was a different one, I pondered on the memories of my childhood to adulthood and found alots of realisations.
- I have grown old too fast, the change from a kid to an adult seems to be like within days.
- My parents and family members have grown old too. I do not believe in watching my parents get old, to me it a great torment. Thinking of how healthy they were when I was young and the health deterioration they went through makes me wonder what has TIME done to us. And knowing the fact, that eventually we have to part our ways just make me stop thinking of the FUTURE.
- What is the purpose of LIFE? Is it simply by being successful in your career and finding your other half to settle down and form a blissful family? Has all these social conditioning "purpose of LIFE" numbed our real purposes and roles in the universe.
- Does supreme being such as GOD exists, or am I an atheist, denying the existence of supreme being above us?
- What is the purposes of LOVE? Is it just a solution to make us blindly believe that forming a family and reproducing is a great thing, or is it one of the best grace GOD has given to human so that we can partner and walk the LIFE path together? Does true love exists, and can it last?
After repeated thinking on these realisations, I still cannot understand my roles and purposes in life well. It may be due to the lack of vast life experiences. The idea of eternity also came up on my mind, another word for eternity is forever. Forever seems to be a word that is brought up frequently by human; "Friends forever", "I love you forever", etc, but do human really understand the real meaning of it. Dictionary findings of forever is: without ever ending or an endless period of time. How many can actually understand and imagine the eternity or forever afterlife that all religions has to offer. Finally, I just hope that as I go through the path of LIFE, I can conclude on my real roles and purposes in the universe.
PS: These are my personal opinions on the topic, it does not aim to defame any religion or the existence of supreme being or promote the idea of atheism.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Because Of You
My favourite song when clubbing. It put me to the dance floor instantaneously. The song is melodious and the lyrics are well written. Enjoy it :)
Because Of You - Ne-yo
[Conversation]
-You're obsessed
-You're like a drug
-I'm addicted to you. -You're like a drug
-I'm obsessed
-No, me (No, me). -No, me.
-I'm strung out
-It's because of you. -It's because of me.
Want to, but I can’t help it
I love the way it feels
It’s got me stuck between my fantasy and what is real
I need it when I want it
I want it when I don’t
Tell myself I’ll stop everyday, knowing that I won't
I got a problem and I (don’t know what to do about it)
Even if I did, I don’t know if I would quit but I doubt it. I’m
Taken by the thought of it
And I know this much is true
Baby, you, have become my addiction
I’m so strung out on you
I can barely move
But I like it
So then it’s all because of you (All because of you)
So then it’s all because of you (All because of you), hmm
And it’s all because of you (All because of you)
So then it’s all because
(Never get enough
She’s the sweetest drug)
Think of it every second
I can't get nothing done
Only concern is the next time, I’m gonna get me some
Know I should stay away from, cause it's no good for me
I try and try but my obsession, won't let me leave
I got a problem and I (don’t know what to do about it), ooh
Even if I did, I don’t know if I would quit but I doubt it. I’m
Taken by the thought of it (Hey!)
And I know this much is true
Baby, you, have become my addiction
I’m so strung out on you (strung out on you)
I can barely move (ooh)
But I like it (But I like it)
So then it’s all because of you, hey! (All because of you)
So then it’s all because of you, hmm (All because of you)
And it’s all because of you (All because of you)
So then it’s all because
(Never get enough) Never get enough
(She’s the sweetest drug)
Ain’t no doubt (No doubt, hey!)
So strung out (Strung ou-out)
Ain’t no doubt (Too certain, ain't no doubt, oh)
So strung out (hey-hey-hey!)
Over you
Over you (you)
Over you
Because of you
And it’s all because of you
Hmm-mmm
Never get enough
She’s the sweetest drug
She’s the sweetest drug
Because Of You - Ne-yo
[Conversation]
-You're obsessed
-You're like a drug
-I'm addicted to you. -You're like a drug
-I'm obsessed
-No, me (No, me). -No, me.
-I'm strung out
-It's because of you. -It's because of me.
Want to, but I can’t help it
I love the way it feels
It’s got me stuck between my fantasy and what is real
I need it when I want it
I want it when I don’t
Tell myself I’ll stop everyday, knowing that I won't
I got a problem and I (don’t know what to do about it)
Even if I did, I don’t know if I would quit but I doubt it. I’m
Taken by the thought of it
And I know this much is true
Baby, you, have become my addiction
I’m so strung out on you
I can barely move
But I like it
So then it’s all because of you (All because of you)
So then it’s all because of you (All because of you), hmm
And it’s all because of you (All because of you)
So then it’s all because
(Never get enough
She’s the sweetest drug)
Think of it every second
I can't get nothing done
Only concern is the next time, I’m gonna get me some
Know I should stay away from, cause it's no good for me
I try and try but my obsession, won't let me leave
I got a problem and I (don’t know what to do about it), ooh
Even if I did, I don’t know if I would quit but I doubt it. I’m
Taken by the thought of it (Hey!)
And I know this much is true
Baby, you, have become my addiction
I’m so strung out on you (strung out on you)
I can barely move (ooh)
But I like it (But I like it)
So then it’s all because of you, hey! (All because of you)
So then it’s all because of you, hmm (All because of you)
And it’s all because of you (All because of you)
So then it’s all because
(Never get enough) Never get enough
(She’s the sweetest drug)
Ain’t no doubt (No doubt, hey!)
So strung out (Strung ou-out)
Ain’t no doubt (Too certain, ain't no doubt, oh)
So strung out (hey-hey-hey!)
Over you
Over you (you)
Over you
Because of you
And it’s all because of you
Hmm-mmm
Never get enough
She’s the sweetest drug
She’s the sweetest drug
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