(This is a rant.)
I have too much to say, and I do not know where to begin. Actually, I do not know where best to begin so as to give you the clearest picture of my current mental state. But who cares about clarity, really? Blackened hearts and minds will never accept the plainest, self-evident [...]
Weaknesses
The cynic is constantly paranoid about his surroundings. He lives in fear of the undesirable, and the potentially undesirable. Sometimes, he is driven to inaction, paralysed by his own fears.
He is in perpetual self-deprecation. He does not expect of others what he mercilessly exacts of himself. Where he falters, he never forgives himself. He is [...]
[1] Woe to those that deal in fraud―
[2] Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure.
[3] But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
[4] Do they not think that they will be called to account?―
:’(
1) The choice is yours.
2) Resistance is futile.
Related: In rejection of lewdness
O Allah.
I have problems only You can solve.
I have questions only You can answer.
I have doubts only You can clarify.
I have cries only You can hear.
I have tears only You can stop.
O Allah.
It is only You whom I can turn to.
Please, help me sleep tonight.
kalau ‘nitis air mataku malam ini
kalau ‘nitis air mataku sekali lagi
hanya [...]
I subscribe to Brian Kim’s VIP Newsletter, and in an “MIT of the Day”, I got this:
Control the things you can Muhammad.
Let go of the things you can’t.
It strikes chords from deep within me, like a voice directly speaking to me.
Let go, man, let go.
Control only the things you can.
And it is precisely what I [...]
Ah, ‘desensitisation’, that’s the word. I’ve been writing about it and saying it in a long winded way, but now, thanks to doing research for my school project, I’ve found the word again.
Repeated exposure to negative elements, for example, portrayals of violence, lewdness, and absurd behaviour, can desensitise a person towards those elements. One [...]
(~p -> (q & ~q)) -> p
i.e. (~p -> c) -> p
where c is a contradiction.
Proofs by contradiction are non-constructive.
[...]
hidup hanya menunda kekalahan
tambah terasing dari cinta sekolah rendah
dan tahu, ada yang tetap tidak terucapkan
sebelum pada akhirnya kita menyerah
—Chairil Anwar (1949)
Aku pasrah.
Aku menyerah.
Of course, I mean that “sexy” is both looking sexy and being sexy.
And that is how the MacBook is, “Pro” or not, as I saw it at COMEX today. The relatively cheaper model is so expensive, and it can’t even write DVDs—that’s looking sexy without being sexy. Next up on the price ladder is [...]
You are about to cross a wide, busy road, and have three options: jaywalking, using the traffic light crossing, and using the overhead bridge.
Jaywalking is obviously most risky, even if one can dash fast, for there can be human error in estimating the rate of approach of fast-moving vehicles; and it is, after all, a [...]
