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Thursday, 6 December 2012

Life is Unfair. Right ?


Unfairness is probably the most indispensable element in human life. We dealt with it since we were young and never seem to leave us even when we’re old. Unfairness has brought the best and worst out of most people. For some, unfairness is a stepping stone while others just have to dig deep and accept it.

Unfairness in human aspects including social life, material aspect, happiness, achievements, opportunities, etc has been drawing lines to throw people high above the clouds and leave people down to struggle. How life can be for fairness to prevail? We never know because it will never be achieve in this world. For some anime lovers would know that a fair world can be achieved in the Naruto Series. Uchiha Madara plans to project his eye on the moon and cast an illusion to earth so that dreams can take over the human life and he would be creating a new society where everything is fair. This is too good to be true but Naruto defies it. This is because the price of having a fair world would be human would lose their freedom to act as they please. Under communism, which claim that every citizens would receive equal sharing also exists. But at the end of the day, there would be someone with too much power and unfairness would also exist in the eyes of others. There is always a price for fairness and the degree of tolerance depends on individuals. Some say it is worth bargaining in exchange for ultimate fairness.

The life is like a balance beam. Sometimes you may gain high while sometimes is just not your day. If you think you deserve to earn some gain, then you felt happy for it. However, the human minds are complicated. It can produce solutions from every permutation and combination from an unanswered question. In perspective wise, people deemed you do not deserve it and see it as prejudice, sometimes, you yourself even think that what is being poured in will receive the right amount of reward and this like you standing still on the balance beam. However, do not be overjoyed just because of that gain because people tend to make mistake on a comfortable seat. Also achieving success with unorthodox means wouldn’t be happy-ing for long.

Being realistically, we will never stop succumb to the effect of prejudice and it is best to figure up a solution to negate it. One of the ways is to hold still to your religion and use what is available to channel your unpleasant feelings into a pleasant vibe. For some who have a lucky streak, the success wouldn’t stay long. I had watched Survivor for seasons and those sole survivor who never meant to win, but won the 1 million cash prize are often sidelined when the true tests come. Tina Wesson who won the Survivor Australian Outcasts was lucky to have been chosen to the final tribal council was the first to be kicked off at the Survivor All Stars. Colby Donalson, the true American Hero although lost to Tina, was given the opportunity to win the Sexist Man Award at the All Stars and also earned places in Survivor Heroes Vs Villians and All Stars. It doesn’t matter he lost to Tina, because he has earned the support from the survivor fans. Chris who miraculously won Survivor Vanuatu was never heard again, same goes to Brian from Survivor Thailand. Those who played earnestly and whole hearted are recognized. Yau-Man from Survivor Fiji, Ami from Survivor Vanuatu, Amanda from Survivor China, Stephanie from Survivor Palau earned respects although they never win.

 To share my personal experience, I felt that the other side of down can give your more insight of knowledge and experience that will never be learned by those who somehow sail smooth to success. This can be a good leverage in case you were on the down side of the balance beam. It gives you opportunity to strengthen yourself in whichever aspect and turn it into a norm so that when times came for you to shine after countless times at the down side, you would still remember the feeling of the down side and drives you to keep maintaining the top spot. 

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Child Brides

"Help young men and women who are affected by the Israel war"
"Social events, outpouring with happiness"

Child brides are not even mentioned. Happiness can just be another way of expressing a single thoughts that may seem represents the whole. Truth are just being made to subject to people own their desire.


Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Quizzy


Entering Quizwise was the perfect chance to obtain the grand prize of RM1000 which we missed by an inch last year. Last year, Vasco de Gama consisting me, Moctar and Hussam was so close to taste victory but a close margin due to the unfair and unjust happenings fall onto us. We were pretty pissed off by the way they organize the event.

Much to our surprise, my team this year named Have It Late has the skills to win that competition but we fell short and landed on 3rd place again which seems like a magnet to us. Me, Moctar and Mahmoud were called Have It Late because Mahmoud found a sponser (Have-It-Late) for us to enter the competition. 32 teams battling for 4 places in the final and we managed to top that round and we only lose 1 point from that round. This feat equaled our fantastic performance last year which we were top of the qualifying round. With a huge margin of leading, Mahmoud said we have a good chance of winning.

Unfortunately, bad luck struck upon us like last year and nothing seems to go in our way. The questions we received were difficult in comparison to others. The buzzer round was the most pathetic round ever created as there are no fair means to see who raised their hand first. At one time, 1 was raising my hand first to obtain the permission to answer and the invigilator was looking at other teams for no reason and the moment I want to shout for her attention, the other team she was looking at raised their hand. Mahmoud raised his hand during the video round and she noted that we were the first team but when the video was played and over, she then gave the other team to answer when they raised their hand immediately. Her reason was we didn’t raise our hand and maintain it the entire time when the video was played. Pretty deplorable I guess.

I’m so disappointed with the organizing committee once again! But nevertheless, I was not disappointed with myself because the competition gave me a new insight on my path in the life. Knowledge encompassing anything under the sky and spanning from the birth of the universe to the present day never seems to have expiry date in our life. They can be used anytime and wherever we need it. Unlike some of the subjects we learned in educational system in Malaysia. I was never interested with all that. I was learning the arts and geography of the world when we were having the history test in school. All that built up knowledge really bailed out as I know where I stand and I can compete internationally with people from Asia, Central Asia and Arabic.

I felt that that momentous night 19 Nov was worth cherish as I will remember the time we as friends compete together happily and great success was achieved.  Winning is what I enter for but the process which allows me to bring back great memories and realization was equally important. The competition shaped the way I think and base a path to where I want to head to in the future. 

                                       

                                       
                                        

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Road Freak


The whole atmosphere was stuck by an impact and rumbling noise woke me up. It was no story and the tense situation puts me in an action packed scene. It was a road accident and I am a part of it.

A few minutes earlier, I was sitting at the rear left of the van on the way back from Ipoh. I felt asleep due to fatigue. Then, I was forced awake and my reptilian brain face myself for the fright of my life. It felt like riding a downwards on a roller coaster and your body get a forward thrust. My instinct is to duck to the right for some reason that I was unclear off. I don’t know but I just did it. In the split seconds, so many random things happened simultaneously. The impact caused all our belongings to dash forward. Some people were screaming and people rushed out the van due to oil leakage. I was the last to follow suit and to realize the front left of the van has been pulverized.  

All of my friends were alright. My friend said a car appeared forward and there was no time to dodge it. Looking behind was a scene of wreckage. A kancil was badly misshapen, broken glass over the road, chaotic traffic and crowded people at the scene.

I couldn’t quite shake off the sensation of being in a road accident, get hit by something from the impact and luckily for me, I’m still conscious. On the contrary, some misfortunes are struck hard and fell into deep slumber and never wake up again. It really scary to feel that not knowing what hit you and your life just end in that way in a split second.

 It did strike me that if life just flies by at that moment, I would have no doubts of leaving that to destiny. Knowing how much I have did and did it to the fullest, living a life which I can stand proudly was a good reason for me not to leave any regrets behind. I didn’t commit any morally wrong actions and life my own life instead of living in others. Maybe dreams have not achieved but at least I have achieved the goals which I am capable of doing at this time.  It felt like the day my life flash before my eyes and I say I did the right things in life.

I gain insight of life and also a glimpse of death. That was rather fruitful for a Wednesday leisure trip. So glad I was a part of it.