Discriminate not

Outward appearance have become so important, so much so that people treat you based on the way you look – on the outside. I don’t doubt that we all do that at some point in time, especially the first time we meet a person. But continuance of treatment in that manner is what I find so difficult to accept. Each person wants to be taken seriously, to be given a chance to be the person that he/ she really is. Why should skin colour matter? Why should the fact that someone has non-matching top and pants matter? Why should people who are horizontally challenged have lesser voice? Why should inherent traits of a person be a determinant of the way he/ she is treated? Discrimination, even in its most subtle form, should be eliminated.

Ssshh.

"No questions asked"

"Really?"

"Yes. Ssshh."

Life in Leeds so far

The University




The University Chaplaincy




The..University Grass

Founds

So i was cleaning up my room and packing all the books into my table cupboard (cuz it's such a hassle to put everything into boxes), and let me tell you, it can be quite an emofying ordeal. But it was fine today.

I found old diaries in which i wrote down my thoughts, some were especially silly thoughts. Also found NS memoirs. Found an old picture of a very much younger me. Found crayons (Yay!). Found out that i need to return ppl their dvds. Found lotsa stuff that i could, by right, throw away. But i still wanna keep them for collection purposes! Found ants on my table ( I really have no idea as to where they come from. Can it be that they dropped from the ceiling?). Found out that i'm quite thirsty *goes to the kitchen to get a glass of water*.






The room is half done now! BYE!

Mid year review

Hello (:

Sorry for lack of updates.

Feels as though it's been such a long time since i've done a decent post (not that all the rest were indecent, but you get what I mean). Time really flies while you're having fun. Fun= after exams. But in less than a months' time I'll be studying again. This time, I really intend to make it fun! I know, studies and fun, even putting them in the same sentence sounds ironic.

So far, the year has been good. I think. Well, the first half on the year, I dated my books. Then, from June till now, it's been fun. I cant really say that I've grown a lot the first half of the year (be it spiritually or mentally). Blame it on my paranoia or should i say, unhealthy balance of life, but that was the sad me.

Sometimes I think of how everything in life are in chunks. There's the childhood phase, the highschool phase, the college phase, the university phase, the working phase, the marriage phase. Feels like in every moment of our lives, we're just waiting for the current phase that we're in to be over, anticipating the next phase of life, thinking that the next phase will be much more exciting than the current one.

Which brings me to what I said in my previous post: if there isnt God, there really isnt any reason for me to live. After all that has happened in my life, things that are still happening, you might probably ask me why do i believe in God.

But how can I not?

I can pinpoint two devastating periods in my life. And after going through everything, I am certain that He holds everything in His hands, if He allows it to happen, it shall.

Of course, I do ask why certain things happen in my life. Some things are still happening, and they happen beyond my control. Sometimes I see a teeny winny bit of why this is happening. Probably to build me etc. But I dont see the whole picture. And i think that is what frustrates me sometimes. But that's just it. What is life if you've already known all the reasons for things to happen?

I still cannot grasp why some things have to happen. But because of that, I cling on to Him who holds everything in His hands and knows more than I do.

Quote of the day

"Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless." - Bertrand Russell, atheist

Reality bites

Hoping for the same, now that is silly.