thoughtshowerings

Sometimes Good Intentions Are Not Enough. (SGIANE) Recently, there has been a flurry of OCIP activity fund raising in school. Activities range from selling overpriced bubble teas, coerce sales of T-shirts, clean children safe car washes that did not involve any babes to plain donations. Aims of such OCIP are generally vague, with the use of flowery but intangible words like "empowerment" or "as to develop them into productive, responsible, self reliant, competent and compassionate individuals of tomorr ow." Note that this is not geared towards a certain group, but rather at the idea of the OCIP spirit.  As of such, someone please enlighten me, what the whole chunk of words above really and truly mean. It completely sounds like a PR reply when asked what the team's objective was. What's the Problem? 1) The team will only be there for a total of 3 weeks or so. Including time catering for own R&R activities. Doesn't that make it only 2 weeks ...

A flood of misfortunes. I have been plagued with a slew of unfortunate events. One after another. They just keep turning up at my doorstep. I tell myself, bad days are anything but permanent. They are transient, ephemeral. They cant last forever , can they? So I just hang on and tell myself, it'll go away, it'll go away, it'll go away. I think I have sort of mellowed out? I dont get as easily angered as I used to do. I am calmer than usual. Despite the onslaught of assignments. I take things slightly easier. Lament a bit, and get back with life. Or maybe its not that good to be that back? Hmmmmm... I feel like I am losing some connections. Like a rope, losing its fibers one strand at a time. Insignificant individually, but impactful when considered as a whole. University's strange. It feels...highly commercialized. You dont go there to receive an education just because you want to per se, but rather in lieu of the income you will get in the fu...

Weather: Rainy Mood: Trying to deceive myself that I have nothing to do Been wanting to write about this for a long time now.  Its amazing how technology changes your life. And ruins it simultaneously. Whatsapp is seriously getting under my skin.  Yes I know its amazing how friends seem to be just beside you, replying almost instantaneously when you post something. Yes I know how you can chat with many friends at one go, you can send sound clips, send photos and what not. Yes I know it forms some kind of bond within the group chatting. Yes I know it makes you feel connected to everyone whom you care for, even project mates whom you secretly dislike. Yes I know it makes you feel less lonely when you are alone and have nothing to do. But I just dont get it. I dont. Call me old fashioned. Or whatever.  What happened to meeting up, face to face? Phone calls so long they make your ears burn? What happened to good ol' human interac...