round and round

ups and downs, far and near, successes and failures, order and chaos- chicken or egg? while modern scientists are now pondering over which gives rise to which- whether from randomness there arises systems- chinese philosophy has been toying with this idea nearly 2 millenia ago!

The way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.

Tao Te Ching
Roughly translated, it probably means nothingness gave birth to something, that turned out to be the world as we see it.

Though not as rigorously defined in terms of equations like the modern science attempts to in creating the Chaos theory, there seemed to be this passive understanding(or aknowledgement of the lack thereof) of the workings of the universe and the respectful bowing to Fate, things beyond the means of man.

The mockery seems to be pointed towards man- after centuries of experimentation that allowed some realisation of the laws of nature, from discovering gravity to the absoluteness of light to the minuscule quantum world, which had at some point of time promised to be the ultimate theory each time, we are goaded deeper by our innate curiousity and tenacity, and now, we arrive at an old patch, that had previously been cast as merely a passive way of life and modified to be a means of healthy living. Are scientists on the verge of abandoning and admitting the flaws of previous indoctrination that experiments can be conducted in closed-systems, that it is possible to ignore small fluctuation that would occur in real life so as to get good numbers to work with that give nice simple equations, and take into account instead things as random as a cough or flap of a butterfly's wings?

ever doubted while dreaming?

had a terrible dream-late for GP exam, JC settings, but new venue. Running around like mad, trying to find my room. Went into the first room, saw a sea of students seated in rows, but couldnt see my classmates. Called out for help, but the invigilators, who looked like they were from china, simply said,"jus sit down and start the exam" HUH? but i'm in the wrong room!

and so i continued running, in search of my seat. tried several rooms, all in vain. Remember thinking to myself,"this MUz be a dream.. or else how can one be so suay?? hey, but so real, die, still cant find room..."

amazing... finally, saw my CT, and i rushed into one of the rooms and spotted my friend, and i sat down behind her. And then think we started having lessons instead, cos another friend sat down beside me, without and gap in between our tables.

money-minded

to work or attend a fren's bdae party for which presents have to be bought with money? It's terrible to change one's mind at the last minute, to fang fei ji, i totally agree, when plans have been made beforehand with enthusiasm and promise, but reali, everyone has his own case. does that condemn a person, reduced to evoking half empathy and half disgust?