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Friday, November 11, 2005


Right, was reading natgeog just now, about how people who live till they're very old get to live till that age. Apparently besides good eating and living habits, knowing what you're living for helps quite a bit. As in having a purpose in life, some sort of reason that stops you from going, "Hey, I'm not required for anything at all!" and dropping dead on the spot. Of course if people did that they'd get fined for littering and all, bad for the city's image you know. But interesting point to ponder isn't it? The question of your purpose in life, which if you don't choose to believe in any religion, doesn't seem to quite have an answer. You're just one person in a population of billions around the world, not including that this very same population is helping to destroy the earth through overconsumption, deforestation, global warming etc. <-Ecology! One less of you and the world would be better off wouldn't it? The physical world anyway. Less demand for food, less supply required, (correct right? pardon the inaccurate economics theories I might spout throughout this post, non economics student la) so less stress on the land to grow food, less intrusion into natural habitat of animals and less natural stuff getting killed.

But on the other hand, if you die, no matter what sort of person you were when you were alive, you'd be missed by some people. They'd start lamenting their loss of you, crying, sobbing uncontrollably (contributing further to CO2 gases in the air) but the point is that it would then mean you did something good/bad/impactful isn't it? Such that people actually bother to feel sad. Then again you wouldn't actually know what sort of impact you left on that person. 自己以为是应该的,对别人而言可能蕴含更深的一层意义. Who knows if because of you, someone decided to not do something bad, 反而决定发奋图强去读书... Would be quite interesting to hear your own eulogy wouldn't it? Except maybe chinese traditions don't really have them. But I wonder what my eulogy would say. Mostly good stuff I bet, no one wants to insult the poor dead person, not that he or she could do anything about it. I think.

Hmm. This is quite sad, the holidays have started, and I feel bored! Mostly my own fault I guess. This sluggishness and unwillingness to get up/out/in to do stuff. The weather which alternates between hot, humid, uncomfortable and wet, very wet, still uncomfortable (unless you're indoors and about to sleep). Which reminds me that I keep getting caught in the rain! But never mind, learnt my lesson after Halloween to carry an umbrella around (more to prevent nagging and scoldings than the rain).

Okay, off to find something to do. Mm, hai.