hello! haha... time for another post again :)

Well... today.... stayed at home and rot again.... haha.... read some books.... and did a chibi of edo unwrapping a christmas present :D haha.... Hope I can get it scanned and painted in time for christmas :D K lar...

then tmr want to go to the siemens headquarters to buy data cable for my phone :) But guess would be a futile trip lar.... cos I doubt that place sells anything :S But well... go and try my luck lor....

Anyway... jsut to share some more things from my book :D

I'm sure everyone heard of this saying ' life is a game of choice ' But do we really have a choice?

Okay... heres a quote from the book....

' When was the last time that you knowingly did something that you KNEW was going to make your life worse? We sometimes have to make decisions that will bring short-term pain, but the basis of every decision we make is the assumption that this thing that we are about to do is going to ultimately make our life better. That is why you went to college, got married, have a job.... and do everything that you do. '

Okay.... so the author called this kind of actions DECISION not CHOICE.... From my interpretation of the book, choice is something that... when given 2 or more things... no matter what you choose... you will still be happy..... they are of equal value....
But a decision is when you choose something because you know if you don;t choose that.... you will have to bear consequences.... Its just like you want to go JC or poly? I choose to go JC.... but is that a choice? It isn't.... its a decision..... I have decided to go JC because it provides a easier route to the university....
But a choice is like you going into a chocolate shop..... there are so many different kinds of chocolate for you to choose from.... but no matter what you choose.... you will still be very happy :D
In short, another quotation from the book... " A choice is about doing the right thing. A decision is about doing something right. "

Haha.... so thats all for today :D Ask yourself :) When was the last time you truely enjoy making a choice :D

You know... actually.... this book go on and talk about why to people make decisions instead fo choices :) Quite interesting....

Okay... a quick one :) " because we are more aware of the verbal rational part of our brains, we assume that every part of our mind should be open to the pressure of the argument and debate. Because we perceive we are more able to rely on reason and logic, we misread the nature and significance of great deal of our lives. Our inability to control our emotions generally leads us to pretent they aren't there, and unless we can describe a feeling accurately, we dismiss it as 'irrational' and therefore not devoutly to be wished"

haha... thats explains why we often make decisions rather than choices....

Okay... let me share wif you all one more point in the book....

Do you all always feel that life is meaningless? haha.... heres a quote from the book...

" Anthony Storr suggests that an inner world of fantasy must be regarded as part of an individual's biological inheritance. When an individual's subjective reality becomes completely divorced from the external reality, we call them mad. On the other hand, if we suppress the inner world too much, we become totally complaint with external reality; we regard the external world as someting to which we must adapt, so our individuality dissappears and life become meaningless. "

Hmm.... so are you guy feeling that way? Are you suppressing your inner world too much? Well... if you are.... time to open up more of your inner world :D And be a happier person :D

Okay.... thats about all for today :D Will share more points from the book with you all tmr :D haha.... Think this is a very nice book :D Like reading it very much.... Am already through with 1/2 the book in 2 days :D The typography of the book also very interesting :D You wun get bored after reading lines and lines of words... cos it uses many short paragraphs and have words of different sizes and tones to make the book more fun :D

K lar.... BYE~ :D