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It sucks to be a palindrome
I thought being twenty-one is awesome. The next number, a palindrome even, I am not so sure anymore. Maybe because of all the excess responsibilities that is expected for people aged twenty-two.
To tell you the truth, not much is to be expected of a broke entry-level employee in a government institution. A lot of things were expected of me when I ( Read more... ) -
Rupture
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The Virtue of Mono-tasking
One of my morning rituals during my first 30 minutes in the office is to read my news feeds. I have been using and abusing Google Reader service since I was introduced to it by my girlfriend. It's a wonderful way of having your own "newspaper" that only has the articles that you really want to read.
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you still fail
But most of the time, I still continue in my mindless pursuit of my endless passions. I may not have a good track record of winning in life, but I think, little by little, things are getting better, whilst dreams are getting closer. Such proximity of these once-outrageous frivolous dreams makes them a sweet goal to achieve once everything commences ( Read more... ) -
Quotation
"Oho!' said the pot to the kettle;
"You are dirty and ugly and black!
Sure no one would think you were metal,
Except when you're given a crack."
"Not so! not so! kettle said to the pot;
" 'Tis your own dirty image you see;
For I am so clean -without blemish or blot-
That your blackness is mirrored in me"
"Maxwell's Elementary Grammar" (1904)
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Crossroad
Here we are. At the crossroad, to where our options are laid out and to where our future is to be decided ( Read more... ) -
Atlas, Shrugged.
"In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this word to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man’s proper estate is an upright posture, an ( Read more... )
