thought of the day

Aug 07, 2005 16:15

because the sun will rise again, who knows what the tide will bring?

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high tide low tide anonymous August 11 2005, 02:20:15 UTC
who knows indeed.

At sentosa, smtimes u gt just plain (well actually rather salty) ol'crummy seaweed…
But smtimes, u gt a huuuuge cargo ship coming straight up at ya.
Like the one that ran aground at siloso not too long ago.

… all u can do is pray for the right weather conditions,
& some kickass strong winds …
*laughs*

somehow, as I typed that,
I got this flashback of the scene from “Forces of Nature.”
The famous hail-scene where Sandra Bullock & Ben Affleck got real chunks of ice hurrrrlled at them.
Whee.
Ouch. ;p

-- p

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unruhe_nig August 11 2005, 08:53:05 UTC
yes exactly. who knows indeed.

there's always hope!
(but saying this reminds me of this scene in the Shawshank Redemption, where Red tells Andy off for encouraging people to hope, when it's hopeless).

the context of this thought (for those who are curious) comes from cast away, in one of the last scenes, where tom hanks reflects on his 4 years marooned, and how it has changed his whole life. with such resonance and feeling. one of the 'moments' of the film, i must say.

but don't you think that, having to wait for the right weather conditions puts so much out of one's control? everything must be right - the mixture of all the factors. right weather conditions, build up of waves, bad visibility, divine intervention, etc. maybe we were just too conceited to think that we were ever in control.

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..waiting... unruhe_nig August 16 2005, 06:31:24 UTC
there is almostalways hope, i think.

even if there isnt, acting upon that hope often lands us in the very next best situation, or gets us the next best thing.

as for control...
(this reminds me too much of the matrix. ;p)

yes, sometimes there's only so much u can do.

the waiting, the divine intervention, the combination of right weather conditions, etc. are outta our hands

..but, most of the time. i think ppl underestimate themselves.
we can only do so little / much, but it is something
and sometimes this something can make all the difference.

MAKING RAIN
did u read the papers yest abt the haze in indon and m'sia?
other than firefighting on the grd,
the 'copters were sent out to 'cloud-seed.'
--> adding chemicals to the clouds so that rain will fall.

after reading that, i thought
heck
if we can make rain, theres a lot of other things thats well w/in our control.

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