Oh yeah this counts as a post

September 28, 2010 at 12:29 am (chuckles)

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econs in real life

September 12, 2010 at 3:02 am (in my quirky head, metaphors, musings)

today i tried to mug as much JC Econs as i could since i’m taking an econs module this sem and i am up against a bell curve populated with battle-hardened pre-u econs students. the afternoon was basically me studying my econs and stanford studying his math,  periodically punctuated by questions about  the definition of a term in economics, demands of proof for a mathematical theorem, and inquiries about stanford’s secret (oops) romantic congress with a local girl.

from what i have surmised about opportunity costs and markets, i tried to explain to stanford what an ‘open relationship’ meant. So here’s what i told him:

“An open relationship is like when you are consuming this good but the good knows that if a better good penetrates your market, then the old good becomes opportunity cost.”

I have no idea how accurate that explanation was, what with my shallow understanding of the nuances of economic terms,  although i received an enlightened ‘oh’ accompanied by the brightening and widening of my friend’s eyes.

but as much as i would like to feel good about myself for being able to ‘apply’ economic theories to real life scenarios (an exercise which econs zealots relentlessly tell me is FUN), i feel very disturbed by the fact that that was probably my highest academic achievement of the day.

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hate to say goodbye.

August 31, 2010 at 12:02 am (chapters of my life, evermore, footprints on the sand)

Like a comet pulled from orbit,
as it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder,
halfway through the wood

Who can say if I have been changed
for the better?

But because I knew you,
I have been changed for good.”

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probably not for everyone sorry if i offend anyone :)

August 29, 2010 at 2:30 am (chuckles, comic relief)

some people think it’s blasphemous; some find it fueled with righteous conviction. i just say it’s just  funny.

CAUTION: Profanity and some serious breakage of the third commandment.

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Strength, Beauty, and Choice

August 27, 2010 at 1:36 am (in my quirky head, musings)

The beauty of the human spirit is not in living calmed with the blind belief that present predicaments would magically and vicariously turn into a more favorable life; it is in the lonely strength to try to live happily despite the inherited limits of one’s circumstances and despite one’s courage to accept that some hardships may not lead to a better destiny or have some other form of benevolent reason to it.

It isn’t in surrendering the burden of responsibility and thought to the unknown hand of society or to some other force of nature. It is in every difficult decision and every free thought a man makes for himself despite the ceaseless screams of the blissful slaves to conform to their faithfully mindless ways.

The beauty of the human spirit isn’t in its self-imposed weakness and surrender; it is in its strength to survive despite all.

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why asshole-ism is fun…

March 30, 2010 at 5:15 pm (chuckles, plagiarized)

“Today I felt so bored that I felt like dressing up as the grim reaper and go knocking on every window of the local retirement home.”

LOL

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cos the onglet comes with mashed potato

March 25, 2010 at 5:36 pm (chuckles, musings)

today i learned that the customer is always right (even when he’s wrong).

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missing the feeling

March 22, 2010 at 12:36 am (chapters of my life, musings)

i miss the feeling of obsessing over someone. that is all.

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the rhodes to perdition

March 18, 2010 at 1:57 am (chapters of my life, footprints on the sand, in my quirky head, metaphors)

not all my friends make me a better person. some bring me to the edge of a cliff, hold my hands, and let me lean forward as far as i could so i could explore the not-morally-wrong-but-frowned-upon dimensions of life.

but it’s good to know that they’ll never let me fall all the way down.

a friend once told me that I will not survive the real world because my head is always stuck in the clouds.

well now i know why.

I don’t wanna survive.

I wanna live.

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working life

March 15, 2010 at 12:52 am (chuckles, comic relief)

Julie: Hey, can you give me six slices of baguette and a stick of butter?

Alon: You don’t drink coke, you don’t eat fried things, but you would eat this brand of butter which is nearly 100% fats?

Julie: Erm… It’s the exception to my diet.

Alon (handing Julie a basket of sliced baguette and a stick of butter): Straight to the hips then…

Julie walks out of the room. 10 seconds later, she comes back, opens the fridge and returns the butter inside.

Julie (glaring at Alon): Olive oil and balsamic vinegar please.

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