Meltdown

Although it must be increasingly obvious by now, this page takes a hiatus til the end of November, due to the inevitable fact of my recurring nightmare, in the form of a retake A Levels. As Abhay would put it,

"Fucking Swedes."

So there you have it. Word of advice to anyone doing A's, study like there's no tomoro. i thought that studying til 4 in the morning was ridiculous til i realised i've been doing the same.

Possibly the most frustrating element out of studying is the non-elimination of the fact that irregardless of what I may think, the future of my education and the level of my intelligence is deemed by some white guy whom i have never met and will probably never meet marking information that anyone could read in a book. to quote Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes,

"They'd rather teach us stuff that any idiot can look up in a book."

Studying and fasting leads to an exhausting day. damn exams.

Desi Hydraulics

yes, that is Abhay.




I HEREBY DECLARE BIG APPLE'S GLACIER TO BE THE BEST DONUT I'VE EATEN THUS FAR

Frisk Me, I'm Muslim

Beautiful song by Steve Earle about John Walker Lindh called, "John Walker's Blues".

Oh, the Vagaries of the English Language

Abhay and i go about defining "smart".

abhay says: u want me to define it for you?

r a s h a a d says: don't shit your pants la dude
yeah what you think smart means

AbHaY- show time says:err
intelligent?

r a s h a a d says:hahah
that's not an answer, its a label
AbHaY- show time says:okay
if u want my opinion of smart
i'd say someone who has broken a certain barrier in their mind.(the ignorance barrier if you will). and gets curious. Due to this curiosity, this person obtains more and more knowlege. In the process of obtaining this knowlege, he gets addicted to knowlege and so grows his curiosity. why? because knowlege is power supreme. and power is addictive. but when it comes to knowlege, its in a good way. i can go into further detail to describe what i feel smart is but im too lazy. and i feel that they should come up with a better word for something that means so much.
but thats just my definition
:)
bet u think im a moron right now haha
r a s h a a d says:haha interesting la.you see i was extremely bored yesterday,so i was thinking (never a good thing)
and decided that smart by definition doesnt exist,the more accurate word is "capable".
because there's nothing to differentiate between the two of us, everything's there to learn,its just who's more adept at what.
you knowing science doesnt make you smarter,it just makes you more capable than me.

AbHaY- show time says: But dont you think you are equally capable as i am? everyone has the CAPABILITY.

r a s h a a d says: nope. we all have the capability.but i'm not too good with facts and stuff.
therefore i'm less capable.

AbHaY- show time says:capability makes us capable..and dude, if ure not good at facts, there are things you can do to change that.
my mathematical aptitude was crap 4 years ago.

r a s h a a d says:haha if this makes sense, you've used your capability to make yourself more capable.

AbHaY- show time says: yeah, makes complete sense, because everyone has the capability to do everything.
but then it makes me wonder..lets look at jimi hendrix..what the hell made him so damn good at the guitar?
i doubt it was hell of a lot of practice because alot of other guitarists practiced as much or more than he did..
maybe its inspiration?
which is a whole different thing on its own
bastard, u got me thinking..

r a s h a a d says:alright here have some more..we are influenced by our environment,which in turn influences our specific capability.
make sense?

AbHaY- show time says:yeah, true.

r a s h a a d says: somewhere jimi found something which led to a thought which led to a thought which led to an idea on a guitar.

Stand Inside Your Love

Stagnation is a lie.
There's no such thing as being constant in one place for a prolonged period.
There's no such thing as unchanging matter.
There's no such thing as being able to sit in this chair in front of my computer, watch the days roll by, and remain the same when i get up.
Everything has an impact greater than zero.
Every second is different from the last.
There's no such thing as remaining unchanged. Even if the change is too small for us to notice.
One can only progress or regress.
Its not stagnation, its regression.

Life is easier to lead without an opinion. People are less quick to judge and damn you for your thoughts and expressions. People are less likely to view you as condescending in knowledge. One might not even know that their opinion isn't appreciated.
We are all so blind...