i wasnt planning to talk about politics, but i cant find any other stuff to talk about in this blog. so if this is the only way to update, i have no other choice. of course, you can just skip this post if you want to. lets start with the recent mca stuff.....or whatever that was. i dont care who became the head, but i heard the man, who asked the people to forget the past, got the deputy post. ok, maybe it wont be so political at all, i mean this post. so thank you mr-caught-on-video-in-a-cheap-hotel, for not making me another raja petra, or any other blogger insane enough to worship politics. frankly, its everywhere.....politics! too much in my school. this morning, the principal told us that the uniform body should consist of all the races, and that the perception of a specific body for each race shouldnt be there at all. lets get back to reality, for my school at least. the 1st row of teachers, all the PKs, are they not under the same race? dont preach unless you've got your own backyard cleaned. 2nd, i mean no harm to anyone, especially not to any saint john member in particular...i mean, generally, they've done some good....but in my school, its kinda of a different story. the politics are too obvious, the polarization is too much, and the members are mainly made up of stereotypes......no offence intended. what i meant was, the world sucks because we learn how to make it that way in school. yupp, no denying, the old have showed us the way the world goes, and we learnt only from the best, not to mention the effort of trying to surpass the master. at this rate, my generation could be the worst in history.
talking about history, i've strayed enough. oh yes, history.....this is one thing i remember from the textbook, "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" said someone who lived sometime ago. and there we go, listening to the guy who's learnt his lesson, and telling everyone to forget the past. how convenient.
the past made us into who we are today. its a part of you that never go away. it sticks, most of the time, it sucks, but it is you. i'd like to live in a world where everyone can forgive and forget, for a day or two, and see how happy the world would be. but theres no fun in that, thats why im not staying for long. everyone got their stories, everyone got secrets, just because his was caught on video, doesnt mean he can run away from it. maybe im wrong, the people forgave him...he got the seat no? but im not asking him to step down or anything, i dont care about the chaotic political circumstances that has been running this country to the brink of self destruction, im just interested in ideas and principles, and especially the way they are conveyed in words. some are lost in translation and make no sense when spoken in a different tongue, most are not worth mentioning at all....so i take pleasure in looking for those who just get me going.
again, back to the topic, if i do this in my essay,all the drifting, im dead. the past. you can ask people to forgive you for the wrongdoings in the past, but dont expect them to forget. to forgive is to accept the person into the society again after he's pay for his sin, to forget is to ignore it completely and assume it never happen. i dont know who came up with that cliched phrase, but to me, its just another stupid way to act all innocent and be a saint in front of everyone. im willing to pay for my sins, well, at least in terms of ethics......if i consider religion in the picture......its a long story. but i dont expect people to forget it, i dont want to exactly put it in a box and bury it somewhere. well, thats how we learn from our mistakes. we fall, we get up, and we remember the moment before we fall, why and how did we fall, and we will try not to fall again. thats how the brain works, its stores info and keep it for you.....its up to you how to relate it. if you are just going to forget everything and repeat it again, then go sell off your brains or put it in the blender and hit on, while you can dedicate yourself to being just another machine which never learn anything, they just do the same thing over and over again. i mean, even a simple car alarm has a memory, so why cant we keep ours?
the last time you screw something up, do you remember it? why? because you intend not to repeat it again. if everything can be forgotten, then theres nothing to stop anyone from commiting any mortal sin. the past constructed us....., surely, there are times of glory, and there are times when we fall, but thats the point of the whole thing.....to learn from it. even vengeance shouldnt be forgotten. you should forgive those who wronged you, but you should never forget them, or what they did........like shakespear put it
"if you prick us do we not bleed?
if you tickle us do we not laugh?
if you poison us do we not die?
and if you wrong us shall we not revenge?"
its normal human reaction. cause and effect. maybe there are those noble enough to forgive, but i ask of you, do not forget......it will cost you more than you can afford. me? i'll stick to being an average guy who pays a punch in the face with another. then i can forgive......but not forget.
my past has been full of everything, and i know i've hurt a few along the way.....and im not asking for forgiveness.....let alone to forget it. there are those choices made because the other could have been worse, or because out of plain ignorance and stupidity.......though some might have seemed like a necessity at certain times. i ask of you, for any wrong or right i've done, you can put it behind, you can let it go, you can have your revenge if you are smart enough, just dont let forgetfulness gets a hold on you.
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