This is a special post which I felt personally with regards to recent events in my life.
One of it involves a certain someone whom I met online, who likes to criticise the current events in Malaysia on Facebook. Religion, extremism, feminism, you name it.
At first it was about sharing of opinions, mostly of hers, then she started to talk about religion, which opinion I disagreed. When I shared mine, this fella ain't listening and thought it's annoyance, and she just cuts me off, disconnected.
Then I realised. Whatever I said, whatever voice spoken or words left behind, it'll be the same whether I'm dead or alive. Just whispers of the dead.
Recent events in my career also points to this. I realised I have to step up and stick to my limits and principles. Only to find out in the end, the fruits of labor tasted bitter.
I realised then what my friend once told me in Malay.
"Buat Baik Berpada pada, Buat Jahat jangan sekali" which translates to "do good with limitations, do not do evil".
With limitations.
The problem with doing kindness, is that,
once, it felt bliss.
twice, you felt responsible of it,
more than that, it'll felt as an un-necessary obligation.
That's why I guess, in religion, it'll always teach, do good because of God alone. Other than this will result in frustration.
Know this. Stalin once said "Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs".
The summary of all this just made me more resolute towards achieving silence.
One of its immediate effect is I learned that, not answering is sometimes the best answer.
Because in the end, whatever voice spoken or words left behind, it'll be the same whether I'm dead or alive. Just whispers of the dead.
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Just play the video clip, read the intro, then follow through the drawings.
I'm too lazy to make a video actually.
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Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds ft. Neneh Cherry
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disasters_of_War
One of it involves a certain someone whom I met online, who likes to criticise the current events in Malaysia on Facebook. Religion, extremism, feminism, you name it.
At first it was about sharing of opinions, mostly of hers, then she started to talk about religion, which opinion I disagreed. When I shared mine, this fella ain't listening and thought it's annoyance, and she just cuts me off, disconnected.
Then I realised. Whatever I said, whatever voice spoken or words left behind, it'll be the same whether I'm dead or alive. Just whispers of the dead.
Recent events in my career also points to this. I realised I have to step up and stick to my limits and principles. Only to find out in the end, the fruits of labor tasted bitter.
I realised then what my friend once told me in Malay.
"Buat Baik Berpada pada, Buat Jahat jangan sekali" which translates to "do good with limitations, do not do evil".
With limitations.
The problem with doing kindness, is that,
once, it felt bliss.
twice, you felt responsible of it,
more than that, it'll felt as an un-necessary obligation.
That's why I guess, in religion, it'll always teach, do good because of God alone. Other than this will result in frustration.
Know this. Stalin once said "Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs".
The summary of all this just made me more resolute towards achieving silence.
One of its immediate effect is I learned that, not answering is sometimes the best answer.
Because in the end, whatever voice spoken or words left behind, it'll be the same whether I'm dead or alive. Just whispers of the dead.
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Just play the video clip, read the intro, then follow through the drawings.
I'm too lazy to make a video actually.
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Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds ft. Neneh Cherry
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disasters_of_War
The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los Desastres de la Guerra) are a series of 82[a 1] prints created between 1810 and 1820 by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya (1746–1828).
Although Goya did not make known his intention when creating the plates, art historians view them as a visual protest against the violence of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising, the subsequent Peninsular War of 1808–14 and the setbacks to the liberal cause following the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1814.
During the conflicts between Napoleon's French Empire and Spain, Goya retained his position as first court painter to the Spanish crown and continued to produce portraits of the Spanish and French rulers.[2] Although deeply affected by the war, he kept private his thoughts on the art he produced in response to the conflict and its aftermath.[3]
He was in poor health and almost deaf when, at 62, he began work on the prints.
They were not published until 1863, 35 years after his death.
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http://www.richardharrisartcollection.com/portfolio-view/francisco-goya-2/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Los_desastres_de_la_guerra
Plate 5: And they are like wild beasts
Plate 78 – He defends himself well
Plate 79 – Truth has died
Plate 80 – Will she live again?
Plate 81 – Proud monster
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Plate 82 – This is the Truth