Paradise.

Mind boggling subject indeed. I personally never thought of afterlife before. Because there is no point.

Not because there is no point, there is no reason to research and investigate. The problem is not is there an afterlife, the problem is that whether anyone can prove that an afterlife exists. Cold hard solid evidence that is.

The Chinese believed in the afterlife. When an emperor, the descendant of the gods dies, thousands of treasure, slaves and horses are buried along with him to ensure that his afterlife is well taken care of.

The Egyptian believed in the afterlife. When a person dies, others will mummify him because they believed that they need their body in the next life.

Well if there is an afterlife, the afterlife would be no different than our life now. That is because the Chinese and the Egyptians have different concepts of afterlife, this means that there is cultural difference in the afterlife too.

Don't understand?Oh wait, my take on the afterlife is it works based on what people define it as. For example, i imagine my afterlife as a peaceful place with lots of peace loving people and with lots of peace and peace.

So is there an afterlife?? I don't think so.. BUT if humans can truly prove that our brains stop functioning totally. My answer would be no because I believe that the afterlife is a projection like how we dream in our sleep.

Weight the outcome, move with caution and dealbreak him!

Monopoly deal is such a popular card game in my school. It got me wondering, why is it so popular among teenagers who are going through consistent unhealthy amount of stress?

1)It's easy to pick up.

2)My friends and lots of people play it so I play it.

These are the reasons that appear from my first observation. Then I'm not satisfied. I went to think about it. Here are the better reasons.

1) It tests the ability of humans of weighing the more important things and the least important things. Hand size cap at 7, people are forced to play within a boundary and with the goal to win, that means people would need to win in a boundary. Challenging huh. So people who enjoys challenge likes it a lot.

2)Plan to win is the core of the game. It interests both the strategy geeks and the people who are looking for a platform to use their common sense together with probability.

3)Heck, hopefully I might enjoy it...AH IT IS FUN!! Those who likes to take risks would also enjoy the game. Along with the people that likes to play for the sake of playing and most likely have no proper reason why it is fun.

A simple Monopoly game that is not well designed in my opinion can cost 9.90 and attract people who usually do not usually play card games or any form of social games. What is the beauty of those red coloured cards that has texture no more better than a normal piece of A3 sized paper?

It is similar to computer games, or competitive games, where you see your opponents' faces when you grab their money/property legally, with your own action cards and when you denied your opponent's DealBreaker card. Suddenly, the 4th reason appears.

4) Human nature.

Simple as that, humans have been civilised for so long, but part of our genes are made up of our violent side given by our ancestors. Caged like an animal, these genes are given a little freedom when humans play competitive sport, kill one another on a video game and Monopoly Deal, where you inflict pain on others for your own survival.

There's no right or wrong way of playing the game. The idea of conscious mind versus the unconscious mind, made popular by Sigmund Freud, tells us that subconsciously, our play style is a direct reflection of our personality. I am hot headed and a daredevil, so i play the most risky moves that are often regarded as irrelevant or stupid. I can tell my friend is a careful guy, planning every move and making the best decision at the time.

Simple children's card game, psychology at its best.

Why do we live?

This was a question I kept asking myself when I was in my secondary school days . I looked at my hands and thought, I know I'm bones and flesh, but I just dont know or feel I'm bones and flesh. So i went to draw up a few cycles explaining life and i thought, If i were to combine the cycles, It will be on failblog.org the next day.

Once i started jamming with my friends in Secondary 3, I'm beginning to know what i live for. People live for passion, what they believe in. That is why you would most probably die after you have fulfilled your passion because you would think that there is no point of living.

In J1, I realised that the true meaning of life is to go through the cycles I thought was stupid. Experience the seven sins of men, experience pain, hunger, thirst, suffering in general and finally die. Why did I know in during J1, that's another tale. But the true meaning of life really gets rejected by FailBlog.org because it is that simple and yet profound.

So the easier to accept true meaning of life is to live for what you like, treasure, enjoy and the people around you.

Ironic?

Today, I have learnt that you are going to hurt what you loved the most in a way that you would never imagine the hard way. When it hits you, you will still be in the dark, blinded by only what you see and realised you have hurt her in the worst way.

Yesterday, I read about one of many Buddhas quotes of wisdom and one said, 'You can't seek reality outside yourself because you are reality.' and i thought and thought and got it. My interpretation of this phrase may be wrong, but to me it says that you need to be grounded to gravity and know your limits so as to succeed, not purely dreaming about stuff that you can never accomplish. For example, I can never be a 100 metre sprinter in the SEA games because I have severe flat feet. We can not be astronauts because Singapore has yet to set up a launch site.

2 days ago, I have understood the meaning of relaxation after a long long tiring tedious exam . It is even tougher than O levels, but i managed to survive it without much harm done to myself.( LOL what??)

Realised I never speak of the future? We usually do not have in mind the future of ourselves, even me. So i try to make it a point to picture the future of myself every now and then. But but but, You can't seek reality outside yourself because you are reality. Then I thought, let's just be Gerald Way of My Chemical Romance( The band sucks in my opinion) and have no fear in living for the future. Be your best for the future and truly seek reality within.