Freedom, independence

There are many dimensions of freedom, independence. At times we tend to look at it only geo-politically. The very meaning of independence, I believe, is not to depend on anyone or any factor beyond our control to fulfill our needs and wants; and able to adequately control or manage factors that could badly influence or negatively affect our well-being.

Beyond the usually known meaning, we must extend it to also include independence of drug, mat rempit, bad culture, etc. We may not be able to totally eliminate these but as long as they do not sap away significant amount of energy and resources, they should be tolerable and taken as the unavoidable in life...

Times A Changing

Yes, to some degree kids are a reflection of ourselves when we were that age. We can see that, feel that, relate to that. But perhaps that similarity does not extend to other things; and in some cases it is exactly the opposite.

• It is shameful to tell your parents that the teacher scolded you, what more, lay his/her hands on you in school. It is okay now.

• We go our way to contribute to the efforts of making ends meet for the family.. have to postpone studying in deference to earn salary -- making ends meet even just for themselves they need the assistance of parents now. Parents today do not expect any contribution from their kids, said a friend while on a post coffee appreciation session...

Rejoice

Sports, can be a cause for celebration and a unifying element. To some extent that is true. Iraq won the Asia Cup Football (soccer) and that throws the country into jubilation. There are also sad stories - the bombs. Against the background that we know of the country, the success is hard to imagine. Kudos.

The Other Nakamora

Up until this time I have actually maintained or neglected to maintain two blog sites, one of which is the one I am typing now. Well, in the era of consolidation, I might as well do the same thing. Thus, the postings below are those that I have migrated here...

28th September 2006

7:59am: Where to?
Being able to know where we want to be or what is it that we want in life is actually an achievement by itself. There is always the possibility that we might not get there, but we know where we want to be, and that's good enough.

One can go on dreaming the obsolete dream or start living a new one..

A thought that could console the desolate beings..

4th January 2006

3:20pm: Reflections
Looking at some antics of kids today reminds us that we were once like them too... They are a reflections of us... the language of kids are universal...

26th October 2004

4:47pm: Bad Traffic
It was almost lunch hour, I was just driving along the road heading south.. the traffic wasn't very heavy, not at this hour. It happens so suddenly. Just as I looked at my side mirror that lorry on the other side of the road, ramps through the road divided and moves exactly across my side of the road.. I saw the aftermath. a car has it front crushed. I imagine the driver must have been shocked.. I was shocked too. I feel cold, and I come to the realization that it could have been me..

Time Moves Fast

Perhaps only to some people, to others time moves slowly, still others time crawls. I guess the speed of time depends very much on the past and the future. The past - the thing we want to forget; the future - the thing we look forward to...

Midyear 2006

Its midyear already.. It is proclaimed that the world is safer today than yesterday.. but how do we measure that degree of safety anyway? and safe to whom?