Heaven & Earth

Was at the gym today with my workout buddy as usual.

The air-conditioning system in the gym had broken down today & it felt so much like a sauna, except that it smelt so bad, reeking of stale perspiration throughout the area.

The gym's located on the second floor of the building & after the work out, we proceeded down to the first floor which felt so much cooler because the air conditioner's working fine downstairs (don't ask me why, I have not figured that out yet, considering it should be a central cooling system).

And so the both of us camped downstairs, sitting by the window, enjoying the cold air breezing out of the air conditioner, while waiting for the downpour outside to stop.

And then the hilarious conversation got started.

Me: Ahhh, it feels so much cooler down here! So much more comfortable then upstairs.

D: Ha, it's like heaven & earth!

E: Er... but why is Heaven so hot then?

D: Because Heaven is experiencing global warming!

E: Ah?

And as usual... 2s later, the two of us roared out in laughter, realising the absurdity and silliness of our conversation.

Only to realise...

That there were five other people waiting in that area... overhearing our conversation.

Ahhh...

just another day in the life of Adderwyn.

Running After The Kite

My God! There is a way to be good to be good again.

Watched the movie, read the book.

I've never loved an author so much! And the director, Marc Foster brought the book to life through his spectacular use of visuals, as if Khalled Hosseini's choice of words were not powerful enough.

The story's packed with theme after theme! I need to watch it once again, to absorb every single detail which is so intricately wound into the main plot. Even then, that may not suffice.

I leave you with a soundtrack from the movie. Which touched my heart, all the way into the depths of my soul.

Enjoy.

Multi Dimensional Personality

Somebody mentioned something to me yesterday.
It wasn't said with malice or any ill-intent, just a sound advice.
But it made my mind form a stereotype on the person's personality and character as it wasn't the first time I'm hearing the person make this remark.

And a thought came to my mind...

Is this person often like this? Is my mental picture of the person a true representation of the person's character?

After pondering on this thought for a while, I came to this conclusion.

Nothing is absolute.

Especially in the case of the human personality.

We just love to stereotype people, don't we?
It's a disease of the human mind. It seems that forming a mental picture of a person who is extremely detestable or extremely lovable comes second nature to us.
If not, why do super heroes or super villains intrigue us so? It's precisely because their characters are so flat!

Have you ever encountered anybody who irk you so badly that if you could, you would pull a trigger on his head?
And before you know it, in the next second, the person apologizes.
Then you think to yourself, perhaps he/she's not that irritating after all?

Which leads me to my other point. The human personality is multi-dimensional.
What we see, is only what the person portrays to us in that fleeting moment of interaction.

Take time to consider this.

Just another random thought from Adderwyn.