"No one can define who I am, because I cannot be defined."
OK, so what is the meaning of this post?
It's has been sometime since I last updated this blog. So what is this about?
Some friends had been asking what had happened to me. It's been too long since I had sent out my half-yearly email updates, as I used to do.
Some noted a change in me. Others still call me the "same old Markus".
"Same old Markus". A change in me.
Well, all these are true, things in the world are changing, the situation around us is changing, the stakes and rewards in life are changing, people around us are changing. Even ourselves, we are changing, not in just body, but mind, soul and heart as well.
When surfing the Hardwarezone Eat-Drink-Man-Woman forums, when counselling fellow forum members, I had often "blessed" them with the words "Peace be with you in heart, mind, soul
and body."
So what is all this change about? The entire human civilisation, from a macro view of society, down to its very component units, the individual, is facing change. Not just facing it, but also trying to adapt to it (what we call "go along")...or in some cases, indirectly resisting the changes.
Aye, back to ourselves, we all have our ways of dealing with change. You change when you encounter something different, something unpredictable, when you have choices, when something crops up that cannot be defined in the usual terms.
So it is with me. I remember back when I was always described as the "studious chap" in school. True, my focus then was ensure that I score well in any of my subjects. Yeah, back then, I was always diligent in handing my homework and with good handwriting. I take pride in my handwriting (have to thank my mother for that, she enforced the discipline that made me learn how to write so that people can understand what I write)
Alas, I can never do well in major exams...because I lose focus sometimes and did not study enough to be able to tackle tough questions.
That was probably the first sign in why I cannot be defined.
Good in the normal course of studies but always struggling to pass exams? What kind of situation is that?
More to come...
It's has been sometime since I last updated this blog. So what is this about?
Some friends had been asking what had happened to me. It's been too long since I had sent out my half-yearly email updates, as I used to do.
Some noted a change in me. Others still call me the "same old Markus".
"Same old Markus". A change in me.
Well, all these are true, things in the world are changing, the situation around us is changing, the stakes and rewards in life are changing, people around us are changing. Even ourselves, we are changing, not in just body, but mind, soul and heart as well.
When surfing the Hardwarezone Eat-Drink-Man-Woman forums, when counselling fellow forum members, I had often "blessed" them with the words "Peace be with you in heart, mind, soul
and body."
So what is all this change about? The entire human civilisation, from a macro view of society, down to its very component units, the individual, is facing change. Not just facing it, but also trying to adapt to it (what we call "go along")...or in some cases, indirectly resisting the changes.
Aye, back to ourselves, we all have our ways of dealing with change. You change when you encounter something different, something unpredictable, when you have choices, when something crops up that cannot be defined in the usual terms.
So it is with me. I remember back when I was always described as the "studious chap" in school. True, my focus then was ensure that I score well in any of my subjects. Yeah, back then, I was always diligent in handing my homework and with good handwriting. I take pride in my handwriting (have to thank my mother for that, she enforced the discipline that made me learn how to write so that people can understand what I write)
Alas, I can never do well in major exams...because I lose focus sometimes and did not study enough to be able to tackle tough questions.
That was probably the first sign in why I cannot be defined.
Good in the normal course of studies but always struggling to pass exams? What kind of situation is that?
More to come...
posted by Markus at 7:00 am
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