Dear Mandy,

Ever came across a similar situation in the comic? Sometimes, I feel that life's all about it.

We don't seem to have answers, so we come up with some that satisfies ourselves and confuses others. Alternatively, we listen to others' views and then somehow adopt it for our own.

How quaint.

God has all the answers, and a wise leader once told me that God will reveal His answers to us in His time. Which kind of let me wonder if the only time we'll really hear the answer to life's greatest philosopical answers is when we meet Him in heaven?

I wonder. And I digress.

The need for critical thinking has been stressed in a module often of late, and it makes me wonder about it. If we were to adopt critical thinking towards everything, would the simplicity of life be lost? Because in everything we encounter, we'd be thinking of alternative explanations, questioning the validity of the issue, demanding logical justifications and above all else, trying to convince ourselves why this it true, or in some cases, not true.

Life would not be all that fun.

But could an issue of a lack of critical thinking be the problem with the world today? That because kids increasingly become lazy, or are too attuned to deriving things the fast way, they fail to critically examine their actions, the social norms today, and the results that come from it.

A balance is needed. But who can give that balance? I can't for sure. I admit it.

I'll just trust God. =)

Dear Mandy,



This MTV and the song never fails to cheer me up, and I especially love Seohyun and Kyuh Hun's story.. if you don't know who they are, it's the story about the big headed dolls.. with Sunny's story a close second.

Ok, the MTV aside, I'm finally starting to settle down, and know that actually, I have a bit more time on my hands than I thought I did... Lee Min called me yesterday, and we had a long, almost 3 hours conversation.. haha... And there's something she said that really struck me:

"You're just too used to people telling you 'you're just too busy to meet up', that you've started to not do anything about it."

Kinda ouch, but with lots of truth in it. Lee Min and I go way back, our friendship stemming ever since Primary 5, and lasting all the way now, and if there's one person that despite it all, remains awfully chummy with me, despite us meeting only like once every 1.5 years, I guess it's her. So, we can be very blunt and to the point with each other, and her outlook on life always attempts to be the most realistic and optimistic. Thank God for this friend of mine, because I really see that it's me. =)

People always get busy, and they use it as an excuse. But if I find that I have more time than expected, then there's always a few ways I can use it. Today, I decided to use Kristy's constant recommendation for me: make time for myself to do what I want to do. So I made sure I finished some work, but at the same time, I dedicated whatever spare time I had to myself... and for some reason, I felt guilty.

So I spent some time in worship and went for a run. God is good.. because I realise that worship is essentially about God... and praising God is a choice, but it is the best option you can ever have.

And God just sent His peace over me. =)

Dear Mandy,

Sighz?

=)

Dear Mandy,

These are part of the reasons why I love being in the EL batch of 2007 from NUS FASS. =)

*Loves*