PostAWeek: Ethics and Religion

I just wanna share this photo shared by my friend Jec on her Facebook page. (Go click and like!)

True right? I didn’t post this to bash people’s beliefs and/or religion. Its just that there are stuff in this world that you can’t just mixed up and/or pleased. Anyway, you are here in this world not to ‘please’ people but to make the most out of your life and do common good.

 

Peace is hard to achieve, I don’t really believe that we would obtain world peace any sooner. But even if we stop, life wouldn’t stop for us. So get your a** kicking and let’s live life! \m/

 

peace&smile,

_korhz

PostAWeek: How I ended up loving books

I’ve never been a fan of books before (either text books or novel books). I only read ‘fairy tale books’ or books with graphics/pictures. I am always intimidated with how thick a book is and I always have this thought that I would never be able to finish it until the end.

When I was a kid, when everyone was gushing about Harry Potter books, I prefer to just sit around and don’t care at all. I don’t really like books back then. But when I started living alone at a dormitory back in high school, I don’t have the choice but to love books and literally library. Back then, I still don’t have my trusty lappie neither a mp3 player or Ipod to accompany me through out my boredom. All that is with me is my trusty black and white cellphone that goes lowbat when someone calls me (sucks? I know). But I have survived and I am so proud of myself. My life went like that for almost 1 and half months. (middle of August, my dad came home and gave me my laptop, that I still have until now). Through that 1 and half months, all I wished is to have piles of school works to keep me busy and not mind being alone (literally alone though I got a roommate. I’ll have another post on my dorm life next time).

I was literally dying of boredom that time. I have no one to talk to or something that would keep me busy. That was the time I decided to visit our HS library one time and browse for some books that I might have the guts to read. I borrowed inspirational book at that time because I think its the only book that made sense. This goes on like forever until my English teacher gave us a book report for our 1st quarter project. We were assigned to read Little Women by Louisa May-Alcott. I was nervous and scared because that was my first ever book report in my entire life and I felt  dying of boredom is much better than reading a novel. And as expected, I wasn’t able to finish the novel. In the end, I did what most of my classmates did, read the chapter summary in the internet while answering the given questions. But luckily, I still passed and got 90%? Though my English teacher got mad at us because most of my classmates just did the ‘copy-paste’ system -literally copy and paste. (I’m not guilty, I did read the chapter summaries and made my own summary and answered the question on my own)

With that, I told myself, that I really need to learn how to read novel books. It would be hard to push my luck the next time around. So when I got free time, I paid a visit in our library and browse for books that might seem interesting. I notice this ‘Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket‘ at the right side of the Circulation desk. The cover seems nice and though the book is thick, the font size is bigger, so I grabbed one and borrowed it. Later on, I realized that I have picked the book 3 of the series. Didn’t know that it was a series, fail. But its okay because I still managed to read and finish it for 1 day and half. I was so proud of myself! Thank the good lord, because at least the books are ‘stand alone’ even if it’s a series so I didn’t have the hard time understanding and catching up with the flow of the story. From then on, I became a book lover. I spent hours reading and reading books. I was no longer intimidated with how thick the book is or how complicated the plot seems to be. As long as I felt the book as if it is calling me, I don’t think twice anymore, I grabbed and start reading it.

Now, I ended up being a book-worm. Literally craving for books. I felt like my soul is hungry and to be able to feed it is by reading. I am a book-worm and I am proud of it. Reading books gives me solitude when everything seems to be chaotic in the world outside. It gives me peace of mind even if it’s dystopian. It gives me courage to carry on, even if everything seems to be falling apart piece by piece. It satisfies my wants even if it’s just through imagination. I feel alive whenever I read books.I don’t care if I spent my whole time reading books. Books are now part of my life and I don’t really think I would be able to stop this addiction or obsession? You know this over-whelming feeling when you go inside a bookstore and see this shelves of books? The feeling when you bought this book you like? You’ll never understand me if you don’t love books. But, uh, give it a time, you might start liking it! Read to lead!

I love books!

(Sorry for this long post, but I hope you have managed to read it until the end)

peace&smile

_korhz

PostAWeek: Inkling

A blockmate of mine shared this video in her Facebook account. I got curious so I researched about it.

Nearly two years ago, we took a look at the Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch which lets users write with a pressure sensitive pen and take advantage of multi-touch gestures. For those not familiar, Wacom does not announce new products too often and the ones they do release are generally top-notch. Yesterday, Wacom introduced the Inkling which makes it possible to digitally capture anything written on regular paper with a ball point pen. Solutions such as Livescribe or Papershow generally require special paper which often comes at a price.

While I generally use a laptop or tablet for pretty much everything these days, I still head back to paper when it comes to sketching out quick mockups or brainstorming ideas. While I could do this on a computer, waiting for a heavy-duty program such as Photoshop to start-up is tedious and it is frustrating when ideas escape a chain of thought. Inkling could potentially solve this problem since users can grab any piece of paper, snap the receiver to the top of the sheet, and begin writing. The two components even store and recharge in an included carrying case.

For artists, illustrators, or geeks — the pen has pressure sensitivity: 1024 levels to be exact. The receiver is entirely wireless and operates on its own without a computer. Users can plug it in with a USB cable to access saved content. The receiver also accommodates left and right-handed users with the option to clip it onto a piece of paper in a position which does not interrupt the light of sight.

The Inlking Sketch Manager lets users add, edit, or delete layers. The program also makes it possible to export sketches to Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, or Autodesk Sketchbook. The press release also mentions support for saving captured content in JPEG, PNG, PDF, SVG, and a few more formats.

Those looking to grab a Wacom Inkling can do so for $199 when it goes on sale “in the latter half of September.” The Wacom Store and Amazon will carry it. Skatter Tech will definitely get our hands on a unit for review, so stay tuned for an in-depth look.

Holy crap! Total awesomeness there. Well, this is good for those who really love sketching/drawing. I’m not good at it so I don’t really think I’ll be needing this but it’s still awesome! Good Job, Wacom~ (nah, but technology is uh, getting scarier huh? Everything seems to be possible today).

Sources: http://skattertech.com/2011/09/wacom-introduces-inkling-to-bridge-the-gap-between-paper-and-tablets/ | http://www.wacom.eu/index2.asp?pid=9226

peace&smile,

_korhz

PostAWeek: On Osama Bin Laden’s Death

Now that Osama Bin Laden is dead, should we rejoice, mourn or be worried/afraid?

As I said in my previous post, ‘Let’s rejoice and hopefully his death won’t trigger another war, thus end here’; but after pondering, would it really end here? I am afraid, I got the conclusion that this event will just start another war. Al Qaeda group will surely not stop here and act like nothing happened. They will surely (hopefully not) get revenge because their leader was killed. I don’t know. I hope this is just paranoia building inside me. I hope this won’t happen. I am not really ‘up’ another war, well, who does? There have been so much damage already. Damage that killed A LOT of people already. I can’t stand another death toll. I hope we could just live in fairy tale world where everything will be solved by magic and love. Err. Now, I am thinking about, whether USA’s move is right about killing Osama; they should have captured him instead (but it wouldn’t be a guarantee because he MIGHT escape. He got tons of connections and a supreme power). Well.

You? What’s your reaction? Is justice really served? Is Osama Bin Laden really deserves to die? Is it okay to rejoice and celebrate?

I admit that I GOT a mistake when I posted my reaction about it. I realized that we shouldn’t rejoice nor celebrate because of his dead. Instead, we should mourn because he die without repentance. Again, I am in no position to tell this things because  (I already have said this countless of times but will repeat again) despite studying Religion/Theology for several years I still haven’t mastered/ understand some ways of the church (either Catholic or non-Catholics); however, I am a human who does know how to love, be humiliated, belittled, hurt and suffer from continuous pain. What I am saying is that, Osama Bin Laden is also a human, he may have done wrong things and have lived his life in a wrong path, but this doesn’t make him any less HUMAN. His life must have been mislead but surely there are reasons and factors why he acted and lived his life like that. It’s his choice. I don’t think it’s God’s will to mislead him. I realized that NO MATTER HOW BAD A PERSON IS, WE SHOULDN’T REJOICE/CELEBRATE HIS DEATH.  If we celebrate his death, it’s like we are celebrating the Violence and Shallow Justice. 

Going back to my post about Capital Punishment or Life Imprisonment. I guess, I have an answer now. I made up my mind now. I’ll go for Life Imprisonment rather than Capital Punishment. Capital Punishment might be the answer for a lesser killings and inhumane activities but still, KILLING is not JUSTICE. If we buy for capital punishment, it only means that we also agree to VIOLENCE.

The damage has been done. All we need to do is pray for Osama Bin Laden’s soul that he might be able to rest in peace despite of what had happened. And let us not put down our guards because we might never know what will happen next. Let`s all pray for the soul of Osama Bin Laden and God Bless the World.

No more fights and war please? Spread Peace not War.

P.S. Thank you Travis for opening my eyes, heart and soul. :) Go feed your mind by reading their blogs =) Read to lead!

peace&smile,

_korhz

PostAWeek: 3 Historical Events in a Week

I’m so happy that I have witnessed/been part (not physically but spritually*) of these historical events. :)

First: Royal Weeding (29 April 2011)