stripes and polka dots

today was pretty much a rather good day, until it started raining. my plan to enjoy a nice, leisurely , UN-CROWDED bus ride home was rudely disrupted with constant jostling and squeezing at the bus stop. 5 (5, people!) 179s crawled past the bus stop and after waiting for 1/2 an hour, i decided to pile all of myself (killer bag) included onto the 'least' crowded bus that came. suffice to say, killer bag and crowded situations don't go together. i think killer bag hit the poor girl behind me on the face. so to the girl behind me, in the faint hope that somehow you can receive my apology, im sorry!

spent much of my morning reading 'the buddha, geoff and me' and it left me reeling - from how perceptive and real the author's narration was.

"I doubt whether a doctor can answer this question in general terms. For the meaning of lfe differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment. To put the question in genral terms would be comparable to the question posed to a chess champion : "Tell me Master, what is the best move in the world?" There is simply no such thing as the best or even a good move apart from a particular situation in a game and the particular personality of one's opponent. The same holds for human existence. One should not search for an abstract meaning to life. Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life to carry out a concrete assignment which demands fulfilment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone's task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.

As each situation in life represents a challenge to man and presents a problem for hijm to solve, the question of the meaning of life may actually be reversed. Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of life is, but rather he must recognise that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life..."

if plagiarism didn't exist, i would photocopy the entire book and quote it every single day.