Jobs are like girlfriends, but a career is like finding a spouse to marry. In jobs, you will, if you make the effort, inevitably, learn something valuable that will make you grow as a person, in good time and in bad time. If it works out, great, if not, you will still learn from it. And it is always a tango between you and your job. Don’t step on her toe and don’t let her step on yours cause you’d lose that aesthetic beauty….And above all, always cherish the good memories and don’t dwell in the sad.
In a career. A career is like that vision that engrained in you since you are a teenager, like the perfect someone you will marry someday. You stick up for her, stick up for that belief, that principle; you pour your heart out and make all your efforts and more, and you give it all your energy and love and grow old together.
Sentimental feelings? Maybe. But I am listening to Coldplay’s “The Scientist” now and The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I go”…The prior summarized my sentiments about these two strangely similar topics….The later is something heading my way….
Regardless, I am moving. Not Static, not hurried, not rushed. It’s all good and I am so looking forward to the weekend to just eat those Korean BBQ and drink my beer and let things play out by itself…
As my lovely shrink once told me. “Eddie, don’t you ever have expectations, expectations bring disappointments” Let future be surprises and deal with it as I come to the bridge. What positive thoughts.
Monday, March 14, 2005
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Beyond Good and Evil...
One of my favorite writer of all time whose work I still don't understand at all is Friedich Nietzsche. I bought one of his book, "Thus Spake Zarathustra" (Zarathustra, as in metophor to the the great Persian philosopher 3000 years ago, Zarathustra who I believe was the the person that came up with the original concept of monothiasm) four years ago. Yet till this day, I get more and more confused each time I read it and try to comprehend what he is saying (And it doesn't help that the germen to English translation was horrible and that Nietzche wrote this book just before in went insane). Buy anyways, back to my point. Eventhough apparently I am not smart enough to understand his work. A few of his interesting quotations still linger in my head even today. And of course, as usual, I went off tangent and came up with my own unique and interpretation about his definition of things.
"Beyond good and evil." My favorite. Well, if you know me well enough as a person, you will undoubtly wonder why I always want to and have the tendency to cheer for the bad guys (Cheering for the Celtics in the late 80 when living in LA, playing Lord Bane in that whatchumaycall it video game back in the 90s). Well. The reason is so simple. As a person, I just don't think the concept "Good" and "Evil" exist in this world. My world is grey and dynamic, and that is why it is so fun. Bismark/Mao may not be all evil. Churchill, Kennedy may not be all hero. History is always written by the winners, but still if I had to choose between Good and Evil. I'd pick the latter. Because at least I feel that is real :)
US war on terror and spreading the devine concept of American Democracy. Good? I doubt it. But phony for sure.
War to gain control in the Middle East, setting up puppet regimes and control the oil in the region to benifit US--Evil? Yes, but hey, at least it is real, and I like it. and I would stand behind this reason whole heartedly... As Milton says "the law from Lion to Ox is...Oppression". And that, is just nature.
Apply this on my personal level. If I beleive the concept that I just wrote. Woudn't you think that I'd rather be a selfish evil jackass than a phony goodie two shoe gentleman. I am learning it gradually aren't I? And definitely let me know if I am lacking behind in my progress.
"Beyond good and evil." My favorite. Well, if you know me well enough as a person, you will undoubtly wonder why I always want to and have the tendency to cheer for the bad guys (Cheering for the Celtics in the late 80 when living in LA, playing Lord Bane in that whatchumaycall it video game back in the 90s). Well. The reason is so simple. As a person, I just don't think the concept "Good" and "Evil" exist in this world. My world is grey and dynamic, and that is why it is so fun. Bismark/Mao may not be all evil. Churchill, Kennedy may not be all hero. History is always written by the winners, but still if I had to choose between Good and Evil. I'd pick the latter. Because at least I feel that is real :)
US war on terror and spreading the devine concept of American Democracy. Good? I doubt it. But phony for sure.
War to gain control in the Middle East, setting up puppet regimes and control the oil in the region to benifit US--Evil? Yes, but hey, at least it is real, and I like it. and I would stand behind this reason whole heartedly... As Milton says "the law from Lion to Ox is...Oppression". And that, is just nature.
Apply this on my personal level. If I beleive the concept that I just wrote. Woudn't you think that I'd rather be a selfish evil jackass than a phony goodie two shoe gentleman. I am learning it gradually aren't I? And definitely let me know if I am lacking behind in my progress.
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