Saturday, June 24, 2006
i just formatted my pc. after a rather dumb attempt at installing some software so that i could catch some badminton live online, my comp started screwing up. so i decided that i shouldnt waste time in my decision to anually format my computer for the sake of increased longevity and decreased risk of a very fatal crash. well i'm quite happy with the way things are running now.
while waiting for the computer to install itself (funny how automated these things really are these days, i remember having alot of fun with the more basic DOS in the yesteryears though), i decided to catch some of the telly. flipped on to discovery (no surprise there) to find it showing a show called 'ten ways' or 'ten things'. too lazy to check it out but anyway, the episode was on 10 ways to remove a curse. haha! it was a pretty funny show i must say, though i can hardly consider it a documentary. in fact, the more i think about it, the more utterly hilarious it seems to me now. #9 on the list was the curse of the word. the name of shakespeare's play 'mac****'. well apparently some real like witches scorned at witch scene in the play and placed a hex on the play. so even to mention the word is to trigger the curse. in fact, on the opening night, the actor meant to play lady mac**** fell ill and eventually died from that illness. many other incidences of death have occured throughout the years in relation to this play. so much so, that even today, stage actors refuse to call the play by it's original name, and always refer to it as 'the scottish play'. now that's something interesting isnt it!
another interesting one, but not very supernatural, was the one on the 'hungarian suicide song'. apparently this song, when heard, would coerce many to take their own lives. it was written in the 20th century by some hungarian composer and the rumor was so widespread that apparently even the bbc banned it from being aired!! well it is quite a depressing pieces, if you want, go search for it, it's called 'gloomy sunday'. haha but make sure someone hasnt just jilted you or you might inadvertantly find yourself on the top floor of the swissotel here in singapore.
anyway, happiness sure is fleeting isnt it. i was sitting by my grandma's bed (i've said all there is to say to her these past few weeks, so time these days is spent in quiet contemplation by her side) and listened to the occasional moaning form this woman with dementia (and stroke i believe) form the oopposide bed. one moment she would be happily lying there at peace with herself and the next she would be moaning like it was the last day on earth.
life is kind of like that isnt it. moment of happiness or sadness can very quickly morph into situations of very different emotions. but that is how life works, and how happy one is in an ov erall state of mind, really is how one manages to grasp every second of happiness that presents itself as we walk down the path of life.
so i implore you, my firends, to celebrate ever tiny victory in your life as if it meant everything to you. the time you can spend on idle chats with friends. the money you can spend on a new shoe. the silly face your sibblings just made at you. why chose to go through life harping miserably on the negative when one can dance through it with a perpectual smile on your face. we could do it, if only we tried.
more on my grandma tomorrow when i get back tomorrow. the stuff that's been happening is rather interesting. at least to me it is. anyway, it's almost time to hit the sack. microsoft office can wait till tomorrow to be installed. nitez!
{11:53 PM}
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