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Rethinking Spirituality

Source from Wikipedia, spirituality means " an ultimate reality or transcendent dimension of the world; [ 1 ] an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his or her being, or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” [ 2 ] ." In my life, there was never a point where my parents or family teach me on religion. We are not a spiritual or religious family I believe. Being religious simply means having prayers on certain dates for certain occasion. But why? Why did we pray? Who are we praying to? What was the purpose of praying? No one seems to be able to answer all that. In fact, there are various points in my life that I thought of all religions and beliefs are just superstitious. Rules and morality codes that was created to mass control the people in various points of human history. However, recently, there's an urge for me to start understanding the purpose of this life on Earth. My own life. I have the urge as well to finally find peace in

Movie Marathon

I did not go home in Klang this weekend. Mum's seems to be a lil upset over it. Well, I'm an adult now, and I think I have the right not to go back once in awhile. Busy with editing work this week, another job coming in tomorrow. The pay is not much but well, it kills my time as well. Manage to catch few movies this week. Inspirational, heart wrenching movies. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) Story about an obese and illiterate girl by the name of Claireece 'Precious' Jones with a life defeating history. Being raped by her estranged father, and bore 2 child by him by the age of 16; and abused by her unemployed mother who torture her mentally and physically. One can only imagine how much she has to endure to be able to live on especially the scenes when her mother downgraded her to being useless and incapable. Invictus (2009) 1995: A history in making. Nelson Mandela was elected the president of South Africa, ending the era of Apartheid. How to unite

I pierced my ear!

After 29 yrs of living, I finally pierced my ears. Not that it's an extraordinary thing, but well, I have been waiting for a long time before having the courage to that. So, kudos to myself!~ Hate it though when my left earlobe starts swelling. Hope this 'minyak gamat' works to sooth the pain.