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"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." Through the Looking-Glass; Lewis Carroll
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007, 1:17 AM
Imagine a situation - a group of friends at a birthday celebration. Half way through, in jest, the group pushes the birthday boy into the pool. The boy is unhurt, but his cell phone suffers water damage. Perhaps the student may be more or less ok with this. Why? Perhaps he can afford the repairs, or maybe even get himself that spanking new cell phone he has always wanted. And perhaps, it may be in his mindset that he considers the friendship of his comrades higher in priority than his cell phone. Whatever the outcome may be, one thing is clear - whatever negative feelings stirred up due to the loss of the cell phone are not so strong as to make it clear to the other students that this incident has cost their friend anger. This boy is obviously demonstrating care for his friends by not letting the cell phone get to him and ruin the occasion. On the other hand, what if the guy gets real pissed by what's happened? Perhaps he isn't so well off, or deems himself so responsible for the cell phone that the damage is no small matter. His anger and negative feelings are obviously so strong that his friends will be able to see that their jest and prank, no matter how good or harmless the intention, goes as no lightweight to the birthday boy. True, the guy's anger may show his friends that the damage of the cell and what may seem to them as a harmless prank isn't such a harmless prank to him at all. But it will also make it clear that the guy places the cellphone at a much higher priority as compared to his friends. The guy may tell his friends off such that they may understand his thinking. He may mean not to hurt his friends but he wants them to know that he wishes them to respect his interests. And what if the friends, because of that, walk away? It may be because they misunderstand his intentions, or simply consider him too trivial. Perhaps they think differently of the cell phone damage. If they do, the debate will remain about the importance of this friendship to them. WHAT THE HELL, I'm getting philosophical in a totally wrong way. Oh well. Indulged myself banging out a little chick flick or two. I'm planning to write a series - the whole bozo will be posted bit by bit on my manuscript blog. Right now it looks as if it's Sweet Valley all over again. Ah well. I miss SVU. Obviously times have changed. Do rate and review the new entries on the manuscript, kay? ONE MORE THING. I NEED VOLUNTEERS!!! No, no, not for some mad scientist genetic experiment (oh, sorry, if you DID come over for that, allow me to refer you to my sister:) IT'S SOMETHING EVEN WORSE. Nah, it just concerns a percentage of my Econs grade for next year. For those of you in 3-3, remember the questions Mr Gerald asked us to write up? I kinda need some help on finishing mine (: Don't worry, I'm not asking you to finish the whole thing for me. (like finish my homework for me, actually, even though I do seriously consider that option:) For all interested, drop me an email at yew.ruiting@gmail.com or yunaffx68@hotmail.com. Or chat with me on MSN or sth. OR EVEN BETTER, TAG MY BLOG, SMS OR CALL ME. THANK YOU. Further details will be announced, I need people by best, this week. Don't worry, it just involves you, some kinda personality test and your pencil box. Hehe, the suspense (indeed, as if). So get back to me ASAP. All are welcome, and it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to finish up. Merci! Ciao, amigos. |