We that believe in God, believe that God created the universe, and we are trying our best to understand it. Some believe that it is a sin to probe into the beginnings of the universe, and some do not. Beliefs are after all up to the person. Faith remains unproven, while not able to prove anything as well.

My faith is in wisdom, wisdom to know right from wrong, wisdom to make decisions, wisdom that support rules rather that the rules themselves. God has given us wisdom, not to wait for miracles, but to empower us to achieve what we dream for ourselves. The miracle God has made for us is our wisdom, and failures are borne out of lack thereof.

If you do not dream, if you do not search, Hawking would argue, what is the point of life? I have failed, twice. But I will not lose the wisdom I gained. Never, will I fail the same way again.

Just flew back to KL. Heavily sweating in the hot and humid weather of Malaysia.

I thought I post a few old photos taken when the tornado-potential storm clouds rolled over Lincoln, NE.

What do you see??

Picasa 3 is rather useless. It will adjust the exposure and color saturation automatically when converting RAW to JPEG. Fortunately SILKYPIX comes to the rescue. The colors from the FV filter really comes out.

But really, is it the faults of these governments? What if the peoples of these nations willingly would forgo their health for more material wealth?

Should governments then be their moral/rational guardians? Malaysians don’t think so. “We want cheap oil. We want subsidies. Screw sustainability. Screw the future. We want more wealth now.”
How true. Not something to be proud of. But how true.

The symbol of liberty. The symbol of freedom. The symbol of the things we now do not have.

It is quite debatable if the ideals and vision of the Founding Fathers still lives in today’s United States. I would say that those ideals and visions still live, conditionally. I find that today, most if not everything, happens conditionally. If the conditions allow it, life; liberty; pursue of happiness is our common motto. If the conditions can not afford such noble aspirations, those are words in a history text book. That, what I think, is the true American spirit.

A friend of mine often boast about how ‘street smart’ he has become. I cannot deny that what he says is quite true, but I also see how a conformist he has become. His soul is void of an original thought. He takes what is others’ and calls it his own. He is a jigsaw of others’ image and behavior. However, nonetheless, I think he would be quite successful. In this world of conditions, one must adhere to the numerous conditions the society has placed on us. Society would love him, I have no doubt, given his amazing ability to become a social amoeba. The question is, would you be someone else for someone else? I’ll take a wild guess that my friend has already answered the question.

Let me take a line from King Baldwin in the movie “Kingdom of Heaven”.

“none of us know our end, really, or what hand would guide us there. A King, may move a man, a father may claim a son, that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember, that how so ever you are played, or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone. Even those who presume to play you be Kings or man of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, that I was told by others to do thus, or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.”

First one. Shaky hands.

Second one. Wow, something is in focus !

I will be doing more of this, someday, someplace, sometime.