Sunday, January 30, 2011

It matters: "The King of Egypt"


"There can be miracles when you believe..."

Open your computer, television, radio, and you eyes! A revolution is happening right around the corner, and you should be concerned. The first time that I heard the news was in the class. The news about the Egyptian people trying to take down the king and changing the rules. It is time for change and time to challenge the status quo!

A lot of people are trying to break off the government under Hosni Mubarak. But first things first, who the heck is Hosni Mubarak. His real name is Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak, Hosni Mubarak for short. He was born in May 4 1928, currently the President of Egypt, and the 4th person to become the President of Egypt. What else, oh, people also tried to assassinate this guys for six times! Six freaking times! But why? Well maybe because he has been sitting there for thirty years, so the Egyptians stood up to change the president and start new government. But HOW? by the power of Internet. By using different social networking sites, people manage to bring up people and make a stance against the government. It wasn't easy though, it was a long process but it was all worth it.

Then comes the day when the revolution start. It started with few people rallying around the area, then came hundreds, then thousands, and before the night peaked in there were more. The police are trying to keep them in order, but they are starting to fail. People around the world starts to recognize the problem that is happening there. So what? Well, if the Egyptian government starts to crumble down, then the other nations in the middle east that are having the same problem might stand up too- changing the government. Whoa, what a wake up call huh?

But I have a feeling that there will be another problem that is lurking around the corner- The increase of Terrorism or War. Let me explain; Barrack Obama is helping the people in Egypt to change their government right? So there will/might be two things that would happen to America if the Government or some people in Egypt get pissed to our interference to them. First, If the people lose against their government, then they might shift their anger to America because America might have not given sufficient help ti change their country. It will lead to terrorism if that would happen. The Second one is a big BIG problem, WAR that might lead to World War three. The American government is helping the rebels right? What does the Egyptian Government thinks about that huh? They are PISSED OFF! American Government shouldn't be interfering them (But there must be some American citizen in Egypt, so I guess we have our reasons) they should be minding their own business. So if the Egyptian Government destroys the rebels, then they might fight fight America for helping the rebels. Then If that happens, then it would be a great opportunity for China, Russia, North Korea, and other communist country to destroy the The Great Pinnacle of Democracy! But there is a small chance that THAT might happen. Of course the Egyptian Government has to rebuilt their country and maybe move on, or DEFEAT AMERICA AND DESTROY THE WORLD! NUCLEAR WAR RULES!! I keed.

But for me, I guess freedom is the best thing that a person could ever have. A freedom that no one can ever be touch. A freedom for you and for me. I hope for the best to what will ever happens to Egypt and Godspeed.

Random video of the day

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Sitation:
Opening picture- http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Dr-Fi/Egyptian-Mythology.html
When you believe-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gur8ccqrQ9c&feature=related

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Metacognition: "Backtrack" semester one.



Amazing things happen when people learn, experience, and understand "something" or "anything" that could really increase, not just your intelligence, but your whole "YOU". Isn't it amazing to learn what makes that picture, it's meaning, or purpose? You won't see it if you are just an average person. But if you study the first semester in Humanities, there will be a more sense of what that picture is.

When I was a kid, I hated paintings. I just didn't get them. Whenever we had field-trip into an art museum, I groan. I kept on saying "can we just go to the zoo?", but my teacher(s) simply smiles at me. Whenever I was in the museum with my teacher, classmates, and my mom I always go to the picture with more colors- well it wasn't just me but my classmate also agreed with me. There were some exceptions to what I hate about a or a painting back then: I loved to look at pictures with more actions in it. Of course every single one of my classmates liked it too. Sculptures were (and still are) cool too. Pictures with really no meanings about it (example- pictures with scribbled lines) were like the worst- but I was wrong.

During the first quarter of Humanities, it's more of studying what or how imagination and creativity works. It was really amazing. Because of imagination and creativity, my writings became more "elastic" (can't think of a word, but something totally close to that). For example, whenever I write a blog I tend to write more than I used to because I know now how to add more sentences using the first sentence just by being creative to what I say. Sometimes I tend to be humorous to what I write just to increase the numbers of words that  I could write in my blog. Because of creativity, I used my past and present thinking to what a reader's wants and don't to enjoy a reading in a blog, essay, etc. Likewise, every single darn person in this world hates reading a paper, blog, NEWSPAPER that has a lot of BIG paragraphs. People just hate that- maybe 80%. So sometimes I just make some (not all) of my writings into smaller paragraphs. When I make an essay that has three or more big paragraphs, I try to make it entertaining for the reader to read (like I said above). Furthermore, I like to add pictures in my blogs to make it more "FUN" and awesome at the same time. And that is what I got from learning creativity. Imagine that.

Now let us look toward the second quarter- Philosophy. Well this is one of the subjects that I am weak to. I call it a "wall". It is not a bad subject though, I mean there are no bad subjects at all, but there are only bad students in learning in some subjects- like me. I am bad in that subject because I tend to get bored to the long lectures about philosophy. I think it is because I am more interested to what will happen to the main character than the philosophers itself. But even though I missed some of the names of the philosophers in the book, I still do remember most of the teachings they gave. For example "do not always make conclusions", "We are not the final cause", "I think therefore I am", "Religious Philosophy", "Dualism", "Thesis, anti-thesis, synthesis", etc. Philosophy also influenced the way I write. Now I kind of understand more what I write and therefore I could add more to what my essay is. In other words philosophy gave me the "adjacent possible". It unlocked open doors and got me into them.

Remember the scribbled lines? Yeah, I kind of get it now. I feel like there is a dance in that picture. I guess the artist imagined that he or she was dancing with the flow of creativity, and also, he used his philosophy to what people thinks of when they see this painting.

Random picture of the day
I am a stardust