September 03, 2004
i'm alive. social studies didn't kill me. miraculously. wokay. anyway, i have a story here to share:
does God really exist?
a man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and beard trimmed. as the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. they talked about so many things and various subjects. when they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said, "i don't believe that God exists."
"why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? would there be abandoned children? if God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. i can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
the customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. the barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. just after he left the barber shop, he saw a man in the streets with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. he looked dirty and unkempt. the customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber, "you know what? barbers do not exist."
"how can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "i am here, and i am a barber. i just worked on you!"
"no!" the customer exclaimed. "barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards - like that man outside."
"but barbers DO exist!" answered the barber. "what happens is people do not come to me."
"exactly!" affirmed the customer. "that's the point! God DOES exist too! what happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. that's why there are so much pain and suffering in the world."
ahh. i figured that was rather meaningful.
woohoo(: i got a gmail account.
and so, i heard today's social studies exam was alright. heh. the questions were expected. whee. i'm glad i didn't touch the sec four book AT ALL, and i didn't memorise industralisation either. it almost killed me yesterday. had a splitting headache and couldn't concentrate on industralisation. but anyway, only diplomacy/deterrence, switzerland and britain's welfare state came out. i must
THANK GOD really. thank God i studied the right chapters and was more prepared for the exam as compared to next year.
okay. i mustn't be too complacent. i still have a longgg road ahead of me. i mustn't be overjoyed too soon. yes. i mustn't.
and i swam today! :] it's been longggg. really long. hahas. but i haven't become any darker.
swimming rocks. i like the feeling of being inside the water. i like that unrestricted feeling. though my body parts could be seen enlarged by a whole lot inside the water, i still like the crystal clear pool water.
okayy. and i attempted to study at gelare today but i had to leave the place five minutes after i arrived. my father offered to fetch me home. ahh. and my things got all dam due to the wet swimming costume.
wokay. i heard i haven't bathe. so i better get going.
study hard everyone(:
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