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Weekly Photo Challenge: Imagine (Cover Art)
I stumbled upon this grafitti on my visit to London a few weekends ago. It depicts two people- one white, pressumably British, male and one woman who is wearing a burkha- holding hands. In light of what has happened and what is happening in the world, I think this is one of the most powerful pieces of art that I have ever seen.
John Lennon’s song Imagine came to my mind when I saw this.
Imagine:
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as oneImagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
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In response to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Art Work
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime (Fire Show)
Free Fire show at Boracay, Philippines.
In response to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime
Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure (life)
Life is an adventure in itself. It’s the greatest, most challenging adventure there is. Survival, of course is the main goal whether it is your personal survival, that of your genes, species or the world. For me, nothing captures this as much as a portrait of a child (which in this case is my cousin) blissfully playing.
To what extent would you influence children’s development, i.e. life adventure?
In response to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure from dailypost
The Worst Fantasy of all will get me KILLED
Today’s Daily Prompt: How would your life be different if you were incapable of feeling fear? Would your life be better or worse than it is now?
Why give up the ability to feel fear? Fear is a very real response to situations that are potentially dangerous to us- like a bear or a shark trying to attack us. It activate our ‘fight or flight’ response (pictured above). If we lose the ability to feel fear, we would not be able to calculate the dangers in front of us, and we would die very early.
Daily Prompt – The Climate Doesn’t Control You
Daily Prompt asked: The idea that the weather and people’s moods are connected is quite old. Do you agree? If yes, how does the weather affect your mood?
There has been a lot of research that supports the claim that the weather indeed affects people’s moods (but not the other way around). Seasonal Affective Disorder,also known as ‘winter depression’, for instance highlights the correlation that exists between the change in seasons and the changes in some people’s moods (winter = low mood and lack of interest). Having read quite a few research papers around the topic, it is pretty hard to argue against the idea that the weather affects our moods.
However, I argue that we can manage the effects of the weather on us. Sure, rainy days and the bitterly cold and dark winters may initially bring us down. Some of us may get upset when it rains or when it is cold simply because we expect the sun to come out. But we should not get carried away. We need to realise that we do not- and cannot- control the weather, but we can control our reactions to it. Yes, it is disappointing when it rains on the day we booked a bouncy castle for our child’s birthday party, or on the day that we plan to have a barbeque. But what can you do? Blame the heavens? Well, you could, but what good would that do? Instead of slumping and huffing and puffing, we could change our outlook. Change our plans, or even better, have a plan B. Plan ahead and develop a few alternatives.
We should also cherish the moments when the weather is not the one that we are hoping for because those days will make us treasure the sunny, bright days that will come.
Focus on the things that we can control; not the ones that we cannot.
Life is too short to be disappointed or upset because of the weather.
Pings:
This is what I think of everyday
People say that no matter how hard you work on anything, there is always someone somewhere who is working harder than you.
Guess what
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I AM THAT SOMEONE!
Autism Hangout: Challenging Behaviour
Last Sunday, Kevin Healey, Sean Flanagan and I discussed challenging behaviours that people with Autism may exhibit. This hangout was quite a short one due to technical difficulties and to the fact that there were only 3 panel members.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
When I hear the word ‘delicate’, I think of something that should be handled with care, looked after, and is easily damaged. In addition, something delicate is considered as such because we do not want to damage or break it as it means a lot to us. Nothing embodies these descriptions more than a child. Children, especially a really young ones absorbs information with lesser skepticism than older ones, which make them delicate. I see every child as a representation of our responsibility to society. We, as adults should nurture, teach, discipline, love them and make them feel secure. We need to make them happy. We need to set a good example in the hope that they would continue what we have started. We cannot control each child’s genetic make-up or natural circumstances, but we must do everything we can to improve their development.
It is also important to keep in mind that as children grow older, they will discover their own ways to improve the world which may go against our beliefs. When this time comes, we must learn to support and trust them.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign (WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. 18 and over only)
WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. CLOSE THIS PAGE/TAB IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 NOW!!!!!!!
As the dailypost page said, ‘foreign’ can be applied to “things outside of or different from your normal environment”. When I’ve read that the theme for this week’s photo challenge is ‘foreign’, I immediately thought of Amsterdam’s Sexmuseum, which my girlfriend and I visited last year. To me, the museum embodies ‘foreign’ in many ways. For one, it is outside the country in which I live in. Also, the idea of having a museum which, in a way, celebrates sex seems out-of-this-world to me. I was raised in a Catholic community and I am now working in the (primary) education sector- both of which restrict, if not forbid, any mention of sex, let alone in an in-your-face manner in which the Sexmuseum does. In addition, this post completely steers away from my blog’s theme.
It is amazing to see how much people still stay clear of publicly showing interest in, and openly discussing the topic of sex.
Understanding and Embracing Diversity 