Books and Movies

This afternoon i got to watch a WWII movie entitled "To end all wars". It was about a british prison camp that Japanese guarded. they talked about bushido and the principles of the sword. Stuff like honor and sacrificing oneself for the sake of a higher-up is actually looked up on.

Things that happen in history always have intrigued me. How conflicts, wars, races, language play such a big role in the molding of the present society. I think about overpopulated world, and how a world war would actually help the planet since it would cut the population. This might sound evil to other people but i do believe that it'll be in the best interest of the world if the population gets cut about a third.

It made me think of how people from the past had much simpler lives. Its just like my high school science teacher said that technology is a double-edged sword. For how much benefits it gives makes the same amount of drawbacks. indeed it is incredibly convinient but it also make people somehow enter into this era of being tied down to it, like being slaves to the convinience of all the gadgetry.

Although its not the same for everyone... perhaps im simply one of those people who have an insatiable appetite for these kinds of things. terabytes, gigahertz, sigh* wishing to have my hands on the latest/greatest piece of technology. i look at it like a necessary evil. my ultimate weakness. drooling over high-performance video grafix cards and uber fast processors. i go gaga reading about core 2 quad and 6700 series. might as well just kick myself in the head coz i'd like nothing better than have 20 tabs of webpages, listening to music while chatting up with 3 different chat networks and playing an online mmo. Funny isn't it? i guess its partly coz i'm a girl, just so typical of me to have 10 things on my mind at the same time.

So just like today's entry, i've passed more tha 5 points without really a central idea. Just to pass time, and to release some brain tension. sigh*

écrire ~ Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:54pm