I Get a Pet?

It's gonna be 'Kidda'!

Kidda is a stray cat! Not a street cat! He seems to belong to every cat lover in the vicinity. He is very playful, sweet, only never trusting! We thought that someone used to own him and abandoned him or left him. Also, we thought he was an abused cat that he loses his trust to people.

We have unofficially adopted Kidda. He enjoys being treated like our own. His presence brightens our morning and relaxes our afterwork rests. He spends time with us in the mornings and after we get back home from work.  He enjoys being patted on the shoulder, purrs when fondled on his belly... and delights being treated with cheap cat food.

It makes me wonder though if Kidda would be happy if we adopt him officially. He has been living in the parking area, taking shelter under the cars. He has a big space to himself! Once adopted, he will live indoor so it might not be a good idea for him to be 'imprisoned'. Plus, other people who share affection for Kidda would miss him!

There Is Alchemy Instead of Chemistry?

Alchemy is a multifaceted body of knowledge covering the spiritual, philosophical, physical, cultural and material realms. It is mystical as it could be mythical, philosophical as it could be illogical; metaphysical as it could be material. It involved the practice of searching the philosophers' stone, a mythical substance is used in transforming base metals into gold, and the search for elixirs that will allow people to live forever.

Alchemy is believed to be forerunner of chemistry. However, the scientific method can easily downgrade alchemy into the category of quakery.

If there is alchemy instead of chemistry, it would seem that we live in an enchanted kingdom. Where people are out of touch with reality. Where the futile search for the philosophers' stone  and for the oil to end mortality continues with no end in sight.

There Are No Movies?

Movies provide a good avenue for entertainment. They also serve a medium for expression of human experience in the silver screen. Sad movies make one cry. Movies ending with 'living happily ever after' warm the heart and brighten the day. Through movies, actors are made; many good ones, some horrible. Movies generate revenues for the government; some fat salaries to the actors and the crew; profits for the movie producers and theater owners/operators - all at the expense of the paying viewers.

Many people love to watch the movies. It makes me even wonder how many people would brave the elements and skip the zzzz during midnight screenings! To me, it does not make a lot of sense as the movie will be shown the following day. 

I am glad my persona is not that of a movie fanatic. I can wait for the movies to be shown in the local dollar cinema or be released in dvds. Movies are not like news, they don't get stale.

We Did Not Move Here in the US?

Life would be somewhat better and easier to a certain degree.

While everything is automated here in the US, things still need to be done. Putting the laundry to the washing machine, folding the laundry after drying, putting used utensils to the dishwaher and putting them away when they're done, cooking... etc. These things I seldom do back home. These chores are not necessarilty heavy but when done over and over again, they tend to accumulate! No,  am not whining here, am just saying.....

One big thing. I think our children are a little myopic. They are intelligent and great kids, no doubt and question about this. But they behave and act like they are americans. They are quick to adopt other's culture instead of preserving  their own! It bothers me a lot. At times, I call it mea culpa, my fault for bringing them here. One great source of frustration for me!  Their attitudes and the way they perceive us, their parents. As if, they don't need us anymore! I am not saying anything more now...

I don't know if they would behave similarly had we not moved here in the US!

We Don't See Colors?

We won't appreciate the vibrance of life, the beauty of  autumn, the vendant hills and  the marvelous landscape of underwater 'forests'! Everything we see is nothing but shades of gray!

Nocturnal animals don't bother themselves not seeing color. Being active only during the night or living in near total darkness inside caves requires them to develop another sense that compensates for their vision. But the human eye has evolved to have developed an intricate visual perception pattern which allows one to see the beautiful colors of the rainbow.

The human eye contains specialized photoreceptor cells:  the rods which are responsible for the black-white vision, and the cones for color vision. We use our rods from dusk to dawn, when we only see shades of gray. Even during a full moon, even when not a thin trace of cloud in the sky blocking the moon's reflected light from the sun, we only see shades of gray. During the day, even under the overcast sky, we see colors for the cones are veering our vision when there is sufficient amount of light! Be it natural or artificial light!

Colors influence our daily living - our moods, emotions, even appetites! Flamboyant display of colors is used as come-ons for flowers to pollinators, peacocks to lure the peahens, or to fool predators from harming their preys.

Without colors, everything would look monochromatic! How would you like your red apple, golden banana, or pink strawberry if they all look gray to you? How could you tell the Steelers from the Packers as they played in the Super Bowl last week if they seem to wear same gray jerseys?

People Don't Need People?

I was reminded of the lyric of the song, ' no man is an island, no man stands alone'.

Being social is a big event ingrained in  humans during the course of evolution. Formation of societies or caste system was notably in existence even among the lower animal groups. With more sophisticated forms of communications, chemical, verbal or spoken, individuals are becoming more connected into forming societies. And this makes it quite implausible for people not needing other people.

In the movie, Castaway, Tom Hanks was forced by a circumstance to live by himself. But he created a inanimate character which served as his cavemate, 'someone' he talked to and shared his anguish, frustrations and anger with. Even in the mythical story of creation, god provided Adam with a company in Eve.

Living in total isolation is close to impossible. For people always need other people, even in misery!

Life Is Not a Routine ?

What comes around goes around! This is the retinue for life. May be a vicious cycle?

Everything in nature seems to come around in full circle. Water cycle, lunar cycle, menstrual cycle, cell cycle, life cycle....and just like the energizer bunny ad, the cycle keeps on going and going and going.

Living in cycle sustains life's very existence. The earth is a materially-closed system so that the cycling of materials (called geological cycles) allows continuous renewal  and regeneration of materials. With this in mind, everything in nature seems to follow suit, occuring in cyclical pattern in order to maintain a steady state. Within in our cells, we call it homeostasis. Among the different organisms, we call it natural selection. Quite ironical this may seem, but in nature, what seems to be a steady state is the constant change undergone by the species as it continues to adapt with the changing enviroments.