New blog design.. One that has took me 1 month to complete. Had to settle for this one, because orginally my design was too complicated, and when loaded on to Blogger, it took a darn long time for blogger to download all 12 parts of my images. The result was a super pixellated version. Therefore, I opted to change my design, one that is simpler. This is the one that you see now.
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I am bracing myself for another Great Sale in Singapore. If you ask me, discounts are the world's most evil economic ploy. Especially for Singaporeans in particular. Due to innate nature. we tend to go completely berserk when we see a price tag that say "50% off". We tend to buy a lot more than we intended originally. As a result, we actually spent more money than we would have spent if there was no Great Sale. Ah, human nature I suppose. Another dark side. Though not as dark as to be evil I suppose.

Meanwhile, I am following Terry Brooks 'Shannara' series obsessively. Buying one book every weekend. There's 7 books in all in the series and I am lapping up every single one of them. Currently, I possess: The Sword of Shannara, The Elf Stones of Shannara, The Scions of Shannara, and The Adventures of Jerle Shannara. It seems like every fantasy tale must have an old man that wields impressive magical powers. In this case, we have a 500 year old Druid, Allanon, who walks about hooded, a tall, dark, and impressive figure, with eyes that shot right though you, laying your very soul bare.

Hmm.. in the book I encounter duality nature again. Sometimes truth can encompass all, for teh safety of others, one may have to decieve to hold true. Sometimes I wonder if its the same for science. Perhaps, its best to leave sciences to white haired old men who have genuine interest than to leave it to people who find no use in it and are not interested in it. Why force it to tons of kids who find it a bore and fail it regularly. Let them study other more interesting subjects. Seems like knowledge is not intended for everyone.