Victim of a Cosmic Conspiracy

I am in a sulky mood. In my state of sulkiness, I have concocted two phrases that aptly describe my mood. I thought it would be wise to jot them down somewhere.

1. I am surely the butt of God's cosmic prank....
2. As i venture thru this life, my mystical aura follows closely behind, his fly wide open....

 I'm not sure what else there is to say.

I hope tomoro proves to be a better day.

This is Dreamer, signing out.

Count on Me, Singapore

This is a National Day Message brought to you by *******

Attention Singaporeans:

Today, we commemorate what was once a new beginning for our now majestic nation, forged 45 years ago within the furnaces of strife and uncertainty!!

Today, we celebrate FREEDOM from colonial suppression, and the FREEDOM to create our own glorious destinies!!

Today, we stand UNITED as a nation proud and true, our blood pumping redder than any red the world has ever seen before!!

today, we...we...we.....

fine...i'll cut the bullshit rhetoric...it is national day today though, and with the 9th of august upon us yet again, in light of the plethora of nationalistic dissonance surging from Facebook, I've decided to add my own two cents worth..today, we shall talk about patriotism...

I shall begin by talking about what patriotism is NOT...patriotism is not blind... patriotism is not some sorta mystical allegiance to a flag...it is not an abstract devotion to the illusionary notion of a divine state....

patriotism ought to be a devotion to people...loosely put, patriotism is the desire that the citizens of a nation are empowered to live their lives to the fullest, and that the powers that be work towards the fulfilment of this goal...

for what is a country if not for its people..? a country is more than it's streets and buildings..it is more than it's governments and leaders...

it is more than it's rich and powerful..it is more, even, than a designated area of land, demarcated by lines on a map..

A country is, more than anything, the sum of its citizens

people often blabber on about patriotism, without stopping to think what the word really means...most treat patriotism with the same myopia that surrounds religion..

unquestioning loyalty and support for every national endeavour are hailed as the hallmarks of a true patriot...UNQUESTIONING LOYALTY...hmmmm

a true patriot cares enough to ask why, and to disagree if necessary...if a policy is unfair, or if it lacks compassion, or if it is exploitative in any way, the truly loyal citizen ought to have the mind and the voice to speak up

(pause to reflect)

that being said...i cant help but feel that patriotism is a dangerous thing when it is divisive on a global scale...patriotism should not be about "us against them"....

all in all, i see patriotism as a halfway point between the neanderthals and a global Utopia...patriotism is the first step towards forging a truly accepting and all-embracing global community...

the countries that CAN make themselves better through patriotism OUGHT TO make themselves better, such that the rest of the world can follow suit...but it all has to start WITH the citizens, FOR the citizens

Find the patriot in you...stop being so spineless and agreeable all the time.

And have yourself an awesome National Day.

This is Dreamer, signing out.

Dreamer Lives

I am a creative genius. This is not a boast. It is a FACT. Other indisputable FACTs include the following:

1. The world is not flat
2. The universe is expanding
3. The earth revolves around its sun
4. i-Phones are overrated

The list goes on.

Creative Geniuses are hard to come by.

Creative Geniuses are often shunned.

Creative Geniuses are NOT the same as creatively inclined people.

Creatively inclined people fit in and conform to man-made conventions. It is this refusal/inability to let go of such restrictions that separates the creatively inclined from the Creative Genius.

The Creative Genius does not see a world/universe limited by rules/norm/conventions. He/She sees the world/universe as it is.

In the eyes of the Creative Genius, the world/universe is:

1. Abstract
2. Absolute
3. Unpredictable
4. Predictable
5. Misleading
6. Obvious
7. Infinite
8. One

The list goes on.

The creative genius creates by deconstructing. Curiousity and Intellect (these two are one and the same) prompt the creative genius to strip the world/universe down to its smallest components, and to create perspective.

"Why" is the mantra of the Creative Genius. To continually ask "why" is to seek the divine.


I am a Creative Genius. I shit you not.


This is Dreamer, signing out.