About daily life… or nothing in particular.
Another Your Heart Today concert wrapped up; extremely tough crowd (but only because they didn’t know how to react I hope)
Pics at the gallery
This is actually the end of this post, but it would be a good segue to a topic I’ve always wanted to blog about. Continue reading at your own peril.
Read MoreI just realized that while my watch’s stock metal bracelet is nice and all, I guess I find them (metal bracelets) too much of a hassle. This realization came when I learned how to adjust the links myself – which obviously made me try different “fits.”
When you factor in stuff like wrist expansion due to heat, metal bracelets can be very impractical in a tropical country. Since they’re metal, you can’t really “adjust them” depending on the “weather” that day. That’s why they have different “guides” for straps and bracelet fitting. If you’re on a strap, it’s always better for it to be snug. If it’s metal, you put an allowance as thick as your index finger – so you don’t end up choking your wrist with a super tight strap during a hot and humid day. While some watches look fine loose, given the size of mine, it always looked better snug rather than having a little play during the cold.
So I started looking for a replacement strap and immediately thought of the Nato strap popularized by Sean Connery (as James Bond) in the movie Goldfinger
Have you ever noticed this: Anything that you find interesting will always end up getting infinitely more complicated than what you had [initially] expected?
When you’re a guitarist, you’ll start to think along the lines: “is it time to adjust the tension in my fretboard via the truss rod?” When you’re a “singer” trying to learn a harmony, you’ll tend to think “oh ok, so this weird sounding note is just a 6th in relation to the tonic; that should make it easier to hit.” Things you couldn’t even begin to think about from the “outside.”
The list goes on, and it’s not just for hobbies or passions… it can apply to short-term stuff as well. That’s exactly what I’m experiencing with my new watch.
We all want to be the person we know ourselves to be, and for others to recognise this and treat us with respect. We want to live without being dominated by fear, to enjoy good relationships, and to have a secure place in our society. No one is better than anyone else by virtue of their beliefs.
When we are able to be the person we know ourselves to be, without vanity or self-pity, we have the wonderful experience of feeling at home with everything that exists. Some people describe this in religious terms, some in terms of nature, but, whatever, we do not feel the need to have a religion tell us what we should believe.
My thoughts exactly. I’m not religious, but I do believe in God… not necessarily the way my religion paints Him to be. – but ultimately, I believe in the existence of a higher being.
BUT, I’m also a skeptic – in the sense that I accept that I don’t know anything for certain – which I think is the fundamental issue between the “extremes” of religious and non-religious. The former always seem so sure, with no exception. I guess that’s fine for the most part, but when it starts affecting their relationships with fellow humans in an unreasonable way, thats when it’s not – that’s why Religion has no place in government – because it’s bound to hit that wall if you tried integrating the two.
As implicitly stated in the TED video I posted a while back. It does NOT take a “belief system” to establish healthy morals or perspective. Most of humanity, regardless of race, culture, or creed, are in solidarity when it comes to what’s fair and just.
