Monday, November 16, 2009,
11:24 PM
Today I found out that Roger Poh's niece broke up with her bf. That was surprising, thinking that it was only a few weeks ago she was talking about marriage and phd overseas and all... Heh. I guess you can never be sure.
Funkily I hardly have any drive to study for this coming final. I wonder why. I alrd finished my revision for MA3110. You can have that exam tomorrow, I wouldn't mind. In fact, I would prefer to quickly get it over n done with. That means I only have MA3220 and M3236 to study for. But for some reason, every time I look at my MA3220 book which is on the table right now as it has been for the past few days, I don't feel like going through it. Sigh.
Wish be all the best!!
~falcon, OUT!!
Saturday, November 07, 2009,
11:51 AM
People say, "God will help those who help themselves."
The Bible teaches, "God will help those who trust in Him."
If such is the case, then why is it that we see people so successful in doing things that are not according to God's will? Is it because they trust God will help them go against His will and hence, they emerge victorious?
Sometimes we think that God is not on our side. Sometimes we feel that God has abandoned us. Sometimes, when bad things happen to us or to those around us, we question God. We say, if God is so merciful and loving, why does He allow these things to happen?
People believe that they are in control of their own destiny.
The Bible teaches, "God is always in control no matter what."
When natural disasters come and claim many lives, or destroy spares the living but destroys their ricebowl, their roof over their heads, it causes suffering. In such cases, people again begin to question God, asking why does He let this happen, if indeed He is loving and kind?
These are the reasons by people believe that there is no God. But we cannot say like that.
In PC1322 lecture we learn that the universe existed from the Big Bang. This is not a huge explosion at some point in time, but rather a random sprouting of a highly dense and hot matter which continued to expand until we have what we see today. We also learn that the universe will continue to expand, and possibly soon contract, depending on initial conditions.
Recently, my friend, who was part of the Astronomy Club in my uni, and I had a discussion about this while studying for the test next Monday, and he mentioned that the Big Bang Theory is, for one, just a theory to explain why things are they way they are. Another thing he said was that the Big Bang is generally accepted by scientists because they think it sounds cool and it properly explains the origin of our universe.
The Big Bang cannot explain everything. Combined with the Copernican principle, we have two statements: The universe has no center, and the big bang is happening even today.
These are things I do not agree with. If the Big Bang really did happen, then the universe has a center.
First we assume that the first matter appeared at only 1 place and began expanding from there. Then its expansion must be uniform. If it is not uniform, then the level of energy is not the same at every part of the matter. This cannot be, since the first matter began at a point, which has only 1 part. So it must be uniform. And if it was uniform, then its expansion created a ball, which has a center!
But then we think: What if the universe did not begin to exist at one point? What if several matter sprouted at finitely many different points and began expanding? But we rule out this case, because the probability of one matter appearing at one point is so much greater than the probability that more than one matter appearing at different places, AT THE SAME TIME!!
But this is difficult, because 1 matter does not have enough energy to expand itself!! And by the Law of Conservation of Energy, we cannot add anymore energy to it!!
But!! If we think back - if there was void at the beginning, before matter appeared, then how could it appear in the first place?!?! This violates the Conservation of Energy!!
At the end of the day, we always have to go back to the reasoning that someone must have created the matter!! If no one created matter, then matter cannot exist! So God exists.
But if God exists, then going back to the stuffs above, why is it that God allows bad things to happen to bad people?!?! Why is it that God allows suffering in this world?
This is why we have the Bible. The word of God will answer these questions for us. And we know that even though it seems that people are getting away with evil, they cannot escape the final judgment. Ecc 12:14 says God will bring every work into judgment, INCLUDING every secret thing, whether it is good or whether it is evil!
So we have it!! We know that God will finally deliver justice to all. This is why we do not seek revenge on our own, because God Himself has said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." (Rom 12:19).
Finally we ask, is this a satisfactory answer? While most of us, including me, may answer no, it is the only answer we have. This is the hope we cling on to.
~falcon, OUT!!
Sunday, November 01, 2009,
10:52 PM
Hey all,
Have been getting inspiration after inspiration to post.. but never really finding the time. They include:
1. A post of PC1322 lecture regarding where we came from (apes?? absolute rubbish!)
2. A post on Where is God in all this suffering???
3. My views on what can Liverpool do now
But right now, I have to care about
1. PC1322 Term Test 2
2. MA2289 presentation
3. Tutorials and Homeworks
4. METRIC SPACES!!!!!!
5. Clearing up my stuff before I get back to Klang!
6. Studying for final exams
7. Writing an article for Jurong Outreach which I wanted to do months ago!!!
Pray for me!
Falcon, OUT!!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009,
10:30 PM
I always wondered about this - are lectures and tutorials in university compulsory?? Must we attend every single one? Is it wrong to skip??
They always say, "You are all adults alrd. We don't have to tell you what to do." What, is that your way of saying we are supposed to attend??
Why did Prof Loke tell us to take a course and skip all the lectures because you already know the material? Does that mean it's ok to do so??
There's an answer to all this.
~Falcon, OUT!!
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12:25 AM
Sometimes in proving statements, there are some crucial steps that may not seem clear, and so have to be justified rigorously.
Often I have lost marks for hand-waving certain arguments when writing proofs in exams. When I tell my lecturer that it's clear, he says no, you have to justify.
In life, it is sometimes not that straightforward. Quote Yu Shih-Hsien, "Life is not that simple, ya..."
So... how? Should I take the finesse, or should I try a squeeze? Or perhaps endplay my opponents?
After awhile, you ask yourself, does a solution exist? Naturally, the next to ask is, is it unique?
Then sometimes you think it is. Sometimes you think it is not. Sometimes you just don't bother. Sometimes you just don't even know.
Currently, all you can do is say, "You're Terry, wright? Yeah I thought so."
~Falcon, OUT!!!
Monday, October 05, 2009,
9:43 PM
I seriously don't know what's with you. I sincerely hope you don't become another Bent.
-out.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009,
11:10 PM
Hi all. Imma back! Did I mention this post is going to be interesting and great and all? Well... heh.
I bet you have been checking here everyday awaiting the wonderful post right? Heh. Well, now that you have seen this post, you may say to yourself, "AH, POST! I FINALLY FOUND YOU." But then, when you think about it, and as you're reading this, there isn't really anything interesting about this post. IT'S JUST A POST. Everyone thought it was interesting, but in fact, it was just a HOX.
Sigh! What a letdown! Write such a post to promise such an interesting post, and create all this PRAABREM (problem), and came here since ARH-HUA (alpha) and in the end after you PRUG(plug) in your computer, you find nothing special. Sigh. Such an event really CHALLENGES YOUR IMAGINATION, doesn't it? You feel like RUNNING TO THE POST AND HUGGING AND KISSING IT right? Sigh. Well, if you're going to do that, make sure your LUNGS DON'T EXPLODE or YOU BE FLATTENED INTO A ROTI PRATA.
Oh well. Might as well. Last night I dreamt PY couldn't do maths. Then she wanted to ask AXG but he wasn't around. I offered to help but she ignored me. Weird dream eh?
Meanwhile, midterms are coming. I'm going to fail ODE. Just you wait and see.
~falcon, OUT!
Thursday, August 20, 2009,
11:56 PM
I can't believe this. It's only week 2 and I'm already behind.
Here are my targets by 1/9/09:
1. Get my tutorials, homeworks and lectures up to date.
2. Source out at least 2 articles for GEK1520.
3. Choose a mega church and its teaching for the term paper.
4. Finish up MA2101 PYP.
Hope I get things done soon. Btw, wait for the next post - it'll be great!
~falcon, OUT!!!
