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Applying Science into Our Daily Lives
How do we apply scientific formulas or theories into our daily lives? According to Associate Professor Dr Hon Wei Min, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at UCSI University,
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Kuala Lumpur International Dragon Boat Festival
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Nocturne:Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
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Talk To Us
By Conrad Edmund Bateman Mitch Albom once said that, “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” In conjunction with a yearlong celebration of UCSI University’s Silver Jubilee, the
"Light UP Lives Charity"
By the River Piedra I sat down and wept
“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows”
There are many reasons why people choose a book. I choose this one because of the introduction:
“There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -leaves, insects, the feathers of birds – is transformed into the rocks that makethe riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, thenmy pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget”
"Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows"
Pilar is an independent and strong young woman studying at a small town university when she receives an unexpected call from her old childhood sweetheart. Eleven years after leaving Soria, he is now a handsome spiritual leader with a reputation for performing miracles.
He has also turned to religion as a refuge from his inner conflicts. The time he went ‘missing’, he was at a seminary trying to understand Christianity, The Charismatics and the Immaculate Conception on a higher level. Although the antagonist is not given a name, we somehow feel his struggles between the things he wants and the things he needs to do.
The one who loves has won the world and is not afraid of losing. True love is an act of total abandon - Paulo Coelho
As per my first reading of Coelho’s writings, The Alchemist, this one delivers messages on a subliminal level. He speaks of the mysteries of love and life and how scarifies are sometimes needed for us to succeed.
Coelho’s take on love is, that its much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.
And when those walls come down, then love takes over and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible. It doesn’t even matter whether we can keep the loved one at our side because love goes on. To love is to lose control and this was what Pilar was fighting against.
She sits by the River Piedra writing - to try to turn her sadness into longing and solitude into remembrance. So when she’s done, she can toss it into the Piedra and the waters will extinguish what the flames have written. Maybe it’s true, that all love stories are the same. Perhaps love does make us old before our time…
