Dot

A dot, what does a "." represent? To me, something this simple as a poke of the pen on a piece of paper can be associated something enlightening(to me at least) the dot is a way of life, "to get straight to the point" and not "beat around the bush". Something that seems so simple but is so hard to do and sometimes the communication simply breaks down for stupid reasons and the message that you actually get across is completely different from what you intended to say.

And it sounds very silly when i say this but we all don't like to be bogged down by tons and tons of details and yet we're always scavenging for more and more information. Sounds really contradicting if you ask me but the answer to the keyword here is knowledge(not simply data or processed information but information that has value to you and makes life easier for us in decision making and congnition.)

And worst when you getting straight to the point is not easy when things are not in absolute terms. How's many things in this world can be expressed in a simple yes&no, love/hate, black&opposite or what you people like to call the opposites. Cos seriously saying can feelings, emotions, judgements, perceptions be that well defined by a simple good or bad. U won't have realised each time a person express his love, interest, displeasures, it's always different from another's and can you described a person who's not pretty to the extent of down dead gorgeous but not ugly to the extent of ugly betty as "Pretty Ugly", hell no, it's outrageous and u're seriously mistaken if you tink that that's a in btw state of pretty and ugly. Can you say it outright that that girl is pretty/ugly? well, actually it does boils own to that and only that. Cos thought does not always translate into actions but actions always carries with it a certain amount of thought(whether it is conscious or unconscious), the anticipation of cause and effect and other unforeseeable spill over effects.

But getting straight the points. also means that people need to be able understand the other half of things whereby what is not said has more impact what is said. For simple analogy sake, i don't hate you and i don't not like you? Translation: I like/love you.

A dot also simply means a full stop. The end of a sentence, a paragraph, a chapter. But it doesn't. So it signifies death, the end of things,end of the line, end of life's rich story. But how few people realised that on the other side of the full stop is an new beginning. The starting of a new sentence, phrase, chapter, the beginning of a story, a new phase. and thus it also symbolize rebirth, renewal and the continuity of a cycle.

Can you imagine all this rabbling on and on because of my affinity with a dot. It's ridiculous to be able to reason so much. It's almost insane but strangely enough this is personal and truthful. It's not bullshit. How many times can i truthfully and ernestly tell me that i'm not bullshitting him/her. The occassions seem to be fading in comparison with bullshit.

That aside, I'll like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you out there who remember my birthday and/or went the extra mile to celebrate it with me.

Thanks 538 for the lovely dinner, cake, bag and notes.
Thanks Kevin, Ant, Keith, Alex, Henry, Meng for being such great pals and of cos the lame moments, the booze, the LANing, arcade, movies, dinner and the presents
Thanks Celine for making a special appearance at the party.
Thanks to all you out there who msged me, you peeps make my days

What's left is probably just the birthday wishes :)

And fret not that if u din wish me for i had moments where i had remembered their bday's but didn't wish them cos of really dumb reasons looking back now.