One-Liner Salad

Today on campus, I walked by one of the group study rooms which are all outfitted with a dry-erase board, which btw are not eco-friendly. But anyway, written on one of the dry-erase boards was a quotation from Ghost in a Shell. I played the computer game a bit, but also saw the movie. It went:

"A copy is just an identical image. There is the possibility that a single virus could destroy an entire set of systems, and copies do not give rise to variety and originality. Life perpetuates itself through diversity..."

One thing I can never discredit from my experience of anime is the fact that the 'good ones' are often laden with little profundities. This one hit home as I feel that I am on the verge of …*gasp* … a change?

Having lived in of London, I’ve seen a lot and I’ve listened to a lot of different perspectives from all walks of the world. I’ve learned a bit in addition to new trade skills.

I really know that the “sweet is not as sweet without the sour.” I’ve tasted failure here and I know it’s a good ingredient in any recipe.

I’m not so skeptical anymore to believe that all saints have a past nor am I so naïve to believe that all sinners have a future. I’ve been down that road and I’ve seen how it ends.

I know how pain makes us make bad decisions, and that we should never let a crisis go to waste.

I know how a little bit of knowledge is often a dangerous thing, and that we resist change because it invalidates years of earlier behavior.

I’ve learnt how to balance my life by planning my days and leaving my nights to chance. In Girona, finding the Roman walls by accident with Tangie is still one of my favorite moments here.

I’ve learned that I am not being persecuted every time I’m contradicted. Diverse interactions strengthen my knowledge base, either by testing it or demolishing anachronisms.