The Power Of Logic

Mei Yee thinks my blog is boring. She’s more addicted to other people’s blogs. “See, what they write is so much more interesting!”

Ok, so I thought.

M came to Mei Yee’s house last night. She checked her blog at Mei Yee’s computer. “I dunno how to reply all of them. So many comments! All of them about different things!” She said.

What interesting thing she must’ve written, I thought.

So I asked her what she wrote.

“It’s about the time I had to send my sister off somewhere, and I had to wait for 2 hours. I had nothing to do, so I went to Starbucks. I ordered hot vanilla, sat in a corner, went online with my laptop… I felt it was sooo nice! So I wrote about how nice it was to be at Starbucks…”

Bla bla bla.

And yeah, she got tonnes of responses! “Ooh, I like Starbucks!” “I want Starbucks coffee too!” “I’ve had Starbucks 3 times this week!”

“It’s the simple things in life that people find interesting. Not issues.” Mei Yee said flatly.

Yeah. Like “The time I had wind in my tummy.” Or, “Guess what I had for lunch today!” Haha. Hahaha. Hahahahaha!

Well, maybe she’s right. Maybe it’s the simple, daily stuff that people find interesting. Or maybe it’s just M. Because she attracts a lot of lalat all the time anyway! :)

Why do I write what I write? Follow this syllogism:

If I can write x words, I want x words to be beneficial stuff.
I’m going to write x words.
Therefore, I want x words to be beneficial stuff.

It’s just that. Plain and simple. If I have a limited amount of time, a limited amount of space, and a certain number of words to string together, I’d want to do it for something worthwhile. Why do something under the constraints that you already have, if you know it wouldn’t amount to anything more than nothing?

Ok, maybe it’s just my logic. It may not seem logical to others. But it makes perfect sense to me.

Give you another example:

If something is precious to me, I would take care of it.
I have a RM300 watch.
Therefore, I would take care of it.

I won a Seiko watch worth RM300 as a Seiko Award Candidate some time ago. It’s a national award for lifesaving in Malaysia. 2nd place.

It’s precious, it’s expensive, and it’s like a “trophy achievement” for me. Of course I’d take good care of it! So I went out and bought a RM60 Casio watch for daily use. My RM300 Seiko watch sits enshrined in its case among my other trophies.

Do you think it's weird? But it makes sense to me! Why would I want a prize that I’ve worked so hard for to be scratched, rusted, accidentally knocked, or even stolen? Isn’t it better to keep it safely displayed in a box?

Give you another example:

If something is precious to me, I would take care of it.
I have a brand new Proton Iswara.
Therefore, I would take care of it.

My Iswara is not here yet.











But I’m already thinking of getting a bicycle.

























I’m worried about the way I think.