When we characterize talk as hot air, we mean that what comes out of the speaker's mouth is only that. It is mere vapor. His speech is empty, without substance or content. his use of language, accordingly , does not contribute to the purpose it purports to serve. No more information is communicated than if the speaker had merely exhaled. There are similarities betwen hot air and excrement, incidentally, which make hot air seem an especially suitable equivalent to bullshit. - Harry G Frankfurt , On BullshitThis is one interesing book i just finished reading last week. Had wanted to post this extract on it a few days back, but i was simply too busy and lazy. :=) This Princeton lecturer did a splendid job in writing this book. Its really not as dry as i had expected. You folks should check it out.
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It really is a conscious choice: to look forward or simply swirl in your past.
One of my HK pal [a.k.a Ah yi] called me yesterday. He was crying over the phone.Just suffered a break up.Lamenting what he should have done and not.[ Huh..i am the worst advisor in this arena] I did not know how i should react to it. Hence , i just kept silent and let him cry and whine.Most of the time, in cases like this , we simply just need a listening ear. Not really much of an advice you can give. [heh..i am speaking from experience] 35 years-old him should jolly know what to enact. Besides, a relationship is between two parties. I cant really downplay another , just to make the other feel better.
Anyway, Tony and Alan was telling me , in jest, to share tips to ah yi, on how i rebound, after a mere week.
Like i say. Its a conscious choice. More than anyrthing else, i have given my best shot the second time round. I dun want to waste a single more minute mopping over a indecisive man . But of course, for me to say this ; it means that he matters to me. But, I am really weary. It comes to the treshold where enough is more than enough.
So here I am. Conscious choice to move forward. At times, it may wear me down . But i am sure i will be fine , with all the ppl ard me.
As long as i know what i want. :=)