Besides Formspring, what websites do you check the most often?

Time flies.
Had my 3 exam papers in that 3 consecutive days..
And now I'm just left with 1 exam which falls on 15th November.

I'm still worried for my results..
Especially for MPI.
I need to get at least a Pass in order for me to take another core unit and graduate in September 2013..
Not confident that I'd get through this semester but God, please help me..

Sigh..
Spent the past few days shopping & watching a Korean drama '49 Days'.
Suddenly got me thinking....
Is our lives really bounded by fate?
When the time really comes, can we actually avoid it?
When death approach us, can we still stand a chance to turn back and fight our way through just to live for one more day?

Nothing in the world is scarier than death.
It is weird how people know that their lives are very vulnerable and may just end at any moment but yet still not living their lives to the fullest and pursuing what they want in life and not what they need.

Some people thinks that they live to work.
While others feel that they work to live.
Which is which?
Yes, I agree that money is an important element of life.
But no matter how rich people are, are they ever satisfied with what they have?
As humans, we are always seeking for something that's beyond our reach.
We are always wanting more even though it is already enough for us.
No matter how good our lives are, we'd still not be satisfied.

I guess that's just human nature..

"There is an old saying that states ‘the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence’. No matter what we have, we always want more. I agree that people are not satisfied with what they have because of two different factors: inner and outer factors. That is, part of human nature is to want more than we have, and the media and advertisements we see daily constantly try to convince us that we want more.

One reason is that it is part of human nature to want more. One of the base biological characteristics for any animal is comfort. People are not different in that they try to accumulate more possessions in order to feel comfort, security and convenience of having them. In modern society, there are two more characteristics of humans that feed this urge: greed and boredom. Greed drives people to have an overabundance of possessions and boredom pushes people to accumulate material items just for something to do. The mix of the natural drive for comfort and security with the human characteristic of greed and boredom causes people to want more because they will never be satisfied with what they have.

Another reason is that the media and advertising that we see everywhere try to convince us that we need more than what we have. We cannot get on the bus or subway, turn on the TV or open a newspaper without seeing an advertisement for something that we really do not need. We constantly hear and read that our lives will be so much easier and more complete if we buy a certain product. Besides, all of our friends are buying it, so why don’t we? At least that is the angle that advertisements use on people in order to get them to buy more, and it works. After a long period of time of hearing and seeing these messages, people are inclined to believe what the media and advertisements are telling them.

To sum up, people are usually never happy with what they have. We have the natural human characteristic of greed and boredom in addition to a natural wish for comfort driving us to want more. There are also the media and advertising companies that spend millions of dollars a year convincing us that we need their products. Wouldn’t it be easier if we could simplify our lives and be happy with what we have without excess?"