I haven't been blogging alot due to the mountain of work upon me. The result of which is that I haven't been responding to or commenting much on people's posts and comments. apologies for this.

oh yes...which brings me to another thing - i was the cause for a long long long post by SirThorn (damn the hyperlink creation...it won't work on this netscape browser) a few days ago, titled Fighting the Good Fights. i forgot to append my name to that email...little slip up there. my infrequency on xanga has led to my absence in responding to that earlier.

but anyway, I can applaud SirThorn's fight against the state of human nature - one of the reasons why i read his site is because of the interesting and thought-provoking issues about human nature that he brings up. his words can effect some changes - and i hope they do - but that is only part of the battle.

this "fighting" is not something i do, simply because i believe that people change only when they want to, when they are receptive to ideas of change. i think many of us have gone through life in "blissful" ignorance of our actions, refusing to see our mistakes despite people telling us so. I personally used to perceive people's advice and comments as nagging or else something that i knew on an intellectual level, but not an emotional one. I am still discovering my flaws as I go on my merry little way in life, and boy, do I seem to have a lot! To get back to the point, my general observation is that people go on in self-denial till one day they are in a situation whereby things come to a crisis point of sorts and revelation dawns upon them. the result of that is that they grow as people and become more mature.

I have faith that people will leave the petty squabbles behind and rise above it all, that they can change their nature, but it takes time. it seems to me that for many in xangaland right now, this is not the situation, but who am I to comment since i don;t even bother to read those sites anymore? besides, one of the biggest limitations of blogs is the lack of nuances and full detail which would allow people to understand the situation, ultimately leading to skewed perceptions.

but whatever the case is with regards to changing the state of human nature, i prefer to think along the lines of "better late than never".