Like A Shooting Star.

“Relaxation is a virtue for one’s own self-interest in an ever increasingly demanding society.”                                                          
                                                                                                                —Patrick Nam

Agree, disagree or what?
Discussion anyone?

Most people are materialistic and a little greedy. That is the reality of things.
I mean, what is the point of anything if there is no substantial amount of material reward?
The definitive lesson I am starting to learn as a high schooler is that the reward is completely meaningless if we do not retain the […]

While I was pondering about what I should be posting on my blog, I couldn’t help but to notice the date.
April 13th 2008, a Sunday in Korean Standard Time.
So what in the world was I doing, sitting in front of my computer, letting the precious minutes brush past me, watching an entire TV series over […]

My heart is still beating.
My head is still thinking.
I am still alive.
But, why?
What does it mean to be alive? As I mentioned on my previous post, about how Love could be nothing more, is nothing more than a chemical reaction happening with my brain, my body.
Then I’ve come to realize that all happiness is, all […]

After what was over 3 weeks of absences on the blogosphere, it is my pleasure to inform you that, Like A Shooting Star is back and is fully operational.
My most sincere apologies go to my readership that visited my blog with som sort of light anticipation, but was forced to leave with a great sense […]

This was one of my first blog entries I wrote when I first started up this particular blog.
But sadly it did not receive the attention that the post deserved so I’m giving this blog entry another chance in attracting some comments.
Cornell University, in the summer of 1999 has published an astonishing research: ‘Love’ is […]

Being able to carry out your passion on to your walk of life is certainly a blessing.
That is why we are always told to follow our own directions, whatever that direction may be.
Along the way, we cringe through the sour slips, struggle through the bitter turns and savour the sweetness of success. But all in […]

Biology is a pain.
Especially, if you are taking Advanced Placement Biology, now that is a pain in the behind.

With 50 things I could name about why Biology is a subject for only the insanely motivated, there are two things I quite like about this vast, ugly subject. The first being my textbook is quite readable […]

This is a video from Karl Fisch, a teacher-blogger at a high school in Denver, Colorado. It has been hit with much over a million views and for a very good reason. I first encountered this video in a history class in Freshmen year. And to be completely honest with […]

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don’t give up.”– Anne Lamont
Probably 95% of the people reading this blog post probably knows how it feels to be ‘hopeful’.
That little spark […]