<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906</id><updated>2012-02-02T14:10:47.325-08:00</updated><category term='Your Decison is the wrong Decision'/><category term='Do u think u can survive alone'/><category term='Help'/><category term='Life'/><category term='Theres Always a Nobody'/><category term='Reality'/><category term='Why Do We Give'/><category term='Have you ever wonder about this?'/><category term='Is group studies really effective for you ?'/><category term='Do u want to be perfect ?'/><category term='Intellectual and emotional experience'/><category term='Which came first the chicken or the egg?'/><category term='How to live in a Grateful World'/><title type='text'>Raison d'être</title><subtitle type='html'>Whats our reason for being? Ever Wondered how our paradigm changes how we live in this world and affects our lives. Whats the real reason behind these - discuss, share views, and see how others have their say in this matter.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-4295076042472085260</id><published>2009-04-10T03:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T04:00:41.813-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Do u think u can survive alone'/><title type='text'>Do u think u can survive alone</title><content type='html'>What do u think? I think in life everyone needs a helping hand no matter who u r! Well, recently i watch a award winning show where jet li won an award and gave a speech. I myself kinda like his speech. I'm not gonna begin exactly word by word but here how it is - he said that he dont know when he is gonna leave this world and therefor would like to always help others as he too has been helped by many to be able to live till now. When being an infant when he was juz born, the doctor helped him by giving him his first breath by giving him a pat at the ass. Then when he would to leave bringing nothing along with him, he too need someone to incinerate him. A this very moment, he cracked a joke saying that he wouldn't have the chance to thanks the person who sent him away. Even till death, he is still being aided by others. Ain't it quite true to put it that we always need someone to survive in this world. Life is fragile and therefore why always hold a grude against others and do the otherwise helping each other in this world living a harmony life. So do u still think that could survive on this planet alone. Don't know whether u could but i myself don't think that i could.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-4295076042472085260?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/4295076042472085260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/do-u-think-u-can-survive-alone.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/4295076042472085260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/4295076042472085260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/do-u-think-u-can-survive-alone.html' title='Do u think u can survive alone'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-4859210826345921672</id><published>2009-04-09T10:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T10:21:29.359-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theres Always a Nobody'/><title type='text'>Theres Always a Nobody</title><content type='html'>Do want to be a nobody? I'm sure that u don't want to be one. So what will happen if everyone is a somebody - that is unfathomable. Just like in daily life theres always unfairness but its juz to see whether who is the receiver. Why should life be so perfect with everything dealt fairly - then there will be no challenge. What kind of life is that everyday sitting in front of the tv eating ice-cream without the need to pay the electric bill as everything is free. I'm not saying that this is my kinda life nor would i say tthat this is the life i want to lead. However i would say that i did almost lead those kinda of life before. NEARLY. To digress things lets juz skip the example and not be so corny with the grandma's speech. Bottom line not everybody gets what he/she wants. Its juz that if we dont get what we want now then lets juz hope aboard the next train to another destination - whevere it leads us its still a destination. Who know whats best for us - it might be our luck to be able to miss one train - who knows. You dont always get to be somebody juz like we dont always get what we want but we will never know whats best for us - being a nobody might be a better path for us if viewed from a different perspective view. Its juz on the matter of opinion (others or ourselves) to get us to see things differently, that is why to say to always stnd frim on your believe whatever it is. One day everyone would want to be a nobody rather than a somebody. So every role has its imprtance and need for it. Thats all there is to say.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-4859210826345921672?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/4859210826345921672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/theres-always-nobody.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/4859210826345921672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/4859210826345921672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/theres-always-nobody.html' title='Theres Always a Nobody'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-5186807431383242140</id><published>2009-04-09T09:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T03:49:03.903-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Your Decison is the wrong Decision'/><title type='text'>Your Decison is the wrong Decision !!!</title><content type='html'>Well whenever someone says that you have made the wrong decision, does that really mean you are making the wrong decision? personally i think that the certain someone or even anybody has no say in his matter until the results are proven which of course definitely takes time for it to shows. First of all it is not for them to say that it is the wrong decision because it is only for us the person making it to say. An example in football would be if a defender ran away from his position to score the final and most vital goal in the whole match would u say his decision to ran out is a wise and correct decision. However if he did not manage to score and left a  wide gap in the defence for the enemy to counter with a successful goal. Would you say that he made a bad decision and deserved the booing. Whatever it is we will never know the outcome of the future as we have never experience it or live it at this moment so why not just enjoy every moment and just make the decision based on what you think is right, based on your personal instinct which is my preferred choice. Never let another person's words influence our own decision too as it is OUR decision to be made  whether wise or a dumb one, it should all be bared by us. Our own personal responsibility. Making a decision is never to be said a good or bad but whether a correct one at that particular timing, but we are not god so we can't always make the right ones but the most important thing is to never regret on ur choice, never look back and keep running forward.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-5186807431383242140?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/5186807431383242140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/your-decison-is-wrong-decision.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/5186807431383242140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/5186807431383242140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/your-decison-is-wrong-decision.html' title='Your Decison is the wrong Decision !!!'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-3353099994115851181</id><published>2009-04-09T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T09:49:00.701-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Do u want to be perfect ?'/><title type='text'>Do u want to be perfect ?</title><content type='html'>Do u want to be perfect? What if u r already  perfect in this world, then what r u going to do? No doubt that in life we should aim to be perfect as a goal, a motivation or a target for us to achieve something in life. However we should realize and face the fact that in life nobody is perfect - do u dare to admit to anyone even right now the person in front of you that u r perfect. Do you? Well, e-mail me if u do. Bottom line what im trying to say is that face the fact that no one is perfect and live life to the fullest. There's always someone better than us and even if we are the best in the world , theres always room for improvement so always remind urself never to be arrogant and be confident in wha u r doing as u maybe be wrong at this point but u will one day get it correct as no one is also born perfect!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-3353099994115851181?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/3353099994115851181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/do-u-want-to-be-perfect.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/3353099994115851181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/3353099994115851181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/do-u-want-to-be-perfect.html' title='Do u want to be perfect ?'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-3645566341287587140</id><published>2009-04-09T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T09:33:20.870-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Help'/><title type='text'>Haizzz</title><content type='html'>I'm tired of blogging eventhough i juz started with no one reading it - izzit because of the name i used that the google search engine could not find it. Anyway i'm definitely not going to change this name as i think it bring lots of meaning and i kinda like it. Hope that i soon find some will and hope to continue this blog !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-3645566341287587140?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/3645566341287587140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/haizzz.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/3645566341287587140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/3645566341287587140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/04/haizzz.html' title='Haizzz'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-737542923167747238</id><published>2009-02-23T23:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T23:19:45.880-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><title type='text'>Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Life's greatest problem is unreasonability.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are times when you've got to bite the bullet even if it had nothing to do with you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There's no solution for unreasonability in real world.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I can't let myself waver in defeat even after knowing that poor truth.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maybe it's time to rise from the ashes to fight back for your own life.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-737542923167747238?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/737542923167747238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/02/life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/737542923167747238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/737542923167747238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/02/life.html' title='Life'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-2137739123504306435</id><published>2009-02-23T23:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T23:14:55.784-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reality'/><title type='text'>Reality</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reality is just a series of event and players acting out what they believe is real. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When we accept the fact, our world becomes "reality". &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reality is but a reflection of our thoughts and expectations. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what if we were merely reflections in another's mirror?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you prepared to look through that mirror to discover the truth.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-2137739123504306435?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/2137739123504306435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/02/reality.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/2137739123504306435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/2137739123504306435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2009/02/reality.html' title='Reality'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-8398540932610007694</id><published>2008-12-29T23:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T09:20:39.980-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Have you ever wonder about this?'/><title type='text'>Have you ever wonder about this?</title><content type='html'>Okay this may sound weird but i have always wonder about this ever since i was a little kid and so had I believe everyone studied science or history before always had a hard time remembering names of the the places or invention named after the inventor or founder but have you ever wonder who created alphabets, all the words and nouns that we have right now. Take for example dog, why must that particular word dog represent that particular animal the dog. Well if you just try asking an adult, their probable answer would be that this is the way our forefather had created or started it this way. Try asking another question regarding who is this particular forefather that we are talking about and see whether they would answer you in the same manner as before. I'm not trying to change anything here but don't you feel curios that why are there only 26 alphabets available and only 5 vowels can't there be more or less or even words like cat or chicken who were the origins that started giving things their respective names?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-8398540932610007694?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/8398540932610007694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/have-you-ever-wonder-about-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/8398540932610007694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/8398540932610007694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/have-you-ever-wonder-about-this.html' title='Have you ever wonder about this?'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-5726236823615509070</id><published>2008-12-29T22:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T21:42:02.797-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Is group studies really effective for you ?'/><title type='text'>Is group studies really effective for you ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/wp-content/small-group.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 187px;" src="http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/wp-content/small-group.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people like group studies for the sake of hanging out with friends or trying to get better grades after most successful people said that they too once did group studies to work smart instead of work hard. Now here's the real deal about the whole concept of group studies whether it helps or not depends on one's own perception. We tend to help a friend with his studies if and only if they asked for help or unless there are some intentions but I'm not saying all of us does that (just some). Unless we teaches others in the group sincerely that only we will feel a sense of accomplishment and enable others to understand the teaching and not doubting us or even question or tease us as we are trying our best to help. But the whole idea isn't for us to be dependent people who just wait for someone to be that sorta helpful and guide us or even going around asking for help. When studying together with friends i tend to boast my knowledge as to prove that I'm the better one which is the whole idea of group studying. Using this whole perception before you study trying to explain what you just read to your friends and your normal one, don't know about you but i prefer the explaining idea. If we study normally by ourselves but with the perception of explaining to someone else later will we have the same effect? That's why the whole idea of group studies is kinda like this or at least that's what it is for me!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-5726236823615509070?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/5726236823615509070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-group-studies-really-effective-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/5726236823615509070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/5726236823615509070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-group-studies-really-effective-for.html' title='Is group studies really effective for you ?'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-2008221866236989564</id><published>2008-12-18T01:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T18:38:58.340-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Intellectual and emotional experience'/><title type='text'>Intellectual and emotional experience</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Please take a few seconds and just to look at this picture below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_images_2/images/mirrordevilface.jpg" width="350" height="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you see the devil staring right out at you! Or do you see some women looking at themselves in a mirror. What is it ? Look at the picture again. Can you see both the devil's stare and the two women. This is to demonstrate clearly and eloquently that two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It shows that how our perception enable us to be different from others and even changes how we lives and all our daily actions. If you the devil in the composite picture, you undoubtedly find the picture rather scary and would not like to have a second look at it. However if you fist saw the women starring at each other then it wouldn't be of such a case. Either way this proves that how we see things changes how we think and have us changes our believes accordingly and so does our actions. Don't you agree too ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-2008221866236989564?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/2008221866236989564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/intellectual-and-emotional-experience.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/2008221866236989564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/2008221866236989564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/intellectual-and-emotional-experience.html' title='Intellectual and emotional experience'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-6563207438555628236</id><published>2008-12-18T00:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T21:43:23.215-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Which came first the chicken or the egg?'/><title type='text'>Which came first the chicken or the egg?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://members.lycos.nl/cownchicken/ep/ep-egg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 200px;" src="http://members.lycos.nl/cownchicken/ep/ep-egg.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Darwin's theory; the chicken egg came from a different species. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A chicken could not have its genetic material altered during life, so the egg must have evolved and been first. &lt;br /&gt;If you take into account the doctrine of evolution, the egg's coming first becomes plausible on the cellular level under perfect circumstances (abundant food and resources). There will be an a-sexual reproduction once the environment becomes unfavorable. The species would then evolve, and a lot of animals have no parental instincts but through evolution some have started to look after their young. &lt;br /&gt;An a-sexual reproduction is reproduction in which there is no fusion of male and female sex cells gametes. &lt;br /&gt;The egg came first because the chicken descended from a dinosaur, and it laid an egg that was changed from Darwin's theory. &lt;br /&gt;The egg came first because a chicken comes from an egg. At whatever point you decide to call the chicken a true chicken, it must have come from an egg. Because the different species before it must have evolved to make a chicken, the egg came first.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;THE CHICKEN CAME FIRST:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Using Literature, the chicken comes first. &lt;br /&gt;Using grammar, "the chicken" comes first in the sentence (They come before the words, "the egg".). &lt;br /&gt;In a dictionary, the word "chicken" comes before "egg". &lt;br /&gt;God created the chicken first. &lt;br /&gt;In the seven days that God created the earth, it makes no mention of animal's eggs. Thus, the chicken came first. &lt;br /&gt;The chicken came first because, if the chicken didn't come first, there would be no egg or care for it. So, God had to make the chicken first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEITHER THE EGG NOR THE CHICKEN CAME FIRST: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no answer.Since the question is a paradox, there is no answer. If the chicken came first, it came from the egg. If the egg came first, then it came from a chicken, and so forth. &lt;br /&gt;There is no correct answer that can be proven. It's all theory. &lt;br /&gt;Evolution suggests that both chickens and eggs evolved from creatures and "egg-things" you would not recognize to be part of the lineage. (Similar to how, in the very distant past, some molecule[s] that was [were] not what we would call "life" became "life".) That was the beginning. &lt;br /&gt;The rooster came first.Neither the chicken or the egg came first. It was the rooster who came first. &lt;br /&gt;The egg and the chicken came at the same time.The chicken and the egg are just two different names for the same process or being. It's like water becoming ice is still water, and vice versa. Well, you could also put it as a circle has no beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each of us has many, many maps in our head, which can be divided into two main categories : maps of the ways things are, or the realities, and maps of the way things should be, or valves. We interpret everything through these mental maps. We seldom question their accuracy; we're usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act. Depending on whether people believe the scientific theory or even common folks' beliefs that whether a chicken or the eggs comes first or even don't believe in neither one of it, it all depends on our paradigm that changes how we see our world and how we live.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-6563207438555628236?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/6563207438555628236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/which-came-first-chicken-or-egg.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/6563207438555628236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/6563207438555628236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/which-came-first-chicken-or-egg.html' title='Which came first the chicken or the egg?'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-6893191175985195452</id><published>2008-12-09T01:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T21:50:53.214-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='How to live in a Grateful World'/><title type='text'>How to live in a Grateful World</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2744476573_a76a733802.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 345px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2744476573_a76a733802.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Be Grateful to those who have hurt or harmed you, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;for they have reinforced your determination.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Be grateful to those who have deceived you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, for they have deepened your insight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Be grateful to those who have hit you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, for they have reduced yout karmic obstacles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Be grateful to those who have abondaned you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, for they have taught you to be independent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Be grateful to those who have made you stumble&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, for they have strengthened your ability.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Be grateful to those who have denounced you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;, for they have increased your wisdom and concentration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-6893191175985195452?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/6893191175985195452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-live-in-grateful-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/6893191175985195452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/6893191175985195452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-live-in-grateful-world.html' title='How to live in a Grateful World'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2744476573_a76a733802_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554505379132848906.post-8119557959616703534</id><published>2008-12-07T08:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T08:21:49.676-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Why Do We Give'/><title type='text'>Ever Wonder Why We Human Beings Need To Give</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;It is a very stupid question to ask but we do need to ask ourselves what is the our true purpose out of giving. You may have different answers depending on personal interest or the surrounding conditions. It depends rite !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Giving for Popularity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;                                                                                           &lt;/strong&gt;It is always general to say that some people donates or give for the sake of name and publicity. So is it really okay to be giving out of such an intention, that i don't really know. For example lets say you donate the most amount of money for a charity foundation or for a fundraising project. Your name is not displayedon the notice boar among the other donors. You get upset. Egoistic thoughts arise in the mind. You get angry. You quarrel with the people in charge for not displaying your name. There are also some rich people who do not care about needy and poor people around them. They do not spend a single cent on charity but they sponsor generously for sports, musical shows or other big functions where they have good publicity.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;iving out of Fear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                                                                  &lt;/strong&gt;People also give out of fear. Some rich people give to the needy and poor people, thinking that God will punish them otherwise. Those who earn wealth in wicked, immoral ways too, give away, out of fear of God or having bad results in their next existence.For example lets say you are a well-known rich in the city. A group of people in the same city organize a scholarship program to support poor students in the area. They approach you seeking some donation for a charity. You do not want to give. But out of fear of losing your good reputations among the others; you donate some money.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Giving out of Anger  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;   &lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;                                                                                            You go to a hawker centerto have your lunch. A beggar comes and ask money. This beggar seems quite healthy and strong. 'Why can't he do some work and earn his own keep?' The aversion arises in your mind. You just ignore him and continue eating.He keeps asking for money again and again. You feel iritated. You are angry now. You want to get rid of this troublesome man. You give him some money with the intention of getting rid of him.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Giving to Receive &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;        &lt;/strong&gt;                                                                                              Most of the time, when we give away something we expect something else in return. Many people give away with the intention of receiving. Lets say a rich man donates a big amount of money to build a temple. But from the moments he gives, he already expects something in return. He wishes to have special recognition. He tries to influence the temple work thinking 'I have onated a vast amount of money, so i have the right to interfere in the matters of this temple'. Also when you put money into the donation box in the temple you may make a wish to receive more money. So is it okay for us to do such a thing. Well that totally depends on one spepective of view or our paradigm !!!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Giving to Cultivate Detachment   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;                                                          Craving is one of the strongest mental bondages. It is not easy to give away something. Whenever we give; craving arises towardsthe thing we are about to give. Wise people give away without any expectation in return. They givein order to give up greed, hatred and delusion. They give with wisdom. They give with compassion. They give with altruistic joy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6554505379132848906-8119557959616703534?l=raymondray.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/feeds/8119557959616703534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/ever-wonder-why-we-human-beings-need-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/8119557959616703534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6554505379132848906/posts/default/8119557959616703534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raymondray.blogspot.com/2008/12/ever-wonder-why-we-human-beings-need-to.html' title='Ever Wonder Why We Human Beings Need To Give'/><author><name>Raymond</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bEng9Zo7qj8/STqwMEAuF1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/YLspbllpv9Y/S220/anime_wallpapers_one-piece_1024_12.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
