Meow. Meow! MEOW! Gosh, when a cat needs food, they will never stop pestering you. A few minutes ago, while I was standing in the kitchen waiting for my tea water to boil, Elliot, my cat, comes sprinting in and does just that, pesters me for more food. Being the lazy person that I am, I didn't bother leaning down to fill up the cat bowl, I just poured the food from about three feet away from the bowl, scattering food everywhere, as well as in the bowl. But Elliot, instead of eating from the bowl, decides to eat the pieces of food that lay all over the floor. This made me wonder: is Elliot tidying up her eating area, or is she reserving her resources?
I am reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. At the moment, Pi, the main character, is stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after a shipwreck (as he has been for a long while). Pi, being more or less alone on the boat meant for 32 people for 3 days, appears to have a bonanza of supplies and food, but i have a feeling that this is not so. If Pi's calculations are correct, the food and water would only last him for about 100 days. By looking at the Wikipedia article, I saw that (SPOILER ALERT) he was on the boat for well over 100 days, in fact, more then twice as long. He appears to be consuming more then the recommended rations per day. He has no idea how long he will be on this boat.
Maybe Elliot was being smart by only eating food off of the floor. Perhaps she was being cautious. What if suddenly me and my family went away on a random vacation without feeding her? Had she eaten the food in the bowl, she would have no food for later (seeing as I probably would have swept the floor before leaving), but by eating the stuff on the floor, she saved food for later. What I am trying to say is less that you are being frugal, but that you should be ready for everything. Last year, I remember having a math test that I didn't know about. I was saved by the myriad of notes in my math notebook (I cannot say that I have the same for this year – gulp!) which I used for last minute studying saved me.
To sum this all up, be ready for anything. Don't waste, like I feel that Pi is doing, but save. You probably have what you need, so don't waste it before that's the thing that will save your life. like the Boyscout motto (I am not a boyscout, but I just know this): Be Prepared. What seems useless now may one day save your life!
Just telling you, this does not mean that you should hoard all of your used candy wrappers and broken shoelaces &c. Also, I do not think that my cat was really (consciously) being frugal, seeing as a cats brain is about 5cm large.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
God, that sucks!
Just warning you, if you are planing on reading the book "Life of Pi", and you have not read it yet, DO NOT READ THIS POST! Okay?
Everyone has problems and difficulties. There is always something in our life that just doesn't work out. But the thing is, I could bet that the problem that Pi is facing is almost automatically worse then yours. Unless your problem is somehow worse then being stranded in the middle of the pacific ocean in a lifeboat with sharks in the water, no way of contacting anyone, and on top of that, having a tiger share the lifeboat with you, I think you are better off then Pi. In the book "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, Pi and his family sell the zoo that his father owns and decide to move to Canada. the get onto the cargo ship that the animals are on and head off to Canada, but the boat sinks. That's how pi ended up in a life boat with a tiger.
Life is not Easy. As I said before, everyone has problems. But the thing is, compared to some people, we have a really great life! my social actions picture book that we have to do in E.L.A. is about poverty, so I had to research a lot about it. Some of these homeless people can't even get food! From our perspective, life is really hard, but from another persons perspective, our life is a piece of cake! We take many important things in life for granted. Life is not this easy for everyone.
I think that Pi would be thinking something very similar to that where I am in the book. The thinngs that Pi took for granted before that he regrets now are safety and friends or family. these are things that every person should have, But not every person gets. Pi used to worry at people calling him names, but now he worries about his own life! Pi truly has to learn from his experiences in order to realize how easy his life was.
To conclude, everyone has problems and difficulties. the thing is, other people have it much worse then you! things are not as bad as you think they are. Compare your life to another person's, and you will see that your life is great.
Everyone has problems and difficulties. There is always something in our life that just doesn't work out. But the thing is, I could bet that the problem that Pi is facing is almost automatically worse then yours. Unless your problem is somehow worse then being stranded in the middle of the pacific ocean in a lifeboat with sharks in the water, no way of contacting anyone, and on top of that, having a tiger share the lifeboat with you, I think you are better off then Pi. In the book "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, Pi and his family sell the zoo that his father owns and decide to move to Canada. the get onto the cargo ship that the animals are on and head off to Canada, but the boat sinks. That's how pi ended up in a life boat with a tiger.
Life is not Easy. As I said before, everyone has problems. But the thing is, compared to some people, we have a really great life! my social actions picture book that we have to do in E.L.A. is about poverty, so I had to research a lot about it. Some of these homeless people can't even get food! From our perspective, life is really hard, but from another persons perspective, our life is a piece of cake! We take many important things in life for granted. Life is not this easy for everyone.
I think that Pi would be thinking something very similar to that where I am in the book. The thinngs that Pi took for granted before that he regrets now are safety and friends or family. these are things that every person should have, But not every person gets. Pi used to worry at people calling him names, but now he worries about his own life! Pi truly has to learn from his experiences in order to realize how easy his life was.
To conclude, everyone has problems and difficulties. the thing is, other people have it much worse then you! things are not as bad as you think they are. Compare your life to another person's, and you will see that your life is great.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Jesus + Muhammad + Trimurti = 3.14. . .?
as you may have guessed, I am reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I would honestly never have read it if not for the recommendation by my friend Clara and happening to find a copy that someone was giving out while I was at Henry's house. The beginning of the blurb: "Pi Patel, a God-loving boy and the son of a zookeeper," is not exactly the first thing that I would want to read about. Anyway, this book is about a God-loving boy and son of a zookeeper. This boy, Pi, is not only Hindu, but christian and Islamic as well. When people find out about this, no one is happy.
✝ + ☪ + ૐ = π?
Everyone has the freedom to practice religion. weather you are Hindu, Catholic, Jewish, even Wicca, Religion is a personal choice. Every religion has been persecuted at one point in time, but after all, religion is not to be decided by others. religion is a personal choice. The problem is that people get to attached to their religion. They will think it is correct and only it is correct. that is what leads to problems like these. Pi believes in all of these religions, but people leading these religions don't want him to be a part of all three. I think that this would be similar to someone wearing three colors, say black, red, and blue. If a person wearing only black came up to them and said that black is better then the rest of the colors, would that be a fair argument? Is one color better then the other? Not at all!
✝ + ☪ + ૐ = π?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." the declaration of Independence, as I know you are aware of. I mean of course Pi was not American, but everyone should have the right to be what they want to be. Pi found Islam and Christianity, and he decided that he believed in them, even though they were almost opposites with each other and the religion he already had, Hinduism. In math, opposites attract; two negatives make a positive. could this possibly be the same with religion?
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