Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

Some fears in life are irrational - the fear of a car accident annihilating one's family ; the fear of an irreparable conflict with one's best friend ; the fear of waking up late for an important exam. Such is the power of human imagination that we so often cook up worst-case scenarios and look upon our creation with immense trepidation. We are our own Frankenstein. We set up barriers and safeguards against monsters spawned from our own apprehension and in so doing, sink deeper into insecurity and distress. Our horror stems from the thought of it happening, rather than the probability of it. Ironically, probability, rather than thought, is the non-human factor which we can't control.

Cogito ergo sum ; I think, therefore I am thrall to thought.


On a lighter note, Pre U Sem in a few hours. It's akin to a baby I've borne in my non-existent womb for the past months. I'm so excited I can't sleep! Anyway, I shall be incommunicado for the next 5 days except by phone. 'Ciao!