Hmmm
I met the Head of the Philosophy department a few days ago to seek the department's assistance on a problem I faced. The problem was that all 4 of Honours-level modules offered next semester were not interesting to me.
I said hi and said the following to her. I will first briefly state the problem. I will then lay out 5 options available to me. Some of those options require the department's assistance. Of those that don't, I will explain why they are undesirable options to me. I will then flesh the problem out further by replying to two replies one can make to my position. She laughed when I said that last bit.
I didn't get to do that however. When I got to option 4 she had already agreed to help me.
There are some people you meet in life who exude an aura of calm and steadiness. When they say things like "I will look into the matter", you immediately feel at ease. You feel secure. The Head was one such person. I guess the aura her many chinese philosophy books exuded contributed to the feelings I felt too. They made me feel I was in the company of a sage.
I recently found out a peer of mine lives in the block I used to live in, is a philosophy major, is a female, and plays computer games too. How cool is that? Why exactly is this cool? Of the people I know, few are philosophy majors. Of the few philosophy peers I know, few play games. Of the females I know, few play games. Basically, it's just a remarkable convergence of descriptions. Plus that feeling you get when you know, oh all this time you've been neighbours. A pity she only plays role-playing games. I've always wanted to belong to or form a stable community of people who plays the same games as I do. I will explain why that is so, and reveal more of my other ideals, some other time.
I said hi and said the following to her. I will first briefly state the problem. I will then lay out 5 options available to me. Some of those options require the department's assistance. Of those that don't, I will explain why they are undesirable options to me. I will then flesh the problem out further by replying to two replies one can make to my position. She laughed when I said that last bit.
I didn't get to do that however. When I got to option 4 she had already agreed to help me.
There are some people you meet in life who exude an aura of calm and steadiness. When they say things like "I will look into the matter", you immediately feel at ease. You feel secure. The Head was one such person. I guess the aura her many chinese philosophy books exuded contributed to the feelings I felt too. They made me feel I was in the company of a sage.
I recently found out a peer of mine lives in the block I used to live in, is a philosophy major, is a female, and plays computer games too. How cool is that? Why exactly is this cool? Of the people I know, few are philosophy majors. Of the few philosophy peers I know, few play games. Of the females I know, few play games. Basically, it's just a remarkable convergence of descriptions. Plus that feeling you get when you know, oh all this time you've been neighbours. A pity she only plays role-playing games. I've always wanted to belong to or form a stable community of people who plays the same games as I do. I will explain why that is so, and reveal more of my other ideals, some other time.
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I felt that it was a strange coincidence when I found out that we were classmates for a brief 6 months.
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