jivy | 
05 29th, 2007| 
I got these questions from Dr. Tess Termulo, read till the end and see what happens next, enjoy!
1) Icebreaker - If you are to be a superhero, what superpowers would you have and how would your costume look like?
- I want to have psionic abilities such as telekinesis, telepathy & extra sensory perception – I am really curious what other people think about! I don’t want a flamboyant costume, so I guess I’m going to have something similar with SheRa minus the horse.
- I am not a bookworm but whenever I have time and got nothing to do – reading is one of the most fascinating for me to do. So here’s my best 5:
2. Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
3. One More Time written by Claire Cross
4. The Coma by Alex Garland
5. Bamboos in the wind (Filipino author but forgot the name, sorry)
3) Main Course –
React on this: “There seems however to be a problem with some of our most cherished beliefs about the world: they are leading us, inexorably, to kill one another. A glance at history or at the pages of any newspaper reveals that ideas which divide one group of human beings from another, only to unite them in slaughter generally have their roots in religion. It seems that if our species ever eradicates itself through war, it will not be because it was written in the stars but because it was written in our books; it is what we do with words like ‘god’ and ‘paradise’ and ’sin’ in the present that will determine our future.”- from the End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
- Tough! First, I don’t believe that the stars got something to do with our future, although I find them interesting to read. Second, I agree that most of the things written in our books are true; however, there are certain things that I want to contest. Based on my understanding with this context, it seems to me that people makes their actions because they read and followed someone’s book. I will take ‘The Master Plan: Himmler’s Scholars and the Holocaust’ by Heather Pringle as an example. It contains stories about Adolf Hitler and the brutalities that he has done. Polpot of Cambodia followed Mau Tse Tung & Hitler’s ideas towards reuniting the people which leaded to genocide. Now, my point here is that it’s the people’s choice why these things happen. I know in some fact that books can affect our lives but not to the point to destruct us. If we will use them as guidelines for wrong doings then therefore destruction’s ahead of us but if we will use them as guidelines to better our wrong doings then wouldn’t it be nice to have a peaceful world. After all that’s what we are aiming for, right?
-I will eradicate ‘illiteracy’
5) Dessert - Do you believe we should apologize for being selfish?
- I’ll be neutral about this one. Yes in some ways, because when we’re selfish we tend to break rules when we’re not supposed to. No, because when we’re selfish, we aim for the best instead of the better!
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