Anyway, currently I'm reading the Demon Child Trilogy by Jennifer Fallon. She really rocks! Although there aren't as many likable characters as in David Eddings' books (but that's to be expected since his books are all the happy happy kind), the characters are still hot and sexy because they can be so devious. Brak is hot, Adrina is nearly as hot and Dace is extremely cute. I still like the second sons trilogy better though because the people (or at least Dirk Provin) are more scheming. If I can think like they can, maybe I'll understand politics better. North Korea finally (at least they claim to have) tested that nuclear weapon after warning (scaring?) us for more than a year. Kinda late isn't it? I never really understood politics. But it's really lots of fun to read about how people triumph over other people through their devious and shrewd ways. I wish I can think up of plots like that. Then I'll be able to think like Dirk (but then again, Dirk is a mathematical genius who has found a way to channel is amazing intelligence into manipulating other people in order to save the world).
I'm trying to think of a plot but it's either so convoluted that I myself don't even know what's happening or it's a weird plot about a group of hopeless renegedes who think they can start usurped the throne in the name of revenge. But I don't have to take care of many details because they're hopeless and cannot match against 'the Council' (or whoever is governing the country)'s efficacy. But it makes the story super strange and directionless... was thinking about having the main character be someone who joins reluctanly but somehow strengthens the group, giving 'the Council' something to worry about. But that's crazy.
And I digress. Hahahahaha, my main focus was about the Demon Child Trilogy, or at least one part that kinda touched my heart. Quoting Brak, the hot half-Harshini-Human: 'Their (the Harshini's) inability to kill is painfully real, R'shiel. There's a story I heard once about the First Purge. A mob of humans attacked a Harshini family trying to flee the carnage. They raped the women, butchered the children and then handed the last Harshini standing a sword. They knelt in front of him and offered him their exposed throats, taunting him to kill them. He dropped the sword and threw himself on the ground, hoping they would take his life too. He couldn't ask them to do it, the prohibition against violence includes suicide.' I realised that after reading this, I would want to end his misery for him. I'm turning pro-choice I suppose.
It's strange how I heard about all these war-time atrocities but never compared it with the issue of euthanasia. In the case of prisoners of war it would be different because it's more of honour and loyalty against torture. But here, watching your loved ones suffer from violence and watching them suffer from illnesses is rather similar isn't it? Other than the fact that one is bestowed by humans and the other by nature (or bad luck or negligence of one's health). Now I have no idea what I think about euthanasia. Then again, the thing about not wanting to see your loved ones suffer is because you yourself feel their pain. As a terminally-ill patient, you're suffering, your loved ones are suffering and you hate to see them in agony because you're already in such a terrible condition so the choice you make will really be more likely because of your sufferings thus making it a self-centred choice? Then again your loved ones won't feel so much pain themselves and your choice will only directly affect your loved ones and yourself so euthanasia might be a good option. But if euthanasia is really accepted and people abuse this acceptance, bad things will happen. And humans have a tendency to abuse things.
It's strange how you trust your family and friends and the people around you but you don't trust the rest of the world even though we're all humans. Then again, we don't really trust ourselves, do we?
I don't really trust myself either. But there are voices inside me whom I trust.
Bah, let's just go back to swooning over all the hot fictional characters. I can't wait to borrow Harshini. =)
Oh! A year ago I borrowed Absolute Boyfriend from Ilona. I would love to have my very own (and his own too) absolute boyfriend but I'm too preoccupied with studies and crazy story plots to think about it. =( Fantasies need food, I shall feed mine soon. Seems like last year I had lots of negative feelings too. Must be a phase. Or like what I blamed last year, that 'the current weather must have caused the 'qi' around to become oppressive.' And I had this strange idea that 'nothingness' is a sentient being because it has no wave or particulate properties and something should make up for its lack of normal properties like intelligence and emotions. Haha, I think it's just a phase, I'm sure I'm not this crazy all year round.
Random Quote 11
"I'm so irked at myself for being irritated with the general public for something they haven't done. I don't even know if they are going to it." from a blog entry dated 6/10/2005 (Lia's birthday!!)
I don't even know what I thought general public is going to do.
Strange.
But it saves me from thinking of a random quote. =D
[edit]=( I can't seem to find Harshini, the last book in the trilogy but it says it's not on loan. If I don't get to read it soon I'll be very sad... *sighs* but now's not really the time for reading, is it? *sighs*[/edit]
