“Because a life of total physical satisfaction but without any kind of glory is not a life a hero can live”
I’m currently enrolled in ‘The Ancient Greeks’ MOOC and I’m absolutely loving it! I have completed Week 1 (Prehistory to Homer) and topics covered included the Minoans, Mycenaeans, The Dark Ages, & Homer’s epics (Iliad & Odyssey). The above quote (I copied it from the professor’s lecture) reflects the sadness Odysseus feels, even though he has plenty of sex & pleasure with Calypso. I have to say, I understand how this feels. Hedonism is a main feature of my life and although it’s wonderful, I feel the incompleteness of not pursuing the careers that I really want (i.e my ‘quests for greatness’). So yeah, I better start pushing hard at what I wanna do in life. (PS: I respect my cousin in this regard. He wants to be a music artist and he’s having a real go at it.)
Okay, I have 3 TV memories to share with you here. Over the past few days, I’ve been watching excerpts of these programmes on Youtube. They’re definitely part of my childhood. Oh the memories!
- Power Rangers – Sunday evenings were set aside exclusively for the mighty morphin’ power rangers! Tommy the green ranger was my fav and although I’m not sure if I had a crush on Kimberley (pink ranger), everyone knew they both had a thing for each other (and the kiss confirmed it)!
- Robot Wars – This was a UK TV programme (hosted by Craig Charles) and I enjoyed watching the robots battle it out with each other. Btw, my younger sister remembers Matilda, would you believe it?? She was 7 back then! Anyway, the house robots are cool! And the commentary is pretty hilarious too. 😛
- Gladiators UK – Contender ready! Gladiator(s) ready! 3, 2 ,1, whistle! I used to love watching this in UK! Wolf was a crowd favourite and Lightning was the best on the rings. The challenges were fun to watch – Gauntlet was one of my favs. And again, I don’t know if I fancied any female Gladiators, but boy did they look GORGEOUS!
Okay, right now, at this very moment, I am feeling uneasy about my non-existent sports career. Since young, I’ve always wanted to be a sportsperson (a proper one, not the amateur-recreational type). I’ve wasted the most part of my 20s age range – I did amateur football for two seasons, that was it – and I dunno, I feel I never got a proper sports career pursuit off the ground. I better get started on my martial arts soon – I need to train & achieve something solid in sports.
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