http://ajanimgo.com Condensed for the Chic Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:28:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay now - when I first began the Abridged Ajani, I envisioned it as a place for me to keep my essays and pen my thoughts, in a formal fashion at least. To however allow more frequent posts and a larger variety of content posted, soon, the Abridged Ajani is going ... http://ajanimgo.com/2008/09/02/reconstruction/ In Singapore, there exists this little program in schools called the Community Involvement Project (CIP) scheme - concerning the amount of time and effort put into charity; grassroots and community work etc. for a student. In the past, CIP was a requirement: usually a student had to accomplish 6 hours ... http://ajanimgo.com/2008/06/19/causalities-and-externalities-community-involvement-projects/ Well, I ain't really a fan of all these online quizzes, not even to say put their results up on The Abridged Ajani, but this one is particularly interesting... Which Existentialist Philosopher Are You? created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Albert CamusYou are Albert Camus, so you are one sweet absurdist. He ... http://ajanimgo.com/2008/04/29/which-existentialist-philosopher-are-you/ Now, anarchy is a really pesky thing to implement. Did I say "implement anarchy"? Ha-ha. Direct action or passive change? Individualism or collectivisation? Can it be a conscious thing to create even, as though it is just another political system - for in this case it would be the lack-of ... http://ajanimgo.com/2008/04/24/wandering-about-anarchy/ Well, something simple now. Yay to Singapore for winning the bid for the Youth Olympics 2010! On the other hand... The Tibet 2008 Olympic Games are over in China! http://ajanimgo.com/2008/03/26/the-games-are-over-here/ Skepticism - how many arguments are there present for us to doubt what we know as the absolute Truth? The first common argument we hear of is the "onion skin Matrix" - that our Universe may not be the Final Universe, that we live in a Matrix, and beyond God ... http://ajanimgo.com/2008/02/17/to-doubt-the-search/ Can you write Mathematics? I don't mean calculate, differentiate or graph here yet, I'm just interested to know if you are fluent in Mathematics. Now, for natural, human communication, let us assume that we use English, or some other naturally-evolved language. How do we test our fluency in English? How ... http://ajanimgo.com/2008/01/12/the-mathematical-language/ This is on Baudrillard's famous concept. While now Foucault has slowly become my favourite philosopher, I still think my philosophizing always seems to alternate, or perhaps synthesize, Baudrillard and Foucault, the former who once argued for people to "forget" the latter, when some academics seem to think that Foucault actually ... http://ajanimgo.com/2007/12/23/simulations-and-textbooks/ After much reading recently on Nietzsche, I must say I admire him. Having already been an earlier admirer of Michel Foucault (philosophically) , I should think that the best way for me to express it soon the Abridged Ajani is to write on this "genealogical method" of them both, though ... http://ajanimgo.com/2007/11/12/demystifying-the-genealogical-method-an-application-to-foucault/ Every teacher shouts, moans, grumbles and complains - even the best and kindest. This post will be on my personal attitude on structured education in general, as well as the lack of independence really I think. Personally, I don't exactly like it - I find it imperialistic, especially when we ... http://ajanimgo.com/2007/10/20/when-teachers-bitch-my-philosophy-of-education/