save the world

I have a list of things I would like to accomplish. It's a respectable list, don't plan on doing everything on it of course, just managing one on it would be damn fulfilling liao and I'm not a greedy person and without ado, here's the list:

1] Eternal world peace
2] Help Thio Su Mien's troubled soul see Reason
3] Rid NCSS of stupidity [this is worth 2 items]
4] Write a good commencement speech

What is a good commencement speech? The ones I had so far involve going forth into the world and achieving great economic value, being a useful member of society, giving back to the community, and last but not least, vote for the PAP. The irony is, anyone who'd gotten a competent Baccalaureate education should find them complete and utter bullshit.

So what is a good commencement speech? The following commencement speech which comes from the University of Portland. Excerpt:

'...Each of us is as complex and beautiful as all the stars in the universe. We have done great things and we have gone way off course in terms of honoring creation. You are graduating to the most amazing, stupefying challenge ever bequested to any generation. The generations before you failed. They didn’t stay up all night. They got distracted and lost sight of the fact that life is a miracle every moment of your existence. Nature beckons you to be on her side. You couldn’t ask for a better boss. The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. Hope only makes sense when it doesn’t make sense to be hopeful...'

It's a great speech.

Read it.