Just started on Catching Fire (2nd book of the Hunger Games trilogy). Watched The Avengers (hulk, thor, capt america, hawkeye, iron man and black widow -> yes i did my hw before gng for the movie!) -> can i pause here and just say that i really liked the cast... Lokey and Thor's voices are usual captivated me.. Loved capt america's bravery and sense of loyalty. Hawkeye was ,cool. Haha i dno why but i found him qte attractive.

ANYWAY. One of the things that struck me from the avengers is when lokey ( the antagonist ) was in pursuit of taking over the world or something , he obviously encountered some of the avengers individually. Thor, and some other people i cant rmb who, tried to talk him out of it. They told Lokey that it was pointless to struggle to win because ' you are meant to lose' and 'you are not meant to be on top'.

Its as if to say, dont bother struggling, the race-and consequently the winner-has alr been predetermined.

On to the overriding thought thats on my mind almost throughout hungergames 1 and now 2....... What do we make out of life? Katniss, the lead character, questioned that frequently. She did so the first time when she was in the arena. She was thinking that she might really have had a chance to win the games. And then she will be able to return home and receive lavish gifts and monies for winning the games. This wld provide for a very comfortable life thereafter and wldnt need to work or spend her life hunting for food. Then...what? What will she do with all that spare time now?

Third pt for this post, haha: this social fabrication we 'operate' in-brave new world, hunger games and MATRIX portrayed it very well..im talking abt the actual lives that we live out..gng to sch, finding a partner to settle for life, get a job and work till retirement then die..or even the recreational activities that we indulge in- is it a lie? Even if it is so, this 'lie' does provide comfort.

Because wld you rather 'get out of the lie' then? If you do, what next? In hunger games, the social hierarchy is from the Capitol-the ppl who won the war, then Districts 1-12, 12 being the poorest. And in Brave New world, we have the Alphas-the richest and smartest ppl, Betas, Gammas then the savages in remote areas. Im posed the qn if i wna be like the Capitolians and Alphas-who buy into the fabric, do not question things and .:. lead happy and lavish lives- or like the ppl in the lower Districts and Savages-who do not buy into the fabrication, qn the way things are and therefore lead very miserable lives because of the revelation.

So do i want to question things and put myself in this miserable state of being or just accept assumptions and the way things are and be 'happy'.

One thing i must pt out ,though, is that MAYBE the Alpha-like people do not question things and accept things as they are because they are at the top and receiving end of this fabric. They lead comfortable lives, this spun up tale is to their advantage so theres no reason to qn the assumptions.

That IS one way of thinking about this issue.. If so, then what am i lacking in? What am i being deprived of so greatly that my dissatisfaction and displeasure (i dont know if its of the way things are or of life) hurts me, throws me off balance into a disorientation of mind that i get engulfed in?...

Whatever it is, Catching Fire is going to be a really difficult book to get through (also cos im gna need more time to reread and digest things haha).. Yet enticing because it carries so much truth.

Went for my church's choir practice for the first time today hah. The people really are so much more cheerful than they look every sun :x (maybe cos its been a while too...)

Ok gdngt, need to wake up at 530 for a bike ride with coach peter! Cool rgt