The Path of Time

I just got hold of the Avatar DVD (finally.........!!!). I did see it the cinema in 3D but I think I was down with a flu then so I could hardly remember what I saw besides all the fighting and warring scenes towards the end. Anyone would be wide eyed with all the pyro works. I am not going to blog about the show because most of you would have already seen it. The movie is definitely great with its plot and computer graphic works but the thing about the movie that captured my attention was the concept of a mind and body switch, taking you into another realm. I can't help but see a great resemblance to what we are doing these days with the advent of the internet and the plethora of applications like Facebook, Friendster and a huge range of instant messengers. I mean we create our avatar using all these e-tools - we can have our own animated personification or even theme song. Some applications even let us lead our own e-lives build your own e-household, do e-groceries, have an e-pet

It was never for him, constantly looking ahead chasing after his goal for richness. An ultimately goal probably shared by most of us if not by all of us. It was never easy for Jim, having to grow up in a broken family and having to take care of his little sister when his mother was perpetually intoxicated. It was a life he hated and he swore that he will bring himself out of this sad situation to make sure he saw his sister through university. Dropping his sister off to school everyday was one of the best feelings Jim could ever feel knowing that he could see to his sister's needs. If it was anything or anyone he hated most, it would be his parents, having left him and his sister to fend for themselves. Slugging things out having left secondary school to practice articleship in a small accounting firm was a tough road Jim had to endure. It was simply difficult to find any average paying job that could help him finance his sister's education. Jim was audit clerk by day and a fas