10th Septemeber

10th September 2006

Its 2:47 am and my bloody neighbour is blasting the music- I was plugged into my iPod.. and the only thing that alerted me to the presence of the music being blasted was the mere fact that I FELT VIBRATIONS THRU MY TABLE.. Already agitated with physiology, this fool agitates me even more.. somehow I've given up on peaceful solutions- Wenyang suggests that I max out my bass and play the Hamster Song.. but well.. I guess two wrongs dont make a right..

Somehow I feel that I suddenly take to liking the quietness and serenity of the night.. where everything is so still.. sometimes so quiet that even I can hear my own heartbeat- at least that tells me I'm still alive. At least I believe that I shouldnt take being alive for granted..

Isnt it amazing to know that of our WHOLE ENTIRE GENOME, only 1.5% of it codes for functional biological products(exons)- ie. polypeptides? and excluding the rest of the 28.5% that are introns that are removed during mRNA modification.. of which some are regulatory sequances.. and yet people say things are "IN YOUR GENES" - that 1.5% in my whole genome?

I talked to a friend today.. she asked me why I pushed myself so hard with my exercise regimen.. cant we accept what we are genetically born to be? There is a measure of truth in what she said.. tho somehow i disagreed- I believe that despite our genes, we can be different.. what shapes us is nature and nuture- and we still have a locus of control over what we want to be.. and thats what I believe makes differences in people... just surrendering to that 1.5% of my genome? I dont think so... It sounds kinda gung ho and all.. but wouldnt you want to believe that you can shape ur own life? It reminds me of the show GATTACA.. which the name itself represents the 4 nitrogenous bases of our human genome- Guanine, Adenine, Thymine and Cytosine.. where a naturally born human who is ridden with disabilities and genetic disposition to be weak, does better than his peers who are genetically modified.. the triumph of sheer human will and human spirit.. but this is a show.. what about in reality?

Can our own will overide the "predestination" as written by our genes? I think it can.. and it probably already has.. What do you think?