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Tuesday, October 07, 2003

I was sitting on the bus this morning, when this guy crosses the road, wearing a t-shirt with the print 'take the red pill'. So, I started to think about it. How does it go... 'You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes....' Well, I reckon everyone would have wanted to take the red pill. Coz, that statement is a challenge. Do you dare to see reality and the truth, or do you want to stay in your little false comfy world? I guess few of us would actually have had the courage to admit that 'yes, we wanna stay in our small little comfy world', coz it's easy, and it's... yeah, excactly, comfy...

So, the morale here, or the daring and strong thing here, is to take that red pill. But be honest, the most sensitive thing is to take the blue pill... Stay where you are. Again, given the question, I guess most people would have said they would have taken the red pill. Come on, of course, coz Neo looked so tough and cool in that movie, and he gets the girl, and he gets to save the world - wouldn't everyone want that? So, theoretically, we all would have taken the red pill. But, say, you really ended up in that situation... Someone had almost gotten you killed at work, abducted you, and even tho they are wearing really cool clothes and sunnies, would you have trusted them? NO! Ok, I know I am rambling here. But be patient with me, I do have a point.

So, given that it was real life, you would probably have thought that they were some high-class junkies, which wouldn't really have persuaded you to take some mysterious pill, neither of them (even tho I do know there are some ppl out there which would've loved to be offered some mysterious pills from some high-class junkies, and would probably have taken both...). On the other hand, let's say that you knew what would happen (take away the 'get the girl' part and the 'get to save the world' part), wouldn't it be pretty stupid to take the red pill?? And how come so many ppl tell you that they would definitely have taken the red pill when they in this life too many times hide from the truth, and take the easy and comfy way out??

What would I have done? Well, I like the challenge. I would probably have taken the red pill just for the hell of it, or to prove to the cool guy in the cool leather clothes and the cool sunnies that I am as cool as he is... BUT, all my senses tell me that I should take the blue pill. As they say, why fix it when it's not broken?? And, if we live in a matrix, what's the security for the red pill not just transfering you to another matrix... a bleaker one, but still a matrix? Even tho it do have Keanu Reeves in it, which is good!

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