Fighting boredom...

I couldn't go to work (read: had to miss my classes) for two days because my cough and colds went from bad to worse. Plus, I have fever at the moment. So, I opted to stay home and rest. There's nothing good on TV, so here I find myself answering personality quizzes as I'm still under the Blogger's Block Witch's spell. Some quizzes can actually be accurate, you know.:)

Anyway, here are results I got:

You were a Poet in your Past Life!

You were quite the introverted one, misunderstood and alone in your thoughts. You would stay up to three o'clock in the morning with your pen, sharing your dreams and losses with your beloved journal. Your poems were inspiring mostly to your love interests. Your words were your weapon... weapon of love, that is.

You Have Great Self-Esteem!

Your feelings about yourself are well-balanced. You believe in yourself enough to go after your dreams, but are able to still maintain a good work ethic. You don't take life personally, you understand that sometimes stuff happens. In order to combat failure, you prepare for the worse and hope for the best. In relationships you give your all, but are willing to abandon it if your partner proves to be dishonest.

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On Astrology and Horoscopes

Answering those quizzes reminded me of Astrology and Horoscopes. I have never been a fan or a believer of these things. I've never even tried to read that Daily Horoscope section that our newspapers have. And, back when I was in High School, I used to think that whenever Madame Rosa (of the defunct Teysi ng Tahanan) read for her Horoscope segment, she'd actually make everything up in her head as she read. She really cracked me and my cousins up. Her very slow and monotonous reading didn't help give her credibility, too.

I've never been interested in such things. One of the reasons maybe because things like this are not really encouraged in Islam. But, recently, a friend of mine had me read some parts of his Horoscope book. That was, I think, the first time I ever really read something like that. It was fun and interesting. Something new. In fact, I was a little surprised because I really felt I was reading a description of my personality as I was reading about the Arian personality. Except for a few little things here and there, I could say that the description was pretty accurate.

I'll have to say that I admire people who devote their whole lives to study these things. I mean, it's no joke to be studying the positions of stars and planets in relation to dates, etc. I don't really understand much of Astrology and I definitely am not even ready to believe in it (I don't think I ever will), but, right now, I don't think there's anything wrong with people who actually believe in it. I do know some people who really believe in Horoscopes, who look for the Daily Horoscope section as soon as they get their hands on newspapers! And, I think it's fine in the same way that it is fine to actually go straight to the Sports section (like I usually do) or the Entertainment section as soon as we get our newspapers.

What about you? Do you believe in Astrology or Horoscopes? :)