Riding the MRT, I gazed at the surroundings that were moving towards the direction opposite mine. I was headed towards North, getting off at Quezon Avenue. Everything - except the train that carried us - seemed to move backwards. Of course, it was just an illusion caused by velocity, acceleration and motion. Nonetheless, with the picture that my senses were catching, it all seemed real. And I was in reality.
Amidst the wonder, I thought, "The world is complex." With the billboards that were scheduled to be posted in a transitory period bound to be replaced by newer ads, structures built which were used by multifold generations, cars that seemed to number endlessly heading towards their own respective destinations, the cemented road beneath that has never got empty and would simply continue aiding motorists, stiff posts that looked useless but actually supplied energy to thousands of homes. All these elements - along with many other else - comprise what we know as the "world". A complex collection of objects, structures and technologies that run with time, added to nature that had originally been what we knew as the world before. This has been our "world" today.
The train continued to move forward, as the surroundings seemed to move backwards. I was thinking whether my fellow passengers also noticed this. Probably yes, and they might have asked themselves whether what they were seeing was real. While maybe others simply looked it without even bothering asking, "Why and how?". For insensitive ones, they might have just looked afar, thinking of self-concerns while waiting for their destination to arrive. Others maybe has just slept (beacuse either they were too tired of thinking, too tired of working, or simply tired).
Our world today is complex. We continue to move forward, while our living seemed to be moving the opposite direction. Do we really bother?
Amidst the wonder, I thought, "The world is complex." With the billboards that were scheduled to be posted in a transitory period bound to be replaced by newer ads, structures built which were used by multifold generations, cars that seemed to number endlessly heading towards their own respective destinations, the cemented road beneath that has never got empty and would simply continue aiding motorists, stiff posts that looked useless but actually supplied energy to thousands of homes. All these elements - along with many other else - comprise what we know as the "world". A complex collection of objects, structures and technologies that run with time, added to nature that had originally been what we knew as the world before. This has been our "world" today.
The train continued to move forward, as the surroundings seemed to move backwards. I was thinking whether my fellow passengers also noticed this. Probably yes, and they might have asked themselves whether what they were seeing was real. While maybe others simply looked it without even bothering asking, "Why and how?". For insensitive ones, they might have just looked afar, thinking of self-concerns while waiting for their destination to arrive. Others maybe has just slept (beacuse either they were too tired of thinking, too tired of working, or simply tired).
Our world today is complex. We continue to move forward, while our living seemed to be moving the opposite direction. Do we really bother?
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