Hell's Kitchen - Dream Theater

There are a tons of stuff which everyone tries to understand and accept. Some things are trivial like having to queue up for hours on end at a government office or why paying 1.10 dollars for a paper when you could minus the hassle of finding that 10 cents by paying only 1 dollar. Other things are abit more abstruse and consequently, a great many people often have divided opinions over them. Like how critics are always divided between how good or how bad something is.Which reminds me of book critics. You can almost never have a book with 100% good reviews. Or maybe, that's always the case with anything.

Anyway...I've been reading this book written by this lady, which is abit heavy on social sciences but as always, these are the types of books which give me the greatest er..for lack of a better word, pleasure since as controversial as these books may be, they can be likened to catalysts in an effort to gain a well-rounded understanding of the ever changing global, social,political and quintessentially, financial landscape. Somehow asking a ninja just doesn't work in this case.

Another thing with these books and the topics covered by them is that, there is always a sense of awe mixed with horror when you read about issues like how patients were 'used' for extensive ECT in order to perfect the technique and methodology but suffered irreparable neuro damage and how the supposed miracle of chile was brutally achieved by this man with the help of this man.

That aside, think about how you fit or would fit in the midst of all this. You, reading this, are most likely within the 18 to 25 years old bracket. So, in a scant few years, you could be someone opposing radical changes to the country or you could be on the side trying to impose unpopular and unjust policies or you could just be part of the majority of the population who curse under their breath whenever there is a tax increase or when another one of those politicians you've elected on good faith gets embroiled in another sex scandal but you just get on with life since you firmly and strongly believe you can't do anything about everything anyway.

It's amazing isn't it? you're probably just starting work and fresh out of uni or in your final year. You're most likely more worried about completing that assignment or planning the next clubbing event or grumbling about the last tiff you had with your parents or for your first ever interview than giving half a mind about the next economic policy or the various bill drafts involving employment restrictions, benefits and minimum pay rates which will, faster than you know it, affect you.

Machiavelli: If you're going to offend, do it all at once so that it does not taste bitter.