Have you experienced something like this?
I hate it when it happens.
A couple of days ago, I had it TWO times in a day! One's involving a philosophical idea (not gonna touch it), and one's about Indonesia.
This is what I said.
Err...
So? What's the big deal? I've heard it too many times in elementary school, you may say.
However, I've dug up a way to explain what I feel, or at least, an attempt to do it.
This is Taiwan (scale 1:31,250,000).
This is The Philippines (same scale).
This is New Zealand (same scale).
And this is, roughly one fourth of Indonesia (same scale).
You can see how extensive the water is.
Now, this is a 10 times magnification of the previous picture, so it's roughly 1/40 of Indonesia.
In the picture, you can see 11 visible islands.
Putting it into equation, we're supposed to have only 440 islands, counting off the big islands which will, of course, logically reduce the amount anyway.
However,
Indonesia does in fact, consist of 17,508 islands!
Can you imagine the amount of tiny islands that fill the gap between 440 and 17,508?
It will basically look like cookie crumbs!
Our land mass is like countless cookie crumbs sprinkled over a body of vast ocean.
Try to imagine how many sights like these we have.
Now, try hearing the sentence again.
Do you feel any difference?
PS: Happy belated birthday Indonesia. May you always glow with life. :)
- There's a well-known saying or sentence.
- Somewhere along your life, you suddenly find a much deeper meaning in that sentence, and you begin to see why it is so popular in the first place.
- You feel excited, ecstatic about this new understanding that has been revealed to you.
- You call your friend, telling him/her about it, hoping he/she will get the excitement that you get.
- But you're left disappointed, upset, and frustrated because your friend doesn't see your perspective. He/she is trapped in the popularity of the sentence, failing to see something valuable because it is heard too many times.
- So in frustration you say, "No, there's a wholly deeper meaning to it. If you see it, you'll get fired up like I do."
- "Okay," your friend says. "So tell me then."
- You open your mouth, but lo and behold, you can't find any words to explain it.
- And after a while of silence, you have no choice but saying that very same sentence again, no words added or subtracted, only with louder voice.
- And your friend replies, "Of course. I know that. It's obvious, isn't it?
I hate it when it happens.
A couple of days ago, I had it TWO times in a day! One's involving a philosophical idea (not gonna touch it), and one's about Indonesia.
This is what I said.
Indonesia is the largest archipelago nation in the world.
Err...
So? What's the big deal? I've heard it too many times in elementary school, you may say.
However, I've dug up a way to explain what I feel, or at least, an attempt to do it.
 |
| Taiwan |
This is Taiwan (scale 1:31,250,000).
 |
| The Philippines |
This is The Philippines (same scale).
 |
| New Zealand |
This is New Zealand (same scale).
 |
| 1/4 of Indonesia |
And this is, roughly one fourth of Indonesia (same scale).
You can see how extensive the water is.
 |
| 1/40 of Indonesia |
Now, this is a 10 times magnification of the previous picture, so it's roughly 1/40 of Indonesia.
In the picture, you can see 11 visible islands.
Putting it into equation, we're supposed to have only 440 islands, counting off the big islands which will, of course, logically reduce the amount anyway.
However,
Indonesia does in fact, consist of 17,508 islands!
Can you imagine the amount of tiny islands that fill the gap between 440 and 17,508?
It will basically look like cookie crumbs!
Our land mass is like countless cookie crumbs sprinkled over a body of vast ocean.
Try to imagine how many sights like these we have.
Now, try hearing the sentence again.
Indonesia is the largest archipelago nation in the world.
Do you feel any difference?
PS: Happy belated birthday Indonesia. May you always glow with life. :)
Hahaha...I've dealt a lot of this situation philosophically..but its great that you could stumble upon other analogy that could explain the same meaning but also has a very interesting peace of fact to say..nice post :)
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