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What is luck? It is an element of chance. Luck can be good or bad. Good luck is to your advantage, bad luck is just plainly unlucky. We always hope for 'good luck', but we should never depend on it; Nevertheless, we should never give up, for at the time where all hopes seem to be lost, it appears when you least expect it.
Luck. What can be considered as luck? I'll give you a simple answer in our everyday lives. Gambling. With the opening of the Integrated Resorts and Casinos in Singapore from this year, more people will be taking the chance to strike rich. Yet, "gamble 10 times and lose 9". These people will complain that they are down on luck. Whereas, a lucky streak will make one feel great, wealthy and lucky. It all boils down to luck.
Why "All the best" or "Do your best" before examinations, and not "Good Luck"? The paper's set. It boils down to whether you've studied and remembered enough to complete the paper or not, never a chance of luck. You might argue that the questions just so happen to all fall into the range of what you've studied, but it depends if you actually studied all. "All the best" works better in this context and you will give it your best.
What affects luck? Some people believe it fengshui, which is kind of meaningless to me. Personally, fengshui is just another random Chinese factor to confuse the people and to earn a quick buck. Nothing affects luck. There's only coincidence. Coincidence to the current event. Sometimes, you may even be able to plan and expect it.
In this world, luck plays an important part of our lives. Determination and knowledge are two important factors as well. I wonder, how is luck even calculated?
From 17th February 2010, catch 'Priceless Wonder' on Channel 8 at 9pm on weekdays. It is an anti-gambling drama with no princesses or princes, only other actors including Tiffany Leong and Xiang Yun. Give them a chance, will you?
I personally don't believe in luck. I think whatever we do is based on the amount of effort we put in. There are times of course, where there is an unexpected turn of tables. I don't think that's considered luck, but something called "coincidence". (:
ReplyDeleteI try my best not to say "Good luck!" but "All the best!" to peers before exams. I do occassionally accidentally let phrases like "So lucky!" slip out of my mouth though ;X
Mattheus
i like luck. Like in Mousehunt, ghost-trappers and fish wrangler, they are all luck games. Will i catch this thing, luck. It is like gambling, 50-50 chance is theoratically is if we spin a coin 100 times, we should get 50 of each sides, but it is really difficult, unless you are lucky.
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Luck is like the chance, things that cannot be predicted. Somethings just happen unexpectedly like the Haiti earthquake. Lady Luck exists. You can do so well during some of the normal tests and assignments but in the big test you just failed. Things just happen.
ReplyDeleteThe four leaf clover, the horse shoe, the rabbit's foot. In both contemporary and modern literature as well as the media, we are always presented with these so called "lucky" objects that would bring luck to us.
ReplyDeleteI for one feel that luck is critical, its one of those unwritten laws of life that is not scientific. Take for example tests, one might be thinking that mugging or studying would give you the result but in certain cases, one needs luck such as "spotting" questions for essays. If you are lucky, the essay that you "spotted" came out and you would ace the test.
All in all, luck is different to all of us, ask what's luck to a casual person purchasing a 4D ticket and they would say to strike it rich. Ask a student and they would say passing all their tests with flying colors.
By the way, hasn't anyone taken my challenge? (in my latest post)