Nice weather again today, not as sunny but lovely nevertheless. And add on to that good food made by friends -- perfect! S got us all to go over to her place today for lunch. She and V cooked up a feast, literally. Despite how she's always going on how bad she is at cooking, her food today (her tandoori chicken especially -- hardly any left at the end!) proved otherwise. I liked her porridge the best, the nice blend of colours and it's subtle flavours makes for good eating :D And V treated us to her banana cake, made all the more rich with the addition of an ultra thick layer of chocolate! I seriously should have brought my camera along, then I could have posted a picture of the food instead :P

And we went for a walk in the botanical gardens afterwards. Not much flowers to be seen yet, though I was hoping that the recent summery weather would hve induced an early bloom. Dropped by the aviary, and then hopped over to the old cemetery behind the gardens. A few of the graves weren't well tended to, and a lot of the headstones weren't looking very flash. And out of the blue, S wanted to watch Spirited Away. Lucky thing T had his student ID on him, and after a bit of explaining and coaxing, another kindly soul at Central agreed to help us secure a group viewing room (we needed at least 2 IDs :S!)! Thank you ever so much to that kind-hearted girl :D!

I walked back rather late today, after watching another movie at S's place. Hm... I seem to be watching an awful lot of movies lately >.< I might decide to start carrying a 'weapon' when I walk back too... Some idiot I passed by tonight certainly got my adrenaline levels shooting sky high, good thing my crossing the road to the other side made him go away.. Whew! And it's not even Friday yet!

From The Ethical Brain:

Neuroscience will never find the brain correlate of responsibility, because that is something we ascribe to humans - to people - not to brains. It is a moral value we demand of our fellow, rule-following human beings. Just as optometrists can tell us how much vision a person has (20/20 or 20/40 or 20/200) but cannot tell us when someone islegally blind or has too little vision to drive a school bus, so pshychiatrists and brain scientists might be able to tell us what someone's mental state or brain condition is but cannot tell us (without being arbitrary) when someone has too little control to be held responsible. The issue of responsibility (like the issue of who can drive the school buses) is a social choice.