Yep, this is indeed the Twilight season not the TWILIGHT SAGA SERIES.
I'll explain it but first of all,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Together with the season of giving, this period of time is actually the twilight zone before the dawn of the new year 2010 ahead!
This is the time where we evaluate the good and bad we've been through this year. Be it ahievement or failure I think it doesn't really matter much anymore because its over! Its good to recount on those interim successes you may have seized, but an over appreciation for past ahievement may well impair your future. On the other end, its not healthy to dwell on the negativity that might have happened as well.
So what am I getting at?
I'm so so so glad that I've soon in 5 to 6 days more conquered this year.
Anyway, I think this year is the one of the many many more challenging year yet I've been through. For starters, its the O' levels; its really the first time that I've really studied hard and did what I'm supposed to. Then the rest of the stuffs ranged from family issues to handling of bigger responsibility as student leader to disappointments here and there. Through all of these "hard" times what is the only outcome? You only emerge stronger as a person!
Carpe Diem! Seize all the opportunity you have in the coming year!
Have an awesome year ahead!
Just to side track, I recently heard a true story that I'm really touched. I figured this is a good time for me to share with you guys and also for me to keep a record in the archive.
So here it goes:
Now there was a prison in asia. This prison was holding a sporting event for all the inmates for all the long term prsioners who have spent more than 20 years incarcerated. They have decided to have a day of reunion for the inmates and their families. So all their family members were invited. Now, if you serve a prison term of more than 20 years usually it means you must be a serious criminal.
On that day, the entire prison ground was like a carnival. Families were reunited after decades! They were all eating and laughing; having so much fun with each other's company. But the highlight of the day was the final game, the final event. The prison inmates were going to carry their parents on their back and run one round the track.
As the final game was about to start, the whole atmostphere in the prison ground began to change. It got quiet and solemn. The parents didn't want to be carried because they look at the weak and thin bodies of their sons who had been imprisoned for so long. How could they want their son to carry them? The prison guards nonetheless proceeded with the game. He blew the whistle "beep!" and the race started.
However, not a single inmate was running hard. It was a strange race because the players tried to reach the finishing line as slowly as possible although the fastest one was going to win the prize. They all wanted to go slowly because for most of them this could be the last time they could touch their parents, kiss their parents, hug their parents. They do not want the moment to end. They don't want the race to stop. They wanted to prolong the process as much as possible.
There was a mother who kept wiping away the tears of her son although she couldn't even wipe away her own tears. There was a father who couldn't even be carried on the son's back because the son was so frail and so weak. None of them wanted the first prize. What they wanted was to extend their moments together for as long as possible even for a few more seconds longer. Soon the entire field was filled with tears.
Everyone in society have deserted them because they were hardcore criminals and they were locked away. But the love of their parents for them never changed. The love of their parents for them was confirmed that day! Their parents love them as much as before they went to jail, as much as they were when they were kids. The love of their parents for them was as great as the day that they were born!"
Hope you like it!
Til then I'm off :D
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Life never gets softer
What a title!
Yep, it gets harder by day; from transition to transition.
I'm now two weeks into my working life as a part-timer and all I could say is that I've already grown weary of this kind of lifestyle. When you start working, its true that you're making money but at the same time your expenses shoots up like mad too. Food prices are up and transport included too. What I hate most about my job is the "getting to work from home" process.
The working environment where I'm confined in reeks of negativity all over. Most of the people are short tempered, uncivilised and do not take pride in their work. Well, what can we expect? Most of the people working nowadays do not quit because they have well become slave of finances.
However, just like anything that we do in life. The roots of it is sheer bitterness but the fruits of it is sweet. We just have to keep pressing on and keep on keeping on. This has caused me to realise more that money is not easily earned and at the same time learn how to better manage it wisely. Thank goodness I've conquered two weeks of work and half a month's pay is coming up real soon! Two more weeks more to go and I'm off!
Come to think of it I really miss my secondary school life a lot! I miss how we could all have fun during recess time in a big group together instead of having lunch alone. I miss the atmosphere of non-serious politics that could be gotton over easily. I miss how we get to exercise our brains rather than doing very routine stuffs like a machine. I miss P.E where we use to have our ball games rather than sitting down all day long. I really miss how I could have enough time on my computer and work hard for studies simultaneously rather than not having any time and not being productive at all. I really really miss all of my friends and teachers!
I feel I've really gone down a level intellectually. During those day-dreaming when no one is around moment at work. I tried forming a few A.Maths questions which might be wrong and I don't even know how to solve them already. This was what Mr Chew, my mum and many others said, its not all about the content but its about the critical thinking process.
Well well well, all of these would have to wait to be proven. For now, my main burden is the release of O' level results. I'm picturing too many what if's and what if's situation, and I'm really starting to get real fearful of it. Well some of you would say, "Hello? Are you kidding me Gerald? ". On the contrary, I've gone through a lot myself to know that there are no absolutes.
Wordy post? Well, the days of pictorial posting is over for now already.
Kissing goodbye to my once active and averagely 55 unique readership per day statistic blog!
Yep, it gets harder by day; from transition to transition.
I'm now two weeks into my working life as a part-timer and all I could say is that I've already grown weary of this kind of lifestyle. When you start working, its true that you're making money but at the same time your expenses shoots up like mad too. Food prices are up and transport included too. What I hate most about my job is the "getting to work from home" process.
The working environment where I'm confined in reeks of negativity all over. Most of the people are short tempered, uncivilised and do not take pride in their work. Well, what can we expect? Most of the people working nowadays do not quit because they have well become slave of finances.
However, just like anything that we do in life. The roots of it is sheer bitterness but the fruits of it is sweet. We just have to keep pressing on and keep on keeping on. This has caused me to realise more that money is not easily earned and at the same time learn how to better manage it wisely. Thank goodness I've conquered two weeks of work and half a month's pay is coming up real soon! Two more weeks more to go and I'm off!
Come to think of it I really miss my secondary school life a lot! I miss how we could all have fun during recess time in a big group together instead of having lunch alone. I miss the atmosphere of non-serious politics that could be gotton over easily. I miss how we get to exercise our brains rather than doing very routine stuffs like a machine. I miss P.E where we use to have our ball games rather than sitting down all day long. I really miss how I could have enough time on my computer and work hard for studies simultaneously rather than not having any time and not being productive at all. I really really miss all of my friends and teachers!
I feel I've really gone down a level intellectually. During those day-dreaming when no one is around moment at work. I tried forming a few A.Maths questions which might be wrong and I don't even know how to solve them already. This was what Mr Chew, my mum and many others said, its not all about the content but its about the critical thinking process.
Well well well, all of these would have to wait to be proven. For now, my main burden is the release of O' level results. I'm picturing too many what if's and what if's situation, and I'm really starting to get real fearful of it. Well some of you would say, "Hello? Are you kidding me Gerald? ". On the contrary, I've gone through a lot myself to know that there are no absolutes.
Wordy post? Well, the days of pictorial posting is over for now already.
Kissing goodbye to my once active and averagely 55 unique readership per day statistic blog!
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