Friday, August 21, 2009
i had an epiphany the other day.
there is no such as thing as true love.
in the law of property, we learnt that possession and ownership is relative. this means that you can never absolutely possess or own something, you can only have a better title to it, or a better right in it, than everyone else or just someone else. and the one with the better title, wins the fight. courts are not concerned with the one true owner, they are only concerned with who has the better title.
thats exactly how it is with love. you can never be absolutely sure you love the person, or be absolutely sure that the person's the one for you. you never know if the person is your one true love. the only thing you can be sure about is you love the person more than you love other people.
so, there is no
the one or some knight in shining armour. the only thing you have is one person whom you love more than others. so the way the relationship turns out is really all up to the two people in it. there is no
the one who will bring you bright skies, the smell of roses and smooth waters all the way. there is only
the one you pick to work hard with, the one you pick to invest in a future together.
and there can be many people like that. you can like many people, and many people can like you back. so in the end, whether you end up happily ever after depends on your investing skills. can you spot a good investment when you see one? scary eh :p
im sorry to bore you guys if this is all already second nature to you. having been raised on walt disney's happy-ever-after and my knight falling down in my lap (aka enchanted) concept, its taken a while for me to reach where you guys might already have been for a long time. i apologize. well they say better late than never. its time to sharpen my eye for investments =D
a star fell from the sky;
6:51 PM
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
as the dates slowly creep towards 17 august, signalling the beginning of our school lives as Year 2s, i can't help but wonder. will this term be any different? will our results be better? will our lives be better? is this what we really want to do with our lives? so many doubts, so little answers.
one thing's for sure, we will definitely be racing against time once again. this term looks set to be a hectic term. i've taken on TA-ship and quite alot of other stuff i had wanted to do but was afraid i wont have time to do. this term, im gonna make time for them. afterall, there is no end to work and letting work define my life is a poor excuse for living. and we got to plan our own timetables this sem, so it shld be easier to make things work my way. all afternoon classes for me. i managed to get my perfect timetable, but it cost me :p im poor in edollars now lol.
whenever i talk to the freshmen, i see their hopeful smiles, hear their tentative laughter, and i wonder how they will be when they are in my position. tired? disillusioned? or will they be joyful at finally finding their path in life and being free to walk it? now they are excited and worried about their new life. can they still be excited when they are living their new life? they greet everything with a sense of wonder, much like a child who is seeing everything for the first time. they enter the gantries with looks of amazement, they wander the concourse with wondrous expressions, taking everything in for the first time. when did we lose our innocence? do we use our cynicism as masks, to help us get thru the years?
so many questions, but the answer only comes with hindsight.
in the meantime, all we can know is that we want to do this, for whatever personal reasons we have, so we'll work our asses off, laugh and play when we can, and never forget the people working their asses off alongside us. at the end of it, our friends might be all we have to show for these 4 years.
so we'll see how this term pans out. i'll bid goodbye to summer with a heavy heart when the 17 of august looms. one can never have too much of a good thing :p
let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain
let her sing, if it eases all her pain
let her go, let her walk right out on me
and if the sun comes up tomorrow
let her be, let her be.
a star fell from the sky;
4:01 PM
