-Saturday, April 21, 2007
Routines.
The Singaporean Life - Following Routines
Each week, 9-5 at work, school, whatever there is to do. No stopping, stop and be left behind. Weekends to catch up with undone work left behind in the weekdays. And the next week is as follows...
And again..
When will this routine stop?
I constantly find myself staring into this lifeless LCD screen, doing nothing but thinking as my homework deadlines inches nearer and nearer. What am I doing? Why am I here? What's around me?
Everday it feels so void. Void, empty, nothing. Everyday its just school, computer and sleep. I sit, with my messenger window, waiting for someone/anyone to really 'talk' to me, not just the random hi, byes, have you eaten? I realise, everyone's just busy with their own things to bother. What am I busy with? I don't know, nothing?
What's going on? Hmm..
Yeah, maybe I must learn to open up, but it's not really me now to open up just like that. Maybe I've seen a little more, learnt a little more, heard a little more, felt a little more and tasted a little more. I'm not what I used to be, maybe.
Welcome to another stage, yeechien.
Yeechien Wrote;
8:40 PM
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-Saturday, April 07, 2007
Choices.
At any point in life, we are bound to meet obstacles and trials. With these meetings, we must make choices, and decisions. They may affect our life once and for all, they may not. Some decisions are huge, some are simple. Some are difficult to make, some are easy.
Which secondary school to go, which JC/Poly to go. What colour socks to wear, what shoes to wear. What to eat for breakfast today, what not to.
Above are only, quite simple examples. Of course we bump into more scenarios where it requires us to make harder decisions. In life we have to keep making decisions to keep moving on, we shouldn't get stuck making a choice.
I believe in this world there is black and white, and of course, the grey area. But its not really advisable to stay inside the grey area for too long. How long can we balance ourselves on a fence? We should learn to make critical decisions and shouldn't ponder too much and think, what if...
We should just go ahead and move on, and move on. Being rational and practical are important factors when making decisions.
In a way based on reason rather than emotions and able to provide effective solutions to problems. Rational, and practical. I don't believe in making decisions based on emotions. Chances are that, people will dread the decision.
I guess thats for choices.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
Whoever made this quote. It certainly is a mirror for each and everyone of us. What kind of mind do you have?
Yeechien Wrote;
10:02 AM
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-Monday, April 02, 2007
Transition Period.
Morning Assembly, Lecture, Tutorial, Breaks, Training.
This 5 events seems like the integral part of my life. It's almost drilled into me after like 3 weeks already. No other option but to follow this routine for 2 years. I won't say I have no other choice, but I guess thats what I'm here for.
New environment, new people, new things, almost everything new. The usual attention-seekers, the cliques, the loners, and more. People from all walks of life coming together. You see familiar faces, you see new faces. New personalities to work with.
Everyday just passes like that, and tomorrow comes, and tomorrow, and tomorrow... I run my fingers thru my file to check out what I've not completed today, it's not that bad as I thought it would be.
I learnt something here. The environment dont change for you, you change for the environment, in other words, adapt.
Sometimes I wonder why some people make specific choices. I wonder, if they used their minds to think, or did they not. One thing everyone does is judge with their hearts, not minds. Many times we find ourselves using our hearts to make decisions, instead of using our minds. I admit I myself had been doing that sometime ago. But the heart don't think. Okay people might say sometimes feelings are stronger than rationale, so what. I guess its critical thinking and reasoning that allows us to make good decisions, not based on emotions at that instant.
I'm out of words, for now.
Yeechien Wrote;
9:13 PM
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