a glass of milk.....

Right..i seem to be a monthly writter =p so i gues this will be this months' entry >.<. I've been thinking of late about an old philosophy(if you would call it that) on the half glass of milk. It is said that optimists would choose to think of the glass as half full where as the pessimists would choose to think that the glass is half empty. Well i sort of have a differing take on that. What if i said that the so called optimists were ignorant and their counterparts were much better off? How would that be so? Well lets see it from a different perspective; if he/she is in the "half-full" side of the saying, he/she would look upon his/her glass and would be contented with what he/she already has. But if the milk in the glass continues to diminish, they could still be contented with the statement that "is still partially full". Would you wait till the glass is empty before filling it up?

So how're about the "half-empty" side?..well he/she would definitely NOT be happy with the half glass of milk. He/she would want the whole glass filled. And heck, isn't that what we all want? Imagine going to a kopitiam and they serve you a half glass of kopi-peng at the same price as the full glass? Ridiculous right? You'd want your money's worth. What i'm trying to say is that the "pessimestic" side would half the initiative to get their glasses full instead of leaving it as a half glass of milk.

But all this fuss about a half glass of milk...its abit er.. uneccessary. So why don't we look at it from another perspective. Think of the glass as your life..yeap your LIFE.. and the milk? think of it as the contents of your life - friends,family,memories,experiences. NOW, if we go back to the original interpretation and use it in this context: the person who views his/her life as half full, when it CAN be full, is the ignorant one eventhough he/she is contented with it. What's the point of living life when your fine with just "half-full"?? What happens when it's empty? Would you be in denial or would you then realise that you'd had better work to live your life to the fullest? That would be a reactive response or "knee-jerk" response. Overcome only when the problem hits you smack in face.

Then you come to the ones who are labled to be pessimistic. They'd want their life to be full. They would be proactive instead of reactive in making sure that their life isn't wasted (well we only have one life to live - depending on what each of us believe in). I know that this would be an ideal interpretation, not considering the faults and extremisims that exist. But then, its just my 2-cents worth...i get to have my say :)...



And although I'm not being as proactive as I can be... I'll try either way... cheers to life!
(but being proactive in writting...well... that'll depend XP)

closing a door...

Guess being on hols for too long allows one to wonder and ponder on life and its flow, for I have been thinking too much on the progression from one door to another at the end of my hols...

Then i thought, heck, life could be like going through a corridor of doors; each door giving a different path in life. Each door could be in different shapes and sizes, have different locks, have different keys and providing different outcomes, results and wealth.

The doors so far, have given me different and wonderful things; flowers, fruits, along with the thorns (but i guess thorns would just slow you down and not kill you... that which does not kill you, only makes you stronger..). However, the doors that I have gone through in the past have been relatively easy to close unlike the one i'm about to close. I'm pretty sure I know the reason why.. but it could be the many reasons or the many reasons being excuses for the one lone reason.. I've got no clue....

Wealth from the previous door remained in my backpack as i opened my current door and slowly dispersed as i traveled onwards. It may not have been obvious then, but these wealth had an impact on how I would travel along the path chosen. But as I prepare to close the current door, the wealth gained has been almost spent and its eating along with my previous wealth as well (dang!).

I just hope i'm strong enough to close this door and open another one for I suppose its not the end just yet...there's still a long journey ahead.....


To the march '06 intake: ALL THE BEST!!

back....

Ah its been what? 3 months since my last post?
Well 'twas a pretty hectic 3 months since january ; with 4 subjects in a short semester and one of them had to be project lab =.=". Now finally it has ended!!!!!

Feels kinda awkward actually. Can't believe the 2 years went by in just a flash. One moment i'm sitting down in the class for my orientation... the next, i'm handing up my last paper for the whole course. WOW! I'm partially relieved and saddened by the fact that the whole course has come to a close. Relieved for the fact that i can at least rest and think about my next step (for the next 3 months ++ XD) but saddened that my classmates will be leaving for further education in a few months.

Two years of study, mayhem and laughter with the whole class. Darn it... i'm gonna miss all of that. Thirteen of us.. (kinda reminds me of the RC gang - 13 ppl there too XP).. alot memories, just too bad we won't be able to study together till we work. Naive-ness aside, hope we'll still be "bff"s for many year to come ('',).

Okay now for the next 3++ months... got to find productive stuff to do... (hehe). Need to get a checklist..hmm.... will think about it after i let my brain have abit more of a vacation XP...

future decided?

Is the future really decided?
Does everyone of us have a path we have to follow?
Is life just a circle that goes round and round?

Somehow or rather, i was bombarded with these questions these couple of days. Got it from the shows i watched and the books i read.(yes KS i'm finally gaining momentum on time spiral :P)
It got me thinking... seriously...what in the world is in store for us in the coming years??

We (as in the "big daddy of them all", skeith, mr.Woo, Barney, the "king" and I) had our own thoughts on the future last Monday. Perhaps it was the atmosphere, or perhaps the company, or maybe even the mee goreng, but whatever the case, we crap a whole lot from lunch till bout 2-ish i think. From jokes from "how i met your mother" up to weddings in the future.

I can only remember that it started when the "king" got a call from his "queen" and we suddenly switched topic to weddings and kids. And man that was a long series of craps and what nots.. XP.. A few details perhaps on what could be in the future: (hehe) weddings in the future could be chaotic with the "college" gang there. Possible outcomes include lots of "lae"s, slaps,"you sucks" and all that going around.Following that would be gun shots from the groom or bride =P. Those who are still single will be bird watching (and by then we would be pretty well versed in coordinates ^.^).

Then we come to the kids. The last wedding among us will need to have a kids table for our possible kids. And then all hell breaks loose in that table. Too many details here, but here's a few snippets: Two kids by the side calling one :"Lae NOOB!" , one un-wasteful kid (XP need i say more?) , couple of boom-box kids making funky sounds, some would be making DIY footballs to play by the side (sound familiar?), there would be a kid doing mechanical finger signs, another browsing through the crowd and a whole load of other antics that i'm sure would like to be added by my classmates hehe.

So what DOES the future really have in store for us?
For now...wouldn't know... I guess we shouldn't really worry too much about the future yet right? It would be better to enjoy the NOW and let the future come when it wants to come.
"que sera sera"...

Needs....

Everyone has needs am I right? Isn't that what drives us to live and to achieve that which drives us?

A need for love
A need for friends
A need for trust
A need for together-ness
A need for family

or even

A need for shelter
A need for peace
A need for space
A need for time

and not forgetting

A need for success
A need for a better life
or just a need for a better tommorror
A need for a better future

and the simpler stuff :P

A need for your fav food
A need for your own bed
A need for a game or two hearing "OWNING!" =p
A need for a smile
A need for laughter...

A need for happiness...

Needs...endless needs.. kinda reminds me about the mirror of erised in harry potter.. a person who is truly happy will be able to use the mirror AS a normal mirror (or something like that).
Which brings to mind, what would make us TRULY happy? Would it be achieve with the fulfillments of these needs?

What do I need?..well for the moment TIME!! and some extra dosages of EFFORT! for I am getting lazier than a sloth =.= (darn...)

(note: i had no actual intentions when writing this..just came out so i thought about being spontaneous for once...hehe)

educators...

Right, these are the man and women who have been in our lives, educating us for the past what? 13 years ++?.. And what am I doing here writting about them?.. well i've been just thinking lately about the various and colourful personalities of the teachers who have taught me and my fellow peers and more particularly about the way in which they control a classroom.

A classroom can go from silence-worthy of a funeral-to rowdiness very much alike to that of a fish market with just the change of a teacher.Why is this so? Can we as students unconsiously tell which teachers to ignore or obey or is it the aura that radiates from the teachers themselves that informs us?

I've gone through teachers which have controlled classrooms with fear.. maybe that's not the best word to describe it but its somewhat similar. Fear of getting ourselves into trouble and the consequences that would fall after.. and can still vividly remember a huge padlock being thrown onto the table and a long scolding for the class for those who did not complete their homework *shudders*.. yea we would be "angels" in that class haha... There was another teacher where we got a lecture on expected class behaviour on the first day of class! And of course we followed it thoroughly after a student got "hammered" for copying homework... =.=... Who else managed to control the classrooms?..hmm.. oh yea, and some others would control by means of respect. Him/her would treat us as adults IF we in turn ACT like adults (and not like baboons =P)..

Then we've got the other extreme of ignoring the teacher altogother. Teachers who teach but no one's listening..there would be no talking...but there'd be no paying attention either. Then we're also got those who can't control the class at all. There'd be noise throughout the classroom. I just wonder why the teacher isn't able to control the class. However i think that teaching isn't the easiest of professions, but still isn't controlling the class a must? Perhaps the subject would also play a part in whether students remained disciplined in class but there are teachers who can still command the class where the subject is..well how do i put it?uninteresting?..

Any take on this?