Thursday, September 06, 2007
I'm updating here as promised (:
Hm it puzzles me how I was so deeply fascinated by this blogging business in sec 1, and now I take ages to come to this "create a post" page. Papa was talking about addictions yesterday night. What makes an addict an addict? Does being an addict say in computer games necessarily translate into higher chances of becoming an addict in other undesirable fields like gambling? The theory is that this all boils down to one's overall innate attitude and determination. There was some quote on the newspaper or Newsweek that says what differentiates a shopaholic from a thrifty person is that both consume products, but the latter has a sense of guilt thereafter which lasts twice as long as that of the former. Haha! Hmm how then do you help somebody who's lost in some addiction? 1) Nag every day and constantly watch out for/ prevent the person from sinking into a bottomless pit/ regretting it in future, or 2) Allow the person to experience a hard fall, thereby achieving self-awareness or enlightenment, and inner motivation to overcome the addiction. My parents advocate and practice 1), but I believe in 2), although you'll never know how harsh that hard fall has to be, or when it will come, and there is no guarantee that seeing the light = eternal determination sufficient to overcome addiction.
Band
Hm as this is a totally random day to blog about Farewell, not right after or 1 month anniversary or anything, I guess feelings have perhaps cooled a little to give way to thought.
"It's been 4 long years and batch 07's gone"
Somehow the sentence keeps ringing in my head (and is probably the only sentence of our chopchop-pieced-together-minutes-before-the-performance song that I really remember :O). It's really been a long long time, not in terms of time scale, but in terms of feeling and experience. Hm someone once said sad times always seem to pass slower than happy days. Perhaps all the ups and downs have really made me feel rather um old in band >< Band is perhaps the only one to date that has made and can make me go wild with emotions, unrestrained by self-censorship. I guess the consequences are like a double-edged sword (urgh terrifying english lessons! haha), some really painful, but I'm grateful for them because they have jolted me awake from my nutshell encapsulating dreamland ><
After passing this journey, perhaps the best advice I can leave for the future batches to come is that what matters is not how far away you are from your ideals, but how much you can and have progressed within the boundaries set by the external environment. In other words, just make the best out of whatever conditions that befall upon you (: I see struggles up and coming, reminiscent of us just a year ago, but I'm sure very soon you'll find your own niche/ working style, and glide your way to success! (: And yes may I add to remember to leave no one behind. It's with humility that we understand everyone has the potential to excel; it's just a matter of our choice and priorities at the point in time.
Thank you to all who have shared this band life with me; Thank you mybatch!, Samantha, Alicia, directs (both up and down), Rachel, immediate and not so immediate batches with whom we've shared days under the same rgssb umbrella. And special dedication goes to Euphoria, ie all the euphos that I have played since sec 1 (I sincerely apologize for unofficially giving all of you the same name :P)
I happened to see this when I logged on to MSN's homepage: "Opera star Luciano Pavarotti dies at 71". In 1961, Pavarotti won a local voice competition and with it a debut as Rodolfo in Puccini’s “La Boheme.”
Rings a bell?
Goodbye Rgssb.
Your name has just started a fresh page in my memories of love(:
