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the past

take a walk in the alley of yesterday

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Saturday, July 28, 2007

1:22 PM

sometimes ppl look at life and say, why is life so stressful? why do we always have to face challenges? why does it always end up in a boring old routine and i'm always at the bottom of things? gradually, they look at life as an empty bottle and say its nvr gna fill up again. and even if it does, i will never get to drink the water. and so they just let it be.

if you just stop in your tracks and think, why do some ppl succeed and why do some ppl don't? and its not bcos of intelligence purely. think about it. its the mindset that ppl have. you think ppl don't get stressed? everybody has their fair share of stress. and everybody has a point of time where they want to break down.

but hey look... its the mindset here. why can't ppl just learn how to look at things a different way, think about how to find joy in studying. even though it seems really stupid, but then you really don't want to live your life remembering only how hard you study. you want to remember how hard you put in to make your life such a memorable one, with memories that carry you on. not some boring old dull monotonous work...

life is short. really. and things don't always work out smoothly. how can you expect things to be all planned out nicely and never ever ever crash into each other? talk to me about priorities. yeah i know about priorities. can't cope? what makes you think that others are less busy? or maybe others are smarter? hey everyone has commitments. everyone has different lifestyles. you maybe need more time to study, but others may have stuff like 3rd lang, or piano lessons, or some sports training. in this short 24h a day, everybody wants time.

so what if you were put on this project, which you are able to back out. however, they are really short of ppl and this is a one big time event. its special for the whole organisation. for you too. its not exactly smooth cos it clashes with some of your stuff, maybe your study timetable. it takes time. its not rehli long, maybe for about 2 wks. and you are really needed. what are you gna do?

there's always something called time management and think about it. you're not the only one who's in this. no one's extraordinarily smart or efficient or capable. besides, its only taking up CCA days. days u NORMALLY have cca... its not taking up any other times, probably one saturday but THATS IT. if you didn't have this project but had CCA instead, wouldn't it be still THE SAME???

so think about it, is it just about yourself? negatively thinking that you really CAN'T do it when you have pulled through one year and it is possible? thinking you really don't have time when others probably have lesser time than you do? think about this whole thing, do you want it to be smooth sailing and really memorable? do you want to have this privilege? its not everyday and not every year such a big event happens and you get the chance to be in it. do you really just want studies to take up ALL of your life and remember that once upon a time you studied and studied and studied?

you tell me
i have to study if not i'll never pass!
i will die cos i'm like failing all my subj!
this thing takes SO MUCH TIME!
you sure can cos you're so smart.

yeah like real ok if i hv my own problems too. and look 2 statements are damn negative. thats 50% guarantee you'll really fail. and the rest are just excuses to pull out. i mean you can do this. its just you dun want to and you keep thinking you can't. commitments are a part of life. and you really can't expect everything to be oh so easy. it isn't easy.

its about responsibility. how responsible is it to just abandon everything just for your own sake? and i mean leaving the sec3s to do it themselves? and think about it the others have more committments than you do... their workload is much heavier.

i hate the way how ppl use the excuse that ppl who are smart can do everything and they can't. because they choose to think it that way. and because of this thinking, they always wanna not do everything.... c'mon. the world doesn't revolve around you. ok. its a matter of your mindset and whether you want to make your life something memorable.

and you think ppl don't have stuff to do and don't breakdown and just have a really good life.

hah. thats so wrong.

i'm not pointing fingers at anyone ok. i'm just quite pissed at this whole episode. anyway... jiayou ppl. it would be gd not to have it, but since you've been assigned, then you do your best.

shiyun.