As exams drew closer,
My knowledge grew deeper,
The more that I know,
The more I forgo,
The more I forget,
The less my intellect,
And so why bother study,
When your brain just gets more muddy,
Stupor thickens your skull,
Social skills become dull,
Fingers are chewn to bits,
Too much info makes you schiz,
You waste your youth while you're still young,
At 19 you're already too high strung,
The madness grows, it fills the air!
You cross the line but you don't care,
I guess we do it just for the thrill,
Of being a citizen of Nerdsville.
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Saturday, June 28, 2003
Coolness Factor...
Last night I had a typical family dinner with my extended family. As usual there were the warm smiles, silly jokes and plenty of wine to go around. This time however, a friend of mine graced our food laden table and him coming from a family that isn't very close knit, he was just bowled over by his experience. See the thing is, I never had much of a family as a kid. I originated from your typical broken-home type family and grew up a typical family-hating scoundrel. Or not so typical.
My paternal granma and her siblings are soooo close to each other that only death could ever pry them apart, and even then not emotionally. Subsequently, most of the generations under them follow suit and this includes me. As I get older, I definately see the bonds that we as a family have. Just all the Chinese New Year dinners and Christmases are enough to make me realise how much luckier I am because even though my nuclear family is a complete break down, the garden around it is a myriad of beauty. These are truly beautiful people whom I grow to love more and more each passing year and needless to say, I am very VERY proud of my family.
Its unfortunate that my generation isnt as close as the generations before and its troubles me that as each sibling of my granma passes away, the bonds may never be as strong. As it is two have gone, including my grandmother, leaving only 3...one of whom is in a position that may cause some problems. I need to treasure and cherish these precious moments before it all slips away because it is an unevitable fact that eventually, everyone dies. Its only a matter of time.
Ive never really thought much about my typical family dinners but just having my friend over yesterday really blessed me because it made me realise even further how lucky I am. My friend's new hero is now my granduncle whose "coolnes factor" hit the ceiling apparently. hehehe. He is a pretty cool guy and is someone whom I respect very much. Yea. They say that blood is thicker than water and I cant say that I believe in that entirely but there is a certain extra emotion involved when around family you love. A feeling being around friends doesnt normally produce and Im truly blessed to be able to experience that which most people my age never get to.
Truly blessed.
My paternal granma and her siblings are soooo close to each other that only death could ever pry them apart, and even then not emotionally. Subsequently, most of the generations under them follow suit and this includes me. As I get older, I definately see the bonds that we as a family have. Just all the Chinese New Year dinners and Christmases are enough to make me realise how much luckier I am because even though my nuclear family is a complete break down, the garden around it is a myriad of beauty. These are truly beautiful people whom I grow to love more and more each passing year and needless to say, I am very VERY proud of my family.
Its unfortunate that my generation isnt as close as the generations before and its troubles me that as each sibling of my granma passes away, the bonds may never be as strong. As it is two have gone, including my grandmother, leaving only 3...one of whom is in a position that may cause some problems. I need to treasure and cherish these precious moments before it all slips away because it is an unevitable fact that eventually, everyone dies. Its only a matter of time.
Ive never really thought much about my typical family dinners but just having my friend over yesterday really blessed me because it made me realise even further how lucky I am. My friend's new hero is now my granduncle whose "coolnes factor" hit the ceiling apparently. hehehe. He is a pretty cool guy and is someone whom I respect very much. Yea. They say that blood is thicker than water and I cant say that I believe in that entirely but there is a certain extra emotion involved when around family you love. A feeling being around friends doesnt normally produce and Im truly blessed to be able to experience that which most people my age never get to.
Truly blessed.
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Coke for ... Cranium?
My goodness. I should've studied while I had the chance. Here I am cramming at 4am with my exam in hours. I am so totally doomed. Doomed I say. But Chem today was honestly not too bad. I know it could have been worse were it not for some God-sent friends and God Himself was right there with me, helping me along. Praise Him, ever-loving and sovereign Lord.
Saturday, June 21, 2003
Broken Angels..
Exams make you nostalgic....well not really. But they do make you go online for no reason thus resulting in mindless browsing. So i decided to look at some pictures of my friends and...its so weird....i look at all these incredible people and think like..wow. They've achieved SO much. Its amazing...Im only 19 and yet so many lives have coincided with mine and im sometimes sad to think of my future with them. As it is Ive lost contact with half of them, but that doesn't mean that I dont think of them. I actually do, and quite frequently.
Im so proud of my friends that I've made over the past years, especially my teenage years. These are people who have soo much potential, they have so much to give, so much to achieve. I really hope with every drop of cytoplasm in me that every one of them get to grasp their dreams. Nothing would make me happier than to see the people whom I struggled with through endless torment, who I shared abundant joy with, who shaped so much of my character achieve happiness. Everything of what and who I am today is due to these people.
I truly believe that everyone who enters my life was put there for a significant reason, angels sent by God. And its so weird cos we all think that we're so useless and ordinary and its true sometimes....sometimes we're everybit as bad as the next drug addict or prostitute yet God manages to use us in all our brokeness to enrich the lives of others. And thats what we really are. We are God's creation, made in His image sent down to earth for a reason. God's broken angels.
I praise God for using us despite our weaknesses, I thank Him for all the broken angels in my life.
Im so proud of my friends that I've made over the past years, especially my teenage years. These are people who have soo much potential, they have so much to give, so much to achieve. I really hope with every drop of cytoplasm in me that every one of them get to grasp their dreams. Nothing would make me happier than to see the people whom I struggled with through endless torment, who I shared abundant joy with, who shaped so much of my character achieve happiness. Everything of what and who I am today is due to these people.
I truly believe that everyone who enters my life was put there for a significant reason, angels sent by God. And its so weird cos we all think that we're so useless and ordinary and its true sometimes....sometimes we're everybit as bad as the next drug addict or prostitute yet God manages to use us in all our brokeness to enrich the lives of others. And thats what we really are. We are God's creation, made in His image sent down to earth for a reason. God's broken angels.
I praise God for using us despite our weaknesses, I thank Him for all the broken angels in my life.
Friday, June 20, 2003
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Trails of microorganisms...
Its exam time yet again and like the dutiful student that I am (or not hehe) Ive been studying and my goodness... reading up on microbiology gives me the creeps. To know that there are all these microscopic beings crawling,oozing, scuttling everywhere...ugh. Its making me like paranoid or something. yuks xp
And to follow up on the 100km walk thingy, my friend's group finished in 38 hours, 10 hours later than a group which consisted of 50 year olds! hahahahahaha but yea funny as it is, it wasnt easy. Throughout those 38 hours they only got 2 hours sleep and some people were injured/fell sick. Im really proud of all my friends and even those whom I dont know for completing it. But one thing dodgy is that each member has to pay $100 just to enter....thats....weird ok cos yea...people are supposed to sponsor their walking 100kms and they have to pay to walk..... like what!? Doesnt make any sense...i hope this wasnt like a scam thing. So this friend of mine wrote an "essay" on his experience for a bunch of us. Its really good reading...makes one feel as if they were there experiencing it.
I had initially thought of joining it next year but after all the tales...well....i think ill just volunteer to dish out soup at the checkout points!! hahahahaha. :P
And to follow up on the 100km walk thingy, my friend's group finished in 38 hours, 10 hours later than a group which consisted of 50 year olds! hahahahahaha but yea funny as it is, it wasnt easy. Throughout those 38 hours they only got 2 hours sleep and some people were injured/fell sick. Im really proud of all my friends and even those whom I dont know for completing it. But one thing dodgy is that each member has to pay $100 just to enter....thats....weird ok cos yea...people are supposed to sponsor their walking 100kms and they have to pay to walk..... like what!? Doesnt make any sense...i hope this wasnt like a scam thing. So this friend of mine wrote an "essay" on his experience for a bunch of us. Its really good reading...makes one feel as if they were there experiencing it.
I had initially thought of joining it next year but after all the tales...well....i think ill just volunteer to dish out soup at the checkout points!! hahahahaha. :P
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