Carpe Diem!

Well, before I begin this post, I would like to mention to you that this would probably the most sentimental one that I would be writing.

Life is a fragile and unexpected thing

My maid’s husband has just passed away and it is needless to say that she is in a shattered wreck right about now, and not even our condolences and the constant promise that we would be sending her on the first flight back to her hometown is doing anything positive to the situation. Of course the real impact of the situation is not being impressed upon me, partly due to the fact that she is just a maid in which my family hires and she has been here for bare half a year. However, I do feel for her. It is only the natural thing for me to do.

In life, nothing is definitive, especially when it comes to departing this world. Today you may be here; tomorrow you may not. You see, this is the thing about life, you don’t really dictate its movement, sure you can dictate the events within your life, but you just cannot dictate Life. Who knows if you will get stomach cancer? Who can safely say that they know that they will live to 70? I can’t.

Although I feel a bit ashamed of using this anecdote to illustrate my point, I do feel that the lessons that we can draw from this is worth it. In life, we can never know what would eventually become of us. Thus it is pertinent that we seize the day and any of the opportunities that she brings to us. For the opportunities may not come again, and it would be a shame that we have to live to regret it on our deathbed, slowly de-generating away.

Let us not live our lives on ‘what ifs’. ‘What if I had turned over a new leaf?’, ‘What if I had studied for that exam’, ‘What if I had not started drinking?’. We should instead make all these ‘what ifs’ into action and curb all our bad habits. For we may not be able to amend them, if we procrastinate them for another day.

I conclude this post in remembrance of all our kin and friends who have transcended the physical boundary which we call earth. May their lives be a testimony to which we can base ours on.

March-ing on

Ahh the holidays are here and I guess it is once again a sweet intermission from stress. However, I would like to take this post to encourage my freinds who have not made it back to their JC of their choice.

You know how life is like a baseball game, and trouble, the thrower. You never know what he will present to you. It could be fast ball, a curve ball or a fake. Regardless of it, you can never be too sure of what to expect and more importantly, how to handle it. However this does not imply that you dont handle the situation thrust upon you. Instead, what you should do is to make the best out of it. Hit the ball and start running to the bases.

The same thing in school life. Dont be stumped at the current trouble that life has thrust upon you, instead handle it and dont lament on the problem. Sitting around and crying over spilt milk would not put the milk back into the carton. So what if you did not get what you desire? so what if your appeal fails? so what?! the world does not give a second chance! instead seize whatever you are given and try your best to hit a home run. Dont worry if you miss this chance, it is a player and only a game in the season called 'life'. there would be more chances and oppurtunities to come.

"Today we walk down this darken alley,
The walls tower here are blinding and scary.
I hold you close trembling in fear,
The only thing that eases my mind is that you are near.
Please don't go..."