19062009

人生得一知己足矣，斯世，当同怀视之。

The definition of good and best friends varies from one individual to another, depending on the person's core value of belief. Across the developing stages, incidents taken place, hence the change of perception and definition for many truths one heart holds. Once thought it will be more than impossible to obtain long lasting friendship and, a friend to share the many burdens and expressions with, until the day two distinctive souls come to a meeting point. Throughout the one year journey of life, we've taken on the roller coaster rides, where there are the ups and downs, where the time spent together creates the wonderful memories we treasure most; the first handmade gift, the company during the rainy days, the smile from the bottom of the heart, the crazy ideas on new experiences and the list goes on. 365 days are not the reasons to close bonding, but the quality moments shared between one and another; 8760 hours do not directly link to the quality moments spent, but the committment of two separate individuals; 525600 minutes do not guarantee the committment to closer bonds, but the attitude and trust lie within, thus the 31536000 seconds of wonderful friendship.

曾几何时，有人告诉我蓝颜知己并不存在。

如今，我却证实了他的观念是错误的。

I am glad we have met, and found each other across this very crowd.

Magnifying Media

Sometimes wonder what the original objective of having media was; to help bringing the focus onto disasters and sorrow perhaps? Or to widen up the general knowledge one possesses. Whatever the reason was, the impact of media is definitely noticeable, especially in the current society. It is so great that many tend to assume whatever the media is publishing in the news seem to be the only significant incidents in which are taking place, not remembering the fact that they may simply be the one small corner of the entire ice berg. Let's assume that one of the few objectives of having media is to spread the awareness on somehow or extremely rare cases such as psycho on street takes out several lives. Does that mean all psycho on Earth kill? No. It's funny to see how the media deviates its original path from reporting the truth to instilling the wrong impression towards particular groups into public. Perhaps it is their mistake of not publishing the actual percentage of certain incidents such as plane clash. Perhaps we as audiences are responsible to search and know well that whatever is on the news does not represent the entire human race. Perhaps we simply have to acknowlege media's strength in hypnotizing and or influencing our cognition. How ironic to see the least happened incidents overtake the rest which are frequently taking place, where everyone focuses mainly on the uncommon cases instead of those majorly in need of attention and actions.

喜新念旧

坐在车中静听着收音机播放的歌曲，思绪不禁被拉入电视剧里头的某些画面。由古至今，人类不断创新，以随着想象力更新所谓的生活水平。日新月异，适者生存；不及时代变迁则不及众人所盼，不及世人所望则不及内心所需。不及则不适，不适则不实；此观念近能于万人中所揭，一切不外是隐形压力所施。然而如此，喜新厌旧一词并未能大众化，只因仍有少数展开寻旧之旅，以固定喜好为标，收集陈年旧物。人与人之间的交流也不过如此。不同的经历造就不同心灵所需及要求，致使社交圈子的变动。年龄的增长，改变了朋友的定义，视野的扩增改变了做人处事的道理。当一人由人生一站移迁至下一站，所能携带在身的除了回忆尚是回忆。即使懊恨，我们不企图改变过去，而是利用现有的醒悟尝试改写未来，只因再丑恶的往事仍有最美丽的画面，再憧憬的未来尚有令人懊恼的未知数。喜新皆为平凡，厌与念则为一线之差。

Take A Break

At times we care so much about what the others might think of us that we tend not to be the usual self. From time to time, we are in seek of a place, a person or an object in which we can remove the hundreds masks, and greedily gasp for the long lost fresh air, and peace. Sometimes we can be so dependent to the point we ignore constructive advice from inner self and from others, where we may regret of behaving so when looking into the reflection from the past. How often do we want to be stronger and carry out the tasks assigned by life and fate with no questions asked? How frequent does it come across the mind that we are not as tough as we wish or expected to be? Listening to the rhythm produced by the rain drops hitting onto all surfaces, the mind retreats to a different world, where all thoughts entangled together as one and the body stops receiving orders from the brain, All movements in the universe stop, left only the 'moving chest'. It is somewhat good when we have allocated time for pauses as such, a break from busy schedules and constant input from obstacles and difficulties, with the price of being demotivated to get up once more. What are the reasons behind the so called hard work when we are actually looking for personal time slot to sit down and free ourselves from many other issues outside the very door? How do we even be stronger seeing that we do not allow our mind and body to take a break from many hassles? Why do we expect independence when we are obviously in need of support? Perhaps that simply shows how greedy and naive we can be at times, or perhaps, it proves how ambitious we are. Be stronger and more independent, it is about time.