Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Seasonal Repetition


Wonder if it is the season that leads to more surfacing of sensitive issues on the news and through media. It is rather hilarious that some people always assume self to be at a higher status among the society, and not remember the fact that we are all equal and deserve the rights to be treated fairly. Perhaps it is as simple as our nature of marking own territory in ensuring survival, that we somehow manage to claim particular area or item as ours, though it might not belong to anyone in the first place. Perhaps it is our inborn competitiveness that we always want to be ahead of others and thus, trying to be on top of everyone else by conquering more areas or even people’s hearts. Nonetheless, it is such contradicting situation where most of us cannot get along well with each other despite the idea of all as one which has been launched months ago. Nobody likes to live their lives in constant arguments and disharmony, or at least not all of us do. However, with our distinctive ideas of tolerance and bonding, it is rather difficult to have everyone comes down as one and share the same view towards future, as it requires mutual commitment instead of just one. Come to think of it, do the similar frustrating and heartbreaking incidents not take place during the usual days as well? 

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Concrete & Abstract


Extra knowledge gained days ago during dinner, being reminded on how dangerous an abstraction can be. Some of us may have been thought to be optimistic, especially when it comes to our future, that we shall never back down from any obstacles encountered, but to carry on with what our hearts desire most. Nevertheless, it is also important whether we have or, are willing to put in efforts in order to make things work, as the wildest dream would still require us to start from a single scratch. We let our imaginations run wild, and be as creative as possible, reaching out of the box as many have said. But frankly speaking, how often do we question the success rate behind all dreams? How frequent do we dream while in the same time looking back into the reality and check on the possibilities? It was definitely a valuable lesson learned; that regardless how much we are to think abstractly, we would nonetheless have to place the thoughts onto something concrete in order to succeed.