Baskin Robbins

January 31st, the last day of the month which feels like a year or so. Also, the day where we get discounts at Baskin. Pint of ice-cream, with two different flavors. One was bitter sweet and the other was rather sweet. The latter one somehow tasted funny after a while, but not the bitter sweet. Certain people prefer their life to go smoothly, always getting the best, on the other hand, some may think that the ups and downs are what make the life interesting. With the life often goes lucky, not facing any obstacles, the so called happiness no longer known as one, but something ordinary and may not be appreciated longer. In contrary, the obstacles in life teach us what we couldn’t learn from texts, and also, the meaningful life.

Poem: Simba

Kitten found, brownish fur with chubbiness.

Was named according to the scene from Lion King.

Where the cub was hold high up, above all animals.

Similar ceremony repeated once again in class.

Simba the cat, the mascot of 6A.

He meowed, for the very first time.

And there, he sank into the applauses from the crowd.

Time spent with the kitten, touches all hearts.

Even the ones who were once afraid of cats too had fun.

Nevertheless, the mascot left, to his new home.

Leaving the memories behind, where he was named, Simba.

Kimarie

“To the saloon,” he said and drove her to the shop painted black. There she let someone else washes her hair, for the very first time. During the ‘process’, the hairstylist in charged started several conversations, as if preventing her from boredom. As we all can imagine, sitting there doing nothing but watch someone else cutting our hair would be pretty boring, that is if, we seriously do nothing at all. At the time being, different ideas and thoughts came across the mind, sinking deep in nowhere else, but our very own mind. When we finally step out from the ‘green house’, we would meet different people from different backgrounds, though it might already happen back then. Looking into the mirror, something tells that being a hairstylist may bring us through different stages, for we are able to see a person in different appearances, before and after the haircut, also, when the hair is soaking wet, with the bubbles and foam. Through the communication, we may even learn something we wouldn’t know, since none of us are able to go through all obstacles in life. Nevertheless, how many of us actually look into the matters, from different point of view and also, from different fields?

CNY

“I’m surprised you are still sending Chinese New Year cards, since the technology nowadays are so advanced,” said a person sarcastically. With all the cell phones, laptops and internet services, people do not have to step outside the house to know the world better. Even the social circles could be maintained by sending what we called, SMS or simply, a phone call. Things are changing now, but not totally. Some of us may still stick to the old-fashioned ways in handling stuff. For example, writing letters and sending cards. Funny thing that is, the feelings somehow can be well expressed by writing it down, instead of typing it out, though it might take a longer time to get it done with. Anyway, the latest trend changes from time to time, and don’t see the reason why it wouldn’t come to the time where the ‘old-fashion’ is once shine again.

The Bridge

One mentioned, life consist different paths, which include happiness and meaningful life. However, out of these two, we may choose one, and only one. To be truly happy, we must live in present, and not looking back to the past or future. In contrary, a meaningful life leads us back to the previous chapters in life, and at times, skips to a new one before we finish the current page. However, a bridge can be build in between, similar to how we link two different lands together. And the bridge would be? Optimism. Indeed, to ignore what happened in the past and focus only on the present is a shortcut to happiness. Nevertheless, without optimism, one may be living in one’s shadow, sinking in the present dark. Being optimistic shall let us have both at once, to always look at the brighter side, living the life to the fullest and also, learning the meaning of life.

Confliction

According to one, we wouldn’t lose anything when we own nothing at all. Let’s look at it from the other side. Doesn’t that mean we lose the ‘nothing’ when we own something? Another said, “No comment is a comment.” And here, Chinese says, never give out the things we do not want. On the other hand, people saying we should donate the unwanted items to those who are in need. Each statement is conflictive with one and another. There are no certain definitions on everything we do, since it varies from a person to another. We are the ones who set the boundaries and, we are the ones who break it. Such ironic.

Magnifying Glass

In class, we often heard, “It feels like ages to recess.” Time flies when we are day dreaming, or even when we are doing nothing at all. However, it too might give us the feelings of hours though it’s barely been 15 minutes. We might be able to multitask, but there is no guarantee that we can concentrate evenly on them. Therefore, as we put the time spending as priority, it ‘goes’ slower than we expected. In contrary, time flies when we less focusing on it, but working on the others instead. Similarly, it applies in our daily life. As we focus, it turns into a magnifying glass, enlarging everything possible. This resulting one’s strengths are unnoticeable when we only focus on the weaknesses.