two zero zero eight

2008 has been a good year.

There was the successful Sec 1 orientation – especially JRIC.
There was the painful but fruitful double tennis gold.
There was my sweet 16th birthday.
There was the awesome APCG.
There was the decent Dramafeste.
There was OIP to Chiangrai.
There is the joy of knowing you’ve completed a milestone in your life.
There was, and in other ways will still be, the delightful 4k.

Best of all though, i think i’ve grown more than ever in a single year. All the events from the second half of last year to the end of this year has indeed been life altering, if not life changing.

It has been a remarkable year – especially since it is my 16th year and the last year in secondary school. This year has been an eventful year to cherish. And it is because of this, that i want to spend the very last few days of this year well.

25 come and gone

Christmas has come rather abruptly this year. It was unexpectedly quick. It hasn’t been anything spectacular – not that it ever was. But as we grow up this festive joy just dies down. If anything, it’s less of play play and more of just reunion – which is still a joy.

Went to watch ip man early early christmas morning. It’s a pretty good show. I love the camera shot selection and the kung fu – it wasn’t all ee-action only. I was quite pleasantly surprised.

Well, it’s 6 days to the end of what i’ve been thinking as an outstandingly (literally) good 2008 year. Time to take great care of every day left to school start.

merry belated christmas.

mad

honestly, what am i going to do with my hopeless studies? continual denial isn’t going to help.
i know… what the hell?!

on a higher note, house will be livelier come next week.

i’m screwed up. yeah!

from the past

dribs, drabs
memories from the past.
the things, the people
i’m missing it
and i’m missing them.

human existence

this world is just fascinating.

i just watched a documentary on stephen hawking and his work and it’s just extraordinary. we struggle so hard to make sense of this world we live in, to understand where we all came from and how this world all began. but in the end, we don’t even know whether half of what we hypothesise exists or not. trouble is we won’t embrace any theory absolutely until we can see and touch it – which is something quite impossible.

all this makes our existence very surreal. are we really living? is the thing in my hand really what i think it is? religion is just one answer to all these questions. but even then, people are still looking for other answers – because religion in itself can be questionable.

sometimes, i just wonder why our kind can’t simply accept the world that we live in. there seems to be a constant need to understand and control every bit of nature. we need theories to explain our existence and we need inventions to overcome the forces of nature. we love being in control. but why can’t we just live as we are?

chasing passions

Holidays are a time to chase the things you’ve always wanted to do aren’t they?

I’ve spent quite some doing that. And now i hope i’ll do it some justice.