Friday, December 09, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Because I believe
A tutor of mine once said this: "The difference between believing and not believing? The former creates possibilities."
How true.
That's exactly what I need (and I guess everybody too) to help me finish this competition. Believing creates a whole lot more possibilities. I don't really know how to elaborate on that, it's like if you know it, you know it; if you don't, I can't explain either. Probably for people taking exams, you may be able to understand it.
At this point in time, I'm sure we've done what we possibly could. Who doesn't want to do well? Nobody. Who doesn't wanna own those papers? Surely everyone wants to walk out of the exam hall confidently.
Sometimes I think it's really unfair that our future and our fate is solely dependent on one freaking academic performance. But sometimes I'm rather glad because I didn't do well in any school exams as well so continuous assessments won't benefit me anyway. Hahaha. That's one regret for me - not doing well academically in school. Anyhow.
But there goes the saying: “台上十分钟，台下十年功。” After countless trainings and practices, it's all just for that one performance. Currently, that's the situation that I'm in and I'm it's of many too.
Tonight over dinner, my sister and her boyfriend was talking about work and all. One point they brought up I thought it's completely relevant. They said 大学教你怎么做人，但当你真正踏上社会时，你才开始学习。Yes, then all those lame integration and differentiation and what-nots will not be needed then. But why do we need it now? I'm not sure if I've mentioned in earlier posts though. It's just a stepping stone for higher education. We may be dreading what we're doing now, but we never realize what we dread doing is actually a dream of another brother on Earth. Actually we are fortunate. Really, aren't we?
It's always easier to be pessimistic than to be optimistic. We never really look at ourselves and appreciate what we have. We're always taking things for granted, especially in this case, education. And we're always looking for what we DON'T have and hence we are never satisfied. Hahaha girls, when was the time when you looked at your wardrobe and think, wah I have ao many clothes I need to stop buying? Or maybe you look into the mirror and really appreciate the way you are? - That is, you think you're not too fat and don't have the desire to slim down, or you think you're not skinny you need to be one?
Well I guess, we need to start appreciating. Or at least, I need to start. But I find it really challenging even if I can say all these now.
Okay I think I digress a lot! I'm so sorry but it's like I think so fast I just type whatever I think of and sometimes there's no link! Hahah. My words supposedly reflect my thoughts, but no I can't cos I can't type that fast on my iPhone! LOL.
Lemme share 2 lines of lyrics from two different songs that kept me hopeful an kept me believing this while.
"I believe I can fly; I believe I can touch the sky. I think about it every night and day, spread my wings and fly away."
If you live with me, you will hear me sing this every now and then. It's stuck in my head. Heh.
And now for my favorite line.
"When you believe, somehow you will. You will when you believe."
Believing creates possibilities.
15 more days till we end this race. I believe.
How true.
That's exactly what I need (and I guess everybody too) to help me finish this competition. Believing creates a whole lot more possibilities. I don't really know how to elaborate on that, it's like if you know it, you know it; if you don't, I can't explain either. Probably for people taking exams, you may be able to understand it.
At this point in time, I'm sure we've done what we possibly could. Who doesn't want to do well? Nobody. Who doesn't wanna own those papers? Surely everyone wants to walk out of the exam hall confidently.
Sometimes I think it's really unfair that our future and our fate is solely dependent on one freaking academic performance. But sometimes I'm rather glad because I didn't do well in any school exams as well so continuous assessments won't benefit me anyway. Hahaha. That's one regret for me - not doing well academically in school. Anyhow.
But there goes the saying: “台上十分钟，台下十年功。” After countless trainings and practices, it's all just for that one performance. Currently, that's the situation that I'm in and I'm it's of many too.
Tonight over dinner, my sister and her boyfriend was talking about work and all. One point they brought up I thought it's completely relevant. They said 大学教你怎么做人，但当你真正踏上社会时，你才开始学习。Yes, then all those lame integration and differentiation and what-nots will not be needed then. But why do we need it now? I'm not sure if I've mentioned in earlier posts though. It's just a stepping stone for higher education. We may be dreading what we're doing now, but we never realize what we dread doing is actually a dream of another brother on Earth. Actually we are fortunate. Really, aren't we?
It's always easier to be pessimistic than to be optimistic. We never really look at ourselves and appreciate what we have. We're always taking things for granted, especially in this case, education. And we're always looking for what we DON'T have and hence we are never satisfied. Hahaha girls, when was the time when you looked at your wardrobe and think, wah I have ao many clothes I need to stop buying? Or maybe you look into the mirror and really appreciate the way you are? - That is, you think you're not too fat and don't have the desire to slim down, or you think you're not skinny you need to be one?
Well I guess, we need to start appreciating. Or at least, I need to start. But I find it really challenging even if I can say all these now.
Okay I think I digress a lot! I'm so sorry but it's like I think so fast I just type whatever I think of and sometimes there's no link! Hahah. My words supposedly reflect my thoughts, but no I can't cos I can't type that fast on my iPhone! LOL.
Lemme share 2 lines of lyrics from two different songs that kept me hopeful an kept me believing this while.
"I believe I can fly; I believe I can touch the sky. I think about it every night and day, spread my wings and fly away."
If you live with me, you will hear me sing this every now and then. It's stuck in my head. Heh.
And now for my favorite line.
"When you believe, somehow you will. You will when you believe."
Believing creates possibilities.
15 more days till we end this race. I believe.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Confidence. Faith. Trust.
7 days.
It's never too late to start, but too late if you don't work hard.
Just need a'lil more confidence to help me pull through all these shit. I had never been studying for interest, but always been studying cos I need to. I know clearly the importance of this hurdle I'm about to cross - it's the passport to my next stage of life.
All the national exams are just like stages of a swimming competition. PSLE is like the preliminary round. Amongst all competitors, you swim as fast as possible to emerge as the top few so as to qualify for the next round.
Moving on, the quarter-finals. This time it gets tougher, because the standard of your competitors get higher, and you just have to keep pushing yourself physically and mentally so that you stand a chance in the next round. This time you did alright, but not impressive enough. Or at least, you knew that you could have done better. Lucky enough, you proceed to the semifinals with an average result.
Now the semifinals. And this time round, your competitors get even stronger. Some gave the quarter-finals a miss but came stronger this round. Nervous? Definitely. Doubtful of yourself? Sometimes. Being an average is never a good thing because you are always caught between nowhere. Either you're too good for the bottom or you're too lousy for the top. And now you're in this awkward position, thinking of all the possible outcomes that may befall you in this competition.
So what to do? Other than working hard, you just have to work harder. And harder. And harder... And all you wish for, is a placing in the finals, right?
I've always been clear of my own goals in this long race which started when I was 12. First goal: CGS. Achieved. Second goal: ACJC. Missed. Third Goal: HKU/HK. And one thing I'm very sure: I don't wanna give my any of my goals a miss anymore.
Why do I describe the national exams as a swimming competition?
In a swimming competition, you look as if you are competing against your other competitors. But the fact is that, you're competing against yourself. It's a race against your ability, your skills. Only you can beat your fastest timing; only you can break your own record. You win for your future, for yourself, not for anyone else.
The role of your competitors is just to keep you going and to keep your goals clear. It's a motivation for you to want to be better, but it's not the reason of your loss.
Just like the A'levels.
It may seem like a competition against many others, but it really is not. Others doing well is the fruit of their own labour and it doesn't account for your loss in anything. Their achievement can motivate you, or make you feel worse about yourself. It's always about how you want to see it as. They never can make you lose; only you can make yourself lose.
Sometimes I feel quite silly to worry about others causing me to lose. Then I think again: No, they're not. If I lose, it's solely because I didn't work hard enough.
7 days to the start of this 15-day race against myself. I don't feel prepared. Sometimes you just get too tired you wanna give up. But I realise I just need a lil' more confidence and hard work and everything will be alright.
For people who are tired or who has taken a long rest: Pick yourself up again. It's just 7 days and in a blink of an eye it'll all be over. Remember, it's never too late to start but too late if you've already given up in yourself. But then it's never too late if you're willing to pick yourself up again.
Haha I'm quite impressed sometimes, with how I console myself.
7 days to the semifinals.
23 days to my well-deserved freedom.
Till then.
(Typed entirely using my iPhone)
It's never too late to start, but too late if you don't work hard.
Just need a'lil more confidence to help me pull through all these shit. I had never been studying for interest, but always been studying cos I need to. I know clearly the importance of this hurdle I'm about to cross - it's the passport to my next stage of life.
All the national exams are just like stages of a swimming competition. PSLE is like the preliminary round. Amongst all competitors, you swim as fast as possible to emerge as the top few so as to qualify for the next round.
Moving on, the quarter-finals. This time it gets tougher, because the standard of your competitors get higher, and you just have to keep pushing yourself physically and mentally so that you stand a chance in the next round. This time you did alright, but not impressive enough. Or at least, you knew that you could have done better. Lucky enough, you proceed to the semifinals with an average result.
Now the semifinals. And this time round, your competitors get even stronger. Some gave the quarter-finals a miss but came stronger this round. Nervous? Definitely. Doubtful of yourself? Sometimes. Being an average is never a good thing because you are always caught between nowhere. Either you're too good for the bottom or you're too lousy for the top. And now you're in this awkward position, thinking of all the possible outcomes that may befall you in this competition.
So what to do? Other than working hard, you just have to work harder. And harder. And harder... And all you wish for, is a placing in the finals, right?
I've always been clear of my own goals in this long race which started when I was 12. First goal: CGS. Achieved. Second goal: ACJC. Missed. Third Goal: HKU/HK. And one thing I'm very sure: I don't wanna give my any of my goals a miss anymore.
Why do I describe the national exams as a swimming competition?
In a swimming competition, you look as if you are competing against your other competitors. But the fact is that, you're competing against yourself. It's a race against your ability, your skills. Only you can beat your fastest timing; only you can break your own record. You win for your future, for yourself, not for anyone else.
The role of your competitors is just to keep you going and to keep your goals clear. It's a motivation for you to want to be better, but it's not the reason of your loss.
Just like the A'levels.
It may seem like a competition against many others, but it really is not. Others doing well is the fruit of their own labour and it doesn't account for your loss in anything. Their achievement can motivate you, or make you feel worse about yourself. It's always about how you want to see it as. They never can make you lose; only you can make yourself lose.
Sometimes I feel quite silly to worry about others causing me to lose. Then I think again: No, they're not. If I lose, it's solely because I didn't work hard enough.
7 days to the start of this 15-day race against myself. I don't feel prepared. Sometimes you just get too tired you wanna give up. But I realise I just need a lil' more confidence and hard work and everything will be alright.
For people who are tired or who has taken a long rest: Pick yourself up again. It's just 7 days and in a blink of an eye it'll all be over. Remember, it's never too late to start but too late if you've already given up in yourself. But then it's never too late if you're willing to pick yourself up again.
Haha I'm quite impressed sometimes, with how I console myself.
7 days to the semifinals.
23 days to my well-deserved freedom.
Till then.
(Typed entirely using my iPhone)
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Control
如果控制不了自己的脾气，要怎么成大器？
如果随口骂粗话，那你谈何气质？
如果脾气如此恶劣，那谈何交际？
If people said something untrue about you, the more you shouldn't be angry simply because it is not true! You shouldn't get angry or throw tantrum cos if you do so means they've got their way and achieved their purpose. Instead, you should instead prove them wrong!
Learn how to control your emotions. Because if you're gonna let your emotions take over, you are never logical.
如果随口骂粗话，那你谈何气质？
如果脾气如此恶劣，那谈何交际？
If people said something untrue about you, the more you shouldn't be angry simply because it is not true! You shouldn't get angry or throw tantrum cos if you do so means they've got their way and achieved their purpose. Instead, you should instead prove them wrong!
Learn how to control your emotions. Because if you're gonna let your emotions take over, you are never logical.
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