..:No time like Now:..

RV big walk is an event that I did not regret attending even though I have to wake up early to reach the west coast campus at 730. But I would say that it is all worth it. Though we only walk the 2.6k and took shuttle bus for the rest of the distance. But as I hear the school song being played when the RV flag is being raised, it was a sense of pride. Because I am proud to be an rvian. During our 4 years there, we might have whined or raved or complained about the school, the rules, the regulations, but I believe most of us miss RV and is proud to have graduated from there. Like what Mrs Look say, "RV is a school that you wish to leave when you are there and a place you will miss when you leave". Today I fully understood this line.

All the familiarity as we made our way to the campus. The taking of bus 51, walking the same path towards a school gate that no longer is RV still bring back memories. And listening to what people say on the bus:
A: 以前51不是有弯到学校前面的吗？
B: 有，很久很久以前。
C: 在我们还在读书的时候。

Things have changed. The place have changed but the sentiments remain. Judging by the huge turnout by the rv alumni, it is undeniable that we all still feel a sense of belonging to the school. Seniors who have graduated many years before still came back for the event. Those 4 years have been happy days, filled with fun and laughter. The sheltered environment that rv provided forge strong bonds between us. And I guess that's what matters.

海云漫漫 碧波荡荡
赤道绿洲 有我学堂
春风化雨 桃李成行
立德立功 化愚化顽
愿我学子 勿忘勿忘
他日我校 光芒万丈
愿我学子 勿忘勿忘
他日我校 光芒万丈
与日月争光兮
与天地共久长

I keep thinking, keep wondering, keep guessing but somehow I feel that's about the limit that I would go. Whilst my mind is still in control, its time to move on.

I thought about the irony of it. I had a disagreement with a friend because I dont believe in fate. I don't believe in sitting there and waiting for things to happen, I don't believe in whining about the system that we are in. I believe in gratitude for the simple things that we have in life. Many a time we whine about the Singapore education system but for all the bad it supposedly do, I am still grateful for receiving an education. We whine about the lack there of activities to do in Singapore which might be true but at the same time I am grateful that we can do whatever we can with a peace of mind. We argued about the right of being a citizen but I dont believe that being a citizen is just about a birthright. I realised many a time we whine about what we dont have but we aint grateful for what we have in front of us.

I do believe that the system is not perfect but at the same time I believe that whining gets a person nowhere. Sure, all of us whine once in a while but then admist all that whining, what is being done? There are a few choices, to leave, to change or to adapt. If we are powerless to change the system, we find ways to adapt to survive instead of whining and sitting around hoping that someone gets around to it. If it really bothers us so much, we do have a choice to leave or to change the system. I believe citizenship is more than a birthright, its the simple pride of being what is a Singaporean. Somehow it might sound politically correct but I do believe in gratitude because that's what makes us human.

How many people think about the peace that Singapore enjoy? Not everyone gets to do those boring stuff that each of us complaing about. The lackthereof activities is a luxury that not everyone can enjoy because of poverty because of war because of many other things. But how many people notice that? He say that I am acting noble, perhaps I am. But I believe in gratitude, because gratitude doesn't just extend to friends and family, it goes way beyond that. And I wonder... who share the same sentiments.

On a side not, I am switching alliances to another blog name/url. Ask me for the link, I wont post the new url anywhere online. Ask and you might receive.

It has been a long time since i've really blogged. BECAUSE... life have been revolving about books! But it is especially during exams period that I have the time to go deep within my thoughts. I realise that there are a lot of things that I miss and I am going to find them back during this holidays. :)

And this is also a time in which I want to catch up with friends which I have blatantly ignored during sem time. But this will also be a holidays in which I vowed to stay at home more often because it has come to a point that I eat like 3 meals a day outside. :( I missed home cooked food so so so much. Wanting to spend time with people who matter and wanting to find back the stuff which I have lost.

Sometimes happiness comes in bits and pieces in which we dont realise. Love is more than a warm fuzzy feeling, it is about the friendship that reaches beyond death. Some quote that I read in a book in which i've forgotten the author and the title.

And it is also time to find some good books to read! :)

When you lose things, you realise how much those things mean to you. Especially when you bought it with your hard earned money. And when it has been with you for some time. A lesson learnt.

Yet i realised how much my friends care for me. Thks

Watched my sister's keeper. I wouldn't say that its a fantastic show but the message is there. I didn't shed a single tear but again i'm pretty well known to not cry while watching or reading anything sad. I would say that the show had a more realistic storyline as compared to book though the book had a sadder ending. However the show set me thinking.

Kate wanted to die but her mum tried everything possible to keep her alive at the expense of anna. Was it or was it not at the expense of anna, its up to one's viewpoint. However i know one thing for sure is that designer babies are against evolution and I am strongly against it. Nothing justifies the action. I wonder what the mum was thinking when she agreed to conceive a designer baby to save her child. It is inevitable that one day, the child would want to make her own decisions and it would be inevitable that the child would want to feel that she's important and not existing in this world just to save her sister. iWhere do one draw the line? What happens when the organ failing is a heart? Who gets it? Who do you try to keep alive then? Wouldn't the pain be even harder to handle then?

And finally letting kate die. Its a form of euthanasia isn't it? The show makes me wonder about something. Euthansia has been widely debated about because of the fear of the slippery slope leading to one being forced to agree to euthanasia and in which the quality of human life is to be measured by doctors. However, when we don't legalised euthanasia, aren't we forcing the patients who really want to die to keep on living? If both things are against the will of the patient, why does forcing one to be alive is more correct than forcing one to die. Who decided that? Aren't both things equally cruel? Legalising euthanasia would mean that patients really have the right to choose isnt it? Of course, there are family members who want to prolong the life of their loved ones as long as possible, but sometimes letting go would be more pain free.

There are people who want to live and yet there are people who are so tired from battlling the disease that they want to be set free and the only way is to die. Staying alive had become too painful for them but because of our selfish wants, our fear of losing a loved one, we tried all ways and means to keep them alive, And for this very reason, medical technology continues to improve by the day, researchers work hard to find cures for the new diseases that they diagnose. Yet, is there a need? Weren't life a lot simpler when people have no idea about what is cancer? We say that life is difficult but it is us ourselves that complicate things up. For this, i believe that ignorance is bliss. Living a short life of happiness is better than living a longer life in which you spend most of it battling a illness.