F.O.C.

F.O.C. The Freedom Of Cycling

I love cycling. Simply because it gives me the freedom to go anywhere I want. Simply because I'm depending on myself to bring myself to places. Simply because I get to indulge myself with my surroundings when cycling.

Then some people might ask, why not take up driving? Well, I plan to take up driving only after my National Service. Now, it's not necessary. Plus cycling is less stressful than driving because there are no roads to restrict my movement, lesser rules to adhere to. Although cycling takes a longer time, and there is surely a limit to how much and how far I can cycle, the benefits certainly outweight all the disadvantages. The freedom and the wind simply cheers me up easily. It makes me forget everything once I'm cycling.

I'll try to test the limits on how far I can cycle instead of taking public transport.

FOC is no longer free of charge. Because nothing is free in this world. For me, it has instead become the Freedom of Cycling.

roads.

It takes a road to go nowhere...

That's from some song I have on my iPod now. Just can't remember the title. But it started me thinking. And I felt, I rather be walking on a road to nowhere, than walking nowhere to the road I want. I don't know if anyone can understand my blabbering, but that's just what I feel.

Maybe it's just my way of life, but I prefer to be doing things aimlessly, whenever I like to, instead of knowing my destination but having no idea how to get there. It may be seen as a lazy, or even an 'escapist' lifestyle, but it's something I enjoy.

Roads to nowhere might have branches midway that will eventually lead somewhere I will want to go. That's surely better than walking to somewhere I know I won't enjoy. It's a faint hope, but hoping is better than regretting my decision in the future.

priorities

The World Cup is over.

Zidane sent off.
Trezeguet missed penalty.
France lost.
Italy lost.

Many great footballers are retiring from international football after this.Sadly.

I don't want to look back on that anymore.

It's now time to look to the future. Talking about time, it's something that we wont realise we're lacking til we are actually running out of it. "Time flies", how true is this statement. Only yesterday it seems I had just started my JC education. Today, my principal told us that there's only about 8 weeks left to our prelims exams, and 10 weeks of official schooldays left in total. And that ends my life of uniformed education. Time flies.

Why priorities? Because it's the time to study! I've realised how hard it is to get into a faculty of my choice at the university. It requires A,B grades with an aggregate above 60. That is totally out of reach given my current knowledge and abilities. Perhaps it's really time to give up my slacking lifestyle, and adopt a mugging one instead. But that'll surely take some time to adapt to. Nevertheless, I have to do it!

8 weeks to prelims.
GOGOGO.

If Italy can win the World Cup, I can do well for my A levels as well.