C.

com‧mit‧ment
–noun
1. the act of committing.
2. the state of being committed.
3. the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself.
4. a pledge or promise; obligation: We have made a commitment to pay our bills on time.
5. engagement; involvement: They have a sincere commitment to religion.

This is one of the Cs that no one, not even yourself, can see.
So who will know if anyone has it?

But somehow, many things in life revolve around commitment.

rock off.

It feels great to get one huge rock off your chest.
Even better since I did it after mugging at Delifrance for almost 12 hours.

GOGOGO!

26/10/2006

You know how some people can brighten up your day simply by smiling? When the same person talks to you, you'll feel as if there were a lighthouse around you all day.

Now, I am not talking about someone whom I idolise, admire, or have the slightest crush on. Nah. I'm talking about a friend of a friend. We met today by chance and talked awhile because we were both waiting for someone. There wasn't much depth, just the normal stuff you'll talk with someone you don't really know. But it does have an effect on brightening my day.

Also, there are others who can do the exact opposite. They can plunge your days into darkness simply by not talking to you. It happened to me awhile ago. It was depressing. But I'm glad to know people who can light up my day. I don't mean to say that those who darken my days aren't friends. If I don't know them, why would their silence even bother me? They are friends, just perhaps there's some kind of gap between us.

Friends are not only part of our life.
They make our life.
So treasure them.
26/10/2006

in considerate

Just the other day, I took a feeder bus. Upon sitting down, I smelt the fragrance of food. I looked around to see who had bought food and brought it on the bus. Then I saw this young boy eating some sort of chicken rice in front of me. There's absolutely nothing wrong with spreading the smell of food if you're just bringing it somewhere. But there is something seriously wrong if you have to resort to eating on the bus. Either you are a very busy person, or you are just downright inconsiderate. And you know what's worse, the boy's mother was right beside him, which means she believes that it's ok for her son to eat RICE on public transport. That is seriously bad education for a child. And the boy didn't even bother finishing his food.

Look, I've got nothing against eating snacks, or even a quick sandwich on the bus if you are really busy and the bus trip is the only free time u have. Eating sweets is even more innocent. But actually taking a meal on public transport, that's more than just a little too much. What's next, a picnic on a bus? If you really have to eat while on the move, you jolly well pay to go eat on a cable car.

Just imagine, let's say the boy's eating on the bus because he is really hungry. I don't even believe that because seeing the way the mother fawns on the boy, she wouldn't let him even approach hunger, let alone starvation. But let's just say he is starving, then you might say it's all right for him to eat. Imagine, what if he was in need of the toilet, what if he needed to take a dump, what if he has not pooped for a year, and he needs to shit there and then, what would you say if the mother just let the boy release his bowels on the bus? I won't even want to think about it.

So how about we try to be more considerate? As long as it's within our area of control, we should at least do something to make lives better for others. I'm not saying we should go out of our way just to make others' lives better. No, because no one else will do that for you. But we should still do what we can, within our time, to make what we're doing more acceptable for the people around us.

mahjong.

Mahjong.
It's starting to become an addiction.
Not in terms of how 'big' I play.
But how it can take priority over anything.
My studies.
Even when I'm sick.
The things it cant take priority over are my outings.
I should really worry.
But it seems as though it's normal.

In one single month, the defining moment in my life.
The single examination that I studied 6 years of primary education,
4 years of secondary education and 2 years of post-secondary education for.
THE examination that will define if I can get into a university course of my choice.
And Mahjong can still take priority over my studies.

Anyway, I don't mean to make mahjong sound like pure evil. It does take skills to play, no doubt. But it's so time-consuming that just meeting up to play takes at least 3 hours, with the pre and post game activities. 3 hours is just sufficient time to practise one paper.

Mahjong.
My joy yet my bane.