I'm sleeping now. Nitez. Bluffer!

I love pleasant surprises. It's been a while since i last had a good surprise. To be honest, i cant think of any. Something out of da blue. Something unexpected. Something good. It just breaks the monotonous routine life that each and everyone of us have been living for the past years. WE ARE ROBOTS lemme tell ya that. Really. Thats the brutal truth and it's the kind of truth that all of us agree with, want to reject and change but it's difficult.

One can't deny the great education system that Singapore has provided (yeah right) but there's always another side to the 10cent coin. We have been living a ROUTINED life all this while because we've been program since young. For example, where do we go after 2 years of kindergarten? What about after that? how many more years? after that? how many years more? do we ever stop and think of our strengths and explore our options? are we scared? why? are we following the norm? is it wrong?

what happens after that? we go to a university. so? whats the big deal? why do we go to a university? is it necessary just because others deem reaching the highest level of the tertiary education as a symbol of success? why are we scared of society? why do we feel inferior? why are we letting the judgement and thoughts of others be the guide to how we should lead our life.

so what happens after university? i bet you. none of the students here are willing to take a year off from school or work. None. Zero. Zilch. Kosong. Why don't we try for once since the degree is in our hands, take a year off and do WHATEVER things that we really longed to do. Things that you really wanted to fulfill but stalled because of studies and exams; our great education system. Travel to exotic locations, backpack to India, learn to cook steak and onions, learn to sew those tatterd jeans, learn to bake a cake, be a barista and work at Starbucks, perform in cafes and pubs. Anything. Anything people. Don't you guys have your own desires and interests?

Not many of us make the time and effort to make our life more interesting and colourful. There's always an opportunity every single day. We should wake up with an objective. I must do something that would make me remember this very day. If your idea of not doing anything would make you remember that day, then so be it. I've had one too many of those. Believe me. Many of us do. So do something random for a change. Surprise yourself, surprise your friends. Make them smile. Make them laugh. Go and wash your nose with the water cooler if its really itchy. Go and sleep at a GSR or student lounge for once. I've done one too many outrageous things in old campus and the new campus to cherish my entire life and i know there's more to come.

Just something that i learnt and i wanna share with my dear friends. Don't come to school just to see your books. Come to school to learn. Learn from friends. Learn how to laugh. Learn how to make jokes. Learn how to socialise. Learn how to let go of emotions and let your guard down once in a while. We've forgotten to learn about all these and i really believe that this is the best time to do it. Do it and i hope that you would be surprised yourself with the change that you inititated yourself.

When we meet each other 20 years down the road, i dont think we would be talking about how many A+s we got back in school. Surely it would be about the moments where we skipped school to have breakfast, stayed over in school for 8 hours all in the name of Post Modernism, the moments where we ate hamburgers early in the morning with coffee and oreos or going for late night supper with dear friends.

Think about it. There's no harm trying. Don't be a hermit for life because the world is filled with colours that are meant to be painted on a canvas like you so that people will be able to know what kinda of a picture you are after all this years of painting by people you've met and your own self.

ja
fabulously surprised. can? lol.