If it's time to say goodbye - Con te io li vivrò.
The back part means 'with you I will experience it'
It's part of the lyrics to a song by Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli. Titled 'time to say goodbye'.
I do know that my posts seems generally angsty. I am in the know that my recent blog posts have marginally appeared to be under dim shadows. I trust you can see that the words which I post seem engulfed by darkness.
On a side note, Happy CNY. Note, in accordiance with our customs it is supposed to be a new beginning, but here let me round off first instead.
I will be brutally honest in asking you this question. "Have you ever entertained suicidal notions in your life before?"
First let me put my stand on the issue. I don't support self-killing. But how can we simplify it to a matter of allowing or disallowing? I must admit that indeed I have thought of such prospects before. I do have the occasional tendency to just look out of the window when I'm under stress, and then my brain starts whirring. Don't refer me to a counsellor whatsoever. It's just that sometimes... you really don't feel the urge to go on living. You wish you could stop there, and take all your problems away with you. I think in such a way from time to time, but I'm glad that I still have people to help me survive the stress which each day in life presents.
Sometimes you wonder at how insignificant you are; sometimes you scorn at how inferior a character you present. When we write 散文, we are often inspired by something small, ever so insignificant. Yet it provides the inspiration for you to think of ideas in general. For me, the latest source was Jeremy's blog. The post dated 8/2 on 'Musings'.
QUOTE
"Reasonably anyway. And, when I probe further, I differ from them in a lot of ways. My cousins are generally good-looking, outspoken, sociable, fashionable, outgoing, etc. Whilst I am... well, lets just say that I'm the opposite. Nerdy and introverted and antisocial and ugly and fat and... blahblahblah"
The words just aided me in putting myself into perspective. Of course, people will know that I was scolding him for 'making me cry', and I was riling at his insensitivity which applied on doing a comparitive analysis. Call me sentimental at times.
I remember Jeffrey once telling me how he had become nonchalant towards others' attitudes and opinions. Yet from what I knew, he could be emotional like me a lot of times. True enough, he told me that his unpertubed look was just an exterior to who he really was, and the damage was only reflected in the privacy of his home.
I've been thinking a lot about everything in life these days, and I realise that I'm a lot like him. I am highly emotional and immensely sensitive, yet I force myself to tolerate in front of others. In fact, Ellie often tells me that I'm 'too jovial'. I find his comment incredibly humourous precisely because of how the phrase just sums up my pathetic existence. He is right. I put on a front of being mostly happy in front of people. Even pigsie once mentioned that I was 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. Wheras I save the sad stuff for the private world of my room, where I think a lot.
Which brings me back to the topic. After how I openly said that Jeremy made me cry, I know that many people were simply curious. Not to mention disbelieving. So I played along. But what many don't know is the truth. I did cry. I was just lying down thinking, and suddenly I had cometo a realisation about the state of my life. The tears just started falling.
Relative comparison is the keyword of the day. When Jeremy denounces himself in such a way, it only serves the sadist purpose of making people like me sad. And the more I thought of the negative portrait the message was painting, the more I envisioned myself.
What I'm not:
I don't have the good looks - Which doesn't bother me too much. I don't wish to appear himbotc at the prospects of the importance of outwardly presence
Outspoken I am - To a point where it can get offensive at times.
Sociable - Honestly, how big is my social circle? On reflection, I feel entirely ashamed to say that it is one aspect of my life which I suck at totally
Fashionable - Well, I'm a dinosaur on style
Outgoing - No I'm not the spontaeneous and enthusiastic kind. I'm typically more mellow and at times, pessimistic by nature
Also, I am just the opposite
Nerdy - Presicely the impact I give people, and my image does not help issues either
Antisocial - You people judge
Ugly and fat - It would be somewhat shallow to judge people by outwardly appearance, but its importance in judging people still unfortunately a truth of society. And I can safely qualify under the negative side in both cases.
And thus it is mostly summed up. I'm not intelligent. Nor athletic. Nor rational. Nor sociable. Nor handsome. Nor initiated. Nor eloquent. Nor tolerant. Nor skilled. The list goes on.
I understand that I should not aim to be what I am not. But here comes the dilemna. Who am I? What is my identity. If you could remove all that you knew about me, what is the kind of person I actually am beneath? Yet a person' character is based on what you know about the person. It can be depressing to note that I fall into none of the 'good' categories, but I'm still glad for the sudden enlightenment which I have suddenly attained about my life.
But at the end of this degradory rant, I would like to say that it would have been impossible to survive thus far without all my good friends who have been helping me. Let me compile how appreciative I am towards you. Apologies - I can't do all, so I'll focus on those closest to me. I must thank you guys for colouring up my life and also giving me something to live for.
From Tao Nan
Tzern / LiAnn / Claire / Val / Boo - Thank you for being such a cool family to me. You guys are so immensely wonderful to me. Thank you for all the support you have given me over these past few years. Tzern you were a *fun* roomate and you're still soo cute *heh*. Claire - for all the hilarious gossip (remember?). Boo - For the occasional childishness and your 'brotherhood'. LiAnn - For the chinese music and j-pop interests as well as the half-crazed optimism. Val - For being the one who also was appreciative of all the music.
Justin / WeiXiong / David / LaoHuang - You guys are the people who I know relatively well also. Thank you so much, and espacially for coming on to hci with me. Justin - for being my neighbour and the person I can talk to. WeiXiong and David - for being with me for 5 years in the same class consecuitively. LaoHuang - for the irritating moods which were kinda fun. Remember mrs tan's departure and the erhu performance that wasn't?
Prince / Titus / Stanley / Omi - For all that we have encountered, thank you for being there as well. Prince - for being a family friend from the past generation, and for trusting and confiding in me on so many occasions. Titus - for being the unique personality and the constant joking sessions we had together. Stanley - for being the nice friend right from the start at p4. Omi - for... oh wait. Hmm, ah who cares... the disputes were sorta fun. Heh.
From hci
Seniors (Particularly Jeffrey / Jianyi / Taiboon) - Thank you for being so supportive of me and all the 'retarded' humour we have had as well as heart-to-heart coversations which have helped me gain mch deeper insight into life as well.
Jeremy / Pigsie / Ellie - Hey thank you for being among my closest friends in secondary school. Jeremy for being such a great gor and allowing me to bully him at times. Yq (Oh btw I'm sorry I seem to be blowing my top on you a lot these days) - for your genius and wierd moods and how we would keep talking nonsense especially during jap. Ellie, for being so cute and nice... but not for the 'too jovial' remarklol.
Joseph / Marcus / Phang / Howie / Jiajia / Alvin - Erm basically for constituting the major group of people I hang out with mostly. Marcus - for huagang, Joseph - for well, basically sharing the inclination to talk crap. Howie - for being so evil by calling me names but still being quite a good friend. Jiajia - for being such a responsible leader and a reliable person to bully in that ever friendly manner. Alvin - for how you were strangely one of the first people in your class I started talking to. Wierd. Don't ask me how it happened. Anyway it stuck xP. Phang - for being such a fun commie to be around and basically... I don't know either. Thank you.
And of course to the rest of you, thank you for the unspoken friendships we have had. They will motivate me to go further as a reminder to the warmth this world still has towards me. I know that I can be very difficult, so I really must thank all of you for being so nice and understanding so as to remain my good friends. Thank you for convincing me that the world is still a good place as long as the friendship bonds of humanity remain intact.
And now, as people have been waiting for the mandatory greeting: Let us usher together in the new year and celebrate what we have, and aim to use these fond memories of those who care to motivate us through the obstacles of the new year!
It's part of the lyrics to a song by Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli. Titled 'time to say goodbye'.
I do know that my posts seems generally angsty. I am in the know that my recent blog posts have marginally appeared to be under dim shadows. I trust you can see that the words which I post seem engulfed by darkness.
On a side note, Happy CNY. Note, in accordiance with our customs it is supposed to be a new beginning, but here let me round off first instead.
I will be brutally honest in asking you this question. "Have you ever entertained suicidal notions in your life before?"
First let me put my stand on the issue. I don't support self-killing. But how can we simplify it to a matter of allowing or disallowing? I must admit that indeed I have thought of such prospects before. I do have the occasional tendency to just look out of the window when I'm under stress, and then my brain starts whirring. Don't refer me to a counsellor whatsoever. It's just that sometimes... you really don't feel the urge to go on living. You wish you could stop there, and take all your problems away with you. I think in such a way from time to time, but I'm glad that I still have people to help me survive the stress which each day in life presents.
Sometimes you wonder at how insignificant you are; sometimes you scorn at how inferior a character you present. When we write 散文, we are often inspired by something small, ever so insignificant. Yet it provides the inspiration for you to think of ideas in general. For me, the latest source was Jeremy's blog. The post dated 8/2 on 'Musings'.
QUOTE
"Reasonably anyway. And, when I probe further, I differ from them in a lot of ways. My cousins are generally good-looking, outspoken, sociable, fashionable, outgoing, etc. Whilst I am... well, lets just say that I'm the opposite. Nerdy and introverted and antisocial and ugly and fat and... blahblahblah"
The words just aided me in putting myself into perspective. Of course, people will know that I was scolding him for 'making me cry', and I was riling at his insensitivity which applied on doing a comparitive analysis. Call me sentimental at times.
I remember Jeffrey once telling me how he had become nonchalant towards others' attitudes and opinions. Yet from what I knew, he could be emotional like me a lot of times. True enough, he told me that his unpertubed look was just an exterior to who he really was, and the damage was only reflected in the privacy of his home.
I've been thinking a lot about everything in life these days, and I realise that I'm a lot like him. I am highly emotional and immensely sensitive, yet I force myself to tolerate in front of others. In fact, Ellie often tells me that I'm 'too jovial'. I find his comment incredibly humourous precisely because of how the phrase just sums up my pathetic existence. He is right. I put on a front of being mostly happy in front of people. Even pigsie once mentioned that I was 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. Wheras I save the sad stuff for the private world of my room, where I think a lot.
Which brings me back to the topic. After how I openly said that Jeremy made me cry, I know that many people were simply curious. Not to mention disbelieving. So I played along. But what many don't know is the truth. I did cry. I was just lying down thinking, and suddenly I had cometo a realisation about the state of my life. The tears just started falling.
Relative comparison is the keyword of the day. When Jeremy denounces himself in such a way, it only serves the sadist purpose of making people like me sad. And the more I thought of the negative portrait the message was painting, the more I envisioned myself.
What I'm not:
I don't have the good looks - Which doesn't bother me too much. I don't wish to appear himbotc at the prospects of the importance of outwardly presence
Outspoken I am - To a point where it can get offensive at times.
Sociable - Honestly, how big is my social circle? On reflection, I feel entirely ashamed to say that it is one aspect of my life which I suck at totally
Fashionable - Well, I'm a dinosaur on style
Outgoing - No I'm not the spontaeneous and enthusiastic kind. I'm typically more mellow and at times, pessimistic by nature
Also, I am just the opposite
Nerdy - Presicely the impact I give people, and my image does not help issues either
Antisocial - You people judge
Ugly and fat - It would be somewhat shallow to judge people by outwardly appearance, but its importance in judging people still unfortunately a truth of society. And I can safely qualify under the negative side in both cases.
And thus it is mostly summed up. I'm not intelligent. Nor athletic. Nor rational. Nor sociable. Nor handsome. Nor initiated. Nor eloquent. Nor tolerant. Nor skilled. The list goes on.
I understand that I should not aim to be what I am not. But here comes the dilemna. Who am I? What is my identity. If you could remove all that you knew about me, what is the kind of person I actually am beneath? Yet a person' character is based on what you know about the person. It can be depressing to note that I fall into none of the 'good' categories, but I'm still glad for the sudden enlightenment which I have suddenly attained about my life.
But at the end of this degradory rant, I would like to say that it would have been impossible to survive thus far without all my good friends who have been helping me. Let me compile how appreciative I am towards you. Apologies - I can't do all, so I'll focus on those closest to me. I must thank you guys for colouring up my life and also giving me something to live for.
From Tao Nan
Tzern / LiAnn / Claire / Val / Boo - Thank you for being such a cool family to me. You guys are so immensely wonderful to me. Thank you for all the support you have given me over these past few years. Tzern you were a *fun* roomate and you're still soo cute *heh*. Claire - for all the hilarious gossip (remember?). Boo - For the occasional childishness and your 'brotherhood'. LiAnn - For the chinese music and j-pop interests as well as the half-crazed optimism. Val - For being the one who also was appreciative of all the music.
Justin / WeiXiong / David / LaoHuang - You guys are the people who I know relatively well also. Thank you so much, and espacially for coming on to hci with me. Justin - for being my neighbour and the person I can talk to. WeiXiong and David - for being with me for 5 years in the same class consecuitively. LaoHuang - for the irritating moods which were kinda fun. Remember mrs tan's departure and the erhu performance that wasn't?
Prince / Titus / Stanley / Omi - For all that we have encountered, thank you for being there as well. Prince - for being a family friend from the past generation, and for trusting and confiding in me on so many occasions. Titus - for being the unique personality and the constant joking sessions we had together. Stanley - for being the nice friend right from the start at p4. Omi - for... oh wait. Hmm, ah who cares... the disputes were sorta fun. Heh.
From hci
Seniors (Particularly Jeffrey / Jianyi / Taiboon) - Thank you for being so supportive of me and all the 'retarded' humour we have had as well as heart-to-heart coversations which have helped me gain mch deeper insight into life as well.
Jeremy / Pigsie / Ellie - Hey thank you for being among my closest friends in secondary school. Jeremy for being such a great gor and allowing me to bully him at times. Yq (Oh btw I'm sorry I seem to be blowing my top on you a lot these days) - for your genius and wierd moods and how we would keep talking nonsense especially during jap. Ellie, for being so cute and nice... but not for the 'too jovial' remarklol.
Joseph / Marcus / Phang / Howie / Jiajia / Alvin - Erm basically for constituting the major group of people I hang out with mostly. Marcus - for huagang, Joseph - for well, basically sharing the inclination to talk crap. Howie - for being so evil by calling me names but still being quite a good friend. Jiajia - for being such a responsible leader and a reliable person to bully in that ever friendly manner. Alvin - for how you were strangely one of the first people in your class I started talking to. Wierd. Don't ask me how it happened. Anyway it stuck xP. Phang - for being such a fun commie to be around and basically... I don't know either. Thank you.
And of course to the rest of you, thank you for the unspoken friendships we have had. They will motivate me to go further as a reminder to the warmth this world still has towards me. I know that I can be very difficult, so I really must thank all of you for being so nice and understanding so as to remain my good friends. Thank you for convincing me that the world is still a good place as long as the friendship bonds of humanity remain intact.
And now, as people have been waiting for the mandatory greeting: Let us usher together in the new year and celebrate what we have, and aim to use these fond memories of those who care to motivate us through the obstacles of the new year!
