...individualism...

all of us are unique in our own way. it's individualism. i believe that the desire to be unique among the others is the strongest at teenhood and early 20s because we are busy seeking our identity and a sense of belonging then. i am in fact in favour of it. individualism makes one to be outstanding among the others.besides, inidividualistic individuals have their own thinking. they make their own decisions and do not follow the crowd blindly like a pet dog. however, being individualistic can be bad too. it attracts unwanted attention from people around you. for instance, there is this hot babe walking along the streets in this super mini skirt and super low-cut top (aka which some of us will equate to not wearing anything at all), people will naturally stop in their track, give her this disgusted stare and examines her from top to bottom. they will point their fingers at her and friends start to whisper among themselves. she is just trying to stand out among the others. is it her fault to attempt to be unique? or isn't that we cannot accept such differences yet?

"selfish" and "self-centre". are we really that bad? i will only consider someone as a selfish fool when he/she does not share and hurt the people around him/her. i dont think that not voicing up our opinions is considered as selfish. we dont speak up is we are either too shy to speak up in fear of making stupid mistakes in the public or unable to pay FULL attention to the speaker for the full 50 minutes slot or we plainly do oot understand what the speaking is uttering about. is it our fault? it just makes time crawl and our learning inefficient. i agree that studies are important to us at this stage of life. but sometimes, we need to question our learning environment too. for example, there is this person A who never fails to ask the tutors question which make no sense to you, or always be the first to answer the tutors' questions enthusiastically which confuse you, the majority of the class will start to outcast him/her. is it fair towards him? i admit i did that before. thinking back, i am ashamed for being so childish and immature.

it is impossible to compare 2 different humans together. we have our own unique features, character, ability, physical appearance... basically everything. even twins have differnences too. if so, how can we ever compare 2 completely different group of people together? is it a fair comparsion. i know that if they can do it, why cannot we do the same as them or even better. it's just a form of motivation for some of us to push on when we meet with difficulties. sometimes, this motivation will backfire. didn't you know that apply too much force will break a rubber band? like my friend, wenting went to pierce her ear for the fifth time today. i, the timid one, am anxious and worried for her when she was the one piercing the ear. hahaz... i am sooo lousy. i am never ever going to pierce my ears so just give up persuading me to go for ear piercing. see, how the 2 of us differ.

i am going to catch "hitch" this monday. hahaz... i cannot wait for it. it's strange that i am paying $6.50 to laugh in a cinema just to make my day happy. =)

"the most precious thing is often near you"