The time that I've taken
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Met Kida-san aka Tagteampartner last Monday. It surely has been awhile since we chill out and exchange views. What we discussed really broaden up my horizon especially when it is about our own community.
Her studies in sociology and her takes on our community were worth debating for during our late night coffee hangout over at 313 @Somerset, after a day of shopping spree that is. But it all came down to one's upbringing and how individual set their minds off in what they want to be in life. What they would want to achieve in this blessed life. How successful they want to be in life. How high they would want to soar.
What come may, I've decided to put my daughter or son (if I am blessed with one) into a government-aided/catholic school. I know I've been questioned previously about me being in a convent school throughout my high school days. You know, all these issues and talks about religion, conversion and whats not. But I am sure glad that my late dad chose that school for me. It was the school values, the culture and the people that came from all walks of life; their countries, their religion and beliefs, their sorrows and luxury, understanding the true meaning of life. I am glad to experience all that, which in a way made me what I am today. The desire to better yourself and to break through the curtains of success and challenge yourself to be the best you can ever be. All in the name of hard work and sheer determination. Of course, these are nothing to brag about.
With that said, if it is to better the rating of our community, if it is uphold the justice of our community's pride, I am sure, she or he will be able to succumb to it. Of course, one need to be contented with what one is being blessed with. But bearing this one word in mind, which is to be afraid of: Complacency. Yet again, I was never and still am never sure why people think that we, who come from a government-aided or a co-ed school, are such a threat to them.
Truth be told, I still get those unspoken remarks on this unsolved issue from strangers and also from those who are categorized as friends. It has been such a melody in my head now. Then again, it is all up to individual. Someone enlighten me, please.
Here I am and I stand so tall,
Just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.
"Savor the sorrow to soften the pain sip on the southern rain."
[[* You take more than just my sanity _
Her studies in sociology and her takes on our community were worth debating for during our late night coffee hangout over at 313 @Somerset, after a day of shopping spree that is. But it all came down to one's upbringing and how individual set their minds off in what they want to be in life. What they would want to achieve in this blessed life. How successful they want to be in life. How high they would want to soar.
What come may, I've decided to put my daughter or son (if I am blessed with one) into a government-aided/catholic school. I know I've been questioned previously about me being in a convent school throughout my high school days. You know, all these issues and talks about religion, conversion and whats not. But I am sure glad that my late dad chose that school for me. It was the school values, the culture and the people that came from all walks of life; their countries, their religion and beliefs, their sorrows and luxury, understanding the true meaning of life. I am glad to experience all that, which in a way made me what I am today. The desire to better yourself and to break through the curtains of success and challenge yourself to be the best you can ever be. All in the name of hard work and sheer determination. Of course, these are nothing to brag about.
With that said, if it is to better the rating of our community, if it is uphold the justice of our community's pride, I am sure, she or he will be able to succumb to it. Of course, one need to be contented with what one is being blessed with. But bearing this one word in mind, which is to be afraid of: Complacency. Yet again, I was never and still am never sure why people think that we, who come from a government-aided or a co-ed school, are such a threat to them.
Truth be told, I still get those unspoken remarks on this unsolved issue from strangers and also from those who are categorized as friends. It has been such a melody in my head now. Then again, it is all up to individual. Someone enlighten me, please.
Here I am and I stand so tall,
Just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.
"Savor the sorrow to soften the pain sip on the southern rain."
[[* You take more than just my sanity _
