.No more zilian?

This picture reminds me that i haven't been taking photos of myself. hah.

.Secondhand

Cool, i created this "blogshop" to try to sell some stuff that i REALLY don't use or don't need.
If you do come by it and see something that you like or your friend might be interested in please DO send me an email! thesecondhand93@hotmail.com

The web's www.the-secondhand.blogspot.com

Guys, if you have stuff that you want to sell out too, feel free to tell me, I will allow you to host it up on that blog haha provided there's any visitors at all, but it's worth a try :D

.Life

I know I said I'm supposed to be on hiatus but well, i came across this fabulous article that one of my teachers wrote to address all JC2s and I think it's really pretty darn good. :D

By Edmund Low

"So this is it. Your time at TPJC has run its course and you now stand
close to adulthood. As you steady yourself to make a positive impact on the
world, it is only right that I caution you of the realities ahead.
Ours is a black and blue world, of hard knocks and fast falls.
Ours is a world of mounting competition, where competition is unequal and unfair.
Ours is a world of leering hypocrisy and seductive betrayal.
All too often, and most regrettably so, the world is not the best place to explore one’s
strengths and passions.
As you venture onto the road less travelled, as you follow your heart and take flight
remember that there will always be the sceptics, the cynics, or simply the
mean-spirited who have made it their life mission to break you. They will
underscore your flaws, highlight your weaknesses and most of all, they will
remind you relentlessly that you are your worst enemy. You will amount to
nothing they say. Telling you the truth, they say, is all they are doing – a heady
dose of reality to remind you of your human limits.
And oftentimes, we succumb to these critics. We recognise our flaws,
our limits and we convince ourselves that it is better to cut our losses and to be
pragmatic. People will say to you, ‘No you can’t be a doctor because you aren’t
smart enough’. Or, ‘No you can’t be a lawyer you aren’t eloquent enough’, or
‘No you can’t be a fashion designer, an actor, a musician, a painter, an author,
– all these aren’t real jobs, they don’t pay the bills’. Or ‘No you can’t be a
nuclear scientist, an astronaut, a UN official or the prime minister of Singapore
because these things just don’t happen to people like you’. Life has no room
for dreamers such critics would say.
Life has no time for idealism, for idealism breeds disillusionment,
wherefore, whatfore idealism?


I am here to you that there is a difference between pragmatism and
self-pity, and that self-pity is the poorest excuse for the most pathetic fool.
I am here to remind you that you are still young. There is plenty of room for
pragmatism later in life. Be bright-eyed and idealistic. Aim for the moon and
shoot for the highest hoop possible. Because if you don’t you will lead a life
tainted by that all too familiar question ‘What if…’


There is an old adage which says that you cannot change the cards
life deals out to you, only how you play the hand. Rather than submit to
the crimson tide of self-doubt, rally yourself, and remind yourself of your
strengths and weaknesses. Don’t stop there. Learn to expand your
repertoire of skills – don’t get lazy. Endeavour to eradicate your weaknesses
– don’t be lazy. Remind yourself of what you want to achieve, how far you
want to go, and how big your dreams in life can truly be. Pursue your
passions to the greatest extents, with the biggest appetite possible.


Lesson Number 2: Many people in the world will tell you that you are your
worst enemy. When the world sits on top of you and beats you down, far
from accepting you are your worst enemy, you must be your best friend.

Review, reflect and learn from yourself, for yourself.
Push yourself.
Encourage yourself, challenge yourself and believe in yourself.
When the world is bent on selling you out, when the world seems set on putting you
down, only you can convince yourself that you will not be defeated.
And you owe it to the future ‘you’ – that person you are so capable of becoming
– you owe it to that person to give yourself the fighting chance to be the
best that you can possibly be.


And so you are now, on the cusp of adulthood, ready to embark on a
brand new journey, you will need the biggest pinch of salt, and the strongest
dose of self-confidence to endure this protean world of ours.
Ours is an everchanging world of difficulties and challenges.
Rising food prices, poor governance, and an ever widening income/digital divide.
A lack of awareness and attention to the problems of the poor, and those in developing countries.
A genuine sense of ignorance, indifference and sadly even denial of the biggest
problems plaguing mankind today. You may not care now, but you will in the
future, because this is the world you will inherit. And therein lies the crux of
our anxieties: that in our attempt to cope with change and challenge, we adopt
an almost annoying, sometimes compensatory, tendency to accept – and
conform to – established practices, instituted routines, and even unspoken (and
therefore unheard of) expectations.

After all, I may not necessarily be suffering because of the widening income inequality.
And after all it is just me. How much can I possibly do to help the poor?
Certainly, a big part of us wants to fit in, to adapt, to accept that change
 is a cosmic force bigger than all of us put together, that the common man that is you and I have no real power to‘change’ the problems or trends we face today.
But why should we passively deal with change?

The great Mahatma Ghandi once said, ‘Be the change that you want to see in the world’.
And more recently, US President Barack Obama said,
‘Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek.’"

.Hiatus

Not till a long time.