meet kellie pickler. the day after her 2nd birthday, her mum abandoned the family. her dad was a drug abuser and an alcoholic. he often found himself in and out of jail. as a result, she spent most of her life living with her grandparents. when she successfully auditioned for american idol, people said a lot of nasty things about her. they said she was another useless dumb blonde, while those that didnt said that she was pretending to be dumb to get votes. an entire website was devoted to her being the worst contestant in the competition. they tried to use all sorts of evidence to prove that she was faking her pleasant personality. there was a hate campaign against her despite the so called conclusive proof that she wasnt what she appeared to be being the testimony of shady witnesses like 'a waitress' or a 'backstage supervisor'. when she cried about her family background, they said she was shedding crocodile tears. now these people should be feeling very satisfied right now because she just got voted off recently. despite the fact that she had an interesting voice and simon cowell's prediction that she would make the top 3, two bad song selections eventually led to her downfall. she conceded that she was the worst performer and vowed to continue striving to acheive her dreams.
meet alan smith. many years ago he started his career with leeds united as a promising young soccer player. however, people mistook his pure passion for foolhardiness due to the large numbers of red and yellow cards he accumalated. though he was a striker, he didnt really score that many goals. people critisised him for that. these same people probably didnt see how leeds united used alan smith in every midfield position as an auxilary midfielder and the number of goals he set up for the 'more selfish' mark viduka. man utd signed alan smith and promised to use him as a striker. due to squad injuries, he was immediately called upon to single handedly carry the man utd strikeforce burden, which he did admirably. the following season, he was converted to a defensive midfielder, which he consented to without any complaint. people critisised him again for his performances despite forgetting that defensive midfielders generally have a vastly different job from strikers. yet alan smith never failed to give 200% as exemplified by a match against chelsea when he alone held firm against what was regarded as one of the better midfields in the world. alan smith horrifically broke his leg against liverpool and will not play in the world cup. he has vowed to come back to stake his place in the man utd squad and try his best again.
now all this really set me thinking. most people in their positions would have probably just given up and gone on to do something with the flow. but what's the point in doing that? where's the challenge? where's the fun? and it struck me. i've been too negative lately. giving up on things too easily without a fight. constantly being defeated even before the battle begins. maybe that's why i screwed up my common tests even though i worked hard for them. i used to get kicks from going into things with the odds heavily stacked against me. i kept falling down but i'd just get up, dust myself and run off to another kamikaze charge. i guess one day i got knocked down and i just didnt get up. and that's where the problem was. well i think it's about time i picked myself up once again. laugh all u want but i respect people like kellie pickler and alan smith who arent necessarily the most talented people around. but hell they definitely got the guts to look the odds in the eye and tell them to get lost. and i think above all, that's just how i want to be like. i'm back.
i got this link off samjo's blog the other day.
http://todayspictures.slate.com/inmotion/essay_chernobyl/?GT1=8019
i think it just puts everything into perspective for all of us. i was looking at these pictures 5 minutes before checking the scores of the chelsea-manutd game, so quite frankly i didnt really care what the score was. it was worse considering that most of the pictures there were of kids. kids just like us. young innocent kids who never stood a chance. i guess things like this are probably the reason why i remain agnostic. because no way in hell can i comprehend why any 'divine being' would be cruel enough to let this kind of thing happen. and i'll bet even no one out there who's strongly entrenched in religion has the answer to that question (except the scientologists and xenu who will claim that evil psychiatrists did it). if you're reading this post, please look at the pictures. if you still dont feel anything after looking at them, then you are a heartless bitch.
sorry as you can probably tell this is like a compilation of various posts. this is probably cuz blogger's being very annoying and keeps timing out. so i find it very difficult to string a proper long post together. that's one of the reasons why i update as irregularly as paula abdul's periods or peter crouch's goals. oops. =)
oh yes and yesterday was bio spa. haha i have liru to thank for giving me the tip the night before so i went into the spa quite confidently haha. oh and yes after the spa our class was noisy (as usual) and we got scolded (as usual). the grand total who ponned yesterday currently stands at 10. but that includes our friend recruit tay zhi rong haha so 9 ppl actually. so much so that now they're probably gonna change it so HAHA. after spa we were supposed to go for the worker's party rally. but reub and zaka ponned sch so we didnt ask them fearing they'd ditch us haha. harshil and suhas suspiciously disappeared immediately after spa. desmundo had his match and was chlling with his best friend v for vishal in the canteen in his customized sch u haha. arshvink had SATS the next day, kevin went m.i.a. and ramana had a krishni date or something. so suzie and i just went home instead. i didnt really wanna go without the company and the traffic was bad so i sat it out. so there went all our wild plans for making it a rally to remember =p.
it's election day today. i think that people who say that the 'gahmen' has done a really good job so far are naive heartlanders who're only capable of scratching the surface. i've heard so much from so many people about the 'gahmen' and it sickens me sometimes. it boils down to what you's rather have i guess; a moral govt that hasnt done such a spectacular job but ensures the upholding of rights and such or a strong nearly dictatorial govt that infringes on rights and such only to the extent that the enternal perspective is that it is doing a good job. i agree that maye the oppostion sometimes isnt capable. i think the issue probably doesnt lie with who is in power. absolute power would corrupt anyone. the issue lies in there not being an oppositon that has sufficent power to act as a check and balance against the ruling party. for the nature of conflicting political parties (both with sufficient power in parliment) is such that both will be competing with each other and in so doing, expose the wrongs of the other party. i know that this sort of power sharing would lead to an indecisive govt, as in the case of italy or even germany now. but in moral and ethical terms, i'm guessing this is what would be best for the people. i'll probably be cynically watching the results tonight knowing that whatever happens, the country will probably lose. this is probably why i dont really see a future for myself here.
manutd's last game of the season is tmr if i'm not mistaken. its been a disappointing season but i hope they ring in the changes in the summer. i would love to see carrick and reo-coker beef up the united midfield. cant wait to watch the champion's league final and i may even watch the uefa cup final hoping the boro win. it's gutting that wayne rooney will miss out on the world cup. i frankly dont care about england and think that eriksson doesnt have to guts to make the appropriate changes, but i feel sorry for rooney. he would have made a huge impact and i can only hope he recovers on time. i hope spain do well haha. managed to find another spain fan in nishtala so that brings the grand total to 2 other spain fans i know woohoo! haha. whee so much soccer to look forward too these hols =)
okie actually these hols will probably involve a lot of mugging too but this time i think i'll be ready to handle common tests. i also have to do intensive fitness these hols to make sure i can do pullups and hence go to prom! haha.
AND TO ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE.. YOU ARE ALL OFFICIALLY INVITED TO MY BIRTHDAY PARTY ON 26TH JUNE! VENUE WILL BE THE RJC MULTI PURPOSE HALL AND THE PARTY IS CALLED "RJC PHYSICS COMMON TEST"
whoopee i cant wait =)
haha okie ciao folks and hope u enjoyed the rare long post =)
