Nos percepi adamo amare, et nos percepi non concedo, et nos percepi affero alieno...my frend........will da flamingos flap their wings in unison........across da meltin lake?.........wad does da sunrise reveal?...........wad does da truth release?...............in da whispers of da wind.........wad do we feel?...............step back.......n watch........da dancers dance........wad do u c.....my frend?..........do we hear their steps..........in rythm?............do we c......their palms.........slapped together........lk wafers?...........or do we c.......their lives in their eyes?......wad does it speak of?watch....my frend........ da mastery of da dance.....
Nos percepi adamo amare, et nos percepi non concedo, et nos percepi affero alieno
Determination that will not spend but span
Courage that will falter but not fail
Strength that will not fight but defend
Faith that will not support but sustain
Water that will not quench but give life
Hope that will not smile but rejoice
Voices that will not speak but be heard
Comfort that will not show but be felt
Love that will not be seen but be tested
Shadows that will not flee but be inivisible
Light that will not follow but guide
Hatred.
What makes us hate?What makes us hate each other?Is there a relationship to what we hate or who we hate?
The Holocaust was an apt example of the extreme hatred one group of people can have for their fellow mankind.What was it that created such deep hatred?What could have convinced nations of people to carry out heinous acts on the very people they lived with?
When I was a young child,I hated anyone who bulied kids.At that age,my defination of bully was anyone making them cry or embarrasshing them in public.Whenever I saw anyone scolding kids of my age,anger would well up in me like molten lava,and I wanted very much to stop the person from continuing in his/her actions.I did not want to look at the situation and take into the account of the fact that they could have been the parents discipling an errant son or daughter.
However,as I grew up,I began to understand and see the situations from multiple angles.Looking at it from the role of a parent,I would not consider reprimanding my child in public an act of bully or abuse.In fact,I would see it as an act of love for my child,because my purpose of doing so was to discipline and not to vent my anger on them.When I was seven,I realised that if my parents had not disciplined me be it in public or at in the privacy of the home,I would have gotten into more trouble than I would like in school.It was my parents who taught me that one should not be steal,one should not be rude,one should not hit another student and more importantly,one should not hit at anyone because of size colour race or religion.
What would have happened if I grew up never understanding why I hated or what I hated?Did I hate them because I was afraid of what was happening would happen to me?Or did I hate them because I had nothing to vent my anger on?
Seek the truth and understand peace.
da insipration 4 tis came becoz I was watching a docu on the holacaust just nw......it really shook me up....da images......da camps....da very fact...tt some1 culd plan tis...is really beyond my imagination.......
What motivates a person?
What motivates you?What makes you want to do something?What makes you want to buy that skirt from Mango?What makes you want to train?What makes you not want to do your homework?Passion or reward?
When we ask what motivates a person,we can also ask what will distract the person from doing that.I will concentrate on what motivates a person,looking from the point of view of reward and passion.
What made me choose this course?One word.Chemical.I took two sciences in secondary school,physics and chemistry.Physics was easier to me,but it was chemistry that I remembered and loved.It was not so much of what the subject matter was,rather it was the way it was taught,the way the contents were brought across.My chemistry teacher who was extremely passionate added to my element of interest.
The 5 polytechnics in singapore offered chemistry based courses.But,I chose NYP because of its proximity to my house and the fact that most of friends were going there.
What made me stay on in this course?Passion?I rather use the word motivation here.Although this course is named chemical and pharmaceutical technology,the chemistry taught was not was not the lab based kind that I was looking for.It was a combination of engineering principles with chemical based background knowledge,mianly focusing on the engineering aspects of it.
Many a time,I did question myself if I wanted out.Call it quits,but I perserved and stayed on for the reward.That reward became my source of motivation.The reward being,I would be able to land a relativetly high paying job for a polytechnic diploma.However,as I progressed from year 1 sem 1 to sem 2 to year 2 sem 1 and year 2 sem 2,I began to understnad myself better.I began to understand what were my strengths and weaknesses.
When it was nearing the end of year 1 sem 1,I decided that I would not want to work after I graduate.I would want to pursue a degree in the arts if it was possible.And that became my driving force to stay on and to put in effort in what I was studying.
What motivates me?Passion or reward?In this case,I would say it was both.
ps: sherm n jess...if u guys are reading this....ur are you smart theme is still pending...=p
i just finished watchin a docu on CNA abt woman in india....
Woman...in chinese we sey....nu ren........in latin we sey femina......wad is a woman?
god made woman from da ribs of man....in da bible....god made woman 2 b a helper 2 man...2 b his source of strength n comfort....
im a singaporean woman...from da dae i was borned.....i was given da same rights as my brother a male homosaphien......i was borned in 1987...where...education was not made compulsory yet....my parents sent me n my brother 2 sch....n we received da same amt of pocket money....i bein da older silbing was given more.....repsonibilites....n a greater sey in family matters....n becoz of tis...i grew up faster than my brother...i stopped...drinkin out of a feedin cup..wen i was...5....my brother stopped doin so....wen he was 7.....i poured my 1st cup of water by myself...wen i was 7....my brother did so....wen he was 9.........
wen i was 13.....i opted 4 a co ed sch....instead of a single sex sch.....i wasnt fond of da idea....of...growin up....wit only peers of da same sex.....wen i was 15...i saw first hand an incident wich made me very aware...of hu i am....of da fact tt......i am a woman...a female homosaphien.....a gal tt was teased relentlessly abt her weight n appearance.....at tt time...i began 2 unds.....how much emphasis there was on a person's physical appearnce......more pronounced 4 da females.....
wen i was 17.....i joined da dragonboat team.....da physical abilites btw males n females ar even more prominent 4 sports women n men........wad struck me......n stayed wit me till nw....was...da spirit of da woman's team.....durin da trainin's.......nvr was once.......i saw........a spirit of disbelief.......tt one culd not row as well as a guy......
wad is a woman's role?.....2 b a wife? a daughter? a sister? a mother?........4 me....i'll ask......wad ar da qualites of a woman?.......
behind she stands.....da many men of her life......her father....her hushband...her brother.....yet...she always sits at da same table.......he will honour her.....n her virtues....wich ar nvr spoken....yet seen in silence.......will complement da male race.........
tis is da 1st piece of writing........after i retired....2 yrs ago....haha.........can see that its a bit rusty......but.........i still hope.....i can oil my gears wit practise...tt is....if i can complete my exams n lab reports 1st..........:)
