Innocent Decision
It's been like years since i blogged! SOBZ :(
Have been pretty busy. Especially this week! Gosh. I have been so busy that I was dead tired today causing me to cancel a few of my appointments, something that i usually don't do.! :)
Sorry to those whom I wish Happy Birthday. Kinda slipped my mind!
Good thing that I squeeze that little time to text my close ones a simple good morning msg. and sometimes a good nite msg.!
A special thanks to my fellow force. Who somehow just makes my day. Even if she is depressed and decided to tell me how upset she is, somehow it makes me laugh. She's is just so adorable! Haha :)
Aadi Maasam has ended. Of course, yet another eventful one.
Not forgetting all the various poojas that i attended.
Now is like the theemithi period - the flag has been hoisted. Had the opportunity to watch the karagam and the flag hoisting this year. Hooray!
Muar theemithi - obviously etched a huge scar in my heart (and small ones on my foot!).
Bhajans - just one word: DAMAGED.
Dreams, as alwais i believe they are message conveyers (or is it conveyOrs?). And yes, they have had played a part in this exciting period of time!
Friendships have just been another passing clouds, some with a slight drizzle, some with heavy pours, some just to shade me away from the bright, burning sun. :) I have to say this - i miss my one day friend! ("hosanna").
ORD seems so near yet so far. Not that im dying to ORD, but I wanna do alot of things before I leave.
And i can this out loud - I HAVE THE BEST BOSS! :)
Thanks to Nantheni, i got the chance to revive one of my passions. Enjoyed that short period of time. And am happy that at least it got my rusty brain back alive!
"Even when the world ends,
there's one thing that will never end.
The fight between me and u!" :)
"Life is a simple mystery
that brings you far.
If not for its presence,
life will be a roller coaster,
that is under repair!"
"If everything seems so normal
when u are around,
why does things seem abnormal,
when I am around u?
Is there a difference,
or would it be better
if we both never met?"
Contrasting compatibility,
RaghaBoi
Bloggin with a heavy heart is rather fun!
Let me begin with two drama production that i caught, last week and today.
First - BOMOH, by VVV Theatre Production (if i got the name wrong, pardon me).
Interesting name for a production eh.
It was a simple yet beautiful production. It highlighted the various reasons why people end up using black magic (thru a Bomoh).
- Anger
- Jealousy
- Selfishness
- Fame
- Fear
- Greed
These traits are quite normal in today's world. But the fact that these are the reasons behind why people approach a bomoh to get things done the dark way, shows how much power these negative traits have.
Each trait was played by a character and everyone did justice to that trait. Yes. Simple costumes and simple sets (more like just one set) just to prove a simple concept.
One thing i was discussing with my two sisters who accompanied to watch the production was the fact that they could have introduced another character - the bomoh himself.
As in, each character was made to confess that they visited a bomoh for their own personal reasons, which could have led to the death of one man. Also, they had to enact what happened to the man because of the work of the bomoh. This i felt, could have been done by a bomoh himself, instead of getting the characters to do it.
But the "godly" character, with his huge size and LOUD voice, was surely the highlight of the show. I daresay the floor was his. Yes!
Another thing i felt could have been done was to introduce how the bomoh does his work. however, upon further though, i realised that, that doing so could lead to undesirable circumstances. People may practice what was done during the production and.....
However, they did touch and go on how some people perform these black magic. Like for example, my senior Devi, did the role portraying selfishness. She wanted the man for herself thus she approached a bomoh. She was told by a/the bomoh to go to a grave of a baby, dig out the corpse, cut the head, dig the brain out, mix the oil/fluid from the head/brain with sand and throw it outside the man's house. And also to use the oil and apply it on her eyebrows - this will surely make all guys fall for her seduction.
All in all, the production was awesome and worth the cash. It was as freaky as it's name sounds, having a tinge of humour. And of course, it had various concepts to take home, based on the viewers perspective.
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The other production: Cindrella by RDG.
Don't ask me why i went to watch a kids' production. I have my reasons. The two producers are good friends of mine. The assistant director is also a veri good friend of mine. People who helped out in the production included two of my seniors. The musicians were my friends. Any reason for me not to support? Haha.
But well, i didnt regret going for it! Like DUH. The kids were simple good at whatever they did. Cute, adorable and purr-fect!
After the show i gotta know that the queen, was my sister's senior's sister. Haha. And she did an amazing job! She is really small sized but her confidence level is sure sky high! She did her role so well, anyone who doesnt admire her must be an idiot!
.........lost the fire to continue......... shall contine tmrw......... :)
Adamant flexibility,
Ragha
Been a while since i blogged. Felt the necessity to blog today though. Cos of what happened at work. Needless for readers to know what it is, especially since the "news" is not out yet.
But this post has got nothing to do with what happened at work... Just got me thinking...
"Change is the only constant."
Yeah. I don't deny. But it is not necessary to accept all changes right? We can make our own decision to 'fight' against those changes right?
I mean, look at this example. If you have been doing something for like months and someone just decides to change the way you work, can you say NO? Can!
.... I'm getting no where!....
I have to admit. I'm not in ORD mood yet, but have indeed started reflecting my life in NS thus far. More like the life i have been living in SMTI (SAF Medical Training Institute). I have been there almost close to a year and the experience i have been exposed to is surely more that i had expected. Its not my rank or the work i do... But with regards to people... I know that if I'm gonna start, i will end up having a book about all the people i work with.
No doubt, there are some that i hope to bump into everyday - they don't fail to make my day!
There are some who hate me, and they try their best to express it. Took me sometime to notice that (that's how bad they are at doing it).
Well, have to say, some love me too! Like duh!!! Who doesn't?!?!
I really enjoy being in the department that i m in now. PTS - Paramedic Training Section. The name is as cool as being in it. Trust me! Now maybe the key chain that i have hung on my bag makes sense "I 'heart' PTS"...
"Be the change you want to be".
Procrastination. That is a habit that is very hard to give up! Its like smoking. Becomes an addition. Cos every time u procrastinate, somehow, when the due date is up, u manage to complete the task. Who cares whether it is up to standard or is what u expected to deliver - as long as the work is done before the time ends! So whenever you are given the task, you will tell yourself, lets do it way before the due date. Then when u don't start, you almost never bother starting until someone say "Ur work is due tomorrow". Then u sit the whole night and rush thru your work.
Interestingly, some people find it a pleasure and find some sort of pride in telling people "Hey i stayed up all night doing my work. Thank GOD i bothered doing it yesterday. Believe it or not, i started only yesterday."
Hello. That simply shows what a lazy ass you are, in any case u haven't noticed! Haha...
Why this talk about procrastination. Cos i think I'm falling into that same trap! DAMN!
Destroyed Destruction,
RaghaBoi
(a.k.a Uthatha)
WHAT IS DESTINY TO YOU???
Thats the question i SMS-ed a few of my friends. And these are some of the answers i got:
"Doing well in my A levels" - Sara, my junior
"Destiny to me is like religion Either you believe in or you don't. Or rather believe in its existence or you don't. It's quite an abstract thing to be honest and at this moment in my life, i don't believe i have a destiny" - Aunty Shini
"The end of fate. The last place i reach before death." - Prasana
"Ambiguous, perhaps." - Sivakangai
"My future path that either i choose it to be the way i want or leave it as how the god has written it" - Dappa
"I don't wish to talk about it. Sorry" - Deva
"Something i don't really believe in" - Puvan
followed by a "what is destiny in the first place?" (isn't that what i asked u!!!)
"I feel destiny is something we decide by what we do in our present." - Praveena, my junior
"Destiny is what all your choices in life lead up to." - Seanie
"Destiny is something uncontrollable that happens to you. It's either good or bad. And when it appears you can either embrace it or blame your life on it" -Tanisha
"I think there's no fixed definition. I think it's just fate." - Meena, my junior
"My personal definition is where you reach after death. Also how your death is gonna be. Destiny." -Sara
Yes some of the answers re indeed funny. Haha. Well, there were a few other, one word answers, simply saying "FATE!". And there were a few others who asked me back, what destiny is to me. Well, i simply told them that i haven't got the chance to collate my thoughts so it's hard for me to say anything now. Most were rather surprised by the question. Yes, i know it's really damn random, that outta nowhere someone asks you such thing. Haha. It's just me, for those who know me - someone who thinks alot and aloud via my blog.
Well, why suddenly thoughts about destiny? All thanks to the movie "Prince of Persia". It's a good movie. But im not here to talk about the movie, which i would recommend people to watch though. Although the word destiny wasn't the essence of the movie, the two times that i heard it appear in the movie started my mind going!
There will be this particular scene towards the end of the movie where the heroine would be holding on the the hero who will clinging onto the edge of the cliff with all the sand flying around. She will be forcing the hero to let go off her hand so that the hero can can do what he is supposed to do and she say "it's your destiny, not mine!". She may have said this because in the earlier part of the movie, the hero says something like "we can create our destiny". Soooo... What is destiny???
I checked the web for the meaning and got two:
something to which a person is destined
a predetermined course of events often held by an irresistable power
So... Is that what the general perception of DESTINY seems to be?
Like what Darshu had said, its a rather abstract thing. Which of course, requires more in depth thinking if you want to draw a clear line and define destiny. But well, as much as how people try to define love, is destiny equally that hard? I would say it is harder! Haha.
I can simply define love - 'Love is Bullshit". Something which many people around me tend to disagree. well, i don't blame them. It's just me and the way i think.
But destiny... Is it that easy to pen down one's own destiny? Is it something that we cannot control and like what the web says, something controlled by a greater power? Or are we merely confusing faith with destiny? Can destiny be seen as a goal? A vision to which we look up to, to steer our journey of life? Or is it something too deep for the human mind to understand, so just leave it to the higher being?
Destiny... To me, destiny is an impossible possibility.
Nilavinai Enakku Arugil Kaatiyathu Neethaanae
Malarin Mugavarigal Sonnathu Neethanae
Kaatru Boomi Vaanam
Kaathal Paesum Megam
Ariumugam Seithathu Yaar
En Anbae Neethanae
Just lyrics from my all time favourites - Oru Poiyavathu Sol Kannae.
"What happens if the person you hate most becomes your second personality?"
And by this, i don't mean a real second person. I am pretty sure that eacn individual has somesort of character in them that they wished they never had. One that isn't exactly good,or something that they were never proud about to consider as an asset and flaunt it.
And what if that particular trait/character becomes the empowering one and takes control of the your life?
Surely, you would have control over it, since it's all about you. But what if you just seem t be weak and let that 'negative' trait take over - leaving you unable to fight back? It's just life the normal cold (what people mistake as flu), where the bug takes over you and makes you feel so miserable that you don't want to work and just spend all day sleeping.
In this kind of situation, what would one do?
Let it take control
Wait for the right time to fight back
Wait for help to come
DIE (haha :p)
Jealousy brings u nowhere!
Anger brings u somewhere, far from being where you want to be.
Happiness brings u everywhere.
Sadness brings you everywhere too, all those places you wouldn't want to be.
Heard this before,
"If you fail to plan, you are planning yo fail".
People who fail in life - do they fail to plan? Or things just happen and they just begin to lose hope and let things fall in place, which isn't the way they wanted things to be in the first place?
I mean, sometimes, when you plan a day ahead, and things take the wrong turn, it ends up leaving you in a day of total mess - something you cannot stop cos everything goes haywire.
When things that you plan for a day can become a failure, what is the guarantee that things you plan for life, would remain the way you planned it?
Honestly, things do NOT turn out the way you want it to be, most of the time. A fellow NSF friend of mine said this " 90% of the things you worry about never happens". Which is true. And at the same time, 90% of the things that you don't worry about happen! Like WTH sia! :)
All in all, there's only one thing that you could do - PREPARE for the worst.
and here it comes again, whatever choice you make, make sure it's YOUR choice and a choice that you never REGRET! :)
Cheers!
Planning to plan,
Ragha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R62X68NGAoo
Please do have a look at this lyrics-video of one my favourite songs.
Titled: Never Had a Dream Come True
I don't know whether i have actualli posted this song/lyrics on my blog before. But im just in love with this song. Everytime i hear it, i make sure it is repeated several times before i stop hearing it. The only reason why it will stop is cos my batt will die or it will be too late. Haha.
I dedicate this song to three girls. Three girls i consider very important in my life.
- She has been with me for the longest period of time. I think i know her inside out. I just want to tell her something. Make sure the decisions u take are right. It's gonna be hard for me to see you go thru shit. I think of telling you everytime, but i know it's gonna hurt u big time. I don't know which is more hurtful. What i think i need to tell you or what you are going thru? Maybe the day will come when i need to tell you. But hopefullie, you make a wise choice before then! :)
- She has been with me for long. By long, i really mean long. Not many have been with me for that long. The lyrics somehow just remind me of you. Do take a good look at the lyrics. You will find something to reflect on.
- She, amongst the three had the shortest time spent with me. By far, i can daresay, that was the shortest friendship (or more) that i ever had! I just remember you, although there's very little chance that we will ever meet. I will remember you for long. I just wanna thank you for that short time we had spent together on our first meet. I will never forget that day. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4mzfUSscyE
Titled: Broken (by Spore Idol Sezairi Sezali)
Heard this song just yesterday. They had broadcasted it on TV. I kinda liked it immediately. It wasn't the voice (Sorry Sezairi), but the lyrics. It was something i could dearly hold on to. I just like the song and the video. Awesome! :)
Declined Acceptance,
Ragha
Went to catch Ironman2 with my colleagues. Such a unique outing i would say. With my Boss and fellow two NSF. Although, the person who this outing was organised for, didn't/ wasn't able to make it! Haha. It has been a while since i went to watch movies with non-indian friends. And the first time i had the chance to spend time with my boss and department guys, other than in camp/mess/canteen/work-related issues. And yeah, having a drink with them at Macs and the discussions we had. Nice! Thanks Ma'am! :)
The movie was awesome! I liked the Ironman. As in the guy who did the role of Ironman. Not when he was in his Ironman suit saving the world, but when he was just a simple human. I like his personality, if i should say! I don't know whether he was sarcastic... I won't say he was. But, just the way he puts his words across. Simple nice! :)
I know of this man, who is not exactly alone. But seems to be in his own world. Unable to say them out. Cos everyone thinks he is in the wrong. I feel bad that i don't make the effort to help him out. But i know that it is my choice notto actually talk to him. He seems to want to say something to many people, but he chooses to remain silent. He knows that one day, he can rely on the people who are now distant away from him. Or at least he hopes so. I'm sure his hopes will not be dashed! :) Man, just speak up. No point being quiet. U know it is not helping you. I know you find it hard. But face it, it was always this way, in case u haven't realised!Every time we sms each other, we both know that sometimes whatever we say, just means something. Something more in depth that what it really is supposed to mean! haha. and well, such a chat was carried out yesterday and then it turned explicit. So well, i can assure you. I am thinking. I cannot promise (i don't promise, by the way. I don't believe in it! *Irony*) you that i can make a decision. It takes a while you know. But hopefully i make one, that is good, for both you and me! It's not the number of years, it's the years that are to come!Idealism and realism. This is what my colleague said " idealisms will never become realism". And another friend replied "that is why there have different names". Wasn't a prolonged convo, but an issue that had set me thinking. Idealism - what you kinda expect, what you look out for, what you prefer. That's how i see idealism. Realism - what is there right in front of u, reality basically, something that you have little control over.So is it true that idealism and realism can never meet???Sometimes i know that whatever they do is wrong? but is it up to me to say anything? yes it is. but will that help? or will it become the cause of separation? im not afraid of separation. But i am more worried about the other party coping with it. Or shall i be selfish and heck about how the other person manages the aftermath?It is not easy on my part to remain silent. But i think i will just remain silent. But i don't want to see u suffering in that corner. I won't blame you. and it isn't my fault. But it's time i talk. But... It's gonna cause a separation. Wait, didn't i mention that before! Haha. See... I shall make another innocent decision soon! :)Deciding the Undecided,Ragha :)