do you come here much? i swear i've seen your face before
i've never been the biggest fan of katy perry, but she is SO INCREDIBLY GORGEOUS IN THE VIDEO!
oh and there's just this small matter of the song being rather catchy and easy to like.
if. i'm not quite sure if it's just me, but i've got a penchant for trying to predict what would happen, where we would be, what we would be doing, how things will go. i try to do this based on facts, logic (i hope), and a healthy dose of imagination and speculation. it is said that know the past - master history and one can predict the future.
i'd been proven right, but i'd been horribly wide off the mark too.
we try to make plans, make decisions based on what we think will happen, but more often than not, we are to be proven very wrong.
it was predicted that singapore would record a second consecutive quater of strong growth economically. all the signs were pointing to a recovering economy - employers were hiring, there was demand for goods and services in the market, investors were confident. but who would have expected a volcano in tiny iceland to cripple the entire air travel industry not just in europe, but globally? millions upon millions of euros, dollars, pounds, yen, were lost, but who could have known that this would happen?
loh ying jie was from the canoe team in njc, just completed his ns and was applying to study in a local university, gone, just like that. who would have known this would happen?
let's just be very careful about the plans we make and how we make them. many things can change and as the saying go, life's a fickle bitch. life's not like a simple mathematical equation - there're so many variables that we know not of, that we cannot even dream of controlling.
try solving a equation like this xyz(?)= 3, whereby x, y, and z are constants and ? is a variable that you have absolutely no idea about, and like all variables, is always changing.
i'm no mathematician, but i do think that such a feat is impossible.
plans are all good and fine, don't get me wrong, i've made my fair share of plans myself (and i do hope that i can get the chance to study at nus on 2 years time), but when life does throws us a curve ball, there are times when we simply have to duck; holding our ground due to obstinacy or pride would only result in a nasty smack in the face.
and most importantly, when we're making decisions, remember this: life is lived in the present - not the past, nor the future.
the frailties and failings of humans.
anything can happen to anyone anytime. that's what i've realised. lives can turn upside down in an instance, yet things still seem so surreal, yet others can't seem to care less. yet others don't and can't seem to understand, or empathise.
and the very things that one places one's expectations and hopes on, against one's better judgement, they bring nothing but disappointment. the hype and excitement promise much, yet delivers nought, bar dejection.