mentality!!!

Well, I am more or less like an adult now in the sense that i earn my own money and stuff. Though i quite enjoy working at ITC quite a lot, there is something inside me that keeps popping up every now and then, and makes all the excitement and all the energy go away. "Why in God's name i never grow up?" You may ask! Well yeah i definitely know that separation is part of learning and growth, but i just seem incapable of grappling with it very well. It tears me apart when i sense my friends and i are drifting apart with each passing day. Again you may go like, "So lame!" I know it sounds so, but I just cannot help brooding a lot about this! I remember being literally lectured by my dad a few weeks ago about what adulthood is all about, and it struck me with a jaw-cracking blow that there are so many expectations of me. By "expectations", it has nothing to do with monetary issues. As a matter of fact, there is more to do with heavier responsibilities as a grown person. Then it got me thinking whether I could possibly set out to accomplish those so many goals. I am in the middle of nowhere still, and for the first time in 20 years of life, i hate myself for having such a "big" goal ahead of me to be accomplished. It is anything but uplifting knowing it all too well that as i continue my journey i will gain and lose at the same time. "Gain" because probably i will be able to advance to a higher and nearer position to grab hold of the trophy. But "Lose" because i have to come to terms with the bare truth that friends are not physically there for you. Sometimes I wonder why i make such a big fuss over this friendship thing, and wonder whether other friends of mine feel the same way as i do, or is it just me going going suddenly mental? All these thoughts are just too much to be squeezed into my tiny brain!!!!!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Having a big goal is much better to have none!
Barbie said…
I remember the time my Prof, Daren, compared our head to a bottle that will be continuously loaded all of our emotions. When we get upset or get frustrated over sth means we drop a rock into that bottle, our head. When we encounter sth which is horribly outrageous, it could be the wreckage of the house on fire, or sth dreadful related to the loss of our loved ones, or even the loss of sth very important to us, the invisible bottle in our head will keep all those feelings in it. Sadly to say, when the bottle is full, it can no longer receive any more stupidities, and that is when ppl become out of mind, losing sane, we may say.

I think it's good to find our most convinient way to let all the frustration goes, and what you're doing now, writing it down may help. It could be a funny piece of writing for u to read when you get older :P
Pheaktra said…
Oh bong!!!!!

Don't beat yourself up just because you need friends to be there for you.
Everyone does!
You treasure friendship and i'm sure all your friends know it. I know it! :D
No one forgets you. They will always give you a helping hand when you need it. You know i do. ^_^
Unknown said…
u've not grown up? I think u already grow up man! buddy, don't feel so. unless u have ur big picture in life. ur big goal so to pursue ur goal. For me, my goal is quite high far apart, so i've yet to reach it, tat's why i still want to reach it. having is better than none, agree with Vattey.
To all: thanks!!! I wrote the entry cos i just felt like pouring stuff out of my head....Dun have to take it too seriously!!
Anonymous said…
dude, i believe ur dad has bigger pictures of what you can succeed in life, that's why he imposes expectations of u. Follow him if you find it true. Object and explain if you got your own ways to go.

hahaha.... unlike u, i'd wanted to grow up quickly. As soon as i grow up, i become mature. As soon as i become mature, i got access to night clubs, dates, and many more...Don't you like these? I bet you do, ven.
To potatoe: yeah yeah...he didn't "ïmpose"! He just simply explained things to me, and i just found it too heavy a burden a grown adult has to bear with!!! Anyway, in a sense, it is good lah being an adult cos like you say, with adulthood comes night life too...hahhha...
Unknown said…
Potatoe, I never know how bad u are until u said in ur last sentence man. heheh.... u like going to night clubs, go on date??? haha.. no wonder u're doing biz now hehehe.. :P ur biz is really nice huh. got to meet lots of pp and different pp at night! :P
Anonymous said…
to ven: great that you seem to understand the facts as i do.

to hour: i'm not that bad, dude. My biz is kinda of social that i help ppl who are stressed out in their work. sigh....but society views me in negative sides.
Anonymous said…
U guys are talking about night life at clubs? I don't really understand why guys think night life is compelling. To me, nothing's special about it. All u do there is drinking and then hitting the dance floor crazily with other strangers, which doesn't sound meaningful at all. I prefer dancing with only a bunch of intimate friends.

By the way, it's true that in order to get one thing, u have to forego another. In economic concept, there'are always opportunity costs to everything u do. Losing and gaining are always your companions no matter which choice u opt for. And when the losing is so much, u can't do anything besides adjusting your life and living with the truth that it's gone.
To Ice and potatoe: hahaha...come on, guys!! Stop acting innocent!! I know you two have your own businesses to run both at night and at noon lol..there is no point trying to cover up now hahahha...
To PM: we can make joy out of anything we want to...And thanks for your economic concept! You dun have to be an economy expert to know about losing and gaining...
Unknown said…
Ven, I don't care about the biz lolz... since I've got the paid job to do hehee... just that potatoe is doing his night-time job smoothly now... let me out lolz...

PM, u're always very smart, but this time u turn to be not that smart lolz... :P hehehe, hei, now seeing ur comment is very precious hor cuz u hardly send out comment now.
Anonymous said…
To Ven:
I know that we don't need to be an economist just to know about the gaining and losing. I was just trying to put the words by using economic terms. Whatever! Let me admit that my words are so vague this time that they made u misunderstand, but damn u! Can't u just save my face for once? At least on the Internet? I remember our constant arguments when I paid a visit in Cam.

To Ice:
What the...? Ok! Ok! Thanks for your comment on my comment, and read my comment on Ven's replying comment. Lolz...
Anonymous said…
To Ice:
Oh one more thing to say! I'm not smart, but according to Ven and his friends, I'm unique. Lolz...
TO Ice: Hahahha...whatever, man!! Good that Potatoe is doing gud with his work!!!

To PM: Hahahahha...unique?Come on, give it a rest!!!
Unknown said…
PM, u're unique? hmm, everyone's unique lolz.. so it's not really that special hehe... lolz... :P
Anonymous said…
To Ice:
That's what I told everyone, too, that everyone is unique, but they say i'm extraordinarily unique. Well, let's come off it!
To PM: see? even our Turtle friend can't stand your uniqueness talking lol...
Unknown said…
u're extraodinarily unique while everyone's just unique hehe.. then u're the odd one out lolz.. :P kidding! hehe...
Anonymous said…
To Ice:
Guess your kidding has some degree of truth in it. Honestly, I also think I'm the odd one out. So odd that sometimes even I myself am astonished and scared by my oddness.

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