HELLO THERE!
I'm Li Ling coming to you live from my bedroom and my macbook, with a cup of green tea and a lot of sleepiness.
I just got home after a day with my Chinese project group and I am so tired but I really wanted to blog today so here I am hehe (: I'm gonna be doing some light strength training and stretching exercises after this because my legs are so sore and my muscles are so tight after like a single round of circuit training yesterday. Just goes to show how much I've been slacking in the "keeping fit" department haha!
Oo! I went to watch Mad Max: Fury Road with my sister yesterday and to be honest it was a pretty simple movie, but I don't know I really liked it for the creativity and how different it was to other movies. For one, the movie was filled with really interesting and flipping weird characters. And secondly, it had really unexpected twists in the plot that really got me hooked. It might not be everyones cup of tea, and I was a teeny bit put off by the violence, but I'll leave you to it to watch it and decide yourself. I actually kind of deleted my askfm, so if you're not up for tweeting me @CLLxheart, I would love to hear what you think about it down in the comment box below (:
Now that I think about it, I watched a lot of films over the past few days. They include San Andreas, Begin Again(featuring Keira Knightley and Adam Levine), Insidious 2 and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
I enjoyed all of them, well, I wouldn't be the type to say I enjoy a horror movie(Insidious 2), but it was pretty cool (:
Begin Again is a really raw and genuine movie, no pretences, and really real. I think many of us can relate to it and there were several instances that warmed my heart. Speaking of this movie, I LOVED Keira Knightley's character and her fashion sense. Her style included a lot of loose yet tailored trousers, mostly neutral colours like a cream or tan, and vintage brown belts with a simple blouse. It's a really English style and really simple which I really like about it. OKAY I'M GETTING A BIT CARRIED AWAY BUT YEA THATS THAT.
A few days ago, my mom said she wanted to watch the movie "San Andreas". But since I had already watched it, she just went ahead and watched it herself. To be honest, I think watching a movie at a movie theatre by yourself is not what many would do, and my mom is a really big inspiration to me, especially when it comes to independence, self-reliance and not giving two sh*ts about what other people may think of you.
I just wanted to share this with you, because I think there are many valuable lessons that can be learnt. I am not the type to usually want to specially go to the movie theatre to watch a movie, and I'd much rather watch it online or on DVD. I almost always go to the cinema with my family or friends, hence it has never really been a question of "why don't you just go to the cinema by yourself?" However, there are day-to-day things such as eating, that I actually had never thought much of before, until some people pointed out that they think it's a "lame" or "loner" thing to eat by yourself. I have completely no problem eating by myself in public. It's a simple and essential thing that everyone has to do - eat. I'm not going to specially ask someone out so that they can eat with me. And I just wanted to clear this up... eating by oneself is not lame and definitely does not point to the fact that one is lonely/has no friends. If you prefer eating with others, then go right on ahead, but I don't think it's right to look at someone eating alone and start making baseless conclusions. It's important that we know how to be self-reliant, because you're not gonna have someone by your side 24/7 and I really look up to people who have lots of independence, and I find that I learn so much when hanging out with them. ((:
On another note, I actually started my first Amath tuition 2 days ago. I honestly can't even explain how glad I felt to join a tuition, and to finally do something about Amath. I'm no longer floating around, aimless and wandering, but I finally have a direction, a starting point, and more people to help guide me to success. I got many people telling me that my paragraph on "studying harder" in my Hello Stranger post was really inspirational(thanks frans) so I don't know, I thought I'd keep sharing my progress, in hopes that I continue influencing those around me- positively. I'm definitely not an straight A student in anyway, but I'm trying my very best, which I know many of you guys are too. I'm on this journey with all of you, and I feel what you are feeling too.
I have several classmates telling me that they are afraid, afraid of what is to happen if they keep failing and what is to happen if they don't improve. Some are terrified that they get kicked out of our class, or even our school. And I get really upset when I hear them speak like that, because they are hanging on the last thread of hope. Some people are geniuses, they can listen in class, study a bit at home, internalise really quickly and they do great in examinations. Others, including me, have a few more bumps in our path. We take twice as long to internalise and understand, we need to go over a passage 5 times, we need to go back and study again and again and again. And even with all this, sometimes we still don't get our desired results. I tell my friends again and again, anybody whom I am able to influence actually, that they aren't stupid and they aren't useless. They just need a bit more time and hard work. It's no use to compare yourself with others all the time, because at the end of the day everyone has different study strategies and habits, patterns and abilities, and at the end of the day they are not the ones holding your result slip, you are. So there's really no point in dwelling in self-pity and loathing, doing nothing but give up and believe the fact that you are stupid. Keep Going.
This post actually turned out to be way longer that I expected it to be, but anyways, it was really nice just putting all of my thoughts into words. (:
Thanks for reading!
Signing off...
CLL
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