Quote(s) of my life

Hi everybody!
Saw this website about some quotes that gen-y girls (or guys) should live by. One of the quotes stand out to me and I would like to share it with you all. :)

“I don’t love studying; I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.” 

— Natalie Portman

The exact reason why I don't like studying in Singapore. I don't feel like I'm learning anything at all. Going to school is more like a routine to me, and I can say it's the same thing for all other students too. We go to school because we have to. If we don't, we will have no certificate or diplomas and then we can't get a job.

So, everything is about getting a job. And apparently, in Singapore we have the mindset of "the better your grades, the better your future job will be". With a "good" job, we will be able to earn more money and lead a better life. But is that true?

It's hard to break out of this cycle. Every time I don't study for my tests, I will panic. Why? Because I'm afraid I will get bad results and then viola, I will have a "bad" future. While it is good to do your best in your studies, it certainly isn't good to always fret about your results. We are all so caught up in studies and grades that we forgot about everything else.

Look, life isn't all about studies. It's about how you can appreciate the little things you have, spending valuable time with your beloved, and find out more about yourself through many stages of ups and downs.

You will be surprised; we are worth so much more than we deemed ourselves to. Without breaking out of the boxes, you will never come to realize your potential and the things you can do that will leave great impacts on your and others' life.

It's okay to get bad results. It's okay to repeat another year or so. It's okay to study different things; education isn't just about science, engineering, law or whatever course you are taking. Education is about learning and failing and learning again.

Don't be pressurized to study and get good results because every other people expects you to. Learn, to gain more knowledge so that you can share it with other people who don't have them. Learn, so that you can have deeper insights rather than just superficial understanding.

Regret nothing you have chosen; things may not go as you wish because that's how life is. Rather, make everything you have chosen something worthwhile, so that you can either learn from them or create great memories with them.

Nothing, but you yourself, can stop you from making a step forward. Be courageous; don't be afraid to be different. And we are all humans, not robots. We can never be programmed to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I have come to realize that studies isn't everything and certainly not my forte. Yes, I like learning everything and anything possible. But to study for the sake of results and future career, I find it no point. My life isn't going to be revolved around those "As, Bs, Cs", and I will not allow them to control my life.

This brings me to my own quote that I live by:

"Live life with no regrets." 

No matter what we do, we can never avoid making mistakes and facing failures. And because of these experiences we faced, we grow and we change. But there's always two sides to a matter. We can allow ourselves to change for the worse or for the better. It is our CHOICE.

You can either choose to make yourself miserable, always idling in the dark, or you can choose to make use of the fall-backs as a stepping stone to move forward. 

It isn't always that easy but you can make the choice of seeking help and support from others. Be grateful for what you have and never mope about the things you can't have. We can never be perfect so learn to love our imperfections! 

Life is like pathway filled with choices. You may make bad choices but instead of regretting what you have chosen, learn from it. It's times like this that we become stronger. As the saying goes, "what doesn't kill you make you stronger". 

So people, smile! For a day without smile is like music without sound, painting without colour, and food without flavour.

Cheers, Enny :DDD

Free yourself from this system of things and you shall make wonders.

P.S. What are some quotes that you live by? What are some new things that you want to try? How do you want to live your life?

Do share with me in the comments below! ^^

P.P.S. Please pardon the flow of this posts! I seemed to jump around a lot from education to life to whatnot! Hope you can understand! >~<

Bliss and sorrow

I was really happy to have a dog. When I first saw him, it's like "yes, that's it! This is the dog I want!".

He was so gentle, active, happy; the little obese boy that melted my heart. I was elated to fetch him back home. My parents would love him, I thought. 

I can't and won't ever understand my father. Yes, I know you suffered a long time ago. But do you really want what happened to you happen to us too? Do you really want to take away the dog knowing it would literally kill us? 

Yes. Rearing a dog is not an easy task and never would be. It's just like raising your own child minus all the education that you would have to send your children to. 

You gave us all the reasons why we shouldn't rear the dog: because mommy will think its troublesome, because Chloe&Caleb's parents will disagree and not let us take care of them anymore; because of all the money that would be spent on the dog. 

First, don't put words into mommy's mouth. All you can say is that we never helped her with house chores and the dog will only trouble her. And that you know because your birds troubled her. You know what mommy say? 

"Your really rear too much birds (more than 20) and they are really too noisy and dirty the whole house." 

That is what mommy said. Not "the dog will trouble me" like what you said. 

Secondly, if Chloe and Caleb really do go away because of the dog, I think mommy will be more relived than sad.

More than once, she kept saying "this is by far, the hardest I have babysit". To me. Not to you dad. 

You will never know what she said to me. You think I do not know but like what you did, we both kept quiet. Like father like daughter. Dad, we have the same personality. 

Yes, I do not like how kor kor always take extra money from you and mommy. And they did not show you that they are already independent, responsible adults. 

But come on, give us a chance? You are like clipping away our wings before we can even fly. And then deem us as useless. Work through your that stubborn brain. If you really think us as irresponsible then we will forever be that way. You, of all people, should be the one to trust in us and give us chance.

Yes, money is a big thing. And that will force kor kor and jie jie to not always go to restaurant or cab or buy branded goods. Because they have to pay for Cody's food and stuff. Why can't you trust them? 

I, for one, thought it would be a good opportunity to let them know how hard it is to rear a dog, lest to say a child. 

And dad, you and your birds will never be agreeable with me. Don't bull crap all those stuff about how you want to sell them away for money or that when those birds die, you won't cry like shit.

Bull. If death of an animal is the reason you don't want us to rear a dog, then what for give birth to us? Since we will all die someday. 

It's all because the "dog will scare your bird" and that it may cause a "burden on you". Seriously dad, I was once already disappointed in you. But I guess it will never change. 

You love other children more than our own. Your birds take priority over yor family.

Only because I was hard-headed, just like you, that I got to go for surgery and for overseas intern. 

I swear, once I got money, I would repay everything back to you, so that I don't OWE you anything. 

You see dad, because of money, birds, and other children, I could no longer love you like I would like to. 

Sorry dad, I love you, but I hate you too.

Enny

P.S. Cody, I'm so sorry that my dad didn't accept you. I thought he would embrace you and love you like we did. But no. That old man has to go against us. 

We love you, and we would never let you go. 

♥ I'm a happy big girl! ♥

Heeeya all! It has been so long since I last updated my blog! (something which is pretty common for me because I don't like writing w/ no inspiration or just writing plainly for writing)

My last few posts are all about weight loss etc. But I have come to realize that I don't really want to harm my health for the sake of losing a few pounds. That being said, it doesn't mean that I should go around eating like a glutton; I have being doing this lately...

Anyway the main reason for me to write this post is to share with you all, my readers, how happy I am.

Saw the blog post on Si Xian's blog and it really touched me a lot (I admit I teared a lil >///<). I really didn't expect my friends (or sisters) to miss me that much. (Nope, I've not flew off to Liverpool yet!) And through her blog, I know that I already belong in part of her life; that we (the sisters) hold a special place and meaning in each other life.

How many of you out there are proud to say you have a friend (or friends) whom you can confidently and proudly say is your true friend? I am one of the lucky ones.

It's just great that somewhere back at home, there's people waiting for me and missing me. Not saying that my family don't, but you know, people other than family.

We are not blood related (my sisters and I) but we are really close. I'm just gratified to be surrounded by this awesome bunch of sisters. Not to mention my poly friends too! :)

I will miss you all; my girls, my family and my friends!! ♥ 

To end this post, I just want to say...

Treasure the people around you and they will treasure you in return.

Do not hold back on your love, for people will hold back on their love for you.

I love you all my sisters, my family, my friends! ♥ 

Lub-Dub... Lub-Dub.. Chuuu~ ♥ 
Enny ♥ 

P.S. Can't wait to see the world in another ~40 days!