Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Hands Up if your Ready To Write
Whether you have a black pen that actually works is the least of your worries, you just about to write an exam of earth-shattering importance. It’s your final exam that determines whether you qualify or not. Ten minutes to go you spot your friend with an estranged expression on his "one hour of sleep" face. You come to the realisation that it’s a cross between stress and the surprise that the ash of his cigarette is on his jacket.
He frantically brushes it off, and takes the last drag...inhale.
"Was up dude, are ready?"…exhale.
“I was having problems with the last three chapters"
This is the part where you caught in the middle of offering your assistance, or actually just saying "I need to go to the bathroom", just so that you don’t get yourself confused with what he doesn’t know.
The aura around the exam room is enough to make you vomit the answers you actually supposed to be writing. But that atmosphere is what I’m addicted to; everyone is so different and unique in that moment.
Seated conveniently around the “do or die” exam hall, are the five types of people who are about to write the exam:
1. The Amazing A student who is not close enough for your to get the last prep-small talk from. He’s up-straight-ready-to-write posture makes you a little envious.
2. Your best mate, who is late and still in a state of confusion, is seated close enough for you to wish him good luck with your eyes, but is too far away from you to ask if you have an extra black pen. And a ruler. And a calculator.
3. That group of friends that you know but don’t really know. They are the go-to-guys. After glancing at them with acknowledgement, you realise you should’ve went to one of them because they might have something you don’t; like the exam paper itself.
4. Then there’s the group of peers you don’t know; yes you know who I’m talking about. The people who only attend when there are exams, tests or important assessments. You always marvel at the fact that they always make it though. How the hell? But don’t compare yourself to these people; they have mastered the art of submitting doctor’s notes confessing unimaginable sicknesses and allergies.
5. Finally, the last group of students. We can’t really place them in a definite category but their repertoire includes; The rock stars, The pretty girls, The jocks, the teachers pets, the “I’m not supposed to be here’s”, the “I didn’t study the right chapters”, the cool kids, “the loud-mouths because my parents are well off”, the “you know she’s going to fail” and then the average kids. Average in everything they do, their social status is average, average in their marks, average in how they dress and even how they look. They are known for nothing other than just being around.
I honestly don’t want and I hope I wasn’t the average kid in varsity. How you are in varsity usually translates to how the rest of your life will unfold. Be extra ordinary in something. Be awesome in being average. Be extra confident when you’re about to right your exam or be super stressed. Don’t just be. The average kids have the don’t-care attitude which is the worst of the worst.
The fifteen minutes before your exam is who you are. It says something about how you approach life, the big and the little things. I approach my fifteen minutes of life with vigour and purpose and with the aim of getting the best mark possible.
He frantically brushes it off, and takes the last drag...inhale.
"Was up dude, are ready?"…exhale.
“I was having problems with the last three chapters"
This is the part where you caught in the middle of offering your assistance, or actually just saying "I need to go to the bathroom", just so that you don’t get yourself confused with what he doesn’t know.
The aura around the exam room is enough to make you vomit the answers you actually supposed to be writing. But that atmosphere is what I’m addicted to; everyone is so different and unique in that moment.
Seated conveniently around the “do or die” exam hall, are the five types of people who are about to write the exam:
1. The Amazing A student who is not close enough for your to get the last prep-small talk from. He’s up-straight-ready-to-write posture makes you a little envious.
2. Your best mate, who is late and still in a state of confusion, is seated close enough for you to wish him good luck with your eyes, but is too far away from you to ask if you have an extra black pen. And a ruler. And a calculator.
3. That group of friends that you know but don’t really know. They are the go-to-guys. After glancing at them with acknowledgement, you realise you should’ve went to one of them because they might have something you don’t; like the exam paper itself.
4. Then there’s the group of peers you don’t know; yes you know who I’m talking about. The people who only attend when there are exams, tests or important assessments. You always marvel at the fact that they always make it though. How the hell? But don’t compare yourself to these people; they have mastered the art of submitting doctor’s notes confessing unimaginable sicknesses and allergies.
5. Finally, the last group of students. We can’t really place them in a definite category but their repertoire includes; The rock stars, The pretty girls, The jocks, the teachers pets, the “I’m not supposed to be here’s”, the “I didn’t study the right chapters”, the cool kids, “the loud-mouths because my parents are well off”, the “you know she’s going to fail” and then the average kids. Average in everything they do, their social status is average, average in their marks, average in how they dress and even how they look. They are known for nothing other than just being around.
I honestly don’t want and I hope I wasn’t the average kid in varsity. How you are in varsity usually translates to how the rest of your life will unfold. Be extra ordinary in something. Be awesome in being average. Be extra confident when you’re about to right your exam or be super stressed. Don’t just be. The average kids have the don’t-care attitude which is the worst of the worst.
The fifteen minutes before your exam is who you are. It says something about how you approach life, the big and the little things. I approach my fifteen minutes of life with vigour and purpose and with the aim of getting the best mark possible.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
As simple as it Gets
We have this pre-conceived notion that when we are in love, its going to last forever.Really?
But in all honesty love isn't like that. Love itself is a free-flowing energy, much like moods and money. It comes and goes as it pleases. It sometimes stays for a day or even just for a few seconds or a month or year.Dont fear it because you think it makes you vulnerable, or be suprised when it leaves either.
Just be glad you had the opportunity to experience it.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Art of Possiblity
"We keep looking so hard in life for that SPECIFIC MESSAGE but yet we are blinded to the fact that the message is all around us and within us all the time. We just hav to stop that it be on our terms and conditions, and instead open ourselves to the possibility that what we seek may be in front of us all the time."
Focus is Passe
In The modern world we want to feel everthing we do all the time. There is no point in just taking a walk in the park, when we can rather listen to headphones,chat on our phones, watch a movie. we fail to adorn the passing carnival of humanity.Our choices shout the creed of a new world order: STUMULATION!
Thought and creativity have become subservient to the singulaur goal of saturating our senses. But I'm old school. If you are not prepared to focus on me when you are with me__ conversation, touch, our momentary entwining souls__ Then get out of my face and go back to your 400 channels of satellite television and 32 gigs of music.
Your Life is Your Life
"Your life is your life
Don't let it be clubbed
Into dank submission.
Be on the watch
There are ways out.
There is light somewhere
It may not be much light
But it beats the darkness.
Be on the watch
The gods will offer you chances,
Know them
Take them.
You can't beat death
But you can beat death in life.
Sometimes.
And the more you learn to do it,
The more light there will be.
Your life is your life!
Know it while you have it.
Your are marvellous
The gods wait to delight in you."
- Charles Bukowski
Don't let it be clubbed
Into dank submission.
Be on the watch
There are ways out.
There is light somewhere
It may not be much light
But it beats the darkness.
Be on the watch
The gods will offer you chances,
Know them
Take them.
You can't beat death
But you can beat death in life.
Sometimes.
And the more you learn to do it,
The more light there will be.
Your life is your life!
Know it while you have it.
Your are marvellous
The gods wait to delight in you."
- Charles Bukowski
Its amazing how a couple of words carefully stringed together to make a message, to convey an insight or to just put forth a thought can be so inspiring. The images that I will be posting in the blog hopefully influence you to get-up-an-go, wake-up-and-change or to just lift your mood to be the best you can possibly be.
"Live to leave a mark, and a great second and third first impression"
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
What Would I Like to Be Famous for?
This question is particularly ironic because I have a close group of friends that want to be famous for all types of reasons and causes, but I don’t share the same sentiments. I honestly don’t want to be famous or celebrated on a large scale because I frankly believe it’s overrated. Jim Carey once said that everyone should have all the money, fame and fortune the world has to offer so they can see that it’s not the way. If we consider the fact that everyone has that inner yearning, that small flame burning, sparking, screaming for glory, then in that case my fame shouldn’t be short-lived. I’d rather have a legacy, something that will inspire those that follow, the people who want genuine change, in its true form. Of course I can’t better the world, but better that small change than nothing. OK, enough with the cliche, and philosophical blah blah. If I had to be famous, I want a statue in my name with a caption that reads, “The man who put the 1st Billboard that floats on the moon.” Having a statue might be too ambitious, but the campaign and initiative will defiantly be worthy.
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