Wednesday, February 25, 2009

A Child's Plea to Adults: If you don't know how to fix it, pls don't break it!

This is a speech made by a 13-year old Canadian, Severn Suzuki of Environmental Children's Organization @ the UN Earth Summit in 1992. 17 years later, people have forgotten. They ALWAYS do.

This is a very timely & thought-provoking message and I can't help but think about Holden Caulfield, the main character in the book Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger, 1951). A disillusioned & confused teenager who is entering the coming of age, Holden dreams of only one thing, and quoting an old poem by Robert Burns, he sings, "If a body catch a body comin' through the rye..." Quite pathetic but true- when we become adults, we lose something very essential. We become hypocrites. As we grow up (ironic huh), it seemed like we've undergone a 'processing' from the rye, which results in a manufactured, destructive mankind.


Anyway, back to the video. A memorable quote from Severn's speech:

"At school…, you teach us how to behave in the world, you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share not be greedy… Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us NOT to do???




My message: Children, remain in the rye (if there is a clean one left).






Friday, February 13, 2009

Out of My League.


Since it's Valentine's why don't I write about it? ;)

Happy Valentine's, everyone. Enjoy!


will you stop for a while
and let me catch my breath
tame this restless soul
that you have recklessly stirred
for that I require an apology

will you stop for a while
and hear me out just this time
your beauty made me a believer
the kind that draws me to the Creator
with eyes that burn a hole and brings me back to high school
my palms sweating and cheeks blushing
too frightened to test unknown waters
i will pass this chance of getting burnt

will you stop for a while
allow me to take in
the length of the gap
that's between me and you
your virtues and merits
your wisdom and your worth
my nose will remain pressed
against this glass
staring at an expensive gift
too much for me to afford

will you stop for a while
and bear with me a moment
i wonder what you're thinking
but im not qualified to know
the only available is that boyish smile
which makes me want to smile, too

i wouldn't mind
no not all
if you'll forever be mine
so what does it take
to come close?

Sunday, February 8, 2009

In the mrt on my way back home, i wanted to talk to Dad. . .

Dad, can I just come to you right now...
Without asking for anything -
Wide-eyed with tears flowing as easy as water flowing from a hill...
No, I'm not about to yearn for a gift or anything fancy.
Can I just come to you and allow you to feel what I'm feeling?
I'm not looking for deliverance nor redemption,
I need nothing else.
I just want to occupy the space between your arms
And grieve for a while. . .

Will You cry with me?

Monday, February 2, 2009

I did my best...

But I guess my best wasn't good enough...

I just took the GMAT today for the 2nd time around, hoping my score would increase. But I guess I should have listened to people's advice: taking the gmat more than once is counter-intuitive... My score remained the same- below 600 :( . I was stumped; there goes my shot at a scholarship.

Now, I have mixed feelings. I would like to be optimistic about this and to not allow this brick wall to get in the way of my ambitions. But something within me also wants to yield and acknowledge that perhaps I'm not really cut out for this mba dream.

I don't know. All I could do is shrug and thank God because I'm not in this alone. He is still the captain of my ship. I want to be taken to greater heights, but if by being in this valley still will give Him all the more glory, then so be it.