Its Always The Matter Of Choices We Make

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THEN CHOOSE.



John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!'


He was a natural motivator.


If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.



Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!'



'You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do i t?'



He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood


I choose to be in a good mood.'


Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.



Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or...I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.


'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.


'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.


You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.'


I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.


Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.



After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.



I saw him about six months after the accident.


When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?'



I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.



'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live.'


'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked.


He continued, '...the paramedics were great.



They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action...'



'What did you do?' I asked.


'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied..' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity''



Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'


He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude...I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.


Attitude, after all, is everything.


Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.'


After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Forgiveness

"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong"

Mahatma Gandhi ..

I believe that is very much the truth.. Many people just look at the surface of it..
What Gandhi actually meant was, only weak people who are afraid to be hurt again are the ones that cant forgive.. Because it takes a huge amount of strength (mentally) to actually forgive someone for the mistakes that has happened.

I have been plagued with problems for the past week or so.. Everything seems to be out of order and I have been suffering too... I personally hate it when someone misunderstands me.. Ever since I was a kid, I absolutely hated it when I get blamed for something that I didnt do..

I am not a saint who takes blame for others for no reason.. I am a normal human being too.. Having said that, many people forget the fact that I also do in fact have something called FEELINGS.. I dont know what has gotten into their mind.. They simply assume that I am mad/angry/sad/etc etc.. While the fact is, I was simply, NORMAL.. I didnt have any reason to be happy, or sad..

Maybe its just the way how I look when I'm normal.. Most people think I'm either snobbish or angry/upset when I am just normal... Im not crazy to walk around with a pointless smile on my face.. Sure thing I do smile at people... That doesnt mean I have to do so to everyone all the time.. Lol... Come on.. Be practical..

Well... I dont really care if you ASSUME that Im mad/sad till you wanna ignore me.. I just hope you dont leave an impression that you just look for me when you need something.. I forgive people very quickly, as I find it hard to keep vengeance in my heart.. Im not the type of person who tries to seek revenge.. Please.. I am NOT.. I wasnt raised that way either..

Personally, I dont force people.. I try my best to convince them, but if after all the talking and they still choose not to trust me.. I'll just leave it. To me, its pointless to spend so much trying to convince someone who doesnt trust you..

I found a quote from Gandhi Ji that truly opened my eyes that I would like to share.. I hope it opens your eyes too (All readers, not anyone specific please.. Lol )

"Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected"
~Mahatma Gandhi~

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Shrouded Clouds

I cant believe what has been going on.. Certain things that i see as personal, has been somewhat intruded by certain individuals..

I have no clue whatsoever if they were based on good intentions or the opposite.. I'd like to believe its on a good intention though.. However, with that said, I still think that these kind of personal matters that involves myself, should not be discussed with anyone with my acknowledgment..

I already have a complicated and twisted personal life, and the last thing I would need is for someone to come and make things even more difficult than they already are..

People, PLEASE,if you're going to talk about something that is related to me, especially personally, come and ask me first.. If you go around acting as if you know everything, its my name thats getting spoiled here.. not yours..

(I'm not writing this in anger or whatsoever, I appreciate that you all care, but let me handle my own private life, PLEASE.. I'll let you know if i need your help)

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Why'd You Lie?

I dont understand why you'd lie to me! From the very beginning i asked you a simple question..
And you said "NO" for an answer.. And i trusted you wholly.. I seriously did..

And I was happy to hear that you said NO.. But when the situation came, you could have broke your silence and spill the beans about the truth.. But you didn't.. In fact, you gave me false hope! You made me wonder! You made me think everything was possible!

But, as I should have known.. Girls are never to be trusted! They cheat! They lie! And they take what they want! You just have proven to me that you are no different then most people I know! Liar! Cheater! Selfish! And even when you know I've heard of the truth.. You didnt take the effort to explain the situation to me!

This very friendship begun with the LIE that you told.. Which I've already TOLD you.. I HATE PEOPLE LYING TO ME UNNECESSARILY!!! I thought that you were different than any person I know.. I shall never forgive you for lying to me and making me look like a fool when I heard the truth.. You shall not play any significance in my life anymore!

I hope god forgives you for the lies you've told!

Typical Undergraduate!

Assignments and university students are inseparable, obviously. But, what do we do when we are given assignments that are ridiculously tough or meaningless to do where it doesnt benefit the student intellectually?? Dear lecturers.. Please understand that your students are not only taking your subject for the whole semester.. There is a whole load of other assignments that are needed to be completed. So, please do understand if there is minor mistakes..

I couldnt believe myself when I saw my Elementary Statistics marks.. I actually passed! And most of all, scored above average compared to the class.. I cant be more proud of myself.. Mathematics and myself were sworn nemesis since birth.. I couldnt even remember my multiplication table up to today.. :D

Guys.. Learn from your lessons.. Never procrastinate when you have assignments! :) <3

Terriying Tsunami

As we know, Japan was hit by massive tsunamis and the entire world was shocked by it..
I was writing my exams when the news began spreading.. My heartfelt condolences goes out to those families affected by the disaster.

Lets hope that the nation rises back t its feet as soon as possible.

There was SMS-es that was spreading like wild fire that claimed, that the rain now carries radioactive particles and we should stay away from getting wet during rain. Well, so far, the news has been dismissed by the Deputy Prime Minister, just as i thought.
Stop spreading rumors people! The situation is already bad as it is..

Im praying for the betterment of the Japanese.. God Bless.. <3

Alone!

Its been more than a semester now I've been here.. I cant say that i hate the university nor the environment here.. Its such a getaway from all the hustle n bustle of the city that I live in. Its much more greener here, fresher air, and more relaxing environment all in all.. However, I still dont feel comfortable here. Why is that so??

I cant seem to understand how people's thinking here works. Certain people seems to be smiling and laughing ever so friendly in front of you but behind your back, they started to show their true color. I dont understand what do they really want from me.. What do they want from me actually?

I'm only sought after when Im able to help them in their duties or work. Whenever during leisure, I seem to be the one ignored. What am I? A robot able to compute answers when Im required to and ignored when the task is completed? I havent seen a single person who has turned to me to do something fun or to involve in something just silly enough to have a good time.

It has been extremely frustrating to think that i have another 2 more years to go with this bunch. I do appreciate them for whom they are, but personally, I havent found anyone whom Im able to joke, hang-out and have a good time with. It has only been Facebook and I.. Or the computer in general. Such a shame to think of that Im going to spend 3 years without someone worthy of keeping fond memories off.



I hate to be alone, and most of the time, I am alone, and I dont see that changing in anytime soon. I just wish I could be back in my hometown where I can meet some of my REAL friends. Im thinking of 1 specific person as I'm writing this. I just hope I could be around with you right now. I know you're going through a very hard time now, but I just want to be there to lend a shoulder to lean on.

I hope another 2 years just flies by. It doesnt really matters to me if Im ignored for another 2 years. It has been a common thing. Those who did not have the opportunity to know me well, I pity them.. I think Im a decent enough person. I dont care if you think Im praising myself right now. But I know myself better than any of you do..

The Story Begins

Hello everyone! =)

University life can be boring at times. Thats something that we all cant deny.

Even though this is not my first time blogging, I thought it would be appropriate to have a separate blog just to tell the story of a typical university student.

Getting into university most probably is the dream of almost all school students.

Though some of us cant get into universities of our choice, we still have to be grateful compared to others who didn't get into university at all..

Recently, there was an in-campus election. It was to choose candidates for the Student Council. I was dumbfounded when I learnt that i had to vote for 15 persons! I was like, "WHAT?" Why should I vote for 15 person??? Voting or 1 person itself was troublesome. How am I to choose 15 person that I literally don't know? And these people are supposedly are here to help us students? They come few days before the election and promising us this and that. And on what basis are we supposed to trust them? On what foundation is their promises made? I don't know.

Being a student from a minority ethnic in this university, I don't see how they are able to make a difference when some of the issues are already brought up to attention years ago? I am not complaining of any sorts, neither criticizing the university's administration, but, is it fair, just because we are the minority ethnic in this university, it gives the right to the administration to ignore any of our appeal or pleas? We aren't asking for the university to give us free grades neither gold or money. Just some support for the neglected ones. Well, our new TNC begins his tenure this semester, and let us wait and see if anything changes. And if it does, I hope those changes are for the good! =)

Well, that aside, hockey games had begun a week back. Though what happened in the first round was quite embarrassing, we managed to redeem ourselves in the second game. Even if it was a loss, many expected us t lose by a bigger margin than 1-0. I believe the team has potential. The reason being, we managed to pull of a good performance even without a single training session. And most of the boys, never held a hockey stick before. It was a joy to get out there and spend some time on the field. It felt much better than sitting in a room and just lazing around. I'm looking forward for the next game and hopefully its going to be a win! Nothing beats the feeling of winning! =)

With 1 of the mid semester exam done, I'm quite relieved and will have to study for upcoming quiz. Assignments are not new for university students, yet, its not gonna stop me from saying " I Hate Assignments!! " To those who are hooked up with assignments as well, welcome to the club! =)