The Bet

And so I on top of the bet that I already got myself into, I had another bet with Adrian.

Well, both of us will do something positively to the personal development of ourselves within a year and by that time whoever that did not do it will have to suffer the consequences stated. Adrian is always on the thin side while I am always on the other side. Let's just say we are going to make the weight difference lesser. By the coming May when he comes back from America, he needs to gain 7kg while I need to drop my excessive love handles. Along with respective amendments which he needs to attain muscle mass instead of just fat, and I need to be able to do 50 push-ups by that stated deadline. If he did it, and I did not, I would have to play badminton for 4 hours straight and if I did it and he did not, he would have to swim 100 laps of freestyle straight. The bonus amendment is a meal decided by the winning bet fully paid by the losing bet. So if you did not do anything and the deadline is up, you are going to end up exhausted and broke. Aiks.

The duration we both have is 11 months.

I have 5 months of internship coming along. Well, I hope I can do it alright, if not I would need to pay for someone's travel expenses PLUS this 4 hours of badminton madness.

Oh gosh, wish me luck. =)

Bye, Teacher.

It's been a year, teacher. Thank you for teaching us Korean and looking at our ridiculous final test paper today. All of us would return to where we come from, but how we all ended up in one class makes it all the more beautiful. Malaysia, Cambodia, Japan, China and Korea. Hopefully ten years from now, we would sit together just like today with you and laugh about the same thing we wrote on the test paper.

Junction, Turn Left, Turn Right and Go Straight.

Good bye, teacher.
We have no choice but to keep on going.
Thank you, teacher.
We will miss you, I promise.

Chinese Character

The most difficult Chinese word. Aiks.

因为，我一直相信着。

走吧！

往未来的路上走吧！

如果在路上再次相遇的话，就再一次拥抱问好。我不知道明天的我，会在哪里，会遇见什么人，会经历着什么事情，但是我还是一直相信着。相信这来临的明天，这条前往未来道路的尽头，会有我和你都期待的风景。“明天会更好"，我常常这样告诉自己。明天，应该会更好吧！

路上保重了，我的朋友。又或许路上会遇见什么问题，又或许路上遇见不对的人，笑一下吧！我会一直在这里，给你我的肩膀，借你我的耳朵，让你我的双手，拍一拍身上的灰尘，站起来！加油吧，我的朋友。能的，什么都可以办到的。你一定要坚持，一定要一直相信着你的梦想。

因为，我一直相信着。

Tell Me

I feel detached but I am not lost.

Now, when everything runs on track, I am still standing at the side wondering whether I should take that train or not. I don't want to rush, rushing to somewhere I would never know what am I chasing after at the end of the day. I don't want to run, run to the direction where everyone else are running towards because not everyone knows why they are running, they just wouldn't want to be left behind.

And the rest just kept on going, somewhere.

I followed, once. Realizing that it is so redundant, trapped inside an endless loop, doing things that what others expect you to do. Life is not just like this. It is not framed by others, not defined by others. Life is about being different isn't it? No, I don't want to get married, have kids and then grow old without doing something else or just being what people think life is. Life is more than that, much much more than that.

Life is being special, isn't it?

I want to see the world. I want to learn, I want to experience and I want to know. What is wrong being like this? If the things follow the "order" of the nature, that probably placed us under the animal category. It might be unfair for me to judge, and it's nothing wrong following others because of insecurity and the ultimate marriage dream but please don't give me the look when you hear someone with a different idea about life.

Don't define how my life should be.

I will not be like you, accept it. I might be wrong, I might be right. You don't have to worry about me, I wish you all the best, and I hope you will do the same. I know where am I heading to, maybe I will be the same, but I will not be stagnant. Who I am to judge upon fate, but I would attempt to make my life memorable with my own ways.

Tell me, whether the grass is greener at the other side, whether the moon is brighter at the other side, or whether the air is fresher on the other side. Whether this is the life you had always wanted.

Tell me, when you get there.

Happiness

幸福，我要的幸福。

在，不远处。

Night Hiking

Went for the very first night hiking and realized that none of us has a proper torchlight. I learnt that in Korea, torchlight is pronounced as fu-re-shi (flash). It was a sudden decision, and yes, it was absolutely random. I adore randomness, I love minimal planning which only applies on outings, not anything major that will effect my future, my finance and my social lifestyle.

There were 4 of us, took the trail right behind over dormitory.

Wanted to go higher, but did not happen. There we were, sitting beside the big electric thingy and ate ramen and soba on top of one of the not-so-high hill. Discussed issues on the international aspect and then we head back down.

Total time taken, 4 hours max.

Happy birthday, Yazhou.