Orange
saw an orange by the side of the road today
it looked good, but in my mind I was certain the orange was rotten or half eaten on the other side, the side I could not see.
Yet, it wasn't at all, in fact, it looked good enough to eat, thus concluded that someone must have dropped it.

I find this incident very significant, because looking at my mindset, I simply assumed that anything that dropped on the floor, discarded, abandoned, must be bad, rotten or somewhat not wanted due to certain undesirable characteristics. This assuming mindset blocked out the truth and let me continue believing in this incorrect thinking. Sometimes, we should not assume and take things as they are (look at the full picture, look at it from all sides, not only from one). Trust what our eyes see, but also remember to evaluate it. Most importantly, don't assume because when you do, you make an ass of u and me.

Maids
saw maids arriving in a van the other day. They were packed into a van and waiting to be called into the agency. The man in charge called one out and she took her things and said goodbye to the rest of the maids inside. The rest of them meanwhile just looked out of the van, observing their environment; this new environment they will be living in for the next couple of years. As they looked out of the van, they felt like captives to me. It was as if their lives will now be to work for another human being. They will now be like animals, they will now be enslaved, they will now have to work for humans when they themselves are fellow humans too.
Of course, the important thing to note is that it's obviously not that extreme, what enslavement, what animal...
Yet, their situation does remind me of enslavement, being separated from your family, though not forcingly, but forced by circumstances. Also, there's human rights unlike during enslavement, but it's similar don't you agree? Anyhow, I just sympathised with them when I saw them the other day at the maid agency. I mean, what about the situation whereby you are stuck there and no one wants you? As if you are some unwanted pet at the pet shop, it's just depressing.

Anyhow, my last topic will be on the fakeness of myself. I once felt I could be cold, but hua has assured me that I am very warm. Alright, aloof then, I corrected myself. I just find myself rather fake sometimes, somehow it's just very hard to describe why I find myself so, it's probably coz sometimes I do not stay true to my own thinking. Or do I even have my own thinking? I just find myself so meek sometimes, I do not even have strong beliefs to stick by and stand up to others to. Sighs, I agree I am still finding and setting my own principles, but I think I will eventually be one without them, just muddling along in life, even if there are some things I will never do. It just makes me feel rather weak just thinking about this, like I am not firm, a nice way to put it would be flexible, but sometimes, I rather I had strong views to air, and not agree along with everyone else. Maybe that is one reason I ain't very assertive, nono, I mean indecisive when it comes to buying things. When I am doing projects, I can be assertive. But the point not being that. Sighhs, I feel like I am just spinning in circles.

'nuff said.

Orange
saw an orange by the side of the road today
it looked good, but in my mind I was certain the orange was rotten or half eaten on the other side, the side I could not see.
Yet, it wasn't at all, in fact, it looked good enough to eat, thus concluded that someone must have dropped it.

I find this incident very significant, because looking at my mindset, I simply assumed that anything that dropped on the floor, discarded, abandoned, must be bad, rotten or somewhat not wanted due to certain undesirable characteristics. This assuming mindset blocked out the truth and let me continue believing in this incorrect thinking. Sometimes, we should not assume and take things as they are (look at the full picture, look at it from all sides, not only from one). Trust what our eyes see, but also remember to evaluate it. Most importantly, don't assume because when you do, you make an ass of u and me.

Maids
saw maids arriving in a van the other day. They were packed into a van and waiting to be called into the agency. The man in charge called one out and she took her things and said goodbye to the rest of the maids inside. The rest of them meanwhile just looked out of the van, observing their environment; this new environment they will be living in for the next couple of years. As they looked out of the van, they felt like captives to me. It was as if their lives will now be to work for another human being. They will now be like animals, they will now be enslaved, they will now have to work for humans when they themselves are fellow humans too.
Of course, the important thing to note is that it's obviously not that extreme, what enslavement, what animal...
Yet, their situation does remind me of enslavement, being separated from your family, though not forcingly, but forced by circumstances. Also, there's human rights unlike during enslavement, but it's similar don't you agree? Anyhow, I just sympathised with them when I saw them the other day at the maid agency. I mean, what about the situation whereby you are stuck there and no one wants you? As if you are some unwanted pet at the pet shop, it's just depressing.

Anyhow, my last topic will be on the fakeness of myself. I once felt I could be cold, but hua has assured me that I am very warm. Alright, aloof then, I corrected myself. I just find myself rather fake sometimes, somehow it's just very hard to describe why I find myself so, it's probably coz sometimes I do not stay true to my own thinking. Or do I even have my own thinking? I just find myself so meek sometimes, I do not even have strong beliefs to stick by and stand up to others to. Sighs, I agree I am still finding and setting my own principles, but I think I will eventually be one without them, just muddling along in life, even if there are some things I will never do. It just makes me feel rather weak just thinking about this, like I am not firm, a nice way to put it would be flexible, but sometimes, I rather I had strong views to air, and not agree along with everyone else. Maybe that is one reason I ain't very assertive, nono, I mean indecisive when it comes to buying things. When I am doing projects, I can be assertive. But the point not being that. Sighhs, I feel like I am just spinning in circles.

'nuff said.