Taiwan

Taiwan


Haven't been able to blog for sometime, due to a spoilt computer. It's still spoilt but somehow i got blogger to work. Well... Let's talk about my not-so-recent trip to Taiwan.

I did ALMOST nothing else except eat, sleep and shop. I wasn't the one who shopped, more my mother and sister. Probably the two more interesting things are going to the hot spring and eating at MODERN TOILET. Yes. You heard it right, I ATE IN A TOILET. Ok, not really toilet but it's decor was of such. Oh ya! I kinda spammed the basketball machines, though i sucked at it.

Ok... I'm not gonna talk about all the trip details because it bores me, as much as you. Coming back from Taiwan made me realise something: I DON'T WANT TO STAY IN SINGAPORE!!!

To you, it might be shocking. But to me, i never thought i would want to stay out of here. A LOT of my friends either want to go overseas to study or just stay there for good. But i never ever thought of that!

I have been overseas quite a bit and every time when I get back, I'm glad. It's been like that from primary school through to secondary school. It's only this time that I've felt this way. You can't say because I had so much fun so I want to stay there because i was utterly bored to death. Perhaps, it was because I was bored so I kind of liked it. Time went by slowly. Nothing seemed rushed although we were rushing to get our transport. I guess I like, maybe even love, the laidback life.

It all meshes in that sense. I'm a very laidback person, taking things easy most of the time. I'm essentially happy-go-lucky person, living in the moment. So a slower-paced society will be my sort of place. Actually, I think it's because "I'm like an old man," according to one of my friends. I would agree actually because I move on when Time moves and never plan ahead. Even if I planned, I would never follow.

But this revelation puts somethings into perspective: EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN MY AGE GROUP HAS A DEEP INNATE DESIRE TO GET OUT OF HERE!

Probably, Singapore is like a pressure cooker for her people. And the most affected are teenagers. The intense pressure to be top in studies and activities, to have a myriad of achievements, to learn every single thing there is to learn and to excel in them. All these make up a teenager's life. If you're better than A, you'll be compared with B. This endless vicious cycle only serves to consume not only energies but spirits. Getting 2nd a competition might be a personal achievement but 2nd is never good enough. Teenagers are taught to do everything except relax.

What do i mean? Very simply, all of us are wired to compete, excel and be better than another. But, it doesn't take Einstein to see that we are often competing beyond our means. Venturing out of your comfort zone is good but working out of your capabilities isn't. Being unable to rest and recuperate restricts progress and society often prevents that. No one can accomplish everything. Instead of always putting ourselves down, we should take pride in the most littlest of things we have done.

In this never-ending rat race, there is and will be no clear winner. Instead of continually rushing, why not take breaks necessary? There is always tomorrow to complete what you have not for today. As long as relationships are kept, things which require clarity are clear and you managed to do something you love, is it not enough?

Live life to the fullest by doing things you enjoy- that is my creed. I am still trying to keep it in my heart all the time. If you've managed to this, is there really a need to leave Singapore behind?