Alone in Tokyo

lost.

Monday, May 10, 2010

i realised i haven't updated for quite some time. the past few weeks have been quite rushed, i was basically doing whatever that came along. i had no game plan, no focus, no nothing. i ended up splashing into puddle after puddle...with nothing achieved.

i specially chose to extract my wisdom tooth on sunday, so that i had the entire week to myself. i felt the need to take a step back, and think carefully about the things i want to do and achieve in the short term.

a post from a blog i frequent caught me thinking. i read quite a fair bit, i understand about 70-80 percent of the author's arguments, and i think through the arguments. however, i am guilty of not mulling through the points enough; more often that not i read the book too quickly to fully comprehend the message behind the book.

i guess that has to change. To any piece of work, a lack of understanding is a failure to appreciate the author's efforts. To misunderstand a work's intention without putting thought into it could be well termed as an insult. Before i start to stock up on books again, i guess i need to re-read some of them to gain deeper understanding of them. and this will serve as a timely reminder to not be led around by opinions, but to form a point of view on whatever issues that one may come across.

to extend this further, such a concept doesn't only apply only to appreciation of other's works. without a point of view, you won't know where you are going, and without knowing where you are going, you will just lose your way and not achieve anything. which was what happened to me.

moving on, to be safe, i've come up with a to-do list for this week.

1) think through my friend's advice, and decide on my next course of action

2) a post on reducing the weightage of mother tongue in PSLE

3) read

4) watch a movie

5) pack up my room

6) design my future room

6) relax and chill!

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