a long break once in a while is a good thing. ok who am i kidding, LONG BREAKS are VERY GOOD things. haha. and while you use such opportunities to meet up, to catch a movie and to work out, it also allows you to sit back, ponder and maybe even appreciate the things and people around you. so while walking home and to various places last week, it strucked me that so much around me has changed. the 2 oldest shops near the mrt station has been replaced by branches of big companies, losing the human, neighbourly touch that endears to the people in the neighbourhood; en route to bishan gym - taking a route that i have not used in 3 years, i found the Macs that we spent in before and into 3rd lang lessons (so we could be late) no longer there. the forest that used to be opposite the estate which my house rests in is replaced by rjc. and of course even what's within rjc keeps changing. then there are those you lose contact with, even though they could be really close to you in school. times change, people change, they move on, the world around you keeps moving even if you want it to be at a standstill. perhaps once in a while, we ought to stop and decide what we can continue to hold on to, what we have to keep pace with, what we have to let go.

in the same vein (of change), how much do people change? what forces a person to change? could it be circumstances, time or the people around them? or could it be you that have changed? yet perhaps through it all no one has changed, for it has always been there, it's just that it has always been a blind spot but one day they see the light. haha. i guess sometimes we are all too stubborn to acknowledge our own faults and choose to convince ourselves otherwise. or are just to blind to see how we are wrong. or maybe some have been in relationships clouded with euphemisms. i suppose we all need a reality check once in a while from the people around us, to ensure that communication lines are often kept open so people can tell you in your face. maybe once in a while you should go to someone who hasnt been talking to you and accost him and ask "do you have a problem with me?". (berwin would say yes, you splash water when you wash your face haha.) or if he suddenly stops talking to you, you accost him and assert "i KNOW you have a problem with me. now spill." haha. but seriously i think the hardest is always getting the courage to start such confrontations. which i admit i dont have.

ok just thoughts swimming through my mind these days with all the runs and walks home to avoid crowds and rising transportation fees.

watched the dark knight on friday, which i really liked. and that's saying a lot given that i am not that huge a superhero movie fan. i liked especially how the director tied in human psyche and hope, and even some indirect take on the real world, with all the talk of anarchy and total chaos. it helped too that it was fast paced, which made a really long movie enjoyable (besides the bugging need to piss) and the movie was helmed by great names that translated into fantastic acting. and i know samjo doubts my take on acting, haha but honestly i doubt anyone would discredit heath ledger's psychotic potrayal of the joker. despite the 2 twists, the movie all in all was somewhat predictable and a little unrealistic. but HEY it's a movie, and a superhero movie at that. so yea. haha.

ah it has been a great break. and i think we need more of such breaks. to you know, refresh ourselves from time to time.

junyi! posted at 4:18 pm.