The Game of Life

Last Sunday I watched “The Hunger Games” on theatre. Yay! This is the first time this year I watch movie on the theatre ahahhaa pity me. Okay, since there are so many media exposure on this movie, I’m so excited to finally get to see this movie. It was a good one I think. But I personally believe that the book is way much better than the movie (that’s why I’m about to read the book then hehe).

In short, the movie is about a girl who tried to survive on an annual game between 23 others contestants. Only one winner will be announced and return alive to their district. The rest you can google yourself or better, watch the movie! Hahaha. Since so many people are already talking about this movie, giving review and their critics, I’m not gonna write about that anymore. What I’m about to write is how this movie can relate to our daily lives. No, not in a blood bath war kind of ways.

In this movie, the main character, Katniss, the 16 years old girl had to enter the game in order to replace her sister. In life, no matter what our reasons are, sometimes we are forced to face the inevitable situation- the bad one. At first, our reaction may not be good, we try to calm ourselves, and some might be hysterical. But believe me, we are a fully equipped created by God. He has plans for each one of you. We are created with enough skills and abilities to face our problems. Then on our way trying to survive and face the battle, we will find some difficulties, but still somehow there will a hand that we cannot understand, giving us the help we need. Some people might call it a miracle, I think it’s just God reminding us that there’s nothing that we cannot overcome as long as He’s with us.

But there’s something on my ‘humanly thought’ that I would like to share in here. This motto I get after reading a book by Chaos@work about his “amazing” boss: “Trust no one, suspect everyone”. It might sound a little (or a lot) suspicious to anyone, but really, I think this world can give you a hard time sometimes. Other people can take advantage of you, especially when you’re weak. Someone might sound and look nice in front of you, but say different things on your back. You need to be smart enough on what or not to share with others. The simple logic is “don’t rely on people, they might disappoint you. Rely on God, He won’t disappoint you”

So there you go, the two tips for you to survive on any game of life: believe that we are fully equipped with the skills and rely on the Him, the greater power than us. Ciao!

Countdown

Last week I finally told my employer that I’m about to leave this office. It was an unpleasant conversation between me and her because she wasn’t expecting that I would say about my resignation. In short, all the experiences I had for the past one and half years in here came through my mind. The bad thing is I remember most of the bad ones hahaha. That’s why I broke down and cry. I was remembering all the bad memories (at that time) without trying to see the positive one.

So, on this note I will try to remember all the good things I get until today.

You know they say,” you never knew what you had til it’s gone”. Now I realize that people do actually care about me when they are asking me to stay a little longer. I don’t know whether it’s because of their interest, or just because they do care. It’s a good feeling to be wanted. (no, I’m not trying to be an attention whore by saying that I’m about to resign in less than three months).

I’m trying to convince myself that I’m not running away from the situation in here. I do it because I know that I want to have a better life. Though some people might say that this is not a smart decision, but hey, I just want to do what my heart tells me what to do. Continue my study in China is something that I want since I graduated from high school. Now I can say that, thanks for this job, I am able to get to my dream one step closer or in this case six months away from it to happen.

As for now, I just need to cherish every moment here for the last two months and two weeks :)

Home

Yea yeah.. Currently I'm being a fan of Christina Perri. I haven't heard the whole song of her album, but some of her singles really catch my attention. Her song "Arms" keeps playing over and over again in my head. You should listen to the lyrics below:



I googled and I somewhat find that the song is about :

Perri described the song in depth, stating "'Arms' is about the fight between your heart and your mind. Your heart wants to be loved but your head is always telling you reasons not to be with him or her, or how you are not worth the love. It's about the struggle and finally giving in when you're wrapped in their arms. Then you get it. Then you feel loved and love wins. - Wikipedia (hahaha)

She might be writing the song in the context of boy and girl relationship. But for me, the part on the lyrics when she sings : "You put me in your arms and I am home" giving me a sense of warmth that this song can be used for a broader context. "Home" is the main idea in here (for me), not "arms". It's the longing feeling of being home no matter what is you're situation right now. There will always be a place or a person that you can call "home"

Just like today, when I saw riding on a crowded bus. I saw a teenage daughter (around 14 y.o.) accidentally met her dad who just got back from work. The daughter said "hey dad" to her father and sat next to an empty seat beside him. I can see the father was tired, but I couldn't help to noticed a little twinkle on his face when he accidentally met his daughter. Feels like he found home on his way back already. Somehow I on my head the song "Arms" started to play as a back sound. Unpredictably sweet moment. Can't wait for my turn to back to my own home :)

young, frustrated and getting rich!

Have you heard a song called “Someone Like You” sung by a British singer named Adele? Please don’t tell me you haven’t heard it, I’ll sing it for you if you said no (so it’s wiser if you say you heard it before). Even my mom knows her, and the fact that my mom knows that she just won six Grammys kinda gives me a little shocker.

So I assume that everyone knows her, or at least heard once of that song. The story about how she ended of the relationship with her ex-boyfriend. You heard it, so you know it. Even though you may never experienced what Adele had, but by listening to she song, you can feel her pain and sadness through it.

I think it’s amazing on how someone can share her/his feeling to millions of people by a song and somehow making us a little frustrated too. Sometimes I wish I could channel frustration like her. I would end up being a millionaire and a Grammy winner.

Another thing I would like to point out is on how young she were when she’s recording the album, just like the title, 21. She was born on 5 May 1988 and she’s making me feel very old and unproductive right now. I used to think that I’m still young then I watch TV and internet and know that most of the popular artists right now are younger than me. Thanks for the reminder guys. Hahaha.

Okay, enough said about me. I would like to close this rambling note by showing a video by Christina Perri called “Jar of Hearts”. She may not as phenomenal as Adele, but I think she also has a similar quality in channeling her thought and feeling into this song. But please do not listen to this kind of sad songs too often. It’s not that healthy I think :p

Talk to you later!