I have grown from strength to strength

As a child, I used to measure my height ever so often to check if I have grown any taller. At the entrance to the kitchen of my previous HDB house, were the markings of my progress in the physical world. Month after month, I would check my height, hoping that one day I would surpass a certain height. Back to the present, I still check my height with my fridge. It’s more of a visional illusion, but at least, it keeps me young at heart.

Now, I have another gauge that’s beyond this physical world. Anyway, I do have some thoughts about the physical world vs. the other worlds, but that is for some other time, maybe my other book… Anyway, looking at my mental gauge, I realized that I have grown too. I guess this blog has been the recipient of my verbal unhappiness, but much of it is actually essential for what I am today. Not that it was necessary that I wrote them down, but it was necessary that I went through them. There are so many analogies about life, how we should treat it, how we should handle things. I will share one now, haha… (sorry if you thought I was saying that I am sick of them, hehe…) We are like rocks. If nothing roughens us up hard enough, no one will know what inside can be, be it diamonds, oils, jade, or any of the gemstones. We all need to be polished. Everyone always wants things to turn out fine, but I do not think anyone can think of a perfect world where everything is good for everyone. Often, this physical world we live in is a zero-sums game. I will save that for another day, again…

Fixing up my room, and I finally got more things rolling. Filled up most of the cracks in my room, because some cracks are too far apart. My mother also is willing to pay for the portable air-conditioner. Need to go purchase paint for wood, walls and metal. Need to find out how to prevent leaks, or is Nippon water-resistance, anti-bacteria enough. A lot of work, but university is more work then this, haha.. I can do it, and I will, for the sake of my room, my studies, and my future. Quite a heavy load, that’s why I have to do it.