Monday, April 17, 2006

My my, Johnny-boy, how you've grown!

Here I am, sitting at 11.18pm in front of my computer screen, after ironing 4 shirts and 2 jeans, having a good bath, and all after spending $90 on stationery from Popular just to assuage my conscience that I am ready for school.

"8am at Block W5A", the timetable says. Same school, same classmates, same likes and dislikes. We are all like ships in the middle of the ocean, as observed many times before by history's greatest philosophers. Hmm. Philosophers are not wastrels; they're the ones who actually took a step back when everyone was rushing ahead, and opened their eyes, listened instead of talked, calculated instead of impulsed.

2nd year of education in Architecture is starting for me, and what a milestone it is. Its a terribly long journey... we all hope our journey ends in riches/honour/grace/success/children/power, don't we all? Eh?

May my 2nd year be filled with success after success. Should I have failure, let it be at the start, not at the end of this journey. Do not let me waiver from my path on which I walk; let it be straight as a laser, as lithe as a panther, as sharp a sword so well-honed it can split a rock. May I wield power with decisiveness, though I may falter, I shall never be trampled.

"This world is mine for the taking, make me king."-Marshall Mathers

"Idealism drives the world. Without it, don't bother living."-Me

jOhn thought at 2:32 AM