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Love and Lectures by Jerone
Thursday, May 21, 2009

posted by Jerone@4:53 PM

Hi, it’s me again! Yes, as promised, this is the long-awaited post about love and lectures! I am sorry that I am putting this post up so late as it was not as easy to write this time round due to the challenging issues being discussed.

Love is all around

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me
And so the feeling grows...

If you find the paragraph above familiar, don’t be surprised! This was part of the song that I had sung during the first tutorial period for EMI. Now, before I officially start talking about love and lectures, I would like to thank and apologise to everyone regarding certain issues. (By the way, this is not a paradox! Haha… =))

Firstly, I would like to thank the class for their encouragement after viewing my first blog post here. I promise that I will continue to write posts that will be interesting and of course, involving the whole class! Secondly, I am so sorry for not including softball, netball, western dance, track and field and archery (I heard that the last group is going to compete in the coming school holidays! Here's wishing them good luck!) in the list of CCAs that I last sent my well-wishes to. Once again, for those who have done well, you have done a good job! For others who have unfortunately not been able to make it, I believe that you have done your best and this is the most important thing. Do not be too upset about the loss and treat the competition as an important experience instead. Success is achieved by learning from failure, so we should pick ourselves from where we have fallen in order to overcome future challenges in our lives. Thirdly, I would like to apologise for being so blur last week and causing a lot of unnecessary trouble. I have a lot of nightmares recently and this has inevitably led to me being distracted. (Luckily, I dreamt about Doraemon on Sunday night! :))

Love is a peculiar thing.

Sometimes, it can really change a person, just like what I have observed with a friend of mine. He has recently been having a close relationship with a girl of his dreams and he has become more mature. He is more down-to-earth (though not absolutely) now and has become more positive in his outlook towards life. One does not have to interact with him for very long to realise this – there’s a particular aura of happiness which can be felt almost instantaneously.

I met my first love when I was in primary school. At that time, I was really quite shy at that age (and some people say that I still am) and did not really dare to tell her that I liked her. She was not extremely gorgeous but somehow she managed to captivate my heart. I remembered those days when I would just stand at a corner, watching her from afar. No actual interaction might have existed between us but I would be contented just to be able to observe her doing her homework, talking to her friends. Hence, it was little wonder that I could be happy for an entire day if she had just smiled at me, even if it were only for a second. Then, something terrible (which I shall not talk about) happened on one day. I was initially quite upset about what had happened and cried. It was not a particularly wonderful experience for me but I learnt that it is sometimes necessary to let go of something instead of clinging onto it for dear life, especially when you can’t really get it back.

To all those who has not had a pleasant relationship with others, do learn to pick yourself up. Do stay strong and move on with your life. It may seem to be an uphill task but it is absolutely necessary to accomplish it. Remember that there is a whole forest out there waiting for you to explore, so don’t be upset when you find that one flower does not really suit you. It also does not mean that you had been wasting time on your past relationship though – it has been found that everybody who has been through a relationship (whether it is successful or not) will emerge out of it as someone knowing how to care for others better.

Now, let me talk about lectures. Here's an interesting analogy (though it may not be perfect) that I recently thought of to describe a lecture. A lecture is like a buffet where everyone goes to and tries to obtain the maximum amount of benefit possible. Sometimes, the place can be really noisy with many people discussing about something at a time. More importantly, not everyone is exactly suitable for eating at a buffet (or attending a lecture). Some may possibly suffer from indigestion if they are not careful in controlling how much they eat just like how some may not be able to stay engaged for some lectures. If we relate this to the lessons conducted within small classrooms that most of us had in our secondary schools, then we may find those sessions more conducive as the information delivered is 'bite-sized' so that it can be more easily 'digested'.

If you have been reading this post until this far, do give yourself a pat on the back! Thanks for being so patient and manage to persist reading this post. Now, let me take a break while I consider what I should write for the next post…… Bye!

P.S. Do look out for my stories about love (which I hope will be published) in the Lit Wing (my CCA) publication next year!