Monday, January 10, 2011
What is My Resistance?
As we age, we become beautiful and wiser.Tucked in a structured trousers, black and white strips, and a cropped black jacket was my cousin, Yulina, who came over this afternoon to visit our family from New Zealand. It was so nice of her to bring some fruits and wine over, and even though this is my second meeting with her in the past three years, it felt like we had a special bond. With her black glasses, cropped black hair laced with some silvery lines, and of course, I could not have forgotten her smile - she had the most genuine smile I have ever seen and she has a commanding presence. A strong, powerful woman that most men get intimidated at. Anyway, it was good to talk about how the AUS/NZ resident/PR works, the job opportunities and the perks living down south. Well, of course the plan now for me is to finish my degree, and return to SG to work, but should I ever had the opportunities to work in Melbourne then it'll be good too, I think.
Anyway, Yulina is working for the parliament in New Zealand, and she has an Arts degree in history and political science, amazing isn't it? Both of us are Arts student, no wonder we could clique so effortlessly, and talked so easily. Have you ever went out with someone, only to be wrecking your brains to find something to talk about? I find that rather excruciatingly painful, and would choose not go out at all. She has a beautiful apartment in Wellington, and gosh, she showed me a picture of the shoes area. It is not a few shelves and definitely not a shoe cupboard, but a wall of shoes. She has little pigeon holes for all of her shoes, and against an entire wall! Now, I'd really want to take a look at the 'Shoe Wall' myself. She seems to enjoy what she's doing and look at her now, she is financially independent and in a couple of years, I'm going to do it too!
Passion - Keeps you alive in doing what you love. If you love to write, write. If you love to take photoshoots, shoot. Well, there are certain things in Singapore that restricts creativity, and jobs like being an artist, a photographer,a dancer, or a singer may not be widely accepted here, but the most important is keeping that dream alive. We tend to go with the norm, the norm of a structured society. Doctors and lawyers are the coveted jobs here, and sometime it gets a little frustrating that people stereotype the creative arts sector that we are unable to contribute to the society. I know some who have stepped out and into the creativity realm, and have since made it big in Singapore. I think the question for me this year is, what is my resistance? What is resisting me to be the same from everyone else, and what is keeping me alive today?
Let's Dream Tonight
As we age, we become beautiful and wiser.Tucked in a structured trousers, black and white strips, and a cropped black jacket was my cousin, Yulina, who came over this afternoon to visit our family from New Zealand. It was so nice of her to bring some fruits and wine over, and even though this is my second meeting with her in the past three years, it felt like we had a special bond. With her black glasses, cropped black hair laced with some silvery lines, and of course, I could not have forgotten her smile - she had the most genuine smile I have ever seen and she has a commanding presence. A strong, powerful woman that most men get intimidated at. Anyway, it was good to talk about how the AUS/NZ resident/PR works, the job opportunities and the perks living down south. Well, of course the plan now for me is to finish my degree, and return to SG to work, but should I ever had the opportunities to work in Melbourne then it'll be good too, I think.
Anyway, Yulina is working for the parliament in New Zealand, and she has an Arts degree in history and political science, amazing isn't it? Both of us are Arts student, no wonder we could clique so effortlessly, and talked so easily. Have you ever went out with someone, only to be wrecking your brains to find something to talk about? I find that rather excruciatingly painful, and would choose not go out at all. She has a beautiful apartment in Wellington, and gosh, she showed me a picture of the shoes area. It is not a few shelves and definitely not a shoe cupboard, but a wall of shoes. She has little pigeon holes for all of her shoes, and against an entire wall! Now, I'd really want to take a look at the 'Shoe Wall' myself. She seems to enjoy what she's doing and look at her now, she is financially independent and in a couple of years, I'm going to do it too!
Passion - Keeps you alive in doing what you love. If you love to write, write. If you love to take photoshoots, shoot. Well, there are certain things in Singapore that restricts creativity, and jobs like being an artist, a photographer,a dancer, or a singer may not be widely accepted here, but the most important is keeping that dream alive. We tend to go with the norm, the norm of a structured society. Doctors and lawyers are the coveted jobs here, and sometime it gets a little frustrating that people stereotype the creative arts sector that we are unable to contribute to the society. I know some who have stepped out and into the creativity realm, and have since made it big in Singapore. I think the question for me this year is, what is my resistance? What is resisting me to be the same from everyone else, and what is keeping me alive today?
Let's Dream Tonight
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