monkeycrap's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the more shit you encounter along the way, the nicer your flowers of life bloom. Happy youth day people. I've spent half this day in school, having band practice. And i know i'm not alone. Many of you reading this entry would have trainings, school, even lots of work to do on this day. And that's another youth day gone. How ironically apt. I really don't understand the basis behind giving a public holiday to all the 'youths' in Singapore based on their age. And actually it's not even so, considering that only the JC students get this one day break, to so-called celebrate their youth. In my case, the 'last year of my youth'. To me, that's absolute crap. Just because i'm turning 19 next year, does that make my 'youth' disappear in that very instant? Of course not. The only thing that will serve to hide and disguise youth is this stifling society, where we are compelled to grow up and lose ourselves, lose the kid in us, lose our innocence and purity. Already i'm sure we all have experienced the negative connotations that physical maturity brings. We've grown, we've matured, but at the expense of destroying the wisdom that is derived from being kiddish, childish and from doing crazy things. By eradicating the kid in us, we've eliminated our sense of humour, as jokes are now seen as childish and stupid. By eradicating the kid in us, we've eliminated our pure heart, the ability to say what we mean and do what we say and mean what we do. We've forced our little childish gems to put on this facade that is determined by the influences of society's diabolical conglomerates. Which is why i feel everyone should be given the day off. No school, no work, no band, no training, no nothing. Just this one day to soulshift, to get back to basics, to get in touch with the kid in us. To reminicise about the stupid jokes (like tenglet or bushwoman etc). To really laugh, and not just for the sake of doing so. To really play, and not for the sake of winning or bringing others down(of cos GTA is an exception, you play to KNOCK others down). One thing's for sure. I'm still a kid at heart. Or at least i'll still continue to try to be one, for there is maturity to be derived from childishness, especially when you are able to discern between them at the right time. 7:25 p.m. - 2003-07-07 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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