Life as it is

Haven't actually posted anything recently, well, it's not because there's nothing to write, but there's so much to that I don't even know where to begin! Life has been awesome and God has been Great! For starters, the holidays to Seoul and Perth were very enjoyable. Was super shutter happy and well.. Shopping and all that was great!

Perth.. What can I say about Perth?! The place I'm going to have to call my second home for the next few years.. Well.. It's beyond beautiful! My campus is so so beautiful! Just imagine something like the Harry Potter "castle" look-a-like.. Just more vibrant and bright! I got accepted into St Cats, which is pretty amazing, given the fact that they are super strict about who they pick! =) Praise the Lord.

Other than that, I have been meeting up with my girls, some were impromptu meetings that were so coincidental, but I enjoyed all of it! I'm looking forward to more of them before I fly off. My cell group mates have been superbly awesome as well.. I really thank God for blessing my life with them! Had a potluck at my place not long ago and I totally enjoyed it! Great food and even better company!

Well.. there's a lot more, but I suppose the only thing that bugged me for the past month was the phrase "Quarter Life Crisis". I was at Alpha one night and someone brought it up.. Me, being the ever so cynical me, just said "It's ridiculous la" and of course.. I wasn't let off so easily. So I asked.. What constitutes a quarter life crisis? and I got answers like.. "Don't know if they want to hang on to their job for the rest of their lives", "don't know if that's what they like to do", "relationship problems" and "don't know if they want to get married," and so on... you get the gist.

TELL ME.. is this not ridiculous or what! How can anyone call that a crisis, for starts, I think we haven't even lived enough to even know what a crisis is, much less be in one! These things are just situations, life's little problems and they will only become a crisis if you let them rein over you! If you dwell on them too long and let it take over your thoughts. Seriously.. I will knock sense into my friends if they ever tell me that they are going through that! Look.. there are people our age who have trouble finding three meals a day, people who have lost their family and homes in natural disasters, people whose life are so uncertain that they don't even know if they'll be able to wake up the next morning to see the day break.. I give it to them if they say their life is in a crisis. BUT US? Crisis? You got to be kidding me.

The only reason why we will say that is because we have been too privileged and too comfortable with life. We have been given the luxury of choice, of freedom and comforts.. So much so that we forget the simple truth that people had to sacrifice so that we can enjoy what we have and that generation, our parents and our grandparents, didn't complain of a crisis. They lived with what they had and made the best of it.. They didn't complain when they had a job, even when it was hard labour, yet, when we have a comfortable job, in the comforts of an air conditioned room, we complain that it's too hard, we're not paid ENOUGH for what we do.. Question is.. what is enough?

Yes yes.. I haven't "worked" so I'm in no position to comment.. Sure. But at least I'm mature enough to understand that life doesn't come easy, luxury doesn't come without hard work and that you have to work for your pay. At least I won't mope and blame life and run away from problems, naming it a crisis and running to "friends" who will encourage me to acknowledge that my life is in a crisis. These "friends" shouldn't be kept AT ALL. Is our generation so weak and so feeble? So incapable of enduring hardships and pushing their limits? A generation that gives up without a fight, one that runs when the going gets tough? I seriously don't know.

Well.. Apart from that, another thought that has been going through my mind is that I'm quite an oddy.. haha. Yes.. i seriously think that there's something wrong with me.. my biological clock seems to be ticking quite prematurely. The thoughts of settling down, (even when I don't have anyone to settle down with), are just occasionally popping into my head. It's not just the getting married part, but the wanting to have kids and all that that scares me. I should not be thinking about all that when I'm 22! I'm far too young!!!! Oh well.. i don't really know if it's a good or bad thing.. but we'll see where the Lord takes me and see what He has planned for me, I'm sure it'll be a lot better than what I have expected!

Anyway.. this is a shout out to people of this generation! "Toughen up and get on with life.. It doesn't wait for you!"