Losing balance on the tightrope

Welcome, the storm before the calm.

I finally have the courage to blog this after thinking about the same line every night in the past 3 months, namely “when side effect overrides symptoms”.

When will I be unfettered from this physical, or rather, mental misery? I was a quick thinker and speaker, It is not easy to adapt how jammed and blunt my mind has become all of a sudden. How torturing it is to witness myself embarrassing myself every single day in different occasions…that is not within my realm of control at all. This crazy dosage is the only effective cure to date. There is nothing I can do instead of embracing the unbearable changes it is bringing to my daily life…and who the hell knows when these waves of changes will finally break and roll back.

I am not victimizing myself nor begging for sympathy. But when frustration kicks in, allow me to word it out nicely. I know, someday all this mess will make me smile. I know, I know I should be very grateful that things are getting better, but with an contradictory method that almost kills my consciousness round the clock. I know, I know all these bitter incidents are nothing, but repeatedly it just reminds me how sharp and clear my brain was.

“You alone may lighten this burden, or render it intolerable. As you choose.”

Be strong. It is just one of the many storms in life.

“I thank gods whatever may be
For my unconquerable soul.

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”

– 2:45am 24 Mar 2013, not drowsy.

I must have lost my mind!

  • My brain is working like a 256KB RAM with a malfunctioning ROM. My random thoughts are coming in and out, back and forth. If I don’t mark it down, I will never remember what was in my mind. Girl, be patient with your brain, calm down.
  • Went to Rugby Sevens. Was not interested at all until I knew the original price of the ticket :P! Love the intensity and the speed of the game.
  • Someone was asking what I wanted to be when I was young(er).
    (1) Pharmacist: coz I don’t always have to interact with others, and I like science after all.
    (2) Writer: Aii my blog is getting more and more disorganized and unstructured recently…how to publish a book ar..dim suen.
  • There is over 600,000 millionaires in HK. How to become a billionaire?
    (1) Be famous..singer, movie star, sports star or highly reputable person
    in a field.
    (2) Invest
    (3) Start your own business
    (4) Born rich.
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Leaving on a Jet Plane

每次聽都讓我很感動的歌,每一句歌詞都relate到有一些畫面。

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All my bags are packed I’m ready to go
I’m standin’ here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin’ it’s early morn
The taxi’s waitin’ he’s blowin’ his horn
Already I’m so lonesome I could

地點:320 Memorial Drive 
天還沒亮,洗好澡,換上最輕便的衣服,把行李拖到dorm門口,等待cab來到320 Memorial Drive。望著泛著紫霞的天空,耳邊除了隱約的小鳥歌聲,就只剩下寧靜。腦裡佈滿一點點的感慨,推開門,自己一個迎接下一個24小時的路途。

同樣,香港,天還沒亮。I hate to wake you guys up to say goodbye.

Close your eyes I’ll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won’t have to leave alone

地點:New York JFK Airtport 
3月的JFK候機室,回港final interview,屈膝坐著聽歌。當iPad播到 “Leaving on a Jet Plane”時,覺得幾句歌詞特別貼切。憧憬的日子不遠了。

Cause I’m leavin’ on a jet plane
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

地點:Harvard Bridge 
一家人在計程車上離開校園,離開Cambridge到Harvard Bridge, 在車上回首校園,這時心裡又響起這首歌。When will I be back again?

The Prisoner’s Dilemma

A proactive person uses proactive language–I can, I will, I prefer, etc. A reactive person uses reactive language–I can’t, I have to, if only. Reactive people believe they are not responsible for what they say and do–they have no choice.

Someone was asking me to do her a favor earlier and I promised that I would try my best to help. Anyway, something went wrong and I could not possibly offer my help anymore. She was bombarding my whatsapp for 6 hours continuously which made me still felt mentally obliged to keep my promise, so I can’t say ‘hey, shut the f up la..’ and she didn’t get it no matter how I indirectly phrased my rejection in different ways (or just pretended that she didn’t get it)

Blinded by ‘I said I will try my best to keep my promise’, I forgot the art of saying ‘No’.
In all possible outcomes, the expected payoff is either zero or drastic negative for me. For her is either zero or positive. In a rational perspective, finally I rejected her la end of story.

關於寫作

A proactive person uses proactive language–I can, I will, I prefer, etc. A reactive person uses reactive language–I can’t, I have to, if only. Reactive people believe they are not responsible for what they say and do–they have no choice.

在街上如果區別內地人與香港人?
i. 沈默低著頭玩電話whatsapp candycrush 聽歌
ii. 大聲疾呼你推我撞一袋二袋

(Off-topic: Oh no.. why 習近平主席又開始減慢演講速度 with many pauses, is that a requirement?!)

(Off-topic 2: 去日本後重新進修日文…hmm 所以會有以下情況。就好像以前的blog會狂用SAT Word Smart vocabs 一樣 haha)

上班後我的所謂Business English 只有兩句:”Attached please find..” 和 “Noted with thanks.”。 Over the weekend 要我嘔一篇school newspaper article 還真是厄介なことだね。やたらに書きたかったけど,止むを得ないなぁ(´・_・`)

要寫作靈感,就要去random thoughts 的萌芽地:浴室。浴室告訴我翻一下書櫃的書,於是我隨便拿了本J.D. Salinger 的Nine Stories,其中一個故事起首如下:”The Sunday that I stepped on to the platform at Windsor Station in Montreal, ..” この本に霊感をもらったおかげで書いたあげくに,完成した(≧∇≦)