OLYMPICS & SUCH.
i think to say that this year's olympics was awesome is an understatement. i thoroughly enjoyed watching every moment of it! haha no i didn't follow everything (who possibly could unless they camped in front of the tv 24/7 haha. the one thing i loved watching was swimming. and phelps! the fish-like creature who lurked beneath for moments longer than his competitors before coming up and lunging forward, flapping his long hands and propelling with his flippers. woohoo! a man who'll go down in history; awesome swimmer!
another thing that inevitably grabs my attention-
all the emotions of the athletes. from before they compete, during the competition, to after it all. i love emotion-evoking photographs. because they show so realistically a side of humans that people are sometimes afraid to show nowadays.
"because i have to be strong in front of her"
"because i can't cry in front of others, only alone in bed"
"because showing extreme joy may make people think i'm high"
but, i love it. God didn't give us emotions for nothing. they add colour to life. and colours are the one thing i've come to like so much. maybe that's why when people used to ask me what my fav colour was, i didn't really have an answer. now i know its because i like seeing all the colours together. there's such a profound sense of happiness when they all come together!
after the match, reporters asked her why she was smiling despite having lost the game to china. her reply? she was more than contented to get silver for singapore. their goal had been achieved-they had delivered a medal for us.
look at feng tianwei jump, literally LEAP for joy! i can only imagine what an outburst it was! YESYESYES! truly the heroine.
look at phelps roar and tense his muscles after winning the 100m butterfly very narrowly-beating the second by a mere 0.01s.
but you know what got much of my attention as well?
how singaporeans can, in such a short short span of time, allow forgefulness & envy to take the place of joy. remember the total elation when we won southkorea? it was pure joy at having broken our 48-year drought! it was total elation at knowing teamsingapore will FINALLY be coming back with something after 12 olympics of naught.
and then the match with china came and all changed. ahh why li jiawei hit out of the table?aiyaa... they're not singaporeans anyway... all from china one. how ridiculous! china against china?! they're not that good lah, didn't get gold what!
see how easily the bad replaces the good? and the negative emotions replace the positive? joy is hard to find nowadays as it is, and we allow it to slip out so fast, so furious, that the joy lasts us very much less than 24 hours. why? why can't we prolong it, stretch it to its last possible inch?
then you say we're deluding ourselves. but you know what i think?
the best way to live your life is knowing that the world is complex, know the complexities of this world, but choose to think simple. dont keep your mind occupied thinking that someone is good because there's an ulterior motive. think simply.
why else would jesus say that He'll use the foolish of this world to shame the wise? perhaps the wise of this world, ain't very wise. to be the wisest in the world may be like gold. but to quote the straits times journalist, all that glitters need not be gold.
and all of us: let's start a new fashion. let's wear our hearts on our sleeves! smile; there is joy to be claimed :)
i think to say that this year's olympics was awesome is an understatement. i thoroughly enjoyed watching every moment of it! haha no i didn't follow everything (who possibly could unless they camped in front of the tv 24/7 haha. the one thing i loved watching was swimming. and phelps! the fish-like creature who lurked beneath for moments longer than his competitors before coming up and lunging forward, flapping his long hands and propelling with his flippers. woohoo! a man who'll go down in history; awesome swimmer!
another thing that inevitably grabs my attention-
all the emotions of the athletes. from before they compete, during the competition, to after it all. i love emotion-evoking photographs. because they show so realistically a side of humans that people are sometimes afraid to show nowadays.
"because i have to be strong in front of her"
"because i can't cry in front of others, only alone in bed"
"because showing extreme joy may make people think i'm high"
but, i love it. God didn't give us emotions for nothing. they add colour to life. and colours are the one thing i've come to like so much. maybe that's why when people used to ask me what my fav colour was, i didn't really have an answer. now i know its because i like seeing all the colours together. there's such a profound sense of happiness when they all come together!
after the match, reporters asked her why she was smiling despite having lost the game to china. her reply? she was more than contented to get silver for singapore. their goal had been achieved-they had delivered a medal for us.
look at feng tianwei jump, literally LEAP for joy! i can only imagine what an outburst it was! YESYESYES! truly the heroine.
look at phelps roar and tense his muscles after winning the 100m butterfly very narrowly-beating the second by a mere 0.01s.
but you know what got much of my attention as well?
how singaporeans can, in such a short short span of time, allow forgefulness & envy to take the place of joy. remember the total elation when we won southkorea? it was pure joy at having broken our 48-year drought! it was total elation at knowing teamsingapore will FINALLY be coming back with something after 12 olympics of naught.
and then the match with china came and all changed. ahh why li jiawei hit out of the table?aiyaa... they're not singaporeans anyway... all from china one. how ridiculous! china against china?! they're not that good lah, didn't get gold what!
see how easily the bad replaces the good? and the negative emotions replace the positive? joy is hard to find nowadays as it is, and we allow it to slip out so fast, so furious, that the joy lasts us very much less than 24 hours. why? why can't we prolong it, stretch it to its last possible inch?
then you say we're deluding ourselves. but you know what i think?
the best way to live your life is knowing that the world is complex, know the complexities of this world, but choose to think simple. dont keep your mind occupied thinking that someone is good because there's an ulterior motive. think simply.
why else would jesus say that He'll use the foolish of this world to shame the wise? perhaps the wise of this world, ain't very wise. to be the wisest in the world may be like gold. but to quote the straits times journalist, all that glitters need not be gold.
and all of us: let's start a new fashion. let's wear our hearts on our sleeves! smile; there is joy to be claimed :)
