They say that you will never appreciate what you have until you lose it. Now that i am having a break from work and currently in schoool, I could take a look at what school life is like from a different perspective. School life... is full of buzz. Every student here is brimming with enthusiasm and full of life.In their eyes, i see dreams, isee hope that will never exist in a person that has been out toiling in the working world for years. Somehow, the harsh realities of the world has eroded them of the chance to dream. Will my dreams be shattered by the time i come out of this university life and be crushed by the harsh realities of the world?
In their eyes, i see life. Such buzz created by them from interacting with friends or friends that they have just met. There is no decit in their voices, no lies in their speech, such innocnnc is so refreshing. The air seems fresher, the sky is much clearer, the world less tainted and the walk in their steps are lighter. Why do i see that so many working people drag their feet to work?
In the students, i see joy and i sense life. Working people work their lives away, slowly eroding their sense of joy, their ability to enjoy life. There is no smile, there is no joy, there is no life. Will I become like that?
Admittedly, life as a student is not a bed of roses. I still can remember the taste of such biitter sorrow when i was cramming for exam. The utter dispair that i felt when i couped up myself, not knowing when day and when night was. Hours turned into days and days turned into weeks. Every minute spent seems to pass by slower and slower as the upcoming exam looms upon the near horizon.
But as compared to working, one will never experience freedom like this ever again. Wake up when you want, study when you want, eat when u feel like it, or dont when you feel like it too. Travel overseas for holidays without caring how much work you have left behind or worry about bosses seeking an explaination for your long absense from work. Wear what you feel like, sleep when you feel like it and do anything that you feel like.
A student's life is part of growing up and definitely a wonderful experience that one will look back wihth a smile on their faces. But all this is i preparation for the outsid world, where it is not as forgiving, not as carefree and definitely a much longer route to take as we walk on this journey called life.
-Mark-
4/07/2011 01:02:00 pm
Quotes
"What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?" - Robert Browning
"What profits the man who gains the world but loses his soul?"
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” ~Benjamin Franklin
Life can be tough, misery is optional.
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” ~ Harry Potter
"Some people feel the rain, others just get wet" ~Bob Dylan
"Sex relieves tension - love causes it" ~Woody Allen
Soul meets soul on lovers lips
Be without a doubt
Love of my life
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Credits and note from the designer
Designer Eric Sim
Brushes Hybrid Genesis and
Eric Sim
Features an abstract- floral digital artwork drawn by me in photoshop. This layout is appropriate for all genders. The grandiose design is laid freely on a simple canvas and they complement each other pretty well. The sudden gradient change is applied to create one contrasting element. I created a 3D effect on the vines and they seem to jut out of the yellow canvas.
Why the name? The design, as you can see, is abstract and it gives a double-vision feel, therefore, Esophoria, a tendency to squint your eyes inward to create a double vision.
