Caught my attention.

Today while surfing on the internet, something has caught my attention. so I would like to share it with my readers. :) Here it goes,

Your remedy for anxiety is the question: 'Will this matter in a year from now?'

All too often you get so involved in things that you look at life through a microscope. Amplifying manifold, an invisible speck becomes an insurmountable mountain. Put down the microscope and imagine yourself a year from now looking back at today: 'Does this really matter?'

Hope this will be meaningful and useful to some of you, at your current stages of life, as it was extremely useful for myself . 

Enjoy your weekends people! :)

Yet another fulfilling day.

Mondays will always be a meaningful and fulfilling day for me - On every Monday night, I would volunteer at Tampines Blk 444 for Meet-The-People sessions.

I have found every session to be a fulfilling and meaningful one for me. With so much to learn and to know about what are the problems that some Singaporeans face, just makes me more aware of how blessed I am, also to be more contented of what I have. To add on, every Meet-The-People sessions has exposed me more to how the ground reacts to the government policies.

By meeting the residents on a weekly-basis ( If I've no school commitments ), hard truths of what Singaporeans are facing and going through are revealed. There are Singaporeans, whom are going through their hardest journey or stage in their lives, just really ached my heart. More often than not, I hope there is more I can do, to help them out in their predicament. But, what we, volunteers, can do is very limited but of course, we will definitely try our best and that is the purpose of why we are here - to help our residents.

Having been through a year of MPS, I look back at how we youths(including myself) always love to complain about how costly the transport fares, the number of foreigners in the country and how costly school fees are, makes me think that the suffering we are going through is nowhere comparable or near to what some Singaporeans are going through.

I come from a average-income family, and I understand how costly transport fares or school fees can be on not so well-off families. But on the upside, I believe it is fair to say that, most of us are at least capable of having two to three meals a day, that would keep us healthy and fit. Unlike some Singaporeans, who are here to seek the MP for help, are generally in a much worse predicament than us. Having two to three proper meals could even be a big problem to them. 

I want to express to all Singaporeans that, we should always remember to be contented with what we have. I know it is not easy to be contented. I, myself, as a youth, also find it difficult to stay contented all the times, but with the strong and sheer will power instilled in us, it is probable. 

What’s the best gift I have ever given someone?

The best gift I have ever given to someone, is a 15 to 20 pages hand-written pure physics 
notes. I know it may seem nothing that special. However, it was considered as the best gift in my heart. Why?

Firstly, a promise from me to someone, was made. It was a promise to try my every means and my best to help her in reviving her love for the subject, Pure Physics. Since it was a promise, then enough said, I will fulfill it. 

However, even with the strong and sheer will power I had, due to unforeseen circumstances - I nearly did not accomplished it. But, I overcame the obstacles in the end. :)

So I went ahead using colour pens to do up a hand-written notes on Pure Physics for her, knowing that she studies better with the aid of colours. With this, I took about 18 hours over the stretch of three days, to complete it. And finally, I handed it over to her. I still remembered her using her most sincere tone and eyes to say, " Thank you, Ben ". 

I would say that this is the best gift - using my best efforts, with the most sincere heart, to complete it.  

Time passed, and the day for O level results is finally here. On that day, I approached her and asked her, " Did you managed to pass your Physics? ". She told me a yes. That moment was considered to be the best of my life, and I was deeply touched, simply because I believe on her part she has tried really hard as well. I was only considered as the locomotive to her success in Physics. 

P.S. I wish her all the best in the future, and I know she will do well in her everything she do!

Can individualism be seen as a positive trait?

More often that not, we will have friends that possess the trait ' individualism '. For friends that possesses this trait often seek individual thoughts or actions to view an issue, they are not concerned if their views have gone against the majority. This could make things difficult for people.

So can individualism be really seen as a positive trait?

I would use an example, a 1957 film titled " 12 Angry Men " to show whether individualistic can be seen as a positive trait.

The film is about 12 men on a jury judging a young man accused of murdering his father. At the start, 11 out of 12 members have came to a unanimous decision - the boy is guilty. However, the last member of the jury refused to believe that the boy was guilty. And the problem was that there had to be consensus among the 12 members of the jury, if not all members were not allowed to leave the court room.

This situation lasted in the court for quite a while and has caused frustrations and fatigue to all the members. Despite the anger expressed by the other 11 members against the only 1 member, the only member of the jury still believed strongly that the boy was not guilty. With this, the 12 members were forced to look back into the case and this is followed by a series of vehement displays which finally leads to a final consensus - the boy was proved  to be not GUILTY.

Had only the last member of the jury did not possess individualism, holding strong beliefs and firm stands, the boy would have been sentenced guilty.