Read My Mind

I wonder what advertisers hope to achieve when they advertise foodstuff? Have you ever noticed that almost all food or drink advertisements involve hyperactive teens or dancing?

So, you're sitting there watching TV and you're drinking the exact same soda they're advertising at that very moment.
On the screen you see the people there going crazy. They're going all "We got soda! Jyeah!" and they're jumping up and down, dancing away and running through town charged with energy and excitement.
And you're sitting on the sofa there thinking "Maybe I'm putting too much ice in mine. I'm not getting THAT effect."

Is that what they hope to get?

Grad night blog is up and running! Details, FAQ's, nominees and all that jazz can be found there. I thought I'd be a good, helpful comittee member and help advertise :

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Okayy, I've done my part :)

Today I learned how to be thankful and to appreciate every waking moment with those I love.

I learned my lesson through another person, who is in many ways, just like me. Same age, same family make up, same ambition. We generally go through what every teenager goes through, but each of us has a little God-given twist in life. But that God-given twist in life is sort of what defines us in who we are and the way we face the world. And how we face the world is different from most other teenagers, because we deal with what most don't have to deal with.

But it's the magnitude of this twist that really gets to me. We are only tested with what God knows we are able to handle, but it amazes me at how much a person can handle and how much strength one ordinary person can muster just to get through life as normally as possible. Which just goes to show that there is so much more to a person than what meets the eye. Sometimes we don't see what really makes a person because we are so absorbed by the outside and maybe we're not looking inside.

Then its the way we face this twist that gets me thinking. Am I such a coward, that whenever things get tough, I shut myself out and let other people deal with the problem? Am I that huge of an idiot, to think that I have the worst problems in the world and that no one is going to be able to relate to me, much less help me? Am I this huge piece of crap who cowers away and hides, when a person just like me is battling their fears and problems with mental and emotional strength of a gladiator fighting a lion in high fashion gladiator sandals?

I think the answer is yes.

Imma change my selfish ways now. Problems or no problems, I'm going to face the world head on and take charge of my life. I'm going to walk on, with whatever life has given or is going to give me. And I'm going to deal with it.

So thanks, Umm. My heart and 1000% respect goes out to you.

You know how weirdos like to type Malay words in this maddeningly stupid way to make the word sound kinda like a kid speaking?

Example:

kita = titew
tidur = tito
nanti = t
takut = tatut

Well, Dayah and I were talking about this the other day and we sort of constructed a sentence in this alien language.

We translated : Nanti kita takut tertidur

into

T titew tatut tertito


Aww, doesn't that sound beautiful? Aren't words fun? :)

Because we all want to love, kiss, cuddle and hug, and forget about how pretentious people can be. And maybe then, we will feel less alone.

There are days in my life when I feel my head is about to explode due to too many thoughts.

One half-composed thought will make it's way through my brain, only to be interrupted by another before the first thought laid itself out and made sense. And then another thought comes in, and another, and another, and another until my head seems to be buzzing with almost thoughts and in the end, I get so fed up I just lie down on my bed and try to shut my mind off. But it never works, because when I close my eyes and try to stay silent, my mind starts roaring with different things. Every aspect of my life wants to be dealt with at one single time, everything demands my attention, everything wants to be thought of that I don't know what to think of and at the end of the day, my head feels so heavy but I haven't gotten anything accomplished and when that frustrating realization sets in, I feel so angry with myself for yet another day wasted.

Today is one of those days.
And I hate it.