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Posted by: lubnaaa | January 25, 2006 |

I have a confession to make: I’m afraid of growing up.

I’m afraid of becoming so sensible that I’ll forget what its like to be silly, to laugh at the strange rather than to scowl, to smile at the world rather than to suspect, to ponder on meaningless nothings rather than to focus incessantly on surviving Life’s so-called vicious cycle.

I guess my fear was my source of inspiration when I first coined the Rojak quote:

‘Silly Things Keep Us Young.’

Indeed. =)

I watched a man who was taken away from a world he was comfortable in to join a rat race of a corporate world. At this point, I am reminded of an observation I once made:

‘Strength is staying silent over one’s sacrifices.’

That was his sacrifice for the people he loved, one of great magnitude, and he keeps silent over it, concealing it, assuming the people around him do not know it. Little does he know that these watchful eyes have seen his frustrations and his kept-away dreams. I have seen what the corporate world has done to this man, and I do not like it. It has an extremely high tendency to ruin the people who join it.

I suppose I’m afraid of coming to a crossroad like this man once did, and I’m afraid I won’t have the courage to be able to make that sacrifice. If I choose the road less travelled by, but for my own comfort…would that be a show of bravery or cowardice?

I’m afraid of making decisions…decisions I know I will have to face when my time comes, whether I’m ready or not. At that time, I will still have people to turn to, but both choice and consequence of that choice will rest on me alone.

What will I do when the ball is in my court?

Today, I made 2 independant decisions. The effects of these 2 seperate choices have not quite made their mark on me yet, at least not strong enough for me to evaluate whether both were correct or not. Time will tell. Regardless though, the ripples of today will spread. The echoes of today will reverberate. What is done, is done.

It’s time to move on.

Enough said here.

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thats the philosophical lubna to y’all.

yeah. deep down, we all want to be children for ever. robert schumann even wrote two whole music cycles on the topic..’scenes from childhood’ and ‘album for the young’.

ah, “regret for the lost innocence of childhood.”

but take some comfort that, in essence, we are, and always will be, little children. that is our great strength. we can always grow, and learn, and try, and try again.

nothing is permanently beyond our reach.

Philosophical? Haha. I wish.

And although in essence we may still be little children…its the growing weightage of the burden we carry on our backs that worries me.

And once the burden becomes too heavy, skipping and frolicking for even a second becomes impossible.

And the Impossible becomes the Accepted.

The Accepted becomes the Normal.

And in the end, we forget that we once skipped and frolicked.

Apsal lah aku ni suka sangat bersedih? For God’s sake, someone tell a joke.

u wanna joke? comin rrrrrrright up, baby..

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a man suspects his wife is having an affair. he needs to go on a business trip for several days, so he decides to set a trap for her.

he puts a bowl of milk under the bed, and suspends a spoon from the bed springs, in such a way that if there is any more weight than the weight of his wife on the bed, the spoon will be dipped into the milk, and he will detect it upon his return.

he comes home several days later. the first thing he does is reach under the bed and retrieve the bowl.

it’s full of butter.

luB, i thot of all this, the fear of growing up and all when i turned 18. spm year. yeah i did. and now, i still am afraid of growing up.

and u know what i figured out? that in life, the rule is always to stay positive. live in optimism! it works soo fine that u wun kn0 the real definition of fine anymore! hehe..well, thats how i see it anyways..and, even if u cant think positive; just pretend so. that worked too *grin*

it’s like, if u dun grow up, u myte not think like u do now, u myte not see the world in ways that u never ever thot u wud, ud prolly not appreciate life as u do or will do..u know, that kinda stuff..and gurl, to be silly; u dun need reasons for that! ehehehehehe..be silly for all u want, so long as tak salah tempat n masa lah ye..like, our practice (me,maz,daad n the rest) we go really silly when wo go for shopping and groceries..fun hehe..ngeh3..

oh btw! my blog’s title is no more ‘dun judge me’ but ‘living life and loving it’..it has always been that anyways..gaa!

Zuhairy: I’m going to have to have a word with you, mate.

Ryhn: We’re still young, syg. I hope we’re still able to pull goofy faces 20 years from now! Nevertheless, I appreciate your comments. Always the optimist, aren’t you, dear? =)Thank God you’re my neighbour.

And I’ve seen your new blog layout. Nice. ;)

Zuhairy:great joke!I haven’t had that kind in awhile, I have to say…
Lubna: so what’s with this fear of growing up?!I thought you have already grown up..so why worry about it?You’ve been there!Let us, the rest, do the worrying..oh, and btw, speaking of growing up,I have a touching story to tell you.So remind me to tell you when we have time ok.

ahh lubna, u suffer from a disease that everyone experiences–peter pan syndrome. altho i don’t think urs is that chronic. i’m scared as well. i cant believe we’ll be paying our taxes soon

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