Challenges

feb26

FEB26

Revive

Sometimes.. I do lose confidence in myself.
Sometimes.. I get tired of telling myself that I can do it.
Sometimes.. I forget who I want to be.

But time and time again, after each "self-pity" and "self-doubt" moments, love comes back.
This is when I become stronger.

And yes. I never ever ever ever ever.. Give up.

"It is 1979, a basketball game in the Brandeis gym. The team is doing well, and the student section begins a chant, "We're number one! We're number one!" Morrie is sitting nearby. He is puzzled by the cheer. At one point, in the midst of "We're number one!" he rises and yells, "What's wrong with being number two?"

The students look at him. They stop chanting. He sits downs, smiling and triumphant.

Tuesdays with Morrie


When we forget why we want to win, we forget how to win, the reason why we're working so hard to win. So what's wrong with being number 2?

If the true meaning of winning is in you, you're still be a winner despite the upteem losses. Because in you, you are a winner. You make yourself win. And this is what I always tell myself..

Who cares about defending your championship title? Every year people's record holder results get replaced. School results get higher each century. What we do is make sure we've done our best. To the best of our abilities. New teams make new mistakes, get new challenges, faces new losses. No reason not to lose. Losing is important. Because once you've learnt how to lose and get on with it, you're ready to win.

Press hard. Push on.

I bought a new handbag, I'm happy :)

Hi Santa

I don't need a new bag but I'm in love with these! Is there anyone in this world nice enough to get me one :)

I think this is a freaking $180 or more. Jiaqian are you serious about this??

This is so cute! It's for kids. So it's real small but the price's not small, it's $70 :(

Finally something non-Crumpler! It's Samsonite. It's suppose to be a penguin!!! Grace has it's friend, the turtle hehe.

Hi Santa are you listening to me??

Say.. Should I change my email.

The true meaning

"We've got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country, Morrie sighed. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all of this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore.

Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car. Gobble up a new piece of property. Gobble up the latest toy. And then they wanted to tell you about it. 'Guess what I got? Guess what I got?'

You know how I interpreted that? These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have."

Morrie Schwartz


This is how the world works really.
Not anything else.

"Love wins. Love always wins." -Morrie Schwartz

My mummy didn't tell me,
"Never go near the black closet."
I took upon a chance one day
Spirited and vital.
No one have seen the insides,
The myraid of colours,
An array of gracefulness.
In my black closet,
My imaginary friends heightened,
Till there was no space left,
For me. And one day,
For the first time,
Alone and away,
I saw.. a rainy day.

Thank you my friend.

Forever will be

It wouldn't be the same ever again. But I'm grateful.

I just wanted to hug you and say let's just forget about everything and be friends. I just wanted to be like kids in elementary school.

But I haven't got the guts. And I know you can't. It's okay :)

This is enough. Can't be greedy.

My friend

Here I am thinking it's possible. There you are, crashing my faith.

I just thought.. And I thought wrong.

I thought maybe things would get better after the card; I thought offering you my chocolate would cease the awkwardness; I thought trying to not get away from your eye contact might make the situation turn. I was wrong.

Nothing I did helped. Because whatever I did, it didn't seem like a geniuine gesture. Maybe the reason I kept trying is because I'm just trying to make myself feel better. And then I can say, I've tried. But have I really? Fuck no. I just plunged myself into self pity. And you made me realise that. Maybe I should just give it all up, like you did.

What I didn't understand was that you felt inferior to my group of friends? I certainly did not have my group of friends then because I thought you were one of the only good friends I needed. It was after what happened and then I started to be close to them. Fuck what's the use of all this now. After all this shit I just realise maybe I've never ever known you. You have never ever wanted to know me. You don't want to know me ever again. You don't want to see my fucking face after Os. You should have told me from the start, I would never have entered your life and you could be happy with your group of friends.

Maybe forever in my heart you'll be my friend. In yours, did I ever existed?

I'm sorry.

Fuck my tears. And my faith.

Win or go home

We ready
We ready
We ready
We ready

We ready
We ready
We ready
We ready

Because I'm a Champion
And I move like a Champion
Whoever will be a Champion
Born to be a Champion

Steve
See I know and you know that we ready
Let's go while I roll in my Chevy
Well I can see you wanna break me
And I can feel you wanna bring me down
First you gotta make me
Won't be easy coming in my town
Cause everybody in my city wanna be number one
They'll be only one that's standing at the end of this run 'cause

We ready
We ready
We ready
We ready

Because I'm a Champion
And I move like a Champion
Whoever will be a Champion
Born to be a Champion

Piper
Ain't nobody that can stop me
I'm seeing this ___ through
If I want it I'ma get it
There's nothing I won't do
Man my focus is ridiculous
Strategy so meticulous
Relentless if I'm comin to get it
You best move to the side
Math the Piper don't hesitate
He just ride
Heart of a lion with the fire in my eyes
Push it until it shuts down
I'm the last man standin
With cannon like what now
And I'm on it
They should've never let us in
Payback and revenge
It's the beginning of the end
Yousa gonner
And as sure as the sun sets
If we ain't won yet, then we ain't done yet

We ready
We ready
We ready
We ready

Because I'm a Champion
And I move like a Champion
Whoever will be a Champion
Born to be a Champion

Chantelle
Yes I know and you know
That we'll win it so let's sweat it
Let's press it till we get
Till we get it
Cause we're defying gravity
We're going up and never coming down
Our team is ready
They cannot beat us till we're in the ground no

Cause everybody in my city wanna be number one
They'll be only one that's standing at the end of this run
'Cause

We ready
We ready
We ready
We ready

Because I'm a Champion
And I move like a Champion
Whoever will be a Champion
Born to be a Champion

We ready
We ready
We ready
We ready

Because I'm a Champion
And I move like a Champion
Whoever will be a Champion
Born to be a Champion