LOST

I was driving for the first time to college earlier today. Started my journey at 10.30am - with earphones plugged in and a full tank of gas, I was ready to do it right on the first time round!

I managed to get into the Damansara area with relative ease, when I missed a turning. The lane I was supposed to be on was on the far right. I was on the far left. With only a few meters before the right lane broke off to its own and cars zooming past me at eighty kilometers an hour, I thought that it was not a good idea to try and take the risk.

Relax, it is not the end of the world. I'll find my way back here and take the right turning.

Then I realized the roads were getting smaller.
I made a U-turn, the roads got bigger again and civilization came into view.
Then I realized I did not recognize the names on the signboards.
Made more U-turns until the word 'Damansara' appeared on a signboard.
Then abruptly, the signboards just stopped appearing.

Before I knew it, I was turning into Sunway City, going right past Mentari Court and onwards to Sunway Pyramid!

At my wits' end and on the verge of tears and a panic attack, I made a sharp turn into a row of shops and stopped the car; pulled out my phone, dialed my dad up and screamed into the phone as soon as he picked up.

"I'M LOST!"

Some half an hour later, he finally came to my rescue as I waited in Esso station just down the road of Sunway Pyramid.

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You'll realize how life is like being on the road - at first you are so sure that you know how to get where you need to be. You get it all right right up until the final lap, and suddenly you realize that you have been accelerating a bit too much that you have missed the turn you have been aiming for.

But no matter, we can always try again, right?

Sure you can - if you knew how to get back. But armed only with very limited intellect (such as mine), you will realize that you are rapidly missing more turns and becoming increasingly hopelessly lost. Until you end up in the completely wrong place at a totally wrong times.

Be wise - stop and take a breather, grab a phone and dial up someone who knows better than you do, and scream into their ear the short, simple, brutal reality of the situation.

Or get a GPS.

12.39am

I suppose I should do something meaningful before my holidays end, say, save the world or something.

But well, I'm not superman. Plan scraped.

No, it is not that. I realized something today - people are not in danger of super-advanced aliens invading earth or gargantuan robots with laser beams for eyes; not something that superman can save them from, at least. Today I realized that the world doesn't need saving. Not in the way that we imagined, anyway.

Today I realized that people are dying from the inside. With plastic smiles and acid tears and hearts that stops working faster than a manual car driven by me.

Today I realized that I might be the only Jesus they might ever see.

So here it goes - I'm letting go.

How I spent (and will continue to spend) my holidays!

It's been three weeks since I started my hiatus from SEGi University College. Do I miss it? No way. I am, in fact, having the time of my life at home. With the help of a Rm300 Portable Hard Drive and very reliable source of entertainment (that means you, Sam), tis' what I've been up to.

1. Anime

12 gigabytes worth of shows including 2 complete seasons of Code Geass - I have been at it day and night for a week and I'm still not done with it yet!

Code Geass is set in an alternate world where a global superpower called Britannia invades and conquers Japan, then renaming it Area 11 (they have conquered one-third of the world, so they don't really have the time to think of nice names). A Britannian college student called Lelouch, through a twist of fate, attains the power to bend anyone to his will. He then creates a secret identity for himself to build an army and seeks to liberate Japan from the Britannian colonizers.

Ingeniously plotted with a fair blend of humor and intensity at appropriate times. To reach his dream of a liberated Japan, he encounters military forces, gargantuan war machines (which look suspiciously like Gundams), classmates, his best friend, and a cat called Arthur.

2. PC Games

The best of GTA, Assassins' Creed and Prince of Persia, all in one game - That's Prototype. Released early June 2009 and with a rating of 8.5/10, Prototype is one of the most addictive games I have played in a while. But if you did not like any of the three games mentioned above - this is probably not your type of game.

Warning: excessive gore. Keep away from younglings.

3. Music

I got tipped off about an *ahem*illegitimate source for music, so I decided to give it a try. Now I am stuck with 7 different albums and I don't know where to start.

One thing I have to say: No one beats Planet Shakers!

4. Books

Four books. One down, three to go. I have a strange feeling that my books are going to outlast my holidays.

If you have not read any books by John C. Maxwell yet, I tell you, you HAVE to get one of it. John Maxwell is undoubtedly one of the best communicators I have seen - presenting truths in a reader-friendly way, without the jargon and absurdly complicated words used by other authors in an attempt to look smart.

I have about 2 more weeks of this bliss left. Gotta use it to the fullest!


Jo