Since you guys know about my short-term-memory-problem, it comes as no surprise that while attempting to write my 1st CV for intern applications (oh no?! work!), I had to look through my blog archives to find out what I did in the past. Although I think that probably counts more for long-term memory problems already.
Anyway, before we digress further, I was digging through old dusty posts to find what I want. And obviously I had to skim through a few of my posts, and I am still a little surprised to find how different my blogging style has evolved over a few years. Not only that, I am probably a very different person from that wide-eyed 19 year old girl that started her first year in university, a place away from home.
I wonder was the change for good or for bad? Maybe it's a mixture of both. Perhaps it's called growing up. As we grow up, the more responsibilities we have, the less carefree we can be. Becoming an adult is not all fun obviously, and next year we will have to take another giant leap, to finally start working!
But sometimes, I wish I can go back to those happy carefree days in imu. A time where we can all laugh freely and not worry about having to adapt so as to not appear 'weird' in front of others.
I wonder if there will ever be one day when I won't feel the need to adapt anymore. It should become second nature. (Interestingly, it's only second nature, so whereabouts lies my first nature?)
I think change is gradual but coming. The other day, someone called me by my full name and it suddenly felt foreign to my ears. Because I have become accustomed to an abbreviated version of my name - something I did because I got tired of the repeated "sorry, didn't quite catch that" that came my way whenever I introduce myself with my full name. And how funny - just a couple of years ago, that abbreviated version sounded foreign to these very ears.
The country says we don't love her, but truth to be told, in a way, it will always be home in my mind - but because she doesn't love us enough, we have been compelled to seek greener pastures and call them home too.
4 comments:
how did you shorten your name? Zune?
i went through the archive of some of the internet message boards i used to haunt when i was in high school. at that time, i haven't picked up writing or reading for fun, and i can scarcely believe that i wrote those posts. they were ghastly. it was as if 10 years ago, i was an ah beng vcd seller.
haha i shortened my name to only the first syllable of my name, as what most ppl with unusual names here do.
yeah.. i wouldn't call my previous posts ghastly, but they were immature and definitely did not sound as nice as the current ones. lol. how we grow over the years. i can't imagine u writing like an ah beng vcd seller though. LOL!!
Hi, I'm TitusTangJiaJie. Or you can just call me Tits
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hahaha.. you can try that.. but i reckon they wont warm up to that. LOL. or maybe in the wrong way!!!
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