thoughts on a busy day
technically i should be studying.. i've got my first mid term here at NYU tmr on investment banking.. and i really ought to be studying coz i have got little sense of the financial world.. but here i am writing a blog post, thanks to a constant voice at the back of my mind urging me to continue writing.. well the consolation is that i have completed my assignment due tomorrow as a result of skipping one class.. which i spent time convincing myself that i will watch the webcast when exams are nearing.. well, there's always tomorrow..life over here has been fun.. but the only problem is that there are so many things to do with so little time.. it's hard to balance.. for a person who have studied all my life, to care less about results and grades.. but am i missing out on other things when i bind myself down to principles of life? i want to live my life over here, i told myself before i came over.. i've done a lot, but somehow things are tying me down.. too much concern, too much consideration.. i fear many things.. i fear that time is slipping by.. i fear that i will turn back and realise i haven't done enough over here.. i fear that i will regret not going out of my comfort zone to do many things..
do environments really change people? new york is indeed diverse, where when u meet a new person u do not assume that they are from this city.. i've seen so many different people over here, different cultures, different backgrounds, different thinking and values.. i come to wonder, are we innately different? or is it where we were brought up, the places and people we interact with.. i tend to believe that we are in fact, more similar than we all think we are.. human nature.. perhaps i want to believe that there is good in everyone.. there is part of us that is true and sincere, that there is part of us bears the child like innocence.. even those people you frown upon the hear the crazy things they do.. even those people you believe have a non existent value system, even those outrageous youths out on the streets..
culture and art.. what makes art good art? that's totally the question i had in my mind when i was in the Musuem of Modern Arts.. some of them were beautiful works, some of them i cannot really understand.. i believe it appeals to different people as we all relate to visuals differently.. something good to one may not be good to another.. perhaps i cannot try to understand, but at least i'll try to appreciate them.. but to me music is universal.. or more like musicals.. my very first musical over here was the Lion King!! and i totally loved the stage play and the costumes.. and the way they portray the animals.. it was very well done and it was one which reminded me of very simple things in life.. perhaps things don't need to be so complicated?
things to look forward to: canada trip (tmr for 5 days), phantom of the opera for the third time (11th Oct), hopefully ice hockey (13th Oct; crosses fingers), and yes supposedly a lot of plans to go to hershey's park and six flags, halloween (30th Oct), then hopefully washington, boston, atlantic city and florida soon... i just hate planning though..
rebec inspired @ 5:45 AM
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