3rd day of october sem - warm, laid back day

was watching teevee with ma the other day. watched this taiwan show where senior actors/actresses/celebs shares their experiences of failures and successes. then it dawned on me that these people are really cool.

how many a time can you look back at your mistakes and laugh about it.
how many a time can you look back at your saddest moments in life and talk about it.
how many a time can you laugh at how ridiculous you were in the past.
how many a time can you share these moments with others to inspire them.

i was pretty afraid of looking back at not just the distant past. but even recent past as well. for a few weeks. nasty things has happened. i said bad things. i did wrong things. i was afraid of recollecting these memories.

then i watched these people sharing their experiences. things they've been through like how his father is going to die and he was miles away rushing back only to receive a call from his brother halfway that he can take his time already and just be there safe. because his father is already dead. although he didn't laugh about it *well, you shouldn't be..* he was able to share such emotional recollections without shedding a tear.

this got me inspired and thinking that, "well, the past is done and set already. even if we dont look at it, it has happened. if we look at it and feel sad, we cant do anything about it. so why dont we look back and share the stories. if its some dumb moments, we'll all laugh about it. if its sad moments, share it to motivate others and make them feel better. why not?"

feels so much easier now. :D

attended my first IS lesson for the term. met a cool teacher who's very open and different from other lecturers in terms of her choice of words and examples. fuck and sex.

she's using sex as the theme of all her examples and it was pretty interesting ! like.. "dont tell me you want to be a virgin until you've tried sex." which is to say "dont tell me you want to try art until you've tried it" pretty apt eh?

well, she got pretty upset halfway through the lessons because everyone is practically doing what she's showing. contradicting? not really.

you see, the lesson is exploring arts and design. we're suppose to be exploring. not following. but everyone is not TRYING out new ways of doing things but waiting to LEARN new ways of doing things. well, she got pretty upset and subtle-ly flared up at the whole class. but everyone seems to still be doing the same thing. i've tried a different approach though. :D

the theme was wire sculpting your superhero. in layman's terms, it'd be using a wire to create the image of your superhero.

we're given alot of freedom in the class. so much freedom that most of us dont know what to do with it. we're pretty lost. hahahhaa. but well. this has something to do with our upbringing. (N)

we ended the lesson with our sculptures half-done and junnie, kelland and i helped her carry the remaining materials to her car. and what a car she drives. some mercedes SLK 200 kompressor. we were still trying to find her car plate number pretty hard. then when we saw the car we were like wo~

call us SK or whatever. but we havent seen a lecturer that rich. :D well, at least i hadn't. AUNTY ELIZ ! jia you oh ! im waiting to hitch your ride.