Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 10:05 PM
PICS AT THE END OF THE POST!
there was match against yishun town today!. not really nicely played and of course we lost. heh. and thus one out of the five mathces are lost. ohh. will anderson be moiving on to top four? find out after the tournament! he. but not really bright future. heh.
oh. and i did a compo ytd. typed it then copied to hand up. felt that it was quite interesting so yea. here it is! haha.
It is undoubtedly true that a person definitely has strengths and weaknesses. Only when a person is able to identify these strengths and weaknesses that he possesses is he able to move on to do great things. Although everyone has weaknesses, it would be wise for a person to examine his strengths and thus re-affirming his confidence. It is also vice-versa in the sense that if a person gloats about his strengths too much, he would be too contented to notice his weaknesses.
Taking myself as an example, a strength that I possess is the ability of cheering people up. Those around me have constantly reminded me how cheerful i can be even during tough times. I will never fail to brighten up your day even when the skies are grey. Even through the period where everyone got lousy results for examinations, i would not set my mind on grieving for my results. I will simply tell myself it is time to move on and thus helping my friends getting rid of their negative emotions. During normal times, my brain never fails to be full of jokes to crack and funny things to do. I have been awarded the term “spastic” in my actions uncountable times. Perhaps i may look stupid at times, but just looking at the laughter and the smiles i have put on my friends’ faces, i never cease to feel accomplished and rewarded.
I also have the gift of giving. I would always think of my friends before i think of myself whenever i had the ability to acquire something. A good example of this strength of mine is the macdonalds membership account that i have. I have accumulated 7000 points on my membership. This means that i could redeem 200 nuggets. Instead of using these points for myself, i had this crazy idea to provide the food for one of my church members’ gathering. Little did i know that they would be touched upon hearing that and praised me for being giving. I would also treat something to friends almost weekly when we meet up to go out. Be it lunch, chocolates, donuts, etc. I would always have this urge to buy something for a person just so that he could be surprised and feel blessed. I started to give as a habit from secondary one out of pure fun and now i seem addicted to what i do. It is just this sense of joy when you see the gratefulness in the receiver’s eyes that keeps me fuelled on this road of giving. My friends never fail to constantly thank me for the gifts i gave that they truly appreciate.
However, there are deadly weaknesses that i have too. One of them is me getting too tensed up at times. The best example would be my volleyball training. I have been attending volleyball trainings ever since july of my secondary one life. Joining volleyball was a new turn in my life as i have never really liked sports ever since primary school. Due to me not interacting much with sports, i struggled through these two and a half years of volleyball. Through these years, i have come to see the weaknesses that i have which includes not being decisive,etc. However, i can never stop the tense feeling in my heart each time i play a match. If it started off fine, i would screw up in the middle and thus lose more points. If it started off bad, i would just screw up right at the start. I have seen the impact of this weakness of mine. If i screw up, i would start getting irritated with all my team mates. And my bad attitude spreads. Then after, we would lose points twice as quickly because of me sparking off the irritated feeling. I have been reprimanded by my team mates, coach, teacher in charge and even the observers of the match. No matter how hard i try to correct this, i never succeed.
Another weakness of myself would be my incorrect motto of life. One of the mottos in my life is that i would rather have people wait for me than waiting for people. Because of this mindset, i have never been early for anything. Waking up for school, being on time for council’s attire checks, meeting my friends and even going to church. I would never ever make an effort to be early although i have identified this bad habit of mine. All of my friends condemn me for this. My closer friends have grown numb to all my lateness so much so that they would just greet me normally even when i am an hour late. However, in the case of my council friends, they feel that i am pulling down the standards of the council and thus condemning me even more every time i fail to be on time.
I really hope that i can improve on my strengths and work harder to correct my weaknesses. Only then can i be a pleasing and respectable friend to the people i know.
okay. now that i posted it, it feels lame. hahaha. oh well. uploaded pics for my MIA period from blogging! here are they! have fun looking! if you can finish!
the new year party that i ton onernight playing lan!







6C peichun gathering!








the christmas party at palawan!



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