Tuesday, December 27, 2011
What's nice about overseas is that it isn't filled with high rise buildings, so you can see the endless vast blue sky clearly. The sky is always blue-Er on the other side(:
Going overseas make you feel very relaxed because when you leave your own country, you also leave behind your own identity and reputation. You enter into an unknown place where people don't know you, so you can behave as you wish without worrying about the stares from others. Sometimes I even let my guard down (at the right times) and talk to strangers to learn more about them. Because when I'm overseas, I want to talk to people and learn about the culture and the place since I'm already there. It's especially so when you are going free and easy, because there's no one else there to rely on, but you have to be independent and actively seek from others.
We met a lady that was sitting beside us on our bus journey there. Cos she was sitting between meijun and I, she caught our questions and helped us answer. Then we started talking and she was super friendly and nice. She asked us about the 3 of us and uni, and we asked her about her family. She even asked if we have anybody to contact during emergency, and gave us her number when we say we didn't! That's why I like traveling in small groups esp when the few of us are just young harmless girls so strangers also find it easier to talk to us cos we are no threat haha! And probably they will be curious how come such a small group of girls are doing in a foreign land, because we are not the usually groups of people that travel tgt, neither family or a big group of friends. She commented that we were very courageous(haha Asd!) but to me I didn't really see it that way! Probably because I romanticize traveling and find it something really interesting so it's something exciting instead! And with the more exploration I do nowadays, I seem to get more adventurous. Im not that scared of crossing roads today lol. Haha but still must be careful la.
I actually thought it will be good if we get to travel more often on such random simple trips. But after Evelyn and meijun mention it, I realize it's not good to have too often because it will become normal and less exciting Liao haha! Once or twice per holiday with different groups of people is good(:
Suddenly I wonder how it's like when you go to a totally unfamiliar country for long term like studying. You can't really see it as traveling because you will be there long term and the things that you are seeing for the first time will not be your only time, but likely will been seen very often while you are there. But with every new place you go to, its like discovering a new environment and yet it's supposed to be home for you. Aiya don't know how to put down to words.
Anyway that kind lady even offered to give us a lift to jonker street when we weren't sure what way to go to. Wah totally shoten zenjin leh, saved us a lot of time! And although it's not very good to accept strangers ride since they can just drive you anywhere, our judgement just know that she's nice and won't do much harm. But will there be a chance that someone we thought is harmless according to our 'accurate' judgement is actually out there to do harm to us? really hope that shoten zenjin is always out there to protect us and that such a situation will never happen! And also I feel that when people are warm to me, I shouldn't 拒绝他们的好意. Especially after the person insist repeatedly. Because sometimes people are just nice to want to help, but rejecting them is like not reciprocating and doubting your trust in them when they trust you. Foreigners sometime say that Singapore is a cold place, probably because we are too skeptical and realistic so warm acts are not being appreciated and we are always on our toes to protect our interests that we think others are out to destroy. Like how a realist thinks that human nature is bad. But it is not necessarily so! I think that people are able to judge for themselves about someone's character especially after interacting face to face with that person. But why do so many people still get cheated by 披着羊毛的狼?
I think a lot of judgments are based on stereotypes. Like for us girls, we tend to be more comfortable with girls thinking that they are not really capable if doing and having the thought to want to do harm. But for guys we will naturally be more in guard and trust less. And when I'm in Malaysia, I tend to feel more comfortable and trust the Chinese more than Malays. But it really shouldn't be the way because there are many kind Malays too! Maybe it's due to ability to interact easier since the same language is being used. Hopefully after I learn malay such stereotypes won't be as bad..
Meijun mentioned that everytime you go back to a place that you've been, you can never feel exactly the same way again. Because every time you are there, a different feeling and set of memory will be present that will influence how you view the place at that point of time. It's quite wow actually that it can be said that everything is ultimately based on our own thoughts. We choose to see and believe what we want to. The sea can be horrifying, threatening, romantic, or relaxing, depending on the life state that you're in when you're viewing it.
I like this line from Wicked, "Truth is agreed on." Everything seems to be based on human's thoughts, but yet human thoughts are influenced by societal factors and many others. It's all very complex when you think about it, how it seems to be in a cycle but how we can never find a definite or root reason as how our thoughts are formed. Everything under the sun seem to be a mixture, a balance. Its like the cars on the roads, there are so many different paths and permutations that will bring you to a certain destination of thought, and from there, there are once again uncountable number of other paths that you can take, each with a different destination. Some paths bring you to the same destination, but the experience along the way would be different, and it would affect your perspectives on the place you are in, which eventually builds up to something bigger on how everyone have different views on different things.
Can I fly over the rainbow like the bluebirds?
12/27/2011 12:56:00 AM
