Musings: Your 20s

We're young, overwhelmed, overworked and underpaid.
and we think- no, we hope- that one day a sudden ray of enlightenment strikes us with the clarity that all the hard work we're doing will pay off. With abundance and aesthetics!

The uncertainty cloaks us, quite darker than the night sky. see: smog, too ;)

For tonight, we're under the impression that the star will lead us to the Answer and Purpose. Light? Or was it just a hint of that airplane signal?

We Follow that Star (no this is not shameless plugging) walk and walk, until we see a fork down the road: go on or give up, go with the crowd or be off the beaten track.

We search for the answers, while half-hearted and unsure of what to ask.
But someday, we will know.
Hopefully, not too late.

Life and the Movies

Ikr, sometimes you just wish life is just like the movies. And during times of distress, your knight in shining armor- may be in the form of Richard Gere-comes in to rescue you. Perhaps your dream girl saves you from frantically drowning ala Pamela Anderson of Baywatch. (Ooooh)

Or when you are gloomy, tired and alone and stranded in the streets during an unforgiving downpour, the Amazing Spiderman enters the frame, albeit inverted, to comfort the lady with a wet kiss. (U huh)

Dont you just wish you can get lost in the mystery and magic of the movies: where lighting creates an ambiance, music sets the mood and makeup covers the imperfection.

Voila! Perfect!

But it is all staged. And everyone acts.

You know, in life, it is pretty much the same. The world is our stage and we are all actors. But there's no Academy Award.
Too bad, we would have won for the Best and Worst Version of Us. Depending on the scene.

Duality

 

Read up on people being "in a rush to do all things at once."

I'm wondering...
Is that bad? What if the person does not view it as rushing? But rather seizing the moment?

Isn't that normal-- maximizing our borrowed time?
Like finding every opportunity to cross some items on our bucket list, because as we all know, we dont have forever in our grasp?

And when we are seemingly in a rush, do we really miss out the essentials...?
Why, is time proportional to quality...?

Do we really find ourselves at lost, burned out, or hitting a dead end so soon, once we accomplished our goals?

In the first place, do people really run out of hopes and dreams?
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Those are the questions.
Must be the weather.

RIP Whitney

Wow. Life is short. You must have probably known by now that The Whitney Houston had died, at 48. Like I said, life is short. Just the other day, I was singing Saving All My Love For You. Just the other day, my colleagues and I were watching Whitney concerts. Just the other day I was watching Maya Rudolph impersonate Whitney on Saturday Night Live (that memorable and hilarious Betty White episode). Then today, I woke up with that news.

I am not a Whitney fan but I know several of her songs. And I sing  them. And I even have her Greatest Hits and Million Dollar Bill albums. And I love The Bodyguard. And I.............

Wow. It's amazing how everything can be recognized once you're gone. Did you know that Whitney is the most-awarded female act of all time?  But did you also know that she DOES NOT have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? 

What I'm saying is. You think you know, but you have no idea. We really think that we have all the time in the world to do all we want, how we want them, when we want them. Really? Only time can tell.

I just wish before our time is up, we had spent the moments wisely- to know other people more, to accept ourselves more. And enjoy life. Live while we are in it.

RIP Whitney Houston

(August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012)