Like a shooting star

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress. " -Barack Obama

This blog post is about paths, about decisions, about choices.

If you all have been following me on Twitter,

You will know that this whole week has been really intensive.

Cos of CCA.

Not that I dislike CCA

It was really such a tiring thing. If you train almost everyday.

And cos there's this workshop,

Okay I went.

But it made me quite discouraged actually, even though it helped a lot.

Because the position I play is SO crucial,

And everyone there is like, woah zai kia sia.

Lol and I'm like, a wimp.

I know how my teammates have been telling me that I'm already good.

BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE THE REST.

They are like, super good. A lot better than me.

Sometimes, I feel like I don't deserve praises.

And seeing that everyone is really good, I myself got stressed out.

Lol that's why our school can never get into top 4.

Unless we have players, as great as them.

Here's what happened:

The taiwanese coach was talking about our pitching.

And asked us in mandarin, if anyone wanted to be a national player. Or a national pitcher.

Go overseas and play with other teams, perhaps.

When I first heard it, I was stumped, literally.

And quite a few actually raised their hands!

I'm partly in awe, and amazed, but skeptical too.

Do you know how hard it is to be a successful sports player in SG?

Chances stand at nearly 0.

We don't have players like that. Even I don't dream to be a national player!

In that sense, we are not as good as them. Can't compare.

But we choose to walk different paths,

and will be happy and satisfied in the ones we choose.

I can tell they love what they are doing, very, very much.

I wish them all the best.

And it's cool to have a dream like that.

IT'S BRAVE TO HAVE A DREAM LIKE THAT.

When she saw that not all raised their hands, she was surprised.

I think she thought we all wanted to be national players, at least have such a goal in mind.

Sad to say, not everyone is the same.

I have a path I want to walk. But I'm not too sure what I wanna be.

I just have a rough image in my mind.

However, I know that I do not want to walk down the path of sports.

No matter how much I love sports, no matter how fun it is,

I still think that there are more important things in this world.

Like saving nature, animals, OR humanity.

We need help.

I think sports is more for leisure, or it can mean real business.

But I wanna get real.

I don't want to see the world end anytime soon.

Cos we destroyed it.

I wanna do something that is a lot bigger than just winning a game.

I wanna do something that is meaningful.

It's a path I choose to take.

And I know it's unconventional.

But boooo to office jobs. -.-

Boring, and meaningless to me.

I don't really know what I wanna be just yet.

But I'm enjoying myself, walking down the path, that I KNOW is right.

Even if I do not know where I'm going, I'm happy.

I will go where life takes me.

Not saying I will give up sports.

I will not give up on my CCA

I'm just, really tired of it.

Lol and my dreams of going top4 are dashed anyway.

Cos we don't deserve it anyway.

There are many other schools that deserve to go into top4.

For us, a top8 is good enough.

It's weird when we lose to another team, and get angry at them.

Shouldn't we be angry at ourselves instead?

Why be angry, and insult others, when they are better?

I will still persevere though. it's just a few more months.

I will make the best out of this time,

and in turn it will make me into who I am supposed to be!

Since I have already chosen softball as my CCA,

I shall do my best and make sure I do not regret anything.

Anyway, point of this post is:

Have you found a goal in your life?

If you do, please, do not disregard the other things.

It teaches us a lot.

If not, my tip is:

Just do what you are passionate about.

That simple.

Do not be afraid of going down different paths from your friends.

Do not be afraid to make the less chosen option.

Do not be afraid to do something what others deem different.

After all, everyone came from different walks of life,
That's how people meet, and this is what makes the world more interesting.

Difference sets us apart, but brings us together.

Do you choose to believe that difference makes the world go round?

I do.

If difference doesn't exist, the world would be just a black mass.

Close your eyes, that's how it would be like.

Nothing at all.

Things in life are always simple.

Why do we make things seem so complicated?