Of Studying and Living

Unrevealed : “How are your kids doing?”
Unnamed : “She got … place in class. Her sister got … place in class. Their average marks are well over 80. And the little one got 1st place in class.
Unrevealed : “They are doing great!”
--- end of conversation about the kids ---

Are they enthusiastically happy?
I don’t know.
Are they living their dreams?
I’m not sure.
Are they heading towards their desired destinations?
Yea straight A’s. Then?

Hello world

Nowadays, I have this chance to spend half a day everyday with a toddler,
to enjoy her naïve charm,
experience the long forgotten innocence,
remind myself the existence of chastity,
and to redefine and embrace life.

Whenever she is around,
I find myself needing more rest than ever,
which I can hardly get any,
due to her unending activities and unfading energy to explore the world,
I am old yeah,
biologically and mentally.

Her world is a big and fun playground,
my world comprises a to-do list to catch up with the frantically paced world,
everything is new and exciting for her,
I just want to get everything on the list done,
we are both not born with a list,
who gave me the awful list?

What and why are her never ending ammunition,
when we’re so sick of memorizing the laws and theories in sciences that explain the world;
new words and numbers are always fascinating for her,
while languages and mathematics are excruciating subjects to score for good grades for some of us;
why are we so worn-out of learning?

This morning,
we had time to just sit at the roadside,
study the buds of the hibiscus plant,
stare at the ants working,
and laugh at the stray dogs sneezing nearby,
trying to understand the world in the simplest way.

Don’t we live just to learn explore our world?
to learn and comprehend the world better?
so that we could appreciate and enjoy,
all these amusing creations of God?

Examination scheme is definitely wicked,
sacrificing education for its convenience,
the convenience that eventually produces dumber students,
but we must not be deceived and distracted,
because knowledge is what we seek for.

Good night.