Complexities - updated Feb 10, 2006
Have you ever thought that you don’t own "the time"? Indeed, we are not the owner of "the time". But have you ever calculated how much of ‘your’ time has been spent doing things you didn’t want to? Or did you ever mind counting how many times you’ve had to choose one activity/event over the other(s) ocurring at the same time? I’m not talking about that long hours spent for studying. It’s a MUST, like it or not. And I’m not talking about the unbearable office hours. You have to work to live (is it???). But besides all those compulsory stuffs, what remains is leisure, free time, ie. you’re free to do anything you wish. But then again, you do still have to make a choice in your leisure, rite?
I have a day off today. Yes!!! So I said: Today I wanna stay at home and have a lazy day filled with reading and watching TV and eating and perhaps a nice afternoon jog at the park, but I know there’s gonna be a free music concert at Sydney Myer Bowl this evening . And at about the same time, there’s also a nite market at the Vic mart. Not to mention the calls I received from my friends asking me to go to swim together. There were two of them and I dunno why, out of the blue, they both (with around a 5-hour interval) had an idea to go swimming today. I’m feeling comfortable at my desk right now, with my Tecra and the music, but I can’t stand ignoring those events. Am I the one who’s being complicated here? Why does all have to be at the same time? And this kind of things always happens. And I know this is not only happening to me. My k used to complain about this too.
Gotta go now. Yea, I’ve made a choice, under pressure =) Still not sure where I’m going. Yet staying at home is not a choice this time, unfortunately.
Do you know where my footsteps finally ended up? BOTH!! =)
Yea, I met Leli and Ale at Vic mart. They planned to take away some food and have it while enjoying the orchestra. So it’’s gonna be a quick deal. But then, we had a nibble or two, or more ^^, of various kinds of food from all over the world (ermmm..can I say that? am I exaggerating? wwaittt….I’m counting….yup, there were at least 20 booths with each offering a unique taste, from South African things-I don’t remember the name-to Japanese okonomiyaki to Australian emmu, crocodile, and kangoroo burger). That’s the fantastic thing about summer here. I’d have forgotten how excited I was last year if I hadn’t went there on that Wed. My mom and dad must remember (well, okay, my bros and sis may remember it as well) that I was the one who got very excited the most when our school held a bazaar. I was (I am, in fact) terrible with games so I’d prefer to spend the coupon my dad bought me on foods. And I sometimes hung around the booth of my bros and their friends, or of my sis and her friends. "Now I come to a huge bazaar!! How exciting!!" I shout in silence. I went to that nite market 3 or 4 times last year. Yet I almost let them disappear in front of my eyes this year. Who else can I blame for all these social events destruction? Yes, you got it right!! Thank God I made a right choice that afternoon considering this summer the nite market is merrier than last year and I might not be able to come to any of those Weds next summer. Well done!!
We headed for the free concert afterwards. We were late about 1 hour. So it was breaktime when we arrived there. But we got a nice spot, right in front of the stage. There were 7 of us, me, Leli, Ale, Pei Fun and her friends. 
And it must be true that, although we didn’t literally utter it, we had a sense of proud seeing the banner with "The University of Melbourne" on it.
It was a nice evening, afterall…
