Let's Observe

You see this particular human in her environment. 

She’s observant, yet quiet the whole time. It seems like she doesn’t want to interact with those of her species. It’s been going on like this for months; she seems accustomed to everyone, but she looks like she doesn’t want to mingle with other–


... What’s this?

She... she’s starting to walk up to the others?? 

She’s smiling? 

Amazing! We haven’t seen this in a very long time! She rarely ever brings herself to confront others and being happy! How cute!

This was practically the reaction others had on Saturday while rehearsing with the SDKFM. One of the few times I actually started to feel like I became part of the group.

I was slowly coming out of my shell.

Since August, I always had kept my distance with the group. Besides the times that we were practicing together, it was during the small breaks in between that I would stay at a corner and watch everyone socialize with each other and have fun. I could never bring myself to actually come up to them, or them actually come up to me and talk to me. Everyone knew each other, and my friend was with his friends, so I like to sit and watch everyone be a family together.

However, on Saturday October 27th, our group decided to have little “houses” so that we can mingle with others that they normally talk to.

A chance for me to actually be more out there.

My first step in becoming part of the group, I was smiling more than ever, people coming up to me, and I was able to respond happily, having fun with them. Coming up with group names, poses, teaching each other dancing individually: that was what I needed.

Because of that day, I started being more comfortable with the group.

I’m coming out of my shell slowly.

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Procrastination is a Bitch

One of the reasons why most students are falling behind classes.

Sadly, even I have become a victim to this too.

A lot of students start off strongly in school, not wanting to fall behind and attempting to give a first good impression on professors, as well as hopes that the students themselves will continue the habit of doing things on time, as well as getting decent grades. However, as the semester progresses, we start knowing our classmates and start socializing more, or we start doing things that take up most of our time that we forget what we started.

Of course we know it’s bad, who wouldn't?  But we become distracted by various obstacles that in the end, when the day is done, we remembered what was missed, and thus giving the assumption that we can finish all in an hour or less.

Don’t. Just don’t.

If you ever feel like procrastinating and do absolutely nothing: recall why you’re in college. Recall your future and how this will impact it. Once it’s a habit, it’ll be hard to stop, and college life will be five times as difficult than it is.

Do things the moment you get home; various forms of gratification are to appear right before you: more time for friends, better grades, and a better future.

If not, all of this will backfire in the end.

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We Gotta Keep our Heads Up

Nobody can really predict the future.

Unless you have that ability. But disregard that for now.

The future is something we worry about constantly. Although we don’t exactly know what will happen, we always have a slight idea based on anything that’s happening in the present. Our actions influence what will come, and also society and how it pushes and pulls us at times.

If anything bad happens in the present that seems like it will turn out to be a negative outcome, we give up hope, and everything else that’s pessimistic will flow through our minds faster. The images we bring upon ourselves are worthlessness and failure.

I applaud those who are optimistic about their future; no matter what brings them down, there’s still a will and a way to fix all of that. For the pessimistic people, that takes a lot of time to believe it. It’s still possible, but it’s not as convincing.

Sometimes you don’t realize how you think until you see someone else in that given situation, thinking very similarly to how you do. To realize that you can sympathize with that and understand how they feel about their future because the present looks like it brings them nothing.

You know what I say?

Although the present seems dark and unpromising, there’s always a bit of hope down the future. Nobody really knows what the outcome is; all you have to do is live positively and continue forward. There are times like these that will happen along the way, but even so, obstacles are everywhere. If a desperate decision is made right now, do you know how many people you’ll affect?

I don’t blame anyone if they still think negatively at times, but don’t let it get to your head. Let yourself know that there’s still a way for the future to be better. 

If there’s a will, there’s a way.

I’d know.

It's not advice. Just personal experience.

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