a new life

school is starting once again.

so it's back to studies and all that shit.

getting textbooks, balloting for tutorials, having assignment deadlines, dealing with new projects and groupmates etc.

well, went for a chill run just now..

and as usual, being pensive and all, overthinking and everything..

(you know, 'cause people don't talk when they run)

when the gentle night breeze got me thinking about the wind.

the direction we face dictates whether we're going against the wind or not.

so we can either run against it, or run with it.

however, it occurred to me that, by theory of relativity, running against the wind always seems to feel that extra bit tougher than it actually is.

for example:

assume you're going at 50km/h.

and the breeze is going at 60km/h.

if you were running in the same direction as the wind, simple mathematical subtraction would tell you that you'll only feel the wind pushing you along at a speed of 10km/h.

however, if you were running against the wind, the wind would feel as if it were pushing against you at 110km/h.

yet, in both situations the speed of the wind and your own speed are exactly the same.

so does this explain why the grass always seems greener on the other side?

and why people always lament more than they rejoice?

perhaps it's because when the going gets tough, it always feels extra tough...

compared to when we have it easy, and it doesn't really seem that much easier... (just a little bit)

pardon the disorganization of this post...

i know it's quite unstructured and might not make much sense but i hope you know what i'm roughly talking about.

either way, i feel we should stop complaining so much...
it's just our minds playing tricks and forcing us to believe that things're so tough, when in actual fact they're just that little teeny bit of a challenge.

on the other hand, when we have it easy, we should be that extra bit thankful..
take a moment to step back and understand the true picture.
often, we are blinded and take such things for granted..
thus, we should learn to appreciate having these blessings whenever we can.

all in all, as year 2 begins to unfold, i hope to be practicing whatever i'm preach.
by realizing that things aren't always as tough as we make them out to be.
and to always be extra thankful for the good times.