----------------------------------------
Edwan Adalah Awesome
I like to say that I am the coolest, awesomest, best looking human being alive.
Saying it makes me feel confident. Saying it improves my self esteem. And when I'm confident and my self-esteem is healthy, I can make things happen. I can make things work. I can take on the world. Bring it on.
"Perasan," you say. And you know what? I honestly don't care.
You wanna know why?
It's because I don't want to be that guy who is so self-loathing, so self-critiquing, so self-depreciating that he is left with not ONE ounce of confidence inside. I don't want to be the guy with ZERO self-esteem.
Besides, I think some people are secretly jealous that they don't have the guts, the confidence or the balls to say it out loud.
Sucks to be them.
-------------------------------
On Writing Romance and Horror, And Sometimes Both At The Same Time
I haven't written fiction for quite some time. I'll blame lack of time, but to be honest it's also because of a current shortage of good ideas. There are a few here and there, but they're unwritten. Stuck inside my head.
For instance, I have (what I think is) a cool premise to form a small novella (haha, small novella) with an old, traditional Malay horror as the backbone to the story. I've even written the storyline. I just haven't written it out. And I don't know when I would.
I also want to address a dilemma I face. Not a major one. Just one I think seems weird. It's this:
Whenever I write romantic fiction, people seem to think it revolves around something that has happened to me. Sure, most stories are inspired by real-life events, but come on, does every story have to be some incident that occured to the writer?
------------------------------------
Vehicular Weaponry
I have noticed that a lot of people, especially women, carry some form of weapon inside their car. Mostly, it's a short parang.
"It's useful to have," said one dude/dudette. "You never know when you might need to use it for protection."
Against what? I have no idea. Rempit, probably. Mostly I think it leans more towards a psychological comfort, as in, knowing that you have a weapon makes you feel safer. Hopefully never should the situation arise when one will actually have to use the weapon.Anyway, I have jumped on the weapon carrying bandwagon. Now, beside me, tucked between the car and the seat, lies a sword.
---------------------------------------
The Changes On Facebook
Every so often, Facebook will update their layout as they discover trends in usage, or they discover more convenient ways for people to share stuff. I like the latest update.
Then there's always the people who go "OMG WHY FACEBOOK IS SO DIFFERENT OMG I CANT USE IT GIVE THE OLD ONE BACKK!"
The 'old one' was the one they complained about before the 'old one', before the other 'old one', and that 'older one.'
If it's so difficult for you to adapt, or if its so frustrating for you to use, then easy: stop using it altogether. If not, then get used to it la, because I'm pretty sure it's gonna change again in the future.
Or maybe by then most people will be on Google+?
------------------------------------------------
Empathy
Too much empathy is never a good thing. Everyone should learn to not give a crap so much.
Edwan Adalah Awesome
I like to say that I am the coolest, awesomest, best looking human being alive.
Saying it makes me feel confident. Saying it improves my self esteem. And when I'm confident and my self-esteem is healthy, I can make things happen. I can make things work. I can take on the world. Bring it on.
"Perasan," you say. And you know what? I honestly don't care.
You wanna know why?
It's because I don't want to be that guy who is so self-loathing, so self-critiquing, so self-depreciating that he is left with not ONE ounce of confidence inside. I don't want to be the guy with ZERO self-esteem.
Besides, I think some people are secretly jealous that they don't have the guts, the confidence or the balls to say it out loud.
Sucks to be them.
-------------------------------
On Writing Romance and Horror, And Sometimes Both At The Same Time
I haven't written fiction for quite some time. I'll blame lack of time, but to be honest it's also because of a current shortage of good ideas. There are a few here and there, but they're unwritten. Stuck inside my head.
For instance, I have (what I think is) a cool premise to form a small novella (haha, small novella) with an old, traditional Malay horror as the backbone to the story. I've even written the storyline. I just haven't written it out. And I don't know when I would.
I also want to address a dilemma I face. Not a major one. Just one I think seems weird. It's this:
Whenever I write romantic fiction, people seem to think it revolves around something that has happened to me. Sure, most stories are inspired by real-life events, but come on, does every story have to be some incident that occured to the writer?
------------------------------------
Vehicular Weaponry
I have noticed that a lot of people, especially women, carry some form of weapon inside their car. Mostly, it's a short parang.
"It's useful to have," said one dude/dudette. "You never know when you might need to use it for protection."
Against what? I have no idea. Rempit, probably. Mostly I think it leans more towards a psychological comfort, as in, knowing that you have a weapon makes you feel safer. Hopefully never should the situation arise when one will actually have to use the weapon.Anyway, I have jumped on the weapon carrying bandwagon. Now, beside me, tucked between the car and the seat, lies a sword.
---------------------------------------
The Changes On Facebook
Every so often, Facebook will update their layout as they discover trends in usage, or they discover more convenient ways for people to share stuff. I like the latest update.
Then there's always the people who go "OMG WHY FACEBOOK IS SO DIFFERENT OMG I CANT USE IT GIVE THE OLD ONE BACKK!"
The 'old one' was the one they complained about before the 'old one', before the other 'old one', and that 'older one.'
If it's so difficult for you to adapt, or if its so frustrating for you to use, then easy: stop using it altogether. If not, then get used to it la, because I'm pretty sure it's gonna change again in the future.
Or maybe by then most people will be on Google+?
------------------------------------------------
Empathy
Too much empathy is never a good thing. Everyone should learn to not give a crap so much.
1 of you said:
I learned this the hard way, after spending endless hours wondering about what it means to be confident and humble. Arrogance can also be mistaken for confidence. Humbleness can be mistaken for self-loathing. It's tricky sometimes, but I hope I can try to be confident AND humble. After all, arrogance is the reason Iblis is now cursed for eternity, because he thought he was better than Man. I can end up rotting in hell if I fail to know the difference between them all :s And that scares me more than anything else.
Enough babbling. Waiting for your stories!
Post a Comment