MusicNow: Hero
There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don't let anyone
Tear them away
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You'll find the way
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
Friday, June 10, 2005
Something i read
i saw this posted on the bulletin board of my frenster.. found it quite touching. i dunno if it's a true story but it could be.
my mom only had one eye.i hated her... she was such an embarrassment..my mom ran a small shop at a flea market.she collected little weeds and such to sell...anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment.there was this one day during elementary school..it was field day, and my mom came.i was so embarrassed. how could she do this tome? i threw her a hateful look and ran out.the next day at school..."your mom only has one eye?!?!" ..and they taunted me.i wished that my mom would just dissappear from this world so i said to my mom,"mom.. why dont you have the other eye?! if you're only gonna make me a laughingstock, why dont you just die?!!!"my mom did not respond..i guess i felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt good to think that i had said what i'd wanted tosay all this time..maybe it was because my mom hadnt punished me,but i didnt think that i had hurt her feelings very badly.that night...i woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water.my mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me.i took a look at her, then turned away.because of the thing i had said to her earlier, there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart.even so, i hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. so i told myself that i would grow up and become successful.cause i hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty..then i studied real hard.i left my mother and came to Seoul and studied,and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence i had.then, i got married.i bought a house of my own.then i had kids, too..now i'm living happily as a successful man.i like it here because it's a place that doesnt remind me of my mom.this happiness was getting bigger and bigger ,when ..what?!who's this?!...it was my mother.....still with her one eye.it felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me.my little girl ran away, scared of my mom's eye.and i asked her,"who are you?!""i dont know you!!!" as if trying to make that real. i screamed at her," how dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!""GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"and to this, my mother quietly answered,"oh, i'm so sorry. i may have gotten the wrong address,"and she dissappeared out of sight.thank good ness... she doesnt recognize me..i was quite relieved.i told myself that i wasnt going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life.then a wave of relief came upon me...one day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. so, lying to my wife that i was going on a business trip, i went.after the reunion, i went down to the old shack,that i used to call a house...just out of curiosity there, i found my mother fallen on the cold ground.but i did not shed a single tear.she had a piece of paper in her hand.... it was a letter to me. my son...i think my life has been long enough now..and... i wont visit Seoul anymore...but would it be too much to ask if i wanted you to come visit me once in a while?i miss you so much.. and i was so glad when i heard you were coming for the reunion.but i decided not to go to the school....for you...and i'm sorry that i only have one eye, and i was an embarrassment for you. you see, when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. as a mom, i couldnt stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye... so i gave you mine...i was so proud of my son that was seeing awhole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. i was never upset at you for anything you did.. the couple times that you were angry with me,.. i thought to myself, 'it's because he loves me..'
my son... oh, my son...
i dont want you to cry for me, because of my death.
please dont cry....
my son, i love you so much.
something gripped the corner of my heart.
and tears were flowing from the eye that my mother had given me..
my mom... my loving mom...
such simple words as 'i love you', that i never told her...
such simple things as buying my mom a dinner.
such simple things as buying her pretty clothes... that i never did...
and still, my mom loved me til her very end....
im sorry..
it wasnt my mom that was the retard with one eye...
it was me, that....
all these things i realized too late... mother, please forgive me...
mother, im sorry... im so sorry.....
and the words i never got around to telling you,....
i love you.
...i love you mom...
my mom only had one eye.i hated her... she was such an embarrassment..my mom ran a small shop at a flea market.she collected little weeds and such to sell...anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment.there was this one day during elementary school..it was field day, and my mom came.i was so embarrassed. how could she do this tome? i threw her a hateful look and ran out.the next day at school..."your mom only has one eye?!?!" ..and they taunted me.i wished that my mom would just dissappear from this world so i said to my mom,"mom.. why dont you have the other eye?! if you're only gonna make me a laughingstock, why dont you just die?!!!"my mom did not respond..i guess i felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt good to think that i had said what i'd wanted tosay all this time..maybe it was because my mom hadnt punished me,but i didnt think that i had hurt her feelings very badly.that night...i woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water.my mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me.i took a look at her, then turned away.because of the thing i had said to her earlier, there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart.even so, i hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. so i told myself that i would grow up and become successful.cause i hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty..then i studied real hard.i left my mother and came to Seoul and studied,and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence i had.then, i got married.i bought a house of my own.then i had kids, too..now i'm living happily as a successful man.i like it here because it's a place that doesnt remind me of my mom.this happiness was getting bigger and bigger ,when ..what?!who's this?!...it was my mother.....still with her one eye.it felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me.my little girl ran away, scared of my mom's eye.and i asked her,"who are you?!""i dont know you!!!" as if trying to make that real. i screamed at her," how dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!""GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"and to this, my mother quietly answered,"oh, i'm so sorry. i may have gotten the wrong address,"and she dissappeared out of sight.thank good ness... she doesnt recognize me..i was quite relieved.i told myself that i wasnt going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life.then a wave of relief came upon me...one day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. so, lying to my wife that i was going on a business trip, i went.after the reunion, i went down to the old shack,that i used to call a house...just out of curiosity there, i found my mother fallen on the cold ground.but i did not shed a single tear.she had a piece of paper in her hand.... it was a letter to me. my son...i think my life has been long enough now..and... i wont visit Seoul anymore...but would it be too much to ask if i wanted you to come visit me once in a while?i miss you so much.. and i was so glad when i heard you were coming for the reunion.but i decided not to go to the school....for you...and i'm sorry that i only have one eye, and i was an embarrassment for you. you see, when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. as a mom, i couldnt stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye... so i gave you mine...i was so proud of my son that was seeing awhole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. i was never upset at you for anything you did.. the couple times that you were angry with me,.. i thought to myself, 'it's because he loves me..'
my son... oh, my son...
i dont want you to cry for me, because of my death.
please dont cry....
my son, i love you so much.
something gripped the corner of my heart.
and tears were flowing from the eye that my mother had given me..
my mom... my loving mom...
such simple words as 'i love you', that i never told her...
such simple things as buying my mom a dinner.
such simple things as buying her pretty clothes... that i never did...
and still, my mom loved me til her very end....
im sorry..
it wasnt my mom that was the retard with one eye...
it was me, that....
all these things i realized too late... mother, please forgive me...
mother, im sorry... im so sorry.....
and the words i never got around to telling you,....
i love you.
...i love you mom...
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Expectations
Was thinking abt this ever since the start of exams one month ago n it reach it's peak 2 weeks ago when results was released. i've told myself i never wanted to hit any C but this time my first C pop-up for an elective tat i took out of desperation. i know some ppl would like to kill me after reading this for making a fuss out of just a C but as the title of this post states - it's all about "expectation". everybody have different capabilities, limits n moreover very different expectations in everything tat they do. Many aim to finish first but for some, reaching the finishing line is victory in their hearts. Have you seen a race where the person who finish last had more cheers and applause than the rest? well i have. it was not because he is a popular guy but because finishing tat race meant much more to him than any others who had no trouble finishing it. although a person like him will never finish first but he is a happier man than many others who aimed to finish first.
dun get me wrong, i'm not saying tat ppl should leave things to fate n be contented with wat they have without pushing themselves. it's not wrong for ppl to dream big things or set high goals but ppl have to understand their limits n set realistic goals. measure ur expectations upon your current ability n it's always good to set it abit higher.
the statement "Nothing is impossible" is a very misleading statement bcos it has a condition attached to it - TIME. centuries ago would anyone be able to fly? but of cos given the TIME of a few centuries, the airplane is created. so did anybody of the past survived the few centuries to fly on an airplane today? so it wasn't impossible tat men could soar the skies but was it possible for our ancestors who said "i wish i could fly like the birds". today, alot of things are termed, impossible such as "are we able to bring the dead back to life?" but how about a few centuries from now? will anyone of us survive to c it happen? this statement is only true to describe things over an infinite period of time simply because the future exist n it doesn't apply to a specific point of time.
"There never was, neither is there now, nor will there be a person who is wholly praised or wholly blamed"
dun get me wrong, i'm not saying tat ppl should leave things to fate n be contented with wat they have without pushing themselves. it's not wrong for ppl to dream big things or set high goals but ppl have to understand their limits n set realistic goals. measure ur expectations upon your current ability n it's always good to set it abit higher.
the statement "Nothing is impossible" is a very misleading statement bcos it has a condition attached to it - TIME. centuries ago would anyone be able to fly? but of cos given the TIME of a few centuries, the airplane is created. so did anybody of the past survived the few centuries to fly on an airplane today? so it wasn't impossible tat men could soar the skies but was it possible for our ancestors who said "i wish i could fly like the birds". today, alot of things are termed, impossible such as "are we able to bring the dead back to life?" but how about a few centuries from now? will anyone of us survive to c it happen? this statement is only true to describe things over an infinite period of time simply because the future exist n it doesn't apply to a specific point of time.
"There never was, neither is there now, nor will there be a person who is wholly praised or wholly blamed"
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