Today, I was reminded of Love.

Well, after posting something that I've not really put much thought into, I'll like to make it up with this one. As teenagers, Love's been a hot topic for many of us out there, and it is definitely one of the key factors that either kill us, or help us. Love is indeed one of the greatest power ever created in this world, and I believe that it's something that most of us would like to talk about too.

Love, is a feeling of warmth, a simply liking for something, or even a crush for another person. There are many forms of love, and every single form has some sort of power in them too. Kinship, Friendship, Companionship, Relationship. These are usually the words to describe different forms of love, and I believe at this age, most people would be more involved in Friendship and Companionship. Personally, I'm also more involved in Friendship and Companionship.

Well, I still remember the times when I had spent with my friends in my primary school, and I was really fortunate, to have met so many of them at that point of time too. Being a short and plump kid, I didn't really have much confidence in myself, and until now, I still can't really believe the fact that I had friends when I'd actually looked like something that I can't even reconize. Sorry if this pains certain of you readers out there, but, all I was trying to say was that, I was really grateful with my younger friends, because at that time, few would be mature enough to look beyond one's looks.

Having said that, I do cherish what my friends have done for me. There were instances where I got into trouble and all, but my friends were out there to look out for me. There was this incident where I had accidentally hit a school bully in his face with a basketball during a match, and when I was abou to get beaten up by him, Y.X had come to my rescue, pulling me back and getting off together. Well, we did apologize to that kid, but he wasn't understanding and so we had chosen to run off. Haha, memories. These little incidents would always seem so significant at times. Especially when one tries to calm down one's mind, and just look back at the past a little, so as to learn from mistakes and also to relive happy events and so on.

Friends are always reliable of course, through time too. I believe that the longer you and your friends knew each other, the stronger the bond between the two sides. Personally, I have a couple of friends who share with me a 10-year bond or something, pretty cool I must say, and I'm glad that we'd actually lasted this long. I believe that you guys out there have friends like that too.

Anyway, friends are just like your limbs, they support you almost everyday, very important in our daily lives and all. However, one should never forget, that our Family's important too. Although friends may seem to be important to us right now, our family's always the base of everything, and some things that our families do aren't always seen or felt, for we often take them for granted.

I'll take my family as an example. Every Sunday morning, my mum would fry beehoon for our entire family, waking up at around 8, and prepare breakfast by 9. At times, her beehoon would taste pretty horrible, and my dad or my sister would go whining because of the food. Well, indeed, complaining may do some good to my mum's cooking skills, but I thought that praising her would've been a better choice. So, I told my mum, "Thanks for preparing breakfast." That's all.

These little actions may seem pretty insignificant, but slowly, when you sit down and think, they are actually very important to note. Your mum or dad may have kissed you good night, passed you something that you had wanted, driven you to school, greeted you in the morning, served you food, asked about your school work, given you your weekly allowances and so on. These are all acts of love. Simple things like these should always be appreciated, and that's where I move on to Companionship.

At this age, as we rely too much on our friends, we tend to seek for Companions, mainly boyfriends or girlfriends. We notice that most people are not able to handle these relationships well, while some others are able to. What made the difference? Personally, I think it's due to the fact that the successful ones are often those who care more for their family.

In one way or another, we are all Companions. To learn how to appreciate another person's abilities and actions isn't really that hard once you've come to learn more about that particular person. To even appreciate the most little of things would touch the person, and let the person know that you actually care and acknowledge what he or she had done for you. BGRs do not last long, and they are mostly broken due to stress, inability to cope, and also conflicts. Why? From my point of view, it's just because people treat their partners differently.

I believe that the best way would be, to treat he or she as a family member. In our families, we do get conflicts and arguments, but they often end quickly without any 'side effects'. Well, this is also due to the fact that we've become so used to each other that things like these are just part of the cycle. Isn't this what it's all about? Isn't this the way we treat our loved ones too? We always accept our family and friends equally, we give them space, we know their weaknesses and their strengths, and we forgive them for their sins, liking them the way they are.

Love, for this case, would be to accept the person for who he or she really is. The action of acceptance would acknowledge that the particular person is being appreciated for what he or she truly is. Everyone likes to be unique, everyone wants to be different from the rest, everyone wants to be themselves. Would anyone like to live in another person's shadow? Unrecognized, unappreciated, unacknowledged?

Appreciation is a form of acceptance. I believe that appreciation is an act of love too, for appreciation accepts a person and acknowledges a person for what he or she had done. Be it your family members, be it your friends, be it your companions, appreciation, is definitely something that everyone would like.

It's never too late to express your appreciation for others. Do it even in the simplest of actions, and try to brighten up their day just by giving them a hug, a handshake, or even an sms. You would want to be appreciated too, wont you?

Today, yesterday, and tomorrow.

Well, today, I'd just decided to write something about today, yesterday and tomorrow. Just by looking at it, I think most of you out there would think that it's just something that had happened just yesterday, or today, or what's gonna happen tomorrow. However, this isn't the case. The title simply means, a simple life.

Looking at myself today, I'd just found out that life's as pointless as usual, because it was so cliched and all. I had to go to school, study for tests, take them, and just wait for the results later on. Life's all about school? Well, that's what I'd always thought, when I had lost all motivation and peseverance to fight on towards my dream.

Now, we all have dreams, but, I wouldn't know your's if you hadn't shared it with me. My dream, as stated so many times, is to become the character and storyboard designer for Final Fantasy XIX (19). Despite me talking about how confident and how I'm going about to achieve my goal, I still lack self confidence, for having this dream to come true is as similar as walking on clouds, at least that's what I think.

Friends are always there to support me, but there are those who discourage me from going forward, for they too are concerned, and hoped that I wouldn't spend too much time for something they thought was unachievable. I appreciate that my friends are trying their best not to get my hopes too high, but I must say that I am not a person who would succumb to such difficulties. The reason?

I want my life to be meaningful. Today, it may have seemed as though it's a day for my biology test. Yesterday, it may have seemed as though it was a day for revising biology. Tomorrow, it may seem as though I would revise for my maths test on Wednesday. Is this what I want in my life? Is this what all of you want? I don't really think so.

Personally, I define simple life as a satisfied life, not materialistically, but spiritually and psychologically. I may have all the money and all, but I may not have the time or rather, energy to use them well. It'd always be better if you put what you have right now into good use, isn't it?

Yesterday, I learnt more about the world, through my biology revision. Today, I was reminded that I shouldn't take things for granted, by the Hospice talk in school. Tomorrow, I shall spend my time and energy, to live a simple life, instead of living a chained life. I'll take things into my hands, and do whatever I wish to, be it pursuing a dream that most people would think it'd never be fulfilled, or even daydreaming about whatever awaits my in the future.

Today, yesterday, and tomorrow, all of them shall be the days that I'll spend with happiness, laughter, and joy. A simple life, a life that you'd always live with, as long as you stay positive on whatever you're doing.

Well, to those who have tried stopping me from achieving my dream, I thank you for being caring as I know all of you have meant well so as to not let me hurt too much when I do fail in the future.

For those who have supported me in my way or another, I thank you all for the encouragement, and I will definitely do my best to walk on clouds.