Friday, October 08, 2004 ' 10:53 PM Y
& your soul is all i ever wanted
Try out?
Okay after reading all the marvelous essays in the MPH competition (those who opened da URL i pasted will know what I'm talking about) I've decided I'd like to try and compose a bit too....as I have been thinking about it for the past few days and need to get it out of my system. But first, THANK YOU DARELL!! I LOVE THE BOOK!! *yeah i read it adi* haha!! I totally reccomend this book, my teacher ahs reccomended it before too, its called 'Tuesdays With Morrie" and all those people with insight MUST read it. I sped read it in about an hour, and it made me teary eyed (can you believe it) so I'll be reading it properly after my SPM. Erm, next thing I wanna mention is the nice compliment I received this morning, must record it somewhere before i forget it...heehee....my aunty said that I have lost weight!! Oh this is the best news I've had in.....a .....month? week? year?? Well I'm very happy nonetheless, as I feel that I seem to be eating more than ever. Of course, as i type this, my face is dotted with lil red.....dots......so many in number...and so obvious too...in fact I'm getting critism every where. Oh well that balances it out for my looks! Erm...i have loads to say, only I can't really remember what I had planned to blog this morning *uh-oh* so I'll just get down to composing! If you don't feel like reading it, its okay.......I'm just trying to get rid of these.....sentences that keep floating in my head! Well...here goes!
Generation Gap?
The aim of every teenager, or so it seems, is to be stereotyped. Teens wear the same fashions, gush over the same artists and typically watch TV, listen to the radio, and play on the internet all the time. Well, here's news for you, this sixteen-year old teen in Shah Alam has a different idea in mind, thank you very much! I do not wear the current editions of skimpy clothing and do not have the very 'in' layered and straightened hair, do not wear high heels and heaven forbid, do not gush over most of today's current artists! I do play on the internet all the time though, but that is normally on my blog and on a website called Neopets. In fact, I have officially declared a 'Generation Gap' between me and my fellow teens!
Some people may say I'm merely uttering nonsense, how can one declare a gap between those who are from the very same generation as one is? Well its simple, really. My opinion of a generation gap concerns not the different ages of the people involved, but rather the tastes and mindsets that they posses which seperate and divide them from others. As humans are very sociable beings, I feel that we form groups base on the common factor of age. Thus creating the many different generations of Baby Boomers and whatnot. Each 'generation' has different preferences in various matters, such as music for instance. That's how we have so many quarrels and fights between youth and adults, most matters revolve around the different views and opinions we have. There are exceptions though. And I happen to be one of them.
Not many teenagers proclaim to be different. Nonetheless, I AM different! And proud of it too, though it sometimes can complicate my life due to the slightly stereotyped perceptions my friends have ingrained into me. First of all, my favourite songs are not sung by artists like Usher, or Madonna, or Hillary Duff and not even Britney. Some of my favourite songs aren't even known by my friends, such as 'Shall I Tell You' by the late singer Skeeter Davis. Heck, I'm not even sure if my friends know who Skeeter Davis is! Not even a more recent song by Klymaxx, 'I Miss You' rings a bell for them. I just have to face it, I'm a fan of the oldies! My dad adores telling his friends of my 'special' taste in music, and sometimes I find it a little embarassing, as he tells this to my friends too! At least I do listen to a few happening arists, Clay Aiken for example. I still draw the line at heavy metal rock though, I never did find a niche for that stuff in my life.
Music is one issue. Shopping is another. Somehow a wide majority of the teenage girls population revel in shopping. Me...i like the occasional shopping trip as much as anyone else, but I simply CANNOT bring myself to walk around a shopping mall for over 3 hours. First of all, I find it too tiring, second, boring and third, a waste of time. No need to walk around in circles, thank you. Just dump me at the nearest bookstore and I'll be happy. Don't get me wrong, I like new stuff just as much as anyone else....its just that I have a lower tolerance towards walking around shops where I won't end up buying anything. Reason number one for me to only go shopping during big sales.
Hm..another 400 words to go for this essay, so let me broach the subject of my role in society, after all, I'm supposed to write about myself right? Personally, I love society, and can interact with people once I've gotten over my initial shyness after the first introduction. However, beware, as once I get excited, I tend to spew out my thoughts in an array of words that zip past faster than a locomotive. Well, at least that's what my friends say. I also tend to have a very cutting tounge when irritated, and can be very snappish too. Of course, this gives people good reason not to irritate me, for which I am very grateful, as I sometimes find it difficult to curb my tounge. Anyway I have decided that my role in society is to contribute as much as possible to other people, which is why I enjoy charity work and helping people. Of course, it also means I tend to unnessacarily poke my nose into other people's buisness.
Conclusion? I'm a not-so-tall, not-so-good-looking,
not-so-thin, not-so-bright music loving teen who, as all the other teens out there, is still looking for her place in this world. And who also thinks that this essay, as all of her other compositions, could be better. Nonetheless, this is purely for fun, as I can't stand the awful drilling noise in the back ground that is knpcking on my brain, and making it unable to comtinue any longer! So, to the world out there, just wait for the day I decide to take writing by the storm! (Which isn't going to be happening soon, judging by the 25 days I have to my SPM....)
