Tuesday, 2 February 2010
When i saw darling's FB status with this 2 words, i asked what it meant. He said: Seize the day. How meaningful, i thought to myself. After 1 or 2 months, i saw an ang moh with this 2 words tattooed on her shoulder. A search to be done for an answer to my curiosity was triggered; why would someone tattoo this 2 words?
A quick search on the internet and i got this:
The most famous of Horace\'s odes uses agricultural metaphors to
urge us to embrace the pleasures available in everyday life instead of relying on remote aspirations for the future - hence his immortal motto \"Carpe Diem\", or \"pluck the day\"
Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero – "Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future", an emphasis on making the most of current opportunities because life is short and time is fleeting – an existential caution.
I just took 5mins to reflect on my life in Jan 2010 after darling left my place. Seriously, i need to buck up. I took too many things for granted. Grandma fell ill, bosses returning to Tokyo office (which means I'm getting 2 new bosses), 2 capable colleagues whom i have depended on in work left and etc. Unless i buck up and pull my socks up, if not i will not be able to deal with the upcoming changes. Like what I've identified to myself in the previous post, this year is gonna be a fast and furious one.. I need to Stop skipping lessons and start revising. I don't want to regret (again) when my examination date nears, I don't want to cross my fingers till the results are released, I don't want to retake any module and I want to achieve the results I want. There's no free lunch in this world, i must work hard for what i want because things will not just happen by itself to go the way i want it to be.
Composed at 11:11 pm |
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