The sad thing about people who write well.
*This a post of sweeping statements. Be warned.*
I keep seeing this across-the-board message that screams through the lines of other people's rants about straying husbands, lying politicians, and monstrous mother-in-laws. Or lawless policemen, penny-sucking businessmen, and pretty young things with unbelievable lengths of legs. Its this sad, pathetic and unfortunate view of our earth and these group of people, they're all complaining about the same thing,
'The world sucks, my life sucks, you suck, he sucks, she sucks, the building sucks, the toilet sucks, coffee sucks, damn it the whole damn world sucks and here am I writing about it, and damn it you know its true because I can articulate the whole thing and you know it that everything I say is accurately true. Because I can write, therefore I'm right.'
It's sad because talent that can be used to deliberate on the brighter side of things, IMHO, is now used to repeatedly drum into oneself the hopelessness of being a citizen of earth, of being a part of life. Aish.
Now because I believe I'm one of you who also writes rather well (I a bit perasan, can or not?), I have to say this reflection of myself in the huge mirror called the Internet and the community called the Blogosphere freaks the shit out of me. What the hell are we doing, constantly brainwashing ourselves into a circling torture-room of hopelessness. The irony is this, while we acknowledge that we've got this talent to express our feelings and our thoughts in ways that other people want to say, we're stuck inside that comfort zone of expressiveness, and hardly move from there. We talk a lot and then we turn all these expressions of thoughts into circles of endless rantings, and then after a while, instead of doing something that is contributive, we turn into the old witch down the downtrodden road that's now sitting grumpily in her rundown shack, complaining about cobwebs, cockroaches and rotten wooden rocking chairs, and doing quite nothing to change the pathetic situation of things.
The results are obvious: Bush ends up thinking that the Apec summit is the Opec summit, and still remains the President, and we're looking at a generation of misfit leaders across the globe that are surely guiding our beloved Planet Earth to doom. Must this era be The Book of Revelation coming into the present? Come on lah, surely there's more to all of this than sitting behind our state-of-the-art computer pads and complaining the last breaths out of our fatigued brains?
There has to be more to life than all of this.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:39 am
“There has to be more to life than all of this.”
Yes there is - there’s kayaking!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:35 am
There’s football!
September 10th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Sadly, it is true especially when people are writing about the things in Malaysia. I mean, all the bloggers tend to dwell on the negative things. I am sureth ere are so many beautiful things, positive aspects that people can write about and feel good about ourselves…
We understand that there are aspects of our country that are not perfect, but if we keep harping on them it may get worse in our brain and in perception… why not write about the good things… the occasional samaritans, the courteous taxi drivers, the pakcik and makcik who are helpful and thoughtful.. people who work for the community…
maybe a new approach to blogging should be encouraged, a new movement… positive blogging?
September 10th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
If it’s to be, it’s up to me!
Sadly, not many people take up personal responsibility on things but rather just enjoy bitching about the sad conditions, etc. It’s dissapointing that everyone plays the blame game, it’s always other people’s fault = it’s not my fault, so I don’t need to change…
Pathetic but true…
September 10th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Happiness is a choice. So is positivity. That’s the thing some articulate people are yet to realise, I guess?
As for the doomsayers, leave them to sit at their hallelujah bus-stops and let them be. The End was supposed to arrive in WW2, and again in 1970-something, and then again in Y2K. They seem to forget or have overlooked the part that says ‘no man knoweth the time nor day of the end’.
The rest of us can move on, be productive and perhaps walk the talk. Here’s hoping they will too.
September 10th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
haiyah. we all not so intelligence mar. like to complaint only, know how to writing only, but donno how to doing. gyahahaha.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
This is why Project Happy Malaysia was one of my best contributions to mankind.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
ok… you’re talking about me right… i know…i know…
September 10th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I write positive! At least I try to. Always, always have this tendency to focus on the dark too but I make an effort to sound happy / positive at least on my blog & a bit in interactions. But can’t help it intrapersonally most of the time though. So I guess this is a facade
If there’s one really dark person around, that’d be me. I’m in the deepest, darkest, most rotten corner of the world.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
The attempts of trying to be positive in this land, will surely take its toll on you, sooner or later. There is not much to look forward to, really. But in the midst of such crappiness in this land, there is still hope,
we have Nicole david who is the world champion in squash? Or get 2nd place in a sport that don’t matter, “lawnball?â€.
WAKAKAKA.
See, look at the positive side of it.
*filling his cup with more caffeine*
September 11th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the teacher.
‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!’
All things are wearisome,
More than one can say.
Well, that’s my take on the world!
September 11th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
fuiyoh dabido: suddenly so biblical hahahahaha !!!
September 12th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Now because I believe I’m one of you who also writes rather well
True you do write rather well, but your picture even more nicer
September 12th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Claire - I am qualified as a Pastor. I just never got ordained!
[Or to be more precise, I didn't see the point, nor did I have the inclination to go into ministry].
September 16th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I think maybe those people are just looking for topic to write. You have already said, they are great writer. But they run out of topic so… They just chose any topic to write.