i have officially turned 24 years old on 26th January.
Old? Hmm...define "old" hehe
I can't believe it, i have been in this world for 24 long years!
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Better or for worse, i am truly thankful for 2008. I feel like the beginning of 2008 is a refreshing change from the monotonous and dull end of 2007.
I want to become stronger inside, happier and overall better person.
I don't want to be 10 years older and be ashamed of what i did 10 years ago. I want the me in the future and the me yesterday to be proud of who i am today.
This hope is not new, in fact i had it since i was little.
Actually, this hope has a strange origin because it was thought up by me when i was watching the cartoon "Doraemon"
Have u ever watched the cartoon or read its comics?
I think you should, what's so wrong about a little playfulness anyway? We shouldn't try to act mature every time. Sometimes it's nice to let go.
When I was little this cartoon is a must for me to watch :D
In this cartoon, there are two main characters; Nobita and Doraemon. Nobita is an innocent, naive and playful but sometimes unthinking ordinary kid that has a friend from the future called Doraemon. Doraemon is a robot in the form of a blue cat with no ears. Doraemon really cares for Nobita and is always there to help him in his misadventures even though Nobita exasperate him sometimes.
In addition to that, Nobita has 3 friends from school that always joins Nobita in his misadventures: Sizuka (the love of Nobita's life), Giant (the fat bully) and Sinyu (the rich-and-always-showing-off friend with zig zag hair).
With me so far? haha, quite an odd bunch right? here is an image of the whole gang ==>
Ok, so back to the origin of the hope (sorry for the sidetracking hehe)...In this cartoon, Nobita is able to visit his future using a time machine located in his study table drawer (imagine: a drawer that opens up a whole new world)
Firstly, he went back to the time of his ancestors but was disappointed to discover that his ancestors was only a lazy good-for-nothing farmer that has no drive to become better. Then,he visited himself when he was born and he heard and saw all the happiness and hope of his parents for the birth of their son. Lastly, he visited his future but he was again disappointed to see that he has not become what he hoped to be. The him in the future was still the same lazy good for nothing guy struggling in a job with low pay, his attitude out the window and also managed to lose the love of his life Sizuka. He was alarmed with what he discovered and was angry at the him in the future for being useless and did his best to turn things around (Kinda like the film Back to the Future starring Micheal J. Fox).
Then he went home, quite down and sad with what he now knew.
When he climbed out of the drawer, to his great surprise he saw the him in future in front of him. But then the tables turned. The him in the future was blaming him for all the things that happened and demanded the reason why he did not think it was worthwhile to change his bad habits there and then and aspire to be better?
Nobita was speechless. It did not occur to him that his actions now would affect who he was in the future.
Then, Nobita struck a deal with the him in the future that he will not remain good-for-nothing forever and would make a conscious effort to change for the better. In exchange for that, the him in the future promised that he would try everything in his power to achieve success and not to let Sizuka get away.
This is the story that makes me want to better now and not wait tomorrow. Because who can say that there is still tomorrow for us?
Nobita is so lucky that his future could come down to the present time and yell, WAKE UP!
But what about us? Who will keep us on track? Do we really need a voice from the future to realise where we are today?
Do we have tomorrow to repent for the things that we do today?
I don't know. The best thing is, don't wait to find out because time is running out. What you have is here and now, don't waste the chance.
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hehe, who would've thought that Doraemon could be so philosophical?
