ironic as life can be

Jiang Han dreams of becoming a TV show host.

she has everything that's needed to be a good host - she's smart, articulate and has the flair for it. so why did she get the rejection shakes all the time? they said she's not pretty enough.

and now Jiang is in her quest to be beautiful. she's braving the knife on the operation table and enduring those painful workouts just so that she could achieve her dream. she's taking charge of her life in this cruel world where physical beauty is far more superior that the inner ones. but at least she has the option and means to do it.

may your dream come true.
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a child sitting in front of an empty bowl, waiting for it to be filled with some food. her belly looks like a balloon, but her arms and legs are merely twigs. she looks ahead with her sunken eyes. when she cries, she has no tears.

does she have a dream?

(P/S: the scene above occurs in Nigeria)
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he had cancer. doctors told him there was no cure. they gave him 40% chance of living for the next five years since he was diagnosed with it.

he could not accept defeat, not even to this deadly illness. he pushed and pulled and he rose. last year he won his 7th Tour de France. he's retired. right now he's probably sitting on a beach somewhere in France with his three kids.

he is Lance Armstrong.

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if you can choose to live your life all over again, would you? or would you choose a different path altogether?

many, many of us dream of having a different kind of life. (that includes me, at some point of my life..) the grass on the neighbour's garden always looks greener from this side of the fence. but is it always?

when you choose a path to follow, do you wonder how it would be like to have taken a different one instead? would the other path be less tricky, would the flowers there brighter and smell better, and would there be less holes and thorns that slow you down or hurt your feet?

is it wise to jump over the fence to enjoy the greener pasture that you see, or is it better to plough your own garden and plant the grass yourselves?

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"optimism is not anything to be commanded or ordered."-Viktor Frankl-


P/S again: i'm thinking of opening a new blog site. since i've tried everything i know (not that i know that much,,, to make my profiles and previous posts appear again..hmm..this is sad.