The Light Side: July 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

Life's Great!

Grateful. In every day of our lives we should be thankful, my SHARIAH 1 instructor said. I definitely agree with that.

From the moment we wake up, we should be grateful that we are alive. Well, here's a small part of the long list of the things I'm thankful for:

1. The hours that I've slept, it made me rest my tired mind, eyes and body.
2. The beautiful morning.
3. Even my uncle who happily thinks he had disturbed my sleep with that superloud songs in the player. Well, he does disturbs the sleep, but I'm thankful that he wakes us up that way, rather than shoving water in my face!
4. The fresh air I am able to take in as I wake up. The air gets polluted in the highway as I got to work and school.
5. The work I have! It gets me going.
6. My bosses, they are so kind to me, who's just a beginner in this field.
7. My colleagues, we are not of the same field, but as we are working in the same place, they are so friendly to me. I thought of myself as special, because I'm the only girl in the workplace as of the moment.
8. My sister, who's always there for me, through the best of times, and the worst of times.
9. My brother, who really annoys me quite a lot, but whom I rely on to crack a funny joke when I'm down.
10. My mom. Gosh, think of where I will be now if not for her! Every time I get sick, I think of my mom, and misses her.
11. My dad. All the things I'm able to do now I owe to him. He supported me when I thought I could not get through anymore, and he never said anything bad against me. He gives me constructive criticism, and even now I misses his loud voice, laughing at something wrong I've done, because he knows I could have done it better.
12. My lola, I really miss her. Everytime Christmas comes, I remember her, our Mrs. Santa Claus, who prepares the gifts around our little Christmas tree, and says it came from Santa. And we would readily believe, until we were 9 years old, we still believed that claim.
13. AND A WHOLE LOT MORE TO BE THANKFUL FOR! THE LIST NEVER ENDS...

So I wanted to extend my thanks to everyone and everything who hav touched my life. Truly, because of you all, LIFE"S GREAT!

The Scribbler's Yin Yang

Light Side and Dark Side.

The Yin and the Yang.

The presence of these two elements presents the balance of life. This is what I strongly believed in.

As you can see, the name I use is Soft Quill. This is what I usually project as my outside appearance. The inscriber, the seeker of the truth and knowledge.

Not wanting to disrupt the balance of the Yin Yang, I also go under the name Soft Kill, which can be said as a name befitting a murderer or a criminal. With this, I show my Dark Side. As every other ordinary people, I hide this side of me.

Soft Quill and Soft Kill. Cleverly, they have similar pronunciation.

In my Light Side, I am a student of the law, trying to understand the codes that punish the wrong and put the bad guy behind bars. Recognizing the fact that one's reputation is hard to build and fortify but is very much fragile that once destroyed it is hard to bring back, I try to keep my promises, even if it takes forever before I keep it. This is the real me.

In my Dark Side, I am the law breaker, constantly trying to find the loopholes provided by the crooked members of the legislative body who created laws that punish the ignorant small-time thief who tries to take a few cents from an average store-owner, but leaves the cunning legislators free to fatten themselves up with the money stolen from the people themselves in broad daylight. There's a thrill in learning that you can kill and yet escape from the punishments. This is also the real me.

So what have I learned by recognizing my Yin Yang?

Only this.

Life is tough. You've got to deal with it.

I let everyone see my Light Side. As for my Dark Side, I prefer to be concealed. Secrets are what makes a woman, a woman. Or so says one of my favorite villain in a manga.

See you around.