I
hope my title above could justify today’s blog post because the ability to
think and write is an art. Everyone can think intelligently and write amazingly
but what most of you are not aware is that writing is meant to express your
feelings, rebuild ideas and combine our thoughts together to create a new
family through our readers. My utmost apology playlist for using flowery vocabularies at certain sentences as I think I need the urge of applying them since the last
time I used them is when I was seventeen or eighteen which has been five years
now. Oh, how time flies!
We
often tend to overlook at things we do not understand instead of trying to
understand them so towards the end of my post, those bombastic words would probably had enough vacation in the Oxford dictionaries and I'll define the meaning of the vocabularies I have used throughout my post. I am saving your energy as well (Or probably you're not going to look after those words anyway). I
am here to share my knowledge because I strongly believe we should grow
together! *winks*
Why
did I choose writing to express instead of impress?
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| Not a Tumblr pict. That's me yo! |
The surest stairway to frustration is to write
to impress. You are not going to have an interesting depth as you might want it
to be if all you want to have is just a really good story in order to impress
your readers. Inadvertently, hopes and dreams are connected to the reaction of
those who read your work where you will only focus on your readers, not your story.
When you write to express, you look inward towards your life, your story, your
characters, your feelings. Potentially, a genuine relationship will be bonded
among your readers and you, yourself.
I am not hoping for my readers to be dazzled
with my sentences. My ultimate goal is to express my thoughts inwardly so that
I’d get a chance to look at myself beyond any limitations that possibly could
be. I tended to listen more than I spoke by enjoying far more interesting
stories from other people’s lives. I have experienced vicarious pain through
the stories of others but here I am today, to share a story of mine.
Just like some other ordinary human beings, I
do have many failures in life particularly in studies. I have never been a
school topper or even the smartest in family among my siblings. I have never
been the favourite student of any teacher(s) or lecturer(s); I don’t wish to be
one too. I never excelled in studies as outstanding as others do but language
has been my most favourite subject of all since I was a kid. I did not produce
excellent results in my both major examinations, PMR and SPM but I had a strong
passion which made me to obtain an A in my languages without fail for the love
I had, which I will continuously have on Tamizh, English and Malay of course.
As I stepped into Form Six, obtaining Band 3 for Malaysian University English
Test (MUET) was and is still an unexpected result which I could never forgive
myself. There were many people who believed I can but no, they were all wrong.
I was tormented by frustration when my dad said he thought I’d get Band 4 at
least. No, he did not scold me. No one said anything but that particular moment,
I shed tears. My concentration was shattered. I’ve never felt so bad for not
obtaining good results in any other subjects as I felt for MUET. At that very
moment, I realized I was constrained from applying any English related courses
majoring in Education.
I am clearly stating here, it took me months or
to be rigorous, years to overcome my failures and avert all those heart
wrenching drama(s) from revisiting me again and again. But today, I am writing
this with so much gratitude and gratefulness knowing that intelligence is not
measured by grades but with the knowledge I am able to transport with pleasure.
Happiness comes in various forms and mine comes
when my friends look for me to check on their assignments for proofreading or
Facebook statuses for grammatical or spelling errors. I might be an International Marketing
student but I am still an English teacher to some of my friends, they say. I truly believe that the joy and satisfaction which I get now is to sit and write articles on a proper language without making silly mistakes. Little happiness like this are beyond inexplicable which I look forward to in my life. Undoubtedly, I am still living in a language platform, broadening my knowledge. I still have a long way to go. I am
still in the progress of developing myself. I have my flaws too. I do make
mistakes but hey, what is a life without mistakes?
I wrote this with an utterance and mixed
feelings flowing through to this Universe. I believe I have expressed whatever I felt through my writing. To whoever reading this, no matter
what, be courageous and confident in life. Do not feel remorseful or shamefaced
of your failures. You don’t bring it along with your life, you grow with it to
become a stronger person than who you used to be.
Signing off,
Your not-so-good advisor :P
VOCABULARIES:
Inadvertently - Without intention/Unintentionally
Dazzled - Amazed
Vicarious - Experienced through the action/feelings of another person
Tormented - Experiencing severe physical or mental suffering
Rigorous - Exact/Accurate
Avert - Prevent
Utterance - A spoken word or written language
Remorseful - Filled with sorry or regretfulness
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