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• 30/09/2008 @ 11:05 ant said

  

  Hi Mr Ign, Welcome to the Wall - who do you think are the "grown ups" not prepared for your growing?

  I wonder if so many of us older adults are already tired of losing our dreams of youth that we feel defeated - and have forgotten the wonderful mysteries of life?

  Everything I seem to experience is about "surviving" - I miss the times of dreams and hopes. ant x

• 30/09/2008 @ 13:25 MrIgn said

  

  to be honest... i'll tel u my side of the story. for example, u know how hypocrite politics is, at the workplace dealing with bosses, how so called 'good relationships' with ppl get someone going and ease themselves in dissolving in the society. my mum owes said, ' the world is like this, you will have to face the truth. the world is not like fairy tales where every ending is a happy ever after type.' grown ups literally means everyone... i have to write 3 pages of an article about global warming and yet, ppl are 'trying very hard' to solve this problem, yeah right.

  dreams and hopes? oh.. im getting kinda scared and worried to face the world... cos i need to lose that hope and happiness with no worries when i was a child, and when i can share almost everything with my friends in school. in the adult world, hopes, dreams, friendship, honesty... it slowly fades away.

  hope to hear from you soon ^^

• 01/10/2008 @ 10:47 ant said

  

  Well it takes just a bit of courage and energy to keep up hopes and dreams as an adult - I decided nearly three decades ago to work towards a different society - not a lot of people understand or even agree that it is possible but a lot of people generously wish me good luck (and probably think I am crazy). There is nothing stopping you having dreams and hopes and honesty - it's just that it is a fairly lonely kind of corner of society. But it is there and it is worthwhile but as everyone gets older the number of my peers shrink but there are always those who are resilient and who don't want to give up just because it is feeling difficult.

  When it comes to the environment - well I am cynical about the motivations - so many talk about sustainability -which is a compromise for regeneration - fear those who worship the market for it is really that which overwhelms all.

  And as for fairy tales -= child abuse, gender based discrimination, murder, and on it goes - they were fairly scary stories - much like the real world in fact.

  Have you had the chance to check out Tim Flannery's the Weathermakers? might be worth a search on the web. ant xxxx

• 01/10/2008 @ 17:54 MrIgn said

  

  I know there's ups and downs... roller coaster rides... I cant deny the fact that there is and are hopes, honesty, dreams, kindness, every ounce of goodness in this world... But we cant deny the fact that its deteriorating... IF.. everyone clings on to their high school moral and ethic teachings... IF... every adolescene cling on to their dreams after high school... IF parents just show some love to their children... IF... we reduce the amount of pollutants we use... Its all If's...
  We cant deny there's good and bads.. pros and cons... the real fact of the world is that people are deteriorating... getting more and more uncivilized... I know as a soon to be grown up i have to face the society... and to blend in it, I need to abandon AT LEAST some of the goodness of an innocent child for my life. The IF's are getting fake... Or maybe im living in a country with a stigma of the IF's that we promise and abandoning it... well i don know... maybe its a global crisis i persume?

  I've been to every corner of the world... Seen more than the people in my city... Thought more than how to earn money... But what can i do? when i critisize on something, my mum always said, ' ure only a teenager!' Racist, Age Discrimination, sexism, hypocricy... I c it so clearly... and yet, I cant do anything... and the worse part of it is that sooner or later i have to go studying most probably in the capital. The big city, where controversies are numerous... and just to get a more confident A in my assignments, I MUST NOT MESS UP MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LECTURER... I hate it... Its hypocrite...

  Last but not least, I really hope you understand... Im stuck in the middle... between good and bad... Between my dreams... and the world's dreams.. The societies hopes, and its ugly sight to bear...

• 01/10/2008 @ 23:11 ant said

  

  Yes I feel also that the world is deteriorating and so are the world's communities.

  Why do you see that you must abandon some of the goodness of an innocent child in order to enter into Society.

  Maybe when you find your own place in the adult world you will find that there are others like you who find a way to live a true life.

  Your mum sounds very angry and cynical - maybe she had a similar experience?

  What are you studying? Does it magnify the sense of ugliness you are seeing around you?

  For all that there is ugliness return to nature and see the magnificence of what is beautiful and good. There is still a balance in some parts of the world - and if we keep in a strong relationship with those parts we can remain more strongly connected to goodness.

  Yes I understand - my own journey has taken me to many places of trying to find a way of seeing out others like me - though many belief systems in the search and knowing that we are without time - the pressure to work for greater understanding - need for more love and respect for our connections with the earth and each other is a major driver for me.

  Take care and don't stop caring ant xx

• 02/10/2008 @ 03:43 MrIgn said

  

  im studying something similar to O level. but its torture in our country. Its called SPM... Im taking up 13 subjects cos the society belives tat taking more subjects wins u more credit.
  im interested in furthering my studies in medicine. but ive been wondering if im capable of doing this.

  thank you so much. i saw an article on this web page... and i thought it might b a fun way to express. but in my mind i also thought it might be me alone blabbering bout my feelings without anyone shining hope on my thoughts. thank you so much.

  my big exam is right around the corner and i really need to strive as hard as possible. would you kindly leave your email? or just add me at ignatiusliew91@hotmail.com... thank you so much... i should open a society club in the future called GOOD PEOPLE SOCIETY...

  once again.. thank you... take care. May God bless you.

• 03/10/2008 @ 00:19 UMxx said

  

  Just caught up here - have you looked at the web - for information about "future studies" - about development of humanist societies? Don't go there while you are studying for your exams - but there are a range of papers there that might interest you - sounds like you are already half way there in terms of your interest in social development . UM xx