Post #24.

June Holidays. (17/06/2009)

Picture Discussion:

This picture depicts several people cheering in a sports stadium. I know that it is a stadium as there is seats available for spectators in the background, sheltered from the elements of the sun. Furthermore, in the foreground, several girls are cheering excitedly on a field, which proves my point that it is probably a stadium. In the foreground, the girls are school students, as they are wearing school uniforms. Probably they are cheering for their school's scoccer team, which is in the midst of playing. As seen from all their smiling faces, their school's scoccer team might have scored a goal, and they are extremely excited and probably proud of the achievement. In the middle foreground, a girl who is almost jumping from excitement might be thinking, 'This is it, our school will secure the position in the finals.' Thus, she is too happy at that point of time that she leaped for joy. After this picture was taken, they might be celebrating with the school's scoccer team about their victory, looking back at how the vital goal was scored due to their perfect teamwork. I think that it is definitely a good thing that more teenagers are engaged in sports or sports-related activities which allows them to exercise more, instead of cooper themselves in front of the computer all the while. If I were to give this picture a title, I would call it 'Purely joy'.

Conversation:

I used to be very conscious about how others would view me. It happened due to the change in academic levels, the transition from primary school to secondary school. I did not really know why that happened to me, but I vividly recall about how I realised I was wrong. I remember that when I was in secondary one, I had my socks pulled super high, my shirt fully tucked in, and was a model nerd student. Just once did someone "whispered" too loudly to his friend that affected me. He said, "Look at him, what a super nerd!" Just that line alone made me hurt. I wondered why I was called a nerd. No one had told me that I did not look "normal", neither do I think that I do not. So, I thought about it and one day, mustered enough courage to pull down my socks and not fully tuck in my shirt. I wondered if I was unlucky but the following day, a teacher caught me for my socks and told me to pull them up. I guess he was tired of catching students with ankle socks and he asked, "Why do students nowadays like to wear ankle socks?" I thought about it. Though I did not answer him back, but I went home to think about it. I was wrong. I was wrong to wear ankle socks just for the sake of wearing them to look "normal". I should not bother too much about how people view me, as long as I am upright and honest. Thereafter, I never wore ankle socks just for the sake of wearing them.