26th December 1988 HongKong Singapore
Queens, NewYork Temasek Polytechnic
Nassau College
Business major
Dancer
B.I.Crew X Ovation Crew X TPDE X Marvel Crew
dance obsessively, excessively.
"Always always always...Keep it real But never too quick to judge, my friend."
Sept 1 - School Reopens
Sept 5 - StonyBrook Visit
Sept 6 - Hangout with poppers
Sept 14 - One year
Sept 19 - Observation night
Sept 29 - Mothership Funknight 3
Oct XX - King of NY
Date / Time : Thursday, February 25, 2010 / 11:59 PM
“IMPERMANENCE – THINGS CHANGE” Whether we learnt to embrace the hard fact or not, the ugly truth is, nothing in this world will ever stop evolving as long as the hands of time remain functional.
Just ten years ago, I was still a naïve little boy, bragging how wonderful this deceptive world could be, living under a shield of parental love, whining my way to get those tiny palm on a scoop of Ben N Jerry ice-cream. Yet, today, no matter how much I missed those days, it could never be the same anymore, as time hadforced us to grow up, to face the much complicated, twisted society. As I move on to different stages of life, I came to a personal realization, thatlife can be such a bitch, because all good things don’t last, bad days strikes you with a sucker punch. Most of the time, you just had to keep one eye shut and live with it. That’s life, how impermanence.
In a religious setting, such as Buddhism, it was told, that this world we are living in, is an ever-shifting space on all levels of existence. In fact, those that has not yet accepted change as a natural state of nature is denying the reality, as we come into being and pass away. All is in a cycle, nothing outruns this inescapable change, and because of this transitory nature, people are therefore afraid of change, and at the end of it all, to be transformed into a non-existent being - death.
As suggested on it being an ever-changing environment on all levels of existence, Impermanence, could come in so many different possible forms, varies in its nature and impacts on diverse aspect of life. For instance, a good form of example would be a human life cycle.Beings were blessed with a positive change in physique as we stroll through our puberty stages, to gradually weaken as we hit the retirement age of 60. The nature of this change tends to be genuine, with a specific pattern as of how it is being set to change. It then directly causes impacts, which in this case, perhaps could be our daily in-and-out activities, alertness and sensitivity of the five senses, as we grow old.
At a different level, Impermanence could come in a larger scale of effect. When the world starts to merge towards a new age of technology, millions were found unemployed. Job opportunities have been diminished by the fact that machines are now the perfect labor for men. To counter for the above changes, we ourselves, have no alternative but to alter ourselves in order to survive the current era. Individuals had to equip themselves with other skills, take appropriate changes to themselves, and this, proves why Impermanencealways exist, as change creates a ripple effects without fail, and we beings live in a ever-changing world , like a game of domino.
Impermanence, however, always brings about changes that are not desired by us. Someof them are within our locus of control, while some just make us helpless. When we are having a lecture in campus, the professor will always inform students before hand, about the cancellation of class, switch of venue etc. These are actually changes that one could predict as it is being told and observed. Usually, we do not have many difficulties in adjusting to pre-warned changes other than a little rant, like a tax increase.
However, the real pain is yet to come; those that we couldn’t foresee, those that we couldn’t prevent. Just recently, Haiti had been going through a major earthquake that took away thousands of life. It was brutal and unexpected, as the survivors broke down over their loss of property, loss of their loved ones. Sometimes, it makes us wonder, we could have saved so many innocent life-forms, just if all of which, are within our grasp. Also, some impermanence, like death for example, is a nature of change, we hate to accept it, but it is just the way it is. All beings are subjected to pass on after their life energy was depleted completely. What should we do tackle these cruel judgments of Impermanence?
Today, people fights against Impermanence. We make full use of our knowledge and technology, to reduce the amount of Impermanence. Some of which were observed, and we are working our way in preventing the change to occur. One good example would be the depletion of Ozone layer, as we do all we can, holding the Iceland intact, introducing more environment-friendly products. On the other hand, those that we couldn’t prevent, like the weather, is being forecasted and a warning is bring broadcasted for us to do appropriate measures. On the higher end of science, we are even trying to alter and merge our DNA with other life-form, to lengthen our lifespan.
Still, at the moment we could not possibly seize all kind of impermanence, and in my opinion, we never will, as we are living in a world, suffering from a domino effect of Impermanence. Yet, not all changes are bad, and we need changes to drive each individual to improve. You and I could do so much to cause a change in the Impermanence. We don’t necessarily need to rely on others to prevent nasty impermanence. How about you smile to the one next to you now, to make a positive change for the rest of his/her day?
Essaying, Shin.
Makes me wonder.
Date / Time : Tuesday, February 16, 2010 / 12:42 AM
It seems to me Newyork, still not the ultimate place for us to settle down.
A 3rd migration plan would be crazy...
Im so darn sick and tired of re-adjusting myself to new places.
Dad suggested China, no offence, but personally, i kinda hate that place, even though people like us would be in high demand there.
So what?
i want the culture, i want the scene, i want the people, i want the lifestyle.
And i seriously think we should head for something higher, like California or something.
That would make more sense to me.
I don't want to live a easier life.
I want a life of Martin, of us.
Final Destination to somewhere, Shin.
Go Martin.
Date / Time : Saturday, February 06, 2010 / 11:41 AM
Keep ur head's up, i know u know things will get better as time goes.
Ain't no easy to start all over,
let's not rush it.
In fact, its getting good no?
Start to have some communication with classmates in school despite this college culture's more of like the commute system, as told by my cousin.
And then, Luam class every week neveer failed to make my blood boiled for some groove. Got a dance session tmr, and Streetz training starting next weekend. niceee. it feels like, things are getting into the right places.
And know what? i had my first on-road driving experience. It was mad fun, and somewhat, easier than i thought it would be. March, i will be driving my Toyota crossing city and state, all I WANT. PWNAGE. Can't wait to get my hand on that lic.
Sometimes...it feels....really lonely. But what can i do, i can't rush things now. How I wish, god will bring some nice friends and opportunities for me to shine again, asap.
MartinShin, ur mad dope and nice, just wait for ur time to come. That's what i believe! HAHA.
I have faith in myself, to make it better, day by day.