My life, a simple life

As technology and civilization keep up the pace of modernization and advancement, so many things have changed, improved making lives of many so much better and comfortable. Look at the sky scrapers soaring up the heavens, underground dwellings together with tunnels linking up and cities forming over previously rustic, rural areas into bustling metropolis! Its happening everywhere.

With the booming economy roaring from with the 2 awaken giants of India and China, people are moving around as globalization fueling the respective push and pull factors. With all the different cultures and ideas circulating around amist the migrations, my feel is that new idealogies are slowing evolving.

The ferocious pace of life can literally consume an individual. As one steps out to the society to earn his/her keep, there are so much factors to weigh upon, so many decisions to commit to and relentless problems to tackle. As I end my academic phase and prep my initiation as a peon, there are mixed feelings. Excited to the fresh new environment awaiting, dampen by mundane of work life, anticipatory on the challenges that lies ahead, fearful of failure, confident that I will do a good job. I'm like a melting pot of emotions with everything fusing together.

I was introduced to a series of documentary by Xiao Ming on the engineering wonders and marvels of ancient civilizations. The egyptians with their magnificient pyrimids, romans have networks of underground canals and aquaducts and the chinese with the breathe-taking great wall. It wasnt the beauty and architectural brilliance but the amount of man-power, blood, sweat and toil which made things happened. Amazes me that the workers and citizens of ancient times really go all the way out fueling the constructions. The people of the past.... dont they have aspirations? Dreams they yearn for? Of course there are whippings and tortures to "motivate" but I am really awed by the people of the past.

They led such simple lifes. Well I am sure those were tough times, but I really admire the endurance for hardship and perseverance. Wondering if its fair for me to pen down this statement, but I feel the ppl of the olden days are so much more giving. Maybe they have lesser to tend to and thus live an easier life. Alas, lifes about decisions and choices. I'm still undecided which path I want to go.

A few more weeks, it'll be time to return and rander my services to my country. Many a times, I've heard of nasty remarks towards my career, many times I had to swallow my pride and ignore the hurtful insults. My wish, just a simple wish, I'll do my best and make all those selfish statements disappear.

Soldiering on,
pat