On Maturity
Dear TomHa,
It just suddenly occurred to me that I had or rather, have a blog which I once update with so much fervor. Then why the lag in updates? A lack of events? hardly, the few weeks had been really purposeful and boy did they pass by so quickly and so fast, I just cannot believe that July is actually ending soon. Darn, which also means, school's reopening soon and boy am I hating this dreadful feeling of 背着书包上学堂. The feeling is just irksome. Sad events, meaningful events, funny ones, and also, some that makes you see your true self in brighter and clearer light.

Of course, if you actually think that I am actually going to recount all those events one by one then you are darn wrong, because some are just too sad to be recounted and when you look bad you wouldn't want to have anything to do with it. Yes, tribulations, turbulences, birth, sickness, and death are part of life and I suppose that when you look back, you wouldn't want to be looking back in the first place. Forgive my murmmurings over here.

So I am just going to go back to the topic which this title actually suggests, on maturity. All my nineTEEN years of life, the only definition of maturity that I had come about and felt deeply most about would be taking responsibility. Afterall, you would not be called a matured person if you can't even complete the task of being responsible to yourself and the people around you.

Responsibility encompasses a lot of things. It involves you taking responsibility for your actions, what you speak and even, what you think. It really involves in you being answerable to not only yourself, but also, those around you, whether they get affected or not. When you make a decision, can you be answerable to the fact that you had done whatever in your might to please the people around you and yourself. Thus, it is never easy to be a matured person and of course comes a price tag. That you would be sacrificing your freedom to excercise whatever you want, whenever you like it. That should be a part of maturity, whether you like it or not.

So in the end, after playing around for one full circle, we come to the point of being accountable. Does it mean to be irresponsible to quit a society by issuing a letter of resignation to everyone in that society or would you rather someone who never appears in that place ever again and changed his handphone number to make himself uncontactable? Does it mean to be immature or worse, childish when you go all out to make sure that the people around you have fun by acting stupid and giving nonsensical jokes that aren't even funny? Does it mean to be a responsible person when you can't even be responsible to your family needs when, your kins aren't able to provide the kind of life that you seek and yet you still go about seeking it? Is it even responsible to act like you do not give two hoots about the whole wide world, when your friends just wanna hang out with you and take a peek or two at how you are getting on with life and yet all they get is rude comments?

All right I am done with questioning. So in conclusion, maturity just means being accountable to yourself, and the people around you. In my opinion, my brand of maturity is to try and make people laugh with my brand of humor which is rather unfunny. Laughter makes the world a better place. For that, I think that comedians who can actually make people laugh their hearts out are just great people. Jack Neo, Stephen Chow, and many others who had make you laughed till tears and stomache come acalling to give your white blood cells a battle are just great personalities to emulate. Sure there are times to be serious. But if you think about it, in the end, the reason why people are serious is so that they can relax in the end. So in the end, is my ambition going to change albeit again from being a firefighter? Perhaps not, in fact, it just strengthens my resolve to be one. One who is serious in rescuing the people from the fires and disaster, and also, one who is able to cheer the survivors up. Afterall, I supposed that it is considerable harder for survivors than those who, unfortunately, passed on to the other world in the aftermath of the disaster.

Cheers!