Memento Vivere

"Remember that you have to Live" it means in Latin.

So life has given me a week of tuition free week to allow me to catch up with my life's pace and events. Life has been going by so fast lately.... to the point that I can't keep track of what I have to do and what I should do. Or maybe I'm just not ready for all of it.... yet...


With projects in queue, assignments on demand, studies on hold, and me emotionally frustrated about everything adds up to a single attitude which most of us refer to as "Emo".

Yet, unfortunately for me, you, and everyone out there, being emo doesn't seem to solve anything. Although for me, I somehow love to spend myself being emo and helpless =) I don't mind being emo forever if I had all the time in the world and didn't have to worry about money, haha. However, as time passes, it seems, I may not have the luxury to continue doing so anymore.

Then again, sometimes in life, many times in fact... I get soOooOo emo, when I get the feeling.... of giving up... so many times I wish I could just abandon everything and disappear into thin air.... but... I realised that... given the chance to even try... is already an opportunity itself.... to put the effort into something, you should be lucky to already do that.

There are times when you feel that.... giving up seems to be the only way. Is there such a thing where giving up is the only option, the only way out? Maybe there are times like that... but not now... not here.... to me, even if the whole world says 'give up', even if everybody disagrees with what I do, there's only one thing I trust more than my own sense of logic in this world. And that would be my instincts... or so to say, my heart, and standing by that, is what I will do throughout this life.

I remember one of the boldest things I ever said to my mom was "I'm going, whether you like it or not."... .... when she forbade me from staying over at a friend's house. Apparently I'm still the same guy who said those words, haha... and ever since then... she always acknowledged the decisions I made on my own.


Memento Vivere. Remember to Live. No matter what life throws at you, the one and only thing you have to remember is.... to live. Giving up is always easy.... just like dying... you can choose the easy way out anytime you please.

Killing oneself is just a matter of slashing your wrist, or jumping of the building, or the most painless method which is an overdose of drugs or medication. But will death solve matters? Maybe for you, it will. But just like I said.... giving up is the easy way out. Choosing to Live on, choosing NOT to give up, is the greater challenge, and requires all the courage and determination you could ever have and need.

So, however hard it is. Life has to go on. And at the same time... some things... are never worth giving up.