Reflections on: First Year.
I've been thinking about the things Pisay taught me during my four-year stay there. Those four years really did change the way I viewed the world; from the innocent (well, relatively), smart-ass jet-setter view to, well, a unique combination of point of views that can only be called me. If not change my view, they made me realize and be aware of certain things that I never noticed before, made connections about things I would have never known were connected, and taught me to do things I would have never done before, for better or worse (lol).
First year was one of the best years I had in Pisay. Not only did it have the best fair I've had so far, but the friends I made there really lasted. Four years strong and counting, bitches (rofl). Eme was one of the best things that happened to me, and I bet my whole Pisay experience would have been different had I been in another section during first year. Maybe I would have been GC, or I would have been Topal,l or maybe even one of the FLABs (YEAH RIGHT). And even though I'm the type that would have been everywhere (a mushroom. Hi Aaron :D ), I still consider myself Eme first and foremost, and everything else just follows.
One of the most important things Eme taught me is how to control the truth. Honesty may be the best policy, but the world is held together by the masterful use of the truth. It doesn't mean that you should lie; on the contrary, you shouldn't. I would know. Create a lie, build up on it, and for the rest of your life you have to live in that web. You have to be consistent; you have to be careful. And the hardest part if breaking the web from all of those so deeply trapped in it.
Trust me. It's that hard.
Going back to the main thought, the masterful use of the truth is not necessarily in lying (though it may be necessary sometimes). It is in knowing which truths to tell, and which truths to keep for yourself. This is another thing that I should have known. But then, things wouldn't have been better if it stayed the same way as it started.
Another thing I learned in Eme is that life is written with permanent marker. You can't erase anything you've already done; and you can cover it, but it doesn't change the fact that it's there. And most importantly, make a mark that is so different from everything else, and it WILL stand out, guaranteed. Hiding won't work, and neither will making it stand out less.
For now, that's all. This area might change sometime later. But for now, that's all.
First year was one of the best years I had in Pisay. Not only did it have the best fair I've had so far, but the friends I made there really lasted. Four years strong and counting, bitches (rofl). Eme was one of the best things that happened to me, and I bet my whole Pisay experience would have been different had I been in another section during first year. Maybe I would have been GC, or I would have been Topal,l or maybe even one of the FLABs (YEAH RIGHT). And even though I'm the type that would have been everywhere (a mushroom. Hi Aaron :D ), I still consider myself Eme first and foremost, and everything else just follows.
One of the most important things Eme taught me is how to control the truth. Honesty may be the best policy, but the world is held together by the masterful use of the truth. It doesn't mean that you should lie; on the contrary, you shouldn't. I would know. Create a lie, build up on it, and for the rest of your life you have to live in that web. You have to be consistent; you have to be careful. And the hardest part if breaking the web from all of those so deeply trapped in it.
Trust me. It's that hard.
Going back to the main thought, the masterful use of the truth is not necessarily in lying (though it may be necessary sometimes). It is in knowing which truths to tell, and which truths to keep for yourself. This is another thing that I should have known. But then, things wouldn't have been better if it stayed the same way as it started.
Another thing I learned in Eme is that life is written with permanent marker. You can't erase anything you've already done; and you can cover it, but it doesn't change the fact that it's there. And most importantly, make a mark that is so different from everything else, and it WILL stand out, guaranteed. Hiding won't work, and neither will making it stand out less.
For now, that's all. This area might change sometime later. But for now, that's all.