Of the Remote Control and the Remote Island called Euphoria
Caution.Entry was typed way after midnight.Random thoughts alert.Be warned.
I think our lives are moving too fast.Seeing the man with the piece of bread still in his mouth this morning spunned much thoughts into my mind.A person hadnt even got the time to eat his breakfast.The woman around the corner who tripped because she missed a step on the stairs made me ask myself what's all the rush.Even when i was on my way back to school today i almost slipped off the slope next to the teacher's carpark where i usually climb up.I wonder why we are all rushing in our lives.When the alarm clock rings in the morning,that is the cue for you to start that chaos all over again.Brush your teeth as fast as you can so you wouldnt miss the bus.Then rush into the MRT station and hop onto the MRT train.With a quick pace you rush towards the school gate and into the school and almost trips.A man working at the office,grabs the half eaten bread from the fridge and stuff it into the oven for a one minute warm up while he irons his shirt.Puts them on,and with his briefcase in one hand and handphone in another he grabs his breakfast and runs out of the house before waving goodbye to his wife and child.All these,goes on everyday in our lives.I start to think,what the hell is the rush?It was 130am,and i took a break from a break from studying.(If you get what i mean.)Took a stroll to the balcony,and everything was quiet and peaceful.Tonight was extra windy,with the wind blowing from the East and the air smelling refreshed.Just when you think the wee hours is the time when people are supposed to be at home sleeping,relaxing to a cup of coffee,making love to your wife,or enjoying your time with a couple of friends watching England VS Portugal at the Euro 2004,you see a bunch of cars buzzing down the roads endlessly.Red lights heading towards the expressway while white ones flowing ever from that direction.

I wonder when all these would stop,and pause,and rewind.Everything is fast forwarding right now.Somebody must have left his finger on the fast forward button on the remote control of life.Everything's going so fast,there is hardly time left for people to stop and take a breath.Pant,that was tiring.Streetlights become a string of lights flashing past the car window like neons.Just when you thought you saw something interesting outside,its gone.How i wish,that i might have a total control over the remote of my life.The king of the living room,the master of the sofa,the lord of the buttons.Yeah,that sounds sweet.The world is too noisy,with all the constructions and talking.Turn the volume off,mute it.The world is too fast,with the cars and the people ever moving.Pause it,stop it,rewind it.Sometimes,everything becomes so irritating,and so annoying.You want to shut yourself away from this world and stopping it wouldnt help.Press the 'Power' button and it would all go away.

I guess,people nowadays never has the chance to look down on whats below their feet or above their heads.Everyone's attention is on what's before them and the past is often forgotten anyway.I think,that if we slow down one day,we might just find a remote control in our hands.You might ask yourself,"Where the hell did this come from?"Perhaps it has been there since the day you were born,you just never noticed it.Its just like putting a pencil on your ear,and after a while you forget that you put it there.Though its there,you never find it.One day,when you do slow down a little bit from the paces of life,do press on the "Skip Track" button.You never know where you might be swept off to.I,would like to be on this remote island called Euphoria.Though this island might not last for long,but it is a euphoria after all isnt it.Its just like religion,a sudden surge of euphoria.Happiness.Its precious,especially in times like these.Imagine this place with whatever you want,when your life slows down to a crawl.Sometimes,crawling on the ground might be a gift compared to the soaring birds.You get a closer look at the ground than from up above.After all,there isnt anything of much interest anyway is there?Despite it being just a momentary stay on the Island of Euphoria,it is times like this that makes me smile throughout the day.Whatever the thing is in your life that makes time stop,treasure that moment.The trouble is that people do not stop anymore to notice what makes them happy,and things that has the potential to make them notice the remote control in their hands,that is the passport to the Island of Euphoria.Look down,and you might just see it.

Vocabulary of the Day:
Euphoria - Pronounciation Key:eu·pho·ri·a
Definition:A feeling of great happiness or well-being.
[New Latin, from Greek, from euphoros, healthy : eu-, eu- + pherein, to bear; see bher-1 in Indo-European Roots.]

This led me to a song by The Calling.It is called 'Our Lives' from their 'II' album.It talks about the slowing down of life.These are only part of the lyrics.Check them out.

We can't go on
Thinking it's wrong
To speak our minds
I've gotta let out what's inside

Cause these are the days worth living
These are the years we're given
And these are the moments
These are the times
Let's make the best out of our lives

Song of the Moment---Our Lives by The Calling