Told You So

Looking at you now, I can tell
That you and your new relationship ain't going well

There's no reason your name should come up on my cell

Unless you're unhappy but that shouldn't be the case

'Cause you said, said he was the one

Baby, yes, you said, said you were in love

When you left me, you said that you wouldn't be coming back

Remember that but I never agreed

I hate to say it but I told you so

Told you if you left that you were going be miserable

Guess he don't do it like me or else you wouldn't be

Running back to the past, it was you that left me

I hate to say it but you know I'm right

Every time you're up, you're calling for me late at night

But now that you ain't got me, tell me where you going be

'Cause I can't take you back, no, my heart won't let me

Girl, you know he can't touch like I do

I don't see you tripping or flipping over his moves

Don't take a genius to see, he ain't that dude

But you let him back, you don't know what you was on

When you said, said he was the one

Baby, yes you said, said you were in love

When you left me you said that you wouldn't be coming back

Remember that but I never agreed

I hate to say it but I told you so

Told you, if you left that you were going be miserable

Guess he don't do it like me or else you wouldn't be

Running back to the past, it was you that left me

I hate to say it but you know I'm right

Every time you're up, you're calling for me late at night

But now, that you ain't got me, tell me where you going be

'Cause I can't take you back, no, my heart won't let me

You fell on hard times it seems but you ain't got no sympathy

No baby, not from me 'cause I told you, you should never leave

See you chose this road so you gotta go it alone

Remember I told you so

I hate to say but I told you so

Told you if you left that you were going be miserable

Guess he don't do it like me or else you wouldn't be

Running back to the past, it was you that left me

I hate to say it but you know I'm right

Every time you're up, you're calling for me late at night

But now, that you ain't got me, tell me where you going be

'Cause I can't take you back, no, my heart won't let me

Told You So - Jesse McCartney

Opinion Piece #2: Everyday I Love You

Hello again, and now with another quick update with Opinion Piece!

First of all I would like to wish all Christians a blessed Ash Wednesday!

Love is a hot topic among the younger generations and it so happens that today is Valentine's Day! I think I've wrote an entry about this day about exactly a year ago if I'm not mistaken. As for this edition, this will be an opinion about love and its significance to Valentine's Day.

Originally it is known as Saint Valentine's Day, observed on the 14th of February every year. The day serves as a celebration in many countries around the world.

The day is associated with Saint Valentine where the most popular martyrology was about him being imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and ministering to Christians who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. Before he was executed to death, he managed to heal the daughter of his jailer, and then wrote a letter "From your Valentine" as a farewell to her. Saint Valentine's Day is now an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church, Eastern Orthodox Church (July 6th and 30th).

That's a bit of the history regarding Valentine's Day I picked off at Wikipedia. But then, what's that got to do with love? The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. From the 15th century onwards, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for one another by presenting various gifts such as chocolates, flowers, greeting cards.

So, when does a person fall in love? It can happen in various forms. Some had that common love at first sight where the person had that strong special feeling the second he lays his eyes on her, or vice versa. Another situation is when you've fallen in love with someone whom you have known for a long time, like your best friend. You've grown up together with a childhood friend, your neighbour, the girl next door, whatever, then all you want was that chance to take her out for a date and let the rest do its job.

What is the extend to the length of love? Well, we usually hear married couples made their vows saying "till death to us part". Does that mean love is only up until death? Some believe it can go beyond that. Well, I'm not dead yet so who knows what lies beyond the horizon of death. Others may be short-lived, with couples going their separate ways just after a short special relationship due to unwanted problems that can't be avoided. Some may even fall out of love after loving someone for a significant amount of time.

In the old days, love and courtship happens among the young adults and that's acceptable in my point of view. However, nowadays even kids at the age of 12 or below may declare love for another person and indicated how serious they are! Although this is the case, we still say that when kids are in "love", it only means "puppy love" and there's nothing actually serious about it.

What is the effect of love? There are so many of them actually. Generally, I can say that when the person is totally in love, they can do many things with great effect and get awesome results. It's quite similar to the sensation you have when playing sports for example, you were feeling great and performed a great feat of skills. Sometimes, the effect is way better than when you're having "your day". Furthermore, you may have the feeling like you're the happiest person in the world.

As great as love can be, its adverse effects are quite big too. Almost as bad as its good part. Love changes a person's life, either for better or for worse. A broken heart may lead to such effects such as increased stress, depression, a lot of sleepless nights, lack of concentration, occurrence of bad habits (drinking, smoking, etc.) and a tendency of suicidal acts. To prevent such activities, some people handle their broken heart by spending more time with friends, do some exercises, play sports, and other healthy activities that help strengthen a person to get back on their feet.

Love is not limited to only that special someone, but to friends, as well as siblings, parents, and grandparents. God teaches us to "love your neighbour as you love yourself". Therefore, love is also a special feeling for the people close to you. I can't think of anyone else who have loved me as much as my parents and siblings do. It is good that we appreciate them for taking good care of us since we are brought into this world.

Moreover, in my experience, I'm sure some readers have read my love phases and the most recent Love Phase 9 following its conclusion at the end of All the New Same Things. So far in my 20 years of living, I've learnt a lot, and I have failed as much. Still, I consider love as one of the most beautiful feeling in the world. In fact, to me, love is not just a mere feeling, it is a choice.

To conclude this piece, I would like to wish everybody, Happy Valentine's Day! No matter what status you are in right now, as long as you have sincere love in your heart.

Take care and see you again in the next post~!

p/s to lovebirds: Everyday should be Valentine's day for you :)

Opinion Piece #1: Your Action and Choices

Hello fellow readers, friends, family, and bloggers alike,

I'm back to blogging, again, but this time with another one of my episodic entries like I did many times before in the previous blog site. If any of you are still interested in how I wrote my entries, you can go to I M WHO I M which is my old blog. Note that I'm no more working on any new entries there.

Anyway, now I'm going to introduce to you a new episodic blog entries entitled "Opinion Piece". I'll be writing about any type of opinion I can think of based on life experience, common issues, and various more. I'll try not to include politics here and many other sensitive issues. Still, let me stress here that whatever opinion I wrote here is based SOLELY on my own. Therefore, if there's anything wrong I've done here, please do not hesitate to correct me because I'm still learning as well.

So, let's get to the point then..

Have you ever done a lot of things in life that you wished could change a person's life? Or was it for personal gain? You fell in love with someone, are you going to keep quiet about it, are you going to tell them, or let your actions speak for themselves? Either way, decisions and actions like these carry weight in the outcome and plays a big role depending on how big your commitment may be. It all depends on the situation that you face too.

Decision making and your actions needed can happen anywhere and anytime; be it between your friends, family, during a meeting or conference, during a war, disaster, even when playing games! Yeah, I'm serious about that last one. I mean, have you played the game called Mass Effect before? it's one of those games where each of your decision in the game determines the outcome at the end of each events and for the whole game afterwards. It is quite similar to when we face a situation in life.

Though, for some people, the actions that they have done for the people they came to care about will usually expect appreciation. No, I'm not talking about the type who wants something in return, but the ones who only wants to be appreciated. Another situation is when you voiced out an opinion to, what, create or improve something that would benefit a lot of people or the environment but nobody gives a shit about it. Sometimes we do things so that we could get recognized and better yet appreciated.

Worst still, not many people will remember the things you've done for them. Some will even take advantage of you. But what would you rather do after all this? Would you stop doing good for them, or don't give any shit about it and just do what you would do best? This is the case when it comes to decision making and actions with the people you meet in life.

A war's going on, you are to stop a missile from being launched to two important places; your military base consisting of a few hundred people, and a city consisting of thousands of people. Upon seizing the enemy base, you found their room of operations where the kill switch for the missiles are located. However, the kill switch can only stop one missile from being launched. Which one would you rather save? Kill a few to save the many?

As for me, I'm facing situations where sometimes I would want to be selfish. But for the people I care about, I never really cared about what they'll think of me, I'll be there for them whenever and in whatever capacity I can.

At the end of the day, sometimes, it's not about what the outcome might be that matters, but the decision you have made. Bad calls happen, and we'll have to live with the consequences. Still, sometimes we did it because we thought it was for the best. Some right decisions aren't always the pretty one too.

20

Finally, it's officially the end of my teenhood

Happy Birthday to me~!

Honestly speaking, I look so different now (I guess??!)

Maybe it's because I've decided to keep my hair longer

which is different from my initial choice of hairstyle (short hairstyle)

Oh well then.. here goes :)

some review of my life..

I'm the smallest one, obviously

I was around 2 :3

The Balah Tangah!(Half-parting) at age 12

15 years old

At 16, got a bit wild there

17, baby!

the peeps I used to hang out with :')

The following images, from ages 18 to 19

Salute!

Twins!

Of one thing both my brother and I share; talent for singing

When I was living my previous dream

At 18, I'm already at college

At 19, currently studying medicine while embedding this mohawk style

3 generations of the Kisseys

At this point, people were saying I looked like my dad

saying goodbye to 19~

I'm just like anybody else, missing my childhood and already starting to miss my teenhood.

I thank God for giving life to me and has allowed my life to have prolonged this far

To all the people I have met during the two decades of my life,

thanks for the friendship, the teachings, and the love

especially the two individual that has brought me up from the day I was born;

Mum and Dad