Entry: Hopeless... Sunday, March 21, 2004



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The old wound left on me begins to ache
I hide my trembling heart again
And PRETEND to smile

Even in my age now, I'm the same as before
As timid as before
I only learn how to PRETEND to be STRONG

Though my heart is filled with feelings to convey
You see, I can't change them into words well
If I had not met you
I wouldn't even have such an embarrassing pain

Little by little, I've come to realize
That my past NEVER HEALS
And that it's no use
Fearing the future I can't refuse

How much more courage do I need
To say with my head held high
"This is the only important thing to me”?

Though I have firm feelings
You see, I can't change them into words as usual
Everyone is living this way
With feelings they can't express

Though my heart is filled with feelings to convey
You see, I can't change them into words well
If I had not met you
I wouldn't even have such an embarrassing pain and ...



~ Adapted from “No Way To Say” by Hamasaki Ayumi ~

(T_T) Hi guys... we meet again... Uhuhuhuhu...


I don’t even know the reasons why but I think that I’m starting to lose myself again, just like before. I bet all of you have known that I am such a stupid girl, ne? I can’t do anything right, as they all would turn out no good at all...

You see, last night I was thinking about making a story and I just wanted to publish it in the school’s magazine. Though I love science more than any other else, I always want to be writer someday. I always want to be that. I used to think that I can always write a touching story about life, about the things which we people always wanted to know about. I worked hard on my literature, I worked hard to gain A++ for my English and Malay Language... And so, I DID it all nice.

So, when the time had come, I had tried to write, I had tried to compose atleast a good story, but hell... What had come out was SHIT! Each line I typed in, I would feel more and more satisfied. But just when I looked back, just when I reviewed the whole essay I had made... I lost hope again.

Why the fucking hell should I face all this??? I want to be the best, can’t I? Why do the others can succeed, but I can’t? Why can’t I just lay down all my ideas and the others would atleast say, “Hey, this is brilliant!” Can’t they? Can’t I? Huh...

I have written tons of stories before, and I ONLY published two stories in the Internet. And still, no one liked them. No one, should I repeat that? They didn’t prefer my stories at all... They said my stories were all lame, including the other stories, which I haven’t published yet. And they told me I was such a horrible writer just when I wasn’t about to put in the best plot out of all! Can’t they wait? Can’t they be patient just for a while and atleast give me some support? Just a Good Luck, that will do much to me enough. Though some people do say they like my stories... When actually they lied. Just to make me feel better... But I still want to be the best, and I'm working to it.

But it’s like... the world’s NOT siding me. Instead, it keeps on staying by the others sides, and surely I hate it. I hate that to happen on me, since I AM SO DAMN FUCKING BORED BY BEING IGNORED. I want everyone to see me as a positive person, but I can’t be that just like magic...? I need something, a catalyst or whatever you call it to make myself a better person once more.

And what have they done to me? Then, everytime I wanted to start writing, I would think ‘Why should I write if then the results will be like dull? No one will read them though, who cares about me and my stupid stories? I’m not destined to be a writer though...”

But heck, I just love writing. Can’t I just do my own work without thinking all about those things???

Here, I’m not blaming anyone who had once criticized my stories. At school, at home, wherever. Cuz I believed critics REALLY help me to be the best out of all. And they DID help me. Not, until I just realised that every attempt I’ve made, even I, myself hate to read my own stories. It’s like reading shit, it’s useless. No point at all, but wasting my time, yes. So it’s more than clear that I’m blaming myself for all these down-hearting things.

I’m not strong, and I’m trying to be one. But each time I tried to do something to make myself stronger, there would be tons of reasons why I shouldn’t be strong. Till now, I don’t even know what are they... I just lost hope, just like that. And unfortunately, to make things worse, no one help me with it. And they would let me fall inside the deep scary well...

That’s why I would feel touched easily. I won’t cry but obviously since I haven’t got any nice comments about myself... (Y_Y) Where can I find all these things? Heaven? Huh... When I rethink the whole matter, it’s like I am just being silly towards myself. I can’t even make someone to praise me for whatever I do, that is so not genuine! I can’t even help my own self, then how come I can thrive for success in the future? I hardly DON’T want to depend in any one in order to make myself as a one better person, instead I always want to try this all by myself. I want to show the world I can always do it no matter what it costs.

But then... I just can’t.

What can I do now? Should I avoid myself just like before? Should I avoid all my feelings? Should I...

Be dead once more inside?

I wish I don’t have to... but what else can I do?

I don’t want to be sad, as being sad is the sign that I’m giving up already.

BUT I’m also a human, and I have feelings too.

Still...

OH SHIT! I’M CRYING AGAIN!!! DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!!

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Nokosareta tooi mukashi no
Kizuato ga uzukidashite mata
Furueteru kokoro kakushite
Hohoemi ni suri kaeta

Ikutsu ni natte mo aikawarazu na watashi wa
Ima demo okubyou de
Tsuyogaru koto bakari oboete yuku

***

The old wound left on me begins to ache
I hide my trembling heart again
And PRETEND to smile

Even in my age now, I'm the same as before
As timid as before
I only learn how to PRETEND to be STRONG


Tell me...

How am I going to do if I’m so weak that I can’t even PRETEND that I’m stronger?

Oshiete kudasai, onegai.

Just tell me anything.

This is my biggest problem of all...

NO SELF-CONFIDENCE at all.

Though I’m good at acting, pretending... I know that everyone will know it some day...

That a girl named Tomomi is just a fake.

She’s NOT brave, yet she’s not even a stronger person as what she told us...

I don’t want that...

Sore wa ore no hoshikatta mono dewa nai...

NEVER EVER.

   2 comments

Unknown
April 3, 2004   09:47 PM PST
 
do you know yourself
do you know the others
can you pull the weight that rides on another's shoulders
once you've lost yourself to the acceptance mask
well could you find yourself
it's not a simple task
self-inherence
freedom
comes from within
take a different track
it's time to see what you are made of
can you expose yourself
can you peel off another layer
will you make the time
the time to control
because only you can save yourself
only you can save your soul
and once you save yourself
insecurities will die
genuine qualities
and true character will shine
now that you belong to you
what will the others think
well, soon they'll follow you
you'll see they're all so weak
come on
can you, let go
can you, be you

-Snapcase

Hail, I just was reading a bit of what you wrote on your site here....thought perhaps I could say something inspiring...so I put some lyrics that I think are so.

Truly though....this world has a very poor society filled by a majority of shallow people interested in stupid pointless things. Think about what//who really inspires you, that you aspire to be like.
Don't worry about all the other people that would belittle you.
Chihori
March 25, 2004   02:58 AM PST
 
Ara... it's hard. I know. Pretending to be strong, that is. I can say that I understand how you feel [in a way] because I've pretended to be strong quite a number of times before. Yet again, I'll repeat this to u. Ur not the lowest creature ever created. Ur not the lowest of anything! Sure u may not be at the top but I can bet that ur definitely *not* at the bottom of the list. It's hard to ignore what other people think. I'm having a problem doing that as well. We're surounded by so many different individuals with equally different opinions about the things that we do and of course, we obviously can't satisfy them all. In the end, remember, it's ur life. Not theirs or anybody else's. It hurts to be jaded, ridiculed or looked down upon. But there's not much of a choice, is there? It's either up or down. Rise or keep on falling until there's no longer a way up. Either u accept those things without letting it go to ur head, or you give up everything and become an invisible person, outshadowed by the rest of this god forsaken planet's population. I dunno about u, but to me, no matter how harsh, painful, or hopeless a situation is... I'll FIGHT against ur obstacles. Protect what's important to u cuz if it matters to u, then it MATTERS! Do it for ur own self and not for anyone or anything else. Do it because u want to and because it's ur decision. That way, I think, even if it's hard and even if everything crumbles, u'll be able to remind urself in the end that ur the one to have chosen that path and u'll never regret it because the choice is all YOU. For me, I'd rather do something that I like even though it's super-hard rather than do something that I dislike even though it's easy. Giving up is unacceptable. It's not even a real choice. Even if u've got no purpose to struggle on, just do it. What kept me going, through thick and thin was my inborn stubborness, believe it or not. I just don't want to let things end just like that. Even if it's just a single, thin strand of hope, I'm gonna hold on to it. Even though I know it'll someday snap off. I know it's easier said than done but like I've wrote earlier:

Like we have a CHOICE...

P/s: I'll be willing to read whatever it is that u write if u want to. I'm not that good in English [compared to a lot of brilliant writers out there] and there are still grammar stuff that I don't understand but I'll read it, definitely, if u just need someone to acknowledge ur work or something. U don't need to feel so low about ur abilities to write because I have troubles myself [the reason why I've never post stories online]. I have a hard time at trying to convey expression into words. I always recycle my sentence again and again and I lack really POWERFUL words. I can't write a really decent plot and express a character's feelings correctly. If u think ur writing is shit, mine's probably worse. Anyone can be bad at certain stuff. Just don't think to much of it [bad for ur health, ne?] but instead, if it's something that u have a passion for, do it. Improve. Get better. Ok... this is getting way too long. Sorry if anything that I've wrote offended u in any way. I really don't mean it that way.

LET US CONTINUE HOPING...

Living is not a choice. We just do.

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