Learning Martial Art for Revenge!!!

*HAAAAAA~~~~*

LOL, of course I'm not proposing violence! I'm going to share a short story I read from a book called <<小故事，大道理>>。(Note to myself: Next time must definitely borrow this book and read all the stories inside it!) There are many touching stories, and what's more, they are all very short! :D Not even one page!

Ok, here goes the story.

There are three people visiting a Shaolin temple to learn martial art. The monk asks each of them why they want to learn martial art.
The first one replies, "My body is very weak. I want to learn martial art so that I can become stronger."
The second one replies, "I am too fat. I want to learn martial art so that I can become thinner."
The third one replies, "There are a gang of bandits in my village who have killed my parents and many people in my village. I want to learn martial art so that I can take revenge."
Guess who becomes the most skillful among the three? Of course it is the third one!


Moral of the story: To achieve something, you need to have a really CLEAR goal that you are heading to. The reason for you to do something should be a strong one, which comes from yourself, not from other external factors. 

For example, study because you want to learn new things. Not because you want to pass the exams or to satisfy your parents' expectations. Do experiment because you hope to be able to invent something that can help the world in the future. (I've met a few people with this ambition in USM, and I really admire them! Their ambition is so noble!!!)

Personally, I think this story is a bit too extreme.
FIRSTLY, who says the other two people's reasons are not good reasons? I think their reasons are strong enough. It's just up to them to do their best to achieve their goals. They can either persevere or give up in the middle.
SECONDLY, I really oppose violence. Violence cannot solve problems. If the third disciple goes to kill the bandits, then maybe the bandits' children will take revenge on him in the future, and killings will go on and on forever. I really believe in "what goes around, comes around". People who did bad things will eventually get their punishments. Furthermore, we usually see in kung fu dramas that people who practise martial art for bad intention would always get bad ending. XD I would prefer if the third disciple in the story says that, "I want to learn martial art to protect my village's people from the bandits." This would be MUCH better! ^.^

Ok, so, what's so influential of this story?

Well, after reading this, it made me think, is the reason why I agree to join the Chinese Language Society not strong enough to propel me to do my best? I know myself well, that if it is something that I choose for myself, I will definitely love it and give in my all for it, such as girl guides. I believe that with passion, I can do anything. But this... I agreed to be the secretary because at that time, no one wanted to take the post. Even though there are other reasons such as opportunities to learn new things and make new friends, but they are not the main reason why I accepted the nomination. The main reason was still because no one wanted it and I didn't want to waste everyone's time.

Now that the fact cannot be changed, maybe I should start to throw away the passive reason of why I accepted this post. Start planting positive and strong goals in my mind! Even though the other reasons play such a small part when I first decided to take on this journey, can they become substantial reasons for me to continue on this journey in the future?

Quote: The more energy you give to a problem, the more you magnify it.

OK!!! From now on, I will not magnify the passive reason about how I get into this position! Instead, I will MAGNIFY the other reasons, so that I can ignite my passion for this society and give in my all!!!

In the coming one year, I hope to:

1. Learn new things, such as typing meeting minutes (in Mandarin!)

2. Make a lot of new friends

3. Learning the art of able to talk to strangers like old friends

4. Develop my thinking to be more mature, e.g. able to analyse problems

DeeJay, be positive!!!

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a BIG turning point of my life...

I'm officially appointed as the secretary of Chinese Language Society in USM. We have two secretaries, actually. One is 总秘书, more to handling things with outside bodies. All letters or any paperworks with media, outside NGOs, other societies, etc will be handled by her. Then I'm the 组织秘书, more to paperworks inside the society itself, such as meeting minutes. Under the society, we also have 10 small groups, which are dancing, singing, publishing, social issue discussing, acting, library, mandarin class, career counselling, community service, and debating groups (舞蹈组，歌咏组，编辑族， 社论组，戏剧组，图书组，华文班，升学辅导组，社区工作坊, 辩论团). And, I am the one responsible for coordinating with all the groups.

[Flashing back to how I come to this point...]


To become a member of the society, we have to fill in a form. Actually, I've rejected to fill in the form twice. Reason is, I feel that Chinese Language Society is really not my style. I mean its activities, objectives of the society, and all. But there were some activities which I've joined and liked them very much, such as camps and being a stage crew for a concert. At the 3rd time when I was offered the form, I finally gave in... (Things will definitely be different now if I have persevered till the end....)

Then came the Annual General Meeting of the society!!! *Deng deng deng deng* The AGM had to be held twice, because in the first time, they took almost four hours to elect a new president!!! Apparently, no one wanted to take that post. (This is soooo much different from girl guides. That time, we really have the spirit to play our own part in girl guides! =) ) For the first meeting, I did not attend because I have an Accounting programme. Then for the second meeting, I thought, "Well, it's nothing, just go there to vote, although the meeting might take a long time." Besides that, my senior also told me, if the Chinese Language Society failed to elect a new committee, then it will have to be "frozen" for one year, and all activities under it will have to be stopped. That time, we were going to have the concert that I mentioned earlier, and it must not be cancelled! So, I went to the 2nd AGM.

At the AGM, which I still remembered clearly... It was in the process of nominating people for the post of secretary... I was telling a joke to my friend, "什么卡通人物最喜欢帮助别人？---多拉A梦， 因为伸出＂圆＂手。" Haha! Then, suddenly I heard my name being called! Oh no, who nominated me??!! That person was a senior whom I had met just a few days ago in a talk that they had organised, but I was the only non-member to attend the talk, so they got to know me. I rejected; then she nominated me again; and I rejected again. Luckily they didn't nominate me anymore, I thought. It was quite terrifying, I tell you! Once nominated and before you reply either accept or reject, the seniors will come near you and kept persuading you! Oh, for your information, if someone is nominated thrice and rejected all 3 times, then he or she cannot be nominated for that particular post anymore.

A new 总秘书 was "born". Ok, safe--- My heart was still beating very fast due to the shock. I never thought to be in the committee! Imagine, being at the top of the top of such a LARGE society!!! I really didn't believe that I have the power and right to be in such a position, as I have only started to join a few activities recently. There were surely more suitable people.

Then, the next post - 组织秘书! Again, nominated. This time, I think I was influenced by those seniors who kept pestering me about the benefits that I can get, about how much I will learn, etc. I actually accepted! Then have to go out so that everyone can vote. Sigh, once accepted, no need to look at the votes... No need to wish that I fail the voting session... Of course almost everyone will vote me, because I was the only candidate, no one else wanted to take the post, and also because it was already past midnight and they wanted to end the meeting as fast as possible.

[Coming back to present...]

So, that's how things happened.

I thought before,
if I did not go for the AGM, then I would not be where I am now...; or
if I did not attend the talk a few days ago before the AGM, then I wouldn't be where I am now...; or even
if I did not fill in the membership form, then I would not be where I am now!

But...

Things are already how they are now... I just have to accept it and do the best I can!!!

DeeJay! You can do it!!! 

Just do your best and enjoy the process!!!