justrun-.

life is like a bowl of salad

life is like a salad. a really really big, mixed salad. you have the nice veggie, the disgusting veggie (like alfalfa), the dressing (which can be creamy and fatty, or it could be yummy olive oil), the fatty toppings, the low fat toppings, the croutons and then there are the utencils.

the nice veggie in life are the nicest experiences ever. chewing on that raw piece of veggie makes you feel like you're in heaven. the taste is just.. OMG. yum. and even better, it's fat free and might even be negative calories! all the goodness in that green stuff.

the disgusting veggie in life are the tuff hard experiences. alfalfa is the most foul tasting veggie ever. even when i pinch my nose and eat it, the after-taste still lingers and stings the taste buds. but yet, it's full of protein and nutrition. just like tuff experiences. they ain't very enjoyable, but ultimately, you gain from it.

the dressing. ahh the dressing. i prefer olive oil. give me creamy dressing and i'll cringe. creamy dressing is just full of fat and all that. sure it tastes nice, but eating it just makes you feel so guilty. creamy dressing is like all the temptations in life. temptations to steer off your desired path. they take you further away from your goal. olive oil, on the other hand, is acquired taste. eat enough of it and you'll love it. best part- it's good for you!

(oh gosh this is one crappy post)

croutons are like thoughts and aspirations. place them at the most strategic places on the whole salad and you can have croutons to go with each mouthful. eat them all too soon and you'll run out. then you'll have no more motivation to eat the salad. a lot of the time, we lose our croutons (sounds like losing one's marbles. lol). or maybe we just can't see the croutons. but perhaps a yummy crunchy crouton is hiding under a veg leaf! leave your croutons to get soggy in the dressing and the croutons just lose their meaning.

utencils! utencils are the people or things in life that help us to eat our salad. ahha. omg i sound retarded but who cares. in china i was given a pair of chopsticks to eat my salad. my beautiful salad which had been ruined with creamy dressing. oh well. anw back to utencils. if you get the right ones that feel just great and manage to grasp enough veggie for a good mouthful, then you'll enjoy the salad. if not, then you could end up dropping veggie on the ground or losing interest in eating the salad.

i don't know why i am comparing life with salad. sigh. anyway i have much to say about mao's country. it was a bittersweet experience. the last three days were hell. i mean i didn't particularly enjoy the rest of the time there either but the last three days especially, were very very trying for me. it's veggie like this that makes one stronger (i hope). although there wasn't much good veggie in that place. AHHH omg my mind's full of memories right now. ahha. i have no idea how i would have made it through without utencils like those. i am currently in one of the "i've lost my croutons" situations. many many times i lost myself there. i lost every bit of sanity and respect i had for myself. ahhh too much emotion to handle. anw, gotta thank my utencils for helping me (: that was one hell of an experience. and i mean one HELL of an experience...

looks like it's back to reality now. might post a less cryptic post when i'm not feeling so weird. that was the first time i felt like i was part of a team. segregated though we may be, it was a nice feeling... but i know things will be different now.

indeed, life is a salad. the price of it really depends on what's in it.

[pat]* decided to runaway-.

put on her shoes at [13:33]

and took [20060622] strides

it's the passion that drives you