Video Games & Reality

What is reality? A place where everything is real? What does that mean? People say reality is the place where we live our lives and accomplish goals, achieve dreams and all.... It seems great and yet, people perish not only physically but mentally when their dreams fall apart and turn to dust, some give it a second shot and that's when they finally succeed or just taste failure again, then the optimistic keep on trying while the others just give up. Reality gets boring after some time, after succeeding or failing numerous times, life gets boring and thus people want to try living in another universe, a different life......through video games. A virtual reality when you can do whatever you want, sounds nice, huh?

In GTA, you can kill whoever you want and commit crimes, in some games, you play as the hero, saving countless lives and fighting evil, it all sounds fun but every game has an ending. Once you finish the game, you replay it until you're bored and stop living that life again. Some games give you choices that will decide the outcome of the ending, good endings, bad endings and the character's future lives.....

We play video games to get a taste of the character's life, to live the life of a hero who saves the world in the end. Some take the role of a detective or even a deranged killer like in Manhunt 2. What do we get out of these games? Aren't our lives almost the same? We make choices about our actions as in the game where you choose where to go and what path to take maybe even who to kill. Our lives are just as interesting, our lives are like video games, just with boundaries to keep us safe. Life is full of choices as like in video games, just we can't assume the role of a mad killer without going to prison, haha.... Video games are based on life, what you see and hear it's our reality, just with different people, maybe people like playing video games because of the great characters and the great storyline.

We live our lives for about 80 years before we die, it'll surely get boring. However, if you think about it, our lives are more interesting than any video game, why be a zombie-killing survivor when you can live your live as a teenager who's having the time of his/her life going to school and being with friends, just living is interesting enough, man used sticks as weapons and learned how to make fire, isn’t that interesting, to make a discovery like that, then we made various advancements in technology and culture and those who contributed should feel that their lives are way more interesting than video games, just never give up and choose the easy path. Life may have cheats, but they aren't designed for reality. And never give up as it's worse than any game over, you may just have thrown away your future. Too bad life doesn't have a restart button.

Recently The Most Popular Quote

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” --Steve Jobs

Well, that happens to be one of my favourite quotes. Last Friday, our school’s counselling class talked about Steve. Unintentionally, I had lead teacher into giving us this homework, which was “write out your favourite quote”. I wrote quite a few, and thought I should share this one. After reading this quote, I would remind myself if I had been living in dogma. How often had I been unconscious of what people fed me?

Creativity

Creativity is something that cannot be created. It is a precious thing that  can never ever be bought. Creativity can help you discover new things and also to create new things. If someone thinks your creativity sucks, don’t be discouraged by them, but grow stronger. Who are you to please them anyway?? :)

Dreams and Reality

It's already July 2011, time flies so fast...

'Time and tide waits for no man' and I guess that’s true, I still reminisce about the good old days, being with all my old pals really changed my life, if I hadn't met them, maybe I would just be lonely with my hopes and dreams without friends to help accomplish it. Half a year has passed and my memories are fading but they will never disappear as it is like a drawing on the sandy beach, the tides move over it and slowly the drawing fades but it will never fully vanish and will live on as 'memories on the sand’. And the mid-year examination has passed too....I wonder how much all of them got in each subject, hope they all did well and if not, just don't give up as if it is a dream to have good grades, then the dreams don't turn to dust, if we put in all we've got to realize that dream it will no longer be a dream. But then again, dreams can do a lot us; it will provide us with a vision that will never happen or a vision of the future. And reality, it is a great place where dreams become real but then again it is also a place where hopes and dreams perish because of reality.

 As a child, didn't you dream of flying before, but that's impossible, but in the end airplanes and hot air balloons were made and the dream of flying is realized, I guess it can be said we just need the will to go on, maybe fighting a losing battle isn't all that bad, ‘cause who knows, the enemy may make a mistake when at the brink of success and we will emerge victorious. The impossibility of flying was surpassed with the will to learn and try. In short, so what if we fail, we tried and we can always try again, 'if at first you don't succeed, try again’. Success will happen eventually if you never give up and strive to accomplish your dreams and maybe in the end, you may change your fate.
-CW

Relationships

Special relationships are something that you share with that special someone, but what if that special someone treats you like dirt and throws you away? Lets just take this as an example, pretend that you are the bowling ball, you get fingered and you get thrown down the alley, then you come back for more. If that person dumps you, then he or she does not deserve you anymore. Remember, you are one of a kind, and you might not notice it but maybe that someone special that you have always been looking for was just hidden in plain sight.

Intro from me(Sasha)

HII!!  Sasha here, I’m a care-free and out going fun girl! Although I can be lazy or annoying sometimes, my friend's love me for who I am!! So what I’m trying to say is to be yourself, don’t be someone you’re not, because what is the point? If that person does not realize what a true gem you are, then forget that person, who are you to please them. =D

Imperfection is the true perfection.

Ever heard of fake diamonds? That they're not valuable?...... That they're perfect?
Maybe your question is "Why is something perfect not as valuable as the imperfect ones?"
Then have you read books with a "Mary Sue" in them? The type of character who is "perfect", plain and has no imperfection at all. I bet you've thought that they lacked character, or thought that the writer was quite shallow.
It's the same with people.
Let's say imperfection is a roller-coaster with equal ups and downs, while perfection is a straight roller-coaster.
Who'd pay to ride the straight one? Would it even move?
Would it?