There's been nothing much to post lately, either cos there's been no inspiration, or because inspiration knocked at the wrong time. Haha...
So. Here are some revelations I've had these days...
1) I'm one lucky pig. Having my family and loved ones all around me as I face mountains of admin work's a blessing. Although I often complain about how naggy they can be, I think I wouldn't have had the motivation to continue on with the postgrad stuff that's really getting on my nerves. -_-"
2) Perspectives really change drastically as one grows older. In the past, I wouldn't have been caught dead wearing Sesame Street sports shoes, because they simply weren't cool. Now, I don't give two hoots to how people see my shoes and me just because I'm wearing Sesame Street ones. Some things just become less important when we grow older. Similarly, I still remember a time when we went to Disneyland, and my parents made three of us wear clothes with Disney characters. At that time, we were furious. We felt we looked stupid. But now, looking back, I think they did have a point in making us wear Disney character-decorated clothes- after all, what's the point of going to Disneyland if I'm just gonna wear a plain-coloured shirt?
This brings me to the main point of this point; that is, that adults don't mean to embarrass their children at all. It's just that there's a difference between adults and children with regard to what matters and what doesn't. To children, image means everything. To adults, as we grow older, we learn to recognise that some aspects of image are really not very important at all, and it's our identity that matters. So long as our identity's not compromised, who cares what we wear? That said, self-confidence comes with time too. We learn to be comfortable with who we are after some time, and by then, who cares if I'm wearing Sesame Street shoes to school, or *gasp* Barbie Doll shoes? So, to all children, or children of parents, it's a matter of perspective. People who love us will never mean to embarrass us.
Of course, this is easier said than done. It's easy for me to type this out, but really, if I face similar situations, I would probably get very pissed off.
But still, it is interesting to look back and get the revelation that sometimes, a difference in perspective like this really can cause friction.
Now, if only this same logic could be applied to other conflicts elsewhere....