same ground

This entry is actually an offshoot of yesterday's since I actually have quite a lot on my plate tonight. Yesterday was about how being familiar with things can't be so advantageous after all. And most of the time we encounter big changes in our lives, we often dread still being on same ground. It's as if monumental events in our lives do not deserve an environment that's all too familiar. It's probably been programmed in our minds that these events go with grand changes in our lives.

And that's why we loathe being all too familiar when a lot has changed around us.

I actually went through the same dilemma while I was discerning whether it was beneficial that I'd stay in the same environment I've been familiar with for the past sixteen years of my life. Certainly, I was scared feeling left behind especially that all my other batchmates will be working in an environment far different from what they've been used to. And at this stage of my life, it was really natural for me to sway towards exploring the "real world" as they say.

However, a conversation with a friend changed all that. I shared with her my dilemma and she gladly advised me regarding my problem. What she told me convinced me that I shouldn't be afraid of staying.

She said that often at these points of our lives, we often crave for somewhat a total overhaul of our lives that we dread staying close to the lives we already have. However, being familiar with things doesn't necessarily translate to being left behind or having no room for growth. The environment may be the same but it doesn't necessarily equate to staying the same. For being in an environment all too familiar can still bring much, much development in one's character. And sometimes, much more than what others have to offer. Even if things are fairly the same, a lot still has changed and you have room for growth as much as others do in their own environments. It's always in your hands whether you'd take advantage of it or not.

And even just being in this new set-up in the same environment for a month and a half, I feel that a lot in me has changed already and I'm actually excited for a lot of changes that's in store for me.

too close for comfort

I remember one time during our second year second sem accounting, THE VCI proved why she's so legendary as a professor. We were only thirteen in class then and most of the time, we were just joking with her in class. (even though accounting IS accounting need I say more?) One time, I guess she got a little irritated with us and she somewhat scolded us for being too cozy with her.

And then she uttered, "Familiarity breeds contempts."

Then Puschae (I miss puschae inc. aka accounting "topnotchers") of course noted that wonderful saying about familiarity from the legendary VCI. Certainly, it became one of our battle cries whenever we took our dreadful accounting long tests and during our usual sabaw moments which ensue after them. Till this day, I've always lived by that word of hers.

But seriously, being familiar can be a double-edged sword.

Being familiar with people and things around you certainly helps especially during times when big changes are happening in other aspects of your life. Since you're already familiar with things, you won't need to pass through the usual awkward getting-to-know-you/do-i-feel-you-or-not phase. It will be such a breeze adjusting to the changes that have happened in your life.

However, just like what the legendary VCI has taught us, familiarity can also be a dangerous thing. Since you're not exposed to a new environment, the experiences it might offer might not be as diverse and probably rich as when you're charting unfamaliar territory.

Also, being too familiar with one another often facilitates some people to cross lines they shouldn't cross. Since some people may think they're already familiar with another person, they might do things which are rather too close for comfort.

We shouldn't then be all too satisfied when things remain all too familiar for us for it springs some subtlely unwanted effects. But of course, we should just always be wary about how familiar people and things are affecting us and ensure that our growth as individuals isn't stunted and our personal space isn't violated.

I may be a familiar face or friend but there still lies the proverbial impenetrable distance between the two of us.

For the nth time

Hello blogging world yet again. After being immortalized_24, unappreciatedparanoia, calle_nueve, insaneimmortal and having entries in pitas, diaryland and multiply, I've created yet another blogsite to satisfy my appetite for ranting and raving about my life. I know it seems that changing blogsites after a few months or a few years has probably become my hobby over the past few years of my life. But, that's just how I motivate myself to blog whenever it seems I'm already on the verge of giving up on it. Some blogs have been hardly used, some have been forgettable, some have been secret, but almost all of them have been wonderful and memorable. And I'll forever reminisce my life before through those entries I've written. Of course, if they still continue to exist.

And so you may wonder, how can I write yet another first entry when I've written a lot of first entries from before? It's actually difficult knowing I've probably written better ones in the past. But I know this one's still unique because I've written it at a much different time than before. A lot of things have changed in my life since my last entry in my last blogsite. I'm a much different person than before. And even though this may seem just like the same old first entry, well, you have to take a closer look again.

Even though this is the nth time I've written a first entry for a new blog, some things are still different just like how this new blog will hopefully be different from my previous ones.

Welcome to my crazy world. Welcome to my nine lives gone crazy.