Inspiration

"Where people see romance, I see inspiration." 

- Dan Way.


Not Today by Imagine Dragons

The best part of having an annoying yet geeky older brother is that he'll always recommend things which are initially not of my interest and then suddenly I'm an expert and the spokesman of that particular 'thing'. Few weeks ago, he started to talk about the movie, 'Me Before You'. To be frank, I'm not a really big fan of movies in the romance genre. It's kinda fake though. I didn't plan to watch it at first because I was so busy with my studies and career. Then, one day, while I was driving to college (about half an hour drive), I shuffled the songs in Apple Music and heard this song. The rhythm suits me and the song itself is associated with the element of melancholy. It has been years since I got so deep into a song.



It's nice, now and then. And a few days later, I couldn't resist myself and the persuasion from my brother, saying the movie's so dayum nice. I watched it in the middle of the night. The movie itself is very touching and it deserved the high ratings from the movie critics. Where's the inspirational part? Wait, I'll get there in a moment. Synopsis? (Spoiler ahead) The main actor who's suffering from a spinal cord injury fell in love with the main actress (both British) and although she tried many things to change the actor's mind to not commit suicide (not in a painful manner, through chemicals), she failed and the actor died anyway.

However, when the actor died, he left a letter for her. Saying that she'd need to live the life she wanted and not living in others' dogma (I loved that part). And when it comes to reality, I figured out that maybe I could be like her. All these years I've been living for others and not until today I realized the aforementioned issue. I've been a very obedient, hardworking, academically-satisfied puppet. I think I should pursue my own dreams and maybe must give it an all-out. I'm a very very lazy person but when it comes to the topics I love, oh man, you will never find me being ME.



It has been almost 5 years since Steve Jobs' death and you might be wondering why I would bring up this topic out of the blue. Well, because recently I've been reading a book regarding Apple and also, you know, HIM. I'm not a huge fan of Apple products but I am a huge fan of Steve Jobs. His spirit, passion and enthusiasm were far too enormous than the ordinary people. Most people would say that they know Steve Jobs but what they know is only his most famous quote: "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" and didn't know the meaning behind it. I was only able to decrypt the message from the quote after reading the book, "Inside Steve's Brain" by Leander Kahney for a week. And I do hope that you have the time and the patience to read it too.

Many people would say that they know this and that and when being questioned about their sources, they would often say: Others said that or maybe I read it from... I don't remember. People don't think, they imitate and that's why Henry Ford once said: "Thinking is the most difficult part in life, that's why most people don't do it." I'm kind of a 'fact guy' which I don't really rely on other people's information not unless they're trustworthy and the information provided by them work. I love learning new stuff, but to study in order to be tested, it's not really in my favour...

Well, that's all for today I guess. Hope you're able to make it to the end. And one more thing, Happy Independence Day to all Malaysians. :)