holidays

yet it feels so normal.
like i've been living like this for quite some time.
but it has only been a couple of days.

did almost nothing today.
shifted my heavy, double-mattress queen size bed around the room to find my dart that was lost underneath it before my exams, which means nearly 3 months ago. haha...
arranged the things on my little drawer. felt like doing my desk but it's too much work, and i was hungry for dinner.
finished up my reports and emailed my supervisor for review; just replied.

well, basically life has been pretty boring and monotone for the past few days. except maybe yesterday. went to school to pass douglas sylvia's intern report. had dinner at jp with karen. if i'm not wrong, it's the first we have ever been alone. anyway, nice dinner, and then nice desserts; ice-cream at anderson's. let's see if i still rmb the flavours... macademia something... rum something... and belgium chocolate. only liked the belgium chocolate. only like chocolate. haha..

school is beginning again.
i would thus bring myself, or hype myself in preparation for the incoming stress of dealing with my final year project. especially when at now, the school haven't allocate the professor to me yet, so i know nothing of what i'm gonna do for the next 1 year or so.

then i would also have to pressure myself into reading books about flying. the decision to become a pilot draws nearer and nearer.. is it something that i really want? or cuz i would love to travel, and also earn good money.. but i'm not sure flying is my primary interest, and if not, would it really affect?

there are many things that isn't my primary interest, but still i excel in them, provided i don't hate the subject, but grow to like it more after studying them. it so begins the random thoughts in my mind...

i once saw an article about an asian mum who mentioned that in order to gain interest in a subject, the kid must be able to excel in it first. the example, real-life, was her own daughter learning the piano. she wasn't really into piano at first. like most, piano isn't the most natural thing to play when you first touch the keys. and as most asian parents do (here i should say, it's stereotyped) in the western countries, they push their kids towards excellence. by being strict, fierce, inflicting pain as necessary, they get their kids to 'learn'. the result of her daughter turned out be rather positive, as she starts to enjoy piano after she got better and better.

it's actually something similar to nature or nurture concept.
allow in-depth learning when interests was expressed, or forced it upon and eventually they will grow to like it.
i actually agree with both.
of cuz the most ideal case is having the interests present first, more of the instrinsically motivation.
but i can't deny that forcing it on the child, making him/her gain proficiency first regardless of interests, would perhaps cause the child to start liking it in future when he/she is performing. a higher proficiency allows a person to get into the 'flow' better, which in turn drives the next cycle of doing it.
so which is true? or which is more true?
which happens more often?
or which should happen more often?
does it matter if they're asians or not?

many questions, but very little answers.