It was quite a short day today as I only had one class in the afternoon. After that, Ting and I went to the co-op to collect our readings and buy the consumer behaviour textbook. Kind of regretted doing so as the book and the readings were so heavy but I guessed it was better to buy it at once instead of putting it off too long.

Then we went to Little India, with Xiaoqi and Shaoting, to give the certs to the stallowners (finally!!). Actually I was a little afraid that the stallowners would have forgotten us because after all, it was already almost 1 month after the event. Thankfully, they still remembered us. Xiaoqi commented that all the stallowners were very nice and I couldn't agree more. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have been able to do this well either. Maybe I'm just glad to be able to finally wrap this up and be done and over with it. It's time to move on, Fiona.


During the class today, we were discussing on consumption. Someone mentioned somenting about gaining fulfilment from consuming products and that this fulfilment is getting shorter and shorter. It makes me wonder: should we be getting fulfilment, regardless of what kind it is, from consumer products anyway in the first place? And even if we do, do we really expect it to last forever? Of course not. We always seek what we do not have. A big car, a luxurious house, beautiful clothes, a good figure etc. Yet even when we get all these things, would we really be happy? Well yes, maybe for a short while. Then we'll start pursuing other things again. It never ends does it? It's just like what King Solomonn said in Ecclesiastes, "A chasing after the wind". And how many times have I fallen into that trap? Tempted to pursue things that I know will never last instead of seeking that which is eternal. It doesn't matter what the marketers do, or how many adverts they throw in our face. Are we so easily influenced by the things that we see around us? Did we not believe what the marketers say because perhaps deep inside, we wanted to believe them, even though we are aware that what they say is not entirely true? We can go ahead and blame society, the government, the marketers and so on but in the end, it all boils down to the individual. After all, we are all free to make our own choices in life.

Yet I know that whatever my choice may be
There is Someone who will always watch over me and walk beside me
As long as I am doing His will
He said He'll never forsake nor abandon me
I want to shine again. For Him.
Please re-ignite the flame...