{"id":313,"date":"2013-01-10T23:05:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T15:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anzyme.com\/theone\/?p=313"},"modified":"2024-12-21T19:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T11:52:07","slug":"half-full-half-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anzyme.com\/theone\/2013\/01\/10\/half-full-half-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-full, half-empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HNY! It&#8217;s 2013; the world didn&#8217;t end on Dec 21 2012, and so it&#8217;s time to move on and continue our long journey.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, life has really become rather stagnant in recent weeks. Work is nearly the same every day (except that we&#8217;ve reached the &#8220;peak season&#8221; for scaling), so is my leisure time. I&#8217;d really like to explore something new. Anything. So I&#8217;m considering joining some courses\/start studying F.X.X.X.X.X and so on. They&#8217;re easier said than done, considering our long working hours.<\/p>\n<p>But, hey, it&#8217;s new year, Kevin. We&#8217;re supposed to think positive. That reminds me of something we&#8217;ve long forgotten but was once a frequent guest in this blog &#8211; the half-full\/-empty glass. This special glass has quite a history in this blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>26\/1\/2009\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Actually, I have nothing to be congratulated, nor things to celebrate. I still remain the same &#8211; lonely and seeing a half-empty glass. And I&#8217;m afraid things will only get worse.<\/p>\n<p>6\/12\/2009 &#8212; But none of these gives me the tiniest bit of satisfaction. I still see a half-empty glass of water.<\/p>\n<p>8\/3\/2010 &#8212; Things have become a little complicated lately. You guys should know that I usually see a half-empty glass. But recently the glass turns completely empty.<\/p>\n<p>2\/5\/2010 &#8212; The first thing was that I ordered a Grande Latte, but the latte was so foamy that &#8220;it was only actually half-full&#8221;, I thought. As soon as I said that in my mind, I realized something wasn&#8217;t as usual &#8211; I said &#8220;half-full&#8221;! I&#8217;ve been seeing a half-empty glass for years, and I just don&#8217;t know how on earth my attitude suddenly changed.. Anyway it&#8217;s a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>31\/7\/2010 &#8212; If I look at this in the way I look at a half-full glass, I can remind myself that I just have to keep moving on. But the sad fact is that this, when translated into half-empty terms, means that it&#8217;s a dead end.<\/p>\n<p>21\/8\/2010 &#8212; As a grown-up, I have, once again, grown up. The half-full glass is turning half-empty again. Let&#8217;s hope that things will just not get too worse.<\/p>\n<p>10\/9\/2010 &#8212; &#8230;human relationships are so unpredictable&#8230; Look at this glass of water again. Is it half-empty or half-full? I&#8217;m not so sure anymore.<\/p>\n<p>9\/3\/2011 &#8212; For a long period of time, I tended to believe that it&#8217;s half-empty. But for the past few months (probably after January exam), I tend to feel more positively again.<\/p>\n<p>28\/3\/2011 &#8212; To conclude, while I enjoyed my visit to OP, I didn&#8217;t find it a cool experience going there alone. It&#8217;s just the better of two tragic options. Yes, this is me, one who always sees the half-empty glass of water, no matter how hard I try.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alright, enough of that. This is the full story of the half-full\/-empty glass in my site. It&#8217;s obvious there&#8217;re ups and downs in my life, isn&#8217;t it? The last time I mentioned this glass, it was half-empty. But a lot has happened in 2012. What really happened that has drawn me into the following conclusion remains a mystery, but I&#8217;d like to declare that I&#8217;m kind of a half-full guy now. Isn&#8217;t that something to celebrate?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Half empty\" src=\"http:\/\/anzyme.com\/theone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/d_100613.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"306\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anzyme.com\/theone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/d_100613.png 200w, https:\/\/anzyme.com\/theone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/d_100613-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HNY! It&#8217;s 2013; the world didn&#8217;t end on Dec 21 2012, and so it&#8217;s time to move on and continue our long journey. The thing is, life has really become rather stagnant in recent weeks. 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