It does not, however, much contrary to popular belief, allow me to unload the burden off my heart and mind to go all out to have fun. I didn't stay out late for any of the nights this weekend. Instead, I stay home and keep the new book that I unearthed in CLL company, savoring fully, the splendor of a good book with good, profound, even, English. Upon reading through the first few pages, I found the book deeply captivating and was immediately drawn to it. I was so engrossed in reading to the extent that I missed my stop at Serangoon, on the way home from sch. Sometimes, all it takes is just a simple entity, like a good book in this case, to satisfy me with its pleasures.

As we grow up, it becomes more and more expensive to make us feel happy. When I was younger, happiness means a KFC meal or going down to the playground to play. Now, as an adolescent, I crave for things that are higher in monetary value with the disillusion that I'll be content the moment I've gotten my hands on them. I think most of us will be carried away with our materialistic obsession and continue to be disillusionised. The truth is, we humans, are intrinsically greedy creatures such that we will never be satisfied, once we lay our hands on the things that we wished for, we'll soon be yearning for another, and the whole vicious cycle continues. Of course, this mindset when applied to academics is greatly beneficial to students like us, but then again, it's a totally different issue as I'm talking about material wants here.

Ad-mist the rise of consumerism, I refuse to subscribe to a overly hedonistic lifestyle, the more I am exposed to such cultures and the more the traditional principles are slowly eroding away, the more fervently I will hold onto the primitive and somewhat, conservative values. It's not goona be easy, I know that. It's never easy to go against the ferocious currents in the sea. I might get lost, sometimes, and even concede to the devils, but I will keep reminding myself not to.

That's why, I'm contented with my book.