i used to be a fan of S Club 7. i might still be one!

i love kids. i like being around them. i like being around younger people because they exude so much optimism and hope.


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the other day it hit me. if i love kids so much, why the hell didn't i go to pursue a degree that would make me a kindergarten teacher? oh yeah. in this world, practicality has overpowered passion. the good old days. but then again, i was never the person to think about practicality. perhaps my naive mind has not been tainted with the reality of life and i am yet to grow up from my immaturity (or not) but still. i'd like to think that passion is much more important than the figures of salary.

why did i all of a sudden get into this topic anyway? well, a few hours ago i got bored watching t.v. a few more hours back, i put down The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Ann Brashares). then i got up from the study table and shut off the computer to listen to music. yes. if there's nothing else to do, sound trip is the best therapy for boredom. i downloaded two S Club 7 songs last night. yes, S Club 7, that teeny-bopper English group that sings perky pop. and then i started to bob my head up and down until i found myself dancing like a lunatic. i remember high school days when i was so much into boybands and teeny bopper music. unlike my friends today, i was one of those teenage school girls who liked the boybands and splurged on magazines just to get posters of the Backstreet Boys or Justin Timberlake of N'Sync. who can blame me? i had no older brother who could save me from a very severe case of boybandtitis by influencing me with Silverchair, Led Zeppelin, or Metallica. so anyway, i had so much fun dancing all by myself singing along to every word of Bring It All Back and Two in a Million. Bring It All Back brought a lot of memories, alright. when i first heard this song in high school i thought it was some song from Barney or whatever kid show. upon hearing it again i started drifting off to high school when i used to spend later afterschool hours dunking Oreos into a glass of cold milk. back when i used to walk by the seaside with my school friends after exam week, and back when my biggest problem was how to clear pimples on my forehead.

if i were a kindergarten teacher, i'd love to dance with the kids because Bring It All Back brings out such a positive message that the younger generation needs to hear:

Bring It All Back (S Club 7)
Bring it all back now

Don't stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you

Hold on to what you try to be
Your individuality
When the world is on your shoulders
Just smile and let it go
If people try to put you down
Just walk on by don't turn around
You only have to answer to yourself

Don't you know it's true what they say
That life, it ain't easy
But your time's coming around
So don't you stop tryin'

Don't stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you
Dream of falling in love
Anything you've been thinking of
When the world seems to get too tough
Bring it all back to you

Na na na na..

Try not to worry 'bout a thing
Enjoy the good times life can bring
Keep it all inside you
Gotta let the feeling show
Imagination is the key
'Cos you are you're own destiny
You never should be lonely
When time is on your side

Don't you know it's true what they say
Things are sent to try you
But your time's coming around
So don't you stop tryin'

Don't stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you
Dream of falling in love
Anything you've been thinking of
When the world seems to get too tough
Bring it all back to you

Na na na na..

Don't you know it's true what they say
Things happen for a reason
But your time's coming around
So don't you stop tryin'

Don't stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you
Dream of falling in love
Anything you've been thinking of
When the world seems to get too tough
Bring it all back to you
[Repeat to fade]

sigh. high school life. those were the best days. i skimmed through my old Livejournal which i kept for a good two years. i read every single entry i wrote and remembered how sunny/optimistic i was. i still am. sometimes i just become tired and weary but you know? i think i'm going back to my old self because "...Things happen for a reason/But your time's coming around/So don't you stop tryin'".